tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post8527500862780965527..comments2024-03-28T12:10:26.197-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Courting the Idiot Vote while Banking on Wimpy White WomenGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10572838067256393072008-09-12T08:59:00.000-07:002008-09-12T08:59:00.000-07:00"Chandler: o ye of little faith. Bach is perhaps t..."Chandler: o ye of little faith. Bach is perhaps the greatest synthesis of reason and emotion in any art for of any time. Any one fugue contains a vast universe waiting to be explored. But someday, someday, the blind shall see and the deaf shall hear. Until then..."<BR/><BR/> I AM WILLING TO LEARN, which is why I love One Cosmos. I am open. Thus far I can't find in Bach anything that doesn't sound like an elaborate math formulation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-34012733054840855132008-09-12T07:37:00.000-07:002008-09-12T07:37:00.000-07:00What Julie and Susannah said about the Canadian "d...What Julie and Susannah said about the Canadian "doctor"'s comments. He would have been right at home in Hitler's crew.<BR/><BR/>Obama: "Look, I got two daughters -- 9 years old and 6 years old. ... I am going to teach them first about values and morals, but if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby."<BR/><BR/>Just as sick.NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-26479326385146385982008-09-12T07:05:00.000-07:002008-09-12T07:05:00.000-07:00Hemingway! One of my 'tantric' gurus along w/ Buko...Hemingway! One of my 'tantric' gurus along w/ Bukowski [they'd both ably drink the day-long]. His recently released African book was a fresh pleasure, with strangely timely observations re some of Muslim customs embraced by the tribe the Hems hung with: like the way the priest had to check on shot game and use the blade himself with prayers if the animal was alive to make it Hallal, baby!<BR/>...otherwise, no meat for the righteousgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-62558859292340548062008-09-12T06:34:00.000-07:002008-09-12T06:34:00.000-07:00I know some may think I'm further off my rocker th...I know some may think I'm further off my rocker than usual by this, but...<BR/><BR/>Given how far this country has sliden from its moorings over the last few years, what if...Sarah Palin is a God-given opportunity that, if we receive with thanks, can actually move us toward genuine reformation of this lost government.<BR/><BR/>Bob said this day before yesterday and it really stuck with me in a new way:<BR/><BR/>"The only reason God can be realized is that he is intimately involved in the world."<BR/><BR/>I am also reminded of what I believe is the best answer to the question about our purpose. That is - to know and do <A HREF="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2026:39;&version=9" REL="nofollow">the will of God</A>.NoMohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01100042056270224683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-86024324228215663032008-09-11T22:18:00.000-07:002008-09-11T22:18:00.000-07:00"Sheep May Safely Graze..."--gets me eve..."Sheep May Safely Graze..."--gets me every time.<BR/><BR/>Julie, I know (abortion article)--horrific! Complete moral bankruptcy. Grrr! "Safelegal&rare," my eye. It's so transparently evident they don't want Down Syndrome children in the world. Sickos.<BR/><BR/>The left wing has gone stark raving mad in the past week. It's almost frightening to watch. Dark Ages, indeed.Susannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381272662339466736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-86158133016401742322008-09-11T19:57:00.000-07:002008-09-11T19:57:00.000-07:00Bob f.: You are correct sir, we live in the new `...Bob f.: You are correct sir, we live in the new `Dark Ages` and we are in desperate need of a Saint Benedict.<BR/><BR/>Isn`t it fitting that our current pope chose the name Benedict?<BR/><BR/>Any thoughts Bob?<BR/><BR/>Chandler: o ye of little faith. Bach is perhaps the greatest synthesis of reason and emotion in any art for of any time. Any one fugue contains a vast universe waiting to be explored. But someday, someday, the blind shall see and the deaf shall hear. Until then...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-43523779976892443612008-09-11T18:59:00.000-07:002008-09-11T18:59:00.000-07:00Some of today's searches:how to use your brainspir...Some of today's searches:<BR/><BR/>how to use your brain<BR/>spiritual retarded<BR/>raccoon quarterback view<BR/>declaring war on raccoons<BR/>turn on lights to chase raccoon<BR/>political horse's asses<BR/>white women for obama<BR/>jew running planes dreams<BR/>parasites feeling unreal<BR/>stark raving sanity<BR/>persian marriage counseling in the san fernando valleyGagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-6507228049394598412008-09-11T18:20:00.000-07:002008-09-11T18:20:00.000-07:00Aquila, thanks for the Castenada article. What a ...Aquila, thanks for the Castenada article. What a huge surprise that Deepak was influenced by a fake. Everybody had these Castenada books back in my day. I had three or four myself and read them as kind of cool science fiction. But I had many friends who bought into it and wanted to be 'wizards' via the ingestion of various drugs. <BR/><BR/>The ease with which Castenada was able to deceive academics brings to mind the old adage "you can't cheat an honest man". This is perhaps why some of us are skeptical, not so much of the findings of science (most of the time) as the conclusions drawn from those finding. Reality-by-consensus is the logical, possibly inevitable destination of Julie's fanatical relativist.