tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post1889102489439206716..comments2024-01-02T22:01:12.976+00:00Comments on Avedon's Sideshow: "That'll never happen"Avedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04702100335744054401noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-87372740290809545252013-07-27T22:31:24.311+01:002013-07-27T22:31:24.311+01:00Avedon, I'm guessing it was you I was talking ...Avedon, I'm guessing it was you I was talking with on that Ezra Klein thread.<br /><br />I took his meaning to be "Simpson Bowles didn't get Social Security cut, therefore there is no "amorphous Washington consensus".<br /><br />Of course, I strongly object to that. There certainly is a Beltway power center consensus: the rich must get richer, no matter what.<br /><br />That a Simpson-Bowles Commission could occur at all after the Democratic wave elections of 2006 and 2008 is <i>proof of that fact</i>. As is the utter failure of reforming Wall Street, or bringing any big banksters to justice.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-25070840591877886012013-07-27T22:29:19.783+01:002013-07-27T22:29:19.783+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-83435261369843604572013-07-27T02:58:44.697+01:002013-07-27T02:58:44.697+01:00That didn't take long, at least not in geologi...<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/25/theres-no-such-thing-as-the-center/" rel="nofollow">That</a> didn't take long, at least not in geological time.CMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481861530761114492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-58379722130264505782013-07-26T23:45:52.122+01:002013-07-26T23:45:52.122+01:00"Of course, we'll be told that good legis..."Of course, we'll be told that good legislation will "never happen", that it's not politically feasible. And, of course, it isn't, as long as we keep electing neoglibs like Barack Obama who fervently wish to avoid good legislation."<br /><br />Yet they'll be the 1st ones to say how if the GOP gets 51 senators with contols of the house and white house they'll pass all manner of horrible, unpopular policies. Heck, at least the GOP has the courage of its convictions fledermausnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-56522702591763113212013-07-26T12:08:09.630+01:002013-07-26T12:08:09.630+01:00The floor was indeed as written 30,000 constituent...The floor was indeed <i>as written</i> 30,000 constituents, but it appears <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_congressional_apportionment#Controversy_and_history" rel="nofollow">the intention was different</a>.Avedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04702100335744054401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-89088740087505454032013-07-26T07:33:06.363+01:002013-07-26T07:33:06.363+01:00The floor is 30,00 constituents per representative...The floor is 30,00 constituents per representative, not the ceiling (Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3). I would like to see it set up that 100,000 constituents per rep as the target. And it is up to Congress to decide the number unless we get an amendment passed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-72816863424293608632013-07-24T22:09:24.484+01:002013-07-24T22:09:24.484+01:00No surprise spoiler: "Poverty is a more powe...No surprise spoiler: "Poverty is a more powerful influence on the outcome of inner-city children than gestational exposure to cocaine," Hurt said at her May lecture.ksixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15406854618914127269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-33694593018449219852013-07-24T22:08:31.772+01:002013-07-24T22:08:31.772+01:00Atrios picked Ray Kelly, of whom Obama spoke so hi...<i>Atrios picked Ray Kelly, of whom Obama spoke so highly, as the first Worst Person in the World* this week. </i><br /><br />The safe bet? Obama will pick Ray Kelly for DHS, and Larry Summers for Fed Chief.<br /><br />Because putting shitheads in important positions is what he does.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.com