tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post4348593447082324541..comments2024-03-29T03:05:05.850-05:00Comments on Althouse: "In the absence of cultural confidence at home, we are sending the message that the bedrock principles..."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37446411263215094762011-04-04T23:25:36.227-05:002011-04-04T23:25:36.227-05:00"The Brits were not the worst thing to happen..."<i>The Brits were not the worst thing to happen to that continent by any means</i>"<br /><br />Dude, that's the understatement of the day/week/month/year!Kirk Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05921711310191924997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77626161803951340842011-04-04T20:34:51.989-05:002011-04-04T20:34:51.989-05:00Phil 3:14 said...
I'm happy with a Big Tent
A...Phil 3:14 said...<br />I'm happy with a Big Tent<br /><br />And I'm satisfied with Sen. Graham in that tent. (Scott Brown, too)<br /><br /><br />================<br />A big tent belief, which I support, presumes that to build a national ticket you need someone who matches their constuency's values - better than some clone of some ideal stalwart ideologue of a Party Base far remote from the candidate's own electorate.<br /><br />Lindsey in many ways is as out of step with S Carolina voters as Max Cleland was in Georgia. He is a little man, a worshipful jock-sniffer of McCain and his supreme Idol, David Petraeus. <br />If McCain ever replaced M Jordan in the underwear commericials - Lindsey would be the grovelling fawning fan swearing he is wearing McCain's underwear. <br /><br />S Carolina can do better than him. Next time, I hope there is a Primary challenge - just no unelectable "spunky 'n cute if clueless" Christine O'Donnells or Sharron Angles the "Base" foists on the voters. (I didn't think it was possible that Nevadans could hate anybody more than Harry Reid and his sons...then Republican beyond right wing true believers gave us Angle.)Cedarfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602418702398818596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15522093741718241862011-04-04T20:27:52.074-05:002011-04-04T20:27:52.074-05:00Oh, and FLS, my military service?
The majority of...Oh, and FLS, my military service?<br /><br />The majority of it was spent in the Persian Gulf during the Iranian Hostage crisis. (1979-83) <br /><br />How about you, hotshot - or are you just talking shit on subjects you know nothing about?The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49855943092128042011-04-04T20:20:37.567-05:002011-04-04T20:20:37.567-05:00FLS,
I bet I was in more fights before I got out ...FLS,<br /><br />I bet I was in more fights before I got out of elementary school then you've had in your life. And the I started a good run because I liked it. I served in the military, was a boxer representing my ship, and have a stab wound in my back from a gang fight and one in my leg from a brawl with several guys who, lets just say, resorted to desperate measures because I was going through an Errol Flynn faze. I know I've mentioned that out of the 20 guys I grew up with, there are 4 of us left and that ain't because I'm a pushover.<br /><br />I won't tell you all I've done to people but there's a German who no longer has an eye.<br /><br />I an't trying to say I'm billy badass - there's always somebody bigger and I've learned that the hard way - but I'm willing, FLS, and that alone matters more than all the guys lifting weights in the world.<br /><br />My pictures are online, so you can see whose talking. Where's yours, big mouth?The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2740073635193103412011-04-04T20:07:17.960-05:002011-04-04T20:07:17.960-05:00"[FLS] just likes playing the contrarian.&quo...<i>"[FLS] just likes playing the contrarian."</i><br /><br />Somebody gave him a copy of <i>Sophistry for Dummies</i> for his birthday, and he's just working his way through it.<br /><br />When he finishes, he might be worth reading again.Paco Wovéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00053886112561036768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38224201569310083552011-04-04T19:56:45.832-05:002011-04-04T19:56:45.832-05:00While catchy, Heine doesn't quite apply here.
