tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post114640728218803602..comments2024-03-28T12:10:26.197-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Yes, You're Offensive. No, I'm Not Offended.Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1146681371658347522006-05-03T11:36:00.000-07:002006-05-03T11:36:00.000-07:00Can we move on from the free kittens thing? It jus...Can we move on from the free kittens thing? It just is sounding so tired.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1146537711811851472006-05-01T19:41:00.000-07:002006-05-01T19:41:00.000-07:00Around here, the sign is usually "Free Kittens."Around here, the sign is usually "Free Kittens."Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1146530948983546752006-05-01T17:49:00.000-07:002006-05-01T17:49:00.000-07:00(I think they were yelling 'FREE MUMIA!!')We have ...<I>(I think they were yelling 'FREE MUMIA!!')</I><BR/><BR/>We have all the MUMIA we need. We don't want any more even if ir is FREE!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1146490545455080592006-05-01T06:35:00.000-07:002006-05-01T06:35:00.000-07:00If Cato is still here: By all means, quibble on yo...If Cato is still here: By all means, quibble on your blog, and send us the link! Anyone taking the political argument in the direction of lexigraphical ordering and Pascal's Wager could most likely amplify things here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1146477364579678732006-05-01T02:56:00.000-07:002006-05-01T02:56:00.000-07:00Rorschach -Did you read any of the coverage a few ...Rorschach -<BR/><BR/>Did you read any of the coverage a few weeks ago about the Canadian protests trying to stop the seal hunt? There was a raft filled with PETA types screaming through megaphones (I think they were yelling 'FREE MUMIA!!') at a boat of seal hunters. How did the burly sea-men response to this nuisance?<BR/><BR/>They heaved <I>baby seal carcasses</I> at the moonbats and capsized the raft!!<BR/><BR/>Oh man, it was the funniest thing I'd read in a long time. In fact, as a bonus, there was even some idiot celebrity on the raft, but I forget who now.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, yeah it's lowbrow humor...but try imaging that scene without a smile...c'mon...I dare you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1146473034278545982006-05-01T01:43:00.000-07:002006-05-01T01:43:00.000-07:00JWM:I saw a bumper sticker that was apparently int...JWM:<BR/><BR/>I saw a bumper sticker that was apparently intended to offend the Left as much as possible.<BR/><BR/>It said <B>Nuke The Gay Baby Whales For Jesus</B>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1146457727257787682006-04-30T21:28:00.000-07:002006-04-30T21:28:00.000-07:00Yankee - Why not you? Your minor league stats are ...Yankee - <BR/><BR/>Why not you? Your minor league stats are excellent, that's why you got called up the Show. <BR/><BR/>Good team here, too. Bob's never had a losing season as a manager. Hard to believe he once played for another team, isn't it, considering that one just associates his name with this franchise and our current batch of All-Stars. <BR/><BR/>Oh . . . stay away from the steroids, please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1146454597921915762006-04-30T20:36:00.000-07:002006-04-30T20:36:00.000-07:00Fight the power space brothers!No nukes for whales...Fight the power space brothers!<BR/>No nukes for whales!<BR/>Stop geonormativity!<BR/>Free the- the- well, hell free someone!<BR/><BR/>JWMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1146450099467700122006-04-30T19:21:00.000-07:002006-04-30T19:21:00.000-07:00Will--Who gets to be the cleanup batter in that ro...Will--<BR/><BR/>Who gets to be the cleanup batter in that rotation? (I guess Bob stays on as team manager).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1146449689595881102006-04-30T19:14:00.000-07:002006-04-30T19:14:00.000-07:00Maybe I could be the designated lefty for the comi...Maybe I could be the designated lefty for the coming week? After which we could rotate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1146447602629081172006-04-30T18:40:00.000-07:002006-04-30T18:40:00.000-07:00Gosh, repack, you're right.I feel so foolish and d...Gosh, repack, you're right.<BR/>I feel so foolish and deluded.<BR/> I blame Petey.<BR/><BR/>I'm gonna' go register at Daily Kos where they don't have any of these straw men hangin' around.