tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post1892588208635872332..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Come for the Social Justice, Stay for the Omnipotent StateGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-46406795170129245512010-12-13T22:15:29.268-08:002010-12-13T22:15:29.268-08:00Oh, and then the leftists try to blame the sheepdo...Oh, and then the leftists try to blame the sheepdogs when their plans to redistribute yer wool to themselves and their rich friends (leftists are, afterall, allowed to be obscenely rich...why? Shutup! That's why. And if you hafta know, it's nuance) makes the economy worse for some unknown reason.<br /><br />It's not like this ever happened before, you know.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-70230161314114419692010-12-13T22:08:59.892-08:002010-12-13T22:08:59.892-08:00"First they steal our wool, then they pull it..."First they steal our wool, then they pull it over our eyes."<br /><br />Excellent descripton of leftist thieves (but I repeat myself)!<br /><br />After they tax you for the wool then they steal it. Then they might give you a small piece back (if you didn't have much to begin with).<br /><br />Then folks lose their jobs 'cause the folks who had the most wool have less wool for job seekers to make stuff out of.<br /><br />The wolf's share of the wool goes to the bureaurats who took yer wool, their friends and those who never had wool, (many of which never worked for it and think they desrve it simply because they elected the wolves, I mean, the bureauratic, backstabbin', lyin', cheatin', mobsters we now call politicians, primarily with a "D" after their names).<br /><br />That's how lefties define "fair."<br /><br />In many ways the new mob is worse than the old mob, 'cause at least the old mob didn't tell ya what to eat or how to live or take your rights away after they stole yer hard earned wool.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62579083777256647452010-12-11T08:13:47.445-08:002010-12-11T08:13:47.445-08:00To: Jack
Re: Is There Anything Good About Men?
Th...To: Jack<br />Re: Is There Anything Good About Men?<br /><br />Thank you for posting this article. I found it very insightful. There was only one issue I had with the premise and that was the use of the term "evolution." Throughout the article the writer used the term to described the differences in proficiencies across different tasks between men and women. He made very solid and reasonable claims that the specialization of men and women created their differing observed proficiencies and preferances. It may be me, but the term evolution describes the process for creating a separate species while adaptation describes the process of specialization within a species. I think we can all agree that both women and men are of the same species. So the process that he refers to as evolution is in fact adaptation. Darwin never caught any flak concerning his thesis of adaptation. It was well known by every farmer for the preceding 3 millennium. He only caught flak for his theory of evolution: the genesis of the species. I know every Discovery channel animal show likes to show the results of adaptation within a species to shill the idea of evolution, but there really is a difference.<br /><br />Are we saying that women are the missing link here?Tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03290914498892961024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-20940566389964729652010-12-11T06:47:55.172-08:002010-12-11T06:47:55.172-08:00Just when you think the left is beyond satire....Just when you think the left is beyond satire....Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-5320803688401394792010-12-10T20:45:20.209-08:002010-12-10T20:45:20.209-08:00Iowahawk.<a href="http://iowahawk.typepad.com/iowahawk/2008/11/obama-names-bill-clinton-to-president-post.html" rel="nofollow">Iowahawk</a>.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-71246306104966118382010-12-10T18:42:20.515-08:002010-12-10T18:42:20.515-08:00Came across this article Is There Anything Good Ab...Came across this article <a href="http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~baumeistertice/goodaboutmen.htm" rel="nofollow">Is There Anything Good About Men?</a> which I think does a brilliant job explaining the differences between men and women. Leftism simply would deny such thinking as "sexist" by definition. It isn't much of a leap from this article to discover why the male value sphere MUST be denied in order to promote leftist values.<br /><br />Worth a read.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708393262849661076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65233459115959743042010-12-10T16:59:09.634-08:002010-12-10T16:59:09.634-08:00Julie said "Another fractal descendant of the...Julie said "Another fractal descendant of the separation that precedes order is the necessity of property rights as a foundation for economic growth and liberty."<br /><br />Yep... there can be no, zero, zilch, political support for any individual rights (speech, religion, self defence, etc), without the recognition and unwavering defence of Property Rights.<br /><br />They are the political anchor which makes the rule of law and all else possible.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-29371141144084601462010-12-10T16:49:06.150-08:002010-12-10T16:49:06.150-08:00Brazentide said “My question: What in this poor de...Brazentide said “My question: What in this poor deluded fools mind determines ownership?”<br /><br />That’ll undo his posturing, all right.<br /><br />And this,<br />“You don't need to read too deeply between the lines to see that what he really hates is existence, that is to say, he hates himself (and his Creator). He's a nihilist of the first degree.”<br /><br />, gets to the root of his matter, very good. At the start of it all, they want to assert what they want reality to be, and from that moment on, they are at war with reality, excluded from the use of principles or any true reasoning whatsoever – all comes down to assertion and force.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-8345016587686841382010-12-10T16:46:41.076-08:002010-12-10T16:46:41.076-08:00http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/11/us/11plane.html?...http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/11/us/11plane.html?hp<br /><br />--at what point does one admit to oneself: 'BAD idea'gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-28427112941967669862010-12-10T15:26:47.191-08:002010-12-10T15:26:47.191-08:00Back to Bob's first comment today,
