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Apparently people voicing their concerns through representatives is an act of rebellion. The media sure can't get enough of this story. With inflated language,

Apparently people voicing their concerns through representatives is an act of rebellion. The media sure can't get enough of this story. With inflated language, talking about collapse, teetering on the edge, rebellion, etc. This is government in action. They don't always agree and that's called democracy. I don't get all doomsday-prune-canner just because non-essential workers are gonna stay home for a few days.

j_baker 13y ago
It sounds like you missed the tongue-in-cheek tone of the article. It's quite interesting to me to see how the media would report on these events if they were happening in another country.
- the_watcher 13y ago
  I agree that it was an interesting thought experiment, and definitely will make me think twice about drawing conclusions about the internal political issues of another country from an article in The Economist. But the article explicitly called Senator Cruz's filibuster a rebellion, which is simply untrue.
  - j_baker 13y ago
    ...which makes you wonder, when the media calls something a "rebellion" in another country, what is it really?
    - the_watcher 13y ago
      An interesting question, and one I'll keep in mind when reading about other countries from now on. Coup d'taut's by military organizations can probably safely be called rebellions, but purely political disagreements I will be much more wary about drawing conclusions.
- ianstallings 13y ago
  Oh I got it. It was about as funny as a clown at a funeral. I guess people here think it was about showing how the media slants foreign events. But IMHO it's just another liberal rant about how the GOP are obstructionists.
the_watcher 13y ago
>> This is government in action. That's the part that isn't being reported. The choice to shut down the government is built into the US political system, by design. The arguments against shutdown should be based on merits, not a blanket statement that the government cannot be shut down.

j_baker 13y ago

It sounds like you missed the tongue-in-cheek tone of the article. It's quite interesting to me to see how the media would report on these events if they were happening in another country.

the_watcher 13y ago
I agree that it was an interesting thought experiment, and definitely will make me think twice about drawing conclusions about the internal political issues of another country from an article in The Economist. But the article explicitly called Senator Cruz's filibuster a rebellion, which is simply untrue.
- j_baker 13y ago
  ...which makes you wonder, when the media calls something a "rebellion" in another country, what is it really?
  - the_watcher 13y ago
    An interesting question, and one I'll keep in mind when reading about other countries from now on. Coup d'taut's by military organizations can probably safely be called rebellions, but purely political disagreements I will be much more wary about drawing conclusions.
ianstallings 13y ago
Oh I got it. It was about as funny as a clown at a funeral. I guess people here think it was about showing how the media slants foreign events. But IMHO it's just another liberal rant about how the GOP are obstructionists.

the_watcher 13y ago

>> This is government in action. That's the part that isn't being reported. The choice to shut down the government is built into the US political system, by design. The arguments against shutdown should be based on merits, not a blanket statement that the government cannot be shut down.