<BR/><BR/>JWMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1146445425204520482006-04-30T18:03:00.000-07:002006-04-30T18:03:00.000-07:00Aye, Cap'n. As Petey always says, it's much more ...Aye, Cap'n. As Petey always says, it's much more difficult to wrestle with a weak mind than a strong one. Trouble is, when he says it, he's referring to me.<BR/><BR/>And I hope you're reading Vanderleun at American Digest as well as those others you mentioned.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1146444406098938822006-04-30T17:46:00.000-07:002006-04-30T17:46:00.000-07:00Excellent post, and insightful comments all, minus...Excellent post, and insightful comments all, minus one.<BR/>I have learned that you cannot engage chaotic confusion and illusion with orderly logic and reality.<BR/>Thus, when I reply to the incoherent, it is for the benefit of those who are searching for truth.<BR/>Not that I'm an expert on truth, mind you, so I am very careful about speaking only about what I know best, which isn't all there is to know, but is coherent and rooted in reality.<BR/>Though there are a few, rare, leftys who are also searching for truth, and have almost undetectable quantities of sadistic froth emmanating from their being. <BR/>My education has increased rapidly, since I have started reading among the best mind-veterans on the net. To wit; Bob, Dr. Sanity, Shrinkwrapped, AVI, Neo-Neocon, GM Roper, to name a few I'm familiar with.<BR/>They provide an incredibly profound service to us all, and many of their commenters are top-notch in my book.<BR/>The vast pschological knowledge they have so generously imparted, has had a positive effect on my learning process, and spiritual growth.<BR/>Add to that the other great thinkers on the web, such as Charles Krauthammer, Thomas Sowell, Bill Bennett, and a host of others, and it's one thrilling moment of learning after another.<BR/>They help me to think, and grow, and understand, in and outside the "box",<BR/>even when I might disagree. <BR/>In conrast, the "grate" thunkers of the left, are akin to snorkling in a dark sewer sludge, full of filthy leeches, the undead, the rats and the hyenas. Festering in a bottomless pit of their own making.<BR/>So, thank you Bob, for your generous teaching, and for being one of he guy's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1146437726544923632006-04-30T15:55:00.000-07:002006-04-30T15:55:00.000-07:00I'm thinking of the Geico 'Cave man' commercials. ...I'm thinking of the Geico 'Cave man' commercials. Absolutely brilliant little satire on this exact point.<BR/><BR/>JWMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1146437497401031842006-04-30T15:51:00.000-07:002006-04-30T15:51:00.000-07:00Sal, thanks.Look for the Ask Fergus the Cat A Ques...Sal, thanks.<BR/><BR/>Look for the Ask Fergus the Cat A Question feature coming soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1146434241113164542006-04-30T14:57:00.000-07:002006-04-30T14:57:00.000-07:00That's brilliant--"Free but not open." Exactly! ...That's brilliant--<BR/><BR/>"Free but not open." Exactly! Never would thought of applying the principle to the blog.....<BR/><BR/>"Comments welcome as long as they converge on transcendental truth."Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1146433923438668002006-04-30T14:52:00.000-07:002006-04-30T14:52:00.000-07:00Maybe that's the distinction to draw for the vario...Maybe that's the distinction to draw for the various discussions here: It's a "free" site (in more than blogger.com terms) but not an "open" one.<BR/><BR/>As to the theme, Louis Auchincloss summed it up years ago in his novel title, <EM>The Injustice Collectors</EM>. Injustice collecting is not limited to the Left, but it is disproportionately common among those of all stripes who need to Get a Life, and contribute to the common good however ingloriously.<BR/><BR/>The new opera <EM>Adriana Mater</EM> ends with the characters turning away from offense and revenge: "We have not been avenged, but we have been saved."<BR/><BR/>Clinging to offense is IMO pretty much grounded in the same soil as envy. One of the great Sufis: "How can you get anywhere, carrying resentment like a camel?