Comments on: All The Money In The World Won't Help Jeb http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/ Reality-based political commentary Tue, 28 Apr 2026 21:51:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68261 Michale Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:43:07 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68261 <I>The semiotic arc of the Bush campaign:</I> <B>"Are these like... auto-erotica...??"</B> -Lawyer, JURASSIC PARK :D Sorry, TS, but when you first glance at your comment (and have a predilection towards that) it looks like 'auto-erotica'... Michale 695 The semiotic arc of the Bush campaign:

"Are these like... auto-erotica...??"
-Lawyer, JURASSIC PARK

:D

Sorry, TS, but when you first glance at your comment (and have a predilection towards that) it looks like 'auto-erotica'...

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]]> By: TheStig http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68217 TheStig Wed, 30 Dec 2015 20:03:44 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68217 The semiotic arc of the Bush campaign: JEB! -> JEB* The semiotic arc of the Bush campaign:

JEB! -> JEB*

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68175 Michale Wed, 30 Dec 2015 11:03:50 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68175 <I>1. Produce around the U.S. will get more expensive Good problem to have.</I> Not for the Middle Class.. But who cares about dem arseholes, right!?? :D Michale 653 1. Produce around the U.S. will get more expensive

Good problem to have.

Not for the Middle Class..

But who cares about dem arseholes, right!?? :D

Michale
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]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68172 neilm Wed, 30 Dec 2015 06:17:23 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68172 Michale[6]: "Why is California starving for water??" Because California are putting too much water to agriculture. There is plenty of water for humans, and even their lawns. If California decides to focus water on technology instead of agriculture: 1. Produce around the U.S. will get more expensive 2. California will get even richer from an unlimited opportunity for the world's best minds wanting to go to CA. Good problem to have. Michale[6]: "Why is California starving for water??"

Because California are putting too much water to agriculture. There is plenty of water for humans, and even their lawns. If California decides to focus water on technology instead of agriculture:

1. Produce around the U.S. will get more expensive
2. California will get even richer from an unlimited opportunity for the world's best minds wanting to go to CA.

Good problem to have.

]]> By: nypoet22 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68168 nypoet22 Wed, 30 Dec 2015 00:49:00 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68168 @ts, agree that jeb is more like bush 1 than bush 2, and it hurts him in the public eye. i'm conflicted on jeb. i think he'd probably make a better president than anybody else in the current GOP field (not that that's saying much). i really despise his for-profit education policy, but i believe he's the republican least likely to start the next world war or great depression (and that's saying something). JL @ts,

agree that jeb is more like bush 1 than bush 2, and it hurts him in the public eye. i'm conflicted on jeb. i think he'd probably make a better president than anybody else in the current GOP field (not that that's saying much). i really despise his for-profit education policy, but i believe he's the republican least likely to start the next world war or great depression (and that's saying something).

JL

]]> By: John From Censornati http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68167 John From Censornati Tue, 29 Dec 2015 22:54:24 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68167 Windows 10 article: http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2015/08/windows_10_privacy_problems_here_s_how_bad_they_are_and_how_to_plug_them.html Windows 10 article:

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2015/08/windows_10_privacy_problems_here_s_how_bad_they_are_and_how_to_plug_them.html

]]> By: John From Censornati http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68166 John From Censornati Tue, 29 Dec 2015 22:52:53 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68166 If you have Windows 8 on your computer, I recommend downloading the "classic start" program from this website: https://ninite.com/ If you have Windows 8 on your computer, I recommend downloading the "classic start" program from this website: https://ninite.com/

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68165 Michale Tue, 29 Dec 2015 20:24:04 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68165 <I>What's the opinion of Trump's attacks on Bubba?? Are Bubba's antics legitimate campaign targets??</I> No takers?? I am shocked.. SHOCKED I tell ya!!! :D I'll take that ta mean that ya'all feel that the antics ARE a legitimate campaign target, but ya just don't want it on record as agreeing with me.. :D Michale 650 What's the opinion of Trump's attacks on Bubba??

Are Bubba's antics legitimate campaign targets??

No takers??

I am shocked.. SHOCKED I tell ya!!! :D

I'll take that ta mean that ya'all feel that the antics ARE a legitimate campaign target, but ya just don't want it on record as agreeing with me.. :D

Michale
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]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68164 Michale Tue, 29 Dec 2015 16:12:51 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68164 So, if I may veer off topic for a moment.. Shocker.. yea I know. :D What's the opinion of Trump's attacks on Bubba?? Are Bubba's antics legitimate campaign targets?? Michale 649 So, if I may veer off topic for a moment..

