tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post1037200070480026461..comments2024-03-28T12:10:26.197-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: The Genesis Myth of the Left: I Want, Therefore You WorkGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-73480742747569832072011-05-14T21:10:41.745-07:002011-05-14T21:10:41.745-07:00On my own blog, I explored this topic in Why moder...On my own blog, I explored this topic in <strong><a href="http://1389blog.com/2010/11/17/why-modern-liberals-are-100-wrong-about-everything/" rel="nofollow">Why modern liberals are 100 percent wrong about everything</a></strong>. Truly it is the Fall of Man, and indeed their own sinfulness, that these liberals are committed to denying.1389https://www.blogger.com/profile/04335705483244616965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-7113905275914565962011-05-10T10:48:47.639-07:002011-05-10T10:48:47.639-07:00It’s usually the liberals who tax all the food to ...It’s usually the liberals who tax all the food to build the ginormous ball stadiums. Sadly, the conservative players, workers and fans wind up doing all the work while the liberal team owners rake it all in.funkynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-14906943641618772292011-05-10T08:05:33.282-07:002011-05-10T08:05:33.282-07:00Elvis may have been a nut, but he had that one rig...Elvis may have been a nut, but he had that one right...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-91939219391613516252011-05-10T06:31:48.024-07:002011-05-10T06:31:48.024-07:00And you just reminded me of the wise words of St E...And you just reminded me of the wise words of St Elvis:<br /><br />Well a hard headed woman, <br />a soft hearted man<br />been the cause of trouble <br />ever since the world began.<br />Oh yeah, ever since the world began<br />a hard headed woman been <br />a thorn in the side of man.<br /><br />Now Adam told to Eve, <br />"Listen here to me,<br />don't you let me catch you <br />messin' round that apple tree."Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75875852502843123442011-05-10T06:27:06.643-07:002011-05-10T06:27:06.643-07:00Thank you, Sal.
And it just occurred to me that t...Thank you, Sal.<br /><br />And it just occurred to me that the only people who want to use the force of government to ban foods they don't like are liberals, whether salt, chips, peanut butter, trans-fats. I have no doubt that ice cream is on their hit list.<br /><br />And how about the "sin tax" on beer?! As if our slackrament is an offense to the Creator!<br /><br />First they came for the tobacco....Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10031904134033296712011-05-10T05:57:24.047-07:002011-05-10T05:57:24.047-07:00Genesis poses a challenge to the proud man's r...<i>Genesis poses a challenge to the proud man's rational self-sufficiency, helpfully informing him that if you go there, you will experience an epic FAIL. </i><br /><br />My parents had a phrase they used when all their wise counsel went for naught: "Alright, hard head."<br /><br />Eventually, we learned, when we heard that, to 'course correct'.<br /><br />Wonderful, Bob. One to bookmark.Salhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13201226644704622876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-15646355286675783812011-05-10T05:54:51.652-07:002011-05-10T05:54:51.652-07:00all the same anninymouses said "It's funn...all the same anninymouses said "It's funny how "Van" probably thought this was really clever."<br /><br />Nah, being clever would require using concepts, principles and other things you wouldn't understand, and would simply be lost on the target audience: you.<br /><br />Nope this was simply pure insultainment.<br /><br />Thanks for proving my aim was true.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-9375153918814349052011-05-10T04:38:30.387-07:002011-05-10T04:38:30.387-07:00aninny's statements just remind me of his own ...<i>aninny's statements just remind me of his own statement: 'you're stupid'</i><br /><br />It's funny how "Van" probably thought this was really clever.different anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-64503904111400548272011-05-09T22:31:54.295-07:002011-05-09T22:31:54.295-07:00Tell ya what I’d like to play with. Listen Willy....Tell ya what I’d like to play with. Listen Willy. In my practice I could waste years of a patents life doing Freudian psychoanalysis. But what self respecting patient wants their “after picture” to look like Woody Allen 20 years after starting therapy? <br /><br />I’ll tell ya what I do. I waterboard their ass. Learn everything I need to know in minutes. Saves time. Saves money. Give it a try.funkynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-11191058573403130682011-05-09T21:23:24.918-07:002011-05-09T21:23:24.918-07:00Also, Mushroom - awesome video. I don't know w...Also, Mushroom - awesome video. I don't know what you'd use one of those for, but it sure would be fun to play with for a little while.