by Jason T. Kocher February 26th, 2010 - Politics »
In debate over hotly contested legislation in the last few years, politicians have more and more spewed forth noble, heartwarming, selfless pleas to the effect of: “Now is not the time for ideology. Government must do what works and abandon what does not work.”
In my attempts to imagine a government actually taking actions without ideological foundation, I was made to [...]
by Jason T. Kocher January 22nd, 2009 - Politics » Society »
Inauguration Day.
An emotional day.
Indeed…
Let us let it cloud our judgment of the president, his government, and their actions. Distracted and empowered by the horrors of the preceding King, and warmed by the kind, moral words of a forceful, confident tone – an authority that has to, just has to be true [...]
by Jason T. Kocher January 21st, 2009 - Politics » Creative » Reference »
Revenge Politics
n: a practice by which one political faction’s capricious or otherwise questionable policies and actions are fueled by or rationalized by an opposing faction’s previous transgressions of the same order, alternatingly favoring one class or segment of the population above the other, creating a vicious, compounding cycle of unprincipled government to the detriment of itself and its people, in the end only truly benefiting the politicians.
“The revenge politics of Red vs. Blue create quite an emotional spectacle that very nearly distracts from the cost of the ticket.”
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