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Bravo! Great analysis.
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Bravo! Great analysis.
Republicans are not interested in suppressing votes of blacks or Hispanics. They are wanting to avoid the millions of ILLEGAL (or legal w/o citizenship) immigrants from voting. Democrats want all those to vote, that is how they won in places like Nevada, by allowing millions of illegals to vote.
Holder going after Texas while ignoring the plenty Democrat/Blue states that require Voting ID, is just another evidence that the Holder guy simply wants to punish white conservative people. He is full of resentment and anger. It is not the first time nor be the last one, that Holder uses his political power to abuse and intimidate citizens he doesn't like.
You're just upset that minorities are ungrateful to the white people.
To quote YOU in http://www.economist.com/comment/2008359#comment-2008359
"And that is the problem with not only Latinos, but Blacks and immigrants in general. We "hate" the white fellows but rely on the stuff they built and create for us to get jobs which in return is the reason and motivation to come here in the first place. No conservative whites living in nice clean neighborhoods, no yards to mow, no roofs to replace, no kids to nanny, no food to cook, etc.
We Latinos hate to admit this but this is the whole reason we come: because White Anglo Saxon Protestant colonizers built a successfull, prosperous country that has been envy of the world and we want to take a bite of that prosperity because our own brown nations were too mediocre, corrupt and losers to provide it.
Call me racist, but that is no feelings; it is pure and simple, history and statistics."
You're obviously just looking out for Texas. Who knows what would happen if they handed the keys of government over to "those people."
I stand by statement; I don't know where do you get Im upset... Im not, but Im well aware of the idiosyncrasy of those in the lesser side of life. It is natural to feel resentment for those who have it better or more power. That isn't just US, is everywhere.
"You're obviously just looking out for Texas. Who knows what would happen if they handed the keys of government over to "those people.""
I cant tell what would happen, but if we go by Detroit, and LA next in line, the future doesn't look too bright.
"Millions of illegals" did not vote. That claim is ridiculous, and not backed up by any evidence.
The author seems to forget that their are Black and Latino (and Asian) Republicans serving in the Texas Legislature and Supreme Court. One does not have to set up Democrat districts to assist minorities in receiving political representation.
Eric Holder's lack of interest in White voters being intimidated by thugs in uniforms with clubs, or White students being beaten up by Black students while shouting, "This is for Trayvon!" shows him to be an anti-white racist and thus having zero credibility as Attorney General.
God Bless Texas ... As she so richly deserves.
History anyone?...Lyndon Johnson said when he signed the Voting Rights Act the South would never vote Democratic again...All the Dixiecrats became Dixierepublicans.
Abbott and others don't try to hide it anymore...they will lie, cheat, and dis-enfranchise all those who oppose them-Black,brown, asians, women,gays,youth.
An independent commission should draw up districts based on geography...
See you at the polls in 2014...
What planet does Mr. Fasman come from?? Gerrymandering has ALWAYS had a political motive. The kind of gerrymandering favored by Holder has the same political motive, only a different constituency.
The REAL issue here is that Mr. Abbott has broken the sworn oath to hypocrisy that is honored by Holder and Fasman.
The difference is that drawing districts to prevent minorities from being disenfranchised is an actual law with legal standing approved by the Congress, Senate and President of the United States.
Drawing districts to ensure partisan advantage is actually more of a legislative custom.
"Shirley, you jest"
The state legislatures have the constitutional power to define state and federal legislative districts. They often use that power for political purposes. And Mr. Fasman is shocked that some politician admits that this has been happening for 200+ years??
And now you want me to believe that Congress or the President does not use their powers to achieve political goals? Are you actually as naive as Fasman pretends to be?
Remember how the Democrats passed the Civil Rights Act and how much electoral success they had after that nationally?
1972 - 1992 4/5 of that time was a Republican White house.
But you're missing the point, disenfranchising based on party affiliation is a distasteful but technically legal practice, (though I suppose if you said "I'm trying to make it harder for democrats/republicans to vote," that would still be illegal.)
In any case, making an electoral map that ends up disenfranchising minorities is actually ILLEGAL, not just frowned upon like gerrymandering. Intent doesn't matter, results do. Literacy tests were just an honest attempt to check to see if people were educated voters. "What's that? It's disenfranchised black people? We were just trying to screen out the uneducated. If that ends up disenfranchising black people, well that wasn't our intent, so it's fine."
Whether or not you believe that the Voting Rights Act was a brilliant plan by Democrats to pander to minority voters, it's an actual law. Republicans need to gerrymander in a way that blocks Democrats without blocking minorities. They've got some smart people, they'll figure it out.
"Disenfranchising" is defined as barring the right to vote, not the right to vote in districts defined in terms of race. The very belief that a voter''s interests needs to be managed according to the color of his skin is, by definition, racism. The purpose it serves is to establish power groups, defined by race. but it is well-intended racism, I guess. Unfortunately, almost all racists declare their racism to be "we'll-intended".
Taking someone's votes and effectively nullifying them is a problem. The VRA doesn't seek to establish power groups, it serves to prevent the creation of an inordinate amount of white "power groups."
"The very belief that a voter''s interests needs to be managed according to the color of his skin is, by definition, racism. The purpose it serves is to establish power groups, defined by race. but it is well-intended racism, I guess. Unfortunately, almost all racists declare their racism to be "we'll-intended.""
The problem with this is you suggest that someone one day decided to "manage the interests of minorities" for no reason.
This was a response to actual racism that was not well intended. The crazy thing is the special protections worked! Most of the bars to minority participation disappeared.
Then something stupid happened. One time a man was standing in the rain with an umbrella. He noticed that he was dry. He'd been dry for the past half hour. So the rain must have stopped, he reasoned. Because if it hadn't, how would he still be dry? The umbrella was obviously now unnecessary.
So he threw away the umbrella. And then he got very wet.
This is what has happened with the Supreme Court and the VRA.
"Effectively nullify"?? What does that mean? It certainly does not mean "disenfranchise".
There aren't that many Democrats in Texas who aren't minorities. Some in Austin, and in certain parts of Dallas and Houston, but white Texans are Republican by a wide margin.
Gerrymandering has a long history in Texas, and has traditionally been used by Democrats to keep Republicans out of power. Now that Republicans are on top, turnabout is fair play.
While one could argue for a non-partisan method of drawing district lines, given the system that now exists, it would be absurd to expect that Republicans would not do to Democrats what Democrats did to Republicans for decades.
This is not a racial issue, and the fact that the Democrats are now raising false cries of racism is driving this already sordid process deeper into the gutter.
Except that in the contemporary South gerrymandering is a racial matter thanks to the region being divided into white Republicans and non-white Democrats. I.e. any attempts to dilute the Democratic vote also mean that minorities are being kept from proper parliamentary representation.
Actually, what you say is not quite true.
Under the Democrats' interpretation of the Consitution and the Voting Rights Act it is better to have minorities represented by white Democrats rather than minority Republicans. (See the case of U.S Congressman Henry Bonilla, a Latino Republican whose district was challenged by Democrats in the last go around as not being a true minority district because too many whites voted for him.) If there were more white Democrat districts, the Democrats would not be playing the race card like they are.
Texas redsitrcitng not about race at all, but merely politics. Race is merely being used as a poltical weapon.
