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Peggy Noonan has failed to justify the continued existence of "office culture" and "national culture". As somebody else mentioned, I work for a living. I am not

Peggy Noonan has failed to justify the continued existence of "office culture" and "national culture". As somebody else mentioned, I work for a living. I am not there to make friends. I am there to make money. I am not there to build community. I am there to build software that makes rich assholes even richer, in exchange for pennies on every dollar of value I create.

kweingar 4y ago
Why not go it alone, or with a small team? Then you can keep every dollar of value you create, minus overhead
- EddieDante 4y ago
  I have all of the business acumen of a turnip, and the social skills of a Dalek with a hangover. Besides, 1099 contracts are close enough for my liking.
throwaway5959 4y ago
Peggy Noonan has failed to be relevant for decades and is now a total waste of space. She was recently on Meet the Press where she said Republicans could use their “victory” as an opportunity to go after women voters by changing their tune. She should retire already. What a ghoul. https://www.rawstory.com/peggy-noonan-abortion/ https://www.rawstory.com/peggy-noonan-abortion/
- rayiner 4y ago
  While I agree Peggy Noonan is a Reagan era holdover, this is a poor example of that. Your average “woman” isn’t a college educated white liberal in a big city. There’s a large number of conservative women who oppose abortion, and the majority are squeamish about it and support making it illegal after 13 weeks. That’s especially true of minority voters. Just 29% of Hispanic households that speak Spanish at home think abortion should be legal. And half of Black people in southern states like Georgia also oppose abortion. But these women, whether they vote democrat or Republican, also tend to support more social programs for mothers and children. Noonan is absolutely correct that there’s an opportunity for republicans to kneecap democrats looking to keep Arizona and Georgia blue by appealing to socially conservative women who also reject small government orthodoxy. I’m skeptical republicans can do that—I think they’ll fold as soon as the Chamber of Commerce set comes running back now that Biden wants to raise taxes—but she’s correctly identified the path forward for the GOP.
  - throwaway5959 4y ago
    https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/06/13/about-six-in-ten-americans-say-abortion-should-be-legal-in-all-or-most-cases-2/ft_2022-06-13_abortion_04/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/06/13/about-six-i... That’s not what these numbers say. Can you list sources?
    - JamesBarney 4y ago
      I don't think the numbers you posted disagree with what he said at all. If you make abortion illegal at the 13th week with exceptions for the next two trimesters for rape/incest/fetal viability/health of the mother you end up with 96% of currently performed abortions would still be legal. So I'd like to make abortion illegal after the 13th week is totally compatible with I'd like abortion be legal in most cases.
      - throwaway5959 4y ago
        Yeah but that’s not what a lot of states that want to ban abortion are doing. Edit: honestly, I don’t care. I’m too tired to argue minutiae. Goodnight.
        rayiner 4y ago
        Yeah, now Democrats are talking about total bans, exceptions for rape and incest, etc. But until a couple of months ago, the law of the land was elective abortions until the fetus was viable on the outside, and many 2020 DNC candidates wanted to push further: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/25/us/politics/abortion-laws-2020-democrats.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/25/us/politics/abortion-laws...
    - rayiner 4y ago
      See: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23167397/abortion-public-opinion-polls-americans https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23167397/abortion-pu... and https://news.gallup.com/poll/1576/abortion.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/1576/abortion.aspx and https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/06/jayapals-claim-that-majority-country-supports-federal-funding-abortion https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/06/jayapals-... Insofar as the de facto democrat position is elective abortion to 24 weeks, federal funding, no counseling or waiting periods, and tolerance of “celebrate your abortion” messaging, that cedes territory to the GOP. In states like Texas, 20% of Democrats support abortion only in cases of rape or incest or where the mother’s life is threatened. In those states, the GOP could triangulate a winning position through a heartbeat law coupled with more government support for mothers and children.
tmaly 4y ago
This was an opinion article

kweingar 4y ago

Why not go it alone, or with a small team? Then you can keep every dollar of value you create, minus overhead

EddieDante 4y ago
I have all of the business acumen of a turnip, and the social skills of a Dalek with a hangover. Besides, 1099 contracts are close enough for my liking.

throwaway5959 4y ago

Peggy Noonan has failed to be relevant for decades and is now a total waste of space. She was recently on Meet the Press where she said Republicans could use their “victory” as an opportunity to go after women voters by changing their tune. She should retire already. What a ghoul. https://www.rawstory.com/peggy-noonan-abortion/ https://www.rawstory.com/peggy-noonan-abortion/

rayiner 4y ago
While I agree Peggy Noonan is a Reagan era holdover, this is a poor example of that. Your average “woman” isn’t a college educated white liberal in a big city. There’s a large number of conservative women who oppose abortion, and the majority are squeamish about it and support making it illegal after 13 weeks. That’s especially true of minority voters. Just 29% of Hispanic households that speak Spanish at home think abortion should be legal. And half of Black people in southern states like Georgia also oppose abortion. But these women, whether they vote democrat or Republican, also tend to support more social programs for mothers and children. Noonan is absolutely correct that there’s an opportunity for republicans to kneecap democrats looking to keep Arizona and Georgia blue by appealing to socially conservative women who also reject small government orthodoxy. I’m skeptical republicans can do that—I think they’ll fold as soon as the Chamber of Commerce set comes running back now that Biden wants to raise taxes—but she’s correctly identified the path forward for the GOP.
- throwaway5959 4y ago
  https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/06/13/about-six-in-ten-americans-say-abortion-should-be-legal-in-all-or-most-cases-2/ft_2022-06-13_abortion_04/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/06/13/about-six-i... That’s not what these numbers say. Can you list sources?
  - JamesBarney 4y ago
    I don't think the numbers you posted disagree with what he said at all. If you make abortion illegal at the 13th week with exceptions for the next two trimesters for rape/incest/fetal viability/health of the mother you end up with 96% of currently performed abortions would still be legal. So I'd like to make abortion illegal after the 13th week is totally compatible with I'd like abortion be legal in most cases.
    - throwaway5959 4y ago
      Yeah but that’s not what a lot of states that want to ban abortion are doing. Edit: honestly, I don’t care. I’m too tired to argue minutiae. Goodnight.
      - rayiner 4y ago
        Yeah, now Democrats are talking about total bans, exceptions for rape and incest, etc. But until a couple of months ago, the law of the land was elective abortions until the fetus was viable on the outside, and many 2020 DNC candidates wanted to push further: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/25/us/politics/abortion-laws-2020-democrats.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/25/us/politics/abortion-laws...
  - rayiner 4y ago
    See: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23167397/abortion-public-opinion-polls-americans https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23167397/abortion-pu... and https://news.gallup.com/poll/1576/abortion.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/1576/abortion.aspx and https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/06/jayapals-claim-that-majority-country-supports-federal-funding-abortion https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/06/jayapals-... Insofar as the de facto democrat position is elective abortion to 24 weeks, federal funding, no counseling or waiting periods, and tolerance of “celebrate your abortion” messaging, that cedes territory to the GOP. In states like Texas, 20% of Democrats support abortion only in cases of rape or incest or where the mother’s life is threatened. In those states, the GOP could triangulate a winning position through a heartbeat law coupled with more government support for mothers and children.

tmaly 4y ago

This was an opinion article