tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post9082264089917812018..comments2023-10-31T04:37:20.113-07:00Comments on Bloviating Zeppelin: Obama: The Most Transparent AdministrationBloviating Zeppelinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01359816456769157176noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-39791287102563555832009-10-08T16:41:44.430-07:002009-10-08T16:41:44.430-07:00Mr. Z - I tend to go with Walter Russell Mead on t...Mr. Z - I tend to go with <a href="http://denbeste.nu/external/Mead01.html" rel="nofollow">Walter Russell Mead on this</a>:<br /><br />"Jacksonians are instinctively democratic and populist. Hamiltonians mistrust democracy; Wilsonians don’t approve of the political rough and tumble. And while Jeffersonians support democracy in principle, they remain concerned that tyrannical majorities can overrule minority rights. Jacksonians believe that the political and moral instincts of the American people are sound and can be trusted, and that the simpler and more direct the process of government is, the better will be the results. In general, while the other schools welcome the representative character of our democracy, Jacksonians tend to see representative rather than direct institutions as necessary evils, and to believe that governments breed corruption and inefficiency the way picnics breed ants. Every administration will be corrupt; every Congress and legislature will be, to some extent, the plaything of lobbyists. Career politicians are inherently untrustworthy; if it spends its life buzzing around the outhouse, it’s probably a fly. Jacksonians see corruption as human nature and, within certain ill-defined boundaries of reason and moderation, an inevitable by-product of government."<br /><br />That is why I really don't like the modern set size of Congress: the members don't know their districts any more, and gain money from outside of them to reward the few and disenfranchise the many via legislation. Government of, by and for the cronies is what we have gotten, and it doesn't matter if they have a D or R after their name. I know the smell of government and the outhouse defines it nicely, and if it buzzes then, indeed, it is a fly no matter what party it is with.<br /><br />We do indeed <a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTE2ZjNhOTA1N2UyNDZhMDcwNDU0NDk0ZTJhNzYwZjI=" rel="nofollow">need a bigger House</a> so that our Representatives actually have a fair chance of knowing us and representing us as that is the objective of representative democracy... term limits don't get you that, just more anonymous faces who don't know you. Swamp the political elite, watch as legislation locks up with hundreds if not thousands more eyes on it, and let us just see how efficient representative democracy really is. I am not afraid of it. The backers of an elite ruling America are afraid of it... and I know their buzzing when I hear them, too.A Jacksonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07607888697879327120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-66081693546772345322009-10-07T15:36:03.631-07:002009-10-07T15:36:03.631-07:00Great blog Bushwack. Why don't go and whack of...Great blog Bushwack. Why don't go and whack off with the rest of the redneck mafia.<br /><br />I wasn't making a serious comment on the post, you stupid dumbass!<br /><br />What an asshat.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07614691324815885803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-81253709106066399312009-10-07T14:55:07.609-07:002009-10-07T14:55:07.609-07:00When it comes to BHO and this Dem Congress, the ve...When it comes to BHO and this Dem Congress, the very concept of transparency is a crock. That's the most polite way I can say what I really think about the matter.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-32891889709549807742009-10-07T12:43:11.301-07:002009-10-07T12:43:11.301-07:00Ranando: they both spent like freaks; Obama spends...Ranando: they both spent like freaks; Obama spends geometrically more or, correction, he WOULD if he were ALLOWED to do all he wishes.<br /><br />BZBloviating Zeppelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359816456769157176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-34104681824148324192009-10-07T09:59:31.675-07:002009-10-07T09:59:31.675-07:00It may be time to put Obama on the shelve right ne...It may be time to put Obama on the shelve right next to Jimmy Carter and George W. Bush as one of Americas worst Presidents.<br /><br />Let's face it, he's just carrying on GWB policies and hasn't changed a fucking thing.<br /><br />Only a dumb fuck-head would agree with GWB and disagree with Obama, they're one in the same.Ranandonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-53511267993022311112009-10-06T21:55:29.869-07:002009-10-06T21:55:29.869-07:00Ok First let me address Tim...You appear to be a l...Ok First let me address Tim...You appear to be a lot like the entire libturd base that elected this moron in chief.. BZ posted about the lack of transparency as opposed to what your hero campaigned on. And you comment about terrorists? WTF? It's a typical libturd tactic, it's called slight of hand when a magician does it....<br /><br />Funny, all the stuff the messiah campaigned on has gone by the wayside, but just like a lot of us were with GWB, his base will hang on till their eyes are opened....Hang on Tim, the lights will be turned on soon for you!Bushwackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04526043643313096753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-17275950386698010702009-10-06T19:38:43.573-07:002009-10-06T19:38:43.573-07:00Look, I just cain't hep it! goin crazy! Jonesi...Look, I just cain't hep it! goin crazy! Jonesin' for that white snow! I'm a junkie, for the funky white powder! Deeper the better! No. Not Coke! Snow baby snow! <br /><br />Seriously-listen to super soul fighter. Cheney is the "Lord of the wasteland...Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07614691324815885803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-57935936128770886622009-10-06T19:16:01.929-07:002009-10-06T19:16:01.929-07:00Okay Tim I "get" it now.
