tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post3410341093652299931..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: If schadenfreude had calories, I'd weigh 300 pounds.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46174643421828675832013-11-19T09:19:58.194-05:002013-11-19T09:19:58.194-05:00It is instructive that this misadministration does...It is instructive that this misadministration does its blatant evil with laughable incompetence, but it's done so much so wrong that I can't put the incompetence at the center of it.<br /><br />Single payer has been the goal of the left at least since the flammable Ted Kennedy tried to get it through 40-some years ago, and his compatriots have been burdening our healthcare system incrementally since then. obamadontcare may be seen as an attempt to finish the job.<br /><br />The website and structure of obamadontcare are certainly products of incompetence, but the real incompetence is in the dramatic crash and burn. I am convinced it was intended to fail in order to bring about single payer; it just wasn't intended to make such a show of its meltdown so quickly that it endangers the political futures of its very supporters.<br /><br />In other words, we're unfortunate indeed to be "led" by this group of schmucks, but our saving grace may just be the magnitude of their schmuckery.Mr Evilwrenchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-5426468869067264572013-11-18T15:06:03.735-05:002013-11-18T15:06:03.735-05:00Moreover, from a homonymic perspective, Chao could...Moreover, from a homonymic perspective, Chao could have his name and eat it too.TheBigHenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917973198063733316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-36608498882679268632013-11-18T14:43:01.469-05:002013-11-18T14:43:01.469-05:00gvi@2:23 PM, November 18, 2013
Fer shur. But from...gvi@2:23 PM, November 18, 2013<br /><br />Fer shur. But from a Lefty's perspective, the "s" helps connect the dots ...TheBigHenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917973198063733316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-38987246106013985542013-11-18T14:23:28.421-05:002013-11-18T14:23:28.421-05:00From a Discordian perspective his name is just fin...From a Discordian perspective his name is just fine the way it is:<br /><br />http://kosciak.blox.pl/resource/SacredChao.gifglobal village idiothttp://www.alpharubicon.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29063135982971586172013-11-18T14:06:53.342-05:002013-11-18T14:06:53.342-05:00Wouldn't it be fitting for
Henry Chao, Healthc...Wouldn't it be fitting for<br />Henry Chao, Healthcare.gov chief project manager, to <br />reclaim that trailing "s" <br />for his last name?<br /><br />Just sayin'TheBigHenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04917973198063733316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-64375133052581666592013-11-18T14:06:38.105-05:002013-11-18T14:06:38.105-05:00I disagree. After all...sometimes the snake actual...I disagree. After all...sometimes the snake actually doesn't bite. But I have yet to see a single case in which a government program worked out for the best, without at least horrific side effects, if not total failure.lelnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08600824544185328505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-40141735469567652242013-11-18T12:47:34.837-05:002013-11-18T12:47:34.837-05:00Tam, I'm actually pretty close to Keith's ...Tam, I'm actually pretty close to Keith's theory; namely, that Chief Justice Roberts gave Comrade Napoleon's Windmill (euphemistically called the "Affordable Care Act") an opportunity to fail on its own merits.<br /><br />Did it really take THAT MUCH omniscience to see that the thing was bound to fail, and fail spectacularly? Every NCO above the pay grade E-6 knows this trick for dealing with a motivated-but-shortsighted Specialist or Corporal. Likewise EVERY parent knows this trick.<br /><br />It's nothing special.<br /><br />gviglobal village idiothttp://www.alpharubicon.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-26918125000526205022013-11-17T17:38:50.950-05:002013-11-17T17:38:50.950-05:00"Wikipaedia"
I literally wiped a tear o..."<i>Wikipaedia</i>"<br /><br />I literally wiped a tear of laughter from my eye just now. That may be the single most pretentious thing I have read on the internet.<br /><br />Do go on!Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-21678483687176474682013-11-17T17:33:00.014-05:002013-11-17T17:33:00.014-05:00My quip at 2:13PM suggests that the reader look fo...My quip at 2:13PM suggests that the reader look for a distinction between Heinlein's Razor and others as have been stated here. <br /><br />But first, look how Goethe made a similar observation: "...misunderstandings and neglect create more confusion in this world than trickery and malice. At any rate, the last two are certainly much less frequent." <br /><br />Please note those key words "less frequent" are not "never."<br /><br />Fast forward to how Wikipaedia and others distinguish Heinlein's razor from the others by attributing to him with adding an important caveat "...