tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post4751373647724002002..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: When Narratives AttackGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-73092907306511861962010-09-01T06:45:16.596-07:002010-09-01T06:45:16.596-07:00Nice post... instructive as usual. Thanks from an ...Nice post... instructive as usual. Thanks from an Aussie Paratrooper.Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10119193175145977768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-48367563034202436082010-08-18T05:20:48.510-07:002010-08-18T05:20:48.510-07:00"Narratives are how we understand time -- how..."Narratives are how we understand time -- how we link together experiences into a coherent and meaningful stream." I am completely in agreement with that. There's a really fascinating debate that I thought would be of interest on evolution vs. intelligent design going on at http://www.intelligentdesignfacts.comCammie Novarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12740952193712153860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-63725731116454876572010-08-17T07:00:14.894-07:002010-08-17T07:00:14.894-07:00Happy Anniversary! I hope you had a great day!Happy Anniversary! I hope you had a great day!Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06708393262849661076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-22906247322533725002010-08-16T23:27:01.705-07:002010-08-16T23:27:01.705-07:00Happy Anniversary Bob n' Mrs. G!Happy Anniversary Bob n' Mrs. G!USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-30937218719931270272010-08-16T22:49:46.536-07:002010-08-16T22:49:46.536-07:00Happy Anniversary, Bob...You are such a blessing t...Happy Anniversary, Bob...You are such a blessing to me and Tristan...<br />Love<br />Mrs. GLeslie Godwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15867359654055086952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-66016788470354910622010-08-16T19:39:19.400-07:002010-08-16T19:39:19.400-07:00BTW, the Van-hammer is awesome. It's worth it ...BTW, the Van-hammer is awesome. It's worth it to watch the virtual jaw dropping alone, usually followed by silence or "void" rage.<br />:^)USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-16910726603437797092010-08-16T19:33:21.079-07:002010-08-16T19:33:21.079-07:00"I offer it b/c it was so out of proportion t..."I offer it b/c it was so out of proportion to what I said that I found it startling. And I don't think it makes any logical sense."<br /><br />Hi Sal!<br /><br />This out of proportion and over-the-top projection type of tactic is often used by lefties to shut a debate down although it could've been a hyper-emotional knee jerk reaction.<br />At any rate I think you'll find that the person who said it won't be receptive to any truth you or anyone else might provide.<br /><br />To say it doesn't make any logical sense is a very nice way to put it.<br />Personally, I think it's batsh*t crazy. :^) <br /><br />Of course, given her deep attachment to her deranged ideology it makes sense she would behave this way.<br />Sort of like Maxine Waters using several decks of race cards to defend her crimes. Didn't see that coming.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19202576333661194472010-08-16T18:51:12.487-07:002010-08-16T18:51:12.487-07:00If only it were still so easy for liberals to cont...If only it were still so easy for liberals to control the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55aujTwuJY8&feature=player_embedded#!" rel="nofollow">plantation</a>.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75894994037812467842010-08-16T17:25:50.895-07:002010-08-16T17:25:50.895-07:00"From a psychological perspective, this is pe..."From a psychological perspective, this is perfectly understandable. For example, if your self-image is invested in the idea that the world is catastrophically warming, you will be threatened by evidence that it is not."<br /><br />Aye. Anytime one shows evidence that proves a hollowed narrative of the left wrong they take it as a personal attack on them.<br /><br />It also explains why they get so hostile whenever you point out the truth, even when it's obvious.<br /><br />This is another reason why many on the left irrationally lash out at words, indeed, language itself.<br /><br />For language represents reality, therefore the very meaning of words must be eviscorated. Only then can leftists insert whatever narrative they want.<br /><br />By doing so, leftists can hide their true intent inside seemingly "good" words that they hijack, in effect, turning them into pod words that appear to say one thing on the surface but actually mean something alien (their intent) on the inside.<br /><br />They must do this because if they say what they mean, they would never get the support they need to implement their hideous, anti-reality agenda.<br /><br />When the word they hijacked becomes too saturated and too many people begin to rwalize what the left really means when using the word, they simply hijack a new word.