tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post2676414637021792357..comments2024-03-29T06:03:45.545-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Who's At Fault For the Fault Between the Fantasy and Reality of Obama?Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-11233846216536595142010-01-25T07:35:40.902-08:002010-01-25T07:35:40.902-08:00I once knew a fellow who was very successful in ra...I once knew a fellow who was very successful in raising his own hunting dogs. He told me of one puppy which of which he had failed to break of the habbit of chewing shoes. So he took that last chewed shoe and tied it into the puppy's mouth for a day. That was the cure.<br /><br />We've got Obama tied into our mouth, and it may cure us when nothing else did.xlbrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01931950075332608449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-57534669568438255512010-01-25T06:49:35.560-08:002010-01-25T06:49:35.560-08:00Baby steps. He'll get it eventually.Baby steps. He'll get it eventually.Cousin Dupreenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-14918699820935669652010-01-24T23:28:05.490-08:002010-01-24T23:28:05.490-08:00"I'm beginning to understand"
Heh...."I'm beginning to understand"<br /><br /><br />Heh......funny.spankynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-81974364547239238582010-01-24T20:49:46.091-08:002010-01-24T20:49:46.091-08:00Sounds like the Buddha was conservative.<a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/01/tiger_the_buddha_and_me.html" rel="nofollow">Sounds like the Buddha was conservative.</a>Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381272662339466736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-60364076208046939132010-01-24T20:38:19.249-08:002010-01-24T20:38:19.249-08:00I'm beginning to understand -- you can't s...I'm beginning to understand -- you can't stand leftists and Buddhists because they appear to be condescending to you. But it's only people with deep feelings of inferiority who feel threatened by other people's (alleged) claims to superiority. You are obviously worried that the leftists are right, or you wouldn't be spending so much energy into attacking their character. That explains the constant odor of spiritual self-congratulation around this place; it's an attempt to ward off these deep-seated doubts. Give me a Buddhist any day over that kind of crap.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-37471404468601531702010-01-24T20:21:24.350-08:002010-01-24T20:21:24.350-08:00"It's always the same, disconnect the dis..."It's always the same, disconnect the discussion from reality with the arbitrary, use equivocation to blend the boundaries of words actual meanings on non-essentials, and all to 'win' the argument - their purpose is never concerned with truth in the least, only in forcing agreement for other purposes “Whichever he answers …he will be refuted” – it’s ends justify it’s means - pure power over truth..." That's precisely it, Van. Perfectly put. Pure power over truth. For a recent instance, a left-leaning friend of mine posted a link yesterday to a George Washington quote featured on--get this--the Daily Dish. That's right, Andrew Sullivan. Lamenting partisan politics, of course...right after the MA election, naturally. <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/01/q-1.html" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is the quote, if you can stand a few seconds' visit there (ew). Keep in mind this is a blog that spent an inordinate amount of time conspiracy theorizing over the circumstances of Trig Palin's parentage. When you read the actual quote, the irony is supreme on so many levels. Language means whatever they want it to mean; it transforms in their ham hands into a bludgeon. Here, language decrying the very tactics this guy employs is used to endorse them, and to condemn the outworking of the voters' choice via a fair election. How do these people live in their own skulls without going mad from the cognitive dissonance?Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381272662339466736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89241805094798942292010-01-24T20:01:53.474-08:002010-01-24T20:01:53.474-08:00Susannah said "that strange blending effect. ...Susannah said "that strange blending effect. The first thing you learn when trying to have a discussion with a leftist is that words no longer mean what you think they mean. And woe betide you if you try to nail down what they mean."<br /><br />Yep, and they have always been so, and always on the side of destruction, of disintegration. You can see how old the tactics of the left are, in a classic from Plato, a humorous look at two spinning sophists showing off how they can 'win' any argument, even pro and con on the same issue, they ask 'are those who learn the wise or the ignorant?' and boast that “Whichever he answers …he will be refuted”, in the <a href="http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/euthydemus.html" rel="nofollow">Euthydemus</a>, <br /><br /><i>"And were you wise then? <br />No, indeed, he said. <br />But if you were not wise you were unlearned? <br />Certainly. <br />You then, learning what you did not know, were unlearned when you were learning? <br /><br />The youth nodded assent. <br />Then the unlearned learn, and not the wise, Cleinias, as you imagine. <br /><br />At these words the followers of Euthydemus, of whom I spoke, like a chorus at the bidding of their director, laughed and cheered. Then, before the youth had time to recover his breath, Dionysodorus cleverly took him in hand, and said: Yes, Cleinias; and when the grammar master dictated anything to you, were they the wise boys or the unlearned who learned the dictation? <br /><br />The wise, replied Cleinias. <br />Then after all the wise are the learners and not the unlearned; and your last answer to Euthydemus was wrong."