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Robert — 7/6/2006 10:47:49 PM (archived)

OK, here we go again...no, that isn't what I said, and I don't think that's what the essay I'm reviewing said.

What it's about is how attitudes toward government will affect the performance of those in elective office or working for the government. It's about psychology. People who are against big government will have reservations about working in government (outside of the core functions of which they approve), and those reservations will undermine job performance.

Do you really think that if Bush wanted FEMA to succeed he would have appointed Michael Brown to run it? Do you think that if Michael Brown valued effective government, he'd have accepted a job he wasn't possibly qualified for?

The essay implies, in contrast, that Liberals who believe that government can be used to effect good aren't shackled by the same reservations as Conservatives, and are thus a bit more likely to do a good job. They want to succeed, where a Conservative may have mixed feelings about making government successful.

The logical is clear and it's common sense. I agree with the essay.

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Eating Media Pablum - Lindy - 7/2/2006 5:14:20 PM
- Nonplussing over Goebbels appeal to the left. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/4/2006 1:49:47 AM
  - re: Nonplussing over Goebbels appeal to the left. - ER - 7/4/2006 2:13:20 AM
    - No. - Tom Brosz - 7/4/2006 4:19:07 PM
      - re: No. - ER - 7/4/2006 5:50:14 PM
        
        Still no. - Tom Brosz - 7/4/2006 9:27:07 PM
        
        Not even maybe? - ER - 7/4/2006 11:35:58 PM
        
        re: Not even maybe? - Tom Brosz - 7/5/2006 3:06:12 AM
        
        My work here is done. - ER - 7/5/2006 4:26:57 AM
        
        structured conflict - Robert - 7/5/2006 5:54:45 PM
        
        "go negative" - Tom Brosz - 7/5/2006 5:58:58 PM
        
        Answer: The Big Lie? - Robert - 7/5/2006 7:49:05 PM
        
        Adios Muchachos - ER - 7/5/2006 8:33:29 PM
        
        Diffusing tension...... - Lindy - 7/5/2006 10:58:38 PM
        
        How dare you!!!! - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/6/2006 9:42:18 PM
        
        re: Adios Muchachos - ER - 7/5/2006 10:07:13 PM
        
        Ain't it the truth! (n/t) - Robert - 7/5/2006 10:22:05 PM
        
        re: Adios Muchachos - Lindy - 7/5/2006 10:01:02 PM
        
        conservatives are very sensitive about that relationship... - alcaray - 7/5/2006 9:53:38 PM
        
        Oh that old thing - Robert - 7/5/2006 9:25:46 PM
        
        re: Oh that old thing - Tom Brosz - 7/6/2006 7:30:43 PM
        
        re: Oh that old thing - Robert - 7/6/2006 10:40:53 PM
        
        re: Politics - Tom Brosz - 7/7/2006 6:14:27 PM
        
        Interesting analysis - Lindy - 7/7/2006 1:34:44 PM
        
        re: Interesting analysis - Robert - 7/7/2006 4:33:25 PM
        
        re: Interesting - Tom Brosz - 7/7/2006 6:24:49 PM
        
        re: Oh that old thing - gbaikie - 7/7/2006 12:23:26 AM
        
        re: Oh that old thing - Robert - 7/7/2006 4:48:17 PM
        
        re: Oh that old thing - gbaikie - 7/7/2006 8:32:19 PM
        
        re: Oh that old thing - gbaikie - 7/7/2006 8:39:30 PM
        
        Interesting results on that other one. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/6/2006 9:25:09 PM
        
        I like it. It has the ER seal of approval. (n/t) - ER - 7/6/2006 12:52:12 PM
        
        re: Answer: The Big Lie? - gbaikie - 7/5/2006 8:27:09 PM
        
        Tom's obsession - Lindy - 7/5/2006 5:01:09 PM
        
        Check out Lindy lecturing me on obsessions... ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/5/2006 5:50:27 PM
        
        New Maps of Hell - ER - 7/5/2006 5:47:26 PM
        
        Flattening the world... - podrock - 7/6/2006 4:43:22 AM
        
        Don't you dare go away! (n/t) - Laurie Street - 7/5/2006 4:42:09 PM
        
        Not fade away - ER - 7/5/2006 11:40:08 PM
        
        Bigger than a Caddilac - Laurie Street - 7/6/2006 2:51:43 AM
        
        And bigger than a Cadillac, too - Laurie Street - 7/6/2006 2:52:58 AM
        
        Tom's other reply - channeled - Daniel - 7/5/2006 9:10:12 AM
        
        (people reading this at work should turn off the sound) (n/t) - D. - 7/5/2006 9:26:24 AM
        
