Comments on: Alternative Universes http://www.mahablog.com/2009/06/29/alternative-universes/ Making the World Safe for Liberalism Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:30:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: felicity http://www.mahablog.com/2009/06/29/alternative-universes/comment-page-1/#comment-623805 felicity Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:35:43 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=6443#comment-623805 I just read something that for me perfectly sums up the (senseless) arguments denying global warming, against health-care reform...and anything else that fits. American politics has become a phenomenon where governing is turned into a permanent campaign. Government has been remade into an instrument designed to sustain an elected official's public popularity. Politics is policy. Issues are instruments to advance the political cause of electing someone to office/or to keep the seat he occupies/or not to jeopardize his standing among his funders. The reality is, again, that politics is policy. I just read something that for me perfectly sums up the (senseless) arguments denying global warming, against health-care reform…and anything else that fits. American politics has become a phenomenon where governing is turned into a permanent campaign.

Government has been remade into an instrument designed to sustain an elected official’s public popularity. Politics is policy. Issues are instruments to advance the political cause of electing someone to office/or to keep the seat he occupies/or not to jeopardize his standing among his funders.

The reality is, again, that politics is policy.

]]> By: Ian http://www.mahablog.com/2009/06/29/alternative-universes/comment-page-1/#comment-623803 Ian Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:54:59 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=6443#comment-623803 PP -- not sure I understand what you're saying. If you're trying to say that there is no scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change, your link doesn't actually support that. -me PP — not sure I understand what you’re saying. If you’re trying to say that there is no scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change, your link doesn’t actually support that.

-me

]]> By: Crazy About Urban Planning http://www.mahablog.com/2009/06/29/alternative-universes/comment-page-1/#comment-623801 Crazy About Urban Planning Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:04:35 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=6443#comment-623801 These mad hatters never fail to amaze me. I have been reading quite a lot about climate change recently and its remarkable. Portable water will become scarcer, look for wars in Asia and the Middle East over this issue. Energy is going to be scarcer as well, which in a way is nice because the energy and carbon has put us in this position; however until we are willing to sacrifice some of our "quality of life" issues we are going to run into real problems. On a related note, I would like everyone reading these words to take 20 minutes out of your day and type "the story of stuff" into youtube - there is a remarkable short film about well, stuff. You all should watch it. These mad hatters never fail to amaze me. I have been reading quite a lot about climate change recently and its remarkable. Portable water will become scarcer, look for wars in Asia and the Middle East over this issue. Energy is going to be scarcer as well, which in a way is nice because the energy and carbon has put us in this position; however until we are willing to sacrifice some of our “quality of life” issues we are going to run into real problems.

On a related note, I would like everyone reading these words to take 20 minutes out of your day and type “the story of stuff” into youtube – there is a remarkable short film about well, stuff. You all should watch it.

]]> By: Pat Pattillo http://www.mahablog.com/2009/06/29/alternative-universes/comment-page-1/#comment-623795 Pat Pattillo Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:10:19 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=6443#comment-623795 I'm not going to cut and paste what is so commonly available but for the reading challenged above who would say otherwise, to be credible you must offer some credible and generally accepted proof. The most commonly available sources sugeest <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming_controversy#Consensus" title="consensus" rel="nofollow">the consensus </a>if far from what you claim it is. I’m not going to cut and paste what is so commonly available but for the reading challenged above who would say otherwise, to be credible you must offer some credible and generally accepted proof. The most commonly available sources sugeest the consensus if far from what you claim it is.

]]> By: Pat Pattillo http://www.mahablog.com/2009/06/29/alternative-universes/comment-page-1/#comment-623793 Pat Pattillo Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:47:55 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=6443#comment-623793 Apologies, commented in wrong blog. Delete if you want. Apologies, commented in wrong blog. Delete if you want.

]]> By: Pat Pattillo http://www.mahablog.com/2009/06/29/alternative-universes/comment-page-1/#comment-623792 Pat Pattillo Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:45:05 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=6443#comment-623792 I haven't read the Taibbi article in the latest RS called the Great American Bubble Machine but Thom Hartmann shared some of the details this morning. The story is about a long history of Goldman-Sachs shenanigans of which, Taibbi asserts. "cap and trade" is the latest. A new issue must come out before previous issue content goes online... saving it for CA-FL redeye ver the 4rth. I haven’t read the Taibbi article in the latest RS called the Great American Bubble Machine but Thom Hartmann shared some of the details this morning. The story is about a long history of Goldman-Sachs shenanigans of which, Taibbi asserts. “cap and trade” is the latest. A new issue must come out before previous issue content goes online… saving it for CA-FL redeye ver the 4rth.

]]> By: biggerbox http://www.mahablog.com/2009/06/29/alternative-universes/comment-page-1/#comment-623789 biggerbox Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:02:26 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=6443#comment-623789 Would that we had a T-Rex around to chomp ol' Inhofe, even if swallowing that bastard would probably kill the poor dino. Such poetic justice seems reserved for the movies, though. The planet will be irrevocably spiraling down the drain before those jackasses get their comeuppances. Would that we had a T-Rex around to chomp ol’ Inhofe, even if swallowing that bastard would probably kill the poor dino. Such poetic justice seems reserved for the movies, though. The planet will be irrevocably spiraling down the drain before those jackasses get their comeuppances.

]]> By: Dave S http://www.mahablog.com/2009/06/29/alternative-universes/comment-page-1/#comment-623786 Dave S Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:45:13 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=6443#comment-623786 <i>If Steven Spielberg were to cast them in a film, they’d be the mayor wanting to keep the beach open (until the shark attack) or the investment lawyer worried about profits and PR (until eaten by a T Rex).</i> Or maybe a southern governor sneering at government spending just before the volcano blew up. Oh, wait... That one actually happened. felicity: According to <a href="http://phrontistery.info/phobias.html" rel="nofollow">these guys</a>, fear of change is kainotophobia. If Steven Spielberg were to cast them in a film, they’d be the mayor wanting to keep the beach open (until the shark attack) or the investment lawyer worried about profits and PR (until eaten by a T Rex).

Or maybe a southern governor sneering at government spending just before the volcano blew up. Oh, wait… That one actually happened.

felicity: According to these guys, fear of change is kainotophobia.

]]> By: c u n d gulag http://www.mahablog.com/2009/06/29/alternative-universes/comment-page-1/#comment-623785 c u n d gulag Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:58:43 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=6443#comment-623785 In the 'old day's,' many, or some, conservatives believed in facts. That is now gone. That is why Colbert's "truthiness" commentaries are so brilliant. They follow their gut, not their brains. This is the end result of the accomodations to the "Religious Right." In the ‘old day’s,’ many, or some, conservatives believed in facts. That is now gone.
That is why Colbert’s “truthiness” commentaries are so brilliant. They follow their gut, not their brains. This is the end result of the accomodations to the “Religious Right.”

]]> By: Bonnie http://www.mahablog.com/2009/06/29/alternative-universes/comment-page-1/#comment-623784 Bonnie Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:38:01 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=6443#comment-623784 The Republicans and the people who support them are spoiled little children. And, they are angry because they are not in power and they are going to take their ball home if they don't get their way. Maybe they will hold their breath and turn blue until we give in to their childish actions. The Republicans and the people who support them are spoiled little children. And, they are angry because they are not in power and they are going to take their ball home if they don’t get their way. Maybe they will hold their breath and turn blue until we give in to their childish actions.

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