tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post7508590332998453757..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: The Care and Feeding of Media MonstersGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18307574056035449722011-01-13T07:19:01.086-08:002011-01-13T07:19:01.086-08:00I just don't think liberals are capable of bei...<i>I just don't think liberals are capable of being intellectually, much less spiritually, serious.</i><br /><br />Agreed. And yet at the same time, they take themselves so dreadfully seriously. Sure, they have comedy, but it's almost always a cynical, bitter, misanthropic sort of humor. And even if they manage to laugh at themselves, it's usually at their own perversions and comes with an implicit understanding that everyone else is the same or worse, even if they won't admit it.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-7392460471699475532011-01-13T00:13:45.905-08:002011-01-13T00:13:45.905-08:00Ha ha! Iowahawk brings the funny.
I'm glad he...Ha ha! Iowahawk brings the funny. <br />I'm glad he took one for the team and actually watched those clowns beclown themselves.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-30085493931905787612011-01-12T23:56:33.320-08:002011-01-12T23:56:33.320-08:00For example, one side believes that human beings a...For example, one side believes that human beings are created equal in the image of their Creator, that our rights flow from this reality, and that the purpose of government is to protect these rights. The other group believes this is a pernicious fairy tale that provokes its members to commit mass murder. I know that's how I feel when I read the Constitution."<br /><br />Aye. And the leftists always repeat the lie that conservatives are anti-government, when we are only anti-big brother-over bloated bureaucracy-ineffective-overspending-overtaxing-overregulating-nanny state-corrupt-unConstitutional-government.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-46056640680158980692011-01-12T23:45:27.242-08:002011-01-12T23:45:27.242-08:00Hi Sal:
I hope n' pray you feel better and he...Hi Sal:<br /><br />I hope n' pray you feel better and heal soon. <br />That break dancing can be dangerous so you might wanna cut back a bit. :^)<br /><br />Skully says he's happy to know grog wasn't involved because it gets a bad enough rap as it is. <br />"All things in modulation," I think he said, but his voice was slurred.<br /><br />Hopefully, Skully will be able to give his double dog D.A.R.E. presentation tomorrow at the elementary school. <br />The teachers don't like him much but the kids love him and his harrowing sea stories that illustrate what happens to the unmodulated grogger.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-3441267398969574072011-01-12T21:44:25.331-08:002011-01-12T21:44:25.331-08:00I just don't think liberals are capable of bei...I just don't think liberals are capable of being intellectually, much less spiritually, serious.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-67894187964674402542011-01-12T21:03:45.500-08:002011-01-12T21:03:45.500-08:00Doc_0: This crowd is the product of a youth cultu...Doc_0: This crowd is the product of a youth culture that confuses "authenticity" with a lack of restraint.Mizz Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325435271880036807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-25130838125000211252011-01-12T19:00:13.568-08:002011-01-12T19:00:13.568-08:00Classic Iowahawk tweets;
Forget the somber decoru...Classic Iowahawk tweets;<br /><br />Forget the somber decorum of the Wellstone funeral. At this point I'd settle for the somber decorum of WWE Monday Night RAW<br /><br />Let's get ready to HEEEEAAAALLLLL<br /><br />Waiting for the Phoenix Suns gorilla mascot to do some trampoline slam dunks<br /><br />This grief moment brought to you by Mountain Dew® Voltage™, the official thirst quencher of Griefapalooza<br /><br />Step 4 of the grieving process is "branding.<br /><br />Nothing says "profound grief" like focus-group tested merchandising materiel.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-6011023704457191482011-01-12T18:34:28.066-08:002011-01-12T18:34:28.066-08:00" does even the mere act of honest "conf..." does even the mere act of honest "confession", the sincerity of course, and where another person must be present, play an important role in how the "patient" is changed in both situations?"<br /><br />Yes. Somehow.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-76896765133842833122011-01-12T17:26:08.132-08:002011-01-12T17:26:08.132-08:00Robin just adds the haiku like footnotes for us me...Robin just adds the haiku like footnotes for us mere mortals -- his f/zero lens does his talking for him.<br /><br />I went over and viewed those twittershots on Youtube. The most common theme seems to be a desire for a shooter to open fire at a Palin rally. The thing that kept coming to my twisted mind was an image of SP saying, "Fill your hand, you SOB!"mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-485714903715099792011-01-12T17:02:23.431-08:002011-01-12T17:02:23.431-08:00Van said... "and you two get it done in a cou...Van said... "and you two get it done in a couple sentences."<br /><br />Maybe Robin S. can simmer it into a haiku couplet. :)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900344453710081874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-91388445985205895082011-01-12T16:10:19.735-08:002011-01-12T16:10:19.735-08:00Mizz E, you know today, I was reading something at...Mizz E, you know today, I was reading something at Ace's and thought for a sec he might be reading OC. I haven't ruled it out.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-78892314849451368992011-01-12T16:04:26.667-08:002011-01-12T16:04:26.667-08:00Bob, just ordered the book. So glad to hear it'...Bob, just ordered the book. So glad to hear it's a good one. I didn't know I was looking for something along those lines.<br /><br />Hunch: The better the science of psychology gets, the closer it gets to looking like the ways of the early fathers. (a part of me says, how can it not.)<br /><br />Maybe a poor example: I was watching a movie the other day and there was a scene depicting in a serious way a person in a confessional. The person was not being "honest". The person was actually envious and ratting another person's sins. Maybe the next day was another movie with a serious depiction of a patient on a psychotherapist's couch. The person was comfortable and being honest. Yet, I was struck by their similarities. Certainly the practices "look" similar, which I can't say I actually noticed before. But more than that. More like how and why they go about it. Or when they heal and when they don't.<br /><br />I mean, does even the mere act of honest "confession", the sincerity of course, and where another person must be present, play an important role in how the "patient" is changed in both situations?Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65504194343873512052011-01-12T15:43:12.958-08:002011-01-12T15:43:12.958-08:00Rick,
