Comments for poetics.info http://poetics.info Because creating is living... Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:11:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Tea Partiers and the GOP: An Uneasy Alliance by mike houston http://poetics.info/2010/09/16/tea-partiers-and-the-gop-an-uneasy-alliance/comment-page-1/#comment-11786 mike houston Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:11:03 +0000 http://poetics.info/?p=353#comment-11786 The most glaring omission in Tea Party's point of view is how to actually make our government smaller. What, specifically, do Tea Party'ers want to cut? A very simple exercise that I would encourage people of all political persuasions to undertake is to pull out a pie chart of current government expenditures (federal or state) and try to significantly reduce the pie in a way that you can live with. Then think about the effects those cuts will have on others. I'm not suggesting it can't be done, but I am suggesting that it will be a sobering exercise -- one that is likely to move us all beyond slogans and platitudes, and instead to the more deliberative thinking that this country desperately needs from its politicians and citizens alike right now. I commend the Tea Party for raising the profile of this issue -- it is a discussion very much worth having. However, absent those discussions, and absent any concrete proposals for achieving the party's stated ideals, I remain skeptical that the Tea Party is anything more than the flames of wishful thinking fanned by a Republican party that wants to take back Congress and the White House at any cost. The most glaring omission in Tea Party’s point of view is how to actually make our government smaller. What, specifically, do Tea Party’ers want to cut? A very simple exercise that I would encourage people of all political persuasions to undertake is to pull out a pie chart of current government expenditures (federal or state) and try to significantly reduce the pie in a way that you can live with. Then think about the effects those cuts will have on others. I’m not suggesting it can’t be done, but I am suggesting that it will be a sobering exercise — one that is likely to move us all beyond slogans and platitudes, and instead to the more deliberative thinking that this country desperately needs from its politicians and citizens alike right now.

I commend the Tea Party for raising the profile of this issue — it is a discussion very much worth having. However, absent those discussions, and absent any concrete proposals for achieving the party’s stated ideals, I remain skeptical that the Tea Party is anything more than the flames of wishful thinking fanned by a Republican party that wants to take back Congress and the White House at any cost.

]]> Comment on Ideas Matter: Bailout Would Be Socialist Win by Rich http://poetics.info/2008/09/26/ideas-matter-bailout-would-be-socialist-win/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Rich Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:26:30 +0000 http://poetics.info/2008/09/26/ideas-matter-bailout-would-be-socialist-win/#comment-192 No bailout. Let the companies fail for their poor decision making and let the chips fall where they may. The stock market used to be a place where companies could acquire capital to manufacture goods. For the last 10 to 20 years it's morphed into a place for companies to try to make money just from the notion of shuffling money around. No bailout. Let the companies fail for their poor decision making and let the chips fall where they may. The stock market used to be a place where companies could acquire capital to manufacture goods. For the last 10 to 20 years it’s morphed into a place for companies to try to make money just from the notion of shuffling money around.

]]> Comment on Why the World Will Not End: A Great Letter from John Mauldin by Rich http://poetics.info/2008/07/22/why-the-world-will-not-end-a-great-letter-from-john-mauldin/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Rich Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:55:18 +0000 http://poetics.info/2008/07/22/why-the-world-will-not-end-a-great-letter-from-john-mauldin/#comment-123 To paraphrase the late comedian Bill Hicks: "I'm waiting for a great nightly newscast. 'Hey everybody -- it's all going to work out . Here's Tom with the weather!" To paraphrase the late comedian Bill Hicks:

“I’m waiting for a great nightly newscast. ‘Hey everybody — it’s all going to work out . Here’s Tom with the weather!”

]]> Comment on Update on Part II: Why Obama Scares Me by Frank http://poetics.info/2008/07/22/update-on-part-ii-why-obama-scares-me/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Frank Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:42:42 +0000 http://poetics.info/2008/07/22/update-on-part-ii-why-obama-scares-me/#comment-120 Good to see you back. As you say: No real need any longer to put cursor to screen about Hillary. Good to see you back.

As you say: No real need any longer to put cursor to screen about Hillary.

]]> Comment on Quincy the dog by Laura http://poetics.info/2008/02/21/quincy-the-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Laura Mon, 19 May 2008 02:16:09 +0000 http://poetics.info/2008/02/21/quincy-the-dog/#comment-114 How funny! I have to tell Kelsey. How funny! I have to tell Kelsey.

