tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post6050650881274349233..comments2024-03-09T03:20:20.004-05:00Comments on Tenured Radical: On Political Conversation, Or The Lack Thereof: A Provocation To DebateTenured Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05703980598547163290noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-84905052733590057462012-04-10T05:44:58.732-05:002012-04-10T05:44:58.732-05:00Thanks. We believe in sharing obviously.Thanks. We believe in sharing obviously.Buy Sports Logohttp://www.logodesignuniverse.com/68/sports-logo.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-40625046889316838722012-03-01T02:52:59.078-05:002012-03-01T02:52:59.078-05:00that's why I hate politics.that's why I hate politics.Best Internet Marketing Agencyhttp://www.ebrandster.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-34402843816896395532011-06-19T05:28:08.368-05:002011-06-19T05:28:08.368-05:00Douthat is fucken slime. Every single one of his c...Douthat is fucken slime. Every single one of his columns boils down to "Bitches ain't shit, unless they're heterosexual, monogamous, stay-at-home mothers", and that's exactly why the NY Times hired him.Comrade PhysioProfhttp://physioprof.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-57806432391639949662011-06-14T19:31:16.242-05:002011-06-14T19:31:16.242-05:00But "point-counterpoint" requires two th...But "point-counterpoint" requires two things:<br /><br /> 1) Editors that direct columnists; and <br /><br /> 2) Columnists that can actually organize their thoughts enough to debate.<br /><br /> Krugman could do that, I;m certain; Douthat? Doubtful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-20708496019308654272011-06-14T17:37:58.439-05:002011-06-14T17:37:58.439-05:00Oop- *politicians'Oop- *politicians'-k-noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-47152042415871175402011-06-14T17:37:06.875-05:002011-06-14T17:37:06.875-05:00A number of people are discussing women politician...A number of people are discussing women politician's involvement (or not) in sex scandals, some more intelligently than others. <br /><br />Anyone interested in reading could start with this morning's Amanda Marcotte post in XX and work backwards from there, as she links to a few other pieces.-k-noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-12136563805869134702011-06-14T09:40:29.097-05:002011-06-14T09:40:29.097-05:00I don't know how to leave a link in comments. ...I don't know how to leave a link in comments. But, James left the url to Juan Cole's piece on Weiner's racism against Palestinians and other Arabs including Americans of Arab descent. <br /><br />Here it is again:<br /><br />www.juancole.com/2011/06/top-things-anthony-weiner-has-said-that-are-worse-than-sexting.html<br /><br />Weiner for instance tried to get Columbia U. to fire Joseph Massad for criticising Israel. Other blogs such as Mondoweiss and Political Crumbs have also run posts on Weiner's extreme even by the standards of the US Congress support of Israeli apartheid against the Palestinians. Weiner is infamous for his extremist position in support of any and all Israeli actions.J. Otto Pohlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07457089758142264049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-42652449125960733652011-06-14T08:55:48.548-05:002011-06-14T08:55:48.548-05:00J. Otto: I know so little about this man -- being...J. Otto: I know so little about this man -- being a resident of Connecticut -- that I'm not sure what you mean, but the way you put it, it seems connected. Can you write back & add a link? If it ends up in spam because of the link, I check my spam file once or twice a day and I'll release it.Tenured Radicalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703980598547163290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-19308161525537560722011-06-14T07:57:28.055-05:002011-06-14T07:57:28.055-05:00Anthony Wiener has also systematically supported t...Anthony Wiener has also systematically supported the denial of basic human rights of Palestinian women by the Israelis using US tax dollars. He has consistently been one of the most extreme backers of what is the last openly racist Western state in the world now that apartheid no longer exists in South Africa. But, I doubt there will be any discussion in the US about any the massive aid given to the Israelis that allows them to continue to deny Palestinian women their basic human rights.J. Otto Pohlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07457089758142264049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-20101112477405202662011-06-13T18:01:27.883-05:002011-06-13T18:01:27.883-05:00Apologies to all you serious people, but I'm f...Apologies to all you serious people, but I'm feeling trivial tonight.<br /><br />After Kissinger said that power was the best aphrodisiac, some woman (can't remember who) said that that might be the case for men, but for women the best aphrodisiac was enough sleep.