Week In Review
Week In Review
Back at my computer now after four days gone, there-abouts, I've decided to type up my morning notebook-muse of 24 hours ago, there-abouts. My intent now as a beginning blogger is not only to write about public events but also to trace my personality. The justification is simply interest. --To blog is to be self-conscious. I want to follow my mind as it moves from discomfort to finding it natural to publicly express private thoughts.
7:57 A.M. My mind certainly has no interest in writing this morning though it has been musing... I'm a little shy on sleep, that might be part of it. There's a certain, "I don't care" element in sleepiness, and it's hard to summon force when you don't care, even when the ideas are entertaining, --and the best I can say of my ideas is that they're pleasant to me; I certainly can't argue that they're insightful.
On the Meirs withdrawal? I think Bush will now nominate a justice "in the mode of Scallia and Thomas". I think he thought that's what he'd done with Meirs. I think it was an eye-opener to him to discover that she wasn't the mind he'd thought. That doesn't mean he doesn't continue to consider her a valuable aide, it's just now he recognizes that his affection caused him to imagine faculties that were not present. I ascribe to him this personal insight --that he recognizes now that he made a mistake-- and in his next nomination will pay more attention to more objective observers. I presume he does want a justice who rules according to the constitution and I presume he feels no animosity towards his base that so criticized Meirs.
On the indictment of Scooter Libby? I note that the press is still talking about Iraq while the indictment deals with a memory lapse, or possibly with a repeated lie, seemingly minor, about something not a crime. There couldn't be a further separation between what the press wants and the actual charge.
On Iraq? There is no magic in a number. "2,000" is not more impressive than 1,998, or two thousand and forty. What the public understands is that in war there is death, and considering the scope of what is being attempted, the death has been moderate. --To discuss this carefully would be to discuss the various degrees of political sophistication, but in general, those who support the effort recognize the price can be born, they merely want it to end and they do see the new Iraqi constitution as significant. To those who simply want withdrawal, "2,000" is a celebration, and those with more understanding don't find that celebration pleasant.
In general I don't think Iraq is any longer a powerful political issue. It's been too successful, step after step, and its final success --in as much as a democracy can be established through an occupation-- now seems assured. The proof of that is the constitutional election where there was no coverage! Or very little. Networks didn't even schedule time, because they knew they would be reporting good news, bad news for them, and they didn't want to do that. If the press, in this back handed way, recognizes victory, then so too does the general public, and you can't have a powerful political issue where the outcome is deeply known and widely accepted. You can have noise, but the noise will be heeded only by those who find it music.
On Iraq? There is no magic in a number. "2,000" is not more impressive than 1,998, or two thousand and forty. What the public understands is that in war there is death, and considering the scope of what is being attempted, the death has been moderate. --To discuss this carefully would be to discuss the various degrees of political sophistication, but in general, those who support the effort recognize the price can be born, they merely want it to end and they do see the new Iraqi constitution as significant. To those who simply want withdrawal, "2,000" is a celebration, and those with more understanding don't find that celebration pleasant.
In general I don't think Iraq is any longer a powerful political issue. It's been too successful, step after step, and its final success --in as much as a democracy can be established through an occupation-- now seems assured. The proof of that is the constitutional election where there was no coverage! Or very little. Networks didn't even schedule time, because they knew they would be reporting good news, bad news for them, and they didn't want to do that. If the press, in this back handed way, recognizes victory, then so too does the general public, and you can't have a powerful political issue where the outcome is deeply known and widely accepted. You can have noise, but the noise will be heeded only by those who find it music.
So, the real war is in America, Democrat against Republican, two factions vying for power. On the Democrat side it's all about power, which is why they will make any charge against America as long as it hurts Bush; with the Republicans it's about power too, but power with a purpose. This is why the next Supreme Court nominee can be so important, it can be an argument about the function of the court within the structure of the government. It can be Philadelphia 1789 all over again, and that would be good for America.
(This is a good entry. I will type it up tonight. I think the tone is approaching normal. The insight is rather average on the conservative side, but at least there's nothing careless in the statement, and I don't think there's any verbiage forced simply for effect)
--So now I post this, then look at the news. At the new nomination. I sure hope I don't have to get angry again.
