tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342100421756914597.post2926051449058605298..comments2024-01-12T18:45:52.043-05:00Comments on The Weekly Sift: Schoolroom PhilosophyDoug Muderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04666144843949850394noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342100421756914597.post-77614667229617600392011-05-23T13:12:10.719-04:002011-05-23T13:12:10.719-04:00Doug -- Thanks for pointing out the danger in a la...Doug -- Thanks for pointing out the danger in a law against lying. I guess it will just have to be an overwhelming populist movement....kimchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14020798623317549440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342100421756914597.post-35200792505323806492011-05-23T13:10:21.828-04:002011-05-23T13:10:21.828-04:00Here's another good quote, via Thom Hartmann:
...Here's another good quote, via Thom Hartmann:<br />Quote: "He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money." -- Benjamin Franklinkimchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14020798623317549440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342100421756914597.post-43051410200755240072011-05-22T13:54:05.321-04:002011-05-22T13:54:05.321-04:00I made my partner read this, and her comment was: ...I made my partner read this, and her comment was: it's pretty much the same as all the others in that it offers an analysis of the problem but no solution. <br />We can no longer look to the government for solutions -- they have sold out to the military-Industrial-corporate complex. We will have to do it ourselves. But who is offering solutions for HOW to do it????kimchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14020798623317549440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342100421756914597.post-64118879784690241362011-05-22T07:21:33.010-04:002011-05-22T07:21:33.010-04:00I just read the article "The Republican Nemes...I just read the article "The Republican Nemesis" that kimc recommended. It's really good.<br /><br />What worries me about a law against lying is that it could become a law against challenging the official version of the truth. I can imagine a situation where propaganda gets so established that denying it becomes a "lie" in court.<br /><br />What I'd rather see is for the media to reclaim fact-checking as an essential part of its identity. Imagine if every time a Meet the Press guest repeated some falsehood, David Gregory would say "You realize that Politifact investigated that statement and called it a pants-on-fire lie. Are you sure you want to stand by it?"<br /><br />Yeah, I know, it's a fantasy.Doug Muderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04666144843949850394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342100421756914597.post-24574478507212678922011-05-22T02:54:19.232-04:002011-05-22T02:54:19.232-04:00Oh. I forgot the quote:
I heard this on the radio...Oh. I forgot the quote:<br />I heard this on the radio many years ago, so I can't be sure it's authentic, but I love it:<br />"Anyone who wants the job of President, doesn't deserve it." George Washington (after he retired)kimchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14020798623317549440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342100421756914597.post-1807389055874406102011-05-22T02:47:36.462-04:002011-05-22T02:47:36.462-04:00I have several comments:
I have been threatening l...I have several comments:<br />I have been threatening lately to start a movement for honesty in public discourse! A law against lying in the news and in political ads. I think people right, left, and center could get behind it. A correlate to that might be a labeling law that products have to list the ultimate owner of the company that makes the product.<br />When I read <i>Atlas Shrugged</i>, in my twenties, I had the Libertarian who recommended it to me defending self-sacrifice! but even then I didn't believe the whole vision of her books was realistic: most of her characters were all evil or good, and the few who were just human, all committed suicide. I took the series as a recommendation to suicide. <br />For an economics novel, I recommend <i>Teahouse of the August Moon</i>. But there is also this game: It's called Starpower, and it shows how economies REALLY work. Read about it here: http://www.sustainabilityinstitute.org/dhm_archive/index.php?display_article=vn151starpowered<br />Your phrase "money is prestige" made me think of Consumer Hedonism.<br />You say Mercatus Centers will discredit all academics -- can we make it discredit all economics/business academics instead of all academics?<br />If those "politically balanced" classrooms would just call out the propaganda AS propaganda, it might help....<br />Your mention of Jon Stewart's "new" attitude makes me recommend to you to read <i>The Republican Nemesis</i> by James Kroeger, written in 2004. Find it here: http://nontrivialpursuits.org/republican_nemesis.htmkimchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14020798623317549440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342100421756914597.post-23072972687808576412011-05-17T09:56:48.879-04:002011-05-17T09:56:48.879-04:00Great commentary on education. The Koch brothers ...Great commentary on education. The Koch brothers have figured out that if they fund professorships they have a good chance of influencing a larger percent of the population. Of course it sometimes backfires. I live in Wisconsin and the legislature continually complains about the liberal bias of the university but yet most of the right wing in our state are alumni, except of course for our gov. who didn't finish any school let alone one of the public system schools.dphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13854730797167998439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2342100421756914597.post-44512018353826646712011-05-16T14:15:39.512-04:002011-05-16T14:15:39.512-04:00I got 22 out of 30.
Seriously, thanks for all you...I got 22 out of 30.<br /><br />Seriously, thanks for all your time sorting through the confusion. I'm afraid we're well into "Government supported by an uninformed citizenry" which really scares me. Your effort to track down reality, with supporting links, is a rock that's really needed.mike snoreply@blogger.com