tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post117061000131735721..comments2024-03-28T12:10:26.197-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: A Rambling Post From Nowhere to NothingGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1170871804625659952007-02-07T10:10:00.000-08:002007-02-07T10:10:00.000-08:00All the real humans have fled Palestine.All that a...All the real humans have fled Palestine.<BR/><BR/>All that are left are the Orcs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1170712841338703482007-02-05T14:00:00.000-08:002007-02-05T14:00:00.000-08:00Goy said "... it just really needed a 50'' DLP and...Goy said "... it just really needed a 50'' DLP and surround system to get the effect of being there. "<BR/><BR/>Not to be picky, but I've got the surround sound & DLP, but with a 120" screen (ceiling mounted projector, the entire basement wall is the screen - truly rocks & for a fraction of the cost). Still didn't do it for me. Then again, I can't claim a stadium in my resume', a few 5,000 seater's were the closest we got... I think we've just got to chalk this one up to a matter of personal preference. Poor 'ol Prince is probably fighting against my memory enhanced recollections - sure to be an uphill battle no matter what.<BR/><BR/>There be many mucho " former (and present) musical performers are wearing the coon mask.", including our Richenbacher plucking Dear Leader himself... welcome!"Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1170688995195274282007-02-05T07:23:00.000-08:002007-02-05T07:23:00.000-08:00You do realize, of course, that if Chicago hadn't ...You do realize, of course, that if Chicago hadn't made the freak touchdown to start the game, and if the Colts had made a two point conversion instead of missing the one point try, the score would have been 31-10, or 41.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1170687488689576892007-02-05T06:58:00.000-08:002007-02-05T06:58:00.000-08:00I didn't see it clicking.Hmmm... oh well. Maybe I'...<I>I didn't see it clicking.</I><BR/>Hmmm... oh well. Maybe I'm easily entertained. Or maybe it just really needed a 50'' DLP and surround system to get the effect of being there. Then again... we played in a stadium once (nowhere near that big). So maybe it was just a positive neuro-association to the sitchee-a-shun and a gratefulness that he stuck mostly his "fun" (rather than his "poseur") persona. :-)<BR/><BR/>BTW, your profile gave me a chill. Mine would read something like: "In school, I was the quiet kid in the back, then I spent the '70's playing in a travelling Disco Band on the West Coast. Stopped that to get married and have a life; in the process I went from Sales, to Coding to Teaching."<BR/><BR/>Wondering how many former (and present) musical performers are wearing the coon mask... :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1170684530083311702007-02-05T06:08:00.000-08:002007-02-05T06:08:00.000-08:00while i float you stinglo prediction did come true...while i float you sting<BR/>lo prediction did come true<BR/>colts win bears lose heh<BR/><BR/>commiserations <BR/>to all who pulled for da bears<BR/>better luck next timeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1170682751002755562007-02-05T05:39:00.000-08:002007-02-05T05:39:00.000-08:00Well, Ben, that would account for why the number 4...Well, Ben, that would account for why the number 41 was rolling around in my head . . . <BR/><BR/>doh . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1170682171289621742007-02-05T05:29:00.000-08:002007-02-05T05:29:00.000-08:00Uss Ben said "This was Superbowl 41."41? I thought...Uss Ben said "This was Superbowl 41."<BR/><BR/>41? I thought it was Superbowl XLI?<BR/><BR/>(!)Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1170666455008629782007-02-05T01:07:00.000-08:002007-02-05T01:07:00.000-08:00Will-Serendipity.This was Superbowl 41.Will-<BR/>Serendipity.<BR/>This was Superbowl 41.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1170666313390660672007-02-05T01:05:00.000-08:002007-02-05T01:05:00.000-08:00"And the entire Islamic world is invested in preve..."And the entire Islamic world is invested in preventing people from becoming who they are, which is why freedom must be rejected at all costs."<BR/><BR/>Terrorists deny freedom<BR/>According to Left<BR/>Butchers are freedom fightersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1170660015997995972007-02-04T23:20:00.000-08:002007-02-04T23:20:00.000-08:00Hmm, OK . . . Goes to show that predictions can be...Hmm, OK . . . <BR/><BR/>Goes to show that predictions can be made too early. Bearz were looking good until . . well, my theory is that Rex Grossman's friday whiny-ness obliterated his team's mojo. <BR/><BR/>This won't really impact on his consciousness until he's about . . oh, 41 years of age.