Well, of course, he sez that; he's just doing his masters' bidding

Walker Says Entitlements Should Be Cut to Reduce Deficit.  (Bloomberg, 2/22/2013)

Achieving Further Deficit Reduction Solely Through Spending Cuts Entails Cutting Entitlements That Benefit the Poor and Middle Class While Shielding the Biggest Entitlements for the Wealthy.  (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 1/9/2013)

Excerpt:     Republicans say that from here on, we should do only spending cuts, focusing on entitlement programs. But their approach to entitlements is highly selective — they seek to cut the entitlement programs on the spending side of the budget, whose benefits go overwhelmingly to middle-class and poor families. But they want no deficit reduction to come from the most wasteful and inefficient of entitlements — those embedded in the tax code

The Faces of the "Campaign to Fix the Debt"

Why are these people smiling?

Or, in Simpson's case, doing his best approximation.

17 white men.

3 white women.

1 Hispanic man.

Committee to Fix the Debt.  Who We Are.

Unfortunately, the website doesn't provide the tab What We're Worth.

Pete Peterson’s “Fix the Debt” Astroturf Supergroup Detailed in New Online Resource at PetersonPyramid.org.  (Center for Media and Democracy PR Watch, 2/21/2013)

Excerpt:   One of the most hypocritical corporate PR campaigns in decades is advancing inside the beltway, attempting to convince the White House, Congress, and the American people that another cataclysmic economic crisis is around the corner that will destroy our economy unless urgent action is taken. Soon this astroturf supergroup may be coming to a state near you.

Finding a Good Rule of Thumb, the Point of "Gentle Acceptance", in the Noise Debate

Discord:  The story of noise

New York Times book review, 12/31/2012

Finding Your Own Cone of Silence.  (Print Headline).  The New York Times, 2/20/2013.

Excerpt, with editing for LIS 712 discussion. In the travel library milieu, noise has become so commonplace that it’s increasingly being managed with rules, like cellphone bans* on buses and quiet  cars on trains areas and study rooms.

*Back Talk:  The Cell-Phone Police.  (Library Journal, 5/1/2009)

The author of the article used SurveyMonkey to get feedback on the issue from library users and library staff.

Then there are some moments -- a storytime morning in a library with an open floor plan, for example --  when the following advice needs to be taken to heart.

Andy Puddicombe, Headspace

"Gentle acceptance", as Puddicombe calls it.