tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post4315527432649954387..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Obama: Truth is What You Can Get Away WithGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-32451484408755450032013-11-11T15:27:02.285-08:002013-11-11T15:27:02.285-08:00Julie:
Two words: Daddy Issues.Julie: <br /><br />Two words: <i>Daddy Issues</i>.Michael Marinaccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15723529424493212341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-6280056351484407412013-11-11T07:12:06.040-08:002013-11-11T07:12:06.040-08:00Huh.
“Why not fund a Gore Vidal School for Youn...Huh. <br /><br /><i> “Why not fund a Gore Vidal School for Young Writers or a Foundation for Women? He was always championing feminism.” </i><br /><br />Makes me wonder, why is it that so many gay men have even the slightest interest in feminism? And yet their communities are so intertwined it's close to incestuous.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-69213942892058825022013-11-11T06:50:20.622-08:002013-11-11T06:50:20.622-08:00Liberal icon turns out to have been a depraved ass...<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/10/fashion/In-a-final-plot-twist-Gore-Vidal-leaves-his-estate-to-Harvard-Universtity.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow">Liberal icon turns out to have been a depraved assoul</a>. Who would have guessed?Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84713681644564147692013-11-10T16:17:44.723-08:002013-11-10T16:17:44.723-08:00The great Usa run by a con artist . So sad. Methi...The great Usa run by a con artist . So sad. Methinks some of the gullible young might start becoming dis-illusionned with the left when they realise they have a lower std of living than their parents. <br />And the republicans need to stop being nice and start kicking ass. Nice doesnt work with devious sociopaths. Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10119193175145977768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-90049071429673904902013-11-10T06:11:27.617-08:002013-11-10T06:11:27.617-08:00Pardon OTness, Just discovered an intriguing-sound...Pardon OTness, Just discovered an intriguing-sounding author:<br /><br />http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jan/04/marginalia-on-casanova-szentkuthy-review<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Marginalia-Casanova-St-Orpheus-Breviary/dp/0983697248<br /><br />http://www.waggish.org/2013/szentkuthys-marginalia-on-casanova/gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-32350511472107218352013-11-09T11:00:48.652-08:002013-11-09T11:00:48.652-08:00But Obama is a morally retarded child of Machiavel...But Obama is a morally retarded child of Machiavelli, who seems to have invented the notion of "effectual truth," whereby "the truth of words is in the result they produce..."<br /><br />Well, the truth of words *is* in the result they produce.<br /><br />The problem is that the ultimate results are intertwined with the actual truth encoded in the words.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11126071014909954387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89150805995986293682013-11-09T10:53:49.729-08:002013-11-09T10:53:49.729-08:00Almost all of his books have finally been reprinte...Almost all of his books have finally been reprinted, but this anthology one takes extracts from each, and assembles them under various headings, so it's more organized than Berdyaev ever was. He only had one setting: full blast firehose. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-72263342359630963482013-11-09T10:51:31.514-08:002013-11-09T10:51:31.514-08:00Highly Raccoomended: Christian Existentialism: A...Highly Raccoomended: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000I4J388?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B000I4J388&linkCode=xm2&tag=onecos-20" rel="nofollow">Christian Existentialism: A Berdyaev Synthesis</a>. I tried reading this book, I don't know, 20 years ago, but didn't get that much out of it. Hartshorne praises him greatly as a kind of prophetic-style process theologian, so I dug it out and it's great. He can be a bit... all over the place, but his vision and mine are in many ways looking at the same object. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-32698893077269449402013-11-09T09:35:53.016-08:002013-11-09T09:35:53.016-08:00Bob a belated
Fathers Day Cake!Bob a belated <br /><a href="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/12/31/article-2255148-16B2B3F1000005DC-753_634x521.jpg" rel="nofollow">Fathers Day Cake!</a>gehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-39729618203920284172013-11-09T08:14:32.058-08:002013-11-09T08:14:32.058-08:00Heh - ge, I see that headline and immediately thin...Heh - ge, I see that headline and immediately think of PeeWee Herman.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-85871322163274028862013-11-09T07:41:35.958-08:002013-11-09T07:41:35.958-08:00Obama and I share a number of personality traits. ...Obama and I share a number of personality traits. Which is why I am utterly unfit for public office. <br /><br />I like that Obama has such contempt for politicians. If only he could apply that insight to himself...Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-68056244256611254342013-11-09T03:58:32.622-08:002013-11-09T03:58:32.622-08:00If any can stomach more psychoanalysis [albeit fro...If any can stomach more psychoanalysis [albeit from far left POV] of our <br /><a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2013/11/barack-obama-loner-self-reliant-closed-off" rel="nofollow">Goof-off* in Chief</a><br /><br />*jerk-offgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015936407999495181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-70378616127951097662013-11-08T14:50:19.608-08:002013-11-08T14:50:19.608-08:00I read the sample. What an awesome load of crap! ...I read the sample. What an awesome load of crap! <br /><br />Shows what a Ph.D. is worth. Especially in the humanities, it just weaponizes stupidity. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10809890374331173952013-11-08T14:43:36.092-08:002013-11-08T14:43:36.092-08:00Yikes - I think that link needs a "trigger&qu...Yikes - I think that link needs a "trigger" warning. Or better yet an "emetic" warning...