What a confusing world....

So, in Hong Kong, there are protests FOR democracy.

While in Colorado there are protests AGAINST it.  Interesting that when the left disagrees with the majority, then it's protest time.

How confusing.

(with thanks to Susan L.)

How to stuff a screwed electorate

Yes people, I know things are tough around here. 17% of the government is shut down. The apocalypse awaits in a week.

But consider Azerbaijan, where they release election results before the voting takes place!

Alfred E. Neuman,  err, Inspector Clouseau,  err, this guy pictured here, has been "president" of Azerbaijan for 10 years, since his daddy appointed him to take his place.

Luckily for him, he pre-won reelection to another term. I bet he and his family were on pins and needles waiting to see how the pre-announcement would go.

Not Even The Shaker-Down in Chief Can Raise Money?

I wonder if this is really true.  Given all the many corporations--in automobiles, banking, alternative energy, manufacturing, entertainment....-- that are essentially wholly-owned subsidiaries of the DNC, how could the POTUS not be able to use his "Nice factory ya gots dere.  It would be a SHAME if sumpin' was to...yaknowwadImean...HAPPEN to it?  Capisce?" rap?

But the DNC is spending so much money trying to keep its money-hungry satraps in power that it's nearly bankrupt. 

Do What We Say, Not What We Do

The requirements of disclosure are inconvenient, intrusive and onerous.  But we impose disclosure on lots of people.

Members of Congress?  Not any more.  They find it inconvenient, intrusive, and onerous.  So they passed a bill, and the President signed it.   I'm going to guess you haven't really heard much about it.

Wow, it's Hitler week at KPC

This time the venerable Harold Bloom plays the Hitler card wrt the Tea Party:

We have this horrible contemporary phenomenon in the Tea Party – a real menace not only to America but to the world. Because if it goes on like this, they will destroy our economy and they will destroy America. They have no democratic vision, and I don't mean with a capital “D”, I mean with a small “d”. They frighten me. They're like the early followers of Adolf Hitler, and I'm willing to be quoted on that. They are a sickening phenomenon. That is because they have not read deeply and widely enough. But then maybe they’re not to blame, because American education – even in elite universities – has become a scandal in my opinion. It has committed suicide.

Yikes!

I agree that American education has become a scandal, but not because the rise of the Tea Party.

Hat tip to LeBron who really buried the lede on this one.