Nice data to have, Glen, thank you. E
> On Nov 21, 2017, at 11:02 AM, ┣glen┫ <geprope...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I don't know. I *wish* that were the case, that the (mostly) lawyers we > elect to argue about stuff we don't want to argue about, were crafty enough > to plant poison pills. Was it Napoleon who said: "Never ascribe malice where > incompetence will suffice."? We could modify that slightly to: Never ascribe > cleverness where incompetence will suffice. But I'm gullible. Our (Oregon) > congress members seem relatively authentic, even our Republican. But who > knows? > > > https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/disliking-congress-as-a-whole-and-as-individuals/ > > On 11/21/2017 04:38 AM, Eric Smith wrote: >> I wonder if the relevant committees, too cowardly to fight t in the open, >> are looking for small proxy wars that would absolve them of the >> responsibility for being associated with a tax plan even they don’t think >> they could get away with indefinitely through the next several election >> cycles. After all, they are mean, and in many fundamental things profoundly >> stupid, but in terms of infighting tactics and evading responsibility they >> are quite sophisticated. >> >> I guess that question turns on whether the elimintation of this one item >> would have any significant effect on the form or passage of the rest of the >> package. >> >> Shame I have no professional knowledge in this sphere. I don’t even know >> enough about the ones drafting the bill to have a sense of whether meanness, >> or cowardly shrewdness, are more plausible motives for their choices. > > > -- > ␦glen? > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