Shocker.. yea I know. :D

What's the opinion of Trump's attacks on Bubba??

Are Bubba's antics legitimate campaign targets??

Michale
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]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68163 Michale Tue, 29 Dec 2015 16:11:35 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68163 Yea, I got to admit, it's pretty ham-handed of M$ to force Win10 on everyone.. But, it keeps me in $$$ so I don't complain too much.. :D Michale 648 Yea, I got to admit, it's pretty ham-handed of M$ to force Win10 on everyone..

But, it keeps me in $$$ so I don't complain too much.. :D

Michale
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]]> By: TheStig http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68162 TheStig Tue, 29 Dec 2015 15:25:24 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68162 M-14. My overriding reason was that MS kept sending my perfectly useful Windows 7 machine little bit of "upgrade to 10" diagnostic code that crashed it. When the diagnostic finally ran, my machine was judged not up gradable. This is like forced religious conversion - you might feel compelled to do it, but you sure aren't going to like it. If that's not enough, my vintage stereo amp went down last night...uuuuuuuhhuuuuhuuu. I'm keeping my local economy humming. M-14. My overriding reason was that MS kept sending my perfectly useful Windows 7 machine little bit of "upgrade to 10" diagnostic code that crashed it. When the diagnostic finally ran, my machine was judged not up gradable. This is like forced religious conversion - you might feel compelled to do it, but you sure aren't going to like it.

If that's not enough, my vintage stereo amp went down last night...uuuuuuuhhuuuuhuuu. I'm keeping my local economy humming.

]]> By: TheStig http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68161 TheStig Tue, 29 Dec 2015 15:15:14 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68161 Anybody else remember the poem "Reinstalling Windows?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycWAl3Fg6MQ It still resonates - except maybe the "it cost a thousand pounds" bit. Fairly hard to spend that much these days on a Windows Machine. It will be just my luck if this hangs in the filter...or my cat sends it a couple times. Anybody else remember the poem "Reinstalling Windows?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycWAl3Fg6MQ

It still resonates - except maybe the "it cost a thousand pounds" bit. Fairly hard to spend that much these days on a Windows Machine.

It will be just my luck if this hangs in the filter...or my cat sends it a couple times.

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68160 Michale Tue, 29 Dec 2015 15:13:18 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68160 <I>One final comment. Don't covert to Windows 10 until you absolutely must. It's not a bad operating system, once you clean up the messy installation, but not good enough to justify the bundled malware, browser highjacking and three restorations to factory specs. Just read MSoft's own blog on the subject of "how do you like it" ....scathing!!! Let shlubs like me clear the minefield first.</I> I always tell my customers, unless you have an overriding or compelling reason to upgrade to Win10, stick with Win7.... I have been using it for over a year now and I really like it, it's minor glitches notwithstanding... The only exception is, if they have Win8... Get rid of that ASAP... Michale 647 One final comment. Don't covert to Windows 10 until you absolutely must. It's not a bad operating system, once you clean up the messy installation, but not good enough to justify the bundled malware, browser highjacking and three restorations to factory specs. Just read MSoft's own blog on the subject of "how do you like it" ....scathing!!! Let shlubs like me clear the minefield first.

I always tell my customers, unless you have an overriding or compelling reason to upgrade to Win10, stick with Win7....

I have been using it for over a year now and I really like it, it's minor glitches notwithstanding...

The only exception is, if they have Win8... Get rid of that ASAP...

Michale
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]]> By: TheStig http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68159 TheStig Tue, 29 Dec 2015 15:03:49 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68159 The electorate seems to have a bad case of Bush Fatigue. JEB._ is too much like Poppy and not enough like Dubya to play well to current GOP lust for loud and bombastic. In general, very few Americans seem to miss either Bush I or Bush II, in spite of a few large billboards arguing the contrary. Perhaps JEB._ can take some comfort in the fact that he is a solid 5th place in the Betfair exchange, with a 10% chance of winning the nomination. Maybe some investors still see some end game promise in his Florida residency and Spanish fluency. If I was arbitraging, and I'm not, throwing a little long shot money his way wouldn't seem completely crazy. One final comment. Don't covert to Windows 10 until you absolutely must. It's not a bad operating system, once you clean up the messy installation, but not good enough to justify the bundled malware, browser highjacking and three restorations to factory specs. Just read MSoft's own blog on the subject of "how do you like it" ....scathing!!! Let shlubs like me clear the minefield first. The electorate seems to have a bad case of Bush Fatigue. JEB._ is too much like Poppy and not enough like Dubya to play well to current GOP lust for loud and bombastic. In general, very few Americans seem to miss either Bush I or Bush II, in spite of a few large billboards arguing the contrary.

