tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post7145396799989212901..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Antichrist Update Vol. 4: Light Therapy for Electile Dysfunction (1.22.10)Gagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-24965925767721771102009-03-23T18:56:00.000-07:002009-03-23T18:56:00.000-07:00Hey, keeps the toes warm for the last cold snap.Hey, keeps the toes warm for the last cold snap.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-59958749709232362372009-03-23T18:34:00.000-07:002009-03-23T18:34:00.000-07:00Kudos Van!I believe you have matched a pair of soc...Kudos Van!<BR/><BR/>I believe you have matched a pair of sockpuppets!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-33620373271103013432009-03-23T15:52:00.000-07:002009-03-23T15:52:00.000-07:00Forget everything I said after hello.Forget everything I said after hello.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79581406831033208982009-03-23T14:52:00.000-07:002009-03-23T14:52:00.000-07:00I don't think it's actually Ray. Ray was merely l...I don't think it's actually Ray. Ray was merely luciferian, whereas this man is palpably satanic. Much darker spirit than Ray.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-85657609164103183562009-03-23T14:47:00.000-07:002009-03-23T14:47:00.000-07:00Ray’s mother wears army boots.Ray’s mother wears army boots.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-9653001762216145922009-03-23T14:45:00.000-07:002009-03-23T14:45:00.000-07:00I’m pretty sure Empty is Ray…since Empty seems to ...I’m pretty sure Empty is Ray…since Empty seems to have adopted Ray’s policy from the get go: Ray doesn’t acknowledge anything I say anymore *sniff*<BR/>And these are damn good jokes!<BR/>Not that I’m complaining, mind you – that would be a Ray thing too (as in, missing the point).Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19889284719547770032009-03-23T12:12:00.000-07:002009-03-23T12:12:00.000-07:00Very well. I must hurry back to my comic book sto...Very well. I must hurry back to my comic book store, where I dispense the insults rather than absorb them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-91081663063237205882009-03-23T11:57:00.000-07:002009-03-23T11:57:00.000-07:00Yeah. Had a feeling you might relate better to vir...Yeah. Had a feeling you might relate better to virtual reality, than actual reality. Such a surprise.<BR/><BR/><BR/>wv:slampunc<BR/>Sounds right.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-8399708176134095722009-03-23T11:41:00.000-07:002009-03-23T11:41:00.000-07:00Van: "You are a sad, strange little man, and you ...Van: <I>"You are a sad, strange little man, and you have my pity. Farewell".</I><BR/>Of course, when Buzz Lightyear said that, he was delusional and rejecting Woody's attempts to bring him to reality. I'll quote his response: "Good riddance, ya loony!".<BR/><BR/>Context <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114709/quotes" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>They also wind up being fast friends...I suppose stranger things have happened.mtravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356162954308418556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-35148877500793350162009-03-23T11:06:00.000-07:002009-03-23T11:06:00.000-07:00mtcraven said "Van: accuses me of equivocation.me:...mtcraven said "Van: accuses me of equivocation.<BR/>me: asks for examples<BR/>Van (in toto): "Worthless.""<BR/><BR/>Even more than you equivocate, you evade, like a roach scared of the light.<BR/><BR/>I've asked several times for your thoughts on rights, property rights, why it is ok for the left (or right) to violate those, morality, truth, etc, and you've not answered any one of them. You only evade the issues, probably because you've never given them any thought beyond your bogey man level conception of the 'right' and how to shout it down.<BR/><BR/>Unlike yourself, I've actually thought about those issues and more, and put much of it up on my site for anyone to see, criticize or argue with me on, whereas on your's there is nothing but your sniping and juvenile insults which you somehow seem to think makes you look ... what... mature?<BR/><BR/>To quote that cosmic philosopher, Buzz Lightyear, "You are a sad, strange little man, and you have my pity. Farewell".<BR/><BR/>And my laughter.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-86609235353939339602009-03-23T10:27:00.000-07:002009-03-23T10:27:00.000-07:00I know, I know, only a simpleton believes in "good...I know, I know, only a simpleton believes in "good and evil." What can I say? I never attended a liberal college to acquire your level of sophistication.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-51684862954664506972009-03-23T10:17:00.000-07:002009-03-23T10:17:00.000-07:00Please do not misquote me, clown: "You who love t...Please do not misquote me, clown: "You who love the Lord, hate evil!" (Psalms 97:10).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-47233371270472335702009-03-23T09:57:00.000-07:002009-03-23T09:57:00.000-07:00Van: accuses me of equivocation.me: asks for examp...Van: accuses me of equivocation.<BR/><BR/>me: asks for examples<BR/><BR/>Van (in toto): "Worthless."