tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521847710874444875.post3402893066545324569..comments2024-01-04T11:29:50.296-08:00Comments on THE WULFSHEAD: Patriot GamesNausicaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10316597236758211957noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521847710874444875.post-68663035966699216892011-04-07T14:46:09.669-07:002011-04-07T14:46:09.669-07:00There is indeed a good case that the Democrats got...There is indeed a good case that the Democrats got crushed in 2010 in large part because their base had grown so unenthusiastic. <br /><br />Great article <a href="http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/04/05/democrats/index.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> on Tueday, by Glenn Greenwald whose take on this has been right on from the start:<br /><br /><i>It was often said that Bush/Cheney used fear as their principal political weapon -- and they did -- but that's true of the Democratic Party as well. When it comes to their base, Democratic leaders know they will command undying, unbreakable support no matter how many times they kick their base, because of the fear that has been instilled in the base -- not fear of Terrorists or Immigrants (that's the GOP's tactic), but fear of Sarah Palin, the Kochs and the Tea Party.</i><br /><br />Rachel Maddow made this point quite well before the 2010 election:<br /><br /><i> I talked at the top of the show tonight with Gail Collins about how one way to motivate your natural base for an election is to make your base afraid of what the other side has to offer. And that is true. That works. That works on both sides. It works for conservatives about liberals and it works for liberals about conservatives.<br /><br />But one less soul-sucking way to motivate your base and to win an election and to keep winning elections and to, frankly, have history look kindly upon you, is to get your base to cheer for you -- not just to cheer against someone else, but to see you standing up, not just to bad guys with worse ideas than you, but to see you standing up for what is right because you know it is right, because we know you know it's right, even though you also know standing up for it is hard.</i><br /><br />Here is hoping that these recent events in Wisconsin can be an inspiration to them all and that they (Democratic politicians in other States and in Washington D.C.) take notice and get up off their asses and stand up for something!Jeremiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10809395041902843768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521847710874444875.post-46834327131718185062011-04-01T16:08:43.463-07:002011-04-01T16:08:43.463-07:00And they can win, too! If only they don't lose...And they can win, too! If only they don't lose heart or sink into apathy. Say they (politicians) are all the same and what sense is it to go out and vote? Wisconsin and Ohio and the other states can win if only they get up off their asses and vote.Quintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04353505559085634434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521847710874444875.post-1953954242390074782011-04-01T14:58:31.054-07:002011-04-01T14:58:31.054-07:00I bought some GE stock the first I heard it paid n...I bought some GE stock the first I heard it paid no taxes. <br /><br /> Good sense dictates we must make money on these scum in order to fund progressive causes. I donated twice to the group that's helping the Wisconsin Union Men and Women.Joe "Truth 101" Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08875151516978133598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521847710874444875.post-46453361481004391562011-04-01T12:04:56.000-07:002011-04-01T12:04:56.000-07:00"Kings, priests, and nobles.... " Yeah, ..."Kings, priests, and nobles.... " Yeah, we got 'em, we got 'em in spades.Quintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04353505559085634434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521847710874444875.post-24937490483348010642011-04-01T12:03:31.333-07:002011-04-01T12:03:31.333-07:00Doesn't it just wring your heart out how these...Doesn't it just wring your heart out how these giant corporations and multi billionaires and the like are sometimes forced to suffer by chipping in to the common tax base? How they suffer! Any sentient, sensitive being must surely feel the appalling pain they endure.Quintyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04353505559085634434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521847710874444875.post-46351697427980790792011-03-31T16:54:14.544-07:002011-03-31T16:54:14.544-07:00"I think by far the most important bill in ou..."<i>I think by far the most important bill in our whole code is that for the diffusion of knowledge among the people. No other sure foundation can be devised, for the preservation of freedom and happiness...Preach, my dear Sir, a crusade against ignorance; establish & improve the law for educating the common people. Let our countrymen know that the people alone can protect us against these evils [tyranny, oppression, etc.] and that the tax which will be paid for this purpose is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance.</i>"<br />---Thomas Jefferson to <a href="http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/george-wythe" rel="nofollow">George Wythe</a>, Aug. 13, 1786Ben Trovatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16574917763025499310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521847710874444875.post-29184922548136801942011-03-31T16:49:53.077-07:002011-03-31T16:49:53.077-07:00Now, what would Jefferson say?Now, <a href="http://wulfshead.blogspot.com/2011/03/what-would-jefferson-say.html" rel="nofollow">what would Jefferson say?</a>Ben Trovatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16574917763025499310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521847710874444875.post-26334280586882283192011-03-31T14:48:12.097-07:002011-03-31T14:48:12.097-07:00133 comments and counting...<a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_MyggqBCzOnY/TZT10mjn7KI/AAAAAAAAAdA/JS81BctNqF0/s800/131commentsandcounting.png" rel="nofollow">133 comments</a> and counting...Jeremiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10809395041902843768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521847710874444875.post-40003664604787085472011-03-31T14:46:29.028-07:002011-03-31T14:46:29.028-07:00GE and Taxes, from the horse's mouth.<a href="http://www.gereports.com/setting-the-record-straight-ge-and-taxes/" rel="nofollow">GE and Taxes</a>, from the horse's mouth.Jeremiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10809395041902843768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521847710874444875.post-36197285361517142702011-03-31T14:14:12.993-07:002011-03-31T14:14:12.993-07:00This petition!This <a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_GFIZ-vO76kk/TZTuRHLyQ1I/AAAAAAAABdM/xqJqJwN6a3U/s800/ScreenShot.png" rel="nofollow">petition</a>!Nausicaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10316597236758211957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521847710874444875.post-9614301535756311072011-03-31T14:10:31.290-07:002011-03-31T14:10:31.290-07:00Which petition?Which <a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_MyggqBCzOnY/TZTtUC0YBmI/AAAAAAAAAc0/nGDFGim8cf8/s800/Petition_in_Support_of_GE.png" rel="nofollow">petition</a>?Jeremiahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10809395041902843768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521847710874444875.post-76497469813941580962011-03-31T14:03:07.513-07:002011-03-31T14:03:07.513-07:00Er? Does it mean they are not going to sign the pe...Er? Does it mean they are not going to sign the petition, then?Nausicaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10316597236758211957noreply@blogger.com