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From the comment section of Matt Yglesias’ blog: “God save us from Constitution fetishists on the right and left…” This in reference to, the 5th amendment clause that says: No person shall … be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law Apparently being against the government having the option to kill its [...] Apparently Paul Krugman is taking a lot of heat for words like these on 9/11: The memory of 9/11 has been irrevocably poisoned; it has become an occasion for shame. And in its heart, the nation knows it. I’m not saying that he couldn’t have said it more eloquently, and unfortunately I don’t think that [...] “When guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns, and how guns” I always actually read this backwards, even though it was intended to support gun rights. To me it says, “If we make guns illegal, then anyone we find with a gun we know is a criminal and can arrest them.” In theory that [...] I’m mostly putting this here for a friend of mine who quotes this a lot. Being a geek at heart I tend to be a lot more tolerant of this stuff. From Jurassic Park: “Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could that they didn’t stop to think if they should.” - [...] Via Glenn Greenwald from David Bromwich: The usual turn from unsatisfying wars abroad to happier domestic conditions, however, no longer seems tenable. In these August days, Americans are rubbing their eyes, still wondering what has befallen us with the president’s “debt deal” — a shifting of tectonic plates beneath the economy of a sort Dick [...] From a reply I left to a commenter to a Yglesias post: The reason emphasis is put on the President and the Democratic congress, is because they are the ones with the “bully pulpit” (particularly the former). It is unlikely that we can change the minds of the average GOP or the Tea Party member [...] Just because it’s a good one: “By their fruits shall ye know them, not by their roots.” - William James The NYT, via Ta-Nehisi Coates, via Delong: Mr. Obama’s senior adviser, David Plouffe, and his chief of staff, William M. Daley, want him to maintain a pragmatic strategy of appealing to independent voters by advocating ideas that can pass Congress, even if they may not have much economic impact. These include free trade agreements and [...] Via Politico: “I think people who have had the same experiences connect with people who have had the same experiences. That’s human nature. If you polled the military, the active duty and veterans, and said ‘would you rather have a president of the United States that never served a day in the military or someone [...] I think the difference between men and women is that women grow up. Personally, I feel for them, that doesn’t sound like fun at all. - Me |
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