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1170655962529584052007-02-04T22:12:00.000-08:002007-02-04T22:12:00.000-08:00heresy maybesuper bowl gone now for goodcare less ...heresy maybe<BR/>super bowl gone now for good<BR/>care less not I could<BR/><BR/><BR/>obiwanhaikuNoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1170654551893707942007-02-04T21:49:00.000-08:002007-02-04T21:49:00.000-08:00Goy said "...how long it takes to do it full justi...Goy said "...how long it takes to do it full justice, right? Would've taken up most of his show."<BR/><BR/>ya know what it reminded me of? A really good actor making a cameo appearance on a sitcom... their usually no "on", walk in, smile & walk off. That particular song, hooked right, even 30 seconds can put out enough electricity to light up Las Vegas (did I mention the sam adams & fosters?)... I didn't see it clicking.<BR/><BR/>Would I have liked to be up there with Ray playing it?(scuse me...ok, now that I've wrenched your rusty knife out of my soul) yep.<BR/>yep.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1170652252391471792007-02-04T21:10:00.000-08:002007-02-04T21:10:00.000-08:00Xivilai, you are experiencing what my wife (and I)...Xivilai, you are experiencing what my wife (and I) experienced in academia just recently. She is also a psych major who just finished her BA (in Dec.) and is continuing on toward her PhD. She plans to counsel transgendered/transsexual individuals, their families, their health providers and so on, combining that area with gerontology.<BR/><BR/>On our first orientation visit to the school (she has MS so I have tended to accompany her to class, etc.) I was puzzled by the "I'm A Constructivist" poster her advisor had taped to her door - along with all the prerequisite Bush-bashing political cartoons and various propaganda one takes for granted at colleges these days. I got a real education (npi) about this <I>constructivism</I> stuff by being more than just vicariously involved in hers. It really is a cult movement, and it stinks to high heaven of collectivist, Marxist socialist ideology. This is THE "ism" governing education in most schools (at all levels) these days, and it's part of the reason, IMHO, for the lack of critical thinking ability to be <I>generally</I> found in the last couple generations' college grads.<BR/><BR/>In the present environment resistance - for the average college freshman coming out of H.S. - truly is futile (partly because constructivism has already worked it's way into education at all levels). However, once you "get it", it's fairly easy to grin-and-bear-it to get the paper you need to meet your goals. Presently - unless you can find the rare school that hasn't been taken over by the neo-Marxists - this is pretty much the only option.<BR/><BR/>I could go on ad nauseam about the issues this "ism" has created, and will do so at length and in great detail once we physically possess her degree.<BR/><BR/>In the meantime, my advice to you is just to suggest that once the genie's out of the bottle - especially at the ripe <I>young</I> age of 26 (!!!) - you won't likely ever see la-la-land as a viable choice again. I encourage you to stick out the slings and errors of outrageous misinformation with whatever strength you can muster. Trust me - it will be an education all to itself. Once you go Racc, you can never go back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1170651538726787422007-02-04T20:58:00.000-08:002007-02-04T20:58:00.000-08:00In an exercise of free will, decided to get a few ...In an exercise of free will, decided to get a few miles in starting right before the half. Heavenly Horizontal! Colder than a well diggers ass!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Uh, um, ah, well, I tagged Bird Dog #1 with Cordwainer Smith Jr.<BR/><BR/><BR/>This could be something BEAUTIFUL - Joan, dupree's little sister and me - making and selling clever vanity plates from the WoVeri! <BR/><BR/>Joan? <(0)> 'art ewe ;~)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1170650750382392052007-02-04T20:45:00.000-08:002007-02-04T20:45:00.000-08:00Van, isn't that tune like 10 minutes long? I guess...Van, isn't that tune like 10 minutes long? I guess you gotta remember how long it takes to do it full justice, right? Would've taken up most of his show. The time constraints made for either a quick dip into each tune, for "old times' sake" (which people did seem to enjoy) or the full treatment of one, maybe two songs.<BR/><BR/>C'mon, admit it - you would love to have been up there doing that no matter how 'thin' some folks thought you sounded! :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1170650645648381212007-02-04T20:44:00.000-08:002007-02-04T20:44:00.000-08:00Well, I think I've figured out what I am. (I'd cal...Well, I think I've figured out what I am. (I'd call this realization a 'plus'.)<BR/>Trying to put a word on my early life was always difficult, but Bob managed it handily. Ever since my 'learning differences' came to light, I was kind of put in the closet by 'Progressive Education' (or 'Big Teacher') who put me on medication and, whether they intended it or not, proceeded to train me to avoid thinking or doing for myself. In other words, I was conditioned to be Infrahuman. <BR/>(This wouldn't have happened in a free-market education system, which would cheerfully set up seperate schools to meet the needs of 'unusual clients', but that's another post for another time).