Daydreaming Idly
Intellectual dilettante. Contrarian intellect, diplomatic temperament. Time spent with your head in the clouds is time well spent.
"It is reality that awakens possibilities, and nothing would be more perverse than to deny it. Even so, it will always be the same possibilities, either in sum or on the average, that go on repeating themselves until a man comes along who does not value the actuality over the idea. It is he who first gives the new possibilities their meaning, their directions, and he awakens them."
- Robert Musil, The Man Without Qualities
"The truth will set you free. But not until it is done with you."
- David Foster Wallace
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News Media Share Blame for Voter Ignorance
A couple of interesting items on politicalwire.com today show how hopelessly ill-informed the electorate is.
One is a Gallup Poll that says 37 percent of Americans believe Congress has accomplished less this year than in previous years, while 23 percent believe it has accomplished more. The poll notes that, in fact, “the current Democratically controlled Congress has passed a series of high-profile legislative bills, including the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and others.”
The second is a Bloomberg national poll that finds by 2-1, likely voters Tuesday believe “taxes have gone up, the economy has shrunk, and the billions lent to banks as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program won’t be recovered. “
The truth, Politico.com notes. “The Obama administration cut taxes for middle-class Americans, has overseen an economy that has grown for the past four quarters and expects to make a profit on the hundreds of billions of dollars spent to rescue Wall Street banks.”(Source: azspot)
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