tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post1559851043420835471..comments2024-03-28T12:10:26.197-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: The Ninth Commandment of Nihilism: You Shall Eternally Live a LieGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-47260791170223808752007-04-29T05:57:00.000-07:002007-04-29T05:57:00.000-07:00Ain't big sisters great? Remember to share the ban...Ain't big sisters great? Remember to share the bandaids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-40078290778057132162007-04-28T22:07:00.000-07:002007-04-28T22:07:00.000-07:00Uurhp...!(oh, excuse me, fatty foods, don't you kn...Uurhp...!<BR/>(oh, excuse me, fatty foods, don't you know)Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-78563335202649663252007-04-28T21:48:00.000-07:002007-04-28T21:48:00.000-07:00Y'know, line judge, it could be that the B'ob has ...Y'know, line judge, it could be that the B'ob has pretty much covered the subject so thoroughly that there's not much else for the 'coons to do except sleep in the hammock after a full meal. <BR/><BR/>What is there to add? But sometimes a question comes up, sometimes a troll pops up. Today, it was you, in all of your permutations. Tomorrow or the next day it just may be a big den fight over the latest picks on B'ob's turntable. Or a debate about abortion.<BR/><BR/>But yeah, trolls are a yummy temptation for young coons... and Van.<BR/><BR/>:o)Joan of Argghh!https://www.blogger.com/profile/14729682908266300507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-90284567674378195342007-04-28T21:09:00.000-07:002007-04-28T21:09:00.000-07:00Mamie demonstrates for us the essential leftwing d...Mamie demonstrates for us the essential leftwing debating technique: the personal attack. If you can't take on the arguments presented, resort to calling names or lobbing insults instead. <BR/><BR/>Seems she had a goat to get. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21647101614999108382007-04-28T20:16:00.000-07:002007-04-28T20:16:00.000-07:00You might possibly the most pretentious writer in ...You might possibly the most pretentious writer in the world. If you were one-tenth as talented as you think you are, you might be mildly amusing; as it is, you're awful. Goldstein-level awful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-24006556363729411452007-04-28T10:13:00.000-07:002007-04-28T10:13:00.000-07:00Make that 29 comments.Ban: your leftist traits are...Make that 29 comments.<BR/><BR/>Ban: your leftist traits are showing. Perhaps you'd better tear a little deeper at your own flesh.<BR/><BR/><I>sarka`zein</I>, n'at.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-398191255331734102007-04-28T10:01:00.000-07:002007-04-28T10:01:00.000-07:00Dearest troll,Conversation among raccoons and othe...Dearest troll,<BR/>Conversation among raccoons and other normal people, rarely follow a single regimented party linejudge. If you are searching for unthinking one track koolaid-drinking, you need to drag your Ass and textual flatulance back to your kos sites. Hee-haw.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-27683129894347638172007-04-28T09:15:00.000-07:002007-04-28T09:15:00.000-07:00Dupree, I call that a "C". Also.Dupree, I call that a "C". Also.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19198674433605648102007-04-28T09:12:00.000-07:002007-04-28T09:12:00.000-07:00Yeehaw Dupree! We draw the same coonclusions! Now ...Yeehaw Dupree! We draw the same coonclusions! Now I'm off to bash the dailykos crowd! Ain't it fun being enlightened?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66041024117573941952007-04-28T09:07:00.000-07:002007-04-28T09:07:00.000-07:00I will speak only for myself, and say that it's a ...I will speak only for myself, and say that it's a lot more fun to bash trolls than to praise the almighty B'ob, whose head is already a couple sizes too big for its britches.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-36402518215770502592007-04-28T08:58:00.000-07:002007-04-28T08:58:00.000-07:00Some flesh for the bones? OK.By my count, 28 of th...Some flesh for the bones? OK.<BR/><BR/>By my count, 28 of the present 46 comments were more directed at trolls rather than your post. Of the 28, one (perhaps) seemed to be making an effort to understand rather than react to what a troll wrote.<BR/><BR/>By deduction then, emotion has (on this post anyway) bested any quest for deeper understanding of your post. So much for any obvious distinctions regarding the coonage assembled today and the other assorted critters patrolling these here parts.<BR/><BR/>Question: does this speak to <BR/>A) the quality of the "troll" (read "opposing viewpoint" in a different venue) comments?