tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post7838510583672032512..comments2024-03-18T19:58:10.212-05:00Comments on Althouse: "The Whupping in Wisconsin: Seven Key Conclusions."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger239125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77806049632819519312012-06-06T16:19:58.994-05:002012-06-06T16:19:58.994-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10935471356681086972012-06-06T16:05:05.832-05:002012-06-06T16:05:05.832-05:00Except the union thugs who work for the State. The...<i>Except the union thugs who work for the State. They can go straight to hell.</i><br /><br />If something cannot go on forever, it will not. It's not the person involved with that thing that the conflict begins with, however much that person(s) decides to fight back, but rather the unsustainable thing is the primary target of our ire.Scott Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02459388007426664813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42677201544016168152012-06-06T15:50:12.079-05:002012-06-06T15:50:12.079-05:00This is what the left is all about: alienating the...<i>This is what the left is all about: alienating the individual (it's all about the "collective" or "the state"), making them unhappy by setting them in conflict with their fellow man</i><br /><br />Good point: the right hasn't been in conflict at all over the past year with the lazy, entitled union thug leeches who work for the state of Wisconsin. They just want everybody to get along! <br /><br />Except the union thugs who work for the State. They can go straight to hell.Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11661497739858253665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86937410473370120502012-06-06T15:06:26.876-05:002012-06-06T15:06:26.876-05:00MM, funnily enough, your bishop was recently spank...MM, funnily enough, your bishop was recently spanked by the <i>National Dissenting Reporter</i> for not being political <i>enough</i>—see my post <a href="http://simondodd.org/blog/?p=467" rel="nofollow">here</a>!Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065798213115341398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69409458636268600262012-06-06T14:24:32.442-05:002012-06-06T14:24:32.442-05:00There is plenty of diversity within the clergy. O...There is plenty of diversity within the clergy. One priest might be very religious while another might be a Unitarian.Scott Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02459388007426664813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1929219173903349412012-06-06T14:21:15.223-05:002012-06-06T14:21:15.223-05:00I think priests can be political
I think bishops ...<i>I think priests can be political<br /><br /></i>I think bishops have to have politically savvy. How can you ascend to the upper reaches of a bureaucracy like the church if you are not? I know that's not the kind of political you mean, but it's related.<br /><br />The bishop here is highly political. So is our Parish Priest, but in the opposite direction. It makes for interesting tension.MadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6060538059996508162012-06-06T14:18:29.224-05:002012-06-06T14:18:29.224-05:00No aphids! I'm jealous
Plenty of Japanese Bee...<i>No aphids! I'm jealous<br /><br /></i>Plenty of Japanese Beetles though, and lots of lawns that the grubs can munch on in winter/spring. (sigh).<br /><br />Well, the trees are done fruiting by the time the beetles arrive, and short of plucking those indestructible little buggers off and putting them in kerosene and lighting it and watching them die a very fiery death (highly satisfying!) there's not much to do.<br /><br />My tree this year had plenty of flowers but not much fruit. I'm not sure if the flowers came out before most of the bees (during the super-early warm spell that was the last two weeks of March) or if some spotty frost hit it during April. I'm inclined towards the former explanation.MadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90940022171705987302012-06-06T13:52:08.605-05:002012-06-06T13:52:08.605-05:00In retrospect, how did it ever make sense for a st...In retrospect, how did it ever make sense for a state to force its employees to join a union and to confiscate employees' wages for union dues? How is that even constitutional? Why would even most dems support that attack on liberty?<br /><br />It seems obvious that these two basic reforms (i.e. not permitting states to force state workers to join a union or to confiscate state employees' wages for union dues) will spread very rapidly across most states. This will cause state gov employees union membership to plummet (as occurred in Wisconsin), leading to much lower political contributions by state gov unions.Steve Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13077530042599697923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54982260151536022652012-06-06T13:40:02.632-05:002012-06-06T13:40:02.632-05:00That depends.
What are your politics?That depends.<br /><br />What are your politics?Chip S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13210586187250159751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40664370397140123952012-06-06T13:35:44.708-05:002012-06-06T13:35:44.708-05:00My dad is buried in Lincoln Cemetary, what moral a...My dad is buried in Lincoln Cemetary, what moral authority does that confer upon me?Seeing Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338495289040972548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38584115364019007902012-06-06T13:30:20.213-05:002012-06-06T13:30:20.213-05:00AllieOop said...