This version of what happened in the 23rd District is so far from reality that you should consider becoming a science fiction author. Henry Bonilla's Wikipedia entry disagrees with almost all of your example of redistricting. I mean he was defeated in the special election in 2006 by Ciro Rodriguez who was born in Mexico! How is that example of white Dems representing minorities? It was Tom Delay in 2003 who changed the racial makeup of the 23rd not natural demographic changes. This is what Justice Anthony Kennedy ruled against. I mean the new Supreme Court ordered boundaries of the 23rd included San Antonio where Bonilla grew up! I know he claims he was defeated by line changes but it may be because his American Dream PAC for minority GOP candidates only gave $48,750 of the $547,000 to minority office-seekers, and that it ended with the treasurer of the PAC pleaded guilty to embezzling $119,021 between 1999 and 2003 and being sentenced to 15 months in prison.
Bonilla, a Latino Republican in a 55 percent Latino District was deemed not Latino enough because his margin of victory was provided by white voters. As a result, his district was changed by the Supreme Court to favor the "right" kind of Latino candidate. (This has nothing to do with white Democrats, and I should have been clearer by putting that point in a separate paragraph.)
This is the wikipedia's description of the ruling
"On June 29, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court, with Justice Anthony Kennedy taking the lead, ruled in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry that Bonilla's district violated the Civil Rights Act, though the justices upheld most of the 2003 redistricting. The Court declared that the Texas legislature violated the rights of Latino voters when it cut most of Laredo out of the 23rd. Even though the reconfigured 23rd was still 55 percent Latino, only 46 percent of the district's voting-age population was Latino. The justices held that as a result, the new district didn't have enough Latinos to pass muster under the Voting Rights Act. Since the legislature hadn't created an acceptable majority-Latino district (its intended replacement, the Austin-to-McAllen 25th, was not considered compact enough)..."
If Justice Kennedy is such a "Democrat" why did he leave most of the 2003 redistricting alone? Wouldn't he have overturned all of the 2003 gerrymandering if he was?
As to the white Democrat comment, it is central point of what you wrote, it is the first complete sentence. The Bonilla stuff is in brackets as an example to prove this line. If you take out that first sentence, what you wrote doesn't make any sense in english grammar even if you facts were right.
Not that they care about consistency but partisan Democrats should really choose between blaming Republicans for gerrymandering more districts for themselves and blaming Republicans for gerrymandering safer districts for themselves because those are necessarily opposing goals.
What a poor article. You accept Holder's notion of discrimination without question. Is it really desirable or even appropriate to design congressional districts solely for the purpose of consolidating minority votes into minority-majority districts? Why must black voters live in a 51% black voting district? This is an overtly racist system, dividing voters based upon race, in order to achieve racial outcomes. The Economist has questioned affirmative action policies before, and I really expected better on this related issue. They chose instead to follow the standard leftist line of painting Republicans as a bunch of racists, however.
The objection is to consolidating minority votes into minority-majority districts, isn't it?
It's painting the Republicans as being cheaters, who in the process, have become de facto racists.
No, the objection is to splitting minority votes into different districts so that minorities have no voice in government. The real problem is that 35 to 45 percent of Texans vote democrat but there is only a tiny percentage of democrats in office because of gerrymandering, so democrats of all races are being denied representation. Neither party should be able to deny the voice of the electorate this way. It wasn't right when the dems did it and it's not right now.
Republicans have been called racists so many times they've mostly just stopped caring and treat the issue just like any other facet of political gamesmanship. I would completely support a standardized mathematical way of districting, but that would just be one less thing democrats can "blame" republicans for.
So appealing to racists politically is not racist. Gotcha.
So without getting into the discussion of non-partisan redistricting, which I definitely support the general idea of, could someone (including the author) clearly draw and explain the line between Republicans gerrymandering districts for partisan gain, and intentionally gerrymandering districts to dilute the voting power of certain races? At what point does it become racist?
Will it just always be Republicans to blame no matter what they do? If they do nothing and play "fair", and then Democrats take control of the state, wouldn't the Democrats be the first to shout and cheer about taking over the state demographically as they've always claimed they would?
Why are Republicans always blamed for being all white and not reaching out to certain groups - Why can't Democrats appeal more to whites and finish off the Republicans for good? Do people really think 50% of the country are white racists and this is what keeps the Republicans relevant?
You have to realize terrestri that no matter HOW the lines are drawn in Texas, so long as a Republican-led Legislature is doing the drawing, the progressives will scream and how "racism" ... because that's what gets newspaper and magazine headlines (and because they KNOW the journalists will republish the charge without the least bit of questioning).
Texas has already told Mr. Holder: You want to steal our votes? Come and Take It.
Lol at Dem's taking control of the state of Texas any time in the next 10 years. Even with non-partison districts that wouldn't happen - it's still a red state, with splashes of blue in a few metro areas (Austin, D/FW, Houston, the Valley). The problem is that in order to disenfranchise Dem's, they have to also disenfranchise minorities due to the way population is distributed in TX.
The reason the GOP cannot reach out to minorities is because of the Southern Strategy. What self respecting non-white person would vote for a party whose main electoral strategy has been to play up racism for the last 35-40 years? And how much of the base would put up with it? Deny it all you want, a huge chunk of the GOP base are racists - the ones who left the Dem's after civil rights legislation was enacted.
When I read this quote of yours "What self respecting non-white person would vote for a party whose main electoral strategy has been to play up racism for the last 35-40 years?" I thought that you were referring to the democratic party. Honestly. Change non-white to white and it becomes true. The democratic party has been labeling Republican voters as racists for quite some time, as you just did, with no proof or evidence. It's just personal slander in order to win votes. Don't vote for my candidate? Well, you must be a racist.
If you honestly thought I was referring to the Democrats, you're either astonishingly ignorant of politics over the last 30+ years (and should not be commenting on them), or you were in a coma since 1960... the reason why Dem's have been been accusing the GOP of racism is because, oh, I don't know, they've been racist as a political strategy since the late 1960's in response to civil rights legislation? It is the definition of the Southern Strategy:
In fairness to Ken Roberts, not all Republicans are racists by any means. But perhaps he should take a look at the electoral map (House seats, even more than Presidential races) and see which places were safe Democratic seats before the Southern Strategy, and are safe Republican seats now. And then compare that to the borders for the Confederacy.
Yes, there are places which change party affiliation from time to time. But such a large and solid block of places all at once and in the same direction? Not in our history that I can recall.
You didn't answer any of my questions and just went on a rant all your own. Didn't have to reply to my comment to speak your piece.
FYI, they re-district every ten years based on the census. So yes, ten years from now is exactly the timeframe we're discussing, as what is decided now will hold for the next re-districting as well, and the Dems could have a reasonable shot at gaining control of the state if the districts aren't gerrymandered for Republican control.
Whats this "playing up racism"? You can interpret what they say any way you want, but the last actual outspoken racist in national politics was a Democrat.
I did answer your questions, you just didn't like the facts. Most of your questions can be summed up with "Southern Strategy". Yes, they redistrict every 10 years, but it's only tangentially based on the census - the census determines how many house seats each state gets, but says nothing on *how* those seats should be apportioned. That's up to each state.
Currently, TX is 2:1 GOP:Dem in the House, and 2:0 in the Senate. This isn't exactly proportional considering that for president we in TX voted ~1.4:1 GOP. Obama's support came mostly from Austin (the liberal oasis) and the Rio Grande Valley (the part of TX that's nearly all latino). To deny Dem's seats in Congress they *have* to disenfranchise latinos.
