Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Have Republican primary voters given up on the "Center"
Politico’s Mike Allen states what should be obvious to all but the most radical members of the "Right," the simple truth that 15% of their party is forcing their candidates into positions that alienate the center.The result will cost them an election they might easily have won.
Take a piece of paper, fold it in half horizontally, then fold it again vertically, open the paper up and where the folds intersect is the center. America is not a "Center-right" nation, nor is it "Center-left;" just like the piece of paper, the center is where the lines cross. Yes over time the views held change, evolve, but the center will always be that place where the majority of people are standing. It is clear that a strong force within the Republican party is dragging their candidates to stand by their side, and that is no where near the center.
There is an ever increasing likelihood that Mitt Romney will fail to win Michigan Tuesday,leaving Santorum the front-runner, and will clearly send panic through the power structure of the Republican establishment. Why, because they can "Do-The-Math." When polls show where the majority of voters are on abortion, contraception, raising taxes the top 1%, health care, it is clear that the "Center" is not within walking distance of their candidates. So there is a push to "Find someone new," the problem for the moderate-wing of Republicans is that these fresh-blood candidates will be stuck with the same contaminated needles and contract the same disease,
No one party holds the lock on good ideas, America has benefited from the give and take of our two-party system; but historically the parties have never been so far apart, (At least not in the past 40 years)
Had the republicans ran and nominated a center candidate, they would have a very substantial chance at winning in 2012, but it seems they will end up with a person at the top of the ticket that is out of touch with the center of American public opinion.
Take a piece of paper, fold it in half horizontally, then fold it again vertically, open the paper up and where the folds intersect is the center. America is not a "Center-right" nation, nor is it "Center-left;" just like the piece of paper, the center is where the lines cross. Yes over time the views held change, evolve, but the center will always be that place where the majority of people are standing. It is clear that a strong force within the Republican party is dragging their candidates to stand by their side, and that is no where near the center.
There is an ever increasing likelihood that Mitt Romney will fail to win Michigan Tuesday,leaving Santorum the front-runner, and will clearly send panic through the power structure of the Republican establishment. Why, because they can "Do-The-Math." When polls show where the majority of voters are on abortion, contraception, raising taxes the top 1%, health care, it is clear that the "Center" is not within walking distance of their candidates. So there is a push to "Find someone new," the problem for the moderate-wing of Republicans is that these fresh-blood candidates will be stuck with the same contaminated needles and contract the same disease,
No one party holds the lock on good ideas, America has benefited from the give and take of our two-party system; but historically the parties have never been so far apart, (At least not in the past 40 years)
Had the republicans ran and nominated a center candidate, they would have a very substantial chance at winning in 2012, but it seems they will end up with a person at the top of the ticket that is out of touch with the center of American public opinion.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Super Model, Super Perfection
We live in the age of Photoshop, where companies will pay photographers to take the best, most flattering photo of their product or celebrity, and then go the next step and "Improve" on reality.
Most of the time Photoshop is used to "Fix" the same types of issues that film photographers have dealt with for decades. They can range from removing glare or a reflection of the photo lights on the subject, simplifying a background so as to make the subject stand out. But with the invention of Photoshop, we see companies and celebrities alike demanding that "A bit of work be done" in an attempt for perfection.
Please understand, I would love to have a professional "Work on" any image of me; since I can use all the help I can get. That said, it is a little disconcerting when Super Models find they are not ready for publication without hours of a trained person being spent "Fixing the image. But I am NO SUPER MODEL ! I need all the help I can get.
But the Idea that some one would take a look at her, and say "No I think she needs a bit of work seems a bit hard to believe.
If Kate Upton is not hot enough to appear on the cover of a magazine without Photoshop magic, what chance would the rest of us have?
It becomes easy to understand why so many young woman have eating disorders, and feel bad about the way they look, if even those one out of a thousand winners in the genetics lottery still fall short of the perfection magazines lead us to believe are common place.
So much for perfection, I like the before image better.
Most of the time Photoshop is used to "Fix" the same types of issues that film photographers have dealt with for decades. They can range from removing glare or a reflection of the photo lights on the subject, simplifying a background so as to make the subject stand out. But with the invention of Photoshop, we see companies and celebrities alike demanding that "A bit of work be done" in an attempt for perfection.
Please understand, I would love to have a professional "Work on" any image of me; since I can use all the help I can get. That said, it is a little disconcerting when Super Models find they are not ready for publication without hours of a trained person being spent "Fixing the image. But I am NO SUPER MODEL ! I need all the help I can get.
But the Idea that some one would take a look at her, and say "No I think she needs a bit of work seems a bit hard to believe.
So much for perfection, I like the before image better.
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