<br /><br />Obviously, none of the responsible, hardworking, powerful women of the House, Senate, Court, Professoriate, and Boardroom . . . are getting enough sleep.Token Straight Breedernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-16725564426802273692011-06-13T17:23:40.166-05:002011-06-13T17:23:40.166-05:00California Proposition 13 was what really destroye...California Proposition 13 was what really destroyed education: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_13_(1978)<br /><br />It basically gutted taxes that public schools (including K-12 and the UC and CSU systems) relied on contributing to a downward spiral over the last 30 years. But it keeps property taxes incredibly low and I can't imagine repealling it would be at all politically popular. All the soccer moms who complain about lack of funding in schools and try to fundraise for it then turn around and vote for more tax cuts and nothing that supports education.<br /><br />I'm mostly a leftist, but as a governor I'd consider Schwarzenegger not all that bad. He was the last moderate republican on the national scene. I'm sure his non-viability as a presidential candidate contributed to that but in a nation with no real liberal wing anymore it was refreshing to have someone in the middle, who compromised with both parties, and accordingly pissed off everyone and had incredibly low approval ratings. Democrat in name Jerry Brown will do no better as the stakes of the game were set well ahead of time.FrauTechhttp://frautech.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-50670753205846751542011-06-13T11:17:48.397-05:002011-06-13T11:17:48.397-05:00Yes, Please! It would be fantastic if we had any o...Yes, Please! It would be fantastic if we had any of those conversations between now and November 2012.Matt_Lnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-11970455703906909002011-06-13T11:15:07.296-05:002011-06-13T11:15:07.296-05:00Good points, but Anthony Weiner hasn't been al...Good points, but Anthony Weiner hasn't been all that consistent about his opposition to the war in Iraq. (http://www.juancole.com/2011/06/top-things-anthony-weiner-has-said-that-are-worse-than-sexting.html)Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13204688519029277334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-89523256382515209622011-06-13T10:44:55.410-05:002011-06-13T10:44:55.410-05:00I would love to have more of these conversations. ...I would love to have more of these conversations. The aphrodisiac of power shouldn't excuse, in the eyes of politicians or the public, bad behaviour, but that bad behaviour is just political theatre for the most part.<br /><br />Here in Canada, all of the major papers devoted sizeable space in their print and online editions to the exciting question of what PM Harper's family was going to name their newest cat. Is that the best you can do in the immediate wake of establishing a majority Conservative government, oh mainstream press? Really?<br /><br />I'll go back to getting my opinion pieces and political insight from blogs. They seem to do it better!Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093558563358431804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-2544020049009095602011-06-13T10:17:06.434-05:002011-06-13T10:17:06.434-05:00I didn't say they were his doing -- I said he ...I didn't say they were his doing -- I said he supported these positions, and in fact, he perpetuated them and deepened the problem with his own policies.Tenured Radicalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703980598547163290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-34640499879925465412011-06-13T10:08:05.775-05:002011-06-13T10:08:05.775-05:00Like the previous poster, I'd like to point ou...Like the previous poster, I'd like to point out that CA passed Prop 227 in 1998 (5 years before Arnold took office)-- this proposition effectively banned bilingual education programs in most schools (though there are loopholes). Of course, Schwarzenegger did a lot of messed up stuff while he was governor, but it doesn't seem to me like there's a ton of evidence that the lack of bilingual education and the decline of the education system were his doing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36212542.post-39711979404807943462011-06-13T09:29:32.581-05:002011-06-13T09:29:32.581-05:00I agree with everything you say but I want to add,...I agree with everything you say but I want to add, as a native of California, that the destruction of our educational system began in the Reagan years and that ultimate responsibility falls on the voters who supported proposition 8 that effectively eviscerated the state tax coffers, especially as these same citizens kept voting for politicians who wanted more and more prisons. It would also be nice if those editorial page writers turned their attention to the war on children, with such things as the efforts in Maine and now Wisconsin to end child labor laws. But no, won't happen, they'll stick to stories about sex and deficits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com