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2012-11-07
Posted by:Fred

#23  The more I think about it the more I wonder if America voted for socialism or simply for Obama (and his coat tails). Remember that he wasn't on the ticket in 2010 and the Republicans cleaned up. He can do a lot of damage of course, but those projecting the end of the Republicans are jumping the gun a bit.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2012-11-07 23:27  

#22  Good idea, CF. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara   2012-11-07 20:40  

#21  #19 *Sigh*

Clean-up on aisle 19....


Rantburg coding suggestion - when you remove a comment - don't renumber the comments below it - just 'skip' that comment number. :)
Posted by: CrazyFool   2012-11-07 20:23  

#20  Chris Matthews gets a thrill up his leg and I get a migraine thinking about all of the new taxes.
Posted by: Bill Clinton   2012-11-07 20:05  

#19  *Sigh*

Clean-up on aisle 19....
Posted by: Barbara   2012-11-07 18:51  

#18  The 47% have spoken...

...next time they'll be the majority.
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2012-11-07 18:39  

#17  As I woke up this morning, and saw the headlines of my local rag "MO-BAMA" - all I could think of was this,,,

IMPERIAL MARCH
http://youtu.be/hNv5sPu0C1E

sorry I can't get the http link feature to work..
Posted by: linker   2012-11-07 16:33  

#16  I've been searching for the right words as well, but I think Procopius2k nailed it: "There is no cause->effect connection." That's a huge part of the underlying cause (and we see the effects).
Posted by: JonC   2012-11-07 15:19  

#15  Words fail me today other than I'll be go to hell and sunofabitch.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-11-07 13:38  

#14  Good morning, comrades.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-11-07 11:35  

#13  Yes America has changed. It's far more urban, not just in the civic boundaries, but in attitude. When Detroits go belly up, the people just displace to another urban area, they don't go back to the old homesteads. It's an environment of delicate balance held in place by myriads of systems, just like the body. How fragile that system was amply demonstrated by Katrina and now by Sandy. Humans seek to bring control over their environment and in doing so will trade freedoms with its vagaries for promises that in the long run won't be able to be kept. Carpe diem.

When the light switch doesn't magically come on, when the toilets won't flush, when the refuge won't disappear, when the fuel doesn't appear at the pump, when the food vanishes, they really can't comprehend why. It's one big Cargo Cult. There is no cause->effect connection. Their solution is to scream louder, throw tantrums, and find someone who'll bring back the magic. Urban dependency.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-11-07 10:04  

#12  Many years ago, my late father-in-law - who was in Illinois politics for a while - told me the American people get a much better level of government than they deserve. I thought it pretty cynical, at the time, but have come to understand what he meant. Broadhead 6 explained it.
Posted by: Bobby   2012-11-07 09:35  

#11  Ditto Colonel.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-11-07 09:25  

#10  I agree Frank. I know you will appreciate this: this a.m. at a morning P.T. run I asked my peers - "are we the crazy ones or is it the 51% of adult electorate that are fucking idiots?". All of them, highly educated, sharp, family men, patriots to the fucking core, men who have been in combat, Iraq, Afghan, etc - they know what a leader is, they know what it is to lead companies or battalions in CONUS or overseas -- to a man -- we are dismayed at last night's results. We don't get it. I don't get it. Actually, that's wrong, I do get it. We have a society of non-stoic, poorly educated, history-challenged, what's-in-it-for-me types that can now vote. 40yrs of piss-poor indoctrinated public schools are bearing fruit. And as you so aptly said - the American electorate will get what they wanted. The road to serfdom will just continue unabated. I fear for our constitution and the country my children will fall in on.
Posted by: Broadhead6   2012-11-07 09:18  

#9  A win for the Main Stream Media spinmeisters and the debate moderators. A loss for freedom.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-11-07 08:39  

#8  The American people have voted for the government they want, and they're gonna get it...good and hard
Posted by: Frank G   2012-11-07 07:49  

#7  Bush got elected with a minority of the vote. Its a shitty system for sure, but it does give us the right to go round preaching to the rest of the world about what a great system it is.
Posted by: PlaneSPeeker   2012-11-07 06:17  

#6  Or, at least, the 47% of them.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2012-11-07 03:36  

#5  The people have spoken.
Posted by: Flinert Clunk9181   2012-11-07 03:23  

#4  Jean Shrimpton now.
Posted by: tipper   2012-11-07 02:24  

#3  Birthday Gam Shot

Jean Shrimpton [England - considered to be one of the world's first supermodels](age 70)


Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC   2012-11-07 01:48  

#2  we are fucked
Posted by: texhooey   2012-11-07 00:57  

#1  not really a good morning

not in America anyway

maybe a good morning in Moscow, Tehran, Caracas, Havana
Posted by: lord garth   2012-11-07 00:42  

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