It has been posited that the esoteric (my term) economy has been hijacked by terrorists. I think that’s probably a stretch. What we have in the U.S. is a coterie of petty potentates aiming to hold on to what little power they have by inflicting damage as they run. Terrorists aim to get power; our [...]
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The Urge to Punish
One man’s punishment is another man’s abuse. Literally. Nobody admits to being an abuser, but punishing “them that deserve it” is widely practiced. Who “deserves” to be punished? Well, if one listens to the Cons’ assertion that everybody is born evil, punishment and deprivation are the default conditions and the right to go on living [...]
Louie Ludwig in Competition
If you’ve admired Louie’s contributions and aren’t averse to registering on the web, you can support his entry into the Looking at Democracy competition. Regardless, I think the video is worth passing around — an especially timely reminder for New Hampshire where we know full well the malicious powers of legislators aiming to aggrandise themselves.
Defining the Con Men
Paul Krugman takes another stab at it with an op-ed in today’s New York Times. He calls them the Chutzpah Caucus. The funny thing is that right now these same hard-line conservatives declare that we must not run deficits in times of economic crisis. Why? Because, they say, politicians won’t do the right thing and [...]
#NoNetTax
That’s the subject of an email communication from Senator Jeanne Shaheen to her “dear friends.” It starts out with the sentence: I think you’d agree with me that Congress needs to be promoting economic growth and innovation Well, I might, if it weren’t for the fact that, at least recently, the Congressional track record of [...]
The Reinhart-Rogoff Controversy
OK, let’s agree that increasing the public debt is a bad idea at any time. That leads to the question why a country that issues its own currency even has a debt. Why are we borrowing our own dollars back at a premium from people who, obviously, have no other use for them and haven’t [...]
Wrong, Mr. Buckley
An apology from Stella Tremblay won’t fix anything. I appreciate the thought: Chilling, vile, and disgusting. That is the only way to describe Republican State Representative Stella Tremblay’s claim that the tragic bombings at the Boston Marathon last week were “attacks by our own Government.” When contacted Tuesday afternoon, she refused to apologize and instead [...]
Swinging Strafford County Democrats
Let’s hope the same enthusiasm is surfacing in our other counties around the state. While it is a bit short notice, the Strafford County Democratic Committee is hosting an open forum to hear from Democrats tomorrow: Strafford County Democratic Committee DATE: April 23, 2013 TIME: 7:00 – 8:30 Open Forum LOCATION: Council Chambers, Somersworth City [...]
Senators with No Guts
46 U.S. Senators voted against public safety to protect the interests of the weapons industry. The Washington Post calls them cowards. I think that’s wrong. Might as well call the fellow who keeps pit bulls snarling in his yard a coward. I keep wavering. I used to think the fear espoused by politicians was manufactured [...]
UNH Seminars: THE US IN LATIN AMERICA
NEWS COVERAGE & COVER-UPS, April 15th and 17th, 2013 5:30-7:30 pm, Horton Social Science Center, Room 125, UNH, Durham Professor Joshua Meyrowitz writes: Why do most U.S. citizens know so little about Latin America and the dominant U.S. role in the region for more than the last century? This coming Monday and Wednesday, my Analysis [...]