tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post1697223574868894640..comments2024-03-19T05:34:51.425-05:00Comments on Althouse: Let's think more deeply about the meaning of carrots.Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59314183283439218272007-06-23T20:42:00.000-05:002007-06-23T20:42:00.000-05:00Again with the tolerant left insulting people by s...Again with the tolerant left insulting people by suggesting that they are gay. I am beginning to think that the majority on the left are quite homophobic.<BR/><BR/>I NEVER insult someone by calling them gay. And I am AGAINST gay marriage (though for civil unions.) So I will be the one called homophobic by the oh so tolerant left. <BR/><BR/>I feel like Diogenese looking for some consistency eith a very dim lantern.<BR/><BR/>And before you try to get me on the marriage/unions thing, marriage is a Christian sacrement for me, and is thus proscribed. A civil union would not be. Consistent that.<BR/><BR/>TreyTMinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221261635305430323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4991007540257133472007-06-23T18:36:00.000-05:002007-06-23T18:36:00.000-05:00I just dropped in to see what condition my conditi...I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in. Ms. Althouse, you know you're in trouble when stranges poke their heads in to see you're as crazy as everyone else seems to think. You are. You should stay away from blogging, because your quirky thoughts are not particularly interesting, nor meaningful.Mad Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723092508757471647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42922035675417753872007-06-23T01:37:00.000-05:002007-06-23T01:37:00.000-05:00Cedarford,"I admit to being mystified by Bush II.....Cedarford,<BR/><BR/>"<I>I admit to being mystified by Bush II...</I>"<BR/><BR/>Huh? What's the mystery in being better than the competition???Kirk Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05921711310191924997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24269553871420508232007-06-22T19:47:00.000-05:002007-06-22T19:47:00.000-05:00"I went to art school"Perhaps by going back to art...<I>"I went to art school"</I><BR/><BR/>Perhaps by going back to art school and staying away from politics you will find an outlet for your nitwittery that will allow people to take you seriously.<BR/><BR/>P.S. Those pics remind me of the mediocre artwork of my high school days. Ahh.. those heady years when an orange turd could do nothing but impress!J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15566902891591686094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71209750087578415742007-06-22T17:59:00.000-05:002007-06-22T17:59:00.000-05:00hector,thanks for the mention.it's nice to know th...hector,<BR/>thanks for the mention.<BR/><BR/>it's nice to know that even when i'm not posting...you're thinking of me.<BR/><BR/>have you considered getting together with pogo and fen-fen for a threesome?<BR/><BR/>*be careful, though...they're like fierce little kittens.Luckyoldsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489310035114843752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23683614709229618552007-06-22T17:37:00.000-05:002007-06-22T17:37:00.000-05:00Thank you for posting those pictures, Ann. As an ...Thank you for posting those pictures, Ann. As an ardent Vegetable Rights activist I know how important it is that we raise awareness of the plight of our vegetable siblings. That so many of them end up slaughtered on our dinner tables is a crying shame. Thank you for posting this art which is so evocative of the plight of the poor defenseless vegetable!<BR/>;)Nom de Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05153700215201399299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55316370873732956362007-06-22T17:15:00.000-05:002007-06-22T17:15:00.000-05:00Gee, Toof, you got Prof. Althouse mixed up with Lu...Gee, Toof, you got Prof. Althouse mixed up with Lucky and the trolls! Reading in the mirror?Hector Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04316352130770225431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38215198725379478842007-06-22T11:05:00.000-05:002007-06-22T11:05:00.000-05:00"You talk about MY certainty??? Look at you! The f..."You talk about MY certainty??? Look at you! The fact is, I love to have a free form discussion of what a work of art means, and I like hearing lots of alternatives. That you imagine I don't is just another manifestation of YOUR narrow-mindedness."