<br /><br />Liberal don't work so well? Let's try progressive. Wanna demonize those who are wanna uphold the law and are anti-ILLEGAL immigration?<br />Call them anti-immigration and racist.<br /><br />Leftists don't care about the dmage they do to language as long as they can still use it to get what they want. <br /><br />The lies don't bother their concience because the ends always justify the means in their mind, even if the ends they want will never be reached.<br />Afterall, since they are opposed to reality, it's obvious they will never achieve their utopia using their methods.<br /><br />And when they fail, and they will, they will blame those of us on the right, because they can't possibly blame themselves for their own failures. It MUST be someone elses fault.<br /><br />Those on the left that begin to question the insanity of doing the same thing over and over, expecting the results they want rather than the hell that always occurs are the one's that have glimpsed reality and perhaps get a thirst for the liberty and freedom they have given up.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75726003812286144422010-08-16T15:42:39.413-07:002010-08-16T15:42:39.413-07:00Not for nothing is "moonbat" derived fro...Not for <a href="http://www.rationaloptimist.com/blog/monbiots-errors" rel="nofollow">nothing</a> is "moonbat" derived from Monbiot.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-71348517987113666852010-08-16T14:36:58.246-07:002010-08-16T14:36:58.246-07:00Of course there's no problem with that, that&#...<i>Of course there's no problem with that, that's how the Tea Party believers can justify themselves taking unemployment. After all, THEY are taking it for the RIGHT reasons. And THEY are looking for work. The liberal people on unemployment though, well, they are just poor stupid people who are just looking for a government handout and they will drain the system dry. They should most definitely not be able to take any more unemployment because you know, they aren't looking for jobs. And they love welfare. And they hate god and babies too, so they deserve to be unemployed.<br /><br />(Yes, this is sarcasm) </i><br /><br />I got the above in reply to a comment on a mom blog re: where unemployment actually comes from and why limited gov't folk (ie. Tea Partiers) are not necessarily hypocrites for using such.<br />I offer it b/c it was so out of proportion to what I said that I found it startling. And I don't think it makes any logical sense.<br /><br />My life is really circumscribed and quiet, so an exchange like this is rare for me.<br /><br />In case they wanted to continue the debate, I went in search of the Van-hammer about 'So, are you saying you don't believe in private property?" but couldn't find it.<br />Darn.Salhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13201226644704622876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-74480313427093397552010-08-16T14:20:46.783-07:002010-08-16T14:20:46.783-07:00bh said: "the agenda is our pathway to power...bh said: "the agenda is our pathway to power and plenty."<br /><br />Do you mean 'the fight' (against reality?) itself is the yielding element, of power and plenty? The whole point is that there actually *is* something to fight for, that it is not just illusion with a complimentary counterpart of fighting as inherently the reward, in itself. The way you said the exact opposite of the truth is uncanny, like you you were trying to be contrary. <br /><br />Anyway, yes there really is something to fight for. It is not in vein. But since you read this blog, you have already come across that. Do you think there is something to fight for, or that meaning is only found in the heartfelt, earnest effort of... nothing? <br /><br />Re the cliff...<br />Remember - don't ditch the hang glider just yet, until you really don't need it. <br /><br />But seriously, The Constitution doesn't get in the way, it gives an open way. It gets in the way of things it should get it the way of, like "the violent predation of government" and other things that would close an open system. It protects the open space worth protecting. It works with reality to achieve something real - real flight. Not pretend, not artifice.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900344453710081874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-18409638145120859442010-08-16T14:05:25.680-07:002010-08-16T14:05:25.680-07:00I'm about to swear off vacations. Not only am...I'm about to swear off vacations. Not only am I now a week behind at work -- but I have all the OC stuff to read. <br /><br />I have to agree, unfortunately, about November. As Van says, I do see the encouraging signs of people realizing we should be responsible and self-governing. What I suspect, however, is that we will get another financial "October surprise". Some may be scared back into dependence on the false hope of government.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-26150239769526254642010-08-16T13:42:26.563-07:002010-08-16T13:42:26.563-07:00bh wrote: "It gets in the way."
