Gyroscopic Investing

TennPaGa wrote: I don't know what this means.  Or, maybe I do, but I don't think it is fair.

Simonjester wrote: isn't that a horrible truth ... the current scandal is a distraction from the unknown/unmentioned and far worse scandalous thing going now, and when it is exposed it will cover and distract from the next one in line..... what a way to run a government



not a partisan observation btw, it seems to be a habit that transcends party and effortlessly transitions from one president to the next....

(this is not one of the most optimistic thoughts to ever pass through my head)

MediumTex wrote: I just want to make it clear that to me the Benghazi incident is unremarkable because I think that it is a manifestation of tendencies that ALL politicians have--i.e., to obfuscate, lie and deceive when things don't go their way.

annieB wrote: Well,you've got to look at the individual cheetah.
Don't make the mistake of lumping all cheetahs as killers.
LOL...

A fable tells of a tigress, pregnant and starving, who comes upon a little flock of goats and pounces on them with such energy that she brings about the birth of her little one and her own death.

The goats scatter, and when they come back to their grazing place, they find this just-born tiger and its dead mother. Having strong parental instincts, they adopt the tiger, and it grows up thinking it's a goat. It learns to bleat. It learns to eat grass. And since grass doesn't nourish it very well, it grows up to become a pretty miserable specimen of its species.

When the young tiger reaches adolescence, a large male tiger pounces on the flock, and the goats scatter. But this little fellow is a tiger, so he stands there. The big one looks at him in amazement and says, "Are you living here with these goats?" "Maaaaaaa" says the little tiger. Well, the old tiger is mortified, something like a father who comes home and finds his son with long hair. He swats him back and forth a couple of times, and the little thing just responds with these silly bleats and begins nibbling grass in embarrassment. So the big tiger brings him to a still pond and this little fellow looks into the pond and sees his own face for the first time. The big tiger says "You see, you've got a face like mine. You're not a goat. You're a tiger like me. Be like me."

The big tiger takes the little tiger to his den, where there are the remains of a recently slaughtered gazelle. Taking a chunk of this bloody stuff, the big tiger says, "Open your mouth and take a bite." The little tiger backs away.  "I'm a vegetarian," he says.  "None of that nonsense," says the big tiger, as he shoves a piece of meat down the little tiger's throat.  The little tiger gags on it (as all do on true doctrine).

The little tiger begins to get the nutrients from the meat into his blood, into his nerves.  It's his proper food.  It nourishes his true nature. Spontaneously, he takes a long tiger stretch, the first one of his life.  Then a tiger roar comes out of his mouth.  The big tiger looks on with approval.  "There. Now you've got it.  Now we go into the forest and eat tiger food."

Jan Van wrote: House panel: No administration wrongdoing in Benghazi attack

clacy wrote: However it's very important that the IRS be purged of further political targeting.  If that goes unchecked and continues to worsen, there goes your democracy.

Benko wrote:

clacy wrote: However it's very important that the IRS be purged of further political targeting.  If that goes unchecked and continues to worsen, there goes your democracy.

The nature of bureaucracies is that they will almost always be filled with statists.  One can however let them know that rules matter and there will be consequences for violations.  OTOH there is the mafia analogy (for the guys in charge now):  Underlings know what the mafia boss wants done, so they just do it.  He does not have to ask for every little thing because people anticipate.  They know that pretty much no one is ever held responsible for anything.