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-4228606433523229982013-11-08T14:39:20.980-08:002013-11-08T14:39:20.980-08:00In case you were wondering: How Obama Elevated Hu...In case you were wondering: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Obama-Factor-Barack-Elevated-Consciousness/dp/0967926548/ref=sr_1_31?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1383949884&sr=1-31&keywords=berdyaev+the+meaning+of+the+creative+act" rel="nofollow">How Obama Elevated Human Consciousness</a>. <br /><br />One quick way would be by resigning. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-83987539763870262682013-11-08T10:58:43.484-08:002013-11-08T10:58:43.484-08:00Someone once wrote that human beings are as if ins...Someone once wrote that human beings are as if inside a submarine, where we cannot actually touch the medium in which we move, but can only know and move via instruments -- our senses and categories being the instruments. But what is astonishing is how these instruments stretch so far beyond our immediate environment, to its very source. It would be analogous to the submarine's instruments telling us where water came from. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-55114512174310358562013-11-08T10:44:14.234-08:002013-11-08T10:44:14.234-08:00"The mind stretches out and toward and prospe...<i> "The mind stretches out and toward and prospectively takes hold of an ultimate 'object,'" and "only in that way interprets and judges the world." </i><br /><br />As Paul says in Philippians 3:12, I'm just trying to grab hold of what grabbed hold of me. <br /><br />The horizon of being reminds me how often inexperienced pilots crash their planes in the dark when the horizon is not visible and they can't believe the instruments. We walk by faith not by sight.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-69960956129442822482013-11-08T10:21:05.719-08:002013-11-08T10:21:05.719-08:00I always liked North Dakota. I always liked North Dakota. juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-37306949499183224082013-11-08T10:19:33.568-08:002013-11-08T10:19:33.568-08:00"But Obama is a morally retarded child of Mac..."But Obama is a morally retarded child of Machiavelli, who seems to have invented the notion of "effectual truth," whereby "the truth of words is in the result they produce..."<br /><br />Nor should the prince of darkness worry about "justice" (another star in the celestial horizon), but simply act, "and the words to justify your action will come to you afterward.” The prince must have faith that Queen Valerie will come up with something."<br /><br />Syncoonicity. I almost put up a post this morning, had to delay it till this evening, but central to it is that the reason the ObamaKnots use words is:<br /><br />"<i>To get you what you want. For the greater good. Not only is that, in their eyes, justification enough, it is all they are concerned about, and being the ones who define just what 'the greater good' is, ensures that it won't interfere with what they want. <br /><br />And that my friends is what they mean, when they tell you that their words depend upon what the meaning of Is, is. <br /><br />Not whether or not something is good, or beautiful or true - but because they want it, and whatever it is that you think their words mean, is only a means for them getting what they want. <br /><br />That's not lying. <br /><br />That's not even lying. <br /><br />That's the pursuit of power for power's sake. </i>"Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16423318936759895262013-11-08T10:15:18.736-08:002013-11-08T10:15:18.736-08:00Probably explains why the Raccoon National Cemeter...Probably explains why the Raccoon National Cemetery sits in Bismarck, North Dakota. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-47577559274294841932013-11-08T10:08:59.965-08:002013-11-08T10:08:59.965-08:00Kurt -- That's an excellent point. Before I w...Kurt -- That's an excellent point. Before I was married, I moved like 13 times in ten years, basically when my apartment became dirty beyond human habitation. But in looking back, I noticed a pattern: I almost always chose to live in an area adjacent to a horizon, whether the hills, the ocean, or a wooded area. I would not like to live in a city, encircled by a human horizon. Now I'm surrounded by public-owned space, so it's the same deal. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-54840362187451906752013-11-08T10:06:30.736-08:002013-11-08T10:06:30.736-08:00Only something transcendentally disinterested with...<i>Only something transcendentally disinterested within ourselves compels us "to accept an unwelcome truth, not because it pleases or attracts us, but because we are driven by a deeper devotion to truth as such"</i><br /><br />"If thine eye offend thee..."juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-20186475580936995162013-11-08T10:05:50.952-08:002013-11-08T10:05:50.952-08:00Jesus pretty much had it all figured out by 30. W...Jesus pretty much had it all figured out by 30. We are all late bloomers or latent slackers.tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07354048695798015131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-23127561041261850582013-11-08T10:02:35.518-08:002013-11-08T10:02:35.518-08:00The 'horizon of being' is a beautiful phra...The 'horizon of being' is a beautiful phrase and really a foundational concept. I wonder if that's why I love living out West, where there is nothing but sky and distant horizons all around? Brings to mind the words of UF: "Salvation is life under the open sky, where everyday is a miracle in an infinite chain of miracles..."Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01750808052006968358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75991410969694629702013-11-08T09:52:51.810-08:002013-11-08T09:52:51.810-08:00Yes, I'm 48. What's my excuse again?
By t...Yes, I'm 48. What's my excuse again?<br /><br />By the way, I'm sending him an OC membership app. Soon as I can find it under here..<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlYXohl0szo" rel="nofollow">Ya think he'll have us?</a>Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13720790978632771716noreply@blogger.com