Perhaps JEB._ can take some comfort in the fact that he is a solid 5th place in the Betfair exchange, with a 10% chance of winning the nomination. Maybe some investors still see some end game promise in his Florida residency and Spanish fluency. If I was arbitraging, and I'm not, throwing a little long shot money his way wouldn't seem completely crazy.

One final comment. Don't covert to Windows 10 until you absolutely must. It's not a bad operating system, once you clean up the messy installation, but not good enough to justify the bundled malware, browser highjacking and three restorations to factory specs. Just read MSoft's own blog on the subject of "how do you like it" ....scathing!!! Let shlubs like me clear the minefield first.

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68158 Michale Tue, 29 Dec 2015 15:00:24 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68158 Damn.. Thought I caught it in time.. :^/ Michale 646 Damn.. Thought I caught it in time.. :^/

Michale
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]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68157 Michale Tue, 29 Dec 2015 14:59:54 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68157 <I>Can ya'all help me out??? :D</I> <B>Sure... We can help ya out.. Which way did ya come in??"</B> -Weigantians :D heh Michale 645 Can ya'all help me out??? :D

Sure... We can help ya out.. Which way did ya come in??"
-Weigantians

:D heh

Michale
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]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68156 Michale Tue, 29 Dec 2015 14:59:34 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68156 <I>Can ya'all help me out??? :D</I> </B>Sure... We can help ya out.. Which way did ya come in??"</B> -Weigantians :D heh Michale 645 Can ya'all help me out??? :D

Sure... We can help ya out.. Which way did ya come in??"
-Weigantians

:D heh

Michale
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]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68155 Michale Tue, 29 Dec 2015 14:58:52 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68155 I would like to hit 800 comments by New Years Day eve... Can ya'all help me out??? :D Michale 644 I would like to hit 800 comments by New Years Day eve...

Can ya'all help me out??? :D

Michale
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]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68153 Michale Tue, 29 Dec 2015 11:49:44 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68153 <I> He seems to be able to absorb a great deal of humiliation. That's important in a presidential candidate.</I> Yea... Obama has proven that time and time again beyond any doubt.. :D Michale 642 He seems to be able to absorb a great deal of humiliation. That's important in a presidential candidate.

Yea...

Obama has proven that time and time again beyond any doubt.. :D

Michale
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]]> By: John From Censornati http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68151 John From Censornati Tue, 29 Dec 2015 11:18:19 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68151 Instead of mocking him, you would think that the corporate media would try a little harder to prop JEB up at least until his bankroll is depleted. They mock him instead. He seems to be able to absorb a great deal of humiliation. That's important in a presidential candidate. Instead of mocking him, you would think that the corporate media would try a little harder to prop JEB up at least until his bankroll is depleted. They mock him instead. He seems to be able to absorb a great deal of humiliation. That's important in a presidential candidate.

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68149 Michale Tue, 29 Dec 2015 11:03:02 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68149 <I> steering a good course for California </I> Yea??? Why is California starving for water?? Mismanagement... Why is California the liberal joke of the country?? :D Granted, I don't have much room to talk because Florida is a close second and up and coming. :D And I will say that California at least is not Detroit or Chicago or Baltimore... YET.... All in all, I can't be TOO hard as I am a born and bred Southern Californian.. :D Michale 639 steering a good course for California

Yea???

Why is California starving for water??

Mismanagement...

Why is California the liberal joke of the country?? :D

Granted, I don't have much room to talk because Florida is a close second and up and coming. :D

And I will say that California at least is not Detroit or Chicago or Baltimore...

YET....

All in all, I can't be TOO hard as I am a born and bred Southern Californian.. :D

Michale
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]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68147 Michale Tue, 29 Dec 2015 10:50:30 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68147 <I>All of which leads me to believe, two things ... number one, that a great candidate will prevail over big money and, number two, that the overabundance of big money in the American political process is a problem that ranks much, much lower than does the paucity of great American leaders.</I> Well said, Liz... :D What I take away from that is, if a candidate loses against Big Money, that candidate wasn't all that good to begin with.. So, maybe it's a GOOD thing that Big Money was in the campaign... :D Michale 637 All of which leads me to believe, two things ... number one, that a great candidate will prevail over big money and, number two, that the overabundance of big money in the American political process is a problem that ranks much, much lower than does the paucity of great American leaders.

Well said, Liz... :D

What I take away from that is, if a candidate loses against Big Money, that candidate wasn't all that good to begin with.. So, maybe it's a GOOD thing that Big Money was in the campaign... :D

Michale
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]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68144 Elizabeth Miller Tue, 29 Dec 2015 07:56:05 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68144 ... am I right or am I right? ... am I right or am I right?

