tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post8007930433874988406..comments2024-03-27T11:16:36.951-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: Obama and Anti-American Personality DisorderGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-36901564392067575442013-06-20T07:56:51.784-07:002013-06-20T07:56:51.784-07:00Ben said "Leftist faith requires an animosity...Ben said "Leftist faith requires an animosity towards evidence in every form. In their cult, evidence is a Lie. "<br /><br />Nailed it.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-59865876485727429672013-06-20T07:45:15.220-07:002013-06-20T07:45:15.220-07:00:D:Djuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-8267250060854826102013-06-20T07:25:59.312-07:002013-06-20T07:25:59.312-07:00First of all isn't "men's" a lit...First of all isn't "men's" a little sexist? Plus, it sounds too much like "men's whorehouse," so the name's gotta go.<br /><br />I wonder if they'll carry the Bejeweled Ruby Spectacles? <br /><br /> Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-315907026752564562013-06-20T07:18:45.433-07:002013-06-20T07:18:45.433-07:00Off topic, but strangely interesting: apparently D...Off topic, but strangely interesting: apparently <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/zimmer-might-not-way-looks-181704126.html" rel="nofollow">Deepaking Chopra</a> (lol- autocorrect automatically changes his name to a verb on my iPad) is on the board of Men's Wearhouse, and is very excited about the direction they'll be taking now that they've kicked its founder to the curb. Wonder if he'll be their new spokesman?<br /><br />I'm with the first few commenters there, I suspect Men's Wearhouse just signed its own death warrant...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-20815052011983743262013-06-20T07:04:11.139-07:002013-06-20T07:04:11.139-07:00Is the primary driver of "Leftism" metap...Is the primary driver of "Leftism" metaphysical or psychological? If it is the latter it is a management problem, putting in place social structures that seek to limit the damage that psychopaths can do, if it is the former, it is an education problem, showing people ways of comprehending the world that are better than Leftist alternatives.wildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14437167510102273197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-19398549876566623622013-06-20T06:34:13.915-07:002013-06-20T06:34:13.915-07:00The book on poverty makes all sorts of interesting...The book on poverty makes all sorts of interesting metahistorical connections between various disciplines to help explain the miracle of economic development, including a lot of psychological changes that had to occur. <br /><br />For example, just sheer number of humans is critical due to the "genius effect." Geniuses are at the extreme right end of the bell curve, so you need millions of people in order to have just a handful. But for thousands of years, human population was held in check due to the Malthusian wall, i.e., food supply, so humans were trapped in a limit cycle. <br /><br />Age also has a lot to do with it, because it's difficult for knowledge to develop if people die so young. <br /><br />And religion was critical; in particular, he roots individualism and secure private property in Christianity (and the latter is even more important than the church/state distinction that logically followed).<br /><br />Anyway, great book so far...Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-54032958457854470622013-06-20T03:43:15.023-07:002013-06-20T03:43:15.023-07:00Julie, good point about the crawling. I know our g...Julie, good point about the crawling. I know our girls learned a lot more than I ever could imagine by crawling. It isn't just a form of travel, but a way for babies to touch the world, so to speak and learn from the ground up.<br /><br />Of course, there's. much morea t play here :) such as culture but it seems to me that many simply don't grasp how importamt crawling is (in the physical or the metaphysical sense) or they think "what does it matter?"<br /><br />Afterall, all cultures are supposed to be equal except the best ones, or so lefties tell us.<br /><br />It occurs to me that the faith lefties have is a faux faiith becauseit has no evidence.<br /><br />Whereas proper faith requires evidence of the unseen. No matter if it's horizontal or vertical. Without that evidence it's faith in folly or foolishness.<br /><br />Explains why those on the left hate history (non rewritten history that doesn't conform to their faith that is) so much cuz it harshes their mellow man.<br /><br />Leftist faith requires an animosity towards evidence in every form. In their cult, evidence is a Lie. Which is why it must be rewritten to conform with their faith rather than their faith conforming to the evidence or truth.<br />USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-34331466234873465642013-06-20T03:22:03.235-07:002013-06-20T03:22:03.235-07:00Nice post, Bob!
