Comments on: Dear Mn Progressive Project and Michele Bachmann https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/03/06/dear-mn-progressive-project-an/ Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:01:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Serena https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/03/06/dear-mn-progressive-project-an/#comment-532119 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:01:28 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/03/06/dear-mn-progressive-project-an/#comment-532119 She used the term punctuated equilibrium. Did anyone else catch that?

]]> By: Crystal D. https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/03/06/dear-mn-progressive-project-an/#comment-532118 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 10:31:00 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/03/06/dear-mn-progressive-project-an/#comment-532118 I feel the short answer concerning her is that she is bat-shit crazy. That pretty much sums it up when you think about it. 🙂

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/03/06/dear-mn-progressive-project-an/#comment-532117 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:09:40 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/03/06/dear-mn-progressive-project-an/#comment-532117 The threatening sound of the language is especially disturbing in that we are seeing it now from more and more Republicans in the Senate and House, not just the crazeez like MB.

]]> By: Hank Roberts https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/03/06/dear-mn-progressive-project-an/#comment-532116 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:25:36 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/03/06/dear-mn-progressive-project-an/#comment-532116 Would a quarter of a trillion dollars per year help?

http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/pub/irs-utl/tax_gap_facts-figures.pdf.

Income tax crime and government responses in the United States… The most recent IRS estimate puts the individual tax gap at $245 billion per year.
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/13590790910925000

Do you suppose they’re calling it civil disobedience?
Or just snickering to themselves about what they’re doing?

]]> By: Joe Bodell https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/03/06/dear-mn-progressive-project-an/#comment-532115 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:16:06 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/03/06/dear-mn-progressive-project-an/#comment-532115 E, let’s not talk about borking any commenters, especially Greg. It’s impolite in mixed company.

Sorry about the issues, though. As for the content of the post, are we ever really sure what Bachmann is threatening? It usually seems to me that she’s trying to play dog-whistle politics with her base, but never actually says anything clearly enough to make it sound like she actually knows something about what she’s saying.

]]> By: The Big E https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/03/06/dear-mn-progressive-project-an/#comment-532114 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:55:38 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/03/06/dear-mn-progressive-project-an/#comment-532114 Greg,

Really sorry about borking you and all that. Contact me and I’ll try and sort it out. If you were a registered user at my old blog, mnblue.com, some people have had problems.

Sorry…

The Big E

PS … mainly, she’s just crazy.

]]> By: Jason Thibeault https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/03/06/dear-mn-progressive-project-an/#comment-532113 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:09:24 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/03/06/dear-mn-progressive-project-an/#comment-532113 Bachmann isn’t the only talking head fomenting dissent and trying to spark a revolution against the government amongst the fringes of their already fringe-ified party. Look at Hannity’s blog poll asking which type of revolution appeals to his readers most. Look at the wholly staged “tea party” ripoff (“what would they think of taxation WITH representation” indeed!).

The 23%-ers of the Bush era, those few who still believed in everything Bush stood for (e.g. pilfering the poor to give to the rich), are upset that Rove’s permanent majority failed to pan out. And now they’re suggesting revolution, repeatedly, in their public forums, and the only people seeming to call them on it are bloggers and other talking heads like Olbermann.

I’m glad I have a vantage point removed from this powderkeg.

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