Comments on: Happy Days http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/30/happy-days/ Exposing the ugly truths about the Bush Administration. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 09:51:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: Pat http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/30/happy-days/#comment-276677 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:46:32 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/30/happy-days/#comment-276677 I choose "not an ass". Of course I did. I read these articles and more. Perhaps I should been more specific. There is a lot of conservative cheerleading going on about the slightest hint of success on any front...economy and war In Iraq. It all flies in the face of truth and I cannot imagine who is buying it. The article supplies some context and the post is even better. I was glad that these and other posts did supply context and a frame that diminishes the deluded, dishonest boosterism at any "lull in the storm"... Easy there...I'm no boogeyman. I come here because it resonates. You'll get no schadenfreude from me. I choose “not an ass”.

Of course I did. I read these articles and more. Perhaps I should been more specific. There is a lot of conservative cheerleading going on about the slightest hint of success on any front…economy and war In Iraq.

It all flies in the face of truth and I cannot imagine who is buying it. The article supplies some context and the post is even better.

I was glad that these and other posts did supply context and a frame that diminishes the deluded, dishonest boosterism at any “lull in the storm”…

Easy there…I’m no boogeyman. I come here because it resonates. You’ll get no schadenfreude from me.

]]> by: maha http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/30/happy-days/#comment-276641 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:33:35 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/30/happy-days/#comment-276641 Pat -- You clicked the link to Amy Traub's post and realize I was being sarcastic, yes? If not, you're an ass. Pat — You clicked the link to Amy Traub’s post and realize I was being sarcastic, yes? If not, you’re an ass.

]]> by: Pat http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/30/happy-days/#comment-276638 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:21:46 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/30/happy-days/#comment-276638 People in a hurricane are also overjoyed when the eye passes over. They all run outside and shout "yipee", bask in the sun, and rejoice in the false impression that it is all over. A long downward slide ending with a slight uptick is no cause for celebration. This is the same mentality that cheers the surge on and continually sees "positive signs of hope" even as minor progress on only 3 of 18 benchmarks is shown. That's batting .166 which is cause to bench someone. At least the reports I'd heard on this glorious news provided some reality-based context. People in a hurricane are also overjoyed when the eye passes over. They all run outside and shout “yipee”, bask in the sun, and rejoice in the false impression that it is all over.

A long downward slide ending with a slight uptick is no cause for celebration.

This is the same mentality that cheers the surge on and continually sees “positive signs of hope” even as minor progress on only 3 of 18 benchmarks is shown. That’s batting .166 which is cause to bench someone.

At least the reports I’d heard on this glorious news provided some reality-based context.

]]> by: Bonnie http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/30/happy-days/#comment-276460 Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:17:55 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2007/08/30/happy-days/#comment-276460 "Note also that 1 out of every six full-time workers also lacked health coverage in 2006." That statistic is positively stupefying! “Note also that 1 out of every six full-time workers also lacked health coverage in 2006.”

That statistic is positively stupefying!

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