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Cheers and Jeers: Tuesday

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From the GREAT STATE OF MAINE

So, just to recap: In Republican World?

  • Blowing up the U.S. economy is preferable to raising taxes a little bit on the richest Americans to help stabilize the U.S. economy.
  • Spending taxpayer money to help the poor and elderly is bad, but spending taxpayer money on subsidies for mega-profitable industries that don?t need them is good.
  • "All men are created equal" means all men. Except the gay ones.
  • "Our #1 priority is jobs jobs jobs" means "Our #1 priority is anything but jobs jobs jobs."
  • The fact that voter fraud is not a problem means voter fraud is a huge problem.
  • The fact that climate change and oil dependence are huge problems means climate change and oil dependence are not problems.
  • George Bush wasn't president for eight years---we went straight from America-destroyer Bill Clinton to America-destroyer Barack Obama.
  • If Republicans in the House and Senate vote to end Medicare in favor of health care by coupons, and it turns out to be a blunder of epic proportions, it never happened.
  • Rupert Murdoch is the de facto Minister of Information
  • Talk of secession is taken seriously.
  • Everything you need to know about science is in the Bible.
  • Suffering builds character, which is why we need more of it.
  • The prime directive is the destruction of one citizen---the guy in the White House---even if it comes at the expense of the other 311,747,129 citizens.

Sometimes I need to remind myself, since otherwise they're such sweeties.

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Unemployed? Don't count on military

Friday's government report showing a rise in unemployment shines a light on a new hurdle facing young people in need of work: the military isn't the reliable source of employment that it used to be. The Army and Marine Corps are getting smaller, and now there's a nearly year-long waiting list just to get into boot camp, no matter which branch you want to join.

Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/FblP0vHZ6mc/index.html

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Obama's Demagogic Style

Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
But very soon - in later fifth- and fourth-century authors (e.g., Aristophanes, Xenophon, Aristotle, the Attic orators) - both the concrete and the abstract nouns (demagogue and demagogy/demagoguery) and the verb (to demagogue) became ever more pejorative, describing crass popular leaders who alternately flattered and incited the masses (ochlos). Their trick was to obtain and expand their own personal power by clever rhetoric directed against the better off, coupled with promises of more entitlements for the “poor” paid for by a demonized “them.”

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/07/11/obama039s_demagogic_style_259085.html

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Next 30 Days Make-or-Break for Pawlenty

Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
The Iowa caucuses are still a half a year away, but do-or-die time for Tim Pawlenty is rapidly approaching.As polls have shown the former Minnesota governor continuing to languish in the back of the pack since he officially entered the 2012 Republican presidential race in May, Pawlenty and his advisers have publicly projected a calm demeanor. His name identification is low, they've said. The electorate isn't yet engaged. Previous presidential candidates who were ultimately nominated had low poll numbers at a comparable time in the process. It's not time to panic. Not yet,...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/07/11/pawlenty_aims_for_surge_in_critical_month_ahead_110522.html

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Wisconsin protests: Gov. Scott Walker and Democratic state senators continue standoff

Protests in Wisconsin continue as Democratic legislators remain in exile to avoid voting on Governor Scott Walker's proposed changes to union laws. An end to the impasse does not appear imminent:

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/08/AR2011030804258.html?wprss=rss_politics

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