They used ...Back to Bob's first comment today,<br /><br /><i>They used to say a leftist is someone who wants to reach into your shower and adjust the temperature. </i><br /><br />Why stop at the temperature when they can <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/12/08/cop16-attendees-fall-for-the-old-dihydrogen-monoxide-petition-as-well-as-signing-up-to-cripple-the-u-s-economy/" rel="nofollow">ban it altogether</a>?juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10352655833922940552010-12-10T15:23:45.279-08:002010-12-10T15:23:45.279-08:00The Nutrition Nazis would have to love it! It woul...The Nutrition Nazis would have to love it! It would be loaded with proteins, phytochemicals, probiotics, and be 100% all-natural - and it would taste absolutely heinous.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-52505061312747467552010-12-10T15:20:21.630-08:002010-12-10T15:20:21.630-08:00Chock Full O'Nutrients!™Chock Full O'Nutrients!™juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1884474037876045332010-12-10T15:08:09.588-08:002010-12-10T15:08:09.588-08:00So Julie, what you are saying is you would like a ...So Julie, what you are saying is you would like a gourmet hot dog that tastes like skanky shrimp? <br /><br />I can do that.Tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03290914498892961024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19950727729019566752010-12-10T14:58:12.095-08:002010-12-10T14:58:12.095-08:00To be fair, I was only partially right - given the...To be fair, I was only partially right - given the context ("corpses of biomes") I was thinking only of microbial soil systems, such as the stuff that makes up diatomaceous earth. Guess I was thinking too small, but still if one were to crush up and process an entire <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biome" rel="nofollow">biome</a>, some sort of mud would likely be the result...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-39512856922927053082010-12-10T14:48:38.295-08:002010-12-10T14:48:38.295-08:00"Earthy, with a hint of grit. Perhaps mud pie..."Earthy, with a hint of grit. Perhaps mud pies should have a place on the menu, as well ;)"<br /><br />Selling people dirt to eat, now you are really cooking. Go on girl - Julie knows exploitation. Shoosh.Tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03290914498892961024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-68605183691336557892010-12-10T14:42:49.994-08:002010-12-10T14:42:49.994-08:00Note as well that separation must precede order, s...<i>Note as well that separation must precede order, something which is very much emphasized in Judaism.</i><br /><br />On that note, Stossel asks <a href="http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/2010/12/john-stossel-why-do-poor-people-remain-poor" rel="nofollow">why the poor remain poor</a>. Another fractal descendant of the separation that precedes order is the necessity of property rights as a foundation for economic growth and liberty.<br /><br />Tigtog - <i>I wonder what a Biome Hot Dog should taste like?</i><br /><br />Earthy, with a hint of grit. Perhaps mud pies should have a place on the menu, as well ;)juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-23594550121555665872010-12-10T14:32:10.256-08:002010-12-10T14:32:10.256-08:00To: Julie
Re: "I wouldn't be at all surpr...To: Julie<br />Re: "I wouldn't be at all surprised, though, if there isn't a sudden proliferation of mobile food trucks selling the same type of foods, parked on the same otherwise vacant corners."<br /><br />Don't tell anyone, but I have a business plan to offer gourmet hot dogs via vending carts. The beauty of the plan is to partner with "citizens of disputed provenance" as my marketing arm, after they have paid a partnership fee and arranged a loan to buy their cart from me (we all know banks love giving loans to mouth breathers with no functional english - its the right thing to do according to FNMA). I provide the daily supplies, which are paid for in cash daily, and they are responsible to sell it. Should they find a particular location less than desirable they can simply move. This avoids heavy investment and property taxes. My responsibility is to provide the recipes, supplies and advertising. I would have no real overhead and very little payroll. Do you think the nihilist from huff and puff would approve? BTW, if any coons are interested I am willing to accept startup funds.<br /><br />I wonder what a Biome Hot Dog should taste like?<br /><br />Basically I wish to bring the internet business model business to food service and cut out all the unnecessary costs like payroll taxes, property taxes, and if possible, sales taxes.. No reason to invest in bricks and mortar, thats just building your own tomb once the social justice zombies find you. Flexibility and mobility, two key concepts in winning the war of exploitation.Tigtoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03290914498892961024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-68723984258523609742010-12-10T14:21:11.545-08:002010-12-10T14:21:11.545-08:00-- ...are scraped out of hillsides and coastlines,...<i>-- ...are scraped out of hillsides and coastlines, with the corpses of biomes and simpler cultures left behind...