tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post1361299281334389947..comments2023-11-03T03:52:37.873-05:00Comments on Cognitive Dissidence: The End of Progressive Media Somebody DO Something!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08717747685928127724noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-76450874923408443732016-05-07T10:39:50.273-05:002016-05-07T10:39:50.273-05:00Of course we don't have progressive media, wha...Of course we don't have progressive media, what's left is too busy telling us that it Hillary Clinton's turn to be president. Actually stand up for something "progressive"? <br /><br />None of the media shills can because they are too busy promoting third-way republicanesque policies and wars. <br />We the People, Dane Countyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16728197356567265252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-10009791538459077022016-05-06T13:34:50.189-05:002016-05-06T13:34:50.189-05:00Good, keep fleshing it out. Those facts need to be...Good, keep fleshing it out. Those facts need to be stated over and over because many people do not feel the absolute urgency that you do. Explain why. I was only trying to strengthen your argument.The Krakenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09384401125404650604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-11238269503063214012016-05-06T13:02:16.796-05:002016-05-06T13:02:16.796-05:00But if you want we can dig a little deeper, not on...But if you want we can dig a little deeper, not only are we still feeling the effects of the great recession, there was not a single person who was responsible for such who ever had to pay the piper...as a matter of fact after a taxpayer bailout of wall st they handed out record bonuses. <br /><br />In the meantime poverty is going up, income inequality is skyrocketing and while people who are getting jobs, not the millions who dropped out of the workforce, have lost their 30+/$hr manufacturing job where they actually made things and now have 2 part time jobs making $10/ if they are lucky. <br /><br />We are demonizing and not paying our teachers, attacking the lgbqt community and locking black men up at an alarming rate....yes no one is ready for a revolution, which is why Bernie is pulling in tens of thousands of people to his rallies., <br /><br />The only way to deal with the revolution and make sure the kids do not rop off, is to stick the establishment millionaire in office with record negatives who likes to hold invite only parties.... <br /><br />Move along nothing to see here Jeff Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12118335402641807712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-47068297056628700702016-05-06T12:56:44.445-05:002016-05-06T12:56:44.445-05:00Kraken actually I did address that .....
Econom...Kraken actually I did address that ..... <br /><br />Economy like ours, where poverty and income inequality increases every single year? It was just a few short years ago where we had the Great Recession and were on the precipice of another depression.<br /><br />Jeff Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12118335402641807712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-39124223445049767482016-05-06T12:52:19.646-05:002016-05-06T12:52:19.646-05:00I subscribe to RSS feeds from websites like MoJo a...I subscribe to RSS feeds from websites like MoJo and The Nation because they occasionally link to good content. Local blogs like this one are my primary information source. In These Times is still great, and I have hopes for The Intercept. But even small pubs have been taken over by corporate interests. Mark Gislesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264508885194574116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-14279860880847649082016-05-06T12:48:36.412-05:002016-05-06T12:48:36.412-05:00I used to argue with Drum a lot back in the '9...I used to argue with Drum a lot back in the '90s. He's a centrist's centrist, and routinely ignores data that puts the lie to his view of the world (like his touching but naive belief in unemployment rates). He's a nice guy (dying from cancer as I understand it), but he's a B-level blogger, not even a pundit.Mark Gislesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264508885194574116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-89734820476351725382016-05-06T11:36:44.328-05:002016-05-06T11:36:44.328-05:00The context was that only the earth shattering eve...The context was that only the earth shattering events of the civil war and Great Depression have ever triggered anything close to a revolution in this country. Drum's reasoning was in the previous paragraph:<br />"We're light years away from that right now. Unemployment? Yes, 2 or 3 percent of the working-age population has dropped out of the labor force, but the headline unemployment rate is 5 percent. Wages? They've been stagnant since the turn of the century, but the average family still makes close to $70,000, more than nearly any other country in the world. Health care? Our system is a mess, but 90 percent of the country has insurance coverage. Dissatisfaction with the system? According to Gallup, even among those with incomes under $30,000, only 27 percent are dissatisfied with their personal lives."<br />That's why he came to the conclusion that you quoted, not because the economy isn't bad but that most people are not ready for a massive upheaval. The Krakenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09384401125404650604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-16276852194388863652016-05-06T10:55:23.079-05:002016-05-06T10:55:23.079-05:00Thanks for the editing tip...i pay my editor the s...Thanks for the editing tip...i pay my editor the same amount of money i get paid ..... <br /><br />I did go back and I think I represented Durm's words quite clearly. Nor Do I think I took him out of context. So if you would like to explain how you think I did that, I am all ears! Jeff Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12118335402641807712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-62349406111065126092016-05-06T10:04:21.759-05:002016-05-06T10:04:21.759-05:00You actually left out Drum's reasoning and wen...You actually left out Drum's reasoning and went straight to the conclusion. While that sleight of hand makes your argument appear stronger, isn't misrepresenting someone's words and taking them out of context the sort of thing that we on the left disapprove of about the right? I would urge you to rewrite that part, and fix the typo; she was not "destiend" to be president. The Krakenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09384401125404650604noreply@blogger.com