“Just Noticing”: Observations Of A Blogger
Posted by Michelle Moquin on January 8th, 2012
Good morning!
“Just noticing…”
…The republicans are aways claiming that Reagan didn’t raise taxes; he actually did it more than any other president during a recession.
I pulled a section from the article below found on the Huff Po:
The site quoted the Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman, noting that “no peacetime president has raised taxes so much on so many people.”
The Washington Monthly’s Steve Benen pitched in with his observation that the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, which was Reagan’s biggest tax hike, is today “generally considered the largest tax increase — as a percentage of the economy — in modern American history.”
Moreover, says Benen, “between 1982 and 1984, Reagan raised taxes four times, and as Bruce Bartlett has explained more than once, Reagan raised taxes 12 times during his eight years in office.”
Here’s the entire article that I think you’ll enjoy. An unimaginable incident takes place during another LSOS speaking out on 60 Minutes.
Think Again: Conservatives Prefer Reagan Fantasies to Reality (And So Did Reagan)
A bizarre incident took place during the 60 Minutesinterview with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) on New Year’s Day: When Leslie Stahl asked Rep. Cantor whether he would be willing to compromise with President Barack Obama to improve the legislative performance of the current Congress, Rep. Cantor responded: “Compromising principles, you don’t want to ask anybody to do that. That’s who they are as their core being.”
When Stahl replied that President Ronald Reagan, Rep. Cantor’s “idol,” had compromised, Rep. Cantor stuck to his guns, replying, “He never compromised his principles.”
Stahl, at the ready, answered, “Well, he raised taxes and it was one of his principles not to raise taxes.”
Rep. Cantor, slightly flummoxed, came back with “Well, he — he also cut taxes.”
And here things got interesting.
Rep. Cantor’s press secretary, Brad Dayspring, began yelling from off screen, “That’s not true. And I don’t want to let that stand.”
Stahl, in a taped voice-over, later added in the mildest language imaginable, and without any personal aspersions cast — “There seemed to be some difficulty accepting the fact that even though Ronald Reagan cut taxes, he also pushed through several tax increases, including one in 1982 during a recession.”
President Reagan’s voice was then heard to say, “Make no mistake about it, this whole package is a compromise,” followed by Rep. Cantor, doubling down, “We as Republicans are not going to support tax increases.”
The interview has generated a great deal of attention in the blogosphere. ThinkProgress jumped on it immediately, noting that President Reagan did not “compromise” just this once, but actually increased taxes “in seven of his eight years in office, including one stretch of four tax increases in just two years.”
The site quoted the Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman, noting that “no peacetime president has raised taxes so much on so many people.”
The Washington Monthly‘s Steve Benen pitched in with his observation that the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, which was Reagan’s biggest tax hike, is today “generally considered the largest tax increase — as a percentage of the economy — in modern American history.”
Moreover, says Benen, “between 1982 and 1984, Reagan raised taxes four times, and as Bruce Bartlett has explained more than once, Reagan raised taxes 12 times during his eight years in office.”
Benen believes that President Reagan’s legacy makes contemporary conservatives “look ridiculous.”
On MSNBC’s The Ed Show, Washington Post columnist Ezra Klein took a stab at explaining why this must be the case, noting that the grand poobah behind the “Reagan Legacy Project,” and so much right-wing political thinking and organizing today, is Grover Norquist, who “has a vested interest in promoting the myth of ‘Saint Ronnie the Tax Slayer’ to justify his ‘no new taxes ever’ ideology.”
This is true, but it misses what is really strangest about this incident.
It is actually unheard of for a press secretary to attempt anything like Dayspring’s interruption, especially in so high profile a forum as 60 Minutes and with a boss in as influential a position as Rep. Cantor. (It is especially crazy to do so in one in which the editing process allows the correspondent to have the last word.) To do so with a bald (and easily demonstrable) falsehood would be under almost any imaginable circumstances a firing offense, as it makes both men, politician and aide alike, appear uninformed, incompetent, and generally out to lunch.
Rep. Cantor’s office did attempt to “clarify” Mr. Dayspring’s outburst, insisting that it “referred to the cumulative effect of President Reagan’s various tax increases and cuts, when added together.”
Again, this is not the point. President Obama has lowered taxes more than he has raised them, and they are today lower than they were in President Reagan’s time. But you don’t hear conservatives crowing about that.
No, the real story here is the vehemence of the conservative movement’s commitment to ignoring all forms of evidence that it finds inconsistent with its ideological preconceptions, regardless of circumstances or even consequences.