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1146430605692014772006-04-30T13:56:00.000-07:002006-04-30T13:56:00.000-07:00Hoarhey--No, I wouldn't say they're all metrosexua...Hoarhey--<BR/><BR/>No, I wouldn't say they're all metrosexuals (two or three of them are, though)-- "narcissists" would be the most accurate description of them as a group. Some of them would impress most people as macho until they got to know them better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1146429700167677212006-04-30T13:41:00.000-07:002006-04-30T13:41:00.000-07:00"This is why it's so disorienting to read or hear ..."This is why it's so disorienting to read or hear liberals speak about their fantasies of what a conservative is like: evil, selfish, fascist, greedy, etc. It's as if they've never met one, but are simply doing battle with their own projections."<BR/><BR/>A Katrina co-volunteer, learning that I was a political conservative, actually asked me "Then why are you here?"<BR/><BR/>PC as passive-aggression: genius!<BR/><BR/>(Will - enjoying the music. Thanks for the link.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1146429141249006822006-04-30T13:32:00.000-07:002006-04-30T13:32:00.000-07:00connecticut,Do you know alot of "metro" type guys?...connecticut,<BR/><BR/>Do you know alot of "metro" type guys? That might explain it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1146428894840950612006-04-30T13:28:00.000-07:002006-04-30T13:28:00.000-07:00>>"One other irony--you will notice that the peopl...>>"One other irony--you will notice that the people who enjoy this blog see me as just one of the guys,"<BR/><BR/><BR/>Albeit one of the brainier guys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1146428622544866352006-04-30T13:23:00.000-07:002006-04-30T13:23:00.000-07:00It helps me sometimes to recognize that the profes...It helps me sometimes to recognize that the professionally offended have always been with us. I like the story in the Gospel of Matthew in which the disciples of John the Baptist ask Jesus whether he is the promised Messiah. Jesus says to them, "Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news preached to them. <B>And blessed is the one who takes no offense at me.</B>" (Matt. 11:4-6)<BR/><BR/>PS. I'm often left scratching my head about the assumption that hysteria is a female issue-- almost all the hysterics I know are (biological) males.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1146427948984051982006-04-30T13:12:00.000-07:002006-04-30T13:12:00.000-07:00>>"In psychoanalysis, this is called "projective i...>>"In psychoanalysis, this is called "projective identification," that is, when someone inducts you into to their own psychodrama. They apply unconscious pressure to get to to adopt the role, and it's always very uncomfortable."<BR/><BR/>Thanks Bob for the tutorial.<BR/>So I guess alot depends upon the degree to which we get sucked in to the psychodrama.<BR/>I just had a flood of memories of people who have tried this with me in differing ways, some of then quite comical. Like the ex-girlfriend whom I hadn't seen in 8 years who contacted me on the spur of the moment and who had elaborate plans for the holidays for us (to the point of talking to her friends about it before I'd even talked to her) and acted as if we had never broken up. Comical and fatal atraction spooky all at the same time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1146427148850817212006-04-30T12:59:00.000-07:002006-04-30T12:59:00.000-07:00One other irony--you will notice that the people w...One other irony--you will notice that the people who enjoy this blog see me as just one of the guys, doing what I can to be of humble assistance, whereas those who don't always think I'm trying to pass myself off as some sort of enlightened master. Again it's a case of misunderstanding me and attacking the misunderstanding, otherwise known as transference.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1146426931653530532006-04-30T12:55:00.000-07:002006-04-30T12:55:00.000-07:00dan, it is disorienting at first, trying to get yo...dan, it is disorienting at first, trying to get your mind around the paradoxes of "maybe the smart people are really stupid," and "maybe all the accusations of bad motives of the right said more about the speaker than the speakee." It is difficult to apprehend that the opposite of the conventional wisdom might be closer to the truth. It is natural to perceive such criticism as shallow. <BR/><BR/>Doesn't mean it is shallow.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.com