tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post2177192320617430898..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Assessing Ethical Impairment with the Ten CommandmentsGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-46097264541533206732008-08-25T08:04:00.000-07:002008-08-25T08:04:00.000-07:00nermal holemon typed "I guess you missed it, but I...nermal holemon typed "I guess you missed it, but I'm not given to spuriously cooncluding as to why."<BR/><BR/>River, yeah it seems to be a very good word processor, but a very poor comprehendoor. Can't seem to put to and too together.<BR/><BR/>Probably an artificial intelligence bot. Of course seeing as it is an extreme leftist, that’s being a bit redundant.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-28344131137986007852008-08-25T07:46:00.000-07:002008-08-25T07:46:00.000-07:00I sense a disturbance in the force.It's as if a tr...I sense a disturbance in the force.<BR/>It's as if a trillion mosquitos simultaneously hit an empty vein and are crying in anguish as they suck their own brains out...<BR/><BR/>Anguish is nice in late August.<BR/><BR/>JWMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-3350765349817143152008-08-25T07:07:00.000-07:002008-08-25T07:07:00.000-07:00Anyone who imagines that truth is a democracy -- m...Anyone who imagines that truth is a democracy -- much less a democracy of liberal wackademics -- is truly beyond hope.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77187325468437688922008-08-25T07:04:00.000-07:002008-08-25T07:04:00.000-07:00Bob,I have the last line of today's post on a card...Bob,<BR/>I have the last line of today's post on a card on my fridge.<BR/>No fear of you ever selling out to the refrigerator magnet people, though...Salhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13201226644704622876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21727818505328917642008-08-25T06:56:00.000-07:002008-08-25T06:56:00.000-07:00Did someone just write something? There appear to ...Did someone just write something? There appear to be words, but no meanings.<BR/><BR/>Van? Any ideas whats going on here?Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79795986216263010842008-08-25T06:01:00.000-07:002008-08-25T06:01:00.000-07:00Good Morning, Big-Brain-Boy-With-Glad-Countenance!...Good Morning, Big-Brain-Boy-With-Glad-Countenance!<BR/><BR/>Why do you waste time writing what we both already know you know? But let's let George say it for us (again), shall we?<BR/><BR/>(drum roll, please)<BR/><BR/><I>“As far as history goes and all of these quotes about people trying to guess what the history of the Bush administration is going to be, you know, I take great comfort in knowing that they don’t know what they are talking about, because history takes a long time for us to reach.”— George W. Bush, Fox News Sunday, Feb10, 2008</I><BR/><BR/>Now Vanity, how or why would you hope to top that? Did you honestly think that I'd think you and G would disagree? <BR/><BR/>BTW, the above was the opening paragraph of my link. I guess you missed it, but I'm not given to spuriously cooncluding as to why. Does that mean I lose a coonie point? Waaaahhh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-46955993484694127752008-08-25T05:46:00.000-07:002008-08-25T05:46:00.000-07:00normal holemon...psst!A serious historian who give...normal holemon...psst!<BR/>A serious historian who gives a historical evaluation of current events is neither serious, nor a historian... which of course fits in just fine with your mined.<BR/><BR/>From a link at the top of your link (you probably missed it, not being a reader who Reads) <A HREF="http://hnn.us/articles/48941.html" REL="nofollow">The Follies of Instant History: Another Meaningless Poll of Historians</A>,<BR/><BR/>"...The current poll’s respondents (like those of the earlier poll) are acting as soothsayers because the history profession has not yet had the opportunity to engage the practices of valid historical scholarship... "Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-23875648302077335002008-08-25T05:17:00.000-07:002008-08-25T05:17:00.000-07:00Thanks Cuz! Somehow knowing that you might conside...Thanks Cuz! Somehow knowing that <I>you</I> might consider <I>me</I> worthy of an "invincingly stupid" category adds a bounce to my step this AM, like someone complimenting me on a nice tie. I'll wear my Franken hoodie all day in your honor. <BR/><BR/>Since your link provided absolute proof that we Americans <I>didn't </I>live through what we lived through, what, six short years ago? and since rhetorical questions aren't coonie strongpoints, <A HREF="http://hnn.us/articles/48916.html" REL="nofollow">let <I>ME</I> indulge</A> in some similar proof a la Cousin Dupe that <I>I'm</I> right and you're glue, and everything you say bounces off me and sticks to you. Apparently when a bobbish argument falls flat, a link serves as a mc-cane. Take that, you...smarties.