Ironically, tendency to ignore inconvenient facts and unwelcome evidence is actually President Reagan’s true legacy, as I noted in The Nation back in 2000, before the current right-wing mania for President Reagan gained its full force.
This post originally appeared on americanprogress.org.
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Readers: This article tells the facts – an inconvenient truth that the republicans just don’t want to admit. This fits right in with the LSOS Club. And I think Rep. Eric Cantor qualifies to be a member – don’t you? For those of you Newbies just joining us today for the first time, LSOS means “Lying Sacks Of Shits“. Oooh I just love saying that.
Kraig: Done. Your mother Dorrie is now a member of the LSOS Club.
Norma: You’re welcome. Kelly is now a member as well.
Zen Lill: All is better than well, thank you. I HOPE you are too. I am having a very social weekend…and it is a very beautiful weekend. Out early and back late today. Give a call when it works for you in the coming weeks.
TK: I agree. But Newt was not factually correct nor politically correct. He was being racist.
UG: I smiled at what your young daughter said, and loved what you said.
Robert, RT: You articulate so well that even the hard to grasp would understand. Thanks for being here. FYI: I would enjoy hearing you speak live sometime.
RJ: You and me both. I was just having that exact conversation at a party last night. And when it comes to the republican party you can include women and OTW’s as well.
Junko: I don’t know if Ym is an alien or not, but his feelings towards women, or a least his lady love, seem rare to me. And if his actions meet those delicious words, he expresses…well then, he is truly a one of a kind. Not to say, that there are not men out there that do or could feel that way. Perhaps they have just not found a woman that they love so much that inspire the words of Ym: “She brings out what comes out in me. I just experience it.”
Anyway, thank you for the kind words. I don’t know if I inspire the exact devotion that Ym’s lady love does, but I do know that love and devotion show up in many different and special ways, and I certainly experience them with my love.
I wish you luck in finding your Ym. Hmmm…I have to smile….”Finding your Ym…” – that could be a little blog insider for the girls here. “Have you found your YM?” :) If you are ever in SF, I would love to meet you…and who knows…perhaps you will find your Ym here.
I’ll end it with love, and leave all of you wishing you a wonderful Sunday. The forum is now open. Blog me.
Lastly, greed over a great story is surfacing from my “loyal”(?) readers. With all this back and forth about who owns what, that appears on my blog, let me reiterate that all material posted on my blog becomes the sole property of my blog. If you want to reserve any proprietary rights don’t post it to my blog. I will prominently display this caveat on my blog from now on to remind those who may have forgotten this notice.
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January 8th, 2012 at 11:29 am
Hi Michelle, I was waiting for “The Trickle Down Effect” during the RayGun Administration. I got trickled down upon alright. Trouble is what it was that trickled down on me was not what I was hoping for. Quite the contrary.
But it was true, the Replugitagain Party has been pissing on the American Public ever since. Trickle down was not all I had hoped it might be.
Al
January 8th, 2012 at 11:38 am
: ) I love how all white men bought straight into the trickle down theory, a great fantasy…and then you woke up (without a trickle in sight)
Do we know what ym stands for? Did I miss that in some original posting, if so, sorry, can you tell me now or is it just your initials?
Back to my Sunday task: purging. I should have next to nothing soon : ) and I can’t wait.
Luv, Zen Lill
January 8th, 2012 at 11:42 am
Cookie and Pala, Hello, How are you two? I am going to take a guess that you are both female, not that it really matters.
I have never known or spoken to anyone from Iceland before. Must be cold as hell up there.
One never knows from where, or from whom a comment may come from on MM”s blog. Try to stay warm in Reykjavik and thanks for writing to me. Say “hi” to Lance.
Bye, Cookie and Pala,
Al
January 8th, 2012 at 12:06 pm
ZL: I have never been or will I ever be a republican. And I don’t know anybody who bought that trickle down bullshit. Everybody knew it had been way past “Bed Time for Bonzo” even way back then :) Does my above comment sound as if trickle down was believable. Please, give me a break. “I love how ALL white men bought straight into the trickle down theory”, you don’t really think and/or believe that, do you?
So, what else is new?
Al
January 8th, 2012 at 1:12 pm
Al, maybe not you, my dear al’a'mode, but yes there were many men that wanted so badly to believe that they’d get a piece of that trickle down pie that they were salivating. I always thought Bonzo was full of bull-bonzo-shit, only solid FOX news watchers would hail old Bonzo as a hero.
