tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post6460253054612871309..comments2024-03-27T21:12:31.654-04:00Comments on Politics and its Discontents: An Ally Of IgnoranceLornehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-53840942703204598952017-03-20T16:51:49.504-04:002017-03-20T16:51:49.504-04:00I hope you're right Lorne. The Town Hall meeti...I hope you're right Lorne. The Town Hall meetings are indeed fiery and they shows me a positive side to American dissent.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842215982128591742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-1193030196998776222017-03-20T16:25:06.997-04:002017-03-20T16:25:06.997-04:00There is one wild card in all of this, Pamela, and...There is one wild card in all of this, Pamela, and that is how many politicians may give sober second thought to some of these cuts since many will face mid-term elections. It may not be a critical mass, but from the fiery demonstrations I have seen at town halls over the replacement for Obamacare, political support for these cuts may not necessarily be a given.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-44915876518307877592017-03-20T16:16:13.823-04:002017-03-20T16:16:13.823-04:00The neoliberal elite Lorne, have finally found in ...The neoliberal elite Lorne, have finally found in Trump a president who will bring the final destruction of any element of the welfare state and social democracy in America to its total and final demise.<br /><br />When the president, congress and the senate can give 54B to the military while cutting back on millions of dollars of food stamps, eliminating services like meals on wheels along with major cuts in medicare, all services to help the poor and they can do this without a second thought, then you know the gloves are off.<br /><br />The complete ignorance of Donald Trump reflects the vast intellectual wasteland of the American government.<br /><br />The poor and vulnerable Americans are a huge irritant to their government. They are the people their government despises and now despises openly.<br /><br />Ralph Nader has said that "the mask is off", the budget is about "militarism, corporatism and racism."<br /><br />The voices of reason and "the light offered by knowledge and thought" have been silenced. Only the "beast" speaks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842215982128591742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-64318980552212109232017-03-20T15:01:21.716-04:002017-03-20T15:01:21.716-04:00Thanks. I'll check out the episode, Marie.Thanks. I'll check out the episode, Marie.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-79368730352861116952017-03-20T14:36:25.935-04:002017-03-20T14:36:25.935-04:00Last night John Oliver (LWT) did a good job of com...Last night John Oliver (LWT) did a good job of comparing the tiny savings from the cuts to the costs of the measures being taken to keep America safe. It's so clearly an obnoxious power move to obliterate so many services that cost a fraction of a percent of the budget. Marie Snyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13872774009526266579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-52002841643918076182017-03-20T13:10:24.881-04:002017-03-20T13:10:24.881-04:00In my view, only the light offered by knowledge an...In my view, only the light offered by knowledge and thought can exorcise those demons, Owen.Lornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15741324981120408977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7884128379999766348.post-2953014878224351152017-03-20T12:55:23.578-04:002017-03-20T12:55:23.578-04:00What drives Trump are our darker angels, Lorne. An...What drives Trump are our darker angels, Lorne. And he appeals to the darker angels in his followers.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.com