You shoulda said you were havin...Nice post, Bob!<br />You shoulda said you were havin' a BBQ. Lotsa meat in this one. <br /><br />Sure explains lefty behavior in a way I never coonsidered. <br />I mean, I know lefties and such have faith in the lie(s) but that very faith does mean they ain't hypocritical, or hipocritical for that matter, but they truly do believe that shit.<br /><br />Sure, it's a shitty faith but it's still faith. Besides, lefties need somethin' to wallow in when their smugness ain't enough.USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-84491709215644804322013-06-20T01:14:06.672-07:002013-06-20T01:14:06.672-07:00Or perhaps creating the conditions is a more accur...Or perhaps <i>creating</i> the conditions is a more accurate statement...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-4871542762963261492013-06-20T01:12:31.088-07:002013-06-20T01:12:31.088-07:00Bob, the book on Poverty and Progress does look in...Bob, the book on Poverty and Progress does look interesting.<br /><br />It brings to mind a comment I came across a couple of weeks ago while googling about the connection between lack of crawling and dyslexia. There was a woman who said she was some kind of missionary teacher in a poor area in Central America; her observation was that kids in third world countries don't crawl. Conditions are usually such that no sane person would allow their infant to crawl around in the dirt and/ or filth at ground level. Babies are carried until they can walk. She went on to observe that "they learn to read" anyway, but it made me wonder if she wasn't perhaps drawing a wrong conclusion or missing a bigger connection.<br /><br />I've often wondered what it is about some cultures that they find themselves stuck in the same primitive conditions their ancestors have faced for, well, pretty much all of history. Why don't they innovate? Obviously, it has to do with culture, but that can't be the only reason that in some places, nobody comes up with a better way to do certain tasks, pretty much <i>ever</i>. It's only when someone comes in from outside and says, "Hey, try this!" that suddenly things change. <br /><br />Going back to the question of crawling - and the hypothesis that as a stage of development it fosters certain important connections between left and right brain which make later skills such as reading easier to develop - it made me wonder if the conditions that prevent crawling also have a hand in preventing certain other developmental milestones which make for a mind prone to a certain type of innovation and creativity; the type of mind necessary for adapting to the conditions which foster cultural and economic growth...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-54015657746459701632013-06-19T21:05:47.999-07:002013-06-19T21:05:47.999-07:00I think kids are expected to be a little sociopath...I think kids are expected to be a little sociopathic and lacking in empathy and slightly tyrannical. We also expect them to grow out of it, which is why we don't let six-year-olds drive, even if they could reach the pedals. Fifteen makes sense. <br /><br />Something seems to be dogging me from the shadows in talking about faith/truth versus understanding/lie. It's like there is a key in that, but it's been a very long hard day. I'm not getting it.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-87388030947553198532013-06-19T15:01:39.296-07:002013-06-19T15:01:39.296-07:00This book on Poverty and Progress is quite good. ...This book on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Poverty-Progress-Realities-Myths-Global/dp/1938048849/ref=tf_ssw?&linkCode=wss&tag=onecos-20" rel="nofollow">Poverty and Progress</a> is quite good. It was recommended to me by trusty amazonian algorithmic ghosts. Gagdad Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-75543524868313264442013-06-19T13:15:16.388-07:002013-06-19T13:15:16.388-07:00As if another example of the sociopathic nature of...As if another example of the sociopathic nature of proglodytic leftism is necessary, there's a choice tidbit at <a href="http://ace.mu.nu/archives/341044.php" rel="nofollow">Ace's</a>:<br /><br />"Then again, as you now know, the only difference between a Warmonger and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate is the latter's ability to say he feels conflicted n' stuff about killing."juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-47150724540766758532013-06-19T12:57:45.323-07:002013-06-19T12:57:45.323-07:00The youngest person at the Tea Party rally, a blac...The youngest person at the Tea Party rally, a black gal who obviously grew up in poverty and is now an independent journalist, delivered some pretty incendiary rhetoric. <br /><br />I like it.Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-77745165665592444942013-06-19T12:53:12.769-07:002013-06-19T12:53:12.769-07:00In short, materialists are devoid of real faith, f...<i>In short, materialists are devoid of real faith, for they do not put into practice what they screech, nor do they exhibit the courage of their concrocktions. </i><br /><br />As the subsequent proof indicates, they do practice what they profess. The ones who truly mystify me are those who profess belief in god, but live as the materialists and can't see the falsehood...juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-54114020475229625952013-06-19T12:47:29.161-07:002013-06-19T12:47:29.161-07:00Old and Busted: The Left is Hypocritical
The New ...Old and Busted: The Left is Hypocritical<br /><br />The New Hotness: The Left is Aggressively Sociopathic<br /><br />Summaries brought to you by <i>The Poet's Glass Brain (tm)</i>Ephrem Antony Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00032465992619034619noreply@blogger.com