Quibbles and Bits, Independence (?) Day Edition

Here's another helping of those morsels - lap 'em up if you dare!

>>Have you seen the recent Time Magazine cover featuring Mitt Romney?  I confess I didn't read the article, so my commentary doesn't reflect the article itself - only the picture.   Did you get the impression that the Mittster is getting the corporate "star treatment" as the Repub standard-bearer?   More specifically, that this is Corporate America's very loud "hint" that Mitt is their choice?  He's one of them, after all.   This may also be Time's way of getting the American people warmed up to the idea of a Mormon winning the White House.    Not that I have a problem with the LDS faith - I don't.   But taken as propaganda (which I believe it to be)...

>>From what I've been seeing lately from some of the Congressional Dems, it seems as if they are at least paying lip service to the concept that the Republicans are intentionally trying to crash the economy, blame Obama, then make sure that the Mittster gets his "rightful" place in the White House.   Thom Hartmann, among others, has been saying this for years - the Repubs will say and do anything to win, including sinking the economy.    They expect that the American People will not be sophisticated enough to figure out the ruse - in the past, they've been right.    The Repubs have not been overly secretive of their intentions - Senator Mitch McConnell has been quoted as saying that the intention of the Repubs was to ensure that Obama is a one-term President.   

>>Do you have your copy of The Shock Doctrine handy?  I, and others, have been saying for a long time that this book is basically the Republican playbook for the American economy - destroy government's ability to function beyond a militaristic purpose, privatize everything else, and let the leftover masses eat stale cake.    Read Paul Ryan's budget.   Look at what's happening in Wisconsin and other states with Koch Brothers-backed governors.     Remember Sharron Angle?  She once commented about the economic "miracles" in South America in such a positive light during her campaign - and famously addressed the press with a view of her rapidly disappearing backside.   

Much more later.  

Before I was so rudely interrupted...

Yes, yes, I know.   It's been almost two months since my last post.    Between job (and lifestyle) changes and personal issues, it's been a challenge to maintain this lovely spot on the inter-webs.  

But I haven't forgotten it.    I'll resume updates shortly, including a new edition of Quibbles and Bits.