tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post380793341148913767..comments2024-03-28T12:10:26.197-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: The Liberal Coalition: Snobbish Robbers & the Slobbering MobGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-38087989976360455272014-01-21T11:16:53.184-08:002014-01-21T11:16:53.184-08:00Speaking of elitist sneering at the stupid middle ...Speaking of elitist sneering at the stupid middle class and reveling in the actions of those who know best, just listen to the tone of these two, interviewer and author. Their oh-so pleased approval for the son of English aristocrats, who first went his own way'to socialism, and then discovered Communism (applause!), and did such a wonderful job of infiltrating the west, as a spy, on behalf of the communists, and successfully used a sport to spread the word and advance the interests of the Communists, even in the face of those so annoying millions of people who got themselves killed (probably just to hamper the long march).<br /><br />Naturally, it ran on <a href="http://www.npr.org/2014/01/20/264250022/for-world-superpowers-the-negotiating-table-often-had-a-net" rel="nofollow">NPR last night</a>:<br /><br /><i>"GRIFFIN: Ivor Montagu was born into this extremely wealthy family at the turn of the century in England. And it was a very well-connected family. They were friends with the king and queen of England. Prime Ministers would come to visit, home secretaries. You couldn't have got a more establishment family. But Ivor decided to do things a little differently.<br /><br />BLOCK: A little.<br /><br />(LAUGHTER)<br /><br />GRIFFIN: Just a little. Just a little. He sort of veered toward socialism as - when we has 13, 14. And by the time he was 18, he got a little bit more serious and decided to take the step towards communism.<br /><br />BLOCK: He's a fascinating character. He goes fishing with Trotsky. He lunches with FDR. He produces films with Hitchcock. He's a spy for Stalin. And somehow in here, ping-pong becomes part of what he's all about."</i><br /><br />And why are we in the state we are in now? Gee... so hard to say.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-41747163473306485322014-01-21T06:42:21.602-08:002014-01-21T06:42:21.602-08:00Ah good, Siegel notices what a sneering racist H. ...Ah good, Siegel notices what a sneering racist H. G. Wells was. Wells was a huge world-stater. <br /><br />http://www.city-journal.org/2009/19_2_HG-wells.htmlTonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987042455512485699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-59748509082627255542014-01-21T06:37:51.492-08:002014-01-21T06:37:51.492-08:00in the wake of the post-World War I disillusionmen...<i>in the wake of the post-World War I disillusionment</i><br /><br />Yes, and a little earlier. Fabian socialists for example were wealthy, barouche-landau liberals. The Webbs for example did some good things, improving sewer systems and whatnot, but Sidney was apparently a details guy and knew his business. The Bloomsbury types didn't, but they felt they knew enough to sneer. There were other people, like Jean Monnet, who also knew their business and hatched bigger supranational plans, such as the US of Europe, which has had a lot of wealthy "social democracy" (sic) types backing it. Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987042455512485699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10307517021738551492014-01-21T05:59:40.988-08:002014-01-21T05:59:40.988-08:00There's another review of The Revolt Against t...There's another review of <i>The Revolt Against the Masses</i> by <a href="http://pjmedia.com/eddriscoll/2014/01/19/the-l-word/" rel="nofollow">Ed Driscoll</a>. Looks like there's a lot of food for good ranting in that book.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-3179670268483063662014-01-20T19:07:51.915-08:002014-01-20T19:07:51.915-08:00That's funny, JP - I was just thinking of Walt...That's funny, JP - I was just thinking of Walt the other day, too. His Froth blog has been gone for years, though. He had another one for a while, but he quit that one, too, after I accidentally outed him. If he's started any more, I don't know, but if I ever stumbled across another blog of his I probably wouldn't say a word. I don't think he wants attention.<br /><br />I miss his comments, though. Walt was a good teacher. Whatever he's up to these days, I hope he's doing alright.<br /><br />Will, too, for that matter.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-60587877677717417372014-01-20T16:56:24.695-08:002014-01-20T16:56:24.695-08:00Whatever happened to Walt?