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-70402105020725251862008-08-24T21:05:00.000-07:002008-08-24T21:05:00.000-07:00JWM, when you posted the first installment of JWM'...JWM, when you posted the first installment of JWM's Excellent Starbucks Adventure on this thread, I immediately thought of <A HREF="http://www.blackfive.net/main/2008/08/response-to-jim.html" REL="nofollow">this item.</A><BR/><BR/>Oh, so TrueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63856589929424702742008-08-24T18:58:00.000-07:002008-08-24T18:58:00.000-07:00I'm with Hoarhey, J. The truth is, to not call thi...I'm with Hoarhey, J. The truth is, to <I>not</I> call this guy out does no favors to anyone. Not you, not the other regular patrons, and not him, either. It's possible that having someone stand up to him might actually do him some good - swinging the cluebat in the real world, so to speak. It's a lot tougher to do that face-to-face than on the web, but perhaps all the much more valuable.<BR/><BR/>So yeah, you <I>should</I> keep going back, unless it all remains too toxic (I'm not naive enough to think that people, being people, won't side with him, even if they agreed with you before).<BR/><BR/>And also, fifty-six these days doesn't seem like all that much. I may be a youngun (relatively speaking), but most of the people I socialize with are your age and older. The only ones who seem "old" to me are the ones who've given up, regardless of the number of years they've spent on this earth.<BR/><BR/>Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think any Raccoon falls into that category.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79464101953688757072008-08-24T16:41:00.000-07:002008-08-24T16:41:00.000-07:00JWM, the only unfortunate thing I can see, is that...JWM, the only unfortunate thing I can see, is that he didn't think that anybody would ever call him on it.<BR/><BR/>As Mr. Burke said, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do nothing." <BR/><BR/>Good for You.<BR/><BR/>('...300 pounds of toxic waste wrapped in bullshit...'<BR/><I>Yee-Haw!</I>)<BR/><BR/>;-)Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-30110282177191418602008-08-24T16:26:00.000-07:002008-08-24T16:26:00.000-07:00Thanks for your kind words, folks. You guys are gr...Thanks for your kind words, folks. You guys are great. This episode gives me a lot to think about. I consider how rare, and how common incidents like this are in our daily lives. Common, because it's a daily occurrence; rare, because most people can count their personal incidents on the fingers of one hand. I know I can.<BR/> I consider that the whole thing was verbal. No one raised a hand to fight. How common is that across the many equally groovy cultures of Gaia?<BR/>I consider the primal dictates, the lowbrain responses: rage. attack. knowing not to stop until the adversary submits. smelling fear and instinctively preying on it. It is intoxicating. And when you're in that state, the doorway to Stan is wide open, and he's got most of the channels in your innercom on his frequency. Cruelty seems hugely appropriate, even when you know it isn't. I have to believe that a hand stronger, and wiser than my own threw the circuit breakers at the right time.<BR/>As I said, we just don't get a lot of this stuff in daily life. That is a good thing, it really is. Anyway, Mary just brewed some coffee, and she got some ice cream at Trader Joe's, too. <BR/><BR/>JWMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-54852452820676027802008-08-24T14:34:00.000-07:002008-08-24T14:34:00.000-07:00JWM, you're da MAN!JWM, you're da MAN!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-81417484920145404072008-08-24T14:33:00.000-07:002008-08-24T14:33:00.000-07:00Right on JWM,The best people have been cowed into ...Right on JWM,<BR/><BR/>The best people have been cowed into being "civil" and "letting it go" to the point where the scum have free reign without fear of consequence. It's time to begin taking it back.<BR/>Continue to frequent that place and let HIM run through all the scenarios of how his little wennie ass is going to get thrashed while you on the other hand have no intention of lifting a finger beyond giving intimidating stares. ;*) (Might want to discuss it with the manager first to head off any unwanted legal action if any has been contemplated.)