<BR/><BR/>Well OK then. You make accusations and can't or won't back them up with examples. Instead you resort to content-free insult. Like I said, you people act like threatened monkeys, not rational beings. <BR/><BR/>Sorry if I put the scare in you. But you have to know that your bullshit theo-politics is going to be rejected, that the targets of your opprobrium will fight back, that you in no way speak for God, reason, humanity, or anything but your own pathetic little selves. I do not claim to know God's politics, but I'm fairly confident that it does not include the sort of hatemongering you find here.mtravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356162954308418556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-69563976166823049882009-03-23T07:02:00.000-07:002009-03-23T07:02:00.000-07:00Rick:You are forgetting one of Petey's cosmic meta...Rick:<BR/><BR/>You are forgetting one of Petey's cosmic meta-laws: <BR/><BR/><I>There is nothing so preposterous that a credulous liberal won't believe it, so long as it presents the United States in a bad light and justifies their hatred of the country.</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-44874346402178502142009-03-23T07:00:00.000-07:002009-03-23T07:00:00.000-07:00Ricky, thank for that link!;-)Ricky, thank for that link!<BR/><BR/>;-)Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-28698805276771852022009-03-23T06:52:00.000-07:002009-03-23T06:52:00.000-07:00rutmarube said "Takes one to nose one, eh preacher...rutmarube said "Takes one to nose one, eh preacher"<BR/><BR/>No, takes One to gno One. Excludes <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._Traven" REL="nofollow">you by definition.</A><BR/><BR/>Still laughing.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-32103844071734603362009-03-23T06:46:00.000-07:002009-03-23T06:46:00.000-07:00mtcraven said “Such as? You'd prefer it if I was m...mtcraven said “Such as? You'd prefer it if I was more dogmatic?”<BR/><BR/>Worthless.<BR/><BR/>“. There is the Burkean sense of wanting to preserve settled social relationships, and there is the modern sense in use by the Republican party and its supporters, which means being in the tank for rampant statism, corruption, and plutocracy..”<BR/><BR/>Half-assed. In response the portion that is only a partial moon, <A HREF="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15043/15043-h/15043-h.htm" REL="nofollow">Burke</A> <I>was</I> a true Liberal, he considered tested and proven traditions to have worth because they were tested and proven, he disapproved of and opposed the spirit of clever innovations such as Rousseau, but Burke was not interested in preserving ‘settled social relationships’ in and of themselves, as anyone who has actually bothered to read more of Burke than a few quotes, would grasp right off.<BR/><BR/>Using the term ‘Conservative’ as we do, conserving the best of classical liberalism, is not a quirk or innovation of our own here, as indicated by Russell Kirk’s <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Conservative-Mind-Burke-Eliot/dp/0895261715" REL="nofollow">‘The Conservative Mind’</A>, first published 1953, and btw, Kirk knew a thing or two about <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Edmund-Burke-Reconsidered-Russell-Kirk/dp/188292617X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237814144&sr=1-2" REL="nofollow">Burke</A> as well.<BR/><BR/>“That is not what 'Conservative' means to most people”<BR/>Because most people are not very informed about what is and is not so, doesn’t alter the facts of what is and is not so. I rarely use the word ‘Liberal’ in reference to the left, because they have absolutely no right to it, they absconded with it in the early 20th century, after sullying their proper name of ‘progressive’ – a sick joke in itself. The true liberals fled from the democrat party at the time, to the Republican party, and began to have to use the term ‘Classical Liberal’ to distinguish themselves from the posers of the left, but the term was too unwieldy, even then, and ‘Conservative’ as opposed to the broader ‘Republican’, was the one soon settled on, for the reason of conserving the traditions of the classical liberal <A HREF="http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/tocs/toc.html" REL="nofollow">Founding Fathers</A> of our nation.<BR/><BR/>Liberal is the noble term for those who support liberty and individual rights, and recognize the free market as the best means of expressing and preserving both. There is <I>nothing</I> Liberal about the leftist democrat party, which is opposed to individual rights at every turn, preferring the power of pressure groups over liberty every step of the way, such as there preference for mandatory union memberships, minimum wages, ‘affirmative action’, speech codes and all the regulatory agencies and regulations and their concomitant corruption endemic to such authoritarianism, that have been choking the life out of this country for over a century.<BR/><BR/>The rest of your comment is of no worth or interest.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-42407999275595089672009-03-23T06:40:00.000-07:002009-03-23T06:40:00.000-07:00Speeching of the NYT..Apparently “torture” still m...Speeching of the NYT..<BR/>Apparently “torture” still means different things to different people.<BR/>Empty, you may enjoy <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJygJQNQHkw&feature=player_embedded" REL="nofollow">this.</A><BR/>Or not... it's only 3 minutes long. You can do it.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18798789323127714782009-03-23T06:09:00.000-07:002009-03-23T06:09:00.000-07:00Well, at least we agree on one thing. Anyone with...Well, at least we agree on one thing. Anyone with half a brain thinks I cloak myself in the fraudulent mantle of classical small-government liberalism in order to conceal my rampant statism, corruption, and plutocracy.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-11319543388119835672009-03-23T00:38:00.000-07:002009-03-23T00:38:00.000-07:00Van,Delightfully entertaining prose! May I? Please...Van,<BR/>Delightfully entertaining prose! May I? Please?