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[brownbag]

How did a loon like Steve King get elected?
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[Theodore Heise]

On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:26:08 -0700 (PDT),

Post by brownbag
How did a loon like Steve King get elected?

In September 2005, King rallied support to reject a motion in the
House of Representatives to name a post office in Berkeley,
California after the city's long-serving Councilwoman Maudelle
Shirek. After winning the vote 190 for to 215 against, King cited
Shirek's affiliation with the Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library in
Berkeley as his reason to block the motion, claiming, albeit in a
different interview, that her past "sets her apart from ... the
most consistent of American values." When the proponent of the
Post Office's name change, Barbara Lee, claimed that King's
"campaign of innuendo and unsubstantiated 'concern' is better
suited to the era of Joseph McCarthy than today's House of
Representatives," King claimed that history showed McCarthy to be
"a hero for America".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_King

[brownbag]

Post by Theodore Heise
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:26:08 -0700 (PDT),

Post by brownbag
How did a loon like Steve King get elected?

In September 2005, King rallied support to reject a motion in the
House of Representatives to name a post office in Berkeley,
California after the city's long-serving Councilwoman Maudelle
Shirek. After winning the vote 190 for to 215 against, King cited
Shirek's affiliation with the Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library in
Berkeley as his reason to block the motion, claiming, albeit in a
different interview, that her past "sets her apart from ... the
most consistent of American values." When the proponent of the
Post Office's name change, Barbara Lee, claimed that King's
"campaign of innuendo and unsubstantiated 'concern' is better
suited to the era of Joseph McCarthy than today's House of
Representatives," King claimed that history showed McCarthy to be
"a hero for America".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_King

Ted, this is as fascinating as it is jaw-droppingly stupefying.

While it is stunning manifestation of a high functioning nut-job; we
have yet to figure out how this, you know--nut-job made it to
Washington.

Was he such an irritating ineffectual twit; and the good people of the
Fifth Distrinct knowing they could not drown him in a confinement hog
sewage lagoon exiled him to Washington so he could irritate the shit
out of people they really didn't care for....

....or, indeed, they are putting too much fluoride in the water and
the people are turning into knuckle headed drones.

Is it a failure of the schools, or what? Help me out, Ted.

It's like a mass psychosis. The leg of the body politic fell asleep.
It moves but is insensible.

Foundational aspects of civilized society are being subverted,
discounted, or neglected; and blubber-heads like King are not laughed
into obscurity.....something is wrong.

Is there something encouraging ignorance, fear and clearly wacky
thinking, or is critical thinking not even taught, or at least some
regard for the binding rule of law, the bands of society, and the
bounds of reason...

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I just wonder if

[Theodore Heise]

On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:35:34 -0700 (PDT),

Post by brownbag

Post by Theodore Heise
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:26:08 -0700 (PDT),

Post by brownbag
How did a loon like Steve King get elected?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_King

Ted, this is as fascinating as it is jaw-droppingly stupefying.
While it is stunning manifestation of a high functioning
nut-job; we have yet to figure out how this, you know--nut-job
made it to Washington.
Was he such an irritating ineffectual twit; and the good people
of the Fifth Distrinct knowing they could not drown him in a
confinement hog sewage lagoon exiled him to Washington so he
could irritate the shit out of people they really didn't care
for....

I'd like to think this was the case, but I'm afraid I have serious
doubts it's an intentional thing.

Post by brownbag
....or, indeed, they are putting too much fluoride in the water
and the people are turning into knuckle headed drones.
Is it a failure of the schools, or what? Help me out, Ted.
It's like a mass psychosis. The leg of the body politic fell
asleep. It moves but is insensible.

Probably more along these lines.

Post by brownbag
Foundational aspects of civilized society are being subverted,
discounted, or neglected; and blubber-heads like King are not
laughed into obscurity.....something is wrong.
Is there something encouraging ignorance, fear and clearly wacky
thinking, or is critical thinking not even taught, or at least
some regard for the binding rule of law, the bands of society,
and the bounds of reason...

Perhaps it's a side effect of the "global economy." You know, the
corporatization of more and more of the world. The US government
is even affected, with most executive agencies being expected to
be measured by metrics more typical of business than governance.

I'm afraid to think of where it will all end.

[brownbag]

Post by Theodore Heise
On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:35:34 -0700 (PDT),

Post by Theodore Heise
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:26:08 -0700 (PDT),

Post by brownbag
How did a loon like Steve King get elected?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_King

<snip>

Post by Theodore Heise
Perhaps it's a side effect of the "global economy." You know, the
corporatization of more and more of the world. The US government
is even affected, with most executive agencies being expected to
be measured by metrics more typical of business than governance.
I'm afraid to think of where it will all end.

This is an interesting observation you've made, Ted.

If Governance consistently genuflects to feudal economics structures
then unfettered markets ultimately are undemocratic.

Then you've got the boneheads that bleat, "If I ran 'my' business like
that I'd go out of business."

...as I recall democracy is not a common business model. I would
think it would be good to use a different model.

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I am Epoxy Man