tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post1870575325227738423..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Closing Time in the WestGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-70058574526177590802014-04-10T19:26:53.328-07:002014-04-10T19:26:53.328-07:00Mushroom said "When a critical mass wakes up ...Mushroom said "When a critical mass wakes up to the fact that the rule of law is dead, it is going to get ugly fast."<br /><br />Keep an eye on Nevada. Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-86767437084655538532014-04-10T19:24:19.243-07:002014-04-10T19:24:19.243-07:00To me, Ozzie preserves the vertical in his music. ...To me, Ozzie preserves the vertical in his music. YMMV.Dougmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08468871451814828157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-46636132588576535662014-04-10T18:44:26.443-07:002014-04-10T18:44:26.443-07:00Ironically, one thing you can't have in Marxis...<i>Ironically, one thing you can't have in Marxism is "responsibility," since responsibility is a consequence of freedom.</i><br /><br />I just had a conversation about the rejection of responsibility this afternoon. This is pushing the West to the brink. <br /><br />I think the thing that will tip it all over is when people realize that the government is refusing to be bound by their own laws. When a critical mass wakes up to the fact that the rule of law is dead, it is going to get ugly fast.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-8152243750452945462014-04-10T10:28:32.004-07:002014-04-10T10:28:32.004-07:00...rock music revolves around vulgar romanticism, ...<i>...rock music revolves around vulgar romanticism, i.e., checking out of time and merging with the world.</i><br /><br />True enough. I've also heard it argued that every love song is actually an ode to God. How it strikes you depends a lot on your orientation.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-35236247549558077442014-04-10T10:22:29.399-07:002014-04-10T10:22:29.399-07:00One reason why rock was banned in the Soviet Union...One reason why rock was banned in the Soviet Union was that it was a competitor in the business of stopping history.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27591967696754015442014-04-10T10:21:31.402-07:002014-04-10T10:21:31.402-07:00I just read a book that argues that rock music rev...I just read a book that argues that rock music revolves around vulgar romanticism, i.e., checking out of time and merging with the world. Terribly written, but that sounds about right to me. However, so long as one preserves the vertical, then rock doesn't necessarily lead one down and out. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-5346085411452075832014-04-10T10:16:58.770-07:002014-04-10T10:16:58.770-07:00Speaking of arresting time...Speaking of <a href="http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/5minute_arguments/ill_show_you_the_life_of.php" rel="nofollow">arresting time</a>...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-7525023068122945192014-04-10T10:15:30.081-07:002014-04-10T10:15:30.081-07:00Marxist and leftist lawmakers in Russia want to in...<i>Marxist and leftist lawmakers in Russia want to investigate Mikhail Gorbachev "for his role in the 1991 collapse of the USSR."</i><br /><br />I'm pretty sure the American left would blame Bush for that. I was going to say Reagan, but today's leftists only have the vaguest memories of that guy, whereas we are always at war with Bush.<br /><br /><i>One reason the Marxist has no qualms about stealing your slack is that you don't actually have any slack to begin with...</i><br /><br />It occurs to me that at least initially, part of the siren song of Leftism is the implication that in the promised worker's paradise, nobody will <i>really</i> have to work. I mean, they may envision having to take a turn in the communal kitchen on occasion, or maybe spend an idyllic afternoon reaping wheat in the fields or something, but mostly think they'll just be able to sit around a drum circle and play folk music while children gambol through the fields.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com