What else is new? I’m zenifying my house once again, purging stuff, I want even less shit just in case I ever do head for the airport and buy a one way ticket to Bali or Guam, somewhere where the weather is warm, the scenery tropical and the indigenous people would allow me to hang. Oh and I had to go to church today to watch my kid sing, I was afraid I’d spontaneously combust bc I am Eee-Vil : ) but I made it.
It’s pretty beautiful here today, so I’m going to take my lovely old doggie for a walk before I finish my ‘clearing clutter through Feng Shui’ quest, Misch, you gave me that book a lonnnggg time ago, but I’ll say thank you again now.
Luv, Zen Lill
January 8th, 2012 at 1:46 pm
Hey Z. Lill, I too am glad you did not spontaneously combust, or explode the church, but hey what mother wouldn’t chance it to see her kid sing. I know she must have made you proud.
Bonzo: Bad Actor, worse Governor, worse yet as President.
Luv back at ya,
Al
January 8th, 2012 at 5:01 pm
Al, you crack me up! Your observation about Bonzo is accurate and not so funny really…I am really glad you’re back, missed you here. – ZL
January 9th, 2012 at 7:21 am
I tried to get in to say that my brother is such a Reagan fan. He is one who believes all that crap. I sent him the article.
He sent me back an email saying it is lies just lies Reagan never raised taxes. They are the dumb following the dumb.
Al I wish I had your touch and sense of humor. You can get in anytime it seems. You and Zen Lill seem to have the magic feel.
At least you made the effort enjoyable.
Happy New year
Kenneth
January 9th, 2012 at 7:28 am
Pulsar is in effect. Put voncu in sector 6. Clearance requested for possible return for pick up via set vavr7.
N// set to TAO. Need another venue.
//1CL3
January 9th, 2012 at 7:36 am
Thank you Al for both your kind words. I often feel 33. And I didn’t know that an old lady like my had a chance.
Michelle, I would love to be a Girlz. I have a beautiful family. They couldn’t be more loving. My first two are doctors with three children each. My other two are engineers one with 4 children and the other must be an alien he travels like his mother.
He introduced me to this blog. I told him last night I was going to ask you to be a Girlz. He said go for it mom.
I am. If it is okay with you I am ready to go anytime. I have spoken to my children. Most think I am having an un lucid moment. That is very unusual for me.
January 9th, 2012 at 7:49 am
I couldn’t get my service to accept any comment yesterday. Today I had barely finished that sentence and it self entered.
I look forward to meeting you one day out there in deep space if I am not taken, I hope we will meet on this planet some day.
I am good to travel. I have nothing else to do. My children take very good care of me. I want for nothing.
Love
Grace.
January 9th, 2012 at 7:56 am
Zen Lill it is a personal between my Lady and myself. I don’t suppose she would mind if I told, again.
It means “Your mister”. She is not the Mistress, She has a mister. That would be me.
Grace I couldn’t get in to read the blog. So you must have a bit of magic. At least you could read it.
Good luck with your quest to be a Girlz. I like Al don’t see any reason age should be a factor. But before you go could you tell me how you had time to have so many children with all your travels and getting wounded.
If I am being too personal, I apologize in advance. It’s just I read this blog and think of the people as friends, at least most. Michelle’s gain will be our lost.
Al, I thought you were an alien too. Or at least one heading out to be one.
Ym
January 9th, 2012 at 8:26 am
Al, I can’t believe you responded. Some say that you and Zen Lill are really Michelle and Doug, TMD having fun.
Yes, we are girls. The weather here today is not so unusual for this time of the year. it will range from a high of O degrees C to a low of -3. We get a little, snow, plenty of wind and some rain from time to time this week.
Actually, I am looking forward to the next few days. It will be raining but the temperature will be about 2 degrees C. That will be so much better.
You are in florida. It is a dream of mine to go to America. They say it is so big that when one part is cold the other is always warm.
We have as many American relatives as we have as you call us Icelanders. We have more British relatives than Icelanders. The military bases here marry the locals all the time.
We get many visitors. We are really not that cold as most visitors discover when they get here. It might go – 15 C ,
And we have had a 26.2 C here. So it can get very hot here.
The best time to visit is May – early Sept. If you want warm weather less rain and more sunlight.
If you ever decide to come, we will give you a welcome you will never forget.
Pala and Cookie
January 9th, 2012 at 8:34 am
Pick the Perfect Pillow: The Wrong One Can Worsen Neck Pain, Backache and Poor Posture
Lots of people think that mattresses are more important than pillows when it comes to getting a good night’s sleep.