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18774113446246213762011-05-09T21:20:00.217-07:002011-05-09T21:20:00.217-07:00Are we going to let science decide if Mengele was ...<i>Are we going to let science decide if Mengele was a war criminal?</i><br /><br />No kidding.<br /><br />Apparently, it is deeply scandalous that Kass's concern for the rights of the individual extended even to the most vulnerable and most innocent individuals of all.<br /><br />Also, you have to love the fact that the legislation didn't actually ban embryonic stem cell research - it simply prevented <i>federal funding</i> of same. A move which seems entirely reasonable given that a significant proportion of the population has serious misgivings about the use of embryonic stem cells, particularly when there are alternate means that are just as promising but without the concomitant moral concerns. So all this hyperventilation by anonymous is a tempest in a teacup - if embryonic stem cell research were genuinely proving to be fruitful, there would be private backers. <br /><br />As to the ice cream quote, give me a break. I didn't see anything in favor of <i>laws forbidding people</i> to eat in public with their hands; rather, his concern was again the dignity of man and the fact that eating in such a fashion reduces man to the level of the beasts. While I think his concerns in that regard were overblown, I can't help but respect where he was coming from. And as Bob noted earlier, given that he is orthodox his concerns are (presumably) consistent with his beliefs. <br /><br />I can't fault a guy for that - even though he would almost certainly find me personally despicable.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-57459101760655400502011-05-09T20:39:12.936-07:002011-05-09T20:39:12.936-07:00OT: Slingshot of Mass Destruction.
Not quite a...OT: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfFAjaymQM0&feature=player_embedded" rel="nofollow">Slingshot of Mass Destruction</a>. <br /><br />Not quite as impressive as the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWFGsTsNxa8" rel="nofollow">Taurus Judge watermelon demo</a> but impressive nonetheless.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-51775065354288580012011-05-09T20:06:18.614-07:002011-05-09T20:06:18.614-07:00aninny's statements just remind me of his own ...aninny's statements just remind me of his own statement: 'you're stupid'Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-45059771453365067512011-05-09T20:00:44.297-07:002011-05-09T20:00:44.297-07:00Anon reminds me of the statement by Obama along th...Anon reminds me of the statement by Obama along the lines of "we are going to restore science to its rightful place". The implication was that, under Bush, religious beliefs, specifically Christian beliefs, had usurped the rightful place of science in things like stem cell research. <br /><br />Science is how you figure out how stuff works, not how you decide what is moral or immoral. Stem cell research is science. Ethics, usually informed by religious belief, is how you decide whether certain avenues of research are acceptable. <br /><br />Are we going to let science decide if Mengele was a war criminal?mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65904167742818952352011-05-09T19:55:15.514-07:002011-05-09T19:55:15.514-07:00Well, I stand corrected.
That ban may be overkill...Well, I stand corrected.<br /><br />That ban may be overkill, but still, the principle behind it is obviously different from a ban on ice cream. Smoking impacts other people, eating ice cream doesn't, except in the delicate sensibilities of people like Kass. <br /><br />Apparently you can't stick links in comments without getting spam-fitered, so I'll quote from Pinker's article on Kass, which you can find yourself:<br /><br /><i>...in 2001, this man, whose pro-death, anti-freedom views put him well outside the American mainstream, became the President's adviser on bioethics--a position from which he convinced the president to outlaw federally funded research that used new stem-cell lines....</i><br /><br />[I had a longer quote but it too seems to trigger the spam filter. Or perhaps not. Oh well]<br /><br />Again, it is Kass and the religious right he represents who wants to enforce government edicts against individual rights and individual freedom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-81593784676214631292011-05-09T19:53:04.888-07:002011-05-09T19:53:04.888-07:00Well, I stand corrected.
