tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post2102051434195667772..comments2024-03-16T08:04:53.086-05:00Comments on Dredd Blog: "Big vs Small Government" Is A CanardUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-31063834713168555142010-04-23T10:04:49.481-05:002010-04-23T10:04:49.481-05:00They are too big to jail, as Dredd's Wednesday...They are too big to jail, as Dredd's Wednesday's post showed.<br /><br />And that is how the "small government" conservatives want it.<br /><br />"Narrowing the distance between right and wrong" is spot on Dredd (and Dylan).Randyhttp://artwanted.com/artist.cfm?artid=3388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-1482955356589346082010-04-23T09:33:31.990-05:002010-04-23T09:33:31.990-05:00Right and wrong in a crony casino capitalist marke...Right and wrong in a crony casino capitalist market economy is simply defined as winning and losing, with winning being defined as making money (the more the better) and/or increasing access and/or influence to the corporate/governmental levers of power from which the money springs.<br /><br />The difference between now and 30 years ago is that then, wealthy corporate pigs were content to lobby the government to leave them alone so that they could rape and pillage the private sector. Having accomplished all that, they turned to the real prize, the US government itself.<br /><br />Now they've successfully infiltrated the government with the intent to loot the federal treasury for every last remaining dime. No need to point out the obvious fact that that's been an unmitigated and ongoing bonanza. So much so that even the Dems had to get in on the action.<br /><br />This process will continue until the collapse, after which the rich motherfuckers will double down on their winnings by selling us former government services as private sector products, all with appropriately obscene markups of course.<br /><br />A brilliant strategy in hindsight, and it really didn't take them all that long to execute either. What happens then is still anybody's guess, but I'm betting they'll find even more ways to milk the status quo in the aftermath of the US empire. That's what they do.NowhereManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12745173041874539711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-60825089684539845922010-04-23T08:28:51.791-05:002010-04-23T08:28:51.791-05:00disaffected,
I don't know that I would equate...disaffected,<br /><br />I don't know that I would equate "genius" with deceitful cunning, nevertheless, with English all things are possible.<br /><br />That they did "<i>all this at the behest of the very constituencies who were harmed most by such policies</i>" morphs it into deceitful cunning and away from genius to me.<br /><br />Like Bob Dylan says, "<i>they are narrowing the distance between right and wrong</i>" ...<br /><br />I would say they are accomplished at <i>deceitful cunning</i> but that they are not geniuses at all.<br /><br />"Terd Blossom" (a.k.a. Karl Rove) is the quixotic Bush II glorified example of that to me.<br /><br />The meaning of "<i>Republican success</i>" then is modified as well, since it can be translated equally as well into "<i>American political and economic disaster</i>" which, yes, is still a victory for them so long as they "win".<br /><br />Until <i>winning at governing</i> after elections takes priority over <i>winning an election</i> but losing / failing at government afterwards, our politics will be judged as whether or not one can convince the people that a "terd" is really a "blossom".<br /><br />Which is just another example of <a href="http://powertoxins.blogspot.com/2009/12/territorial-realm-of-toxins-of-power.html" rel="nofollow">the plague of dementia</a>, for which no neoCon seems to want to develop a vaccime (memetic term).Dreddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15673418865926403671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1039161489041752842.post-45690012158576160142010-04-23T07:51:27.332-05:002010-04-23T07:51:27.332-05:00"To them "fiscal conservatism" mean..."To them "fiscal conservatism" means "rout regulations", "shut down domestic programs", and "inflate the size of the military" wildly out of proportion."<br /><br />Conservatives' real genius was implementing all this at the behest of the very constituencies who were harmed most by such policies. They did this mostly by making politics a referendum on American values; once again, no small feat, as their moral values were more often than not just as despicable as the Dems'.<br /><br />Republican success since 1980 should be a centerpiece of all MBA marketing curricula, as for all their electoral successes, they're record governing is unqualified abysmal. Of course, what that says about the Dems is obvious. These guys are nothing so much as a comedy team, taking turns playing straight man to the other's buffoonery.NowhereManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12745173041874539711noreply@blogger.com