tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885549900454136918.post1643045088323390673..comments2023-08-11T08:06:28.810-07:00Comments on Slobber And Spittle (Archive): Bob Shrum Joins The HereticsCujo359http://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885549900454136918.post-73188538915924093222010-09-04T02:18:46.235-07:002010-09-04T02:18:46.235-07:00Gah, change "in the military" to "i...Gah, change "in the military" to "in the DoD" in that last comment. I was never actually in uniform. Don't want to leave the wrong impression by using the wrong phrase.Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885549900454136918.post-48678467188267280732010-09-03T19:53:50.416-07:002010-09-03T19:53:50.416-07:00They probably don't have to be either all corr...They probably don't have to be either all corrupt, all stupid, or even all one or the other. <br /><br />One of the problems I see is that DC is so isolated from what's going on in the rest of the country. You wouldn't think that, being that the government has offices everywhere, but I think given the circles they travel in, it's true at least for our elite. For instance, in all the time I was in the military, I can only remember a couple of occasions when I had a chance to discuss anything regarding defense procurement with either a senior civilian civil servant or a flag officer. Contact with the worker bees is extremely rare.<br /><br />That must be even more true of the politicians. They're surrounded by "journalists" and lobbyists, the former none to inquisitive generally and the latter all to interested in being their pals. DC is their world, not the rest of the country, and they do what they can to make DC a place they feel comfortable.<br /><br />I think that explains the disconnect, or at least a lot of it. Why they ignore concerns like this, though, I have no idea. That may have more to do with <a href="http://cujo359.blogspot.com/2010/07/quote-of-day_25.html" rel="nofollow">the LRF</a> and the guy who hired him. They're going to do just fine in this deal, and my estimation of Obama hasn't changed much since I first called him a con artist.Cujo359https://www.blogger.com/profile/10385213658828021737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885549900454136918.post-5449395585737869762010-09-03T19:16:10.270-07:002010-09-03T19:16:10.270-07:00What I've been seeing lately are more and more...What I've been seeing lately are more and more liberal blogs asking just that question. Why are the democrats acting this way when anyone can see what the out come is going to be in terms of the election? <br /><br />I have yet to see a reasonable explanation, nor have I been able to figure one out by myself. One would think that the least a politician would like to do is be re-elected, but then what do I know. I will say that the more main stream they are the longer it has taken them to get to the WTF place, but most people who are not part of the village are getting there.<br /><br />I'm inclined to go for either completely corrupt or totally stupid or a combination of the two, but that isn't a very satisfying answer.lawguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11534424484513054742noreply@blogger.com