<BR/>Fifty six doesn't mean jack beyond the fact that you're young enough to give people a piece of your mind and old enough to be willing to suffer the consequences. If you get caught, that is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-3045791061136271102008-08-24T14:31:00.000-07:002008-08-24T14:31:00.000-07:00JWM, it's never wrong to call out a bully, and to ...JWM, it's never wrong to call out a bully, and to call bullshit when it's being slung. You do everyone else a favor. It's like clearing the air of a hypnotic stench and all of sudden others find their backbone again and say, "about time someone said it."<BR/><BR/>I had to call out my own boss, once, for trying to set up some sort of catfight between me and the corporate accountant. He tried for a year until I marched into his office and called him on it and dared him to prove one shred of evidence or shut the hell up about it. <BR/><BR/>He was shorter than me, thankfully. Heh.Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-33718909753798868832008-08-24T14:00:00.000-07:002008-08-24T14:00:00.000-07:00Van said:"HA! Been wondering how long I'd have to ...Van said:<BR/><BR/>"HA! Been wondering how long I'd have to wait to hear that!<BR/><BR/>(yes dear, I am going to do the yard work, just tying my shoes first)"<BR/><BR/>Sorry I took so long. I was out doing yard work.debasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13546940741042023260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74884525408075417602008-08-24T13:19:00.000-07:002008-08-24T13:19:00.000-07:00I had to go back to the corner this morning. I pic...I had to go back to the corner this morning. I picked a fight yesterday, and today I had to follow through. I knew M was going to be there, and so would a bunch of the regular crowd.<BR/>As I said, I knew as soon as I woke up, that the confrontation was not over. It would have been easy to find a reason to avoid the corner for a while. I could "take the high road", and walk away from trouble. I could be "mature".<BR/>But I knew I wasn't going to take any kind of high road at all. Nonetheless, My wife, and I (she wanted to come)took the five mile detour through the hills so I'd have time to think and consider consequences rather than going straight over there.<BR/>Consequences.<BR/>Like the plastic lens that the surgeon implanted in my right eye last Monday. (cataracts) Hate to get that puppy knocked loose...<BR/>not to mention the after-market arteries in the old ticker<BR/>Like the chance he'd call the cops, and I'd get arrested for assault.<BR/>Or the chance I'd get 86'd from the corner.<BR/>But all very good reasons not to go looking for a confrontation added up to: "Yeah. Fine. But I gotta finish this."<BR/>And so I did.<BR/>He was there, talking with a couple of people I know. Several other of the regulars were there as well. I had an audience this time. And I let the guy have it again. I called him a liar, a shit-talker, a backstabber, and a bully. I called him 300 pounds of toxic waste wrapped in bullshit. He tried to be concilliatory. I called him a dogshit lowlife coward. In front of everyone.<BR/>The manager from Starbucks came out and everything.<BR/>He went inside. Mary and I left, and it was over. I won't pursue it any farther.<BR/>Damn. I mean, hell. I'm fifty six years old. This is high school crap. But sometimes all of those inner voices of reason, and moderation are just wrong. Sometimes you have to go on the offensive, or risk not being able to look yourself in the eye. Male ego? FUCK YEAH!<BR/>Sometimes you just have to.<BR/><BR/>JWMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-71109312127657438042008-08-24T12:12:00.000-07:002008-08-24T12:12:00.000-07:00Debass said "He's just biden' his time."HA! Been w...Debass said "He's just biden' his time."<BR/><BR/>HA! Been wondering how long I'd have to wait to hear that!<BR/><BR/>(yes dear, I am going to do the yard work, just tying my shoes first)Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65639090814338293322008-08-24T12:06:00.000-07:002008-08-24T12:06:00.000-07:00Jobama. He's just biden' his time.Jobama. He's just biden' his time.debasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13546940741042023260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-72200441097424930172008-08-24T11:37:00.000-07:002008-08-24T11:37:00.000-07:00Going to the Democrat Convention next week? Of cou...Going to the Democrat Convention next week? <I>Of course</I> you are!