<BR/>Naturally, the Infrahuman condition didn't work for me. Why would it - I am, after all, Human, and so trying to cause me to be less than that would create a sensation of wrongness. This is a sensation that my day to day life -- hanging out with people who didn't really share my interests, playing video games that were for the most part efficient time-butchers but little more, listening to music that I didn't really like -- helped me to ignore for a while.<BR/>A few years ago, after some trials and turbulence, I stopped ignoring it. But I had no idea what to do with it. Then I made a string of discoveries, including Rush Limbaugh, C.S. Lewis, the American Thinker, which led to Dr. Sanity, which in turn led here, where I found the Racoon Way of Thinking Groovily.<BR/>And y'know what? I like this. <BR/>Part of what crystalized all this was today's post. The other, amusingly, was hearing 'He's Got High Hopes' on the radio earlier today, which got me thinking about the can-do thinking of yesteryear versus the beat-down cynicism of today. <BR/>What Bob said about the Left is spot-on; they don't want us to be people. People are hard to manage. They're hard to lump together and use. People don't work well with the one-size-fits-all liberal worldview of education, and if they can't be 'properly' educated, what good are they? <BR/>So now I seem to have figured out what happened. That's nice. It took me long enough; I'm 26 and currently majoring in Psychology after crashing out of college years ago and sinking into depression as a result. So my question now is, what do I do to continue moving forward? There's a mighty leftward bent in the college I'm attending, and on the one hand I don't want to get too uppity with my pleasantly brainwashed professors, but on the other hand I do not want to go back to where I was. I don't want to be an infrahuman again. And I don't know if my spirit has become strong enough and my mind keen enough to dig out all the liberal mistruths in the class material or to resist their effects on my mind. Part of me says that now that I've seen Big Teacher for what it is, I'll never go back, but another part points out that if seeing a problem fixed it, alcoholics would never go back to the bottle. <BR/>...so, yeah. That was a bit long, sorry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1170650142535262292007-02-04T20:35:00.000-08:002007-02-04T20:35:00.000-08:00I just backed up the Tivo & watched his purpleness...I just backed up the Tivo & watched his purpleness again... still not seeing it, I thought he was flatamundo (Course the fact that I tivo's back to watch something I didn't like the first time to see if I'd like it the second time doesn't say much for my judgment at the moment).<BR/><BR/>Bugged me so much because we used to use Purple Rain as a closer for the night, garaunteed to bring the house down & encore calls. <BR/><BR/>"Glory days... in the wink of a young girl's eye Glory days, glory days ..."Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1170649661918144932007-02-04T20:27:00.000-08:002007-02-04T20:27:00.000-08:00Goy said "I though Prince was great."sigh.Where's ...Goy said "I though Prince was great."<BR/><BR/>sigh.<BR/><BR/>Where's this monolithic one mind One Cosmos stuff when I need it? Figured if I slipped DuPree a few brew's, the fix would be in, but Nooooooo....Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1170649180572807252007-02-04T20:19:00.000-08:002007-02-04T20:19:00.000-08:00Skinner just made explicit what was implicit in Ma...<I>Skinner just made explicit what was implicit in Marx & his predecessors.</I><BR/><BR/>And <I>constructivism</I> has put it into practice! It has truly become a cult.<BR/><BR/>I though Prince was great. I guess I cut him slack when he has to do a medley (which doesn't do justice to each tune), and also because I suppose because it was great to see him more like his original rocker self than what he tried (and failed) to transform himself into. And as someone said - the stars were definitely the dancers - who kept their feet MUCH better than the big strong professional athlete types (with cleats?) did.<BR/><BR/>BTW, some of us <I>goys</I> definitely get the rejewvenation thing. Letting out one's inner <I>oy vey</I> on a daily basis does tend to settle the mind. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1170648232060900182007-02-04T20:03:00.000-08:002007-02-04T20:03:00.000-08:00Smoov said "You are aware that Prince wrote and or...Smoov said "You are aware that Prince wrote and originally performed that song, right?"<BR/><BR/>Very much so, we listened to that over and over and over again getting it down to begin with, & played it more times than I can count.