tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post4296760685485222639..comments2024-03-28T07:08:58.221-04:00Comments on Todd Seavey: David Brooks: Cancer on the Republican PartyTodd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-37058982068608524672010-01-09T11:47:00.000-05:002010-01-09T11:47:00.000-05:00[...] And that brings us to David Brooks, who trie...[...] And that brings us to David Brooks, who tried, in his way, to say nice things about the Tea Party movement in his January 5 column — likening its energy to the historically-pivotal enthusiasm of the hippies in the 60s — causing to me to start thinking I’d have to revise my opinion of the big-government-loving, Canadian-born man of mush. But he just had to ruin things in the very last paragraph by saying, “Personally, I’m not a fan of this movement.” He also hates populism and Palin (calling her a cancer on Republican Party, though I think Brooks is the cancer — and am pleased a search for still yields my comments to that effect among the first hits). For all I know, he has already half-written a column going completely mental over the fact that she’s going to speak at the Tea Party Convention instead of the more mainstream annual CPAC gathering. [...]Todd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-21288338894711482882009-03-03T18:56:00.000-05:002009-03-03T18:56:00.000-05:00David Brooks probably scores center-left, or even ...David Brooks probably scores center-left, or even statist, on the Nolan chart. Its a shame he’s the analyst of the right on The News Hour – but that’s what you get with government-funded TV.<br><br>Wish I could make it to the Lolita Debate.Avery J. Knapp Jr.http://www.averyknapp.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-22870706453264676842009-03-02T17:17:00.000-05:002009-03-02T17:17:00.000-05:00Oh, I admit they’re nuts — I just mean that like f...Oh, I admit they’re nuts — I just mean that like funding for cancer research, they don’t alarm anyone and thus serve to make most people feel soothed that government funds “safe” things. <br><br>Sadly, they’re also becoming, like carbon offsets, an easy tax-write-off means of assuaging corporate consciences. Very inefficient and stupid as an actual means of creating power but poised to become a massively-subsidized symbolic gesture for government and business alike — thanks to douchebags like Ted Rose, who took some comments from me and ABC co-workers out of context in the late, unlamented “objective” media-analysis magazine _Brill’s Content_ years ago to make us sound like we did less research than other TV news teams. <br><br>Not surprisingly, the weasel is now making money facilitating windfarms for greenness-seeking corporations. Tempting to just give up and say this economy/society will soon get what it deserves.Todd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-19714191766131253712009-03-02T17:07:00.000-05:002009-03-02T17:07:00.000-05:00wind turbines are radical if there is not a robust...wind turbines are radical if there is not a robust<br><br>electrical distribution network behind themTimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-10772193939839266822009-03-01T11:27:00.000-05:002009-03-01T11:27:00.000-05:00Ah, and anyone with a foot in both the wonk and ge...Ah, and anyone with a foot in both the wonk and geek worlds who is likewise disappointed by that fact must of course join us at Lolita Bar on Wednesday for the “Should Sci-Fi Avoid Nostalgia?” debate. <br><br>I think George Mason law prof Michelle Boardman, were she in town, would qualify, since she once lamented not getting the chance to work a Galactica reference into her Senate testimony, as noted in this prior entry: <br><br><a href="../../../../2007/12/07/retro-journal-beyond-brown-early-1991/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://toddseavey.com/2007/12/07/retro-journal-beyond-brown-early-1991/</a><br><br>You can’t go fifteen minutes in a knot of wonks without someone praising Galactica, I’ve found — and I’ve still only seen half an episode, even though I own the 1978 pilot of the original series on VHS. I’m busy.Todd Seaveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589187886030112999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-610803938756668468.post-55641194663882977032009-03-01T11:02:00.000-05:002009-03-01T11:02:00.000-05:00Unfortunately I’ve learned that the Ron Moore on t...Unfortunately I’ve learned that the Ron Moore on the panel is not the one who produces Battlestar Galactica.Ken Silberhttp://quicksilber.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com