A lot is being made about Johnson ownership of a large sum of BP stock, but, honestly, who cares? One could just as easily point out that Johnson also owns stock in the British Sky Broadcasting Group, whose primary share-holder is Rupert Murdoch ... Ergo Johnson will be a slave to the Murdoch message machine!!!
Johnson stock portfolio is actually pretty boring. Now if he owned stock in Medellin Import-Export, Inc. or International Rape and Human Trafficking, LLC -- that would raise some eyebrows, but as it stands Johnson appears to be a higher volume consumer of blue chip stocks. Until recently, BP fit that description perfectly. In fact, it looks like his ownership of stocks like BP and Exxon and some of the other energy concerns are a part of his contribution to the Belport Capital Fund.[Note: Sorry, I looked at the report again and was totally wrong about that.] (But, then again, what do I know?)
Obviously, Johnson's opponents have seized on the detail and are hammering him on it. It's important to point out here that this really has nothing to do with BP. It's not like Johnson himself spends his weekends dumping oil into the Gulf. This is merely an exercise in painting Johnson as unreasonably supportive of big business, and right now there's no more loathed big business than BP.
Apparently, Big Oil is going to be a recurring theme throughout the next few news cycles ... Here's an interesting thought for you all: if gas prices were outrageously high -- like they were two years ago when I swear I was paying $4 a gallon -- and there wasn't a spill in the Gulf would this still be an issue? I have no idea what the answer to that question is -- though I suspect the answer is "no" -- so marinate on that for a while.
Apparently, Big Oil is going to be a recurring theme throughout the next few news cycles ... Here's an interesting thought for you all: if gas prices were outrageously high -- like they were two years ago when I swear I was paying $4 a gallon -- and there wasn't a spill in the Gulf would this still be an issue? I have no idea what the answer to that question is -- though I suspect the answer is "no" -- so marinate on that for a while.
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What have you been smokin'?
Of course it would be an issue. When a guy like Johnson enters a race everyone -pro and con- knows exactly who and what kinds of thing he will support, the kinds of economic, social and military changes he will perceive as his sacred duty to ram through. No one believes a Candidate's BS more than the candidate themselves. We all could see the TYPES of changes Bush-Cheney wanted to foist upon us, even if we had no crystal ball to predict the letter of each law.
Was any of that a surprise, except perhaps in the details?
And what else could we all have learned FROM Bush-Cheney, unless it is that we need to pay intense attention to all indications of a candidates true nature. WE all know what kind of man Ron Johnson is. Who really believes speeches and websites. Window-dressing. Nothing more.
Cheney's interest in Halliburton had NO effect on his environmental policies - None.
Bush's apparent personal feelings re: Saddam Hussein has NO effect on the Iraq War - None.
Glenn Beck's personal racism has NO effect on his broadcasts, Paul Soglin's early years had no effect on his current viewpoints, Noting else I have ever done would have any bearing on the type of candidate I might make.
But most importantly the type of business man has and the things he spends his money on has NO BEARING on who is is at all.
SCOTUS judges, their pasts are no indication...Jesus!
But even if Public Opinion decides that an issue is a NON-issue, well, that will only happen AFTER the tempest. Clarence Thomas still got the job. The Pope, in spite of the "Nazi Youth Scandal", is still the Pope.
But what Blogger, having realized the Pope WAS a Nazi Youth, would just dismiss it and say "oh no problem, I won't make a fuss. Even tho' this guy is an asshole, meh... this Nazi thing. Who cares"
The whole fuckin' point of blogging, spinning, debating and campaigning is throwin crap out there and watching while the larger group wrestles over it. When Cory Lieb-whatever his name was on OWN tossed the Annette Zeigler crap out there, he had no idea if it would stick or not. Personally I thought it looked to mean-spirited and would backfire. It didn't really, so I was wrong. But not totally since she still got the job and her supporters must have been inspired to not desert her. But I though he looked like he was doing too shitty-style of politics that made the whole group look bad. It seemed the "group" thought he wuz sum kinda hero. so I called that wrong. whatevs. Didn't change my life any. Point is, you don't know how the worm is going to turn, you just have to try stuff and see. Makes a difference for people in the public eye with something to lose i know. But speaking of stuff to lose - not Feingold, okay? If Ron Johnson broke his sister's doll when he was six, or if he TOOK A PEE ON A LADY'S LAWN I hope someone bitches about it and issues a press release with a nice letterhead on it.
But yeah, we might as all just lay down and be dead then, if we're gonna all second-third-and fourth guess every thought we have - will this matter? Dude, nothing matters, nothing works, it's all just sad, pathetic attempts to stem the tide.
Now I'm gonna go Photoshop Ron Johnson in full drag pleasuring himself over the pages of the BP Quarterly Report. If one voter is too grossed out to vote for him, that's still one voter.
and holy christ! does Glenn beck stop and ask himself "does what I'm about to say make any goddam sense"?
