Another storm headed our way, another day of 90 plus degree weather, more killed by drunk driving, No BOCS meetings until Sept. 14. I will pin this to the top for a couple of days. That seemed to work out.
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First, I like the OT being posted up top. Nice touch.
Second, http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0810/Levin_gets_a_pie_in_the_face.html is maddening to me. Speech does not equal assault. And I don’t care if it’s a pie in the face it’s still simple assault to me.
Lastly, got the following email today and wanted to pass along…
Volunteers Needed: On Saturday, September 25, 2010 Volunteer Prince William will participate in a regional, functional exercise which will test our ability to process large numbers of spontaneous volunteers in a short amount of time. The exercise will be conducted together with the Greater Prince William Medical Reserve Corps. We will be simulating a response to an anthrax situation in which volunteers are needed to assist in distribution of medication. Volunteers are needed in administrative roles as well as to portray spontaneous volunteers. Some volunteers are needed as early as 0900 the morning of the exercise while others can arrive closer to 1100. The location will be in Manassas. If you would like to participate please contact Bonnie Nahas at bnahas @ volunteerprincewilliam . org for all the details.
If I could pick my two least-favorite months, they would be August and September. Yuck.
There was a high speed auto chase along Dale Blvd. this afternoon. The person made a U-turn and came back down the road on the shoulder with several police cars in hot pursuit. This was around 1 PM. I haven’t searched for reports yet.
They must think this is LA, SA.
I hate July also, Emma. End of Sept is ok. October is devine.
Driving back from N. Carolina yesterday afternoon we got into the worst rainstorm the three of us had ever been in. All vehicles had emergency lights flickering. It was like a gray sheet across the windshield. Plain Awful! This was around Lexington and Staunton. Traffic crawling. No fun.
I always get caught in a nasty storm between Richmond, VA and South Carolina every year on vacation, and every year, it’s a “holy crap, I can’t see two feet in front of the car” storm. Moon says there’s another storm coming here? When?
I love the fall. Just love it. October, November. Can’t get enough. I remember summer as a kid (probably because of school), but the older I get, the more I like fall.
Fall is the best, hands down. And then let it snow!
AAAAAAHHHHHHHH! NO SNOW! (Except for Christmas.) Virginians can’t drive in snow; close down the schools for snow, lose power in snow. Forget snow. And don’t even mention shoveling that $#!%!! Ugh.
Ok, maybe a little for some sledding for a couple of days……BUT THAT’S IT!
Republicans still the party of the rich
…there’s a weird dichotomy on the Right when it comes to their self-image, and the esteem which the rich and the not-so-rich are held. I attended a Cato Institute event in the early 2000s, and among economic conservatives there was a worry that the public did not understand the critical role that the “producers” played in our society. And yet by contrast there is also an element of the Right which has internalized an almost Marxist frame whereby the economic elites, the holders of capital, are delegitimized as sources of authority. Ergo, the social conservative folksy face of the American Right which takes pride in its petit-bourgeois base.
Note: My own personal sympathies lean with the Right. But I am also extremely turned off by the faux and authentic populism which is currently ascendant. A genuine conservatism accepts hierarchy, distinction of role, a certain authority given to elites and specialists. I understand why cultural conservatives feel that the elites and specialists (technocrats) can not be trusted, but it seems to have gone too far in rejecting the very concept and idea of elites and technical knowledge, welcoming a radical and revolutionary flattening of social orders.
August 6th, 2010 Tags: Party of the Rich, Politics
by Razib Khan in Politics | 17 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/08/republicans-still-the-party-of-the-rich/
Interesting stuff. I’ve noticed that a lot of the Tea Party rhetoric bashing Wall Street and fatcat bonuses and big banks sounds very socialist.
VEry interesting perspective, Starry. Thanks.
“Tea Party rhetoric bashing Wall Street and fatcat bonuses and big banks sounds very socialist.”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! That would be the GOVERNMENT doing that. The TEA Party is bashing the government and the out of touch “ruling class.”
