Ricochet Podcast #115: Dog Eat Dog
The podcast has gone to the dogs this week: Rob has trust issues with his Mac, Romney's electability, econ/tax journalist Jim Pethokoukis (follow him on Twitter and read his indispensable blog) talks Buffet rule, Obama's vulnerability on the economy, and later, the definitive conversation on Mitt's dog Seamus and the anti-canine left.
Music from this week's episode:
- Is That Clear by Nick Waterhouse
- Hound Dog by Little Richard
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Re: Ricochet Podcast #115: Dog Eat Dog
Oh, EJ: using CokeFont in a non-Coke context, and making it work! Applause.
That’s a great ad, but there’s an ominous subtext. That’s the start of Teen Culture, right there. What was once an unheralded age through which one passed en route to adulthood would now be a Very Important Phase. It started with an amused adult perspective on the silly concerns of teens - Frankie! Henry Aldrich, Archie - but I suspect the teens of the mid-late 40s regarded the attention as the flattery they were owed. Every generation thinks it’s special, after all. As they grew up they turned the flirtation with youth culture into something they could exploit for commercial gain, while preserving the illusion of their own eternal teenhood.
By the time the 60s rolled around, the idea that Youth = Freshness = Wisdom uncluttered by tradition was entrenched, and the new generation began dismantling the things the previous generation would have been horrified to see challenged.
We can blame the hippies, but the generation of 1930: they laid the groundwork.
Dec '10
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Rob & Peter,
It's me, okay? This is my problem to deal with, not yours. But (there's always a "but", isn't there?) I'm beginning to have a difficult time listening to the Flagships. The old saying goes that optimists see the glass half full, pessimists see the glass half empty. With you two, of late, it's more along the lines of "who the heck stole the other half of the glass?"
This election is going to be tough for Romney, there's no question about that. But every week one or the other of you (sometimes both) are ready to not only slash your own wrists, but swinging the blade at the rest of Ricochet as well.
Please - lighten up a bit Gents! I'm not saying that you need to don the cheerleader outfits with a big R on the chest, but a bit of encouragement for our side would be nice once in a while.
Sep '10
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That is smart, James. Probably why dogs of his ilk (a breed or a mix? Looks like a German shepherd) were the first to help along those who cannot see.
Sep '10
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Two d-a-w-g dawgs! How great. Lucky guy, flownover!
Sep '10
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Also known as being in a bit of a funk, no?
May '10
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I wish the Management would stop faulting Mitt Romney for not choosing a more aggressively fiscal conservative path in his proposals. I believe he has done a very smart campaign/electoral cost-benefit analysis and concluded that more aggressive tax proposals would just leave him open to too much demagoguery to win the swing states.
If there's a consensus for more muscular tax reform and cutting, we'll find out once we have a new Congress and Romney is President--it's not like he can do solo reform/reductions on his own anyway.
By the way, speaking of political mandates, as the podcasts did, I suspect the Age of Mandates has been killed by the Internet and social media. Implicit in the idea of a political mandate is a certain lack of immediate voter feedback; a certain long leash: you vote someone in, and you won't have a chance to offer significant feedback until the next election. I think those days are over. Short leash and consensus is now the dynamic.
Edited on April 19, 2012 at 4:42pmJul '10
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In light of the recent kerfuffle over eating dogs, perhaps that is what the President had in mind with his "buffet" rule - not taxing more, but providing menu choices at the local eatery.
AKrefugee
May '10
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You've lamented in the past that modern computer fonts just have the same feel and look as the hot type of the great era of those ads and I agree. They're just too perfect.
"But Bessie, I feel absolutely sklonklish!" (If you know what I mean, James...)
Jan '11
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Dreaming of collecting unemployment while at the GSA conference.
Mar '11
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As usual I really enjoy the flagship podcast and am now reading James Pethokoukis, great stuff, I have a lot of catching up to do.
On a lighter note did I perceive a bit of Apple bashing?
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Posted today on our local Venice blog. Coincidence? I think not....
Edited on April 19, 2012 at 11:25pmDec '11
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I see what you did there.
Filmed barely 10 months after Japan surrendered and filled with a cast that surely had older brothers/cousins/neighbors still overseas (or were going there themselves), it is an astonishing look at post-war teenagers.
This is the greatest generation? I think that it was the generation prior who fought in WWI and supported the efforts in WWII knowing that many of their sons would not be coming home.
On an up note: "Mellow greetings, hookie dookie!"
Jul '10
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The Great Adventure!: Rob & Peter,
This election is going to be tough for Romney, there's no question about that. But every week one or the other of you (sometimes both) are ready to not only slash your own wrists, but swinging the blade at the rest of Ricochet as well.
Please - lighten up a bit Gents! I'm not saying that you need to don the cheerleader outfits with a big R on the chest, but a bit of encouragement for our side would be nice once in a while.
Here I am, in my sack cloth and ashes. This, the only podcast that reflects my anguish and despair. That speaks for me. And you would deny me that. Have you tried Left Coast, Right Coast?
And while I am at it, I would like to thank the 37 members and 2 contributors that made the post of the week the post of the week. I feel a bit like a Looney Tunes character who struck a match and read the "TNT" on the box, then received credit for blowing up and burning down the enemy fort.
A great conversation, folks.
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Sisyphus
And while I am at it, I would like to thank the 37 members and 2 contributors that made the post of the week the post of the week. I feel a bit like a Looney Tunes character who struck a match and read the "TNT" on the box, then received credit for blowing up and burning down the enemy fort.
A great conversation, folks. · 16 minutes ago
S -- Congrats and check your email.
May '10
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I found Rob Long's point on the mandate very important and refreshing. If a candidate does not commit to driving for a change, why should I bother voting for him? ParisParamus says that we have a short leash making that obsolete. Maybe. As a feedback loop. But how can you ever get permission for a major change if you never ask for it?
Romney is not my ideal candidate (I was not hot for the others either) and we are going to war for the Romney we have. Please Romney be bold!
May '10
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Bern - You remind me of a man.
Dec '11
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EJHill
Bern - You remind me of a man.
What man?
May '10
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But how can you ever get permission for a major change if you never ask for it?
I think Mitt Romney's proposals and priorities, when compared to the status quo, are already in the Major Change Ballpark.
Apr '11
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Rob, Peter, James: This post is worth reading, if you weren't familiar with the pure BS that is the Buffet Rule narrative. There were others written at the time, but I can't find them. In short, there is no genuine sense in which the "Buffet pays more in his taxes" line is true. If someone could let James Pethokoukis know, too, that would be neat; it's something that everyone should be aware of.
Apr '11
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ParisParamus:But how can you ever get permission for a major change if you never ask for it?
I think Mitt Romney's proposals and priorities, when compared to the status quo, are already in the Major Change Ballpark. · 51 minutes ago
Romney says he'd cut a Cabinet department to reduce spending, an achievement unprecedented in American history (the creation of the DoD (Truman) and demotion of the Post Office (Nixon) were not to cut spending but to improve performance/ service).
The response? A wave of comments about the departments he'd cut if he was serious. The man could cut all federal wages by 3/4 and be met by complaints that government workers expect payment on top of the gratitude of the country; a real conservative would make the workers pay for the privilege.