by Jason T. Kocher December 25th, 2010 - Politics » Society »
Hot damn do I ever applaud the hell out of the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. It’s one of an armful of fairly obviously soul destroying governmental policies the arguments for which fall frighteningly fucking flat. The obvious argument…supporters hate gay people. There is a more credible argument that openly serving homosexuals might spook bigots in service, creating [...]
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.”
by Jason T. Kocher November 13th, 2008 - Politics »
Ho ho…ain’t it just such a grand thing that our economy still sucks and that our government’s faltering and questionable attempts to prop it up yet play heavily in the daily news.
The joy is that, certain things and thoughts that I enjoyed during the passage of the Bailout are still relevant…and therefore arguably worthy of posting at a time [...]
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