The big cities of Houston, San Antonio, D/FW were the other vote getters (though not as blue), but they tend to get carved up for Congress to include a lot of rural voters to disenfranchise the minorities/Dem's in the cities.
Okay, perhaps I misunderstood. Could you explain what the national Southern Strategy has to do with determining whether or not re-districting in Texas by State legislators is political gerrymandering or intentional racism?
Because it seems to me that if the Republicans try to gerrymander the state, everybody says it's racist automatically. Whats the proof?
Nobody cares about political gerrymandering, every legislature in every state tries or succeeds. Holder is attempting to overturn the redistricting based on the non-legality of disenfranchising minorities. The Republicans say its political. The question is, how can you tell?
I'm well aware of the demographic realities in Texas and that we send more representatives that then exact percentage of Republicans/Democrats in this state. That's not the question, nor is it an answer.
"Because it seems to me that if the Republicans try to gerrymander the state, everybody says it's racist automatically."
Because of the demographics of TX, to redistrict to disenfranchise dem voters is pretty much the same as disenfranchising minorities. The Venn diagram of GOP vs. Dem vs. minorities in TX has a lot of overlap for Dem and minorities, very little with the GOP and minorities (think two nearly overlapping circles with a little arc of the minority circle overlapping the GOP circle).
One thing we definitely agree on - non-partisan redistricting would be a good thing for all. I'm curious to see if GOP House members in CA go up with their non-partisan plan (their House delegation is too blue for the demographics of their state).
You know what happens when you charge a poll tax?
It disenfranchises the poor.
Nothing racist about that. Except that most of the poorest people in the South were black. So it was judged racist.
If you try to disenfranchise Democrats, demographics mean you're going to disenfranchise minorities. So it's racist regardless of the original intention. (which is still pretty bad.)
It's why everyone should do the California non partisan redistricting.
If by being racist you mean they support a system of individual freedom, self-progress, prosperity, free markets, constitutional rights, and traditional family values, then yes, Reps are racist, OR, it could be that those "features" are more commonly found among whites.
And it is true, that their policies are "sold out" by Democrats as "hostile" to minorities. It isn't really hostility but incompatibility. Most Reps support an ideology of "produce, produce, produce"; most Dems (minorities specially) support an ideology of "gimme, gimme, gimme"; if Reps change their principles to please minorities, then may as well stop being republicans. Asking Reps to change that, would be like asking the good teacher that give homework assignments, to stop because he is being "hostile" to the lame students.
No, by racist I mean obviously playing to the hatred of minorities in southern states, known as the "Southern Strategy".
Your second paragraph is actually quite racist. Especially the part where you state, "...Most Reps support an ideology of 'produce, produce, produce'; most Dems (minorities specially) support an ideology of 'gimme, gimme, gimme'..." You basically are saying that minorities are lazy do nothings, which is a racist stereotype (and just plain racist). Quite sad and pathetic, have a nice day.
Repubs, gotta love them.
I wonder if democracy would be better served by having the entire population vote for a party into a single vote bank, and then allocate seats in the house of representatives according to the percentage of popular vote that each party has won. As for who exactly will take those seats, this can be resolved by intra-party primaries or some other mechanisms that let them duke it out amongst themselves. This will also have the unintended impact of reducing inter-party partisanship.
Sounds like a joke? Well, a politician representing his/her district seems like an old-fashioned idea anyway; representatives love talking to their local constituents about how they are going to play on the nationl stage, as opposed to how they will represent their districts' interests.
Isn't that essentially a parliamentary system of proportional representation?
They do it that way in Europe, and it doesn't appear to work any better at all. So I'll pass.
Doesn't Germany have something similar to this?
Germany and New Zealand have mixed member proportional representation. MMP. You have two votes, one for local constituency rep which decided on the first past the post systems. The second is for a legally recognized party. This second vote is the most powerful and decides the number of representatives or seats each party gets based of the percentage of the national vote. ie Purple party gets 15% of national vote = roughly (there is detailed formula to work it out) 15% of seats in chamber. As almost all constituency reps stand as party members, they count toward the total each party can have. ie The Purple party in a 100 member chamber are entitled with 15% of national vote to 15 members. They have 7 constituency reps win in the own local constituency, so the remaining 8 the are entitled to come from a "party list" the purple party determined and publish prior to the election.
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed_member_proportional_representation
for more detail.
Contrary to what kenroberts83 says both Germany and NZ publics have high confidence in the system.
"In the past we were caught when we broke the law, so you don't have to worry about us breaking the law in the future. Oh, and we're discriminating based on self interest, not racism."
Well, now that we have that cleared up...
EVER wondered what happens when the tortuous meets the fatuous?
From today's Buttonwood..
Tax: The most fatuous regulation
Is today's word "fatuous?"
I hope it's in one of today's Wordgirl episodes.
"The sooner Republicans start competing for black and Hispanic votes and stop trying to keep blacks and Hispanics from voting, the better their and America's future."
What exactly does "competing for black and Hispanic votes" mean? Does it mean supporting policies that black and Hispanic voters tend to favor? Like massive social welfare spending and confiscatory tax rates?
You've made quite a jump in concluding that because conservative ideology does not appeal to a particular voter demographic, all measures taken to further that ideology equate to racism and discrimination.
I really don't get why you can't see how that statement makes sense; the average voter has little to no idea of policy and votes strongly based on group affiliation, i.e. against the group that appears and has appeared to treat them poorly. Don't mistake identity politics for policy support.
This "identity politics" idea holds even less water(its also patronizing). You seem to be saying that because Hispanics and blacks dislike republicans, anything the party does does to further its interests is discrimination.
If its not a question of policy, then what is it you think Republicans should do to win the war of identity politics? Field hispanic and black candidates?
No, I think what he is saying is that, because Republicans have a (recent) history of attacking blacks and Hispanics as groups, members those groups tend to vote against Republicans.
And, on the evidence, they do so even when their policy preferences align more closely with Republicans than with Democrats. Which means that there is a huge potential benefit for Republican politicians, if they can just get past the xenophobia of their base to stop the attacks.
'What exactly does "competing for black and Hispanic votes" mean?'
At a minimum, it means exactly what the rest of the passage you quoted says: "stop trying to keep blacks and Hispanics from voting".
On the Hispanic side, you could throw in immigration policy as well. Demanding more walls, fences, and drones to keep the barbarians out does not sound like sensitive (or sensible, for that matter) policy.
Policies that stop fraudulent voting are not the same as those that prevent blacks and Hispanics from voting, unless you assume that minorities cast more fraudulent votes.
I have nothing to add to jouris' response.
What should I think Republicans should do about identity politics? The overall winning strategy for getting people to stop associating the GOP with being anti-minority is to stop treating minorities as adversaries. It makes some short term gains but long term plays right into Democratic hands to treat a large potential pool of voters as a monolithic Democratic voting bloc.
Running black and latino candidates does little at the national level if you also have strong elements of xenophobia in your platform; people aren't willing to doublethink. I think immigration reform isn't the vote-getter it was initially advertised to be, but certainly the broader theme of making the party more inclusive is praiseworthy.
How exactly have Republicans been attacking blacks and hispanics as groups? And please don't confuse democratic party talking points with actual reality. The vast majority of hispanics are not illegal immigrants, and the vast majority of blacks have voter ID's. Those are NOT attacks on racial groups, they are attacks on illegal immigrants and voters that do not have government-issued identification.
