tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post3491765017246990251..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Dogmatic Circles and Birds of PlayGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-25002571167319998342012-06-14T13:31:48.670-07:002012-06-14T13:31:48.670-07:00Obama is just building his resume.Obama is just building his resume.Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10287682274746139272012-06-14T07:05:42.126-07:002012-06-14T07:05:42.126-07:00Magister said "Plus, he'll make a mint on...Magister said "Plus, he'll make a mint on the lecture circuit. Plenty of affirmation and satisfaction for the Affirmative Action Ego there."<br /><br />I think we'd do well to remember that soon after becoming POTUS, Obama said "I'm still community organizing!". Causing an uproar is Job #1 for a community organizer. Capitalizing on that <i>requires</i> that you <i>not</i> be in a position of power to do anything about it.<br /><br />To be an effective community organizer, you must be one of the down trodden, so you can stir things up against 'The Man'.<br /><br />I'm sure Obama is enjoying the perks of being POTUS, but I don't think that's his aim, only a means towards it. <br /><br />He's still a community organizer.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-44832461821765641072012-06-14T06:22:34.071-07:002012-06-14T06:22:34.071-07:00lest the intellect, habituated by the trivia of da...<i>lest the intellect, habituated by the trivia of daily life, may contract itself too much and wholly sink into trifles</i><br /><br />"Habituated by the trivia" -- nice. The internet makes it very easy to consume trivia, and there is a vast fire-hose lot of it. Coleridge sounds like McLuhan. "The media is the massage" (sic).Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987042455512485699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-35617154323922531502012-06-14T06:15:25.727-07:002012-06-14T06:15:25.727-07:00On the other hand, Obama's record is so misera...On the other hand, Obama's record is so miserable, and so wonderfully archived online, that a run in 2016 would have to devote 2/3 of its resources just to deal with the past crap in his pants. Too many headaches.<br /><br />Plus, he'll make a mint on the lecture circuit. Plenty of affirmation and satisfaction for the Affirmative Action Ego there.<br /><br />If Hillary runs, I wouldn't be surprised to find Michelle Obama tapped for some sort of Tsarina position.<br /><br />Oh joy.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987042455512485699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-8562235825986016802012-06-13T11:46:19.978-07:002012-06-13T11:46:19.978-07:00I hadn't heard that speculation about Obama-20...I hadn't heard that speculation about Obama-2016, but I can easily imagine it could happen. Even if the feds did the right thing -- as unlikely as that might be, there are going to be a few million very unhappy people wondering what happened to all the Free Stuff. <br /><br />And if they don't do the right thing, it will be worse.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79027322010060538122012-06-13T11:39:25.693-07:002012-06-13T11:39:25.693-07:00As a result of the new academic correctness of the...<i>As a result of the new academic correctness of the 20th century, to suggest, say, that some backward tribe in Africa was "primitive" was -- and still is -- to brand oneself a racist.</i><br /><br />I was thinking about that after reading the weekend comments on last Friday’s post regarding the roles of men and women. I knew that a dolt like William would hasten to point out some tribe in Lower Coochycoo had a matriarchal structure where women wanted respect and men painted their nails. Meanwhile the dolt fails to grasp that such a group’s adoption of and satisfaction with a screwed up system is why they spent their wretched lives eating grubworms and neighboring tribesmen.<br /><br /><i>He is far too narcissistically invested in his fanciful worldview to adjust it to the dictates of reality, which is why we are all being held hostage to one man's immaturity.</i><br /><br />I would say that is probably the one quality that makes some people – and I’m not one of them – nostalgic for Bill Clinton or think we would be better off with Hillary.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21833326453782833442012-06-13T11:35:37.532-07:002012-06-13T11:35:37.532-07:00WOOF!WOOF!vanderleunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-60753710139411382352012-06-13T11:29:43.363-07:002012-06-13T11:29:43.363-07:00No, not Carter. He's running in 2024.No, not Carter. He's running in 2024.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-12535590666787475862012-06-13T11:28:53.743-07:002012-06-13T11:28:53.743-07:00Rush thinks he'll run again in 2016.Rush thinks he'll run again in 2016.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-70426907174881653892012-06-13T11:28:27.353-07:002012-06-13T11:28:27.353-07:00Another Permanent Pain in the Ass.Another Permanent Pain in the Ass.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-70114348216167429362012-06-13T11:20:27.265-07:002012-06-13T11:20:27.265-07:00"Only a handful of leftists ever grow out of ..."Only a handful of leftists ever grow out of their adolescent rebellion, and most of these heels will actually dig them in when faced with corrective feedback from reality, e.g., Obama. He is far too narcissistically invested in his fanciful worldview to adjust it to the dictates of reality, which is why we are all being held hostage to one man's immaturity. "<br /><br />Just imagine the joy he'll spread once he's been released to roam in the wild with Jimmy Carter.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-26900840439886655152012-06-13T10:17:20.633-07:002012-06-13T10:17:20.633-07:00"The same is a fortiori true of the blog. The..."The same is a fortiori true of the blog. The whole innerprize is in a spirit of child-like play, and one of the purposes of play is to vault one out of time and into the timeless."<br /><br />a fortiori indeed!<br /><br />My daily challenge is to clear the clutter for a little time to think. Onecosmos helps me slip into the timeless, if only for a little bit. It helps.EbonyRaptorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02483546359869912858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77936480711049792532012-06-13T10:03:11.349-07:002012-06-13T10:03:11.349-07:00What can't continue won't continue, and wh...What can't continue won't continue, and what must happen will happen. But don't hold your breath.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19295512247020498032012-06-13T10:00:30.283-07:002012-06-13T10:00:30.283-07:00Yes, the intellectual red tide is turning, but jus...<i>Yes, the intellectual red tide is turning, but just as in natural selection, we'll pretty much have to wait for the old demagogues of the left to literally die out and be replaced by a new and nonself-hating generation of the intellectually open and bi-curious (i.e. horizontal and vertical textual orientation). </i><br /><br />I hope that's the case. Can't help wondering, though, what it will take to get there from here. Then again, maybe the disillusionment of many of today's "funemployed" youth will be a part of that shift in orientation.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-59467753233448713212012-06-13T09:54:34.353-07:002012-06-13T09:54:34.353-07:00Heh - and I'm sure it must be even more good n...Heh - and I'm sure it must be even more good news that he's losing support among black voters...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-653742965772362572012-06-13T09:52:00.254-07:002012-06-13T09:52:00.254-07:00Psst... willian, if you drop by specifically to te...Psst... willian, if you drop by specifically to tell people that they arr' losers'... That pretty much makes you a loser.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-31086490448127091742012-06-13T09:36:13.808-07:002012-06-13T09:36:13.808-07:00Ha ha more good news for Obama -- Romney leads in ...Ha ha more good news for Obama -- <a href="http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_election/wisconsin/election_2012_wisconsin_president" rel="nofollow">Romney leads in Wisconsin</a>. Losers!Williamnoreply@blogger.com