But that’s a mistake. If you have occasional or frequent body aches, pillows are just as important as mattresses — or even more so.
Neck Pain
If you randomly X-rayed 100 people over age 55, 70% to 80% would have arthritis of the neck.
If you have neck pain, don’t sleep on your stomach. This position twists the neck. Instead, sleep on your side while hugging a second pillow.
This offers the comforting sensation of something against your stomach but is far better for your neck.
My advice: If you have arthritis of the neck or neck pain due to another condition (such as muscle strain or injury) and find that it’s comfortable to sleep on your side, choose a pillow that is just thick enough to fill the space between your downside ear and neck and the mattress.
Good choice: The Molded Natural Rubber Pillow ($141.70 for queen size), available at 888-562-8873, http://www.GreenFeet.com.
To determine the proper pillow thickness for you: When lying on your side with your head on the pillow, your head should be parallel to the mattress.
Ask someone to see whether your nose is aligned with the middle of your chest. If your nose is higher than your chest, you need a thinner pillow… if it’s lower, you need a thicker pillow.
Before buying a pillow: At the store, compress the pillow with your head by lying down on it or lean your head on the pillow up against the store wall.
Smart idea: Call around before shopping to find stores that allow for pillow returns.
If you have neck pain and typically sleep on your back, choose a pillow that just fills the gap between your neck and the mattress.
A pillow that is too thick will push your neck forward, placing stress on the muscles in the back of the neck.
Good choices: A fluffable down pillow, such as the Superior Goose-Down Pillow (soft) by Eddie Bauer ($90 to $110, standard to king size), available at 800-426-8020, http://www.EddieBauer.com.
Or try an easily shapable buckwheat pillow, such as those from BuckwheatCo., which can also be heated in the microwave before bed ($57.99 for queen size), http://www.BuckwheatTherapy.com. A heated buckwheat pillow smells like freshly baked bread.
Low Back Pain
For years, low back pain sufferers were advised to sleep on their backs on very firm mattresses or even on the floor.
We now know that these people should choose whatever sleeping position feels best — except on the stomach, which can increase the forward curve of the lower back and jam the spinal joints.
My advice: If you have back pain and like to sleep on your back, slip a pillow under your knees. This flattens your lower back against the mattress, discouraging the muscle spasms that can occur if the low back is arched.
The pillow can be made of any material as long as it’s about three to four inches thick.
Good choice: The Duro-Med Elevating Leg Rest ($12.61), available at Amazon.com.
If you’re a side sleeper, you may straighten your bottom leg and bend your upper leg in front of you to avoid the discomfort of your knees rubbing together.
But this position twists your body from the waist, placing strain on your lower back.
My advice: Place a pillow or a rolled-up towel between your knees to keep your top leg parallel with the bed.
Good choice: The Back Buddy Knee Pillow ($39.99), available at Amazon.com.
If you tend to switch back and forth in your sleep between your side and back, try a dual pillow, such as Therapeutica’s Sleeping Pillow ($88.95 to $109.95, average to large size), 800-348-5729, http://www.TherapeuticaInc.com.
It is designed to offer correct support and stability whether you’re sleeping on your back or side.
Rounded Shoulders
Most people’s shoulders are rounded to some degree — due, for example, to spinal arthritis or prolonged computer usage.
If you typically sleep on your side, your top shoulder may sag forward, exacerbating poor posture.
My advice: Try a boomerang-shaped pillow that supports your head and neck while curving down the front of your torso to provide shoulder support.
Good choice: The Dr. Mary Side Sleeper Pillow ($232), available at The Pillow Bar, 214-232-9881, http://www.ThePillowBar.com.
Health interviewed Bill Lauretti, DC, an associate professor of chiropractic clinical sciences at the New York Chiropractic College in Seneca Falls, New York.
He is the author of numerous journal articles and textbook chapters on neck and back pain.
January 9th, 2012 at 9:02 am
Michelle, I have no problem calling you. If you are interested. I have your number and I would be delighted to call. Just give me the okay and two best times and let’s yak.
Robert
January 9th, 2012 at 9:21 am
Notice to the TAO.
It has been a pleasure working with you. Hope the Vamp thing works out for you.
The 5141/7/1269 vevr to the MsP on vector unit 4. There is a return for the torso in four days. Initial pick up to me made by my counsel.
Would like to meet Tsarmi.
Okay norm7//69
Luc
January 9th, 2012 at 9:23 am
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Science and the scientific method: its little-noted but all-important “blind spot”
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Near death experiences: They don’t prove life after death, but they do suggest it is possible
How atheists who insist that life after death is a religious concept may be surprised to discover that it is also a philosophical idea widely discussed in the fifth Century B.C.