What you're saying is really the age-old "disparate impact" argument that a lot of liberals like to make. For example, harsh crime penalties are racist, since minorities tend to commit more crime. It's a BS argument, and always has been. EVERY policy will have a disparate impact on some group or another.
I would agree that immigration reform may not be a great vote getter for Republicans. But opposing it as overwhelmingly as we have been is definitely a vote loser. Sometimes to old medical adage of "first, do no harm" comes into play. Or should.
None of the voter ID bills/laws enacted do much of anything to prevent fraudulent voting. People pretending to be someone else to vote pretty much never happens. It's like the least effective/efficient way to commit voter fraud. messing with electronic voting is a much better strategy (and probably a lot easier).
"How exactly have Republicans been attacking blacks and hispanics as groups?"
Two words: Southern Strategy.
If there is any voter in America who does not see Republican efforts at voter suppression (voter ID laws) as attacks on blacks and Hispanics, I have not encountered them. Likewise the Republican position on immigration.
Yes, there are lots of people who say that these efforts are not targetted at minority groups. But people who believe that? Too few to count -- even among Republicans who back those efforts, let alone among members of those groups.
In politics, perception is critically important. And even if there are some who are advocating voter ID laws, and fighting immirgation reform, from the purest of motives, the perception is otherwise. And changing that perception will require a lot more than merely proclaiming other motives.
Messing with electronic vote counting is not only better and easier, it is far harder to get caught. (But then, actual voter fraud was never the real reason for the voter ID laws anyway.)
Policies that add hassle to people voting do stop votes.
A 1.50$ poll tax in 1940's Alabama is actually about the same inflation adjusted price as a 25$ state ID nowadays.
By the logic you use, poll taxes only stopped those too lazy to care about voting since they didn't present an insurmountable barrier.
It was just coincidence that they happened to bar mostly black people from voting when their express purpose was merely to insure that voters were invested in the democratic process.
"I think what he is saying is that, because Republicans have a (recent) history of attacking blacks and Hispanics as groups"
It would be great if you could actually point at that history and provide specific examples. All I see is that Reps have and follow a set of principles they believe in. The fact that minorities don't agree with those principles doesn't mean they are wrong or need adjustments. Im a Hispanic woman, and as soon as I moved to the US, and became citizen I became republican, because I felt that the principles they spouse (individual freedom, prosperity, free markets, small government, etc) were the right ones for me. I didn't ask them to cater to me, I either agree or disagree with their stances and voted accordingly. Most latinos do not, most blacks do not agree with those principles; so Reps are not require to please them by changing them if those are not the ones they support.
I wish I could say the same of Democrats; unfortunately coming from the Democrats (not all of course) I see more opportunism and diluting of truth in big wide/empty rhetoric just to get the votes. Example: I know a large proportion of White, working class Democrats are socially conservatives; I know they disagree with Illegal Immigration, Gay marriage or Abortion. Yet they don't admit to it publicly, instead they transform Republican social conserv. stances into points of attacks and demonization (illegal imm=war on Hispanic, prolife=war on women, anti welfare=war on blacks, etc).
I also see how they spin their positions by again, masquerading the truth behind it; so saying "Republicans are being 'hostile' to Hispanics" the truth is Reps are against illegal immigration.
By saying: "Reps are attacking minorities voting rights", what that really means, is Reps want to implement a common sense, objective across the board procedure of voter id to verify the (all)voters complies with the law (be a legal citizen of age and eligible to vote), etc.
And of course, because the people, minorities and immigrants happen to be non-white, then the terms: "racist and xenophobic" come handy for vilification.
You might try a little research on the places where lines in this last election to vote were hours long. Amazing how those occur in areas which have a) Republicans in charge of the voting process and b) lots of minority voters. But in precincts where there is the same administration but mostly white voters, there are plenty of voting machines and no lines. It certainly made an impression on minority voters.
Likewise, the voter ID laws seem to have an amazing number of places where there is no easy access to the places where you can get IDs (e.g. long distances and frequently no public transport), hours limited to times when most people are working, etc. In short, it looks like there is no thought to how people who are poor would possibly get to where they can get an ID -- minority voters got that message, too.
It may be quite sensible to have voter ID requirements. I would want to see some data on how much voter fraud there really is vs the cost of administering the law, but it certainly might be reasonable. However, looking at the implementation of those laws, it is hard to avoid the impression that suppressing the vote in areas when Republicans get few votes (including minority neighborhoods) is a significant factor in how it was done.
I agree completely that many working class people (white and Hispanic and black) are socially very conservative. But that raises the immediate question: Why do these black and Hispanic social conservatives so overwhelmingly vote against Republicans, who are routinely the more socially conservative candidates. The apparent answer is that, regardless of how non-racist the Republicans believe themselves to be, they have managed to convince those groups that they are, in fact, motivated by racism. And that image, like any political reputation, is going to take a lot of time and effort to reverse. Just proclaiming that it is not true, and that everything our party does has only the purest of motives, simply won't do it.
"Reps want to implement a common sense, objective across the board procedure of voter id to verify the (all)voters complies with the law (be a legal citizen of age and eligible to vote), etc."
I have some common sense voting ideas.
We should make sure that voters are competent and well read enough to make good decisions about public policy. There should be some sort of assessment that someone has to to pass before they can vote.
Also, we should make sure that the people who are voting aren't doing it for trivial reasons. There should be a fee of some sort as proof of civic engagement.
I wonder whether you agree with these two new common sense voting procedures?
While your suggestion sound sensible, I'm afraid they are not common sense procedures, because they are not procedures. Those would be based on perceptions of one group over the other one, therefor would be subjective.
When you say "we should make sure"' who's we?
"trivial reasons"? According to whom?
See, if I venture to think you are a republican like me, then in order to keep it honest, I would need to make the observation here that I would to a liberal/dem, using wide subjective statement. I thought in last elections that Romney was a far a better candidate. More experience, more capable of handing economy, less prone to dealing with, what is for me, trivial thing; yet what is stupid and trivial for me (like social issues) may not be for others.
An example comes to mind. I'm very supportive of strong defense, and I saw the whole controversy of DADt trivial, a distraction for the real thing (having the bestest and more capable military) ; yet, for a gay person, that must have been a priority...a confirmation of his personhood, etc...
While your suggestion sound sensible, I'm afraid they are not common sense procedures, because they are not procedures. Those would be based on perceptions of one group over the other one, therefor would be subjective.
When you say "we should make sure"' who's we?
"trivial reasons"? According to whom?
See, if I venture to think you are a republican like me, then in order to keep it honest, I would need to make the observation here that I would to a liberal/dem, using wide subjective statement. I thought in last elections that Romney was a far a better candidate. More experience, more capable of handing economy, less prone to dealing with, what is for me, trivial thing; yet what is stupid and trivial for me (like social issues) may not be for others.
An example comes to mind. I'm very supportive of strong defense, and I saw the whole controversy of DADt trivial, a distraction for the real thing (having the bestest and more capable military) ; yet, for a gay person, that must have been a priority...a confirmation of his personhood, etc...
This was actually a test.
The first suggestion was what was called a literacy test. People in the Jim Crow South had to write parts of the state constitution, answer law questions, and jump through hoops to prove their competence to vote.
It was used to stop black people from voting.
The second was a poll tax. In the Jim Crow era, in the South, people would have to pay a tax to vote. It wasn't actually a lot of money, 1.50$ in Texas for example, but it kept lots of Black people from voting as well.
