tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post6484607380005860682..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Obama and End-Stage Metastatic LiberalismGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-69855811725313400972010-01-04T04:30:57.500-08:002010-01-04T04:30:57.500-08:00These organs are designed to know truth, not to re...<i>These organs are designed to know truth, not to replace it with the intemperate follies and fashions the day.</i><br /><br />You can imagine how such a statement, so beautiful for being True, must grate on the last nerve of those for whom formless and amoeba-like "freedom" affords all the vision their little pea-brains can muster.Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-30741504029290457922010-01-03T14:40:03.752-08:002010-01-03T14:40:03.752-08:00Excellent essay. It hurts, what was done to Americ...Excellent essay. It hurts, what was done to America. I'm extremely ashamed that our boomer generation is the one that destroyed it. When I think of the many generations of Americans past who handed us this great country and every opportunity imaginable, and more than that...and then how we elected Pelosi, Reid and Obama to kill it.<br /><br />It's amazing. It's tragic. It's Greek tragedy level. It's very bad. It's going to get worse I think.<br /><br />Is there nothing to do to stop it?Michael Mc.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1496523432444248862010-01-03T00:41:50.256-08:002010-01-03T00:41:50.256-08:00Another round of aninnies not worth rebutting. I g...Another round of aninnies not worth rebutting. I get the feeling they post their comments with a 'Ta-dum!' as they click publish... but they're just 'too dumb' to bother with.<br /><br />'night all.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-41072097799914185962010-01-03T00:26:52.952-08:002010-01-03T00:26:52.952-08:00Gotta go with the first two comments. One of those...Gotta go with the first two comments. One of those that has too many quotes I want to comment on... so I'll stick to one,<br /><br />"For we recognize that there is actually only one story, and that it is (among other things) the story of liberty. But obviously not the liberty of the left, since they detach it from the truth, beauty, and virtue -- the permanent things -- without which it is just another name for confusion, disorientation, blundering along in the dark. Being lost is hardly the same as being free, although it can feel like it for awhile, at least until the provisions run out."<br /><br />Sums the issue up well. Without the permanent things, the Good, the Beautiful and the True, power is all that remains and ugliness of spirit, manner and imagery are all that remain.<br /><br />Which is why that pic of nObama is such a fine portrait of the man and his minions.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-67406188109943359562010-01-02T20:00:28.522-08:002010-01-02T20:00:28.522-08:00Seriously though, the movie is fine.
I think you g...Seriously though, the movie is fine.<br />I think you gotta try pretty hard to be offended.<br />There are a couple of lines that are hard to take. But that’s pretty good for James Camera-on. “Shock and awe” and “pre-emptive” were too obvious. If you’re a kid, you’ll never notice. RRRickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-37617867238480042542010-01-02T19:57:01.850-08:002010-01-02T19:57:01.850-08:00I just went to see Avatar.
The blue meanies give m...I just went to see Avatar.<br />The blue meanies give me the Jesus-willies.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-55648576469637278742010-01-02T19:56:12.578-08:002010-01-02T19:56:12.578-08:00Check out the shades! Y'all really know how t...Check out the shades! Y'all really know how to live. Oh for some sunshine. The wind is trying to blow our fire out right now.Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381272662339466736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-30955837517310876772010-01-02T19:53:18.858-08:002010-01-02T19:53:18.858-08:00Sorry about that, Ken.
I didn't mean that to c...Sorry about that, Ken.<br />I didn't mean that to come out personal.<br />RRRickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-56443126140768759612010-01-02T19:50:51.864-08:002010-01-02T19:50:51.864-08:00Shucks, Julie.