</i><br /><br />It's always the same, disconnect the discussion from reality with the arbitrary, use equivocation to blend the boundaries of words actual meanings on non-essentials, and all to 'win' the argument - their purpose is never concerned with truth in the least, only in forcing agreement for other purposes “Whichever he answers …he will be refuted” – it’s ends justify it’s means - pure power over truth, or,<br /><br />"I suppose another way of saying it is that (in linguistic terms) "evil" is a signifier with no coherent signified, being that true evil represents a genuine absence -- an absence or deprivation of the Good. As such, the essence of evil is that it has no essence. It is slippery, shape-shifting, mercurial... You know what it's like to argue with it."Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-87027458703060065792010-01-24T19:38:08.938-08:002010-01-24T19:38:08.938-08:00Rant over. Heh!Rant over. Heh!Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381272662339466736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-69203800728685164652010-01-24T19:32:02.011-08:002010-01-24T19:32:02.011-08:00So what are we supposed to do, go back to weaving ...So what are we supposed to do, go back to weaving our own cloth, tanning hides for our own shoe leather, and making our own moonshine? Let the enlightened anti-consumerists lead the way. At least it will keep them too busy (and/or drunk) to go nosing about in other people's business. Thank the good Lord above we are no longer burdened with the innumerable tasks that fill all daylight hours for the purposes of mere survival! Thank Heaven we have leisure time to burn, blogging, commenting on blogs and whatnot. Thank *God* for a Lowe's full of power tools to accomplish in hours things that took *weeks* during our pioneer forefathers' time. They looked from their horses to those newfangled tractors and, being astute time and resource managers (unlike your typical leftist), never looked back! This kind of claptrap is understandable from reality-deficient leftists, but I personally find the crunchy cons supremely irritating...even though we are effectively setting up a homestead on our own place. I don't have any illusions about total independence from "consumerist" society, though. I know good & well hobby farming would be impossible without the blessings of a modern, specialized economy, especially on such small acreage. It's just not "sustainable" without outside infusions of income, factory-produced goods, "big agriculture" farms to produce feed, & so on. Silly greenie elitist doofuses. Where do they think their lattes and laptops and MP3 players and cell phones and hybrids come from? They should be kissing the rings of these "corporatists" for sustaining their cushy lifestyles.Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381272662339466736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-45909124236621509882010-01-24T19:10:50.306-08:002010-01-24T19:10:50.306-08:00Hoarhey said " It came from a land where, jud...Hoarhey said " It came from a land where, judging from recent history, no one would ever have expected it. The irony is just too thick, a Senator who has been pushing a bill for decades for the government takeover of the nation’s healthcare, from a party who had nothing standing in it’s way to pass it, dies, and the man who takes his seat, by a vote of the people no one would have predicted, puts a complete, though probably only temporary halt to the fascist cram down of that very bill."<br /><br />But of course, it is the home of the original Tea Party....<br /><br />;-)Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-29611551086988953542010-01-24T19:05:36.384-08:002010-01-24T19:05:36.384-08:00"As is leftism, which might just as well be c..."As is leftism, which might just as well be called "down syndrome,""<br /><br />Ha, that is <i>soOo</i> perfectly descriptive.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21454817757391131752010-01-24T18:29:55.965-08:002010-01-24T18:29:55.965-08:00Speaking of fantasy and reality I find these two s...Speaking of fantasy and reality I find these two sentences persuasive.<br /><br />At present, a culture of total war, a culture of death, is ruling, while the people are engrossed in consumerism.<br /><br />The modern every-man of consumer society is a propagandized individual, participating in illusions and, effectively, self-destructing.<br /><br />The author of these two sentences also pointed out that the 8 years of the Bush "administration" were easily the worst and most destructive period in the history of the USA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-73594874525499646762010-01-24T18:08:31.296-08:002010-01-24T18:08:31.296-08:00>> Better to live in Holy duality than to ob...>> Better to live in Holy duality than to obliterate divinely ordained distinctions out of a self-deluded belief in bogus transcendence<br /><br />Eloquently and brilliantly said - thank you.Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13623170987747998335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38198872234423297162010-01-24T17:06:39.367-08:002010-01-24T17:06:39.367-08:00Walt,