<BR/><BR/>Today's Superbowl version was pretty thin, but the original was sublime pop music. <BR/><BR/>I thought it was real thin, but then again, see previous response to JWM.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1170648049791859372007-02-04T20:00:00.000-08:002007-02-04T20:00:00.000-08:00JWM said "I thought Prince was great."Seriously? I...JWM said "I thought Prince was great."<BR/><BR/>Seriously? I thought he completely missed the core energy of the song, left me flat. Hmm. TomAAAtoe, Tomahhtoe perhaps. Or a lack of Guiness. Or I just remember how much better the song Could be. Or Sam Adams & Fosters & Glory Days....Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1170646788801095892007-02-04T19:39:00.000-08:002007-02-04T19:39:00.000-08:00The Australian ran this familiar story last Novem...The Australian ran this familiar story last Novemeber:<BR/><BR/>A MELBOURNE grandmother has accused Muslim cleric Sheik Taj el-Din el-Hilaly of inciting racial hatred and of sexual discrimination.<BR/><BR/>Elaine Davidson made her complaint against the "divisive" mufti to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission this week.<BR/><BR/>Mrs Davidson said she was deeply offended by el-Hilaly's reported comments in a service last month that claimed immodestly dressed women invited rape and were like "uncovered meat".<BR/><BR/>"I'm a white, Western woman of high morals and I was offended," she said, adding that she wants a personal apology and may take civil action against the mufti.<BR/><BR/>[...]<BR/><BR/>A reader at jihadWatch.org posted these salient observations:<BR/><BR/>This woman does not understand that political correctness only flows one way. Race and ethnicity always trump gender in the hierarchy of political correctness. Political correctness has a pecking order established by the left. If two protected groups clash, the one higher in the food chain wins. The other is eaten. It goes like this:<BR/><BR/>From top to bottom:<BR/><BR/>muslims/blacks- chinese/orientals/native indians- hispanics- other nonwhites- Jews- gays- women- the handicapped- catholics- barney the dinosaur- the mentally retarded veterans of popular wars- white protestant males-<BR/><BR/>Of course within each group, there are subgroups. The nuances of which would extent the list exponentially. For example, a white buddhist woman would have preference over a white buddhist male. And so on. But Barney trumps both. But does a gay white protestant male trump a catholic? If you are a member of two disenfranchised groups, that may or may not up your seniority over another person who is a member of just one, albeit higher, disenfranchised groups. For example, if this woman was handicapped and gay, she would be given more weight. But enough to trump the racial and religious seniority of a this muslim? Probably not. If so, that is where a supercomputer is required to do the computation.<BR/><BR/>The Left has created a complex system for determining the relative equality of everyone in society according to the victimization quotient they have alloted them.<BR/><BR/>So for this woman, going up against this muslim, I'm afraid that her Christian whiteness put her claim at a disadvantage to his arabic muslim beardness. This is why a muslim who preached hatred and sexual violence, gets a pass from the Left, even if a woman, or a feminist, complains.<BR/><BR/>It vexes the Left to see this, it makes them squirm, but they have their hierarchy to follow. And they follow it just as Lenin followed the principles of Marxism. For them, it puts order in the universe.<BR/><BR/>Posted by: August22 <BR/><BR/>(Bob, is your handle at JW August 22? If so, where have you been lately?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1170645898748826282007-02-04T19:24:00.000-08:002007-02-04T19:24:00.000-08:00We'll never see Grossman again, I'd wager.The comm...We'll never see Grossman again, I'd wager.<BR/><BR/>The commercials were more violent than the game. Seems like every other one was based on a blow to the head theme. What does that say about us? I mean them?<BR/><BR/>Prince did rock, though. Consumate showman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1170645628106395462007-02-04T19:20:00.001-08:002007-02-04T19:20:00.001-08:00Van:"hearing Prince slay it"You are aware that Pri...Van:<BR/><BR/>"hearing Prince slay it"<BR/><BR/>You are aware that Prince wrote and originally performed that song, right?<BR/><BR/>Today's Superbowl version was pretty thin, but the original was sublime pop music.Stephen Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13474300559219020772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1170645602564597232007-02-04T19:20:00.000-08:002007-02-04T19:20:00.000-08:00Damn.I can't get rid of the Booger the Cat nic. Th...Damn.I can't get rid of the Booger the Cat nic. This has become a Kafka-esque nightmare.<BR/>Where are the beatniks now that we need them? Good thing I don't have anything serious to add to the conversation.<BR/><BR/>JWMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com