tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post777734433970243173..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: The Three Stages of Left Wing Spiritual DevolutionGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-29375863053179435782010-06-07T19:03:24.987-07:002010-06-07T19:03:24.987-07:00IMA troll and I will openly state my beliefs:
I c...IMA troll and I will openly state my beliefs:<br /><br />I can't get my needs met. If I was simply at peace I wouldn't be here.<br /><br />But I need things. Entertainment. Conflict. Drama. Action. <br /><br />I do not know anything. I just want to dust it up with people.<br /><br />There you have it.black holehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366633817665791528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89547538445250343872010-06-07T18:09:41.845-07:002010-06-07T18:09:41.845-07:00anone said "What did you read from me that yo...anone said "What did you read from me that you thought was a concession to anything? "<br /><br />Hoot! (oh... sorry for the Cap's... oh what the heck...) HOOT!<br /><br />You funny.<br /><br />But really, such cheap tricks in order to avoid a debate... well... I can't say they're beneath you... obviously... but still... they are as good as a concession... no... actually worse, they're just running away. No if you'd like to man up (gender issues aside) and actually make a reply which expresses your own thoughts on fundamental principles such as,<br />... your concept of what a Political Right is and how Property relates to that (if at all)?<br />... your views on Truth, it's relation to Reality, and our ability to perceive either and/or? <br />... your views on Free Will?<br />An actual reply to any one of those would be a surprising demonstration of your potentially being something other than a run of the mill vacuous troll capable of nothing more than cheap demos of trendy cynicism and sophomoric skepticism... all of which is <i>really</i> funny, since by virtue of putting a single sentence together, you utterly concede defeat to the forces of knowledge, logic and virtue.<br /><br /><br />Unless of course you'd like to actually, openly, state your beliefs on one or more of the above issues.<br /><br />The history of trolls around here is against you, but hey, maybe you're the one to break the mold.<br /><br />(heh heh... as if)<br /><br />(sorry for another delete... blogger's out to get me it seems)Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-44274339497253448582010-06-07T18:07:49.545-07:002010-06-07T18:07:49.545-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-31631860525432523722010-06-07T17:12:33.753-07:002010-06-07T17:12:33.753-07:00You people are halfwits. At best.
What did you r...You people are halfwits. At best.<br /><br />What did you read from me that you thought was a concession to anything?anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18207020184445548247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-55118191255981514492010-06-07T16:31:20.059-07:002010-06-07T16:31:20.059-07:00The Horror!
Ok... sorry... but not even our donke...The Horror!<br /><br />Ok... sorry... but not even our donkeyaninny was that lame.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-50718952299923602702010-06-07T16:27:52.092-07:002010-06-07T16:27:52.092-07:00anone said "...use the typographical trick of...anone said "...use the typographical trick of employing Capitalization to reify Concepts to make them look more solid than they really are, in a cheap attempt to win the Debate before it begins?..."<br /><br />(Warning: the following will be de-capped out of sensitivity to our aninnies sensibilities (hope that first cap wasn't too traumatic))<br /><br />wow... where'd all this straw all over the floor come from? oh, hi there anone. are you really in the habit of conceding arguments due to the correct or incorrect usage of capitalization on the part of your opponent?<br /><br />my... you <i>are</i> sensitive (oh my... it just occurred to me what italicization must do to your delicate nerves - sorry about that).<br /><br />in the off chance that you actually are able to grasp the meaning of concepts, and understand that they have more meaning than the capitalization and punctuation used to present them, do you think you could gin up the courage to give your answer to just one of those?<br /><br />(warning to the delicate aninny mind, no-cap zone ends ahead...)<br /><br />... last chance to avert your eyes...<br /><br />LOL! What a pathetic weenie!Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-14688981932911072992010-06-07T14:53:07.365-07:002010-06-07T14:53:07.365-07:00Leave Britney Alone!Leave Britney Alone!Cousin Dupreenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62590042233340449032010-06-07T14:24:29.085-07:002010-06-07T14:24:29.085-07:00How about my opinion of People who use the typogra...How about my opinion of People who use the typographical trick of employing Capitalization to reify Concepts to make them look more solid than they really are, in a cheap attempt to win the Debate before it begins? Such tricks are a poor substitute for actual Thinking.anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18207020184445548247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16633652323262209732010-06-07T10:45:56.867-07:002010-06-07T10:45:56.867-07:00Jack, yep - there is no escaping the Leches. We ca...Jack, yep - there is no escaping the Leches. We call them the Boob Nazis.