...<i>While catchy, Heine doesn't quite apply here.</i><br /><br />Well it does to the extent that a book was burned and a bunch of humans were killed as a result.<br /><br />Not sure if that is the concept FLS was trying to convey. I think he just likes playing the contrarian.Hoosier Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12872965118921894534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80993783658261840262011-04-04T19:47:00.105-05:002011-04-04T19:47:00.105-05:00@fls:
There's a vast difference between a gov...@fls:<br /><br />There's a vast difference between a government banning and/or burning books, and an individual exercising his right of free expression by burning a book in order to create a demonstration of example. <br /><br />While catchy, Heine doesn't quite apply here.Chef Mojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10981901090530845072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11481913259773365552011-04-04T19:39:47.728-05:002011-04-04T19:39:47.728-05:00Lindsey Graham is "The Great" John McCai...Lindsey Graham is "The Great" John McCain's toady boy. Next to McCain, no Republican has a deeper lust for being approved of by the NY Times editorial board.<br /><br />Toady boy is just a hack defense lawyer. That he worked rear echelon for the military legal system makes him no more "honorable" than the standard NYC shyster.<br /><br />Citizens of South Carolina would be well rid of this neocon and lapdog of McCain and the Sulzberger Family at the earliest possible opportunity.Cedarfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00602418702398818596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4281063333492846052011-04-04T19:30:41.073-05:002011-04-04T19:30:41.073-05:00My top two favorite writers: Mark Sreyn and James ...My top two favorite writers: Mark Sreyn and James Taranto.Humperdinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08765464624483404218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28127910170600738532011-04-04T19:27:29.668-05:002011-04-04T19:27:29.668-05:00"Das war ein Vorspiel nur, dort wo man
Bucher..."Das war ein Vorspiel nur, dort wo man<br />Bucher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen." Heinrich Heine, Almansor 1820<br /><br />Count me as impressed.Humperdinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08765464624483404218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84347816840891357792011-04-04T19:20:35.678-05:002011-04-04T19:20:35.678-05:00I mean come on, what does this prove? Weird pastor...<i>I mean come on, what does this prove? Weird pastor burns Koran, extremists go crazy and kill people. It is not as if we could not see how this was going to end.</i><br /><br />The problem is that while our common sense tells us that most Muslim nations are barbaric, nobody in power -- not politicians, not academia, not the news or entertainment media -- will publicly admit it. They all pretend there is no real problem here.<br /><br />One of the purposes of Gandhi's original campaign of resistance to British occupation was to provoke British atrocities by refusing to play ball. He knew that innocent people would get hurt; he told them as much. But it had to be done, because so long as the Indians were willing to humbly submit to the British, and refuse to exercise their rights, the British could pretend they were benevolent rulers.<br /><br />Similarly, so long as we limit our own free speech, we can allow the Muslim world to continue claiming it is not culturally psychotic. But why should we be co-conspirators in that?Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50776047891966359042011-04-04T18:54:25.784-05:002011-04-04T18:54:25.784-05:00"Das war ein Vorspiel nur, dort wo man
Bucher..."Das war ein Vorspiel nur, dort wo man<br />Bucher verbrennt, verbrennt man auch am Ende Menschen." Heinrich Heine, <i>Almansor</i> 1820former law studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196697206046544350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58800984329364643862011-04-04T18:40:44.395-05:002011-04-04T18:40:44.395-05:00Obviously, "perpetually aggrieved" is th...Obviously, "perpetually aggrieved" is the key phrase, isn't it? If someone's going to hate you no matter what you do, isn't it better to stand for something that's good and honorable?Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35817706260442923282011-04-04T18:29:53.996-05:002011-04-04T18:29:53.996-05:00Weird pastor burns Koran, extremists go crazy and ...<i>Weird pastor burns Koran, extremists go crazy and kill people. It is not as if we could not see how this was going to end.</i><br /><br />How could we know how it would end when we're constantly told that the extremists are only a teeny tiny, minority of the peace loving followers of the religion of peace? <br /><br />Is it possible that when some obscure Florida pastor gets a call from the Sec of Defense begging him not to burn a Koran or Gen. Pretreus says it will endanger our troops its because they realize the fanatics compromise a much larger percentage of the followers of the religion of pieces?Hoosier Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12872965118921894534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82892474597659914012011-04-04T18:05:39.794-05:002011-04-04T18:05:39.794-05:00I say we burn a Koran every day until Middle Easte...<i>I say we burn a Koran every day until Middle Eastern Muslims get it through their heads they can't intimidate us.</i><br /><br />Picture of Crack MC:<br /><br />http://img2.moonbuggy.org/imgstore<br />/internet-tough-guy.jpgformer law studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196697206046544350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89737752716739862722011-04-04T17:45:26.536-05:002011-04-04T17:45:26.536-05:00Terrye,
