tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post1499596827100312059..comments2024-03-28T14:52:13.218-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: Critical PathJim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-25501418547559616762018-09-02T21:48:05.139-05:002018-09-02T21:48:05.139-05:00Wonder how Rudy the prosecutor would have responde...Wonder how Rudy the prosecutor would have responded if a defense attorney had uttered those words in court?whitelillynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-15279861111147260062018-09-02T21:40:23.263-05:002018-09-02T21:40:23.263-05:00Could it be that 70% of them are simply bullies?Could it be that 70% of them are simply bullies?whitelillynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-46893962273590548532018-08-29T23:09:38.584-05:002018-08-29T23:09:38.584-05:00Very thoughtful & well-written, Elizabeth. Tha...Very thoughtful & well-written, Elizabeth. Thank you. ~ MomsMoms Hugshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15393436124226928177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-27143176747386698582018-08-29T22:57:04.351-05:002018-08-29T22:57:04.351-05:00Scott ~ Can you relate the Fort Calhoun plant trou...Scott ~ Can you relate the Fort Calhoun plant trouble in 2011 with the DAEC plant at Palo, IA when the river downstream flooded Cedar Rapids in 2008? I have old ties to it, but left the area in 2006. Thank you for whatever information you can divulge.Moms Hugshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15393436124226928177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-28015976098653377702018-08-29T22:48:05.234-05:002018-08-29T22:48:05.234-05:00JMHO, but with cell phones replacing landlines for...JMHO, but with cell phones replacing landlines for a huge % of our voting citizenry, polls are like Jim's 75baud. Way out of date technologically. My daughter worked evenings for a marketing company in 1989. She quickly figured out (there's that "critical thinking" thing again) the results were terribly skewed since the only people willing to answer the survey questions were lonely old ladies. Not kidding!Moms Hugshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15393436124226928177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-19484226381489205682018-08-29T22:28:42.098-05:002018-08-29T22:28:42.098-05:00You really were "privileged" to have suc...You really were "privileged" to have such a great education in life skills, especially that creative & insightful teacher. Blue-collar unions have a history of strong negotiating skills for "collective bargaining" that benefitted not only their dues-paying members, but those in lower management as well. I give the unions ALL the credit for the growth of income that allowed our middle class to expand. As I'm sure you know, the doors to really cheap labor opened then & executives outsourced those "Made in America" union jobs. Moms Hugshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15393436124226928177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-22462445837007682392018-08-29T08:32:37.087-05:002018-08-29T08:32:37.087-05:00"Someone should have labeled the future; some..."Someone should have labeled the future; some assembly required." whitelillynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-18903756611434617042018-08-29T08:21:45.784-05:002018-08-29T08:21:45.784-05:00If you want a good/insightful look at drug laws in...If you want a good/insightful look at drug laws in this country read Licit and Illicit Drugs by Consumer Union; ie. Consumer Reports. ALL drugs laws, at their heart, are racist.whitelillynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-63302463992871047012018-08-29T08:19:16.374-05:002018-08-29T08:19:16.374-05:00Only if there is an R after their names.Only if there is an R after their names.whitelillynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-2408693453410609192018-08-29T08:16:52.892-05:002018-08-29T08:16:52.892-05:00When RWR ran for the White House in '76 he sca...When RWR ran for the White House in '76 he scared the sh*t out of me...who will he bring in as VP some spook?: and thats exactly what he did, GHW Bush former chief spook. The first thing this ex union president then did was fire the striking PATCO workers; beginning the decline of unions in this country. It only got worse from there.whitelillynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-84613095076933349792018-08-28T16:29:05.490-05:002018-08-28T16:29:05.490-05:00One thing you kind of missed was in, even the 80&#...One thing you kind of missed was in, even the 80's & before was, everybody got their news from basically 3 pipes, ABC,NBC & CBS and local newspapers. Now you have designer news, to match your views. But indeed you are spot on in pointing out the band width issue. What many miss is that democracy is a compromise. Not one 'supreme' leader, not one theocracy, but our country was based on staying away from that and forming a government that our founding fathers thought the best way forward. Human nature leans towards, my way or the highway, and evolving we have devolved to this. Correctly as you point out because of a lack of a strong education. When Walter Cronkite signed off with "And that's the way it is.", you could pretty much take it to the bank. This is one of the few "pipes" of my designer news that I pretty much feel that way. Thanks Jim. Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13325870099508641733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-85831508006622369602018-08-28T15:54:46.081-05:002018-08-28T15:54:46.081-05:00I am retired from a career as a newspaperman, and ...I am retired from a career as a newspaperman, and I remember back at the beginning (1980 or so), the modems we used to send in stories were 300 baud. It was only slightly faster than "Get me rewrite." I remember 15 years later when I downloaded photos to my home computer, it would literally take minutes per photo.<br /><br />Are we better off now? Clearly we can do more things more quickly, but those things can also be done to us more easily. And the worst part of it is, we can't go back.