That ban may be overkill...Well, I stand corrected.<br /><br />That ban may be overkill, but still, the principle behind it is obviously different from a ban on ice cream. Smoking impacts other people, eating ice cream doesn't, except in the delicate sensibilities of people like Kass. <br /><br />Apparently you can't stick links in comments without getting spam-fitered, so I'll quote from Pinker's article on Kass, which you can find yourself:<br /><br /><i>...in 2001, this man, whose pro-death, anti-freedom views put him well outside the American mainstream, became the President's adviser on bioethics--a position from which he convinced the president to outlaw federally funded research that used new stem-cell lines. In his speech announcing the stem-cell policy, Bush invited Kass to form the Council. Kass packed it with conservative scholars and pundits, advocates of religious (particularly Catholic) principles in the public sphere, and writers with a paper trail of skittishness toward biomedical advances, together with a smattering of scientists (mostly with a reputation for being religious or politically conservative). After several members opposed Kass on embryonic stem-cell research, on therapeutic cloning (which Kass was in favor of criminalizing), and on the distortions of science that kept finding their way into Council reports, Kass fired two of them ... ]Though Kass has jawboned his version of bioethics into governmental deliberation and policy, it is not just a personal obsession of his but part of a larger movement, one that is increasingly associated with Catholic institutions.... Everyone knows about the Bush administration's alliance with evangelical Protestantism. But the pervasive Catholic flavoring of the Council, particularly its Dignity report, is at first glance puzzling. In fact, it is part of a powerful but little-known development in American politics, ...For two decades, a group of intellectual activists, many of whom had jumped from the radical left to the radical right, has urged that we rethink the Enlightenment roots of the American social order. The recognition of a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and the mandate of government to secure these rights are too tepid, they argue, for a morally worthy society. This impoverished vision has only led to anomie, hedonism, and rampant immoral behavior such as illegitimacy, pornography, and abortion. Society should aim higher than this bare-bones individualism and promote conformity to more rigorous moral standards, ones that could be applied to our behavior by an authority larger than ourselves.</i><br /><br />Again, it is Kass and the religious right he represents who wants to enforce government edicts against individual rights and individual freedom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-61571278530895124742011-05-09T19:48:22.844-07:002011-05-09T19:48:22.844-07:00Well, I stand corrected.
That ban may be overkill...Well, I stand corrected.<br /><br />That ban may be overkill, but still, the principle behind it is obviously different from a ban on ice cream. Smoking impacts other people, eating ice cream doesn't, except in the delicate sensibilities of people like Kass. <br /><br />Apparently you can't stick links in comments without getting spam-fitered, so I'll quote from Pinker's article on Kass, which you can find yourself:<br /><br /><i>...in 2001, this man, whose pro-death, anti-freedom views put him well outside the American mainstream, became the President's adviser on bioethics--a position from which he convinced the president to outlaw federally funded research that used new stem-cell lines. In his speech announcing the stem-cell policy, Bush invited Kass to form the Council. Kass packed it with conservative scholars and pundits, advocates of religious (particularly Catholic) principles in the public sphere, and writers with a paper trail of skittishness toward biomedical advances, together with a smattering of scientists (mostly with a reputation for being religious or politically conservative). After several members opposed Kass on embryonic stem-cell research, on therapeutic cloning (which Kass was in favor of criminalizing), and on the distortions of science that kept finding their way into Council reports, Kass fired two of them ... ]Though Kass has jawboned his version of bioethics into governmental deliberation and policy, it is not just a personal obsession of his but part of a larger movement, one that is increasingly associated with Catholic institutions.... Everyone knows about the Bush administration's alliance with evangelical Protestantism. But the pervasive Catholic flavoring of the Council, particularly its Dignity report, is at first glance puzzling. In fact, it is part of a powerful but little-known development in American politics, ...For two decades, a group of intellectual activists, many of whom had jumped from the radical left to the radical right, has urged that we rethink the Enlightenment roots of the American social order. The recognition of a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness and the mandate of government to secure these rights are too tepid, they argue, for a morally worthy society. This impoverished vision has only led to anomie, hedonism, and rampant immoral behavior such as illegitimacy, pornography, and abortion. Society should aim higher than this bare-bones individualism and promote conformity to more rigorous moral standards, ones that could be applied to our behavior by an authority larger than ourselves.