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-85492542274005422032008-09-11T17:48:00.000-07:002008-09-11T17:48:00.000-07:00Chandler, tell me you're not dissing Bachgrrrrrrr,...Chandler, tell me you're not dissing Bach<BR/><BR/><BR/>grrrrrrr, where's my Lipstick......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-46671384820101353022008-09-11T16:46:00.000-07:002008-09-11T16:46:00.000-07:00"All geometry with no music." BACH!"All geometry with no music." <BR/><BR/>BACH!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-83092608165680498272008-09-11T16:30:00.000-07:002008-09-11T16:30:00.000-07:00Wow. this... no words.Wow. <A HREF="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/sarah-palin-dow.html" REL="nofollow">this</A>... no words.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-49855152901293363872008-09-11T14:58:00.000-07:002008-09-11T14:58:00.000-07:00Gagster,On the subject of postmodern relativism, I...Gagster,<BR/><BR/>On the subject of postmodern relativism, I just read <A HREF="http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/04/12/castaneda/index.html" REL="nofollow">an excellent article</A> about the dismal legacy of pseudo-anthropologist and hoaxer Carlos Castaneda, and the Heaven's-Gate-esque inner circle around him, many of whose members disappeared and/or committed suicide after his death.<BR/><BR/>Money quote: <BR/><BR/><I>"No one contributed more to Castaneda's debunking than Richard de Mille. De Mille, who held a Ph.D. in psychology from USC, was something of a freelance intellectual. In a recent interview, he remarked that because he wasn't associated with a university, he could tell the story straight. 'People in the academy wouldn't do it,' he remarked. "They'd be embarrassing the establishment." Specifically the UCLA professors who, according to de Mille, knew it was a hoax from the start. But a hoax that, he said, supported their theories, which de Mille summed up succinctly: 'Reality doesn't exist. It's all what people say to each other.'"</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-53161097914724044612008-09-11T14:50:00.000-07:002008-09-11T14:50:00.000-07:00Julie says: Bob, is it possible for someone to act...Julie says: <I>Bob, is it possible for someone to actually embody both of the pitfalls (to be a fanatical relativist)? </I><BR/><BR/>To take it another direction from Dear Leader's eloquent answer, and pick up a little of the refrain from the last couple of days, C.S. Lewis talked about the creation of a "materialist magician". <BR/><BR/>This is what the "Darwin of the Gaps" is all about. A fanatical relativist is a believer in the magical materialist religion.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-91962394977258990462008-09-11T14:37:00.000-07:002008-09-11T14:37:00.000-07:00For anyone who hasn't seen it, today's Opinion Jou...For anyone who hasn't seen it, today's <A HREF="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122113849516123327.html?mod=Best+of+the+Web+Today" REL="nofollow">Opinion Journal</A> (first article) is well worth your time.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79725005067020745912008-09-11T13:48:00.000-07:002008-09-11T13:48:00.000-07:00One of the effects of reading the Bob Blog for a c...One of the effects of reading the Bob Blog for a couple of years has been a growing awareness that we are living in a dark age. I would say things look very different than they did BB (Before Bob). Congress is run by fools and knaves, academia is completely corrupt, ditto for MSM. p<BR/>Part (a major part) of McCain's appeal for me is that the military seems the only American institution worthy of respect and admiration.<BR/><BR/>The Hanged Man?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1116171186584601142008-09-11T13:25:00.000-07:002008-09-11T13:25:00.000-07:00Bob,Ricky just handed this to me. Mumbled somethin...Bob,<BR/>Ricky just handed this to me. Mumbled something about randumb thoughts or connecting the dolts. I dunno. Anyway, my first reaction was to tear it up, you know, like I always do. But this one I’m not sure. It reminds me of something… on the tip of my tongue you could say. Maybe that’s a threat. Anyway, here it is:<BR/><BR/>"Love means never having to say I’m sorry I voted for Obama."Fidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02642704557546153909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-90366711178840817572008-09-11T13:11:00.000-07:002008-09-11T13:11:00.000-07:00Exactly Ray. I don't agree. I know what you're say...Exactly Ray. I don't agree. I know what you're saying already (since you've said it a thousand times) and it's wrong. Plus to top it off the analogy is broken.Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-30428311349237745422008-09-11T13:02:00.001-07:002008-09-11T13:02:00.001-07:00and by 'best' I mean 'retarded'.and by 'best' I mean 'retarded'.Niggardly Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14998145440801860527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-50619371717450440342008-09-11T13:02:00.000-07:002008-09-11T13:02:00.000-07:00I know, right? Ray's the best.I know, right? Ray's the best.Niggardly Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14998145440801860527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-17499893310469020502008-09-11T12:54:00.000-07:002008-09-11T12:54:00.000-07:00Phil, your picture seems oddly apropos today.Phil, your picture seems oddly apropos today.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-41475355907622314362008-09-11T12:52:00.000-07:002008-09-11T12:52:00.000-07:00Phil - glad it worked for youPhil - glad it worked for youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19834457167843667152008-09-11T12:49:00.000-07:002008-09-11T12:49:00.000-07:00sheesh what's next, will he ask Bob the quadrapleg...sheesh what's next, will he ask Bob the quadraplegic to go swimming with him?Niggardly Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14998145440801860527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-81781426403948229052008-09-11T12:32:00.000-07:002008-09-11T12:32:00.000-07:00Biden is nothing but a back-slapping, glad-handing...Biden is nothing but a back-slapping, glad-handing blowhard looking to impress the gullible.<BR/>Did you hear the recent clip of him asking the wheelchair bound Chuck Graham to stand up and be acknowledged? <BR/>What a maroon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-39133088049844961382008-09-11T12:26:00.000-07:002008-09-11T12:26:00.000-07:00Love the turntable selections today, btw...Love the turntable selections today, btw...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-37067579818302892672008-09-11T12:15:00.000-07:002008-09-11T12:15:00.000-07:00Van, Power Line (thanks Ximeze!) had a post on ...Van,<BR/><BR/> <A HREF="http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives2/2008/08/" REL="nofollow">Power Line</A> (<I>thanks Ximeze!</I>) had a post on it:<BR/><BR/><BR/>San Diego Union-Tribune blogger Chris Reed recalls Biden's 1988 response in Claremont, New Hampshire to a question about his law school record from a man identified only as ''Frank.'' Biden looked at his questioner and said: ''I think I have a much higher I.Q. than you do.''<BR/><BR/>Biden of course couldn't leave it at that. He is not known for his concision or care with the facts. He added that he ''went to law school on a full academic scholarship -- the only one in my class to have a full academic scholarship.'' He also said that he ''ended up in the top half'' of his class and won a prize in an international moot court competition. Biden still wasn't done. In college, Biden said, he was ''the outstanding student in the political science department'' and ''graduated with three degrees from college.''<BR/><BR/>Reed then turns to Biden's subsequent statement on this exchange. At Syracuse College of Law, Biden graduated 76th in a class of 85. He acknowledged: ''I did not graduate in the top half of my class at law school and my recollection of this was inacurate.'' Just a slip of memory.<BR/><BR/>As for receiving three degrees, Biden conceded: ''I graduated from the University of Delaware with a double major in history and political science. My reference to degrees at the Claremont event was intended to refer to these majors -- I said 'three' and should have said 'two.''' His arithmetic was off.<BR/><BR/>As for his undergraduate preeminence in the political science department -- well, that was somebody else. But one of his professors thought he fit the bill. ''With regard to my being the outstanding student in the political science department,'' the statement went on, "my name was put up for that award by David Ingersoll, who is still at the University of Delaware.'' Professor Ingersoll had it right!<BR/><BR/>As for his claim that he went to school on full academic scholarship: ''My recollection is -- and I'd have to confirm this -- but I don't recall paying any money to go to law school.'' Reed cites a Newsweek report that Biden had gone to Syracuse ''on half scholarship based on financial need.'' About that moot court competition, however, Biden may have nailed it. Biden said he had won such a competition, with a partner, in Kingston, Ontario, on Dec. 12, 1967. So there.Niggardly Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14998145440801860527noreply@blogger.com