<BR/><BR/>B) the lack of quality of this particular post<BR/><BR/>C) A rather leftish slant (to use your rules for distinction) in your commenters<BR/><BR/>To stick in my two cents, I submit C. <BR/><BR/>You get out of an experience what you put in. ("Reap what you sow" in some circles, "rip what you sew badly" in others.) Taking today's post as an example, exo-man's possible final comment rings true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66449254957940047652007-04-28T08:18:00.000-07:002007-04-28T08:18:00.000-07:00Sal,Short nuff. Read Amazon reviews too & HA is on...Sal,<BR/>Short nuff. Read Amazon reviews too & HA is on it's way. Cost $.01 + shipping. Thanks for the delicious deal.Mizz Ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325435271880036807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-41888991160213323062007-04-28T08:07:00.000-07:002007-04-28T08:07:00.000-07:00Dude, synchronicity at work again. How did you do...Dude, synchronicity at work again. How did you do that one, anon.? At around 5pm yesterday when reading the comments at that time, I was singing the same song to myself.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04969685296436358865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-25544349088199230282007-04-28T07:57:00.000-07:002007-04-28T07:57:00.000-07:00Coons love words.Short enough for ya?Re: languageA...Coons love words.<BR/><BR/>Short enough for ya?<BR/><BR/><BR/>Re: language<BR/>A new-found delight: Happy Alchemy by Robertson Davies. A posthumously published collection of essays, lectures, and other bits and pieces, most on theater and music, by this fine Canadian novelist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-11236754159262989482007-04-28T07:36:00.000-07:002007-04-28T07:36:00.000-07:00Line judge,Although I may agree that, say, a ‘univ...Line judge,<BR/>Although I may agree that, say, a ‘universal truth’ can, and perhaps should be able to be captured in just a few sentences…or even just two words (read: I AM).<BR/>(Those are not just two words to me, by the way…but by being only two words draws you like a magnet to them to meditate on them. You cannot ignore them.)<BR/>But Bob, fortunately for us readers, goes into the truths and expands their depth for us.<BR/>I enjoy reading Bob’s ‘live meditations’ on certain universal truths – that’s how I look at them anyway. I would not necessarily have ever interpreted the concepts the way he does – not in the particular details anyway.<BR/>He not telling us ‘what to think’ but ‘how you may consider thinking’ about them.<BR/>If he’s dealing with a universal truth, expansion doesn’t take away from it, it adds to it, or at least accompanies it, reflects it with higher resolution, if you will.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10589423819039764711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-48926872207740475832007-04-28T04:45:00.000-07:002007-04-28T04:45:00.000-07:00You have the germ of an idea there, but could you ...You have the germ of an idea there, but could you flesh it out a bit?Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-64293319089929310182007-04-28T04:00:00.000-07:002007-04-28T04:00:00.000-07:00Bob, you could take some lessons from exo on time ...Bob, you could take some lessons from exo on time management. He writes his truth in three sentences while it takes you...well, some <I>tenderizing</I> to make your points pallatable. And he manages to garner the majority of the comments even on your own blog. Just a bobservation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-13188731101321867802007-04-28T03:59:00.000-07:002007-04-28T03:59:00.000-07:00Isn't it rich?Are we a pair?Me here at last on the...Isn't it rich?<BR/>Are we a pair?<BR/>Me here at last on the ground,<BR/>You in mid-air.<BR/>Send in the cloons.<BR/><BR/>Isn't it bliss?<BR/>Don't you approve?<BR/>One who keeps tearing around,<BR/>One who can't move.<BR/>Where are the cloons?<BR/>Send in the cloons.<BR/><BR/>Just when I'd stopped opening doors,<BR/>Finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours,<BR/>Making my entrance again with my usual flair,<BR/>Sure of my lines,<BR/>No one is there.<BR/><BR/>Don't you love farce?<BR/>My fault I fear.<BR/>I thought that you'd want what I want.<BR/>Sorry, my dear.<BR/>But where are the cloons?<BR/>Quick, send in the cloons.<BR/>Don't bother, they're here.<BR/><BR/><I>Gagdad Bob and Merry Krewe, Looks like Sondheim had your number way before you taught yourself to count...</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1960545892758198702007-04-27T22:22:00.000-07:002007-04-27T22:22:00.000-07:00As frightening as the specter of biological, chemi...As frightening as the specter of biological, chemical or nuclear attack is, I think, as Bob has inplied, that the Lie is the most fearful and lethal weapon that we as Americans and as True Liberals should fear. The Lie is a weapon that can be deployed by absolutely anyone, at any time, anywhere, and there is no defense against it...none, that is, except Truth. But, when a nation becomes too self absorbed and, like a toddler, too fascinated with its own private parts and its own excrement (i.e, Imus and Nicole Smith), the Lie has an open avenue to the minds and hearts ot its citizens, having been starved of truth and fed a steady diet of smaller lies. For lies, and the Lie, often appeal to our flesh and the pleasure centers of our brains more so than truths and Truth, which often require hard discipline and patience to grasp in their totality, i.e the monk, the