RE: Ace. Yes, I find his anger authentic and...Rick,<br />RE: Ace. Yes, I find his anger authentic and his expletives appropriate, so palatable. I come to OC for the bobscure, laughty wisdom.Mizz Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325435271880036807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-45658975173373614662011-01-12T15:30:53.449-08:002011-01-12T15:30:53.449-08:00The hermetically sealed reality of the left: even...The hermetically sealed reality of the left: even when a leftist assassinates the president in a climate of Democrat anger, it's still the fault of <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2011/01/12/rfk-jr-you-know-my-uncle-was-also-shot-amid-a-climate-of-right-wing-hate/" rel="nofollow">right wing hate</a>.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-57136884617591138672011-01-12T15:28:34.280-08:002011-01-12T15:28:34.280-08:00Sal, I'm so sorry to hear about your foot and ...Sal, I'm so sorry to hear about your foot and hope it's soon mended 100%. Chesterton experienced a similar inconvenience and wrote a short essay, entitled <a href="http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/20729/" rel="nofollow">"The Advantages Of Having One Leg."</a><br /><br />Chin up.Mizz Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325435271880036807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-28047092980734294392011-01-12T14:57:49.686-08:002011-01-12T14:57:49.686-08:00Thank you Sippy -- we do try to make mystical theo...Thank you Sippy -- we do try to make mystical theology fun for the whole family!Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-340705032117248102011-01-12T14:52:59.835-08:002011-01-12T14:52:59.835-08:00And what would methane breathers want with an oxyg...And what would methane breathers want with an oxygen based world, anyhow?<br /><br />Too much effort given the potential returns.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65024591420083624612011-01-12T14:51:40.182-08:002011-01-12T14:51:40.182-08:00With respect to extra-terrestrials, it is also qui...With respect to extra-terrestrials, it is also quite possible that there simply isn't enough energy available in any given extra-terresterial civilization to mount an invasion or strip mining of another planet controlled by another sentient species.<br /><br />Who knows? Any visit to another world might amount to a vanity project that requires an extensive amount of excess resources. You can visit Earth, but those two interstellar spaceships that cost $100,000,000,000,000 in Alien Monetary Units was all that was available. And they don't come equipped with an invasion force.<br /><br />Alien civilizations would also be constraied by economics. Just like us.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21082213996106394272011-01-12T14:40:47.695-08:002011-01-12T14:40:47.695-08:00Bob- I'm always entertained by the liveliness ...Bob- I'm always entertained by the liveliness of your prose.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-36616912545526589322011-01-12T14:20:30.592-08:002011-01-12T14:20:30.592-08:00Rick -- the Larchet book on spiritual disorders is...Rick -- the Larchet book on spiritual disorders is excellent so far. Such wisdom the early fathers possessed! Just about to get into the chapter on demonic possession, which I hope will illuminate this week's parade of parasites.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-23602476309967663522011-01-12T14:17:57.791-08:002011-01-12T14:17:57.791-08:00More left wing ghoulishness: what an awesome mass...More left wing ghoulishness: what an <a href="http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2011/01/michelle-malkin-1.html" rel="nofollow">awesome</a> mass murder!<br /><br />They're getting close to actual <i>thanatos</i> worship, if they aren't there already.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-22391691850319341172011-01-12T14:14:30.670-08:002011-01-12T14:14:30.670-08:00Speaking of Ace, you know there Andy linked to the...Speaking of Ace, you know there Andy linked to the Krauthammer piece and, I love The 'Hammer, but I mean the only good part was the title. No offense. Already said that.<br />But I mean, Ace is putting us some knowledge at like 10 times the rate.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74641042171284363472011-01-12T14:09:03.801-08:002011-01-12T14:09:03.801-08:00Sorry I'm late to class. Been snowing a bit ov...Sorry I'm late to class. Been snowing a bit over here in CT.<br /><br />Anyways, GREAT post.<br />Oh, and yes, What the Raccoons SaidTM.<br /><br />'specially:<br /><br />"Ace has been en fuego lately."<br /><br />You can't go there and not think that. No way. No how.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-23168183283155504892011-01-12T13:57:17.088-08:002011-01-12T13:57:17.088-08:00Switching gears for a moment, one thing that I saw...Switching gears for a moment, one thing that I saw in the aftermath that is getting little attention was the behavior of one of the heroes who <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/01/11/2011-01-11_if_they_hadnt_grabbed_him__i_would_have_shot_him.html" rel="nofollow">helped pin the shooter down</a> until the police took him. I mention Joe because he was armed, carrying concealed. And yet, wisely and presumably according to the training he had to have received in order to get his permit, he never drew his weapon, even though he was fully prepared to do so.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-26459436440416991402011-01-12T13:39:08.896-08:002011-01-12T13:39:08.896-08:00Mush- yes, my wheel is a double treadle, so no spi...Mush- yes, my wheel is a double treadle, so no spinning for me. <br />A great opportunity to knit through the stash, though.<br /><br />Someone put the long form Prayer to St. Michael on YouTube not too long ago- there's a phrase in there about "men of ruined intellect". Can't count how many individuals that makes me think of.<br />The waste makes you sad.Salhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13201226644704622876noreply@blogger.com