I looked for his blog ...Whatever happened to Walt?<br /><br />I looked for his blog the other day and it was quite gone.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-49430417449213901932014-01-20T16:15:08.071-08:002014-01-20T16:15:08.071-08:00Thank you, Jack, "spread up" is the best...Thank you, Jack, "spread up" is the best laugh I've had today. <br /><br />The compression of the middle class and the end of "upward mobility" is exactly what happened in Argentina back around 2000. <br /><br />I guess people at the top have always liked keeping out the riff-raff and newly minted. It's just easier when all the "good" jobs are government jobs and under the control of the political class.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-42180393062980064122014-01-20T14:50:04.308-08:002014-01-20T14:50:04.308-08:00Ha! Sped up.Ha! Sped up.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708393262849661076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-663796185752734532014-01-20T14:49:31.660-08:002014-01-20T14:49:31.660-08:00Magister-
The word on Madonna's early recordi...Magister-<br /><br />The word on Madonna's early recordings is that they spread up the tape speed because she was unable to keep her pitch. That is why it has the quality resembling that of a chipmunks' record. Not to insult the chipmunks.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708393262849661076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-72741991990177826282014-01-20T13:27:51.836-08:002014-01-20T13:27:51.836-08:00Julie
Madonna was ugly then, and uglier now. I ho...Julie<br /><br />Madonna was ugly then, and uglier now. I hope her kids turn out ok, but you know what they say about apples and trees. <br /><br />Oh, and my kids held a school dance and programmed some stuff for parents (of the 80's). Madonna's "Holiday" came on, which seemed to be some kind of mandatory dance for feminists. I sat down, amused, and was confirmed again in my opinion that the sound of that song is unusually tinny. It sure didn't move the kids to dance. They didn't know what to do with it.<br /><br />Ha, Madonna is gramma music! Woot!Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987042455512485699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-39309111918724222412014-01-20T13:23:08.263-08:002014-01-20T13:23:08.263-08:00Barroso just waved off climate targets for EU nati...Barroso just waved off climate targets for EU nations. That should make a lot of oikophobes on that decadent peninsula put on pouty faces and sulk. Looks like fracking will come to Europe!<br /><br />In turn, cause all the oikophobic europhiles over here stateside will experience "consternation" at least. "Blind rage" is more likely. In the words of one hard-left academic I heard stand up at a large conference: "Why do we always lose?!"<br /><br />Dude, it's called reality.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00987042455512485699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-69182645979310583012014-01-20T11:56:00.040-08:002014-01-20T11:56:00.040-08:00Speaking of aristocratic manners, on Vanderleun...Speaking of aristocratic manners, on <a href="http://americandigest.org/sidelines/2014/01/" rel="nofollow">Vanderleun's sidebar</a>:<br /><br />'Rapidly aging professional whore Madonna wound up apologizing profusely and denying she’s a “racist” after she posted a picture of her 13-year-old son Rocco Ritchie on Instagram and appended it with the hashtag “#disnigga.” Persisting in the delusion that she’s black, the eternally lapsed Catholic then revised her photo comment and told all of the “haters” to get off her “dick.”'juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-20720864369872743162014-01-20T10:39:54.246-08:002014-01-20T10:39:54.246-08:00The rest is written by the whiners, e.g., feminist...<i>The rest is written by the whiners, e.g., feminist history and all the other subhumanities. </i><br /><br />Indeed; and they are endlessly re-writing things to fit their pet paradigms. Hence every influential and strongly hetero male of bygone eras suddenly has a gay backstory.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1267976488919744272014-01-20T10:16:06.636-08:002014-01-20T10:16:06.636-08:00Taranto calls it oikphobia, and it is truly de rig...Taranto calls it <a href="http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748704147804575455523068802824" rel="nofollow">oikphobia</a>, and it is truly de rigueur on the left.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-54793444025092013372014-01-20T10:08:36.764-08:002014-01-20T10:08:36.764-08:00Can you even imagine liberalism without snobbery?
...<i>Can you even imagine liberalism without snobbery?</i><br /><br />Nope. I've known quite a few who probably qualify as "wealthy elite," and their contempt for virtually everybody outside of their social group is almost astounding.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63772135051243428492014-01-20T09:26:53.418-08:002014-01-20T09:26:53.418-08:00Doh!Doh!juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com