tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post7028195059926854464..comments2024-03-16T05:19:07.061-04:00Comments on Retirement Blues: Judging WisconsinJazzbumpahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07337490817307473659noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-7701979969340327382011-04-08T21:31:44.813-04:002011-04-08T21:31:44.813-04:00The majority of Americans simply don't care wh...The majority of Americans simply don't care who leads them. All they care about is that *someone* is doing the heavy thinking for them. Because thinking makes their head hurt. <br /><br />I correctly predicted that George W. Bush would win re-election in 2004. When a friend said, "How can that dummy, that disaster, win again?!" I pointed out to him, "50% of Americans are below average, and average ain't so smart anymore." I.e., between the dunces and the top 1% who were benefitting from Junior's policies, you had the 51% needed to win an election. <br /><br />Given that reality, we see the sort of pandering to the least common denominator that dominates American politics today. Because the majority of (potential) voters neither understand nor care about issues, elections become personality contests where the goal of each candidate is to make the other candidate look like an axe murderer and make him or her look like the second coming of Jesus Christ (well, not Jesus Christ, that notorious commie, but at least George Washington). Because the majority of voters don't even care to vote on <i>that</i> basis, the most opinionated and bigoted end up having the heaviest turnout, because they are the ones who find motivation enough to break away from the latest episode of American Idolotry and actually bubble in their votes. <br /><br />And We The People get the government we want -- and deserve. And those of us who *do* care about issues, who *do* care about facts, who *don't* get a headache when we try to think... well. We're just eggheads and intellec-chuals, we don't count, almost literally.<br /><br />- Badtux the WASF PenguinBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-66698657549529676282011-04-08T16:38:43.961-04:002011-04-08T16:38:43.961-04:00While Wisconsin is known for progressive roots, it...While Wisconsin is known for progressive roots, it is also known as the state that elected McCarthy to Congress. Feelings...both pro and con...when it comes to unions & organized labor runs very, very deep and often go back for several generations.purplepenquinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17985523216476971244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-55623344331953859232011-04-08T07:12:24.736-04:002011-04-08T07:12:24.736-04:00... in the grand scheme of things, none of this ma...<i> ... in the grand scheme of things, none of this matters. As a nation, we are on a path to undo every gain society has made since the enlightenment. ...</i><br /><br />Well none of THAT matters because we're about to <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2011/04/07/global-warming-hot-pink/" rel="nofollow">bake our planet to oblivion</a>.<br /><br />Cheers!Litzz11@yahoo.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843479112124843471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-91109515542382240352011-04-07T23:00:41.149-04:002011-04-07T23:00:41.149-04:00It's even worse now. It seems that a clerk, wh...It's even worse now. It seems that a clerk, who keeps all of the election results on her personal computer (even though an auditor told her it was a bad idea) AND NOWHERE ELSE, "found" 13,000 previously uncounted votes, giving Prosser a large lead. Large enough that Ms. Kloppenberg will probably have to pay to have a recount done. Oh, the clerk is a republican in one of the reddest counties in the state.ubetiamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05472390587977172027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4290163255778893789.post-24368620770523837922011-04-06T20:48:47.658-04:002011-04-06T20:48:47.658-04:00As long as only a third of the eligible voters vot...As long as only a third of the eligible voters vote, we will continue to be screwed by the republicorps.Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.com