08.01.11

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Posted in Decline and Fall, Extremism at 1:06 pm by George Smith

The consequences for 2010, a very bad night for the Democratic Party, when the extremists were let in.

They always wanted to destroy government and are implacable. The Democrats can’t fight that animus given the willingness of the Tea Party/GOP to shoot the middle class dog if it doesn’t get its way. (However, they are somewhat culpable in their inability to explain this to Americans, again and again.)

The civilians are not without blame. It’s as if elections are viewed as a recalcitrant machine. Confronted with a lit green button that didn’t work, one which left them feeling bad because of the destroyed economy, most simply pushed (or push) the red self-destruct button right beside simply because it’s different than the one that’s operating poorly. That’s idiocy.

Pine View Farm, again, steers me to a piece at the Booman Tribune:

For every Robert Reich who is carping on the left, there are a dozen unhappy Republicans who think the GOP is acting recklessly. John Boehner’s speakership is in ashes. Michele Bachmann in now polling about evenly with Mitt Romney. The GOP is having a huge internal fight and is loathed and mistrusted by the entire international community. They have been exposed for the radicals that they are, and the people disagree overwhelmingly with their behavior and their approach …

The truth is, the 2010 midterms were a catastrophe. They had horrible consequences. This weekend was one of those consequences, and it couldn’t be avoided through “leadership.”

The rest of the world knows the US has unstable government and is in what sure looks like irreversible decline. Most people here now get that, too.

Finally, it was just too sad seeing the President thank people for using Twitter and getting on the telephones.

Infernally, the banner ad for made-in-China counterfeit Gibson guitars seems to be everywhere. Obviously, one big Net advertising firm in the US spins these out as part of a package deal going everywhere.

And I don’t know who it is. If you do, put it in the comments or please e-mail me.

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