Good morning Attaturk & all.

Distressing state of the U.S. on all fronts continues this morning. Sigh.

Good morning, Attaturk. Glad to see you — I was beginning to worry! This morning we’ve got Brooks and Krugman. Oh, cripes. Bobo’s being an amateur sociologist again, which always gives me a rash. In “The Flock Comedies” he gurgles that the Bunkers, Huxtables and other TV families have been replaced by groups of friends hanging out. It’s happening throughout our culture, too. Prof. Krugman, in “British Fashion Victims,” says fiscal austerity is the fad of 2010. That fad is fading, but the damage is done.

Here they are.

The coffee and tea are ready, and I’ve got waffles with Vermont maple syrup today. I’ve got the day off, so I’m off to be frivolous and maybe even do a small frisk and frolic. Have a great day.

I must have forgotten to hit publish this morning or something. I dunno, just woke up from going back to bed.

Enjoy your day off Marion.

Enjoy the extra sleep.

here’s what’s going on;

the republican party has gone after “the southern strategy” since johnson

they therefore became then refuge for bogots

but some bigots are proud of that bigotry and they were none too happy with “the southern strategy’s” stealth operandi, they were out in front with their “tribalism” and advertised that fact

now with the tea party they can be proud again within a political party

the tea party gives them new refuge and they are abandoning the republican party for that

the republican party now has to compete so they co-opt these tea partiers.

thus the republican party will morph again further to the right then what they ever were before

Followed to the right by the Ds nipping on their heels

All you have proven is that some Americans are racist.

Since you lurrrrrves your Democratic Party so much you obviously won’t have done any research into them.

Is my name among any of these racists?

You mentioned maybe 7 people.

What about your neighbors? You canvassed them to find out how they feel about the 150+ nationalities?

Feel smug Attaturk? I know you are. Ever made a disparaging remark. Now come on Attaturk. Not even when you were 15? Maybe 21? Ah, nothing on tape? Makes you clean as a whistle. Attaturk. Name I won’t forget so soon when it comes to oppo research.

Um, the tea party isn’t a separate political party so how are they abandoning the Republican party.

F this…the logic just gives headaches.

Good Morning Atta, eCAN, Marion,

And NPR topped the news here with Juan, ‘free’ speech that is now covered with a multi-million$ contract with FAUX, complaining all the way to the bank, Wiliams, spouting disgust to Bill O Rilemupp.

thus the republican party will morph again further to the right then what they ever were before

I think the Republican Party will easily co-opt any Tea Party Congressman or woman once they’re elected. When the Tea Party politicians start voting the same old status quo, the Tea Partiers will start to feel just as disillusioned as the “Professional Left” does now.
But the important thing is: the anger will remain, just like our anger remains. If the people can find common ground, we’ll become stronger.

Steve Clemons had an interesting take on Williams, namely in a previous life, Williams tried to help Japanese biznessmen not ‘feel uncomfortable’ when they saw black people on the streets of the U.S.

I’m off for now. Be well.

I think you have it a little backwards, in this case the tail will wag the dog

the republicans will aggressively persue the tea party agenda

because there are plenty of bigots in the d party, the south used to be d don’t forget

What about your neighbors?

Is it wrong to set the bar higher for public figures, particularly office holders and candidates for elected office?

I have no problem identifying several of my neighbors as bigots but they are not running for office so I can’t vote for them and neither can anyone else?

It’s not wrong. But I think you misunderstand the implications of what Attaturk is doing.

When I advised the Green movement in Iran the opposition immediately branded every member of the Green movement with a broad brush. A lot of my friends were killed by that brush.

When I advised many movements toward civil rights and freedom, the opposition took the same position.

So when a group that calls black people Colored People issues a report that Attaturk then takes to say “Okay, whatever, it’s after that they get to the actual evidence” painting millions of people who have never been involved in politics as racists…

Yeah, I get a bit offended.

There are no leaders, but as one of the guys who pushed for the movement long before Santelli’s screed or Koch’s money… and who is not lily white from Anglo Saxon heritage… I get offended.

Plus, I’ve been forthright since 2008 that those f’ers (c’mon Jane you know how much I love to curse) over at Stormfront that I have been battling for years on this here Internet figured to jump in and it’s been like battling bed bugs in NYC I get offended when I have to fight a rear guard action from people who don’t even fully understand what the hell has been going on in the Internetz (there are actually more than one) for the last 20 years bringing their simplistic us vs. them party bs into play. OK?

So now we are criticizing rhetorical feints as if they were serious beliefs. How much more grouchy will we become before November 2?

The art of rhetoric has been lost in the screaming.

Repeat after me: “I think Glenn Beck has a right to be on television and right to believe what he believes. And should be unmolested.”

I think that Glenn Beck has a right to free speech but not a right to a megaphone. If he wants to spout his beliefs, he can do it on any streetcorner where he has the right to be unmolested unless he physically threatens someone. He has no Constitutional right to be on Fox News Network. He is there because he does Murdoch’s bidding and attracts viewers through his screaming.

I also think that Rupert Murdoch does not have the Constitutional right to avoid taxes through passing money through his foreign subsidiaries.

Although what this has to do with my comment escapes me. My point was that folks used to temper what they wrote to their expected audience and used rhetorical feints to deal with phony arguments in advance. Today folks are expected to be forceful polemicists and ineffectual in action apparently.

Serenity now…