tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14028500.post7112620266693362299..comments2023-10-11T02:51:41.729-05:00Comments on Voices in My Head: How to VoteTobiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14930468887760990485noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14028500.post-27399251668273964012007-06-29T09:59:00.000-05:002007-06-29T09:59:00.000-05:00I wish that I could say that I misunderstood the m...I wish that I could say that I misunderstood the man, because it would go a long way to explain why the whole class sat there nodding sagely and taking notes, but I really don't know how else to understand 'you can't vote for the person who's best for you personally- you have to pick the one that's best for you as a citizen' fading into a musing about the fine lines between pork and bribing voters.<BR/><BR/>The saddest thing is that this man is a self-described conservative, one of the only people in the country to oppose Barak's judicial activism, not to mention a university professor.Tobiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14930468887760990485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14028500.post-88592325298396058232007-06-29T09:54:00.000-05:002007-06-29T09:54:00.000-05:00You either misunderstood the professor, or he is s...You either misunderstood the professor, or he is some kind of slogan spouting, banner waving, Socialistic vestigial organ. I'd like to give him the benefit of the doubt.<BR/><BR/>This is why colleges should only teach math and science. Not much to misunderstand in surface integrals and Laplace transforms :)e-kvetcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11235994048517019317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14028500.post-2289401949848454462007-06-28T15:14:00.000-05:002007-06-28T15:14:00.000-05:00Wow, that is a shocker. I meant more of the bridge...Wow, that is a shocker. I meant more of the bridge to nowhere, etc. sort of subsidies than contracts.Tobiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14930468887760990485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14028500.post-88555754074871617942007-06-28T14:34:00.000-05:002007-06-28T14:34:00.000-05:00I concur with your analysis (is that a first?) but...I concur with your analysis (is that a first?) but wanted to clarify: did you mean pork, or political pork, i.e. favoring your own constituency for giving government contracts.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09474963382678641526noreply@blogger.com