tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post7515371936167200937..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-46291655094896035492007-11-13T07:04:00.000-05:002007-11-13T07:04:00.000-05:00Sorry then. I see the point.Sorry then. I see the point.Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-12847075469601771872007-11-13T03:47:00.000-05:002007-11-13T03:47:00.000-05:00I didn't mean it that way. If I did, I'd only hav...I didn't mean it that way. If I did, I'd only have to go back to Louisiana or Chicago of the near-present, not the 1800s. And there is no defense of Ted Stevens (R-AK).<BR/><BR/>No, I really wasn't going there. I find Tammany Hall fascinating. It was a system that worked for a lot of people. We get on our cosmic justice high horse, but the philosophically-minded see it for what it was.<BR/><Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-7843521301669721662007-11-12T20:18:00.000-05:002007-11-12T20:18:00.000-05:00Tom. Dude.Digging back to Tammany Hall might be yo...Tom. Dude.<BR/><BR/>Digging back to Tammany Hall might be your biggest stretch yet to try to pretend there's parity between the parties.<BR/><BR/>Why not a more recent comparison? Like, e.g., "The Republican Abramoff scandal"...oh, no, that won't work...<BR/><BR/>When the Dems get caught in their next big financial scandal some day, do I get to call it "The Democratic Teapot Dome"?<BR/><BR/>Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-61197273373042916802007-11-12T17:56:00.000-05:002007-11-12T17:56:00.000-05:00Loved the used riding lawn mower comment, but we s...Loved the used riding lawn mower comment, but we should remember that the oil guys were making regular payments in a lease arrangement, not buying politicians for life for such small change. I'm sure they preferred to lease to own, since otherwise pols don't stay bought. Heh.lovable liberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616294696912710046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-22056344233844132152007-11-12T16:54:00.000-05:002007-11-12T16:54:00.000-05:00It's the GOP Tammany Hall.Interesting article, an...It's the GOP Tammany Hall.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.albany.edu/~dkw42/tweed.html" REL="nofollow">Interesting article, </A> and not an outlier; I've seen a lot of similar stuff. When everybody's dealt in to some degree, well, that's the way most of the world works.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-50793040913589587312007-11-12T14:27:00.000-05:002007-11-12T14:27:00.000-05:00You got to has this to the Alaskans: There are a f...You got to has this to the Alaskans: There are a few states where public corruption reaches such brazen, gleeful levels (Lousiana, New Jersey), but Alaska is the only state that directly buys off its whole electorate.<BR/><BR/>My favorite part of the article is where ordinary Alaskans express their dismay at the low, low prices their representatives were taking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com