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74362988429121498992010-06-07T07:52:30.667-07:002010-06-07T07:52:30.667-07:00anone, perhaps you could dazzle us with your conce...anone, perhaps you could dazzle us with your concept of what a Political Right is and how Property relates to that (if at all). For extra points, how about your views on Truth, it's relation to Reality, and our ability to perceive either and/or. Or to really surprise us, how about your views on Free Will?<br /><br />That would be getting to the point, Van. Trolls never do that! Too hard. Much easier to toss red herrings (proto-genocide!!!!11!!).Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381272662339466736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84513274476977309272010-06-07T07:48:38.704-07:002010-06-07T07:48:38.704-07:00I link to Van on FB. (Loved that post about shama...I link to Van on FB. (Loved that post about shamanic eyerolls, Van.) :D<br /><br />Jack, LOL! That's a pretty funny description.Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381272662339466736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-5064897370531903922010-06-07T07:02:15.607-07:002010-06-07T07:02:15.607-07:00GB Said - "The bottom line is that you must o...GB Said - "The bottom line is that you must observe and master the subjective states others evoke in you, or you will be pulled out of your center and become a slave to those states. Seriously, it's how the adversary operates."<br /><br />Thank you for that reminder. I sometimes forget. You can't have a rational conversation with someone who doesn't know how much they don't know - and has no interest in learning any further or in knowing the truth. Strange how the worst of human nature attaches itself to those people. They have ears, but can't hear. They have eyes, but can't see.Diannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16301129417706219603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-68391105254647326342010-06-07T06:57:15.188-07:002010-06-07T06:57:15.188-07:00Julie-
Here in my lefty college town I've enc...Julie-<br /><br />Here in my lefty college town I've encountered a group "la leche" when friends have given birth. I would refer to them jokingly, forgive my slight vulgarity, as the "titty mafia". <br /><br />Sound familiar?<br /><br />:)Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708393262849661076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-37425218381991471272010-06-07T03:57:49.529-07:002010-06-07T03:57:49.529-07:00blackie: insteada MK along with this blog try MTblackie: insteada MK along with this blog try <a href="http://www.medtarot.freeserve.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">MT</a>gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-43267631953567737822010-06-06T23:59:30.921-07:002010-06-06T23:59:30.921-07:00By the way, I am a big fan of Utopia or Heaven on ...By the way, I am a big fan of Utopia or Heaven on Earth. I just think that this must in every case begin in each human heart and work its way outward from there. <br /><br />Everyone has a pretty good idea of what a human body is like, but even if you make an extremely lifelike replica, and even if you were able to make it from the same elements, you would never be able to give it life. But on the other hand a human life, no matter how tiny, will naturally grow its own body over time into the right size and shape. The only thing you can do to help is simply to provide the conditions where it may unfold most freely. This is exactly the same way with Heaven on Earth.Magnus Itlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18445902788427523461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-53257398938795872222010-06-06T23:37:43.803-07:002010-06-06T23:37:43.803-07:00"The bottom line is that you must observe and..."The bottom line is that you must observe and master the subjective states others evoke in you, or you will be pulled out of your center and become a slave to those states. Seriously, it's how the adversary operates."<br /><br />Amen to that. As they say over in Japan: Self-reflection will get you out of Hell. It certainly works in this life, though it may sometimes take some time, if you got in deep. The practice of self-reflection is what separates those who are at home in Heaven from those who may go either way depending on external fate. If someone checks his thoughts and feelings with any regularity, there are limits to the madness he can amass. This is what is written: "Discretion shall preserve thee."Magnus Itlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18445902788427523461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-51849927414308052612010-06-06T23:02:19.840-07:002010-06-06T23:02:19.840-07:00Well, I guess I retract my comment that Hitler was...Well, I guess I retract my comment that Hitler was a right winger. He wasn't exactly leftist either. He was in a kind of class of his own.<br /><br />No offense to Bob, but echoes (and these are mere echoes, to be clear) exist between Bob's comments and pages up to 200 or so in "Mein Kampf."<br /><br />Minus the antisemitism! Certainly. And the racial purity angle. Drop those two angles.<br /><br />But the diatribes agains the communists are uncanny in their similarity. Is 20th century Germany a lot like 21st century Amerika? You might think so when reading MK.