2-Apr-12 World View -- Coordinated bombings in Thailand

[John]

2-Apr-12 World View -- Coordinated bombings in southern Thailand kill 14, injure hundreds


Generation-Xer-in-Chief versus the Supreme Court

** 2-Apr-12 World View -- Coordinated bombings in southern Thailand kill 14, injure hundreds
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/cgi ... 02#e120402



Contents:
Coordinated bombings in southern Thailand kill 14, injure hundreds
Azerbaijan strongly disputes it's collaborating with Israel against Iran
Islamist-backed Tuaregs sweep across 'Azawad' in northern Mali
Hillary Clinton: U.S. will help Arab countries in defense against Iran
Generation-Xer-in-Chief versus the Supreme Court


Keys:
Generational Dynamics, thailand, Azerbaijan, Iran, Israel,
Mali, Tuaregs, Timbuktu, Goa, Kidal,
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, AQIM,
Mouvement National de Libération de l'Azawad, MNLA,
Hillary Clinton, Gulf Cooperation Council, GCC,
Generation-X, Barack Obama, ObamaCare

[Trevor]

I actually listened to the arguments for and against the health care bill. Maybe not all of it, but just the parts that I did hear informed me of just how weak the arguments were for this bill. If this is the best that they can come up with, I happen to consider it quite unlikely that this bill will become law.

As for Iran, my greatest concern is that if they get a nuclear weapon, Saudi Arabia will do the same. I remember reading Wikileaks documents that stated that every one of Iran's neighbors were all but begging us on bended knee to destroy their nuclear program by any means necessary. Whatever they say publicly, they don't want Iran with a bomb any more than we do.

[Guest]

I asked a question about Thailand in the 'International' forum. I'd love to have John's analysis. In my opinion, the bombings are not indicative of a national movement. There have been very few terrorist attacks north of the southern region. The rest of the country has other problems though.

[OLD1953]

Um, bill's already law, the only part under scrutiny is whether or not you can be required to buy an insurance policy. The opposition to this is rather fascinating, given that it's an implementation of a plan that started with the Heritage Foundation. Given they are now lying about the plan's origins, of course, here's a link. Political organizations lie all the time, it's what they do. I don't know why that surprises people. And the Heritage Foundation is totally and utterly a political organization.

http://healthcarereform.procon.org/view ... eID=004182

http://healthcarereform.procon.org/sour ... ricans.pdf

It's amusing to see them distancing themselves from Stuart Butler.

http://www.heritage.org/about/staff/b/stuart-butler

Indeed. If Butler does not represent their views, then nobody on this planet does.

I'm not nearly as certain as many seem to be that the SCOTUS will suddenly decide to curb the power of Congress. However, it would be very popular politically, on both sides of the aisle, so perhaps they will. I suspect the vote will come down to 7-2 and the bill will stand as it is - but that's just opinion on my part. I do think the Administration is hoping for it to be shot down in order to energize the voters, and that's why they are making weak arguements. Given that Congress can regulate the vegetables you grow in your garden (I'm not kidding) and the SCOTUS has upheld this as even if you don't sell a single carrot, you are replacing food you would buy that MIGHT be in interstate commerce, they can certainly regulate healthcare by the same reasoning that a person refusing to buy insurance is changing the price of insurance across state lines for everyone, just as the guy growing a garden is changing the price of food for everyone. That's how the law has been forever, and I'm kind of doubting they'll open that can of worms up, as it could easily lead to being asked to reexamine everything from agricultural law to drug restrictions, but they could. The court is certainly NOT apolitical and never has been. Also, the boomer vs genx thing is very much in evidence here, and that will have an impact as well.

It is also possible they could decide to delay a decision until after the election - kick the can as applied to the court.

Thailand is a divided country, that southern tip is a different world.

Is Azerbaijan's government lying? It would be hard to tell without being on the ground there. See the remark about political organizations above.

Two news items of interest, the 1940 census has finally been released.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-574 ... -released/

Apparently, there are still 21 million people alive who were living at the time of that census. A crowd-sourcing project to index the data has been announced. Crowd sourcing is making use of large numbers of people with time to spend on the internet who are willing to commit part of a scanned manual dataset to electronic storage and indexing. That's where the added data on ocean temps are coming from for past centuries, the data existed in ships logs, but is only now being indexed in such a way as to allow it to be meaningful.

Also, bin Laden's family will get six weeks in jail.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-574 ... ?tag=strip

Somehow, I don't think this will appease anyone.

[Peter]

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It's interesting how projection works in the human mind:

John, you hate Gen Xers, but perceive them as hating you.

It's ironic. And sad, that that's how you see the world.

It's like Zimmerman's parents saying that hate emanates from the White House, when their comments in reality reveal that the hatred is emanating from them.

Projection: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection

Your analyses would be more interesting if you were able to leave the small self-centered world around you and take in some more of the real world as it exists.

Gen Xers don't hate Boomers, it's a fantasy. Your fantasy.

[John]

ad: Generation-Xer-in-Chief versus the Supreme Court

It's interesting how projection works in the human mind:

John, you hate Gen Xers, but perceive them as hating you.

It's ironic. And sad, that that's how you see the world.

It's like Zimmerman's parents saying that hate emanates from the White House, when their comments in reality reveal that the hatred is emanating from them.

Projection: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection

Your analyses would be more interesting if you were able to leave the small self-centered world around you and take in some more of the real world as it exists.

Gen Xers don't hate Boomers, it's a fantasy. Your fantasy.

Dear Peter,

Fuck you.

See the following thread:

** Generation-X culture vs Boomer culture
** http://generationaldynamics.com/forum/v ... =10&t=1076

The thread contains a link to an online draft of a book I've written
on the subject.

John