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The political “mommy wars” and the realities of motherhood - Sun, May 13, 2012In a rundown of the news stories "You Should Know", Chris Hayes argues that the lawmakers who can't bring themselves to say the word "transvaginal" out loud "shouldn't be legislating vaginas at all."
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Over the past decade, Americans watched in bafflement and rage as one institution after another – from Wall Street to Congress, the Catholic Church to corporate America, even Major League Baseball – imploded under the weight of corruption and incompetence. In the wake of the Fail Decade, Americans have historically low levels of trust in their institutions; the social contract between ordinary citizens and elites lies in tatters.
How did we get here? With "Twilight of the Elites," Christopher Hayes offers a radically novel answer. Since the 1960s, as the meritocracy elevated a more diverse group of men and women into power, they learned to embrace the accelerating inequality that had placed them near the very top. Their ascension heightened social distance and spawned a new American elite--one more prone to failure and corruption than any that came before it.
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...wow--what an egotistical, arrogant and inappropriate display by Albo. In the dictionary with the word unctuous we might now find his picture... how cavalier and uncaring of him to joke about proposals so insidious and unjust. My thanks to Democrat Dave Englin for seriously detailing transvaginal ultrasounds -- and speaking out against Albo for his contemptuous infringement.
One can sense an imperial nature with Albo that he would deign to joke about an indignity toward women, plus go on--in a prepared presentation, no less-- about how comfortable his home is, his wife maybe woozy with wine, his kids all right, nice tee-vee, lucky and getting luckier--it was truly a repulsive moment that I wish I had back. Swaggering and self-important, pompous-- and presumptuous that he would think such self-serving callowness deserves to be heard.
"When men are most sure and arrogant, they are commonly most mistaken."--David Hume
"Lawmakers Who Can't Say 'Transvaginal'"
Shorter version --> Why can't a woman be more like a man?
Is there any way Chris could put up a list of his favorite (political) books/books that he is currently reading on the website for his viewers to see?
So excited Sarah Vowell will be on the show next week. Oh man.