Nice try. And Razib Khan’s opinion is supposed to be considered for what reason? HE may feel that the PROGRESSIVE idea of the “technocrat” other “elites” are supposed to run things, but that is not an American conservative idea. I would use you own eyes to see whom the rich are supporting right now….and that would be the Democrats. The big corporations are supporting Democrats because they know that political connections brings more profit and a safety net.
No inflation? Ha.
Discovered yesterday that a value meal BK Jr. Whopper jumped
from $1 to $1.30 . A thirty percent increase.
The end is near!
You do not understand the article. The American conservative idea is that the “producers” – – whom Khan called “the holders of capital” – play a critical role in society. It’s what Reagan’s supply-side economics is all about. The tea partiers, by and large, deeply distrust them.
As for corporations supporting Democrats, you may be right, or not, but you completely the point. Wealthy people are not voting Democrat, they are voting Republican. The wealthy did not vote for Obama in the last election. See the link in the article I provided for the numbers. The numbers support this basic fact of electoral politics.
BD, http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=401409
This year’s gonna be sporty! Just wait till September. 🙂
I have not found any TEA party members that distrust the “producers” and they think that supply side economics works. I think splitting out the $100K into groups of even higher earners would be more accurate. $100K, today, is not wealthy. In some parts of the country, that’s middle class. If one talks about earning $100K as a small business, that’s tiny. Earnings does not equal wealth.
I would like to see how those with a net worth of $1 millon and up voted. I find it interesting that the mega-wealthy, ie Buffet, Gates, etc, support Obama.
The TEA party wants less spending and bailouts. They decry those companies that get the bailouts. They protest government spending, not weatlhy businesses and people.
1 word, HENRY.
High Earner(s) but Not Rich Yet.
It would be nice to know who to trust on money issues. In my case, one atta boy cancels out another atta boy.
Anyone been to the PWC Fair this year? How is it?
I would rather saw both feet off than go to the F-grounds.
Glad my kids are old enough to go to the fair by themselves. I can’t stand the smell there.
Emma, I am with you. And what you don’t have to smell, you have to look at and hear.
My over-privileged white princess self kicks in.
To those who feel I am being gauche mentioning my race, a blogger who isn’t allowed posting priviges called me an overly privileged white princess.
Bwaaaaaahahahahahaha Yea right!
I found the recent “Best countries to live in” thing very interesting. You’re tempted to look at what those countries do, and wonder if any of them could scale to a large country like the US. Fascinating stuff. I’ll admit, that the folks I’ve met from the top countries were all smart, well-adjusted, laid-back, and healthy folks. They must be doing something right! Oh, the other thing would be to look at the differences in population diversity between the top nations and the middle ones like the US. Interesting stuff!
@Moon-howler
Daaaaaammmmmnnnn……
U.S. may sue Arizona’s Sheriff Arpaio for not cooperating in investigation.
Justice Department officials in Washington have issued a rare threat to sue Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio if he does not cooperate with their investigation of whether he discriminates against Hispanics. Two of Arpaio’s attorneys, Robert N. Driscoll and Asheesh Agarwal, were officials in the Justice Department’s civil rights division in the George W. Bush administration.
Chicago Law was a cultural joke, but now is getting seriouser and seriouser at the national level.
What ever happened to the 5th Amendment? Blago too appears to have been convicted of one account of not sufficiently incriminating himself enough to FBI agents.
Ok, maybe Blago isn’t the best exmaple – but still…
Ahh, the almighty F-word. I knew the overly privileged white princess couldn’t stand the
F-word. I had no idea Emma shared that feeling. Ladies, I’m looking forward to enjoying the Demolition Derby tomorrow night along with the dwindling number of farm animals. I will agree with Emma, it’s nice when the kiddos can go alone. Can I pick either of you up a candy apple or cotton candy? 😉
@Moon-howler
October is “divine” if you don’t have to rake leaves! 😎
Dwindling number of farm animals? Hmm, I would start searching vehicles in the parking lot with Hokie flags and/or bumperstickers.