<b>but do not rule out malice</b>." <br /><br />That addition removes the absolutism from the commonly repeated razor, and aligns it with Goethe's observation. That, IMO, makes Heinlein's sharper. YMMV.Pascalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303025432356543062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-32310609199363424032013-11-17T09:28:28.946-05:002013-11-17T09:28:28.946-05:00Nothing against Heinlein but it is actually Napole...Nothing against Heinlein but it is actually Napoleon's razor.<br /><br />Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by incompetence.”<br />― Napoleon BonaparteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-56506158503201557592013-11-16T17:17:10.071-05:002013-11-16T17:17:10.071-05:00The really weird par of Heinlein's razor (&quo...The really weird par of Heinlein's razor ("You have attributed conditions to villainy that simply result from stupidity.") is that, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=HtFXAAAAYAAJ&q=%22You+have+attributed+conditions+to+villainy+that+simply+result+from+stupidity.%22&dq=%22You+have+attributed+conditions+to+villainy+that+simply+result+from+stupidity.%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=3O2HUpaJJuqvsATz54HAAw&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBQ" rel="nofollow">in context</a>, it was clearly written when Heinlein was a leftist.<br /><br />He recovered.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04720409839023747889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-41321644618923874792013-11-16T16:28:39.618-05:002013-11-16T16:28:39.618-05:00Tam at 3:26,
You've hit on something,speaking ...Tam at 3:26,<br />You've hit on something,speaking of "any piece of legislation so broad in scope",etc.Think about it,if .gov wanted to pass legislation that involved so much of the economy and changed things in every single American's life,it would really add up to millions of pages of regulations and take years and years to implement.In reality,they tried to do it too simply to cover as many possible questions and loopholes as there will be. billfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07690744488630128475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89612302760908205742013-11-16T15:26:14.396-05:002013-11-16T15:26:14.396-05:00Rick Caird,
While Obama dearly loved the way the ...Rick Caird,<br /><br />While Obama dearly loved the way the legislation was called "Obamacare" he had as much to do with the legislation as I do my car. I mean, my name's on the title and I picked it out, right? Therefore it's the Tammobile!<br /><br />The fact is that these kind of snafus are simply endemic to any piece of legislation so broad in scope and so staggering in their simple word count that nobody can completely grasp the scope of the whole thing.<br /><br />It was written by hundreds of committees and staffers and lobbyists, most of whom had no idea what the others were doing, and Nancy was more right then she could have known when she said we had to pass it to find out what's in it. Basically, they rewired a sixth of the economy, threw a switch, and yelled "Turn up the juice and see what shakes loose!"<br /><br />The end result of this mess should be massive reform of the legislative branch. These magic omnibus bills have just become comical in their scope and complexity.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-28849464240525020842013-11-16T14:27:08.751-05:002013-11-16T14:27:08.751-05:00Just as an aside, because the Internet is kind of ...Just as an aside, because the Internet is kind of awesome like this, I came across a video showing a lab inside one of the fixture companies, where they do, in fact, study how much water it takes to move a turd. It was pretty much a standard toilet attached to a clear sewer line, where they'd throw in some object that simulated a turd, and then flush and measure how far it got down the clear tube.Sebastianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14648225987293475835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-21673861242681243652013-11-16T14:13:11.739-05:002013-11-16T14:13:11.739-05:00Put aside Hanlon's razor and buy Heinlein'...Put aside Hanlon's razor and buy Heinlein's. It's sharper.Pascalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303025432356543062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-43334365408495368452013-11-16T13:31:15.316-05:002013-11-16T13:31:15.316-05:00"Changing spark plugs while the car is runnin..."Changing spark plugs while the car is running" and "the car factory is almost finished".<br /><br />Perfect analogies. I have been saying when ObamaCare gets down, health care will not longer be 17% if GDP, it will be about 22%. <br /><br />All this is an example of magical thinking. For Obama, if he can think it, it will happen. That is what you get when someone with no executive or real world experience is elevated to the Presidency. We would be better off if we were governed by Duck Dynasty.Rick Cairdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08245560010738892296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79304663058891713532013-11-16T12:51:17.457-05:002013-11-16T12:51:17.457-05:00I think the site was designed the way it was delib...I think the site was designed the way it was deliberately: That way they'd get all that personal information into their database even if someone decided not to buy. They're such incompetents they didn't realize A: what a mess that would create or B: how much it would piss people off.