<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9Bx0L3n3uAo/SK9BOomEW4I/AAAAAAAACzc/9o25D64u-l4/s1600-h/perez.jpg" REL="nofollow">This</A> is one of the ones we've been waiting for!<BR/><BR/>And, to be thoroughly modern at the convention, you'll want to <A HREF="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_9Bx0L3n3uAo/SK9BFXxofuI/AAAAAAAACzU/06unVPW9bPo/s1600-h/obamabag.jpg" REL="nofollow">accessorize</A>!walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-41423578514541096582008-08-24T11:32:00.000-07:002008-08-24T11:32:00.000-07:00Gagdad Bob said "Deepak makes Madonna look deep."H...Gagdad Bob said "Deepak makes Madonna look deep."<BR/><BR/>Ho'-know!!!Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-5205576422801359802008-08-24T11:29:00.000-07:002008-08-24T11:29:00.000-07:00Walt said "Fifteen years ago, his writing was comp...Walt said "Fifteen years ago, his writing was completely different -- something must have happened."<BR/><BR/>Yeah, probably the he reached that decision point, where the contradictions between his positions and truth were to great to sustain... one way held renouncing membership in his budding celebrity and all it provides... and Truth, and its personal, hidden, experience.<BR/><BR/>Guess which he chose to follow.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-87262302811605717022008-08-24T11:23:00.000-07:002008-08-24T11:23:00.000-07:00Julie said "Granted, this is a work of pure fictio...Julie said "Granted, this is a work of pure fiction, but I think Pressfield really grasps the basic tribal mentality. If you haven't read it, this book actually touches on warfare in several realms - spiritual, cultural, and the more usual horizontal issues."<BR/><BR/>Where else, today, are you going to find the Truth, but in fiction? That's the only place in modernity, where you can get away with uttering what is True! And Pressfield, grounded as he is in history, is one of the best at doing what Intellectuals are supposed to do, inspire, enlighten and Educate.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-57275900646057776472008-08-24T11:20:00.000-07:002008-08-24T11:20:00.000-07:00normal holeman said - nothing, as usual.normal holeman said - nothing, as usual.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-88932966752416476182008-08-24T11:03:00.000-07:002008-08-24T11:03:00.000-07:00"Again, the implicit message of the sixth commandm..."Again, the implicit message of the sixth commandment is that we must promote Life in everything we do, not just limiting ourselves to innocent human life, but to the Good, the True and the Beautiful, for these are the principal manifestations of the uncorrupted, living soul. As I wrote in the Coonifesto, “There is a culture of Life and a culture of death, and the cultural necropolis can only maintain itself by an increasingly brazen assault on Truth (as well as beauty and decency). It is therefore also a cult of hypnotic enslavement, for only the Truth can liberate us from this zone of illusion. In your day-to-day life, you must refrain from activities that advance the infrahuman tide of ugliness, barbarism, and falsehood in our endarkened world.” "<BR/><BR/><BR/>And only the Truth, and willingly seeing it, whether that is Grace or the final realization that if you disintegrate any further yOu will cease to exist, it is then that you finally re-cog-nize a Truth (as 911 did for so many) and become willing to see how One small Truth integrates into another, and eventually how they are all but facets of the One all encompassing Truth from which the True yOu are born from. I sure do enjoy these posts, they go to the true heart of the matter, and beyond agreeing and saying 'Yep', I don't have a lot more to add.... and so... I'll brazenly toot my own horn, having finally posted my elusive next post on <A HREF="http://blogodidact.blogspot.com/2008/08/liberal-fascism-spiral-of-knowledge-and.html" REL="nofollow">Liberal Fascism: The Spiral of Knowledge and the Flattened Worldview of the Left</A> post,<BR/><BR/><I>"If you don't have recourse to a universal principle of value, let alone an objective idea of Truth to judge it by, you are cemented into a barbaric confrontation between muscles and desires. And until you recognize that universal understanding, the existence of Truth and our unique ability to partake of it, then any discussion of Right and Wrong, Truth and Falsehood, Beautiful and Ugly, Good and Evil, will be infinitely above and beyond your capacity to grasp and engage in it."</I>Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.com