Voter ID laws mean that someone has to pay 20~30 dollars to get a state ID to vote. Which is a de facto poll tax. You complained about blue states not being targeted by Holder, but most Blue States with voter ID laws also give out the ID's for free. (and Pennsylvania, a blue state, had theirs overturned so it's not just the South)
The fact that you are not apparently unfamiliar with the ways that voter disenfranchisement was actually done in this country makes me think you don't quite understand how effective a small barrier of a few dollars can be.
This was actually a test.
The first suggestion was what was called a literacy test. People in the Jim Crow South had to write parts of the state constitution, answer law questions, and jump through hoops to prove their competence to vote.
It was used to stop black people from voting.
The second was a poll tax. In the Jim Crow era, in the South, people would have to pay a tax to vote. It wasn't actually a lot of money, 1.50$ in Texas for example, but it kept lots of Black people from voting as well.
Voter ID laws mean that someone has to pay 20~30 dollars to get a state ID to vote. Which is a de facto poll tax. You complained about blue states not being targeted by Holder, but most Blue States with voter ID laws also give out the ID's for free. (and Pennsylvania, a blue state, had theirs overturned so it's not just the South)
The fact that you are not apparently unfamiliar with the ways that voter disenfranchisement was actually done in this country makes me think you don't quite understand how effective a small barrier of a few dollars can be.
If there was a conceived effort to limit, REAL Americans, legal eligible to vote, of any color and from any party, they should be addressed. That is why I support the voter ID, bc is a very small, yet sensible and objective way to deal with the problem.
"I would want to see some data on how much voter fraud there really is vs the cost of administering the law"
The problem is that to detect the fraud, FIRST, you need a procedure IN PLACE to detect it. Right now, is just speculation in both numbers and scope, precisely BC there is NO data. And couldn't be, could it? unless you put some kind of secret trap, like that Okeefee fellow did some 3 years ago. He went to a local elections in Virginia and was able to vote 3 times using names of dead people he got from the obituaries. When he asked to be allowed to show his ID to prove the fault in the system, he was told that ID was not required. So what do you make of that?
How do you know if a person is allowed to drive? You ask for a driver license. How do you know a person has insurance when visiting a doctor? You ask for an insurance card. We are required ID for EVERYTHING.
"Why do these black and Hispanic social conservatives ...vote against Republicans, who are routinely the more socially conservative candidates."?
For the same reason that plenty Republicans who are socially liberals or libertarians (like myself) vote with the GOP. Economy triumphs everything. Im not religious and prochoice; but couldn't care less who is or isn't. I DO care for the money in my pocket, for the taxes I pay, and for my individual freedom above all.
There is actually data for it. The Bush Administration made a study that went on for five years between 2002 and 2006.
They found 120 people charged, 86 convicted.
That's not an epidemic. Someone has a greater chance of getting killed by lightning. (211 deaths from 2002 to 2006.)
I say those of us of a more progressive bent should gerry-mander against white people, with the argument that they're all a bunch of Republican yahoos anyway, so who gives a rip?
The argument wouldn't, and shouldn't fly, and nor does Mr. Abbott's.
I wonder if Greg Abbott is aware that he walked right into the classic prosecutor's ploy: Accuse someone of a major offense and they will readily confess to a lesser one.
Probably not. Simply because it won't occur to him that what he has admitted to doing was an offense at all. Or, at least, that it should be considered an offense. Call it selective blindness or self-justification.
Greg Abbott isn't exactly a shining beacon of the legal profession...
This is the sort of legal brief that Patrick Chinamasa, Justice Minister of the Republic of Zimbabwe, would be proud of.
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May 2, 2015A Visceral and brilliant screen exploration of a dark and threatening character. I loved this movie and still enjoy watching it time after time. The music is fantastic, the characters believable and the pacing of the story gripping to the end.
Apr 16, 2015Love this movie awesome affects Urban is a great actor for dred. Dred fans should love and appreciate this movie I hope they make another dred movie.
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Dec 6, 2014Thoroughly enjoyable action film. Karl Urban is fantastic as Dredd...perfectly cast. The supporting cast is also excellent; I especially enjoyed Lena Headey's performance as the Villainous Ma-Ma. Hope there is a sequel to this eventually.
Nov 18, 2014I was pleasantly surprised with this movie. I was expecting a remake of the light hearted and silly Judge Dredd movie from 1995 but Dredd is nothing like that. It's a well made action/sci-fi film with an excellent cast, creative use of special effects and a more serious approach to the story without making it boring or cheesy. It's a great action movie, an instant fav for me.
Sep 18, 2014
Jul 2, 2014A nice simple action movie. Very stylish,easy to follow story,good effects. It does however have incredibly over the top violence so not one for the faint of heart.
Apr 26, 2014This movie is amazing, I thought the reviews were underrated for this movie. Everything about this is epic and exhilarating and you'll want to stay till the very end but I would not recommend this movie to kids because of the violence, bad words, drug references and rape references.
Mar 7, 2014
Feb 25, 2014This film was the Dredd film fans were waiting for, a faithful adaptation of the Dredd world portrayed within the comics. The pacing, acting, effects and music were all spot on when creating the right atmosphere for this film to work not to mention Urban as Dredd was fantastic. 10/10 from a Dredd fan. 10/10 for not removing his helmet this time!
Jan 28, 2014Dredd is the type of film which should be widely publicized and enjoyed by comic fans, action fans, and sci-fi fans, but gets overshadowed by inferior films such as Thor and Captain America and Man of Steel. It is way better by far than most of the big name super hero films - the story is tighter, the action is tougher - it is just plain good.
Dec 7, 2013Dredd is action packed. It is full of gore. It kept me on the edge of my seat. This is non stop action. Disturbing at times but that just adds to the dark and sinister tone of the movie. Dredd is the best movie of 2012.
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Aug 30, 2013Great film; it doesn't mess about. The plot is simple but well told and the production is really tight. In particular I loved the music score, I might actually buy the audio CD which I've never done for a film before. I saw Dredd in 3D and it worked really well.
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Aug 25, 2013Somehow lots of really great and original action films get underrated, and this one is not the exception. You see, if it would had been directed by Cameron or Nolan, it would have been praised by critics.
Jul 7, 2013Full of thrills. Powered by a bombastic bloody violence and non stop action. Dredd maybe is the best R-rated crime action film off all time and definitely action film's fans' dream come true.
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Jun 8, 2013Dredd was an absolutely fantastic slice of sci-fi action. It's been a long time since I enjoyed a movie as bloodthirsty as Dredd, but it really hit the spot. The barebones nature of the film really works to it's advantage here. There isn't much excess, just a grim, gritty slab of badass. Which keeps it pretty faithful to the origianal comic books.
May 5, 2013I was shocked to see how low rated this movie was. It is one of my favorite films of all time. Well directed, well written, well acted, with good chemistry between the leads, and a scary villain. This is an excellent film all around, a good war story, and it rings true throughout. Highly recommended.
May 1, 2013This was a Judge Dredd film done right. The Stallone movie was an insult to the comics, this one actually managed to capture the spirit of the comics and the characters well. I really enjoyed it, and would love to see another one made.
