I, Too, Am The 53%

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Tuesday October 11, 2011 · 11:50 AM PDT

2011/10/11 · 11:50

I see that one of the Right's responses to "We Are The 99%" is to try to shame those 47% of Americans who are too poorly paid to have any Federal income tax liability.

Most of their stories seem to be about how hard they work, and how they have the same problems as everyone else, but they're not blaming Wall Street.

I thought maybe I could add MY perspective...

GeneJockey

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Sunday October 09, 2011 · 3:27 PM PDT

2011/10/09 · 15:27

The American Dream.

I believe a lot of what separates Right and Left is not whether one side or the other believes in it, but rather how each side DEFINES it.

When I look at Occupy Wall Street and the response to it from the Right, and compare it with the Tea Party and what they stand for, it's clear that we're not all talking about the same American Dream.

GeneJockey

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Monday December 17, 2007 · 5:52 PM PST

2007/12/17 · 17:52

As of today, the Brits have oficially handed over control of Basra to the Iraqis. This is the final official acknowledgement of their physical withdrawal from the city last summer.

The British press - hell, the WORLD press - are full of articles saying essentially that they British are leaving a mess, with the local Shia militias controlling the place, not to mention controlling different units of the local police and military.

But according to my Wingnut friends, this just means we're not only winning in Iraq - it means we've won!

GeneJockey

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Monday October 29, 2007 · 10:41 PM PDT

2007/10/29 · 22:41

Outrage. It's what drives the Right. Feigned outrage, real outrage, outrageous outrage. Outrage by email, outrage on the radio, outrage in books, outrage on TV.

They're very practiced at it. Look at the response to the MoveOn.org "Betray-us" ad. A well-oiled machine sprang into action - the bloggers, the Talk Radio hosts, Fox News talking heads, and prominent Republicans, all speaking with one voice - no matter how silly.

And how did Dems respond?

GeneJockey

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Tuesday May 01, 2007 · 10:47 PM PDT

2007/05/01 · 22:47

I am not, by nature, prone to flights of paranoid fantasy.

I routinely sneer at conspiracy theorists and their logic-defying, evidence-free approach to understanding events.

Unlike many Lefties, I don't believe that Bush "lied us into war" - I believe HE believed he was right, and belief is more important than truth to him and the Neocons.

I tell you this, so you won't think I'm just another paranoid crazy, seeing plots around every corner to sap and impurify our precious bodily fluids.

But right now, I am noticeing something I find very disturbing.

GeneJockey

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Tuesday February 13, 2007 · 2:40 PM PST

2007/02/13 · 14:40

Well, it's 2002 all over again.

On the political forum of a bowhunting website I frequent, the accusations of Iran providing weapons to Iraqi insurgents have been flying thick and fast.

Today, they were joined by a post detailing how EASY it would be to bring Iran to its knees. All we'd have to do, it said, was bomb 9 refineries, and they'd have no gas and their economy would collapse.

GeneJockey

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Tuesday August 01, 2006 · 10:58 PM PDT

2006/08/01 · 22:58

My first diary. Don't be surprised if it's awkward and over too quickly.

In addition to lurking on dkos, I also post a lot (too much, really) on a bowhunting forum. As you can imagine, a lot of folks there are VERY conservative. Sadly, most moderate and liberal voices get tired and give up - why piss into the wind? So far, I've managed to hang on.

I read Pericles' diary yesterday (and if I knew how, I'd link to it) about Asymmetric Warfare. Highly recommended, BTW. It seemed to me to be a well written and well thought out piece, that might get some folks to look at things differently. They might still disagree, but at least they might see that another side existed. So I posted a link.

The thing is, the truth in the article was so blindingly obvious, and explained so many things so perfectly that I foolishly assumed that folks would read it, and say, "Oh, yeah! That makes sense!"

I suppose I was expecting too much.

But then, it just reminds me of how everything has gone the last 5 years. Read More

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