        re: My work here is done. - gbaikie - 7/5/2006 8:26:19 AM
        
        Actually... - Tom Brosz - 7/5/2006 5:55:58 PM
        
        Washingtonmonthly.com - Robert - 7/5/2006 8:40:53 PM
        
        On the other hand... - Tom Brosz - 7/6/2006 7:35:25 PM
        
        re: On the third hand... - Robert - 7/6/2006 10:47:49 PM
        
        re: On the third hand... - Tom Brosz - 7/7/2006 6:27:20 PM
        
        drafting leaders - Robert - 7/8/2006 2:55:00 AM
        
        re: leaders - Tom Brosz - 7/8/2006 3:15:07 PM
        
        re: leaders - gbaikie - 7/8/2006 8:38:06 PM
        
        re: On the third hand... - gbaikie - 7/6/2006 11:38:20 PM
        
        I want no party to feel entitled to rule America (n/t) - alcaray - 7/6/2006 9:19:52 PM
        
        Probably take a few more year of Dems losing badly, I guess (n/t) - gb - 7/6/2006 9:32:13 PM
        
        I can't figure out a connection between my post and your response. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/6/2006 11:45:40 PM
        
        re: Washingtonmonthly.com - gbaikie - 7/6/2006 2:40:56 AM
        
        "Show me you are a not complete fool" - Robert - 7/6/2006 3:53:55 AM
        
        re: "Show me you are not a complete fool" - gbaikie - 7/6/2006 6:37:30 AM
        
        I hope not. - Tom Brosz - 7/5/2006 7:27:05 AM
        
        Thanks, Tom. I can live with that. (n/t) - ER - 7/5/2006 11:09:28 AM
        
        Reasoned response ER - Lindy - 7/5/2006 12:43:09 AM
    - "Elisee Reclus and Pyotr Kropotkin were both anarchist geographers" - R.L. - 7/4/2006 4:45:32 AM
      - re: "Elisee Reclus and Pyotr Kropotkin were both anarchist geographers" - ER - 7/4/2006 5:06:20 AM
  - Yuk yuk - Lindy Goebbels - 7/4/2006 1:59:00 AM
- So you are saying the threat of terrorism is a lie? (n/t) - SteveS - 7/3/2006 6:30:40 PM
  - Not any more - Lindy - 7/3/2006 8:03:08 PM
    - So you think Bush started the threat of terrorism? (n/t) - SteveS - 7/3/2006 8:38:32 PM
      - Of course not - Lindy - 7/4/2006 12:47:07 AM
        
        What's even more obvious - Lindy - 7/4/2006 1:02:52 AM
  - Exactly! It is all a plot of the MSDs (mainstream dictionaries). (n/t) - alcaray - 7/3/2006 7:04:19 PM
    - I thought it was a reasonable question (n/t) - SteveS - 7/3/2006 8:36:40 PM
      - Can't imagine why. Pretty insulting to Lindy, or to everyone's intellegence. (n/t) - alcaray - 7/3/2006 9:00:07 PM
        
        Insulting, how? - SteveS - 7/3/2006 11:42:36 PM
        
        So you are a traitor to our country? (n/t) - alcaray - 7/5/2006 3:28:42 PM
- Interesting you should use an unsourced quote to illustrate this. - Tom Brosz - 7/3/2006 5:54:22 PM
- Here's one even more relevant - Lindy - 7/2/2006 5:16:28 PM
  - re: Here's one even more relevant - gbaikie - 7/3/2006 12:24:52 PM
    - Ahhh, Geoff............... - Publius - 7/3/2006 5:33:45 PM
      - re: Ahhh, Geoff............... - gbaikie - 7/3/2006 9:39:00 PM
        
        think you are wrong there. - alcaray - 7/3/2006 9:52:46 PM
        
        Discerning truth - Lindy - 7/4/2006 12:57:40 AM
        
        re: think you are wrong there. - gbaikie - 7/4/2006 12:21:24 AM
        
        Man I was just riffing on your response. - alcaray - 7/5/2006 3:35:34 PM
        
        re: Man I was just riffing on your response. - gbaikie - 7/5/2006 8:10:19 PM
        
        zzzzzz...zzzzzz...zzzzzz... (n/t) - alcaray - 7/5/2006 8:44:20 PM
    - Lindy 2; Geoff 0 (n/t) - alcaray - 7/3/2006 4:16:50 PM
    - Manson wasn't interested in ruling the world - Lindy - 7/3/2006 1:52:24 PM
  - Bush closing Federal libraries - Lindy - 7/2/2006 10:45:05 PM

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