Apr 18, 2013Great movie! Entertaining from start to finish. A way better film than Stallone's version by some way. No corny "i am the law" acting here. This version of Dredd is more convincing. The action is great and the visual effects are even better plus a thumping soundtrack to beat. Great stuff. the character development could have been better though
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Mar 24, 2013Fantastic movies. watch it tell others and enjoy. just like a good comic a slice of the life of dredd not the whole history jammed down your throat. a must watch
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Jan 30, 2013"Oh god, here we go again with the superheroes, I wonder if I manage to sit through the entire movie". Were my initial thoughts. Boy was I wrong, best movie of 2012.
Jan 28, 2013This is definitely destined to be a cult classic. The film is gritty yet beautiful. In HD it is outstanding. Worth the buy and definitely the rent. I loved it for what it was ... FUN.
Jan 28, 2013I never write reviews, I just read all the user reviews (not the critics) to make my decision on whether I should watch a movie or not. I am really glad I decided to see Dredd, this is one of the coolest movies I have seen in the past five years, I did not expect the movie to be as gripping as it was. Awesome action, perfect amount of 'badass', great gore, and a very beautiful movie.
Jan 27, 2013This Dredd (in contrast with the Stallone one) really reminded me of the comic character. The film and city atmosphere was also true and worthy of the comic equivalents. Nice action film and a must watch for fans and would be fans. (The users' reviews and scores on this one verified my trust on Metacritic's Users' ratings).
Jan 23, 2013Awesome movie, captures everything that I expect a dredd movie to have in it, I just hope that they make another movie with the 18 cert in it, way better than the Comedy that was released all those years ago with stalone in it.
Jan 18, 2013Amazing film, I really enjoyed it. Great special effects, the blood was a bit off but thats nothing to worry about. The acting was really good, Dredd is a very dark character in this film. The character Anderson also fits well with Dredd.
Jan 18, 2013
Jan 17, 2013Wow what a great movie...and this was unexpected after i saw Stallone's Dredd. Urban absolutely nailed how Dredd is portrayed in the comics..He never takes his helmet off..and he's a complete hard ass. Even if your not a Dredd fan or never have read the comics, go see this movie! One of the best action flicks ive seen in a while! My only regret was not going to the theaters and watching it
Jan 17, 2013I read the "real" critics reviews, what a bunch of pompous garbage. This Dredd was absolutely awesome and now I want more - how about 3 or 4 more to be exact.
Jan 16, 2013If you liked the first movie with Sly Stalone, you will also like this movie. The special effects were good to excellent and the acting ( for this type of action movie) was good. I watched this as an Amazon rental for $3.99 and I felt like I got my money's worth.
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Jan 4, 2013When I saw the reviews I knew this would be good but I wasn't expecting it to be absolutely frikkin awesome. Everything about this film screams cool. The thumping futuristic music, the guns, the blood. Perfect in every way. One of the best sci fis I've seen. It has the feel of a cult classic. Totally blew me away
Jan 1, 2013I loved it,the action was plenty-some the acting was descent and the plot was ok,all in all a watchable movie as long as you prepare yourself for what it seemed a never ending sequence of cgi content.
I would put this movie above transformers but below Ironman which I'm not sure if it's a good thing.
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Dec 31, 2012Very well done movie in overall. Enjoyed it - though i think it had too much 'slow mo' in it. Such movies are needed to revive the sci/fi genre and honestly think - it's about time the Dredd gets the spotlight. One of the 2012 movies that i didn't regret watching in cinema.
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Dec 25, 2012this movie was made with respect and love to original material. sweet little details. good main characters. it just deserved larger budget.
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Nov 20, 2012A good genre Movie and the first Movie after Avatar which has enjoyable 3D. Its like "The Raid" but with more different content. Really nice Scenes & Pictures and a good cyfy soundtrack. Sometimes to much gore but overall a good movie who dares something compared to others these days.
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Oct 27, 2012I assumed that this movie would be better than Stallone's effort and I had hoped it would be as good as the comic. But I didn't expect it to be actually better! This movie simply blew me away. Whatever they paid Karl Urban, it wasn't enough as he IS Dredd. The setting and action was spot on and the movie shot to my number 1 all time favorite before it was even over. Awesome.
Oct 26, 2012best movie ever. all that needs to be said. best movie ever. apparently review has to be 150 characters long. so.......
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Oct 20, 2012This film is awesome in every way apart from the advertising budget, which couldn't stretch as far as buying off critics and led to fairly poor box office figures.
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Oct 20, 2012In a world where only a thin line separates right from injustice and there is no time and resources to maintain order in the gentle way. The person responsible for this movie must have been raised in such world to express it the way he did. It was a movie in which simply every single second catched my whole attention. I felt like as if I could have watched it for 4 hours and wouldn't get bored.
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Oct 14, 2012this is an absolutely mind glowingly awesome picture. it's eyegasm after eyegasm strung together by a story full of bad ass little moments. the scope is fairly small, but it fleshes it out so well that you will allow it. just pray we one day get a sequel.
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Oct 5, 2012Suprisingly good movie. Good storyline and decent acting. Go see it if you ever read Judge Dredd or if you enjoy action sci-fy flicks. I especially liked the fact that it was believeable. The designer drug was very smartly done.
Oct 5, 2012Absolute masterpiece. I really don't know how it got only 55% or something. By far best and most original superhero movie that came out this year and yes, I watched them all. And you should see it in cinema, because in this one 3D actually makes sense. Strong recommendation and pure example of a movie that critic just didn't get.
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Oct 3, 2012Dont let the poor box office fool you, Dredd is everything a comic book movie should be. This will be a cult classic! The violence is over the top but succeeds at never becoming comical. Karl Urbans performance is top notch. You can tell they did their homework!
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Sep 30, 2012Simply the best sci-fi/action movie we´ve had in over a decade! The design of mega-city one is spectacular, detailed down to the smallest pieces. I am really hoping the generic advertising, and low box-office don´t kill the chances for a sequel.
Sep 30, 2012
Sep 29, 2012spiritual successor to a sadly underrated action movie, punisher: war zone. cross that movie with robocop and you have a pretty good idea of what dredd is about - grim, darkly funny, gruesomly over the top violence, and some beautiful cinematography. the 3D was great too (i could have practically watched an hour and a half of the psychedelic slow motion scenes).
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Sep 25, 2012Go see Dredd! This is a fun, fun movie with a great John Carpenter-type soundtrack. Don't let the critic reviews keep you away from seeing a straight-up thrill ride of an action movie. This is the most fun I've had at the movies in a long, long time! I have never read the comics but this movie makes me want to. I loved this movie.
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Sep 24, 2012The best action movie of 2012 period. Karl Urban is perfect as Dredd. Extremely violent and fun as hell, this a must watch for everyone who likes a Bada** movie.
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Sep 24, 2012A surprise in every way imaginable. From sporting a world akin to Blade Runner's grungy vision of the future to a main character able to somehow back up his impossible frown with how awesome he is, this movie will blow you away if you give it the chance to.
Sep 23, 2012
Sep 23, 2012Awesome. If you like Judge Dredd comics or just like fun violent action movies (this one feels like a throw back to movies like Running Man or something) check it out. Notice that most of the good critic reviews came from more respectable reviewers.
Sep 23, 2012
Sep 23, 2012This is the most fun I have had at the movies in AGES. I had lost faith in movies after Prometheus, and against all odds Dredd gave me hope again. It isn't necessarily anything groundbreaking, but it is one heck of a great feel good movie.
