tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post1680335381740602098..comments2024-03-28T16:08:29.578-04:00Comments on Sardonicky: Dancing With the Stars: The TPP TangoKaren Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612731479365562803noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-12009958234623877082015-10-09T12:02:00.575-04:002015-10-09T12:02:00.575-04:00Jay: The pen is hopefully more effective than the ...Jay: The pen is hopefully more effective than the sword and I applaud you for taking the time and making the effort to write out a suitable e-mail to send to our Senators. It is a guideline for the rest of us.<br /><br />I make it a point to sign many petitions that come in on my computer hoping they have some effect and although it is time consuming, hopefully it gives the powers that are in charge some warnings.<br /><br />Now to get the election here in Canada over with so we can breathe freely with a better gang in charge. No one can predict what will happen it is so close.<br /><br />As to the comments about not wasting time on the NYTimes, at least we can see it trying to survive and definitely affected by incoming comments from us which might actually improve its format and reporting. Krugman is a waste of time but it does occasionally have decent articles which should be encouraged by our support. It is nice to see the Republican party committing political suicide and god willing, Hillary as well.Pearlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-18337714543184875672015-10-09T11:24:08.816-04:002015-10-09T11:24:08.816-04:00Here, if it helps other cats who like to climb tre...Here, if it helps other cats who like to climb trees to the tip of pointlessness, is a copy of my email to NY's senators. Be my guest and copy it whole or adapt it as you please to send your senators a message.<br /><br />Dear Senator,<br /><br />I understand the Senate will soon be voting the TPP Treaty up or down. Please vote NO to this travesty.<br /><br />Among the most dangerous provisions of TPP, as you must know, is the one that grants supranational powers to corporate panels meeting behind closed doors. Their decisions cannot be appealed. <br /><br />Let's not give corporations the right to bully this country and funnel more public money into corporate pockets. For example, under provisions of the TPP corporations could impose large fines on a local authority in New York because the local authority's environmental or health laws cause the foreign corporation to loose money. Under TPP the foreign corporations' interests will be allowed to trump state and national law.<br /><br />Please don't vote our national sovereignty away. As you know, such provisions are already in effect in bilateral trade treaties elsewhere (e.g., Uruguay) and are causing major problems in weaker countries. TPP, if approved, would further diminish local, state and national authority while increasing global corporate power. And New York taxpayers will be paying the fines imposed by these supranational corporations.Jay–Ottawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360356126450612113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-23385821116783678062015-10-09T10:04:26.520-04:002015-10-09T10:04:26.520-04:00Did you ever see the New Yorker cartoon where this...Did you ever see the New Yorker cartoon where this cat, high up in an elm tree and now utterly panicked, whips out his cell phone and calls home to say: "Call the firemen, I've done it again."<br /><br />Like that cat, I've done it again. I've written to the two senators from New York to express my disapproval of the TPP treaty. I know, I know, probably a waste of time. But is there any other straw to reach for? I'm panicked about TPP's passing and I've heard that some Democrats in the senate just might be thinking about voting it down. Maybe we should all do it again just one more time? If the senate heeds us, whoopee! If they don't, well we have more proof, as if we needed more, that such gestures have become a waste of time, and we're fools to write our "representatives" in this great democracy.Jay–Ottawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360356126450612113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-33740515109210730412015-10-09T00:50:31.696-04:002015-10-09T00:50:31.696-04:00Great journalism, Karen. Wish you had done the int...Great journalism, Karen. Wish you had done the interview instead of Judy Woodruff - It would have been great to see Hillary have a lot less wiggle-room. I remember, years ago, a friend saying about Bill, "I can't believe a word that man says." Well, that's how I feel about Obama and his political incarnation, Hillary. Good to remember Bernie has taken a strong stance against the TPP. Valerienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-40803138843076106922015-10-08T16:49:21.099-04:002015-10-08T16:49:21.099-04:00I am with, Barney. Enough about the New York Times...I am with, Barney. Enough about the New York Times. This was a great essay, worth of great reader comments - not a change of subject to get us off the focus of a destructive trade deal that is going to leave millions worse off. I don't care about the New York Times any more. It has proven itself to be a tool of the propaganda machine. I care that Hillary is cutting herself wiggle room to go back on her campaign promises and that Bernie has taken a solid stance against the treaty. And I care that it is a treaty not an agreement, as Obama is selling it. <br /><br />Let's have the courtesy to stick with the subject at hand. Andy Griffithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-17730512221485475462015-10-08T14:50:49.785-04:002015-10-08T14:50:49.785-04:00I, for one, am tired of reading gossipy comments a...I, for one, am tired of reading gossipy comments about what the New York Times is doing at any given moment. I enjoy every time Karen rips a new one into that propaganda rag, but jeeze, do we really need breaking news alerts every time Paul Krugman blows his nose or licks his fingers or farts, and what their millions and billions and trillions in digital revenue is?Barney Fifenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-71204027071610710682015-10-08T14:20:48.706-04:002015-10-08T14:20:48.706-04:00What doth it availeth a man (or a woman) if he (o...What doth it availeth a man (or a woman) if he (or she) raceth through the Times from front to back every day, yet faileth to gain in wisdom, or the ability to parse a text, or even to advance in reading comprehension?