@Mom
LMAO!! I was speaking of the four-legged variety, of course.
@Mom
LMAO!! I was speaking of the four-legged variety, of course.
I was speaking of four-legged animals. VPI takes animal “husbandry” literally.
MoM, aren’t they still the folks that say ‘VPI?’
Geroge, OPWP here….I don’t do leaves. Just check out the kissing nurse thread. Emma and I have formed a club. Lafayette, you interested in joining? Elena wants to be the OPJWP.
Nancy Pelosi calls for a new investigation… of Americans with a different point of view than hers. How does this woman keep getting re-elected? To quote from one of my favorite movies, Step Brothers, “It’s mind bottling” over how it happens time and time again.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/41204.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWkNPrXkvRA&NR=1
sorry, that was from Blades of Glory, not Step Brothers…
I have a headache.
Very interesting video of Harry Reid blasting birthright citizenship for babies of illegal alien mothers which he tried to change with legislation to end it.
http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/08/reid-birthright-video-found.html
Then just the other day said “I don’t know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican”.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/harry-reid-i-dont-know-how-anyone-hispanic-heritage-could-be-republican
Some Democrats, especially their leadership, are mind bottling…
Perhaps he changed his mind. Do you have the same political beliefs you had 17 years ago? I have changed my mind on some things.
17 years ago I didn’t have any political beliefs (ahh, the good old days). I was just out of high-school working as a carpenter 10 hours a day and going to school 3 nights a week and taking my girlfriend (who later became my wife) out to dinner when I wasn’t sleeping or nursing some sort of gash and/or stitches from work.
However, Harry Reid wanted the change birthright citizenship for all the right reasons. I don’t think he changed his mind, I think he is now in a tough race against Angle and is just appeasing potential voters like just most politicians.
I don’t know. I don’t think I had an opinion on that subject 17 years ago. I can’t remember.
What difference does it make what Harry Reid thought 17 years ago, just out of curiosity? I don’t vote for him. He is someone else’s problem. I am more worried about our jerks.
Does anyone else think that our governor looks a little like the Scottrade owner?
Why worry about Harry Reid, because he is the senate majority leader ‘leading’ the Democratic majority on legislation that affects us all. He is ALL of our problem.
However, pretty soon none of us will have to worry about Harry Reid after he loses in November to Sharron Angle (who I’m not that big of a fan of by the way).
I’m worried about ‘our jerks’ as well, especially thespian/political hack Gerry Connolly. Just check out his pittiful campaign site where he you can read such gems on his blog like:
“P.S. We’ve included some highlights of Bush’s best verbal gaffes. Enjoy!.”
Absolutely mind bottling that this guy is our rep… 🙁
No one would please you. Name me a Democratic Senator who would please you.
Frank Wolfe is my rep. I will trade you. Or, we could just switch off and I could vote for you and you could vote for me.
Sharon Angle is a horse’s ass. I cannot be kinder. If she wins, I would be horrified but at least she wont be senate majority leader.
Harry Reid is the poster child for doing away with senatorial seniority. Connolly, geez, he even looks like a horses ass.
Great question Moon, I would name a conservative Democrat but there is no such thing these days.
Marin, you buy gold, don’t you?
How do you buy gold buffalo?
If I had to pick a Democrat as my favorite I would have to say Alvin Greene. Why? Because he is the perfect example of how Democrats vote, taking important issue of the day into consideration and weighing all of their options. Every vote counts. 😉
Name me a Democratic Senator who would please you.
Currently, that’s easy, Ted Kennedy
And what Republican Senator would the gang who couldn’t shoot straight choose?
I would choose Mark Warner, thank you for asking.