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68143 Elizabeth Miller Tue, 29 Dec 2015 05:35:07 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68143 <I>Bit of a Jerry Brown fan I take it.</I> Yeah, a bit. :) He would have made a fine presidential candidate if he wasn't already otherwise occupied - steering a good course for California and leading the world! You make a very good point about TV ads. On the other hand, I don't believe Trump has put much money in ads. He just happens to have enough of it to make him believe that he is a credible candidate for an effective US president and leader of the free world. If there were someone - of either party - in the race who was of the caliber of a Jerry Brown or a Joe Biden who could effectively silence a character like Trump through cogent discourse and intelligent analysis of the critical issues and challenges of the day and how best to resolve and meet them, consistently and repetitively out on the campaign trail, then I think Trump's money and ego could easily be taken out of the equation. Bit of a Jerry Brown fan I take it.

Yeah, a bit. :)

He would have made a fine presidential candidate if he wasn't already otherwise occupied - steering a good course for California and leading the world!

You make a very good point about TV ads.

On the other hand, I don't believe Trump has put much money in ads. He just happens to have enough of it to make him believe that he is a credible candidate for an effective US president and leader of the free world.

If there were someone - of either party - in the race who was of the caliber of a Jerry Brown or a Joe Biden who could effectively silence a character like Trump through cogent discourse and intelligent analysis of the critical issues and challenges of the day and how best to resolve and meet them, consistently and repetitively out on the campaign trail, then I think Trump's money and ego could easily be taken out of the equation.

]]> By: neilm http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68142 neilm Tue, 29 Dec 2015 05:14:41 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68142 Elizabeth[1]: Bit of a Jerry Brown fan I take it. Me too. Perhaps what we are seeing is an electorate that is learning how to dampen the impact of money. I've not watched a TV ad for years (if I want to watch a program I record it and watch it 15-30 mins after the start so I can skip thru the ads), and I barely notice online ads. Humans are pattern recognizing rationalizing agents, and perhaps we are learning how to recognize the 'selling me a politician' pitch, and tune them out. Let's face it, we are completely surrounded by screens all the time, TV is an old way to make an impact. Elizabeth[1]: Bit of a Jerry Brown fan I take it. Me too.

Perhaps what we are seeing is an electorate that is learning how to dampen the impact of money. I've not watched a TV ad for years (if I want to watch a program I record it and watch it 15-30 mins after the start so I can skip thru the ads), and I barely notice online ads.

Humans are pattern recognizing rationalizing agents, and perhaps we are learning how to recognize the 'selling me a politician' pitch, and tune them out. Let's face it, we are completely surrounded by screens all the time, TV is an old way to make an impact.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2015/12/28/all-the-money-in-the-world-wont-help-jeb/#comment-68141 Elizabeth Miller Tue, 29 Dec 2015 02:39:26 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=11636#comment-68141 <I>To be blunt, the voters weren't buying what the Republican campaigns were selling.</I> There may be a bit more to it than that, especially in the case of Brown versus Whitman. That is to say that the former Governor, Jerry Brown, being the quintessential "up-wing" candidate, was a <I>formidable</I> force, in every sense of the word. Which awakened a latent tendency among voters to yearn and to hope for something better - someone better, someone who could bring honour and intelligence to the political process and confirm - for the pragmatic idealists among us - that politics can indeed be an honourable profession. Against such a honourable candidate as Jerry Brown, the mere availability of big money - and, let's face it, that's all that Meg Whitman had going for her in the 2010 race for the governorship of California - is no match. All of which leads me to believe, two things ... number one, that a great candidate will prevail over big money and, number two, that the overabundance of big money in the American political process is a problem that ranks much, much lower than does the paucity of great American leaders. To be blunt, the voters weren't buying what the Republican campaigns were selling.

There may be a bit more to it than that, especially in the case of Brown versus Whitman.

That is to say that the former Governor, Jerry Brown, being the quintessential "up-wing" candidate, was a formidable force, in every sense of the word. Which awakened a latent tendency among voters to yearn and to hope for something better - someone better, someone who could bring honour and intelligence to the political process and confirm - for the pragmatic idealists among us - that politics can indeed be an honourable profession.

Against such a honourable candidate as Jerry Brown, the mere availability of big money - and, let's face it, that's all that Meg Whitman had going for her in the 2010 race for the governorship of California - is no match.

All of which leads me to believe, two things ... number one, that a great candidate will prevail over big money and, number two, that the overabundance of big money in the American political process is a problem that ranks much, much lower than does the paucity of great American leaders.

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