Marquis de SeaToShiningSea's Blog

Dear America

2010-08-16T22:56:34Z

Dear America,
We saw thousands of people, walking like zombies as the streamed north from lower Manhattan. You sat at home and watched the TV, already ginning up for an unnecessary war with Afghanistan. We said no, not in our name. But, did you listen?

You reelected-well, technically, elected as before it was a coup-that idiot who,as much as anyone, was responsible for the shame that day. Check the voting tally, we didn't want him, never can you blame that mess on us.

You came to our town and gawked at the place that was this atrocity. In droves. We were appalled. We still don't go there. It isn't a place to gawk. Your boorishness amazed us. We didn't want your tourist money for coming to gape at our pain.

And now? AND NOW. You think you can tell us how to live? What to locate where? F**k off. Thank you.

Darth Cheney Gets Extraordinary Health Care

2010-07-15T02:43:47Z

As this posting shows, Cheney is getting the sort of extraordinary health care that Republicans want to deny you and me. Remember that they think they are special. Obama is only a little bit better.

Has he fired the sucker yet?

2010-06-22T20:55:11Z

Come on. McCrystal isn't god. Republicans will mock Obama (behind his back) if he lets General McDirtyMouth off.

Too Bad Heads on Pikes is no longer considered stylish.

Businesses Headquartered In Arizona

2010-04-26T15:21:46Z

It should be obvious why this list is needed. Please add to it. Do no business with Arizona.

'Modern Car Care is headquartered in Phoenix'

"Tempe-based US Airways"

Scottsdale-based Carefx, which provides information technology and technology assistance to hospitals and health care providers nationwide, is relocating its corporate headquarters to Riverwalk Arizona,

Creative Healthcare 'moves' headquarters to Arizona

Cooper Consulting and Realty is a growing family of businesses headquartered in Arizona.

Concept Marketing Group Scottsdale

Glendale Az. the home of USA Basketball, the national governing body for the U.S. men's and women's Olympic teams.

Add to this list!

Flat Taxers

2010-03-28T16:02:21Z

The flat taxers are back in the Republican party. So I have a very simple solution. For all income not subject to the social security payroll tax, let's flat tax it at 13%. No deductions. No exclusions. Corporate as well as individual. And, for all income not subject to medicare payroll tax, let's flat tax it at 2%. No deductions. No exclusions. Corporate as well as individual.

Until this is done, I don't think those flat taxers are serious.

Waterboarding Rightwing Suicide Bomber's Entire Network

2010-02-18T23:04:29Z

Surely this is what we should do, right? Let's find everyone the rightwing suicide terrorist ever knew, or at least everyone he has hung out with over the last 3-4 years and waterboard them. They are all obviously members of a terrorist organization. Toss those who claim they know nothing into permanent preemptive detention. If anyone complains, detain them too. Time is short. Do it!

Argument by Analogy

2009-12-18T17:34:05Z

Is Obama Lincoln? Was Lincoln a genius or just lucky? Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

err.. oops on the original title.

A Load of

2009-12-17T01:56:31Z

Hard to say which way to go with this, but I am leaning against the so called Health Care Reform. The main thing in favor of Health Care Reform would be the hope that something better would come out of conference committee. Pass the bag of s**t in the Senate and try to fix it. Leaning against it is that the House bill was pretty watered down, too. The only good plan (Medicare buy-in) got gored in less than a week.

Some halfway decent Senators say there is plenty good in their screwed up plan, but its central feature is mandates instead of taxes. I favor honesty = taxes. If we are going to pay 20% of our income to a federally required program, I'd rather pay it to the feds, who I can then lean on to develop a more progressive tax system, than to insurance companies for whom the idea of progressive taxation means nothing.

A Load of ...

2009-12-17T01:56:31Z

DINOsaur sauce

2009-11-23T02:44:11Z

Reposting comment on disappointment in whom....

To be disappointed would mean I had higher expectations. Hmmm. No, I didn't have higher expectations in Obama. I had higher expectations that if we built a 60% majority in both houses of Congress that we could move our agenda. It is clear to me that the problem we have is that there are too many DINOs.

What are the choices? 70% majorities? Minority parties to the left? Give into the Republicans who can change the course of public policy with 50.5% majorities? Selectively remove DINOs, aiming mostly to move them to the left but admitting that some will fall to the right? I don't know.

It seems that 70% majorities are a pipe dream. Giving into the Republicans is a disaster. That leaves minority parties and selectively removing DINOs. Minority parties have never made much headway in American politics.

Time to select the DINOs who will fall.

Proprietary Delivery Devices

2009-10-24T20:05:23Z

On the front page the master, JMM, asks whether the polloi would like to receive their momentary doses of TPM on Kindles and iPhones. He doesn't provide a feedback device, but I assume he wants feedback on the qt via email. I am not good at feedback on the qt.

I have noticed a decided preference for proprietary devices in these sorts of queries around here. Kindles are noted for two things at the moment... They only work with Amazon approved book formats and, so it seems, Amazon can actually invade your device and steal back your book. While iPhone hasn't that bad a reputation, it is, again, a proprietary device delivering the goods in proprietary format.

Let's assume the intention is good (get the message out in more forms of the media). Please stop being so upper-middle-class/hooked-on-proprietary-goods. Its offensive.

Thank you.

Overthrow of TPM

2009-10-05T04:44:18Z

The anti-disestablishment committee has met and we believe that Josh and the folks here at TPM have sold out to the DLC side of the Republicrat party. Time for action. Bring your pitch forks and chainsaws. Meet at 40th St and Broadway. Time for action is NOW!

Rot

2009-08-18T21:50:48Z

I am sure everyone has seen the story about Novak , who died today or yesterday. I just want to say, "May he rot in hell." No hard feelings.

Mystery

2009-08-17T01:02:51Z

I have two posts right now (this one makes the third). The first one is a typical irritated post yelling at political operatives who do not visit these pages. It has 12 recommendations at 9 pm on Sunday. The second one, which I posted probably an hour later, provides very practical guidance for how to take specific concrete action about the same irritating matter. It has 4 recommendations at 9 pm.

To my mind, the second one is more worthwhile. The first one is feel good, but provides no help to anyone.

Why do the blowhard posts get the most recommendations?

Sell Outs

2009-08-17T00:08:54Z

Senators and Congressmen generally do not care about messages from non-constituents. But, they also do not like receiving large piles of messages that tell them they are wrong. They can be shaken.

Here is Kent Conrad's webform. He is this week's public option sell out. Tell him what you think about that.