saddhu, or any such seeker. Confining ourselves to monestaries or caves in the Himalayas is not needed; simply the maturity and discipline as a nation to tune out our genitals and our bellies and tune in to our spirits, if just for a fleeting moment. Indeed, I find myself often repeating those Lennon lyrics crying out for "some truth" (though I dont automatically assume that truth is anything antiwar, like he did). Its awfully hard to come by in the media these days (with the possible exeception of talk radio or Fox News), and even harder to find in the theatres. Jesus certainly was right when he spoke of the broad way that leads to death, and the Narrow Way that leads to life. That broad way seems to be getting more crowded by the moment; too bad it ends in a 3000 foot drop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-21709682335814874462007-04-27T21:57:00.000-07:002007-04-27T21:57:00.000-07:00zero...youve really got to be kidding. If you're n...zero...youve really got to be kidding. If you're not, then your moniker is well-earned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66573194989311265682007-04-27T21:20:00.000-07:002007-04-27T21:20:00.000-07:00Speaking of Orwell:http://www.redstate.com/stories...Speaking of Orwell:<BR/><BR/>http://www.redstate.com/stories/foreign_affairs/the_pirates_of_tehran<BR/><BR/>"What are we, Reuters?"<BR/><BR/>Fred Thompson gets it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77983833480672958622007-04-27T20:27:00.000-07:002007-04-27T20:27:00.000-07:00Oh, that's the true genius of 1984 - you see, unle...Oh, that's the true genius of 1984 - you see, unless one knows the truth one will be unable to distinguish those they dislike from 'big brother'. But there IS a big brother, or some who would love to be him, isn't there?<BR/><BR/>But unless you see the world as it is, you will continue to rewrite each true thing with falsehood until you live Behind the Looking-Glass.<BR/><BR/>Then, you will see Orwell's villain right where he ought to be, right? Strangely, unusually, ALWAYS where you want him to be... odd...<BR/><BR/>Almost <I>too</I> perfect, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>Of course, Orwell's villain is exactly who he says he is - isn't he? Wasn't he all along? Was it ever any different but for our imagination? But for a fortnight or a daydream?<BR/><BR/>The answer to the riddle is - he who truly desires to control the lives of others for their 'good'. <BR/><BR/>Who is that? Isn't that enigmatic, too? <BR/><BR/>Okay, here's another clue - he makes himself God.<BR/><BR/>Don't get slipped up, here - we're moving right along - you keeping up? <BR/><BR/>Do you know of whom I speak? Not yet? How about one more?<BR/><BR/>He replaces all truth with what he desires people to believe.<BR/><BR/>Still not getting warm? We're getting pretty specific here. Fine, another:<BR/><BR/>He tells others what he wants them to believe, but never what he truly knows. <BR/><BR/>Does that narrow it down a bit? Who are we talking about?<BR/><BR/>Well, sorry to leave you hanging. But suffice it to say, O troll, that language is wings and no cage, truth is no secret, man is surely fallen, and God is surely One. <BR/><BR/>By their fruit ye shall know them, those rotten fruity bastards.Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-1632418712417887352007-04-27T18:51:00.000-07:002007-04-27T18:51:00.000-07:00"I suppose it is this: truth is given to us to und..."I suppose it is this: truth is given to us to understand. This is a critical point, because while a man can know many things that are untrue, it is not possible to understand something that is untrue. For example, this is why we cannot understand true evil. It is incomprehensible, which is one of the things that marks it as evil."<BR/><BR/>Bob, is this why demonic "possession" takes place in humans? Because only the demon can understand evil? Therefor the only way a human can get anywhere close to "understanding" evil is for the human to surrender completely to evil, but, once that happens he is no longer human.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-85305386701883546602007-04-27T18:18:00.000-07:002007-04-27T18:18:00.000-07:00"Here is a simple example, one brought up by Rudy ..."Here is a simple example, one brought up by Rudy Giuliani the other day. Better yet, I'll just say it how I would have said it: the so-called Palestinians are a gang of bloodthirsty cannibals, so it doesn't matter if they are led by one barbarian faction or the other. Until they recognize Israel's right to exist and stop behaving like savages, then there is nothing to discuss. Such barbarians are certainly not deserving of a state, if that's what you're driving at. What, are you crazy?"<BR/><BR/>Bob, I like your version better.<BR/>It's more refreshing than a slurpee on a hot summer day!<BR/>More nutritious too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-82704952335299155392007-04-27T18:08:00.000-07:002007-04-27T18:08:00.000-07:00JWM,You're supposed to cook them first.JWM,<BR/><BR/>You're supposed to cook them first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com