Thanks :-)
RRShucks, Julie.<br />Thanks :-)<br />RRRickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-25702420132269905672010-01-02T16:34:31.825-08:002010-01-02T16:34:31.825-08:00Bob said:
"It reminds me of a wise crack by ...Bob said:<br /><br />"It reminds me of a wise crack by Schuon, who said something to the effect that "poorly posed questions no more attract the light than they are derived from it," but that "a good question can be derived from the very light it seeks." Likewise, a good quest creates its own journey."<br /><br />In the same way that Rush was instrumental in helping separate the wheat from the chaff in politics so Bob is to my spiritual life. Having Bob reawaken my Christian heritage with his blog and book, my poorly posed questions are evolving into blinding revelations and the quest I've been searching for all my life has me evolving from a mine sweeper to an astronaut on a fast-moving rocketship.<br /><br />So, to Bob and the rest of the regular cosmonauts whose input is without parallel, a very Happy New Year!<br /><br />Warm regards,<br />SeanSeannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-44824884059284169392010-01-02T15:41:21.176-08:002010-01-02T15:41:21.176-08:00Man, these anonymous people who do not know who th...Man, these anonymous people who do not know who they are,sure are dumb.Kerryhttp://isotope37.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16726202387370951872010-01-02T15:36:05.477-08:002010-01-02T15:36:05.477-08:00Northern Bandit, the thinking of the left and the ...Northern Bandit, the thinking of the left and the Jihadists is the same. Those with particular thoughts and ideas must die/be killed. Just two days ago certain people on the left were praying (!?) for Rush Limbaugh to die.Kerryhttp://isotope37.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-72943178337534184722010-01-02T15:22:17.242-08:002010-01-02T15:22:17.242-08:00Whoa there. The people elected Obama, and the peo...Whoa there. The people elected Obama, and the people are America.<br /><br />The founders are gone. They had their say. This is our time. <br /><br />The nation is composed of who is living today. And we elected Obama. You are a minority. You don't make policy. Americans do; the majority who vote Democrat and liberal. If you aren't with us, you are against us. <br /><br />Obama is a warrior. He knows a strong military, applied where it needs to be applied, will keep us safe.<br /><br />And he will look out for the weaker, more oppressed around the world. The USA is the "world's policeman." It shall reamain so.<br /><br />Your complaints that Obama doesn't embrace God are groundless. He goes to church. He's a believer. Everyone knows that. You are just throwing dirt clods.<br /><br />You don't know diddly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-44195204933574930122010-01-02T15:08:46.098-08:002010-01-02T15:08:46.098-08:00RR, point taken. It was sheer curiosity.
I just ...RR, point taken. It was sheer curiosity. <br /><br />I just read something after my comment that got me thinking along the same lines of what you're saying. In a nutshell, a typical manifestation of the desubstantialization of spiritual entities, of their reality and depth, is a "reporter's attitude" towards every happening, ie. photographing a woman crying over the death of her child or interviewing a person the moment they lose a loved one, or as you say, stopping to stare at the car wreck. If you desubstantialize the situation, it takes away from its full human thematicity, pressing everything down to a uniform low level.Kennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-34016390986099284132010-01-02T13:32:18.772-08:002010-01-02T13:32:18.772-08:00OT, but since RR just popped up I thought I'd ...OT, but since RR just popped up I thought I'd engage in some shameless other-promotion, since he probably won't. <a href="http://listening-now.blogspot.com/index.html" rel="nofollow">Someone</a> has a <a href="http://www.lulu.com/product/hardcover/the-war/6168236" rel="nofollow">new book</a> coming out...<br />;)juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-46743109592396530042010-01-02T12:57:44.323-08:002010-01-02T12:57:44.323-08:00"but it certainly didn't strike me as sac..."but it certainly didn't strike me as sacrilege. And I was expecting just that."<br /><br />Then why did you go?<br /><br />I'm in the it is sacrilege camp. For similar reasons why I don't watch those "CSI" TV shows. Besides the fact I could write one in about 10 minutes. They all seem so remarkably uninterested in telling the "story" of the former "person" that is now on a table burned to a crisp. No one seems to notice this. Sure they tell "how" it happened. But the point of these shows seem to be how cool can we be in our hightened insensativity. Certainly there must be better ways to treat "the Human body". Even in a made up story some things should be off limits. Gil Balie may say, these "victims don't have a voice".<br />I don't find these shows entertaining.<br />They seem to say it's ok the stare at the car wreck when you drive by. Go ahead. It's ok.<br />RRRickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-90079725316867598052010-01-02T12:57:07.965-08:002010-01-02T12:57:07.965-08:00Off-topic...kinda:
