Comments for Gyges' Ring http://gygesring.wordpress.com Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:48:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Thoughts on Black Friday by enlightenedfascism http://gygesring.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/thoughts-on-black-friday/#comment-6 enlightenedfascism Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:48:36 +0000 http://gygesring.wordpress.com/?p=104#comment-6 There was a good deal on tube socks on Friday, but I am waiting for Cyber Monday. There was a good deal on tube socks on Friday, but I am waiting for Cyber Monday.

]]> Comment on Remembering COINTELPRO by insomma http://gygesring.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/remembering-cointelpro/#comment-5 insomma Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:18:19 +0000 http://gygesring.wordpress.com/?p=91#comment-5 I agree, that's the (Grover Norquist) ideology that I was referring to. And it doesn't seem to be something particular to this administration. Large projects are bungled, small targeted operations are successful. This isn't surprising, but it is important to keep in mind that there are some things the government is effective at doing. I agree, that’s the (Grover Norquist) ideology that I was referring to. And it doesn’t seem to be something particular to this administration. Large projects are bungled, small targeted operations are successful. This isn’t surprising, but it is important to keep in mind that there are some things the government is effective at doing.

]]> Comment on Remembering COINTELPRO by Ocho Cinco http://gygesring.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/remembering-cointelpro/#comment-4 Ocho Cinco Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:43:14 +0000 http://gygesring.wordpress.com/?p=91#comment-4 That's the paradox of the Bush Administration. They can't tie thier shoes if the country depends on it, but they're somehow masters of opinion manipulation. They can't catch Bin Laden, but they can keep Mandela on the no fly list. Maybe it isn't that they "couldn't," say, evacuate a city. Instead they just wouldn't, because improving basic functions of government isn't what they're there to do. When it comes to something they do care about, like concentrating power in the hands of the White House or redistributing income to the top, they somehow manage to find the knowhow. That’s the paradox of the Bush Administration. They can’t tie thier shoes if the country depends on it, but they’re somehow masters of opinion manipulation. They can’t catch Bin Laden, but they can keep Mandela on the no fly list.

Maybe it isn’t that they “couldn’t,” say, evacuate a city. Instead they just wouldn’t, because improving basic functions of government isn’t what they’re there to do. When it comes to something they do care about, like concentrating power in the hands of the White House or redistributing income to the top, they somehow manage to find the knowhow.

]]> Comment on Nixonland by Ocho Cinco http://gygesring.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/nixonland/#comment-3 Ocho Cinco Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:32:56 +0000 http://gygesring.wordpress.com/?p=84#comment-3 Yeah, I think Erin was getting a little bored while I sat like a plant every afternoon reading it... Yeah, I think Erin was getting a little bored while I sat like a plant every afternoon reading it…

]]> Comment on Nixonland by insomma http://gygesring.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/nixonland/#comment-2 insomma Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:19:23 +0000 http://gygesring.wordpress.com/?p=84#comment-2 LEON. I've been wanting to check this book out but my god what a tome. Maybe once I get tenure. LEON. I’ve been wanting to check this book out but my god what a tome. Maybe once I get tenure.

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