Intelligent & Knowledgable People

Robert Paul Wolff on his very, very . . . . blog, The Philosopher's Stone, writes:

Johnathan suggested I check out election.princeton.edu, which I did, discovering that this technically sophisticated blogsite, run by a Princeton Biophysicist, Sam Wang, has even rosier projections for Obama than Nate Silver or Votamatic.  Now, I have already had my say about my shameless searching out of experts who confidently predict that what I want to happen will happen [which, as I pointed out, is almost the functional definition of a religion.]  But I took a few moments to read some of the scores of comments and comments on comments that had been posted on Sam Wang's site, and once again I was powerfully struck by the wealth of intelligent, knowledgeable people out there capable of speaking more thoughtfully, with more detail, and in a more balanced and reflective manner than any of the well-known paid opinion-mongers who clog the airwaves and the Op Ed pages of the major newspapers.  This seems to be true no matter what subject you choose to Google, regardless of whether it is an arcane specialty or a matter of common interest. 

I certainly hope Wang, Silver, and/or Votamatic are right in their predictions. As I mentioned to my wife this morning: If Obama loses, there'll be no Christmas this year.

Professor Wolff's comments are always insightful. In addition to being a philosopher and blogger, he's a viola player! Take a peek:
http://robertpaulwolff.blogspot.com/
election.princeton.edu
votamatic.org

Bootstraps? Not in Willard's and Paul-Ayn's Hole

Bobby Hutcherson's Components and Dialogue this Sunday afternoon. Peeked at Bertrand Russell Society members' back-and-forth's on the Presidential Election. Some members can't vote for Obama because they feel betrayed by him. That's not a good reason to vote for Willard Romney, is it?
  I think not.
  I believe it's more important to vote against Willard than not to vote for Obama; even if the latter has been "Wall Street's puppet", according to Prof. West; aren't we all "puppets" in many ways?
  No reason to let Willard and Paul-Ayn finish us off.
  Why?
  It makes one feel like a man, like a rational person, instead of feeling like an Ayn in Willard's hole without a bootstrap, by George. Like an Paul-Ayn-hole.
  I'll be glad when this political puppet/dumb show is over. Then Congress can get back to its obstructionist business of not taking care of our Nation's business.

  It's ...[trifles]... all the way down. 

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Presidential Debate? Too Bad It Won't Be Rained Out

Andrew Levine's insightful item in Counterpunch is worthy of one's attention. Here's a taste:

And so the fate of the world hinges on body language, “attitude” (combative or passive), and gaffes.  Could the absurdity be greater?  And could there be a more bizarre way to select the Commander-in-Chief of an overblown military empire in decline?

There is nothing to do but avert one’s gaze and cry out in despair: only in America.

It looks like game seven of the St Louis-San Francisco National League baseball contest [a real contest, unlike our Presidential Election] will be rained out.

What to do? Listen to The Devine Sarah, I guess - Sarah Lois Vaughn.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/10/19/selection-by-debate/

Profile of a Sociopath

http://www.mcafee.cc/Bin/sb.html

Does the the Profile of a Sociopath outlined at the above designated internet link remind you of anyone? Willard and "Rex" are after us . . . .

Depressing Thought - Obama Either Way

The thought that President Barak Obama will lose in the November Presidential Election to Willard Romney and his reactionary band of pricks depresses me.

The thought the President Obama might be re-elected also depresses me.

The thought that the same Congressional band of hands-full-of-gimme and mouths full of thank-you-much will be returned to their posts as Corporate-Punks further depresses me.

The film Detropia and Don Delilio's novel Cosmopolis offer darkly-brilliant pictures of our future, which - paraphrasing Oscar Wilde - is behind us.

Take in lots and lots of soul-music: Bach, Beethoven, Mahler, Schönberg, Coltrane, Ellington, Monk et al.

Go Tigers!