Back at my computer now after four days gone, there-abouts, I've decided to type up my morning notebook-muse of 24 hours ago, there-abouts. My intent now as a beginning blogger is not only to write about public events but also to trace my personality. The justification is simply interest. --To blog is to be self-conscious. I want to follow my mind as it moves from discomfort to finding it natural to publicly express private thoughts.
7:57 A.M. My mind certainly has no interest in writing this morning though it has been musing... I'm a little shy on sleep, that might be part of it. There's a certain, "I don't care" element in sleepiness, and it's hard to summon force when you don't care, even when the ideas are entertaining, --and the best I can say of my ideas is that they're pleasant to me; I certainly can't argue that they're insightful.
On the Meirs withdrawal? I think Bush will now nominate a justice "in the mode of Scallia and Thomas". I think he thought that's what he'd done with Meirs. I think it was an eye-opener to him to discover that she wasn't the mind he'd thought. That doesn't mean he doesn't continue to consider her a valuable aide, it's just now he recognizes that his affection caused him to imagine faculties that were not present. I ascribe to him this personal insight --that he recognizes now that he made a mistake-- and in his next nomination will pay more attention to more objective observers. I presume he does want a justice who rules according to the constitution and I presume he feels no animosity towards his base that so criticized Meirs.
On the indictment of Scooter Libby? I note that the press is still talking about Iraq while the indictment deals with a memory lapse, or possibly with a repeated lie, seemingly minor, about something not a crime. There couldn't be a further separation between what the press wants and the actual charge.
On Iraq? There is no magic in a number. "2,000" is not more impressive than 1,998, or two thousand and forty. What the public understands is that in war there is death, and considering the scope of what is being attempted, the death has been moderate. --To discuss this carefully would be to discuss the various degrees of political sophistication, but in general, those who support the effort recognize the price can be born, they merely want it to end and they do see the new Iraqi constitution as significant. To those who simply want withdrawal, "2,000" is a celebration, and those with more understanding don't find that celebration pleasant.
In general I don't think Iraq is any longer a powerful political issue. It's been too successful, step after step, and its final success --in as much as a democracy can be established through an occupation-- now seems assured. The proof of that is the constitutional election where there was no coverage! Or very little. Networks didn't even schedule time, because they knew they would be reporting good news, bad news for them, and they didn't want to do that. If the press, in this back handed way, recognizes victory, then so too does the general public, and you can't have a powerful political issue where the outcome is deeply known and widely accepted. You can have noise, but the noise will be heeded only by those who find it music.
On Iraq? There is no magic in a number. "2,000" is not more impressive than 1,998, or two thousand and forty. What the public understands is that in war there is death, and considering the scope of what is being attempted, the death has been moderate. --To discuss this carefully would be to discuss the various degrees of political sophistication, but in general, those who support the effort recognize the price can be born, they merely want it to end and they do see the new Iraqi constitution as significant. To those who simply want withdrawal, "2,000" is a celebration, and those with more understanding don't find that celebration pleasant.
In general I don't think Iraq is any longer a powerful political issue. It's been too successful, step after step, and its final success --in as much as a democracy can be established through an occupation-- now seems assured. The proof of that is the constitutional election where there was no coverage! Or very little. Networks didn't even schedule time, because they knew they would be reporting good news, bad news for them, and they didn't want to do that. If the press, in this back handed way, recognizes victory, then so too does the general public, and you can't have a powerful political issue where the outcome is deeply known and widely accepted. You can have noise, but the noise will be heeded only by those who find it music.
So, the real war is in America, Democrat against Republican, two factions vying for power. On the Democrat side it's all about power, which is why they will make any charge against America as long as it hurts Bush; with the Republicans it's about power too, but power with a purpose. This is why the next Supreme Court nominee can be so important, it can be an argument about the function of the court within the structure of the government. It can be Philadelphia 1789 all over again, and that would be good for America.
(This is a good entry. I will type it up tonight. I think the tone is approaching normal. The insight is rather average on the conservative side, but at least there's nothing careless in the statement, and I don't think there's any verbiage forced simply for effect)
--So now I post this, then look at the news. At the new nomination. I sure hope I don't have to get angry again.
posted by mouse at 6:43 AM
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It occurs to me I can leave my own comments. My primary comment on this post is I see I somehow copied the Iraq parragraph twice. Don't know how I did that but possible I should start using the view tab first before I publish; and there are phrases not set off clearly in the typed punctuation that were more clear in the script. Again, perhaps I should view first, and perhaps wait a couple of minutes before publishing.
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