No he does not.
Retards still eat it up. Glenn Beck humiliates himself daily, but he gets what he wants. The great philosophers and founding fathers are all dead. No more Gettysburg Addresses, no more great thoughts recorded for the ages. It's over the fat lady sang (that was the real cosmic significance of Susan Boyle. She sang, now it's over)
All we have now is monkeys flinging poo.
and Ron Johnson communicates in a million small ways who he is.so lets' talk about some of those things, sort thru them and see what they might mean
I guess you were out road-drinkin' with Ronnie all weekend. Sounds like it was just a lil' old hoot.
The whole fuckin' point of blogging, spinning, debating and campaigning is throwin crap out there and watching while the larger group wrestles over it. When Cory Lieb-whatever his name was on OWN tossed the Annette Zeigler crap out there, he had no idea if it would stick or not. Personally I thought it looked to mean-spirited and would backfire. It didn't really, so I was wrong. But not totally since she still got the job and her supporters must have been inspired to not desert her. But I though he looked like he was doing too shitty-style of politics that made the whole group look bad. It seemed the "group" thought he wuz sum kinda hero. so I called that wrong. whatevs. Didn't change my life any. Point is, you don't know how the worm is going to turn, you just have to try stuff and see. Makes a difference for people in the public eye with something to lose i know. But speaking of stuff to lose - not Feingold, okay? If Ron Johnson broke his sister's doll when he was six, or if he TOOK A PEE ON A LADY'S LAWN I hope someone bitches about it and issues a press release with a nice letterhead on it.
But yeah, we might as all just lay down and be dead then, if we're gonna all second-third-and fourth guess every thought we have - will this matter? Dude, nothing matters, nothing works, it's all just sad, pathetic attempts to stem the tide.
Now I'm gonna go Photoshop Ron Johnson in full drag pleasuring himself over the pages of the BP Quarterly Report. If one voter is too grossed out to vote for him, that's still one voter.
and holy christ! does Glenn beck stop and ask himself "does what I'm about to say make any goddam sense"?
No he does not.
Retards still eat it up. Glenn Beck humiliates himself daily, but he gets what he wants. The great philosophers and founding fathers are all dead. No more Gettysburg Addresses, no more great thoughts recorded for the ages. It's over the fat lady sang (that was the real cosmic significance of Susan Boyle. She sang, now it's over)
All we have now is monkeys flinging poo.
and Ron Johnson communicates in a million small ways who he is.so lets' talk about some of those things, sort thru them and see what they might mean
I guess you were out road-drinkin' with Ronnie all weekend. Sounds like it was just a lil' old hoot.
The whole fuckin' point of blogging, spinning, debating and campaigning is throwin crap out there and watching while the larger group wrestles over it. When Cory Lieb-whatever his name was on OWN tossed the Annette Zeigler crap out there, he had no idea if it would stick or not. Personally I thought it looked to mean-spirited and would backfire. It didn't really, so I was wrong. But not totally since she still got the job and her supporters must have been inspired to not desert her. But I though he looked like he was doing too shitty-style of politics that made the whole group look bad. It seemed the "group" thought he wuz sum kinda hero. so I called that wrong. whatevs. Didn't change my life any. Point is, you don't know how the worm is going to turn, you just have to try stuff and see. Makes a difference for people in the public eye with something to lose i know. But speaking of stuff to lose - not Feingold, okay? If Ron Johnson broke his sister's doll when he was six, or if he TOOK A PEE ON A LADY'S LAWN I hope someone bitches about it and issues a press release with a nice letterhead on it.
But yeah, we might as all just lay down and be dead then, if we're gonna all second-third-and fourth guess every thought we have - will this matter? Dude, nothing matters, nothing works, it's all just sad, pathetic attempts to stem the tide.
Now I'm gonna go Photoshop Ron Johnson in full drag pleasuring himself over the pages of the BP Quarterly Report. If one voter is too grossed out to vote for him, that's still one voter.
and holy christ! does Glenn beck stop and ask himself "does what I'm about to say make any goddam sense"?
No he does not.
Retards still eat it up. Glenn Beck humiliates himself daily, but he gets what he wants. The great philosophers and founding fathers are all dead. No more Gettysburg Addresses, no more great thoughts recorded for the ages. It's over the fat lady sang (that was the real cosmic significance of Susan Boyle. She sang, now it's over)
All we have now is monkeys flinging poo.
and Ron Johnson communicates in a million small ways who he is.so lets' talk about some of those things, sort thru them and see what they might mean
I guess you were out road-drinkin' with Ronnie all weekend. Sounds like it was just a lil' old hoot.
I took up way more space than is normally considered polite, but I didn't triple post all that shit. That was NOT my doing
grrrr
i'm going to the Bahamas, gonna slather on some BP Oil Dispersants and soak up some rays. Yep, me and RoJo, all greased up on a beach towel. yeeha
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