<br /><br />How they have the media. How they have academia. How they undermine the nation. How they are responsible for sapping the national character. How their insidious poison enters the body politic. How they distort industry. <br /><br />And that is why I occasionaly shout out "Proto-genocide!" and "Precursors to madness!" here. Unlikely thought that may be.<br /><br />To read this blog and MK at the same time in parallel is a surreal exercise. Perhaps I should refrain.black holehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07366633817665791528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-13317133252854645392010-06-06T21:25:41.263-07:002010-06-06T21:25:41.263-07:00@ Mizze, Junebug - I like it! We've been tryin...@ Mizze, Junebug - I like it! We've been trying to think of good nicknames :)<br /><br />@ Jack re. the tyranny of the well- intentioned, I had the pleasure of enduring it first hand this past week, as an army of lactation consultants paraded through my recovery room to explain how I was doing it all wrong. Also, in order to be discharged we had to watch a nightmarish video explaining that babies shouldn't be shaken. And sign a "contract" promising never to shake the baby. <br /><br />Good advice is always welcome. But being told how to behave in spite of unique and essential circumstances is simply dehumanizing.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-25051998782212429172010-06-06T20:18:11.592-07:002010-06-06T20:18:11.592-07:00"My assertion that Obama is not a hater is be..."My assertion that Obama is not a hater is because I have not heard him issue any denunciations."<br /><br />Um...bitter clingers? That was off the teleprompter and in friendly radical territory, I believe...Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381272662339466736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-51727495973348537652010-06-06T20:14:26.746-07:002010-06-06T20:14:26.746-07:00FTR, anon & bh, or anon/bh, I live in pretty c...FTR, anon & bh, or anon/bh, I live in pretty close contact with a theologian. He answers my theology questions pretty thoroughly. So that, in addition to my own reading through the years, is the basis of my understanding of liberation theology in its various forms.<br /><br />We don't have tv, and my laptop's sound card has been fried for months, so video clips are a rare occurrence around here-- unless I can manage to pry the school computer out of my kids' hands. But when I do, I usually spend the time furthering my current pennywhistle/trad music obsession. :)Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381272662339466736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-47527678229052362492010-06-06T18:34:09.549-07:002010-06-06T18:34:09.549-07:00Hey, give him a break. What's left when argum...Hey, give him a break. What's left when argument from authority blows up in your face again?Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-52938432201844357142010-06-06T18:23:06.181-07:002010-06-06T18:23:06.181-07:00Whew, that's quite a refutation of Goldberg...Whew, that's quite a refutation of Goldberg's arguments there, anon. Circled back to ad hominem, have we?Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381272662339466736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-54403310915697687472010-06-06T17:40:26.467-07:002010-06-06T17:40:26.467-07:00To call one of Goldberg's opponents lazy is ab...To call one of <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=gwQ&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=jonah+goldberg+lazy+site%3Aalicublog.blogspot.com&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=" rel="nofollow">Goldberg's opponents lazy</a> is about as funny as calling Hitler a progressive.anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18207020184445548247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-92107405645529821222010-06-06T16:37:26.283-07:002010-06-06T16:37:26.283-07:00To me it boils down to this. Argue ALL you want th...To me it boils down to this. Argue ALL you want that Fascism is a phenomenon of the Right, who cares?...it still doesn't matter. The way I see it is Statist vs Non-Statist. Totalitarianism (by whatever name) vs Limited Government. <br /><br />A government that respects (and often defers to) bottom-up distributed intelligence rooted in individual responsibility vs relying primarily on top-down elite "intelligence" doling out its benevolence or withholding the same.<br /><br />Whatever else you might think about the classical liberal position one thing seems clear is that we want Government *limited* to its enumerated powers. This, though no perfect solution (it can be rather messy at times, but that's freedom, that's human life) seems infinitely preferable to a constantly expanding government extending its reach further and further into places it doesn't belong, no matter how "well-intentioned".Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708393262849661076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-81197694863762205132010-06-06T16:23:22.724-07:002010-06-06T16:23:22.724-07:00Goldberg's response to Paxton's lazy analy...Goldberg's <a href="http://www.hnn.us/articles/122667.html" rel="nofollow">response</a> to Paxton's lazy analysis.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.com