</i><br /><br />Again, it is Kass and the religious right he represents who wants to enforce government edicts against individual rights and individual freedom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-59624086102583114142011-05-09T19:25:07.024-07:002011-05-09T19:25:07.024-07:00Rather than fret at the blogger spam filter, I'...Rather than fret at the blogger spam filter, I'll trust that those who matter, received my last comment.<br /><br />Please spread it as widely as you can.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />VanVan Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-8354927182276587462011-05-09T18:52:57.537-07:002011-05-09T18:52:57.537-07:00Speaking of "I want, therefore you work"...Speaking of "I want, therefore you work", some of you know the issue in our university system in Missouri that <a href="http://blogodidact.blogspot.com/2011/05/umkcs-judy-ancel-professor-of-kumbaya.html" rel="nofollow">I've been following</a>; the UM system just came out today and stated they've finished reviewing the tapes of the 'labor relations' course and found no problem. <br /><br />This is astounding. <br /><br />The student who first brought the issue to our attention has also come out and given his account today, if anyone can get through even the first paragraphs without feeling sickened and furious, I'll be amazed.<br />Certainly this isn't reflective of all, or even most teachers or professors, but before consulting any teachers, it'd be a good idea to check and see whether or not their goals include wanting to overthrow the free market, wipe out property rights and train their students in tactics of tactical intimidation and violence in order to expand the power of the Communist party. <br /><br />If this is happening in Missouri, as boldly and fearlessly as it is... imagine what is happening in your states - at your expense - <a href="http://biggovernment.com/pchristofanelli/2011/05/09/introduction-to-labor-studies-my-first-hand-account/" rel="nofollow">This is a Must Read!</a>Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-64485356960948878952011-05-09T18:41:56.685-07:002011-05-09T18:41:56.685-07:00"Remama, in paradise man is free of the annoy..."Remama, in paradise man is free of the annoying baggage of manhood. He has no shame, no guilt, no envy, no conflict, no want, no knowledge of death or scarcity. It is Marx's workers' paradise, minus the work."<br /><br />Speaking of baggage (but in a different sense) it's time for another Skullyism:<br /><br />Everyone has baggage, but those on the left hoard it.<br /><br />I might add so do stuntamentalists, hence such shing examples of "nirvana" as any predominantly Islamic country.<br /><br />Great post, Bob!USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-68039602078625577152011-05-09T18:29:37.757-07:002011-05-09T18:29:37.757-07:00Wake up, Willy. We have a muslim marxist presiden...Wake up, Willy. We have a muslim marxist president who just proved that killing one of his own is no impediment towards even greater power and even more greater power. Do you want the streets of Our Founders America crawling with non-smoking gangsta rap welfare queens in burqa drag holding up pictures of Obamao everywhere they go? Get a grip man!funkynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-35382316768923112342011-05-09T18:27:46.708-07:002011-05-09T18:27:46.708-07:00Ninniest nanny-city in the nation. We're at t...<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/national/19smoke.html" rel="nofollow">Ninniest nanny-city in the nation</a>. We're at the cutting edge of societal devolution!Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-28004979137790781012011-05-09T18:02:54.502-07:002011-05-09T18:02:54.502-07:00Speaking of who they love and who they hate, White...Speaking of who they love and who they hate, <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2011/05/09/burn-a-bush-michelle-obama-invites-rapper-common-to-a-poetry-reading/" rel="nofollow">White House poetry readings</a>.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89541651977587476882011-05-09T17:17:12.720-07:002011-05-09T17:17:12.720-07:00in my city it is against the law to smoke at all i...<i>in my city it is against the law to smoke at all in public...</i><br /><br />Really? What city is that? I'm going to assume this is more bs, but I suppose I could be wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-39944089563307230702011-05-09T17:05:37.666-07:002011-05-09T17:05:37.666-07:00By their fruitiness shall ye know them...By their fruitiness shall ye know them...Old Fartnoreply@blogger.com