You're all...Okay Tim I "get" it now.<br /><br />You're all about the snow.<br /><br />BZBloviating Zeppelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359816456769157176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-87146528035936478292009-10-06T19:08:31.316-07:002009-10-06T19:08:31.316-07:00I guess I just missed the whole point.
Download &q...I guess I just missed the whole point.<br />Download "supersoulfighter" to your Ipod and see if you think Obama fits it.<br />Now, more important, which 4 ski resorts are right down the street from you.<br />I'm itchin' for the bitchin' ski runs,,,Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07614691324815885803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-81709228224449921382009-10-06T19:01:56.880-07:002009-10-06T19:01:56.880-07:00Anon: transparency = honesty in insurance companie...Anon: transparency = honesty in insurance companies??<br /><br />WTF??<br /><br />BZBloviating Zeppelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359816456769157176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-38664179700619243962009-10-06T19:00:22.062-07:002009-10-06T19:00:22.062-07:00THE Sunlight Foundation IS BOUGHT AND SOLD BY BIG ...THE Sunlight Foundation IS BOUGHT AND SOLD BY BIG INSURANCEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-40415546501480598222009-10-06T18:57:35.732-07:002009-10-06T18:57:35.732-07:00ITS TO KEEP THE PIRANHA LIKE LOBBYISTS FOR THE INS...ITS TO KEEP THE PIRANHA LIKE LOBBYISTS FOR THE INSURANCE COMPANIES FROM PULLING FAST ONES YOU MORONS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-59606290939029555982009-10-06T18:20:27.697-07:002009-10-06T18:20:27.697-07:00Tim, I must be missing something. "The terro...Tim, I must be missing something. "The terrorists win, blah blah blah."<br /><br />Whaaat? I was writing about talking the talk then walking the walk.<br /><br />BZBloviating Zeppelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359816456769157176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-83761946986876331382009-10-06T18:01:21.391-07:002009-10-06T18:01:21.391-07:00Tim: okay, so your point is. . .
AJ: precisely....Tim: okay, so your point is. . .<br /><br />AJ: precisely. Politics is what it is. And so it goes with Reality.<br /><br />But how can we judge you? I submit: by what you CLAIM that you want.<br /><br />BZBloviating Zeppelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359816456769157176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-26086437829549419952009-10-06T17:30:01.047-07:002009-10-06T17:30:01.047-07:00Transparency in government sounds so nice until yo...Transparency in government sounds so nice until you are elected.<br /><br />Then do you really want anyone to know what you are doing with your time? How you are representing those who voted for you? Of course not! You have just become a Junior Emir of Incumbistan and letting the poor Vassal Staters back home KNOW what you are doing is dangerous to your new Incumbistani citizenship.<br /><br />You see when you are elected you are magically made superior and above those who elected you...they have recognized your inward nobility and moved you to your proper station. And to reflect that you need minions to do your bidding for your political whims and Lo! you have the ability to write bills and earmarks and have new lackeys attend your petty needs day and night. Thankfully the Vassal Staters don't get wind of *that* and how you line the pockets of your friends... they are far too beneath you to ever notice anything but the lovely perfume of your presence amongst them.<br /><br />That all works great.<br /><br />Until you run out of their money, of course.<br /><br />Then you start to smell that tar, see those pitchforks, the open pillowcases, long wooden rails... ahhhh... luckily you have those Congressionally mandated jets to fly you out to Tahiti on a never ending junket when *that* happens. Because these new aristocrats, these nobles, will never, ever, not once, be held accountable for their misdeeds.<br /><br />Because they ARE our betters, donchyaknow?<br /><br />Because they WON an election.<br /><br />They don't really NEED to represent us, now do they?A Jacksonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07607888697879327120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-42789904205394600242009-10-06T16:28:47.284-07:002009-10-06T16:28:47.284-07:00Soul brotha spaceman, flying thru the sky.
Fightin...Soul brotha spaceman, flying thru the sky.<br />Fighting wars and battles.<br />Defending you and I".Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07614691324815885803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370534.post-22794253018170181982009-10-06T16:27:28.868-07:002009-10-06T16:27:28.868-07:00Oh BZ paleeeeeze!
"If bla bla bla, the ter...Oh BZ paleeeeeze! <br /><br />"If bla bla bla, the terrorists win."<br /><br />Really, it must be a slow newsday.<br /><br />Hey who does that song "there goes my hero, watch him as he flys".<br /><br />I think Obama's theme song should not be "are you gonna go my way" but "supersoul fighter", both by Lennie Kravitz.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07614691324815885803noreply@blogger.com