<BR/><BR/>It's not imagined. You don't want to have a "free-form" discussion because each of your responses concern only the crdentials of the person who disagrees with you and nothing to do with the substance of their argument. It is attacking the witness instead of the testimony. You're an authority on politics when your opponent isn't and an outsider with no investment in the outsome when your opponent isn't and you have strong opinions the rest of the time. Do you have a come back that doesn't invovle some aspect of how blind, stupid or unable to get you we are?Toof Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06293418059488742887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59007581376393941972007-06-22T11:04:00.000-05:002007-06-22T11:04:00.000-05:00Freder: This is a bit of a nit pick, but your sta...Freder: This is a bit of a nit pick, but your statement of heisenberg uncertainty is the popular interpretation. Heisenberg uncertainty in quantum physics refers to measurement being non-deterministic; we can only describe a physical phenomenon in terms of a probabilistic statement based on some type of distribution. (has to do with the quantum view of electron swarm versus the newtonian orbital view of electrons)Roger J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12639676792043324100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52752032158846078922007-06-22T05:39:00.000-05:002007-06-22T05:39:00.000-05:00Fletch said... My mentor always warned me about pr...Fletch said... <BR/><BR/>My mentor always warned me about pretentious assholes who took Psych101, and who then try to "slot" everyone into a 'pattern'- while never being intelligent enough to pass Psych 102...<BR/><BR/>Look man....I will concede that I can be a prentention asshole. But you crossed the line when you accused me of not being intelligent enough to pass Psych 102. I had to take a couple of cracks at it, but I eventually passed second semester psych. So there, I put you in your place...and I demand an apology!marklewinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05415072546941609808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76120269099196794262007-06-21T23:36:00.000-05:002007-06-21T23:36:00.000-05:00Palladian -- lolA propos of the top 100 films:"You...Palladian -- lol<BR/><BR/>A propos of the top 100 films:<BR/><BR/>"You're a sad, strange little man. You have my pity."blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05430444326700437630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30201359037817521362007-06-21T23:22:00.000-05:002007-06-21T23:22:00.000-05:00"It's telling that you answered that question... P..."It's telling that you answered that question... Pity consumes me."<BR/><BR/>Which means, once pity has realized what it's eaten for dinner, it will barf you back up again.Palladianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105490715666718993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19537609486389492132007-06-21T22:51:00.000-05:002007-06-21T22:51:00.000-05:00"Things like this never make me cry. Nothing relat..."Things like this never make me cry. Nothing related to my blog critics or commenters, in fact, has ever made me cry."<BR/><BR/>It's telling that you answered that question... Pity consumes me.vrsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09576367457456126364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-43661319836833293732007-06-21T22:14:00.000-05:002007-06-21T22:14:00.000-05:00baker-I don't think that I can take it'Cause it to...baker-<BR/><BR/><I>I don't think that I can take it<BR/>'Cause it took so long to bake it</I><BR/><BR/>"And I'll never have that recipe <I>again-n-n-n</I>..."<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://southernfood.about.com/od/yellowandwhitecakes/r/bl40318n.htm" REL="nofollow">Yellow cake</A>-- with chocolate frosting...!Fletchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07939385833301689296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46336386503681611202007-06-21T21:35:00.000-05:002007-06-21T21:35:00.000-05:00mindsteps-I recall my voices of my mentors remindi...mindsteps-<BR/><BR/><I>I recall my voices of my mentors reminding me that the act of observing can change that which is observed.</I><BR/><BR/>My mentor always warned me about pretentious assholes who took Psych101, and who then try to "slot" everyone into a 'pattern'- while never being intelligent enough to pass Psych 102...Fletchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07939385833301689296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36630991950738577062007-06-21T20:32:00.000-05:002007-06-21T20:32:00.000-05:00Someone left the cake out in the hutchI don't thin...Someone left the cake out in the hutch<BR/>I don't think that I can take it<BR/>'Cause it took so long to bake itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31462624397717238862007-06-21T20:11:00.000-05:002007-06-21T20:11:00.000-05:00Freder observed: Deny, deny, deny. You're going on...Freder observed: Deny, deny, deny. You're going on and on because you know I'm right. <BR/><BR/>'nuff said. <BR/><BR/>Compelling capture Freder:<BR/><BR/>I imagine it might be exhilerating to experience the world in discrete moments of the here and now, with no connection to the past and nary a thread to the future. On the other hand, I also wonder if such a fragmented sense of time and self might also occasion moments of absolute terror.