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Sep 22, 2012Dredd is brilliant Science Fiction. Perfectly constructed, with a lean and clean narrative, and yet, sensitivity to each character and scene that raises the bar significantly for the genre. This movie is deeply intense, with strong delivery in visuals, art direction along with fantastic performances from every single actor in the film. It's scary, uncompromising and a work of art.
Sep 22, 2012The critics giving this a bad review either decided they weren't paid enough to give it a good one or have an allergy to extreme badassery. This is the most accurate portrayal of Judge Dredd we could have hoped for. And as for "no humour". There humour but it requires a strong stomach. Much like... you know... the comic did.
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Sep 21, 2012Fantastic film! Karl Urban and Olivia Thirlby (must admit, never heard of her before) work really well together! Had the perfect mix of action and story/ character building. And the 3D was nicely done too. Didn't find it distracting at all and was used in just the right places.
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Sep 21, 2012No need to dread this Dredd. Karl Urban nails the title character, and staying true to the comic book, that helmet never comes off. The audience is introduced to Dredd's world through the eyes of Dredd's rookie partner Anderson, beautifully played by Olivia Thirlby. The movie starts off with a bang, and doesn't let up. Stylish and violent, this is one of the better comic adaptations this year.
Sep 21, 2012Dredd, the final movie that be based on a comic book of this year, and what happen? The movie is awesome, have a great story with a really good development, the performances, the effects, all is incredible in this movie.
Absolutely, 100% kickass. Now would someone please get busy on the "Tank Girl" do-over, please?
Sep 22, 2012Dredd 3-D places you firmly in an unreal, dreamlike world and rouses you with its unexpected grace and its rhythms and its movement. The plot ceases to matter after a certain point: This is a great big beautiful music video, and there's nothing really wrong with that.
Sep 21, 2012This, finally, is the Dredd movie comic book readers have been anticipating.

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OK some of you are starting to annoy me. For those of you who don't understand government economics, financial theory or the history of markets, please read my Dummy's guide to government economics below (a re-post of a reply to another comment on this page)
I am sorry if I seem pretentious here but you aren't grasping the fundamentals. Think for a moment. Why is there risk attached to debts? Could it be because debts have to be repaid and there is a risk a borrower will not be able to repay these debts? Yes? With me so far?
So how do countries pay debts then? Things called government securities. Do you know what a security is? A security is a commodity which is SECURITISED by a larger back-drop. In the case of the US, government bonds are securitised by the US dollar which is controlled by the Fed. With the UK, it is the British pound controlled by the BoE. With every euro currency nation it is the euro, controlled only by the ECB (The Bundesbank doesn't print Deutsche Marks, France doesn't print Francs).
OK still with me? So governments must sell these bonds on open markets. The perceived risk is reflected by the YIELD on this debt as dictated by the market.
So there are 2 problems. First, selling all the bonds. Second, keeping yields contained. If a nation finds itself with yields > 7%, then their cost of borrowing may be many multiples of growth (if there is growth). So the higher yields get, the less credit worthy a nation becomes, which creates a vicious upwards spike. Still listening? Good because these are the factors which determine risk premiums (along with all the macro data on industrial output, regional trends etc). It was only via Troika/ECB bailouts that PIIGS yields were brought back from the 7% point of no return. In exchange they gave up more of their toolbox of freedom tools to Brussels. In the case of Europe this is further austerity which reduces future government income, increases perceived risk and thus bond yields, which forces the government back to the ECB, so on and so forth in a vicious circle which they are too incompetent to fix.
Now pay close attention while I tell you why a central bank REDUCES risk premiums. The nation with a central bank still sells its securitised bonds on the free-markets BUT, if the nation doesn't like what the markets are telling it, there is another option. The central bank can act like a sponge to soak up excess demand, artificially suppressing yields. Then of course any debt the nation owes, regardless of how bad their economy is, can be simply "printed" away (its actually done electronically with a few keystrokes @ the BoE). So a central bank can indefinitely soak up bonds thus part-financing the government at less than 0% plus also suppressing the yield required by investors on the free-market, who have the GUARANTEE of central bank securitisation to repay debts. No uncertainty, no risk.
There is a natural consequence for printing money. Usually it is high inflation as well as currency depreciation. With the UK inflation has been suppressed by weak demand in the domestic economy, a weak EU single market and a stagnant US. I expected inflation to be much higher than the 2.7% or whatever it is today but then again I forgot to factor in clever accounting. The UK raised VAT by 2.5% but this then fell off official accounting statistics recently.
As for Sterling, counter-intuitively a depreciating currency is a good thing for a struggling economy. The silver lining is an increase in the competitiveness of domestic products in international markets AND increasing inward investment to take advantage of such, PLUS ameliorating the real-terms burden of debt interest (which is often inflated away to cover or even make negative inroads into interest repayments). There is a price to pay for printing money but it's certainly not today and it's definitely not reflected in government borrowing costs. The taxpayers pick up the tab and then pass it on to businesses by spending less in real-terms which in a worst-case scenario can cause further economic distress.
The key is to use "printed money" to invest wisely or wipe out debts to reduce future liabilities. In the case of George Osbourne, unfortunately he achieved neither deficit reduction nor growth of any kind. If I have to explain it, that is PRECISELY why Moondy's knocked a point off the UK credit score and also why the UK was AAA until this opinion was fully formed.
For you and those who recommended your comments saying that printing money CREATES a risk premium, please try and understand that having the political, monetary and fiscal freedom to print money fundamentally REDUCES the risk premium and in a nutshell explains why the US, Japan and the UK could have larger deficits than Europe and still have higher credit ratings and lower yields on government bonds. Of course all you economists will be aware that UK sovereign bond yields are at almost historical LOWS, as are the US. At one point I caught a headline on my screen that showed 10-yr US treasuries as being NEGATIVE. So not only does every theory ever written agree with me and not you, you can check out real-time market data that backs up everything I say. Satisfied?
Theomorph, how nice of you to return!
Should I thank you, demand you get down on your knees or just take it as the insult intended?
As Theomorph, you are of course free to choose whichever you like.
Did not intend to insult you, was just a friendly reminder to keep the 5,000 character posts within a reasonable frequency.
But then again, who am I to give friendly advice anyway.
As sherryblack you are free to choose Fox News.
In fact as sherryblack you are free to entirely ignore my posts, even though recently I have only left one 5000 word post (twice).
If you can explain central banks, the euro, UK economy, gov securities and CRAs in less than 5000 words, I thoroughly encourage you to share that with us.
Whether you realise or not you insulted me twice. First you compare me to a God or suggest that I have ambition to be seen as such. Uhh, that's offensive to a man of my beliefs. Then your message is that I shouldn't bother leaving a long post like that. Well as a neoteric illuminatus (an anarchronistic interpretation of the council of Bavarian Illuminati) I wish only to take the knowledge of the elite and share it far and wide in a forlorn quest for equality.
As for the original Theomorph on TE, I read some of his ubiquitous 5000 (some 20000) word posts. The dude is a German and I thought he had some quite interesting and profound things to say. True it's hard to read long post after long post and stay interested. I knew this before you told me as if you pull up the top rated comments on any article on TE, very rarely do you find a long winded comment at the top. Happy to say I have a few though, on finance and economics, on which I try and share my professional training to dispel the myths of the ignorant for THEIR benefit, not mine.
Sorry there is one thing a Theomorph and I share in common - we both make mistakes.
First when I say "the central bank can act like a sponge to soak up excess demand" .... I should have really said "soft demand".