<br /><br />And yeah, there's a big desire among a lot of socialists* for single payer: "The problem is not having the .gov in complete control! Then this would all be wonderful!" I know people who're bitching and whining about 'the !(#& website!', but flat will NOT concede there might be any problem with the monster itself(other than 'no complete control' of course).<br /><br />*Face it, a 'progressive' is a socialist or communist who doesn't have to the integrity or guts to say outright what they are.Firehandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-64094792583890895332013-11-16T11:55:17.818-05:002013-11-16T11:55:17.818-05:00I'm not mistaking exasperation for pomposity; ...I'm not mistaking exasperation for pomposity; I'm calling bloviating what it is. The fact that you don't know how your tone sounds to the ears of other human beings is merely another symptom.<br /><br />Back on topic, meanwhile: While the Intelligent Design Theory of Fuckups is no doubt comforting to those who insist on seeing a guiding intellect behind everything that happens, the truth is far more terrifying to anybody who takes a minute to think about it.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-21514083107123335492013-11-16T11:36:27.861-05:002013-11-16T11:36:27.861-05:00Why must you mistake frustration, exasperation eve...Why must you mistake frustration, exasperation even, for pomposity? You are far too smart to not remember Cloward-Piven. I cannot explain why you and so many others have forgotten it (or discarded it even) until now. I cannot explain its absence in this discussion. Maybe you can. Pascalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303025432356543062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-65340992998977836122013-11-16T11:29:14.046-05:002013-11-16T11:29:14.046-05:00Reno Sepulveda,
"I think the FCC should rela...Reno Sepulveda,<br /><br />"<i>I think the FCC should relax their rules here for awhile and allow news anchors to use the word clusterfuck.</i>"<br /><br />sofullofwin.gif :DTamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-48765376807195095112013-11-16T11:28:36.093-05:002013-11-16T11:28:36.093-05:00"I give you the two words that were on everyb..."<i>I give you the two words that were on everybody lips circa 2008, and it seems you all have forgotten them.</i>"<br /><br />I'm sure that if you apply yourself you could make that sentence sound slightly more pompous. Work on it.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69538401100236323422013-11-16T11:07:22.913-05:002013-11-16T11:07:22.913-05:00I think the FCC should relax their rules here for ...I think the FCC should relax their rules here for awhile and allow news anchors to use the word clusterfuck. Reno Sepulvedanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4596489794409098352013-11-16T11:00:11.505-05:002013-11-16T11:00:11.505-05:00Forty-seven comments here. Thousands elsewhere.
...Forty-seven comments here. Thousands elsewhere. <br /><br />They range from "How could this be going so spectacularly wrong?"<br /><br />to "How could you expect anything else but incompetence from the Incompetent."<br /><br />I give you the two words that were on everybody lips circa 2008, and it seems you all have forgotten them.<br /><br />Cloward-Piven. With 1/6 of the pillars of our economy in open collapse, how long do you give the others. Incompetence sure is effective in this regard, ain't it?Pascalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303025432356543062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-66721705223695797072013-11-16T10:29:54.114-05:002013-11-16T10:29:54.114-05:00I think this is actually why there's so much c...I think this is actually why there's so much commonality between social conservatives and libertarians, and between non-religious people and communists. People tend to look for miracles from <i>somewhere</i> - "If God did not exist, we should have to invent him." Progressives look for miracles from the government, religious people look for them from God, so we religious people are less likely to be taken in by ludicrous <i>government</i> promises.EgregiousCharlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-22832805291504164502013-11-16T10:25:59.876-05:002013-11-16T10:25:59.876-05:00"This isn't trying to gradually phase out..."This isn't trying to gradually phase out gas guzzlers over ten years; this is making all cars that don't get >30MPG illegal to drive in January. But don't worry! If your cars don't meet the standard, the government will have a new car ready for you on the 1st. Promise! They've almost got the car factory finished!)"<br /><br />And NOW, once the factory is retooled, Zed is saying, no problem, you can still choose to buy last year's gas guzzling model.Phlodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10869226417998959772noreply@blogger.com