<BR/><BR/>Ann, you are interested in psychology.....what do you think?marklewinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05415072546941609808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-59461823592475247642007-06-21T18:40:00.000-05:002007-06-21T18:40:00.000-05:00The fact is, I love to have a free form discussion...<I>The fact is, I love to have a free form discussion of what a work of art means, and I like hearing lots of alternatives. That you imagine I don't is just another manifestation of YOUR narrow-mindedness.</I><BR/><BR/>Ahem,<BR/><BR/><B>Keep thinking about and keep telling me there is no sexual imagery to that. It's FILM. Film uses images that have meaning. It's beat-you-over-the-head meaningful, so how the hell did it get into Clinton's video? She's forbidding her husband to have the hole-shaped item and requiring to limit himself to a pared down prick. Hello?<BR/><BR/>Deny, deny, deny. You're going on and on because you know I'm right. </B><BR/><BR/>'nuff said.Freder Fredersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01498410102809290399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35901060763960037962007-06-21T18:39:00.000-05:002007-06-21T18:39:00.000-05:00Speak softly and carry a big carrot.Speak softly and carry a big carrot.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22985405691072317392007-06-21T17:18:00.000-05:002007-06-21T17:18:00.000-05:00Freder Frederson said..."You are such an obedient ...Freder Frederson said...<BR/>"<I>You are such an obedient little boy.</I>"<BR/><BR/>You should learn the difference between deference and genuflection.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065798213115341398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89782401846904683642007-06-21T17:16:00.000-05:002007-06-21T17:16:00.000-05:00Freder Frederson "... I am just as certain I would...Freder Frederson "... I am just as certain I would not want to discuss art with you because I can see you are an insufferable bore who is absolutely certain that your interpretation is the correct one."<BR/><BR/>You talk about MY certainty??? Look at you! The fact is, I love to have a free form discussion of what a work of art means, and I like hearing lots of alternatives. That you imagine I don't is just another manifestation of YOUR narrow-mindedness.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23261597312056170252007-06-21T17:15:00.000-05:002007-06-21T17:15:00.000-05:00You frothing left spectrum types aren't very good ...You frothing left spectrum types aren't very good at art analysis, at least here. <BR/><BR/>Can't you see that “Frozen Box” looks like the deep-freeze heavens littered with stars? The fact that it’s labeled with a self-consciously feminized cursive “Carrots” and dominated by an inviting center circle with heavenly golden hues and a mound of round carrot slices can mean only two things: that God is a redhead and that He is a She.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15807929537521659852007-06-21T17:13:00.000-05:002007-06-21T17:13:00.000-05:00Thanks for the correction, Smilin' Jack. Of course...Thanks for the correction, Smilin' Jack. Of course, that wasn't anything about commenters giving me trouble. Consider my assertion appropriately rewritten.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37791294184848275272007-06-21T17:12:00.000-05:002007-06-21T17:12:00.000-05:00Perhaps you don't find it interesting because you ...<I>Perhaps you don't find it interesting because you are tone-deaf about art (and that's why you're a politico).</I><BR/><BR/>And this seems like a very dubious assertion. People are interested in politics because they are not interested in art? I honestly don't see the connection. Can't you be interested in both? I guess Hitler went into politics because he failed at art. Castro went into Politics because he wasn't good enough to play pro baseball. You apparently went to law school because you weren't a good enough artist.Freder Fredersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01498410102809290399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3726935712872659642007-06-21T17:07:00.000-05:002007-06-21T17:07:00.000-05:00Perhaps you don't find it interesting because you ...<I>Perhaps you don't find it interesting because you are tone-deaf about art (and that's why you're a politico). Aren't you even interested in the possibility that this could be true? Why not?</I><BR/><BR/>Well Ann, that is where you are wrong. I am not tone deaf about art and certain I could hold my own with you although I am just as certain I would not want to discuss art with you because I can see you are an insufferable bore who is absolutely certain that your interpretation is the correct one.<BR/><BR/>As for the artwork in question. I'm not the only one who doesn't seem to find it very interesting. Check out the comments.<BR/><BR/><I>I decline to engage and suggest we preserve this argument for another time and place where it better relates to the topic at hand.</I><BR/><BR/>You are such an obedient little boy.Freder Fredersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01498410102809290399noreply@blogger.com