Also even though Moody's at times appear to live on the Moon, they are still called Moody's and not "Moondy's".
See? Humility and contrition, ish :)
don't think too much about it, it was meant as a little joke while passing by.
You got it, Theomorph has visited this blog before
https://www.economist.com/users/theomorph/comments and has built himself a reputation for massive extended thought processes. I actually liked him, but other users really hated him for this massive postings.
The joke was more on him and you are right, sometimes one owes it to complexity to mention how things are connected, rather to see them isolated.
So if my 1-liner was misunderstood as criticism of your content (rather than the volume), I would like to hereby correct this image and tell you that it was an interesting and holistic post and absoultely worth reading.
Thanks also for declaring my rights. I chose not to ignore you but to install a TV that only plays Fox News 24/7, so I do not get distracted by malicious lies or that Eurosocialist hogwash or sheepish Europeans who are parroting their media elite's propaganda.
Yes you are right, I am an asshole. I came to terms with this a long time ago but unfortunately those I don't know well or don't know at all are still catching up.


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I was really enjoying R&H until that famous can-can music part...
I was really enjoying R&H until that famous can-can music part...
btw on the link put the screen on full screen so that you guys don't get ads
Hill is adorable.
Classy start for Madi and Zach. The entry to the twizzles was wonderful.
Seriously. I gasped a little. Best choreography thus far, but a shaky skate I thought. And Zachary tries way too hard to make a moment.
Also, none of these teams earned the score required to get a spot at Worlds. And that's how you know the standards are too high, because these skates certainly weren't bad.
Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaoUS0zcC6E
It's so strange to see R&T not wearing black costumes :P
Is he sick? His lips are blue.


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I'd be more impressed if an OS can boot fast out-of-the-box without tweaks.
Phoronix: Booting Fedora 17 In Less Than Three Seconds
It's possible to optimize the Fedora 17 boot process to boot the system in less than three seconds. One developer went from a boot time of 15 seconds down to just 2.5 seconds...
I'd be more impressed if an OS can boot fast out-of-the-box without tweaks.
Perhaps his next article shoud be about making sure one has adequate service capacity, before posting an article on a popular subject.
This guy has turned off so many services, it's pretty misleading to call it "Fedora 17" anymore, because that's CERTAINLY NOT the experience you are going to get! Without LVM or selinux or software RAID or zeroconf, it's not going to be a "useful" computer in many environments, more like a toy.
Wha't even odder is that he's heavily optimized an operation that most people do exactly ONCE when a new kernel is released. Who reboots in the age of suspend and hibernate? Everyone prefers persistent sessions over having to log back in again.
I would not disable the services, i would just uninstall em. Also get rid of any overrides, then you can add the kernel to uefi directly (if configured correctly). I am also not sure if those systemd "benchmarks" are accurate compared to bootchart. I don't get why you have to optimize it so hard to get this, without swap a default kanotix install should already give a 5s boot to kdm when using a ssd. No systemd needed at all... Also why should prefetch improve ssd bootspeed? Absolutely no logic behind...
I would say that it looks more like an normal desktop system instead of server.
Suspend uses power and hibernate doesn't even work in many situations. Then you kinda have to reboot when ever you upgrade kernel and in some distros that's like once per week. I personally like to start new sessions just for the sake of it.
Why's the written guide being pushed out?
Integrate these features! They know it's what we want. Why do they keep teasing?
For how many generations now has Fedora been talking about fast boot?


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1966 Street Fighter Mustang Gets Wilwood Brakes - Brake Treatment
Written by on January 1, 2009 Project Street Fighter Mustang Gets Wilwood Disc Brakes And Total Control Products Big-Bearing Spindles.Street Fighter
Newton's first law of motion states that an object in motion stays in motion, unless acted upon by an outside force. What does that mean for car building? Sure, gravity and wind will eventually slow a car down, but you need to build the braking system equally, or more impressively, than the acceleration system. This is often overlooked when trying to make your car fast-you truly don't know the importance of good brakes until you don't have them.
One fast lap at any road course will show you exactly how brakes fail. Coming up on the first turn after the straightaway, you'll brake hard to make the turn. The next couple braking zones may go smoothly, but once those brakes start to get hot, the pedal will get soft, and the brakes will eventually fail. This is called brake fade. On the street and at the dragstrip, fade is less of an issue, because the brakes aren't being applied repeatedly. One pass every hour at the track won't heat your brakes enough to show fade. Street driving shouldn't use enough brake to exhibit that problem either. Our project Street Fighter Mustang, on the other hand, will need to have exceptional brakes to survive what we will be putting it though.
For the most part, bigger is better when it comes to braking systems. The greater the rotor diameter, the more leverage the caliper has on it, and the more heat it can dissipate. The downside to oversized rotors is that it adds unsprung and rotational weight-the most important weight to keep off. Luckily, many aftermarket brake setups use aluminum hubs and adapters, so the overall weight may be the same or less than the stock assembly.
This month, our '66 Mustang-Project Street Fighter-is getting a much-needed brake upgrade. The '66 was equipped from the factory with a single-master cylinder, manual four-wheel drum brake setup. Let's just say the force necessary on the pedal to slow the car at a normal stoplight was enough to equal a workout at the gym. Since we plan on tracking the car, we needed a more substantial set of brakes. We turned to Wilwood for direction. We knew we would be running Vintage Wheel Work's V60 17-inch wheels, so 13-inch rotors and six-piston calipers could be used with ample clearance. The single-reservoir master cylinder wouldn't be compatible with the new brakes, so we used their bolt-in 1-inch bore, dual-reservoir master cylinder. Along with the brakes, we are replacing the factory spindle with Total Control Products' direct replacement spindle that uses the '70-73 Mustang's larger bearing. The Wilwood kit is designed for this specific spindle as a bolt-on installation.
We encountered some hurdles, and gained some knowledge through this installation, one thing being that six-cylinder Mustangs don't have the same steering components as the eight-cylinder models. With every project there are mistakes that will be made; that's why we're here to make them for you.
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Wilwood brake lines | 220-7056 | $66.61 |
Wilwood six-pack brake fluid | 290-2210 | $51.77 |
Total Control Products spindles | SPND-01 | $359.00 |
Total Control Products hardware | SPND-02 | $25.00 |
Bumpsteer Kit | TEIR-14 | $269.00 |
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The Hunger Games is a book and film franchise that kicked off with Suzanne Collins's 2008 novel by the same name. The second book, Catching Fire, debuted on bookshelves a year later, in 2009; and the epic saga concluded with the third book, Mockingjay in 2010.
The series tells the story of Katniss Everdeen, a 16-year-old girl living in Panem, a war-torn country on the land that used to be the United States. Katniss and her young sister and unstable mother live in District 12, one of the poorest of the 13 districts surrounding the oppressive Capitol.
Every year, to remind the Districts of the foolishness of their past uprising, the rich and powerful Capitol citizens hold a Hunger Games, in which two teenagers from each district fight to the death until there's one victor, whose district receives food for one year.
Originally Katniss's sister, Prim, was chosen to represent District 12, but Katniss volunteered as "tribute" in her stead.
Throughout her training with curmudgeonly mentor Haymitch Abernathy, loony Capitol representative Effie Trinket, and supportive stylist Cinna, Katniss becomes a force to be reckoned with. She also develops a romance — or is it a showmance? — with fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark. Never mind that she has a hunky suitor back home, the woodsy Gale Hawthorne.
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