Comments on: Legislative Ignorance for $1000 http://pleadthefirst.com/2006/10/19/legislative-ignorance-for-1000/ Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of an unnecessary blog, or prohibiting the free posting therein. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:25:32 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lex http://pleadthefirst.com/2006/10/19/legislative-ignorance-for-1000/comment-page-1/#comment-12982 Lex Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:54:11 +0000 http://www.pleadthefirst.com/2006/10/19/legislative-ignorance-for-1000/#comment-12982 No prob. Stuff like this takes up space in my brain, crowding out things like what time I'm supposed to pick up the kids today. :-) No prob. Stuff like this takes up space in my brain, crowding out things like what time I’m supposed to pick up the kids today. :-)

]]> By: PotatoStew http://pleadthefirst.com/2006/10/19/legislative-ignorance-for-1000/comment-page-1/#comment-12868 PotatoStew Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:38:59 +0000 http://www.pleadthefirst.com/2006/10/19/legislative-ignorance-for-1000/#comment-12868 Thanks for the suggestion Lex - I'll have to take a look at it. Thanks for the suggestion Lex – I’ll have to take a look at it.

]]> By: Lex http://pleadthefirst.com/2006/10/19/legislative-ignorance-for-1000/comment-page-1/#comment-12821 Lex Wed, 25 Oct 2006 03:07:13 +0000 http://www.pleadthefirst.com/2006/10/19/legislative-ignorance-for-1000/#comment-12821 Also, read Richard Hofstadter's 1964 essay, <a href="http://karws.gso.uri.edu/jfk/conspiracy_theory/the_paranoid_mentality/the_paranoid_style.html" rel="nofollow">"The Paranoid Style in American Politics."</a> In addition to the elite-bashing it documents (although it does not use that phrase, of course), it also is essential to understanding how modern-day politics works. Also, read Richard Hofstadter’s 1964 essay, “The Paranoid Style in American Politics.” In addition to the elite-bashing it documents (although it does not use that phrase, of course), it also is essential to understanding how modern-day politics works.

]]> By: Lex http://pleadthefirst.com/2006/10/19/legislative-ignorance-for-1000/comment-page-1/#comment-12820 Lex Wed, 25 Oct 2006 03:04:34 +0000 http://www.pleadthefirst.com/2006/10/19/legislative-ignorance-for-1000/#comment-12820 Oh, yeah. Go read about Huey Long in the '30s. And it's s been a theme of conservatives/Republicans since at least the 1968 elections. Oh, yeah. Go read about Huey Long in the ’30s. And it’s s been a theme of conservatives/Republicans since at least the 1968 elections.

]]> By: PotatoStew http://pleadthefirst.com/2006/10/19/legislative-ignorance-for-1000/comment-page-1/#comment-12477 PotatoStew Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:53:11 +0000 http://www.pleadthefirst.com/2006/10/19/legislative-ignorance-for-1000/#comment-12477 "Politicians have been bashing the “elitesâ€? since time out of mind" Have they really? I know it seems like it's happening a lot the past decade or so, but I hadn't realized that it had always been that way. “Politicians have been bashing the “elitesâ€? since time out of mind”

Have they really? I know it seems like it’s happening a lot the past decade or so, but I hadn’t realized that it had always been that way.

]]> By: Lex http://pleadthefirst.com/2006/10/19/legislative-ignorance-for-1000/comment-page-1/#comment-12472 Lex Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:21:11 +0000 http://www.pleadthefirst.com/2006/10/19/legislative-ignorance-for-1000/#comment-12472 America's anti-intellectual strain may yet prove fatal. Politicians have been bashing the "elites" since time out of mind, but what is leadership but elitism wearing work gloves? America’s anti-intellectual strain may yet prove fatal. Politicians have been bashing the “elites” since time out of mind, but what is leadership but elitism wearing work gloves?

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