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Thorstein Veblen on Leisure Class Government

June 22, 2022 By gmoke Leave a Comment

from The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen Mineola, NY: Dover, 1994 [originally published 1899] (ISBN 0-486-28062-4) (page 49) So, those offices which are by right the proper employment of the leisure class are noble; … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: democracy, economics, government, politics, public-opinion, sociology, Thorstein Veblen

Notes on How People Think About Climate Change

October 8, 2015 By gmoke Leave a Comment

I attended two climate change lectures recently. One lecture was titled "Clean and Cheap: How Americans Think About Energy in an Age of Global Warming" on 9/17/15 at MIT with David Konisky, Indiana University and the other was "Disruptive … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: carbon, carbon tax, climate-change, ecology, emissions trading schemes, energy, environment, Political Science, Public Intellectuals, public-opinion

So the Tea Party Express is FOR cutting corporate loopholes?

September 5, 2011 By liveandletlive 10 Comments

From what I'm hearing from the people they are electing, defense cuts and corporate loophole reform are off the table. I know this is a comedy show but I'm rather shocked to hear her say the things she is saying. It's sort of the opposite … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cnn, debate, manipulation, public-opinion, tea-party-express

Have You Read the Headlines?

December 3, 2007 By maytak 6 Comments

Have you seen the headlines? The squabble to be first in deciding the nation's fate is intensifying. Early states are cleverly inching their primaries in a race to secure voting influence for their citizens. By the end of February, we'll … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2008, caucus, clinton, edwards, kucinich, obama, presidential-campaign, primrary, public-opinion

Framing the issues for “cognitive misers”

October 9, 2006 By skifree_99 Leave a Comment

Political wannabees would be wise to look at the work of Matt Nisbit on social communication.The basic points is that framing issues is critical to control political perceptions. Obviously with the LaGuer and Songer topics this was not done … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: congitive-misers, imagery, images, matthew-nisbit, public-opinion

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#mapoli

hashtagroberto Roberto A. Jiménez Rivera @hashtagroberto ·
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This is an absolute failure from our state government. We are facing a housing crisis, an infrastructure crisis, a climate crisis, and so many more.

We have to invest these resources into our communities! Our people desperately need the help! #mapoli

State House News @statehousenews

NEW: A week after fiscal 2022 ended, Mass. Taxpayers Foundation estimates "historic" $3.6 billion state budget surplus. #mapoli

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brendanws90 Brendan Salisbury @brendanws90 ·
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Hard to read that second post as anything other than a call for violence but hey, what do I know. #mapoli

mass politics @SpareBostonian

Dean Tran having a very normal one since being indicted

And if I was very credibly accused of invading some random law abiding elderly constituent’s home to steal her guns I’m not sure I’d be posting about “good people bearing arms to fight against tyranny”

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mariefrances_ma Marie-Frances @mariefrances_ma ·
45m

.@BrianEKennedy2 this is the truth!!! “Time and time again, this country has decided against democracy and the pursuit of liberty for all peoples and has instead chosen to protect accumulated wealth.” Super relevant to #mapoli current tax policy convos. #taxjusticeISracialjustice

Liberation in a Generation @liberation_gen

.@BrianEKennedy2 wrote a tour-de-force for our @NextCityOrg #HearUs4Justice column about the "stolen, and later coerced and exploited labor of Black workers [that] has underwritten the United States' survival and its successes." Don't sleep on it ⬇️
https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/hear-us-america-runs-on-black-labor

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cfreiss_boston Christopher Freiss 🦔 @cfreiss_boston ·
1h

I am a lowest-level elected official (join your local ward committee!) and I gladly endorse pretty much all of this. #bospoli #mapoli

David Rothkopf @djrothkopf

I've worked in DC and in and around politics most of my adult life. Here are a bunch of reasons I have concluded along the way I could never be a politician:
1.) I believe the US Constitution is in need of a big overhaul, is profoundly out of date in key ways & flawed in others.

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pfhlick ┻━┻ ︵ヽ(`Д´)ノ︵ ┻━┻ @pfhlick ·
1h

This story is unreal - and still unfolding. An entire town poisoned, possibly spread through contaminated ground water and toxic inputs being passed into organic waste streams.

Protecting our water and soil from contamination is more critical than ever. #mapoli

Mindi Messmer @MindiMessmer

Another tragic #pfas story by @davabel. @TalkingPFAS @PEERorg @NHSafeWaterA https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/07/06/science/when-organic-is-toxic-how-composting-facility-likely-spread-massive-amounts-forever-chemicals-across-one-town-massachusetts/

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mainenewshound mainenewshound @mainenewshound ·
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NO VALID PHOTO ID, NO VOTE IN NOVEMBER.
MISSOURI-- to vote in November a Photo ID from the State of Missouri or US Federal government will be required---source Komu8
#mepolitics #mapoli #vote2022 #nhpolitics #tx

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