tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post7481759525025732030..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #13224Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-62807578741472038762013-08-13T09:59:48.290-05:002013-08-13T09:59:48.290-05:00mcpd _ Ah, but the two main problems with popular ...mcpd _ Ah, but the two main problems with popular democracy are (1) the people and (2) what the people think they want.Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-5371385015661663832013-08-13T09:00:00.272-05:002013-08-13T09:00:00.272-05:00ck - i wasn't clear enough - when i said "...ck - i wasn't clear enough - when i said "different behavior by the people we've already got" i intended to convey two related ideas<br /><br />a)change of behavior by those politicians that we currently have, who are capable of responding to popular demand for new policies<br /><br />b)change of which politicians are in power, by the power of the ballot box - in this case the behavior that is changing is the voting behavior of the people<br /><br />this assumes there could be a change of popular sentiment, AND semi-honest elections - maybe these things can happen, maybe not, but they are worth a try <br />mistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-63512767454653120532013-08-13T07:55:12.924-05:002013-08-13T07:55:12.924-05:00Hey Gang - sorry to be absent - now and then life ...Hey Gang - sorry to be absent - now and then life gets in the way... <br /><br />But in order:<br /><br />Class of 65: SAR sent you to the DailyKos item in SAR #13221's "Spotty Quiz".<br /><br />ghickey: While there's a bit of chicken-egg to the housing/economy feedback cycle, there has been and continues to be a strong attempt to kick-start that cycle. Yes, mainly to indenture the "owners", but also to get the secondary and dependent consumer spending running again to increase the profits on that part of the tinker-toy. <br /><br />HS: I missed the part where PK advocated QE. He advocates stimulus spending on projects that put money in the people's pockets, not the bankers' vaults. Else why warn that the object seems to be to get us to accept "permanent depression"? As for the rest you are, unfortunately, correct.<br /><br />mcpd: re cell phone. Only time I carry mine is walking in the woods - and only four people have the number. (Not counting the government...)<br /><br />mcpd: And just how do you propose to "change the behavior" of politicians who do not need you and have a monopoly on the process - both monetarily and structurally?Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-5213781622551079852013-08-13T07:04:23.854-05:002013-08-13T07:04:23.854-05:00re personalized ads based on tracking you with you...re personalized ads based on tracking you with your mobile phone - as i understand it, turning off the phone doesn't help - you have to take the battery out<br /><br />or - and here's a startling idea - go someplace without taking the phone with youmistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-38469620423074428242013-08-13T06:59:39.880-05:002013-08-13T06:59:39.880-05:00re Enlightenment - we don't need a new constit...re Enlightenment - we don't need a new constitution to get a new party - just different behavior by the people we've already got<br /><br />over the weekend a telephone poll asked my party affiliation - republican, democratic, independent - without the slightest hesitation, and without premeditation either, i answered "socialist"<br /><br />that's senator bernie sanders' affiliation, by the way - read all about it - they just call him "independent" because the word "socialist" scares the horsesmistah charley, ph.d.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06303695341246058680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-84123810882027215182013-08-12T23:38:56.753-05:002013-08-12T23:38:56.753-05:00Enlightenment/2 Minutes/Possibility- It should be ...Enlightenment/2 Minutes/Possibility- It should be abundantly obvious by now that the ownership class controls all in the US--the government, the press (through consolidation), and the Federal Reserve. Quantitative easing was a wealth transfer that was propagandized as stimulus and the US public has been dumbed down enough to buy it. It is only to the ownership class's benefit to maintain perpetually high unemployment, hence the push for immigration reform. The fact that they've trotted Krugman out to sell this concept is all the confirmation that is required. HShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00297340044154436927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-9152966068125784992013-08-12T21:34:20.610-05:002013-08-12T21:34:20.610-05:00Charles,
I read your blog daily. And almost always...Charles,<br />I read your blog daily. And almost always agree with your sentiments expressed.<br /><br />However, regarding housing as a driver of the economy I must disagree. A booming housing sector is a result of a strong economy, not a prerequisite or the cause of strength in the economy.<br /><br />This is the type of confusion that follows financial bubbles. It is the same as believing that the stock market is the cause of a strong economy. As in the "wealth effect" that motivates some central bankers of late....<br /><br />Yours truly,<br />ghickey<br />www.ghickeyblog.blogspot.com<br /><br />ghickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17125227938101529367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-10146411945624428132013-08-12T18:29:30.121-05:002013-08-12T18:29:30.121-05:00"Daily Kos" has recently published an ar..."Daily Kos" has recently published an article that is called "15 ways to show we do not have a liberal media." Have you read it? If not, please google the title and read it. I'm sure you'll find it interesting...Classof65https://www.blogger.com/profile/15620524862669295761noreply@blogger.com