Interesting op-ed piece in the...Off-topic...kinda:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/21/opinion/21douthat1.html?_r=1" rel="nofollow">Interesting op-ed piece in the NYT</a> about the film <i>Avatar</i>, and the appeal of pantheism for a society that's increasingly divorced from hierarchical and permanent spiritual values.Aquilanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-69009204932974793792010-01-02T12:02:20.971-08:002010-01-02T12:02:20.971-08:00RockPigSqueal.RockPigSqueal.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-15289081598552687872010-01-02T11:56:14.599-08:002010-01-02T11:56:14.599-08:00Hmmm ... I dunno, Bob, you may come up short on th...Hmmm ... I dunno, Bob, you may come up short on this one. After all, on Air America, the hosts say over and over and <i>over</i> that Obama used to be a "Constitutional Scholar" -- that's gotta count for a lot, doesn't it?<br /><br />Also -- who among <i>us</i> can claim to have had our portraits painted with a radiant globe shining in our forehead? Hah? That, too, surely must count for something?<br /><br />At any rate, your recent posts seem to make Anon increasingly agitated; you've probably noticed. I think you're about to get a new convert -- he's right on the edge! O happy day!walthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01388218390016612051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-80446385834166914392010-01-02T11:50:15.301-08:002010-01-02T11:50:15.301-08:00Anon, now there's a handle for you, "sch...Anon, now there's a handle for you, "schoolboy".<br />It's the most perceptive thing you've written in three years.hoarheynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84135306433376843352010-01-02T11:36:39.039-08:002010-01-02T11:36:39.039-08:00Pretty feeble. Of course the Founders allowed for...Pretty feeble. Of course the Founders allowed for an <i>explicit</i> means to amend the Constitution. But Obama is speaking of the <i>implicit</i> meaning of the Constitution itself, a meaning that the Founders soundly rejected. The notion that there is no absolute truth would have struck them as metaphysically preposterous and profoundly illiberal, for if there is no truth, there is no liberty.Cousin Dupreenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-68403267652024381192010-01-02T11:29:37.243-08:002010-01-02T11:29:37.243-08:00The difference between a conservative and a libera...<i>The difference between a conservative and a liberal is that the former loves America, while the latter loves some abstract idea of what America should be in his Marxian fantasies.</i><br /><br />The real America elected Obama, and elected Roosevelt four times, has soundly rejected the horrible misrule of Republicans, and is not interested in returning to the era of Calvin Coolidge. It's you who suffers from an overdose of abstraction -- what else could something like this mean: "the real and permanent America that is the champion of universal truth in this benighted world"? The real America is not a "champion of universal truth", it is a historically situated actual place with an actual messy and imperfect history. And there's no reason to expect it to be permanent, sorry. Few things are.<br /><br />Obama's remark -- which you can <a href="http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/020408.html" rel="nofollow">read in context here</a> -- obviously refers to the fact that the founders realized their own imperfections and made the Constitution amendable, and ensured that the parts of the government could hold each other in check. Religious absolutism had recently devastated Europe -- the Enlightenment and Constitution were a reaction to that. As any schoolboy knows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-58794083297884234252010-01-02T11:28:45.599-08:002010-01-02T11:28:45.599-08:00Exactly. For Obama, it is literally true that the...Exactly. For Obama, it is <i>literally true</i> that the Declaration of Independence is unconstitutional, for it affirms that our nation is founded upon timeless and universal truths.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74554492487571268262010-01-02T11:19:47.676-08:002010-01-02T11:19:47.676-08:00We read you loud and clear. You're a fanatic.
...<i>We read you loud and clear. You're a fanatic.</i><br /><br />It sounds fanatical to you because you are a leftist, which means you are ahistorical. In fact, you bear out one of the themes in this essay: You are part of a movement that is unmoored from the American idea, and thus you are incapable of recognizing it. Of <i>course</i> it sounds "fanatical" to you -- it's alien to your eyes.<br /><br />You don't recognize your own country.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-48204919924163399812010-01-02T11:04:05.249-08:002010-01-02T11:04:05.249-08:00Bob, didn't we agree about the filthy dog in y...Bob, didn't we agree about the filthy dog in your house?Osamanoreply@blogger.com