DAYLEE PICTURE: Horses on the Mongolian steppe. From National Geographic.
A special contribution today from Clarence, a regular caller to the Lynn Cullen Live Program. You can access the program HERE.
All of this time, when I heard a Republican say "We're takin' our country back", I thought that they meant that they wanted to regain possession of something that they perceived that they had lost. It dawned on me today, when they say that they want to take the country "BACK" what they mean is "BACK-wards".
BACK!!!… to a time when women were in the kitchen, barefoot with a spoon in one hand stirring a pot. A baby in the other resting on hip with one "in the oven"… so to speak. "Kick off your shoes and relax, honey, dinner will be ready in a minute."
BACK!!!… to the day when Negroes were really BLACK. so black that their really white eyes and white teeth would shine as they joyfully danced for white folks and appreciated a few coins offered for shining their shoes. "Thank-ya-sa".
BACK!!!… to days when Hispanics wore sombreros with brims so wide that you couldn't see their eyes as they sat on the ground leaning against a building and they would be satisfied with a few pesos place in their hand "thank you Señor".
BACK!!!… to the day when "Chinamen" had big, bucked teeth and thick glasses and the only thing they added, was more starch to your laundry "Ancient Chinese Secret".
BACK!!! To the day when people from India sat crossed legged, in sandals with turbans on their heads blowing into something that made a snake come out of a basket. *"Sim Sim Salabim".
BACK!!!… to the day when they didn't have to say "Liberal Media",
"Academic Elite" or "Liberal Hollywood". They could just say "JEW".
BACK!!!… to the days when children weren't educated. They went to work along side their fathers in the mines and mills. 10, 12 hours a day… 6 days a week, to help the family to pay for the company house and buy food from the company store. "The FOX con".
They want "THEIR COUNTRY BACK"… back to the days of the founding FATHERS, when the ALL of the power was where it SHOULD be. In the hands of White Male Anglo-Saxon protestant land owners.
Don't worry they'll still have "YOUR BACK", women, children and brown people. They'll need it to do all of the hard work.
UP-FRONT POLITICS & MOVIE NUGGET!!
David Frum: HBO's 'Game Change' Charts Sarah Palin's Revenge (David Frum) from the Daily Beast
"In the end, the only people who do stand up to Palin are—of all unlikely heroes—the campaign’s political professionals. They begin as pure operatives, concerned only to win and ready to accept Palin on that understanding. ... As they come to know Palin, the campaign professionals begin to feel an awakening of conscience: first qualms, then fears, and finally revulsion—not for the campaign, not for their careers, but for their country."
Sounds like a good movie -- although I don't know if I can bring myself to watch it.
Take the Subway (Thomas Friedman) from the New York Times
"We can’t let the climate wars continue to derail efforts to have an energy policy that puts in place rising efficiency standards, for buildings, windows, traffic, housing, packaging and appliances, that will drive innovation — which is our strength — in what has to be the next great global industry: energy and resource efficiency."
The Indoctrination Myth (Neil Gross) from the New York Times
"Contrary to conservative rhetoric, attending college doesn’t make you more liberal."
Neighborhood Known for Picking Presidents Sees None So Far for 2012 (Marc Fisher) from the Washington Post
"Many voters in this Virginia suburb see only one possiblity for the upcoming election: Staying home."
Life of the Party (Ryan Lizza) from the New Yorker
"Nelson Polsby published an influential treatise, “Consequences of Party Reform,” in which he argued that the reforms were crippling political parties by transferring power over the party’s most important
function—nominating a Presidential candidate—to an unholy alliance of the press and media-savvy candidates. The rise of primaries would lead to nominees who mobilized small factions, rather than to those who knit together broad coalitions. Parties, Polsby insisted, had to have some “consensus-forcing institution,” like the deliberative Conventions. ... The shadowy establishment that is supposed to cue the voters has failed. When that happens, all the drawbacks of the post-reform primary system become more acute."
How the Senate’s Women Maintain Bipartisanship and Civility (Margaret Carlson) from the Daily Beast
"Congress’s approval ratings may be in the basement, but civility and bipartisanship among its female members is as strong as ever. Margaret Carlson on how the Senate’s women do it."
Did Lawsuit Factor in Olympia Snowe's Departure? from the Sunlight Foundation
Note the Pittsburgh connection.
"According to the senator's most recent financial disclosure form, she and her husband, former Maine Gov. John McKernan Jr., have investments worth between $2 million and $10 million in Education Management Corp., a Pittsburgh-based company that operates for-profit higher education institutions. McKernan is chairman of the board of directors of the company, now embroiled in a lawsuit in which the federal goverment, 11 states and the District of Columbia are seeking to recover a portion of the $11 billion in federal student aid that the education firm has received since July 2003."
Mitt Romney's Negatives are Adding Up (Michael Cohen) from the Guardian [of the UK]
"The conventional wisdom says that a competitive primary cycle toughens up the eventual nominee. Mitt Romney? Not so much."
Mitt Romney Grounded (Beth Reinhard) from National Journal
"The extended fight over the GOP nomination has left Mitt Romney unable to build a national grassroots network that can compete with President Obama’s."
Breitbart's Culture War Ends: Civility, Accuracy Accountability No Always a Big Deal for Him (Clarence Page) from the Chicago Tribune
"Speak no ill of the dead. So goes a saying from ancient Greece. I must beg for an exception in the case of the late Andrew Breitbart. Like Donald Trump, Breitbart had his sweet and gentle side, but that's not what made him interesting."
The issue has been a train wreck for several families as well. Check out the following post:
I've Spent the Past 2 Days Trying to Convince My 16 y/o She is Not a "Slut" from Daily Kos
"Little miss innocent, huh? Whatever slut- you take birth control pills so you can f*&# every guy in school! What a joke- u are nothin but a whore! Pretty bad when some guy on the radio who isn't afraid to tell the truth has to break it down for everybody- if u on the Pill u are nothing but a skank ass ho! My mom said girls on the pill are tramps who just wanna get laid and don't care about nothin- is that how u are" I thought I was going to throw up! I was crying- crying for my sweet daughter who was in a puddle on the front seat of my car, crying because I was so angry I didn't know what to do first!"
George Will Mocks 'Depressing' GOP Response To Rush Limbaugh from Talking Points Memo
"It is the responsibility of conservatives to police the right in its excesses, just as the liberals unfailingly fail to police the excesses in their own side. And it was depressing, because what it indicates is that the Republican leaders are afraid of Rush Limbaugh. They want to bomb Iran, but they're afraid of Rush Limbaugh.""
ABC News' George Will Condemns Republicans Over Sandra Fluke Response: 'Republican Leaders Are Afraid Of Rush Limbaugh' (VIDEO) from the Huffington Post
"On Sunday, several pundits said they were dismayed by Rush Limbaugh's incendiary comments about Sandra Fluke, as well as Republicans for not repudiating his remarks more strongly."
E-BOOK NUGGET!!
Digital Self-Publishing: Should Publishers Be Worried? (Alan Jacobs) from the Atlantic
"Self-publishing an essay through Amazon is a reminder of the benefits of a traditional publishing house."
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