Lonely At The Top

The Greek Prime Minister teeters between resignation and securing a debt deal with his former EU buddies.
"Even if he survives the coming hours or days in office, the prime minister is widely seen as having expended nearly all his political capital. Ever since Greece asked for a bailout from the European Union in April 2010, he has struggled to satisfy seemingly irreconcilable constituencies: the Greek electorate and Greece’s foreign lenders, who have insisted on tough austerity measures in exchange for aid, pushing Greek democracy to the breaking point."

Source: NY Times
"Politicians ratings will continue to fall aligning with a continued decline in mass social mood. Incumbents beware."
Random Roving, January 1, 2010

Newt's Bumpy Start

Well as predicted, Newt has made it official.  He's already making apologies for campaign speeches.  It will be very interesting to watch him rise to Team Red's #1 candidate.  Why will he?  He's a "known quantity", calm demeanor during chaotic times, and they'll build a link from him to The Gipper.  Just watch.



"The fear factor is very powerful and effective.  Newt is starting to use it to emerge as the frontrunner for Team Red."
Random Roving, September 29, 2010

"Lets see if Newt, their link to The Gipper, will be their man."
Random Roving, January 24, 2011

Sayonara Sarah

"Sarah Palin's favorability rating among Republicans continues to slide as the former vice presidential nominee mulls a White House bid, according to a new survey.  A Washington Post/ABC News poll released Wednesday indicates 58 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents give Palin high marks, a 30-point drop from her favorability rating among the same group in the weeks leading up to the 2008 presidential election. It also marks a 12-point drop from a Washington Post/ABC News poll last fall when the former Alaska governor traveled the country on behalf of a string of congressional candidates."

Source: CNN

"I may have missed my opportunity to 'call a top' to Palin's euphoric rise.  The fact that some are trying to pin responsibility on her for the shootings in Tuscon might indicate she's 'playing the back nine' when it comes to popularity.  The commencement of the reality show for sure will pinpoint the 'all time high'.  It can only be downhill from here."
Random Roving, January 24, 2011

Who Shot The Sheriff?

Last Saturday afternoon after watching the Tuscon shooting news story develop live, I made a post about it. I presented the comments made by the sheriff, Clarence Dupnik, during his news conference.  I've reposted those below.  While listening to him speak, nothing seemed political to me.  I admire him for "telling it like it is".  I believe that he provided his description of declining mass social mood.  It was amazing to watch the Fox News Militia attack him all week.  The "big baffoon", Rush, took him on.

"When you look at unbalanced people, how they respond to the vitriol that comes out of certain mouths about tearing down the government. The anger, the hatred, the bigotry that goes on in this country is getting to be outrageous. Let me just say one thing, because people tend to poo-poo this business about all the vitriol that we hear inflaming the American public by people who make a living off of doing that. That may be free speech. But it's not without consequences."
Clarence Dupnik, Pima County Sheriff

Not Without Consequences

A sad, tragic day for the country.  A lunatic swept up in the cycle decides to make a statement.  It appears that this 22 year old had issues with non-perfect English speaking people and the government.  Sorry Fox news, but once again, this guy doesn't appear to be a Muslim.  Another white, homegrown American.  Angry at 22 years old.

I thought that these comments by the Arizona sheriff were right on the mark:
"When you look at unbalanced people, how they respond to the vitriol that comes out of certain mouths about tearing down the government. The anger, the hatred, the bigotry that goes on in this country is getting to be outrageous.  Let me just say one thing, because people tend to poo-poo this business about all the vitriol that we hear inflaming the American public by people who make a living off of doing that. That may be free speech. But it's not without consequences."

Yes, we will see consequences.

"The younger generation is awaking to the fact that their parents squandered their future."
Random Roving, January 1, 2011

"The mob will get even more angry. Beware of the angry white American man carrying the Bible."
Random Roving, January 1, 2010

"The mob is angrier than ever. The angry white American bible carrying man hasn't made his statement yet."
Random Roving, January 1, 2011
Well, like the lunatic in Austin last year, he's white and angry, but he left his bible home.

"When the tide is rising, we're happy participants, but when it lowers we seek someone other than ourselves to blame."
Random Roving, March 7, 2009

"Politicians ratings will continue to fall aligning with a continued decline in mass social mood. Incumbents beware."
Random Roving, January 1, 2010

"The mob is angrier than ever so they'll try to throw out as many incumbents as possible.  The Tea Party is still just a light version of what is to come."
Random Roving, November 2, 2010

An interesting point to note is that Giffords barely won the recent election by 4,000 votes over a Tea Party candidate.  She is a third term representative.

"The ratings fall is dead on, but a few incumbents survived.  Not for long though."
Random Roving, January 1, 2011

 The only valid point that this criminal might have made on his web postings is that our currency needs to be backed by gold.

Stayed tuned. More craziness to come.

Tears & Fears

Sleep securely, our new leadership is in place.  I hope that Putin doesn't get a hold of him!

The Loss of Confidence Part 2

"Public confidence in government is at one of the lowest points in a half century, according to a survey from the Pew Research Center. Nearly 8 in 10 Americans say they don't trust the federal government and have little faith it can solve America's ills, the survey found. The survey illustrates the ominous situation President Barack Obama and the Democratic Party face as they struggle to maintain their comfortable congressional majorities in this fall's elections. Midterm prospects are typically tough for the party in power. Add a toxic environment like this and lots of incumbent Democrats could be out of work." The Associated Press 4-19-10

The Mass Social Mood Model

"Politicians ratings will continue to fall aligning with a continued decline in mass social mood. Incumbents beware."
Random Roving - January 1, 2010

"When the tide is rising, we're happy participants, but when it lowers we seek someone other than ourselves to blame."
Random Roving - March 7, 2009