]]> Comment on Trace Bundy on Guitar by Trace Bundy: Acoustic “Sweet Child O’ Mine” :: Mudita Journal http://poetics.info/2008/02/27/trace-bundy-on-guitar/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Trace Bundy: Acoustic “Sweet Child O’ Mine” :: Mudita Journal Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:49:01 +0000 http://poetics.info/2008/02/27/trace-bundy-on-guitar/#comment-93 [...] couldn’t agree more with Allison Taylor: I’m not the biggest fan of Guns ‘n Roses, but I do love this song (Sweet [...] [...] couldn’t agree more with Allison Taylor: I’m not the biggest fan of Guns ‘n Roses, but I do love this song (Sweet [...]

]]> Comment on Quincy the dog by Anne http://poetics.info/2008/02/21/quincy-the-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-92 Anne Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:27:08 +0000 http://poetics.info/2008/02/21/quincy-the-dog/#comment-92 That's great! She obviously got some of the artistic genes! That’s great! She obviously got some of the artistic genes!

]]> Comment on We Are Not a Democracy by Allison Taylor http://poetics.info/2007/05/19/we-are-not-a-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-91 Allison Taylor Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:44:51 +0000 http://poetics.info/2007/05/19/we-are-not-a-democracy/#comment-91 Hi, Cathryn, Thanks for writing. I do write poetry, but I haven't published anything. I never feel like my poems are quite finished and often tweak them years later. For me, poetry is more cathartic. I'll have to check out renovation magazine… ~Allison Hi, Cathryn,
Thanks for writing. I do write poetry, but I haven’t published anything. I never feel like my poems are quite finished and often tweak them years later. For me, poetry is more cathartic.

I’ll have to check out renovation magazine…

~Allison

]]> Comment on We Are Not a Democracy by Cathryn flowers Ritchie http://poetics.info/2007/05/19/we-are-not-a-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Cathryn flowers Ritchie Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:00:38 +0000 http://poetics.info/2007/05/19/we-are-not-a-democracy/#comment-90 out mistakes often work out to good. I was writing an article this week for a renovation mag. It was the 4th I had to do in three days. I was plum out of adjectives. The wrought iron gates, window treatments, etc. were elegant and beautiful. But, my article was like dull mush. So, I went to a fancier home mag and found some good adjectives. Some I incorporated immediately and some I just typed at the top of the page for further reference. After finishing the article, sent it in. My editor called later and thought the article was great, especially the two one word sentences: Adorn. Abundant. What a hoot! MomCat out mistakes often work out to good.

I was writing an article this week for a renovation mag. It was the 4th I had to do in three days. I was plum out of adjectives. The wrought iron gates, window treatments, etc. were elegant and beautiful. But, my article was like dull mush. So, I went to a fancier home mag and found some good adjectives. Some I incorporated immediately and some I just typed at the top of the page for further reference. After finishing the article, sent it in. My editor called later and thought the article was great, especially the two one word sentences: Adorn. Abundant.

What a hoot!
MomCat

]]> Comment on We Are Not a Democracy by Cathryn flowers Ritchie http://poetics.info/2007/05/19/we-are-not-a-democracy/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Cathryn flowers Ritchie Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:56:52 +0000 http://poetics.info/2007/05/19/we-are-not-a-democracy/#comment-89 I went to your blog because it mentioned the wpaf in march. Noticed the poetics.... Do you write poetry? where? Enjoyed this little blurb. Thanks, Cathryn flowers Ritchie p.s. I'm in winter park, panera, as I write...still trying to wake up. Writing and organizing. Didn't quite read the above reply info required. When it said, Mail, I put female....duhhh. Came back and I looked a little closer...OH, my email address. Shows you how I often get the whole message but miss the little details. Sometimes silly mistakes and others, not. I went to your blog because it mentioned the wpaf in march. Noticed the poetics….

Do you write poetry? where?

Enjoyed this little blurb.
Thanks,
Cathryn flowers Ritchie
p.s. I’m in winter park, panera, as I write…still trying to wake up. Writing and organizing. Didn’t quite read the above reply info required. When it said, Mail, I put female….duhhh. Came back and I looked a little closer…OH, my email address. Shows you how I often get the whole message but miss the little details. Sometimes silly mistakes and others, not.

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