Why even the four-dimensional world of space and time envisioned by Einstein may be part of a larger multidimensional world, several of whose dimensions are hidden from us
The two most widely held contemporary theories of materialism — and why each fails to account for crucial and incontrovertible facts
Reincarnation? Why some people hold so tenaciously to this idea — and why it ultimately must be rejected by reasonable people
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January 9th, 2012 at 9:27 am
Your Mister – Love it!!!!! It’s about time a woman got her a mister, officially.
You go girl.
January 9th, 2012 at 9:31 am
Another bad thing for Guam is that it is tied with Utah(that just makes you want to vomit by itself, tied with a cult state on anything can’t be good) for having the highest birth rate in the US.
In Utah the cult is mormon. On Guam the cult is catholic. One molest little girls the other little boys. Between the two no minor is safe.
Hafa adai
Lea
January 9th, 2012 at 9:41 am
Nice to see you are back Al. But I was wondering now that you are back as gleeful as ever Howie has taken off. Do you guys switch sabbaticals?
Are you one with two personalities?
No disrespect intended. I was making a observation. Howie was a regular regular for a while.
I wanted to ask him if he thought the aliens were helping by not allowing the methane gas to burst in the atmosphere right now.
Do you guys discuss earth’s possibilities often?
Jeff
January 9th, 2012 at 9:47 am
Grace I have to agree with you. Half the time I don’t find the blog. The other when I do I can’t post for getting that message that says what I said is a duplicate.
I like your spunk. Too bad guys who think they are girls(gays) can’t go. This girl would love to go. What’s up with that Michelle? -:)
Grace, I hope you will write back if you do go. So far I haven’t heard a peep. I’ve been a regular for 2 years at least.
Those Girlz out there give us peep into the other side of the Universe. So far we have only Howie. I love his comments but he is on earth, I think.
Brad
January 9th, 2012 at 9:50 am
Helping Others Helps the Helper
It feels good to be a Good Samaritan, of course. But there’s more to the story—because science reveals that being of service to others brings numerous health benefits.
Maria E. Pagano, PhD, an associate professor of psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, has investigated the helper therapy principle (HTP), which is based on the concept that when people help others,
they are also helping themselves—particularly when the helper and the recipient of that help share a common malady.
Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly published her recent review article on the topic. Among the evidence cited were studies showing that…
People with chronic pain who counseled other pain patients reported a significant decrease in their own symptoms of pain and depression.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients who were trained to have monthly 15-minute supportive phone conversations with other MS sufferers showed improvement in self-confidence and self-esteem as well as reduced depression.
Alcoholics who helped other alcoholics were almost twice as likely to stay sober in the year following treatment…had lowered levels of depression in the three months after they started helping other alcoholics…and had significantly improved self-image.
Dr. Pagano explained, “Helping others with a desire to live sober transforms the helper’s dark past and pain to greater good and enables him or her to be uniquely helpful to a fellow sufferer.”
While service to fellow sufferers is a cornerstone of 12-step programs of recovery, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Dr. Pagano noted that it is not necessary to share a common health problem in order to benefit from doing good.
For instance, helping others in general has been linked with longer life, less depression, higher self-esteem and greater life satisfaction.
Bottom line: For a “helper’s high” and a significant health boost, lend a helping hand to someone in need.
Maria E. Pagano, PhD, is a psychologist and an associate professor of psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland.
She also is a recipient of a career development award funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. http://www.HelpingOthersLiveSober.org
January 9th, 2012 at 9:56 am
Hafa adai
I am from Guam but I now live in San Antonio now. The reason for all those births is that Guam practically leads the nation in teen pregnancies.
The reason is the catholic church keeps them ignorant about sex. The girls get practically no sex education so they end up victims of their hormones or sexual abuse.
The catholic church is hungry for every nickel it can get so it forces the child to have a child so that child can grow up to put a donation in their basket during mass.
Mass hysteria is what I call it. I left that cult when I left the island.
Rosa
January 9th, 2012 at 10:00 am
Babies having babies is one problem on island, the focus on sex education needs to really be instilled.
January 9th, 2012 at 10:01 am
If Guam has 3422 births each year and according to GMH nurses, it’s been going on for many years now, where are these statistics? Guam’s population is still 170k for a while now. Well, another “highest” for Guam plus things like usage of Spam, Tabasco, Rape, now birth, but lowest in SAT. I’m just saying…