<br /><br />There is no one writing on the Internet that I enjoy and value more than you, and no one who fills me with more despair when I read your truth.Mike Rappaporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15648005587039671935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-2462802366863575392018-08-27T14:14:02.350-05:002018-08-27T14:14:02.350-05:00Timely article - thank you Jim for writing it. I ...Timely article - thank you Jim for writing it. I have also been trained as an analyst and it has been very frustrating and disheartening to hear people dismiss well researched factual information because it doesn't fit their view.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11651251055585554967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-85693257402280141922018-08-27T12:55:38.406-05:002018-08-27T12:55:38.406-05:00Bow before my 300-baud acoustically coupled modem,...Bow before my 300-baud acoustically coupled modem, 80's cybernaut! soshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01340080593746275492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-20186636440936750942018-08-27T12:00:17.733-05:002018-08-27T12:00:17.733-05:00It appears my comment (long one) didn't get su...It appears my comment (long one) didn't get submitted under my name: It's Last Hussar.Last Hussarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-70459669976379473212018-08-27T04:20:51.356-05:002018-08-27T04:20:51.356-05:00Once again, spot on. I HATE it that you are so cor...Once again, spot on. I HATE it that you are so correct. We have been (repeatedly) warned.Larry Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08240932091690925662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-14805572356977425342018-08-27T00:57:23.299-05:002018-08-27T00:57:23.299-05:00Which of course makes so much sense only if you fo...Which of course makes so much sense only if you forget to wonder why your acknowledged "liberal regimes" are evne a thing in the first place.<br /><br />If people are naturally conservative, why would there be liberal regimes?<br /><br />Insert conspiracy theory here.<br /><br />This, the above, is the very example of the sort of people that are helping in the destruction of their own country in the very way noted in the article.<br /><br />Oh and the world belongs to those who let go?<br />Well then, for a start, if you truly believe in that, you might want to start by putting forward a petition to Trump to resign as per your "conservative view" above. Same goes for the rest of the GoP.<br /><br />Then they will have the world. Isn't that what they would want?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-25208433698947901782018-08-26T23:52:05.446-05:002018-08-26T23:52:05.446-05:00Better yet, what about the influence of AIPAC?Better yet, what about the influence of AIPAC?NeoLotushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124288012388560456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-71702999283721080162018-08-26T23:30:55.428-05:002018-08-26T23:30:55.428-05:00Nothing surprises me...I'm from the neighborho...Nothing surprises me...I'm from the neighborhood....Jimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06059156463045009782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-77264848618744623202018-08-26T23:03:01.200-05:002018-08-26T23:03:01.200-05:00What of China? What of China? NeoLotushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02124288012388560456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-40754021152728892242018-08-26T17:17:33.254-05:002018-08-26T17:17:33.254-05:00People are naturally conservative. No great conspi...People are naturally conservative. No great conspiracy is necessary for a liberal regime to begin to lose its grip on people's hearts and minds. All that is needed is for the regime to overreach, grow corrupt, inept, arrogant or complacent. I would argue that this is the issue more than some insidious global conspiracy to steal our freedoms and contaminate our precious bodily fluids. I <br />think of it as the Tao reasserting itself. Here are some ancient words of wisdom that Enlightenment Cult liberals might be wise to ponder:<br /><br />"Do you want to improve the world?<br />I don't think it can be done.<br /><br />The world is sacred.<br />It can't be improved.<br />If you tamper with it, you'll ruin it.<br />If you treat it like an object, you'll lose it."<br /><br /><br />“The world belongs to those who let go.”<br /><br />Tumbleweednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-35183525468494208362018-08-26T16:00:20.160-05:002018-08-26T16:00:20.160-05:00Well said
Vetting, fact checking, verifying, tripl...Well said<br />Vetting, fact checking, verifying, triple sourcing, skepticism, critical thinking: all in decline or open disdain<br /><br />The modern media having components actively seeking to deceive for their own end.<br /><br />Remninds me of an allegory I heard recently: <br />99% of the world scientists dissect the data and conlcude human caused climate change is real and a risk<br />But a minoirty of plucky politicians risk it all to prove them wrong<br /><br />Might have been a fake movie pitchMDarlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180112267115623180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-55490177626340409342018-08-26T14:02:28.395-05:002018-08-26T14:02:28.395-05:00I'd chuck Michael Schermer nowadays, he's ...I'd chuck Michael Schermer nowadays, he's gone alt-right Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01211033592697401514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-32814373744818028412018-08-26T14:01:02.890-05:002018-08-26T14:01:02.890-05:00https://twitter.com/sfmnemonic/status/896884949634...https://twitter.com/sfmnemonic/status/896884949634232320?s=19Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01211033592697401514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-56211492795673180282018-08-26T13:57:48.391-05:002018-08-26T13:57:48.391-05:00Thank you for this piece,Jim. It is well written a...Thank you for this piece,Jim. It is well written and very interesting as well as thought-provoking. I can't help but think that the underfunding of the public education system in this country for the last five decades has created generations of people who just can't even comprehend the fact that they are being manipulated by the media, and now social media. I can only hope that the generation born after 9/11 will be more savvy as far as figuring out what information they can trust and what they can't through actually fact-checking.Andrew Crossnoreply@blogger.com