:-)

Actually, the problems with management by the Federal Government appear to be features introduced to serve those who own it.

Magically proclaiming that government is inherently a flawed way to accomplish anything, bordering on the criminal and immoral? That is a fantastical proposition. The corollary is stating that the only objective around which people can operate toward shared purpose is ambition and blind, greedy profit incentive.

The people who sponsored Reagan called him "The Great Communicator", because he so effectively broadcast this type of brainwashing. This type of belief has become the principal defect of the American character.

That is if one can use the mythical beast of national-character, to make a point... :-)

It's been done. I don't know if that adds any value along the chain, tho'.

All US airwaves are "public" but regulated.

He could have stopped it politically if the Republicans had the senate too. Or if the democrats were in charge of the house. However if he did that now, it would look like he is trying to strong arm the republicans out of power... And that will just get them more polarized.

If he were to fix that, he could have done that back when he got elected... However he wasted his time and effort on a health care bill, that in order of priorities that the Americans needed, was lower in the list than a lot of other things.

The problem with the house is all the Jury Maundering.

Because of the majority, they will work to keep a hold of their majority, so they keep districts, where their threat of power isn't the other side, but people in your power who will claim you are not far enough into their camp. And because your district with a shape to hold your parties interest, means you can't even once vote across party lines.

In the House democracy has failed, in the area that is normal people, most direct say.

If you are watching live TV you will get the adds. I had a Tivo and I hacked it to skip adds. And you know what I still watched adds on TV, because I didn't want to watch TV with my hands on the remote every time.

Also with the Prerecorded stuff, we tend to watch more TV. (That is why I got rid of the TiVo because I had so much stuff recorded that I spent too much time watching TV) So there was more adds for me to try to skip, and failed.

Mail makes you angry? That's a likely a transferal displacement reaction.

Why do you feel that your mother didn't love you, and when did you first become aware of this feeling? :-)

Right. The existing economy of institutionalised graft, extortion and threat of incarceration is infinitely preferable.

Inefficiency is a point of view - a pipe through which one may look at a system. Efficient to what end? Are you accumulating fat for winter? Or are you efficiently burning everything from your intake?

Some inefficiencies are virtues.

A LOT more.

BTW: I asked my Dominatrix for a "happy ending".

She sang me "The Pina Colada Song", and sent me home.

Trope.

Truism.

Bad analogy.

I could go on...

Unlike the REAL pretense of servicing financial derivatives, or selling cable subscriptions to watch "It's Always Hot in Cleveland"?

All value in an economy is not transactional profit.

In fact, that is the difference between an "Economy" and a "Marketplace". The difference is not taught, and in fact? The confusion is actively promoted.

But the difference between these two things is analogous that between the concepts of "Strategic" and "Tactical".

Oh yeah. Highly and effectively managed...

I remember when Reagan had the limits on commercial message length lifted. All night movies disappeared in months, around '82.

Welcome, Real Estate Seminar Infomercial! John Wayne and Bette Davis gave way to Thom Vu and Sy Sperling.

Culture? Died.

One IS a constructive activity. :-)

I won't labour arguments about that. It is fairly self-evident that one scenario involves violation of property, coupled with an element of coercion and violence. Let's not think of the ramification of encouraging a certain segment to violent, destructive action, while inuring another segment to the inevitability of such violence...

The other involves a sequence of activities that generate marginal commercial value and opportunity for greater social benefit.

So.

Mail carriers too, had their own "greatest generation". :-)