tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post5039771836027063684..comments2024-01-17T09:33:57.158-08:00Comments on Brain Rage: Something Someone Else SaidJBWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13293642610215334516noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-56806247419607985212010-07-28T04:22:57.487-07:002010-07-28T04:22:57.487-07:00Perhaps I should have been more specific and said ...Perhaps I should have been more specific and said "working knowledge", BkA. I look at voting like changing a tire: I don't expect the average American to obsess over it every day but they should at least have enough knowledge to be able to do it semi-competently when the occasion presents itself every once in a while.JBWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293642610215334516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-40931699949421052432010-07-28T04:19:09.443-07:002010-07-28T04:19:09.443-07:00I guess I'm fortunate that I don't labor u...I guess I'm fortunate that I don't labor under the yoke of humility that you do, T101. I just assume that anything I can't do well is a result of being too smart: saves time.<br /><br />I also agree with you on your latter point. The 24 hour news cycle and our relatively new found access to instantaneous information and media have unfortunately made "quick" and "incendiary" a winning formula in modern politics.JBWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293642610215334516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-35630165642704807262010-07-27T15:52:20.145-07:002010-07-27T15:52:20.145-07:00Um, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but mos...Um, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but most people's knowledge on ANY subject, including NASCAR and politics, is slim. Very, very slim.<br /><br />No, I have no hope for humanity, LOL.Beekeepers Apprenticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03147256400096114177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-70592267103313371172010-07-27T12:54:51.203-07:002010-07-27T12:54:51.203-07:00Therein lies a problem with us blogging for Libs J...Therein lies a problem with us blogging for Libs JBW. We're(You anyway. I hate sounding rightious and smug. Humility is one of my trademarks.) are just too smart to convince the idiots, bigots and homophobes that make up the base of the republican party to vote for someone else.<br /> <br /><br /> The people demand entertainment above all else. A well written essay on the evils of supply side economics is easily dismissed by the idiots when they can listen to Rush say the word "socialist" eight times in two minutes. They know that's evil. Better do what the guy that says "socialist" says.Joe "Truth 101" Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08875151516978133598noreply@blogger.com