<br /><br />The best the NY Times can do is what it's done. Look at what it's done. Try to remember. <br /><br />One more thing: As we commit to a dance with the stars of campaign 2016, lets try to avoid another slippery slide into the lesser-of-two-evils defense of evil.<br /><br />As for Hillary, c'mon. When it comes to a real turnaround with her history, try not to lose your own sense of balance. Or skepticism. Stealing another pretty balloon from the Sanders bandwagon and attaching it to her lying diesel machine does not signal a new direction. Here again, the best Hillary can do is what she's been doing for a very long time.<br /><br />Want to know what Hillary's up to? Don't read her lips; just follow the shadow that follows her everywhere on the dance floor. Her shadow is more telling as a guide than her verbal gymnastics.Jay–Ottawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360356126450612113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-71362458153043865152015-10-08T12:48:56.058-04:002015-10-08T12:48:56.058-04:00@Meredith NYC,
Sanders "pulling Clinton to t...@Meredith NYC,<br /><br />Sanders "pulling Clinton to the left" is a trope right out of the New York Times.<br /><br />The difference between her sudden change of tune and, like, democracy, is that democracy is bottom-up and Hillary is top-down. As in, like, trickle down supply side populist bullshit.Ed Spensernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-8259641162799604452015-10-08T12:08:30.600-04:002015-10-08T12:08:30.600-04:00I for one am tired of the finger to the wind phras...I for one am tired of the finger to the wind phrase, especially a ‘moistened’ finger. That’s for when we don’t like the conclusion so we call them hypocrites. But let’s ask, what’s the diff betw that and like, ‘democracy’? Politicians respond to public opinion, to changes in attitudes, and to pressure from voters and from their competitors for office. Is that necessarily finger in the wind hypocrisy? <br /><br />Sanders has pulled Clinton left on this. She says TPP has developed worse and is revising her opinion. Now those faux liberals who are only weakly opposing TPP will have to notice how the trend is going, and how it makes them look. <br />Meredith NYCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-67504469150738005292015-10-08T11:50:51.888-04:002015-10-08T11:50:51.888-04:00Love the dance metaphor and ballet photo--a long s...Love the dance metaphor and ballet photo--a long stretch! Also see Krugman blog--says he's doing more research on TPP, we await his findings! Yet didn't he win the nobel for international trade research, or something? <br /><br />Off topic but interesting. <br /><br />Karen, and all......When you get a chance, you might look at these from public editor blog nyt. What do you think?<br /><br />Readers Will Rule, Says The Times, So Don’t Be Shy<br />Oct. 7. Margaret Sullivan.<br />Sullivan says:<br /><br />“A sweeping memo sent Wednesday to the Times staff (and quickly made public) lays out big ambitions for the company’s next five years. Most notably, the goal is to double digital revenue to $800 million by 2020.<br />The key paragraph: “The recognition that our most devoted readers generate the vast majority of our revenue will have a clarifying effect in setting priorities and confronting tradeoffs. This unites the entire company around the shared goal of improving the experience for our loyal, habituated audience.<br /><br />So, go ahead and let them hear your voices. You can write topublic@nytimes.com and I’ll forward your mail to the right people. Or you can share your views in the comments here.<br />According to the memo, you are “at the center of everything we do.” Consider yourselves empowered.”<br /><br />So readers will ‘set priorities’? Does that mean better coverage of the 2016 campaign, and better op ed columns on issues??? Did the complaints about Bernie Sanders have any effect? Don’t think so, but I haven’t read everything. <br /><br /><br />AND ALSO –Sullivan’s prior post:<br /><br />As Print Fades, Part 3: Sponsorships and Start-ups<br />She says:<br />“This is the third post in an occasional series looking at The Times’s efforts to survive and thrive in the digital age.<br /><br />The description of a new job in The Times’s newsroom would have been startling just a few years ago. Even last week, it was enough to cause many Times journalists to do a double take.<br /><br />A memo from The Times’s executive and editorial page editors announced on Thursday that a senior editor, Trish Hall, is being assigned to:<br /><br />— Work with the newsroom and opinion department to “analyze articles and projects that are in the works and might lend themselves to sponsorship.” In doing so, she will work in close contact and cooperation with the head of advertising at The Times.”<br /><br />Sponsorship???? What does this mean? Yikes! <br />Meredith NYCnoreply@blogger.com