I suppose these types reconcile one-upsmans...Walt,<br /><br />I suppose these types reconcile one-upsmanship and compassion, the same way they somehow reconcile their own obvious cravings and lusts with the Buddha's teachings on giving up desire.Aquilanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-15035329350642602542010-01-24T16:48:51.710-08:002010-01-24T16:48:51.710-08:00Hah - apropos, another line from the article:
The...Hah - apropos, another line from the article:<br /><br /><i>There is no punishment in the Obama White House.</i><br /><br />*snork* - yeah, that's because you have to be outside before they can throw you under the bus...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-72347556602208359662010-01-24T16:44:39.023-08:002010-01-24T16:44:39.023-08:00"...being more compassionate and evolved than...<i>"...being more compassionate and evolved than you."</i><br /><br />B-but Bob, isn't that sort of thing <i>oneupsmanship?</i> How can that reconcile with "compassion"?walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-73676569171034167662010-01-24T16:42:34.632-08:002010-01-24T16:42:34.632-08:00Susannah - the first line of that article says it ...Susannah - the first line of that article says it all, in the context of today's post:<br /><br /><i>I understand Barack Obama. It is not always easy, but I do. I can even relate to him.</i>juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-36575438334782425922010-01-24T16:39:53.387-08:002010-01-24T16:39:53.387-08:00Yes, their ego is very much wrapped up in being eg...Yes, their ego is very much wrapped up in being ego-less, just as the leftist's identity and self-image revolve around being more compassionate and evolved than you.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62374925902985093822010-01-24T16:28:04.718-08:002010-01-24T16:28:04.718-08:00Bob,
Good answer, thanks. And you're right ab...Bob,<br /><br />Good answer, thanks. And you're right about the "superior" attitude -- I have yet to meet one of these allegedly egoless <i>No-Mind</i>ers who doesn't reek of smugness and condescention.Aquilanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-25912588893752569872010-01-24T16:07:40.368-08:002010-01-24T16:07:40.368-08:00If you have ever wondered why true evil -- nazi ev...If you have ever wondered why true evil -- nazi evil, Islamist evil -- is so impenetrable, it is because the normal person obviously cannot love evil: "Evil is therefore unknowable in its essence. One can understand it only at a distance, as an observer of its phenomenology."<br /><br /><br />Indeed. We can give thanks that we can't understand the essence of evil. <br />The less evil we understand the better. <br /><br />Whenever I hear someone say "I can't understand why tht serial killer murdered all those people,"<br />or something to that effect, I say "be glad you don't."<br /><br />That kind of knowledge has nothing good in it. That's not to say we can't understand the effects of evil, or how folks are duped into embracing it the (anti) hope of it, but the evil itself? <br />All we need to know is how it can be fought and destroyed by Good.<br /><br />Great post, Bob!USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-8713505540827756162010-01-24T15:42:19.258-08:002010-01-24T15:42:19.258-08:00This is rife with daddy issues--less the President...<a href="http://www.esquire.com/features/people-who-matter-2010/barack-obama-father-0210" rel="nofollow">This</a> is rife with daddy issues--less the President's than the author's in this case, I think.Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381272662339466736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79954965693410926522010-01-24T15:38:09.154-08:002010-01-24T15:38:09.154-08:00Because the anti-intellectual left replaces standa...Because the anti-intellectual left replaces standards with compassion, and then ironically feels superior for it.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-26450232038002572662010-01-24T15:34:28.876-08:002010-01-24T15:34:28.876-08:00On a mostly unrelated note: Can Bob, or anyone els...On a mostly unrelated note: Can Bob, or anyone else, explain to me why so many moonbats and New Age ninnies are self-proclaimed "Buddhists"?Aquilanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-48834449670604554142010-01-24T15:30:36.839-08:002010-01-24T15:30:36.839-08:00debass: Actually, that's not 100% true. Go far...debass: Actually, that's not 100% true. Go far Left enough, as I have, and you'll start seeing the AK-47s and the calls for a "People's Militia". Of course, come the Revolution, the Second Amendment and all those other bourgeois Constitutional strictures will be history.Aquilanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16352852329018085962010-01-24T13:35:38.029-08:002010-01-24T13:35:38.029-08:00They don't understand the second amendment eit...They don't understand the second amendment either.<br /><br />wv: krapt. exactly.debasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13546940741042023260noreply@blogger.com