Like g...bh wrote: "It gets in the way."<br /><br />Like gravity gets in the way of your plans to fly after you jump off of a cliff?<br /><br />wv: deansAnnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900344453710081874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-53454290135201672022010-08-16T13:39:30.934-07:002010-08-16T13:39:30.934-07:00The left's narrative doesn't speak to or f...The left's narrative <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2010/08/16/video-those-voices-dont-speak-for-us/" rel="nofollow">doesn't speak to or for us</a>.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89994541070477492182010-08-16T13:32:37.570-07:002010-08-16T13:32:37.570-07:00The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves prov...<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/006145205X?tag=onecosmos-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=006145205X&adid=1Z4JEWA3D7T2XEZWRAQF&" rel="nofollow">The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves</a> provides a wonderfully clear and scientific anti-left narrative.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-42842366114252003472010-08-16T13:27:05.294-07:002010-08-16T13:27:05.294-07:00wv: joyedi
Just saying. :)
I've been MIA/s...wv: joyedi<br /><br />Just saying. :)<br /><br />I've been MIA/stealth for a while... but another wv has jumped out at me. Caught me by surprise.<br /><br />Yes, out with the Marxist counter-narrative and its dictionary of redefined terms, such as, Capitalism is a system based on licentious greed.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900344453710081874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-56382604170762578762010-08-16T12:33:12.768-07:002010-08-16T12:33:12.768-07:00St. Augustine knew the feeling, had his crisis, an...St. Augustine knew the feeling, had his crisis, and found himself in the narrative of divinity:<br /><br />"I was saying these things and weeping in the most bitter contrition of my heart, when, lo, I heard the voice as of a boy or girl, I know not which, coming from a neighbouring house, chanting, and oft repeating, "Take up and read; take up and read." Immediately my countenance was changed, and I began most earnestly to consider whether it was usual for children in any kind of game to sing such words; nor could I remember ever to have heard the like. So, restraining the torrent of my tears, I rose up, interpreting it no other way than as a command to me from Heaven to open the book, and to read the first chapter I should light upon. For I had heard of Antony, that, accidentally coming in whilst the gospel was being read, he received the admonition as if what was read were addressed to him, "Go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come and follow me." And by such oracle was he forthwith converted unto Thee. So quickly I returned to the place where Alypius was sitting; for there had I put down the volume of the apostles, when I rose thence. I grasped, opened, and in silence read that paragraph on which my eyes first fell, - "Not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying; but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof." No further would I read, nor did I need; for instantly, as the sentence ended, - by a light, as it were, of security infused into my heart, - all the gloom of doubt vanished away."<br /><br />Confessions, Chapter 12<br /><br />Deleuze and Guattari would nod and say Augustine was defeated. Schizoanalysis:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizoanalysis<br /><br />Drawings: <br /><br />http://www.bumblenut.com/drawing/art/plateaus/index.shtmlVerdialeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12849329893783534089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-65664021861170003432010-08-16T09:59:36.163-07:002010-08-16T09:59:36.163-07:00Obama is the Troll-in-Chief. his narrative is not...Obama is the Troll-in-Chief. <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/243829/obama-vs-america-peter-kirsanow" rel="nofollow">his narrative</a> is not America's narrative.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-49884587868218229502010-08-16T09:16:21.955-07:002010-08-16T09:16:21.955-07:00Truly, we need to ditch the Marxist counter-narrat...Truly, we need to ditch the Marxist counter-narrative and return to the American narrative.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-34343176189562514902010-08-16T09:09:35.012-07:002010-08-16T09:09:35.012-07:00"Unfortunately, this is only the beginning. W..."Unfortunately, this is only the beginning. Whatever happens in November, it certainly won't be a cause for joy. Transient relief, maybe, but not joy, because when narratives break down, people are truly capable of anything."<br /><br />Nothing lasting or worthwhile will occur unless we the people re-educate ourselves, pick up the various fallen threads of liberty and weave them into our becoming self governing individuals again. One thing that does give me hope is that this hasn't been any kind of a hard sell within the Tea Party people. In St. Louis, and by all reports nationally as well, there is a veritable hunger on the part of people to regain what they've allowed to be lost.<br /><br />But anybody thinking that this election, or any other, is going to 'fix' it for them, is in for a rude awakening, as well as anyone thinking that Education means passing 'fill in the blank' or 'bubble test' exams... seeing the 'correct answer' and actually incorporating it into your life, making the word flesh, ain't easy. Better gno the tale well before trying to tell it.<br /><br />As long as we don't worry about being 'cool'... we just might be able to re-establish the narrative worth retelling.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-43065291185366705732010-08-16T09:01:23.155-07:002010-08-16T09:01:23.155-07:00Related: Obama, pretend synthesizer.Related: Obama, <a href="http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2010/08/027001.php" rel="nofollow">pretend synthesizer</a>.Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-61338642671789803562010-08-16T08:44:41.389-07:002010-08-16T08:44:41.389-07:00"The list of ways in which people may pull th..."The list of ways in which people may pull the wool over their own eyes is endless."<br /><br />Or by trying to be cool,<br /><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111704575355311122648100.html" rel="nofollow">The Perils of 'Wannabe Cool' Christianity</a><br />"...Churches like Central Christian in Las Vegas and Liquid Church in New Brunswick, N.J., for example, have online church services where people can have a worship experience at an "iCampus." Many other churches now encourage texting, Twitter and iPhone interaction with the pastor during their services. <br /><br />But one of the most popular—and arguably most unseemly—methods of making Christianity hip is to make it shocking. What better way to appeal to younger generations than to push the envelope and go where no fundamentalist has gone before? <br /><br />Sex is a popular shock tactic. Evangelical-authored books like "Sex God" (by Rob Bell) and "Real Sex" (by Lauren Winner) are par for the course these days. At the same time, many churches are finding creative ways to use sex-themed marketing gimmicks to lure people into church. <br /><br />Oak Leaf Church in Cartersville, Georgia, created a website called yourgreatsexlife.com to pique the interest of young seekers...."<br /><br />Hard to see what might go wrong there...(omg).<br /><br />wv:ingly<br />Beyond uglyVan Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.com