Freedomworks’ Little Frankenstein Lab: Oregon

The “initiative” process, pioneered by Oregon in 1904, as a means of stopping corrupt and bribed legislators stalling needed reforms has been co-opted by the corrupters and bribers to STOP the Oregon legislature from making needed reforms.

Rush’s Widdle Feewings are Hurted

Rush skated on the “Magic Negro” controversy because “liberal” reporters didn’t bother doing their legwork. Just like he skated on the hillbilly heroin controversy because it was a “prescription” drug. Well, so’s cocaine, but if Rush bloviates long enough, the outright crime will go away. He’s learned that at some point: A rationalization a day makes the criminality go away.

The Viper in the Armoire

But now it’s all been neatly swept under the rug, and the only person in this whole sordid mess who actually took a principled stance, Mayor Mark Kruzan of Bloomington, is left to be pilloried by the likes of Mister Tibbs.

Dumb and Dumbererere

But you don’t carefully deconstruct a moose shit soufflé. You FLING it artfully into the nearest trash receptacle in which its foul stench won’t waft about and alarm the neighbors.

Incivility In American Political Speech

[NOTE: revised slightly, and with links, this was the presentation that I made last night at the panel  for Prof. Steven Candee's Political Science class at LCC, carried on Comcast Channel 23 last night in Eugene, Oregon. A necessarily abbreviated time line essay, given a 15 minute time slot for the presentation. Other panel members [...]

LCC Paper will be posted

… before morning, October 7.

Meantime, the panel is on Comcast Channel 23 from 7:30 to 9:00 PM tonight. (Locally).
The topic?
“Incivility in our current political debate.” Or words to that effect.
Courage.