I think that Jones could care less if peo...Terrye,<br /><br /><i>I think that Jones could care less if people get hurt.</i><br /><br />He shouldn't have to. I say we burn a Koran every day until Middle Eastern Muslims get it through their heads they can't intimidate us. We're Americans, and soldiers are over there to fight to protect our freedoms - not so we can or will cower. <br /><br />It's really very simple.The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76733930841911793092011-04-04T17:40:18.844-05:002011-04-04T17:40:18.844-05:00Sorry, rev, sometimes I just get cranky, and forge...Sorry, rev, sometimes I just get cranky, and forget there are many people of good will commenting here.former law studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196697206046544350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54294103400105144552011-04-04T16:59:42.003-05:002011-04-04T16:59:42.003-05:00The Crack Emcee:
I don't think Graham is a gi...The Crack Emcee:<br /><br />I don't think Graham is a girl, in fact he is one of the few members of Congress who actually owns and knows how to use a firearm..he is just so single minded when it comes to the military that he goes off the deep end sometimes. <br /><br />I think that it is ridiculous to try and interfere with the first amendment rights of Americans because of something like this...but I also think that Jones could care less if people get hurt. <br /><br />No one comes out of this looking good. Not really.Terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15226693134160057218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51179589810259855222011-04-04T16:46:53.923-05:002011-04-04T16:46:53.923-05:00Lindsey is a girl's name. That's not a dis...Lindsey is a girl's name. That's not a diss on girls.<br /><br />Just sayin'.The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5577220858983287032011-04-04T16:27:01.164-05:002011-04-04T16:27:01.164-05:00Whoa! This Charles Napier guy is awesome!
http:/...Whoa! This Charles Napier guy is awesome!<br /><br />http://adventuresinnerdliness.blogspot.com/2008/09/watched-old-star-trek-episode-yesterday.htmlGreghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13020734253569591914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28901495113170799452011-04-04T16:19:00.344-05:002011-04-04T16:19:00.344-05:00If only he didn't sound like Harry Bentley
He...<i>If only he didn't sound like Harry Bentley</i><br /><br />He sounds like a furry old car?Scott Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02459388007426664813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82703905460815683122011-04-04T16:15:26.473-05:002011-04-04T16:15:26.473-05:00If only he didn't sound like Harry Bentley, I ...If only he didn't sound like Harry Bentley, I could listen to Steyn more often.Known Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029003649395214104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87337025170283644402011-04-04T15:51:29.883-05:002011-04-04T15:51:29.883-05:00Chase:
Yes, that is true...however, the Brits spe...Chase:<br /><br />Yes, that is true...however, the Brits spent many years in India...they did not decide it was for not and run off as soon as the locals did something barbaric or strange. They hung in there. <br /><br />And so far as I know there were not a lot of people back in Britain making a point of picking fights with Hindus from thousands of miles away.Terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15226693134160057218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64443948371796982522011-04-04T15:48:23.610-05:002011-04-04T15:48:23.610-05:00Well, there is a lot of this perpetually aggrieved...Well, there is a lot of this perpetually aggrieved stuff to go around..I like Steyn but in some ways he too is perpetually aggrieved.<br /><br />I don't think we should have laws against burning Korans, but at the same time where has everyone's common sense gone? I mean come on, what does this prove? Weird pastor burns Koran, extremists go crazy and kill people. It is not as if we could not see how this was going to end.<br /><br />I think the truth is Jones and the Taliban both got what they wanted.Terryehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15226693134160057218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-2046552035749220292011-04-04T15:29:34.719-05:002011-04-04T15:29:34.719-05:00Perpetually feeling resentment at [the perception ...<i>Perpetually feeling resentment at [the perception of] having been unfairly treated describes dittoheads quite well.</i><br /><br />It applies to just about every group of people I can name. Sometimes it actually happens, most times it is just perception.<br /><br />As soon as the day-to-day realists in HR departments all over the country can stop operating around "protected classes" of people, we'll all be better off. Even you, FLS.Scott Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02459388007426664813noreply@blogger.com