tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post2969593346644063380..comments2023-11-03T03:17:27.053-05:00Comments on NPR Check: The Art of Framing at NPRMytwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-70817408201841481002009-09-01T16:18:03.559-05:002009-09-01T16:18:03.559-05:00It's all OK Anon....I lived through the sixtie...It's all OK Anon....I lived through the sixties too.<br /><br />And, I must say that it appears that Mr. Johnson is doing OK too...<br />in more ways than one. Sadly, it also appears that Congress has gone the route of "Off with their heads and let them eat cake."Hubertghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409027211218872203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-52181242063742949082009-09-01T11:57:08.315-05:002009-09-01T11:57:08.315-05:00Speaking of "bought and sold"
"...Speaking of "bought and sold"<br /> <br /> <br />"If Senator Tim Johnson ascends to the chairmanship of the Senate Banking Committee, the biggest winners will be Wall Street, pay-day lenders and credit card companies. The biggest losers: widows and orphans." -- from "Banks' Favorite Dem Set To Chair Banking Committee" by Ryan Grim<br /><br />"Johnson cast a key vote with the banks earlier this year, rejecting an important effort by Senate Democrats to allow homeowners to renegotiate mortgages under the protection of bankruptcy. The "cramdown" measure fell 15 votes short of overcoming a Republican filibuster."<br /><br />"According to Center for Responsive Politics, Johnson took roughly $1.5 million from finance, real estate and insurance industry from 2003 to 2008. That's well less than Dodd -- but it represents a fifth of all his campaign cash."<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/01/banks-favorite-dem-set-to_n_273237.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-27776470450136053162009-08-31T22:35:29.669-05:002009-08-31T22:35:29.669-05:00'Tis a shame that Congress is filled with thes...'Tis a shame that Congress is filled with these 'Gang of Six' types and 'we the people' are offered so little to vote for in the form of decent representation.<br />In my opinion, they are all bought and sold to begin with.<br /><br />I am with Iacocca on this one...throw ALL the bums out, but then what takes their place?Hubertghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05409027211218872203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-19562009681825058022009-08-31T10:36:42.590-05:002009-08-31T10:36:42.590-05:00I wonder when NPR will get around to discussing th...I wonder when NPR will get around to discussing the Bush use of "reconciliation"?<br /><br />On the plus side, due to weather I have been unable to listen to WHYY so I get to snipe from their own web-site.<br /> There was a discussion about drug use by aging boomers and since I am both I posted a rebuttal. Will be amazed if it stays since I guess one could argue that I was admitting to certain crimes in order to put my answer "in context" so to speak.<br /><br />edkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-86170235936864073972009-08-29T16:31:37.747-05:002009-08-29T16:31:37.747-05:00Sorry,
"male" was the other adjectiveSorry,<br /><br />"male" was the other adjectiveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-59229639344842341762009-08-29T16:27:06.100-05:002009-08-29T16:27:06.100-05:00I should add 2 key adjectives:
"privileged&q...I should add 2 key adjectives:<br /><br />"privileged"<br /><br />It's really rather absurd that a group of 100 (primarily) old, white, privileged farts should have such a stranglehold over our country. <br /><br />Senators are largely arrogant, spoiled Ivy league brats who have had everything in life handed to them on a silver platter.<br /><br />You know, the Yalie Skull and Bones dirtbags.<br /><br />With a few notable exceptions (Kennedy) they could not give a rats ass for ordinary Americans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-80294393837456279392009-08-29T15:54:32.556-05:002009-08-29T15:54:32.556-05:00six senators representing less than 3% of the US p...six senators representing less than 3% of the US population"<br /><br />I'd like to see the US Senate abolished entirely, perhaps through a Constitutional amendment passed by state legislatures.<br /><br />It's really rather absurd that a group of 100 (primarily) old, white farts should have such a stranglehold over our country. <br /><br />The Senator's in my own state (Lieberman and Dodd) are a disgrace.<br /><br /><br />They represent the rich (of which there are certainly a lot here in CT). Most of the bankers who got bailed out live here.<br /><br />We (the people of CT) tried to give Lieberman the boot, but he got re-elected by the Republicans here.<br /><br />We'll try the same with Dodd this fall, but I am not hopeful.<br /><br />He's one of the old farts with lots of money backing him (banking industry as just one example)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-47588938743699542012009-08-29T15:12:06.097-05:002009-08-29T15:12:06.097-05:00‘Gang of Six’ Not Quite the Voice of The Nation
Th...<i>‘Gang of Six’ Not Quite the Voice of The Nation</i><br><br />This is what is sometimes called the "democracy deficit." 12% of the Senate represents only 2.75% if the people and control the outcome of the vote.geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300772545812600392noreply@blogger.com