</i><br /><br />Yup. And that's exactly how it should be.<br /><br />JWMJWMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564732483476859555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1872274970311288462010-12-10T12:27:13.475-08:002010-12-10T12:27:13.475-08:00Re. the fast food places in LA, that's just pr...Re. the fast food places in LA, that's just precious. Poor people are too stupid to pick the "right" foods, but in the rest of the city all the (presumably) smarter, wealthier people are mature enough to make their own choices. For now.<br /><br />First, they came for other peoples' hamburgers...<br /><br />I wouldn't be at all surprised, though, if there isn't a sudden proliferation of mobile food trucks selling the same type of foods, parked on the same otherwise vacant corners.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-15491602698083557662010-12-10T11:32:59.833-08:002010-12-10T11:32:59.833-08:00Yes, in the end it's either God or nihilism, O...Yes, in the end it's either God or nihilism, O or Ø, the nothing-nothing or the nothing-everything.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-34740126112261288872010-12-10T11:22:22.924-08:002010-12-10T11:22:22.924-08:00That poor fool at the Huffpuff has no idea what he...That poor fool at the Huffpuff has no idea what he is saying. He is teetering on the edge of absolute insanity. There is no reason in what he says, just outrage at his perceived injustice. There is no way to even begin to organize his unhinged ravings into principles by which he would suppose humanity ought to live.<br /><br />But as I find the absurd funny and entertaining, I'll give it a shot.<br /><br />The main thrust is that civilization is unjust because it is a parasitic entity built on waging war in order to steal. First from women, then from slaves, and now from nature.<br /><br />My question: What in this poor deluded fools mind determines ownership?<br /><br />Under his 'reasoning', aren't the Biomes he laments over just as guilty of theft from the planet (after all, they need their minerals) as the civilization that destroyed them? Why is nature somehow exempted from his condemnation of theft? When this otherworldly demon called "civilization" was first conjured up by (presumably white) males. Was it at the same time ritually summoned by Starlings? After all, they have stolen the nests of sparrows for thousands of years. Considering how much theft, murder and war exists in plant and animal nature itself (not to mention the molecular or galactic scale), on what basis can he even declare that stealing, theft and war unjust? <br /><br />You don't need to read too deeply between the lines to see that what he really hates is <i>existence</i>, that is to say, he hates himself (and his Creator). He's a nihilist of the first degree. He is doing his level best to dance around that fact and ends up looking like a total fool in the process.<br /><br />If he was philosophically consistent with his with what he believes, he would eventually come to the conclusion that power is the only determining factor in the universe, rather than lamenting exploitation, he would seek to become the exploiter. As you say Bob, he is a fascist, and if the touchy-feeliness doesn't keep him in check (one of God's safety systems for the rest of us). he might become either a despot or a suicide statistic.<br /><br />There are only two roads, the further one travels, the more they diverge. When all is said and done, you are either on the road the road to sainthood, or the socio-path.Brazentidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14185966349888770222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-2268263072605924242010-12-10T10:44:10.331-08:002010-12-10T10:44:10.331-08:00Precisely. Ideology is always superimposed on the...Precisely. Ideology is always superimposed on the world not to understand it, but to provide the intellectual pretext to seize power and transform it.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21379437039912883462010-12-10T10:40:12.312-08:002010-12-10T10:40:12.312-08:00Rather, one of the axioms of psychoanalysis is tha...<i>Rather, one of the axioms of psychoanalysis is that craziness is merely order by another name. In other words, in order to heal the craziness, we must help the patient uncover the deep structure -- the implicate "lesser lights" of his night time unconscious -- that underlie the surface disorder.</i><br /><br />As Chesterton said, the insane are at least as logical as the sane, for the most part. They have often eliminated all the messiness of reality and reduced it to something they can understand. It's not that they are not reasonable, rather their reason disconnected with reality to varying degrees. <br /><br />And if they are crazy enough, they can get a Nobel prize in Economics.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89825975149244954432010-12-10T10:27:43.563-08:002010-12-10T10:27:43.563-08:00The Times quotes one "expert" who is app...<i>The Times quotes one "expert" who is apparently compelled (for he is not free) to say that free will is merely "a perception, not a power or a driving force. People experience free will. They have the sense they are free," but "the more you scrutinize it, the more you realize you don't have it."</i><br /><br />He just <b>had</b> to say that.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66365301918996347742010-12-10T09:48:14.975-08:002010-12-10T09:48:14.975-08:00They used to say a leftist is someone who wants to...They used to say a leftist is someone who wants to reach into your shower and adjust the temperature. Now they want to <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2010/12/10/video-los-angeles-bans-new-fast-food-restaurants-in-south-la/" rel="nofollow">reach into your mouth</a> and remove the food they don't approve of.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.com