<BR/><BR/><I>"If you wish to use ‘conservative’ as you catch-all for whatever meaning you wish to isolate it..."</I> (sic)<BR/><BR/><I>"If you wish to see positions of conservatives, which hold to that meaning, you should be able to grasp them through this..."</I> (sic)<BR/><BR/><I>"If you are interested and able to intelligently examining the issue, you will make it plain by your response…"</I> (sic)<BR/><BR/>Cant is well satisfied with you to, <I>er, two, er, too</I> (never mind. You surely understand my point without my needing to make it, right? After all, it's MY POINT, right? Obvious to all, RIGHT?) brother! I see why W is held in such high regard in these here parts. <BR/><BR/>This one though stands as a shining example of Vanism(Who, Me?)at its finest: <I>...you are only performing an act of … uhm… mental self-satisfaction, and I’ve no interest in joining you.<BR/></I> <BR/>Of course. So easy to mistake rambling diatribe for unconsious self parody. Now I see you were only trying to avoid premature kneejerkulation.<BR/><BR/>Good fun, high one. Keep inhaling!<BR/><BR/>(Dupe: Thank you. Your own prose carries a familial odor as well. Takes one to nose one, eh preacher?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-56010523470921989052009-03-22T23:01:00.000-07:002009-03-22T23:01:00.000-07:00Van:you use equivocations as a child uses ‘wild ca...Van:<BR/><I>you use equivocations as a child uses ‘wild cards’ in poker.</I><BR/><BR/>Such as? You'd prefer it if I was more dogmatic?<BR/><BR/><I> If you wish to use ‘conservative’ as you catch-all for whatever meaning you wish to isolate it to and ascribe to it...</I><BR/><BR/>I'm not. I'm being perfectly clear about how I am using 'conservative'. There is the Burkean sense of wanting to preserve settled social relationships, and there is the modern sense in use by the Republican party and its supporters, which means being in the tank for rampant statism, corruption, and plutocracy. My commentary is how poorly those two match up, how even the Burkean conservatives were never about actually conserving all social relations, and how the free market is anything but conservative. <BR/><BR/><I> we only describe ourselves here as ‘Conservative’ in the sense of seeking to conserve the ideals of classical liberalism</I><BR/><BR/>And you're accusing me of playing fast and loose with meanings? That is not what 'Conservative' means to most people. To be sure, the conservative movement has attempted to cloak itself in the mantle of classical small-government liberalism, but that was always a total sham and the fraudulent nature of this marketing effort is obvious to anyone with half a brain at this point.<BR/><BR/>As I already said, anyone who is enthusiastic about state-sponsored torture has permanently given up their right to call themselves a classical liberal.mtravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356162954308418556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-41088482893515783922009-03-22T14:01:00.000-07:002009-03-22T14:01:00.000-07:00Ho!I and most of the readers here are conservative...Ho!<BR/><BR/>I and most of the readers here are conservatives <I>because</I> we are liberal. In contrast, there is no one so "conservative" and reactionary as a leftist living in a rent-controlled Manhattan apartment and holding tenure. Talk about a movement that seeks only to preserve illegitimate privilege!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-59605826502292641132009-03-22T13:55:00.000-07:002009-03-22T13:55:00.000-07:00mtcraven, as I said, you use equivocations as a ch...mtcraven, as I said, you use equivocations as a child uses ‘wild cards’ in poker. If you wish to use ‘conservative’ as you catch-all for whatever meaning you wish to isolate it to and ascribe to it … you are only performing an act of … uhm… mental self-satisfaction, and I’ve no interest in joining you.<BR/><BR/>On the off, off, off chance that you are interested in actually thinking about the issue, first look at what we’ve said over and again, we only describe ourselves here as ‘Conservative’ in the sense of seeking to conserve the ideals of classical liberalism, such as were held by the Founders of this nation.<BR/><BR/>If you wish to see positions of conservatives, which hold to that meaning, you should be able to grasp them through this from <A HREF="”" REL="nofollow">Frederich Bastiat </A>(circa approx. 1840’s), or <A HREF="”" REL="nofollow">Thomas Sowell</A> circa 1999.<BR/><BR/>If you are interested and able to intelligently examining the issue, you will make it plain by your response… which will bear no resemblance to your previous responses. If not, no need to answer further, or link back to any further exercises in stupidity, such as your latest link.<BR/><BR/>"<I>We can have no motive to desire his visit, it is he who desires to see us and who therefore must make himself intelligible and acceptable</I>"Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-50457239785081525212009-03-22T13:02:00.000-07:002009-03-22T13:02:00.000-07:00My point about rent control is expanded here. Res...My point about rent control is expanded <A HREF="http://omniorthogonal.blogspot.com/2009/03/real-conservatism-and-rent-control.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>. Respectful and intelligent commentary is welcome, if not exactly expected.mtravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356162954308418556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-43340286493530656352009-03-22T08:48:00.000-07:002009-03-22T08:48:00.000-07:00Retmarut sounds just like Deepak. Has that same b...Retmarut sounds just like Deepak. Has that same brain-damaged cadence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com