"Simon, are you a Priest? I...AllieOop said... <br />"<i>Simon, are you a Priest? If so, you seem to be highly political….</i>"<br /><br />No, I'm a married layman. <br /><br />"<i>if you were the Chaplain to my daughter in Afghansitan who is serving with the Marines as a Corpsman and is a liberal and progressive, what might you say to her? I know she is upset as I am this morning, while she is over there serving her country.</i>"<br /><br />I would say "thankyou for the service you give, and the honor you bring to, our country."<br /><br />"<i>Is there something wrong with being political and being a Priest, can a Priest maintain his own religious convictions and be highly political? I'm asking, I honestly want to know.</i>"<br /><br />I think priests can be political, but it's difficult for them to be partisan, not only for pastoral reasons, but for the for the reasons outlined in <a href="simondodd.org/blog/?p=149" rel="nofollow">this post</a> and more recently in <a href="simondodd.org/blog/?p=409" rel="nofollow">this one</a>.<br /><br />"<i>I'll keep bringing it up evey time someone here says that the military is comprised of conservatives as did Simon.</i>"<br /><br />The military is <i>composed</i>—the whole comprises the parts, the parts compose the whole—by-and-large of people who are not hostile to the military. Because liberals are hostile to the military (what it does, how it does it, what it represents, what it involves), they typically self-select out of military service. There are exceptions, to be sure, but there is a simple reason why General Clark had the endorsement of precisely zero of his former colleagues, and it wasn't that they didn't like him personally.<br /><br /><br />Scott M said... <br />"<i>Unitarian and chaplain are a bit like saying two other clever, pithy things that don't necessarily have anything to do with each other.</i>"<br /><br />Indeed.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065798213115341398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68920000855908552272012-06-06T13:27:34.448-05:002012-06-06T13:27:34.448-05:00heatydes 38alex--I wasnt supporting Heinleins argu...heatydes 38alex--I wasnt supporting Heinleins argument and I would never suggest just because I have served gives me no special rights, nor, as you say, should it.Roger J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12639676792043324100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89905054650736157822012-06-06T13:24:50.091-05:002012-06-06T13:24:50.091-05:00wasnt that the argument in Starship Troopers?
If ...<i>wasnt that the argument in Starship Troopers?</i><br /><br />If we had Heinlein's <i>Starship Troopers</i> government, Ms Oop would not get to vote. Her daughter, if she actually is serving or has served, would. Ms Oop could have any opinion she wanted, though.Scott Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02459388007426664813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63279109306964419292012-06-06T13:24:07.207-05:002012-06-06T13:24:07.207-05:00Roger - yes it was and I can't say I'm aga...Roger - yes it was and I can't say I'm against the concept of tying voting rights to federal service. But let's have the conversation. You don't get to say right now that just because you were in the military that gives you more rights then someone who didn't. That's not our system.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205752419540502278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28510322956714160702012-06-06T13:22:43.089-05:002012-06-06T13:22:43.089-05:00Allie,
Your moral preening about the political af...Allie,<br /><br />Your moral preening about the political affiliations of your possibly existing daugher fall on deaf ears.<br /><br />You have no moral authority, period. It makes no difference at all if one, or even a sizeable minority of active duty service members share in your looney left wing values. Any organization with that many people will have a wide ranger of viewpoints, but that vast majority (born out by every poll done in the last several decades) are conservative. The military vote will be one of the factors that puts little Zero out to pasture, which is why in past elections democrats have worked so hard in many cases to make it dificult for them to vote.<br /><br />Your idealogy was soundly rejected last night, and I will not be as gracious as Governor Walker. You do not deserve. <br /><br />So in conclusion, nana nana boo boo, stick your head in doo doo.<br /><br />TOTAL RECALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!President-Mom-Jeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02787201862556497671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62338276109176891372012-06-06T13:20:16.316-05:002012-06-06T13:20:16.316-05:00alex: wasnt that the argument in Starship Trooper...alex: wasnt that the argument in Starship Troopers?Roger J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12639676792043324100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9738814499578700112012-06-06T13:18:50.427-05:002012-06-06T13:18:50.427-05:00Allie,
Of course , when JAL mentions she has a so...Allie,<br /><br /><i>Of course , when JAL mentions she has a son in Afghanistan it's OK right</i><br /><br />SQUIRREL!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41790214128607526832012-06-06T13:18:46.367-05:002012-06-06T13:18:46.367-05:00Alley,
Of course you're proud of your daughte...Alley,<br /><br />Of course you're proud of your daughter serving.Steve Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13077530042599697923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74907165954618444412012-06-06T13:14:25.214-05:002012-06-06T13:14:25.214-05:00Nice to see the mostly mellow ruminations.
Two ...Nice to see the mostly mellow ruminations. <br /><br />Two years ago Wisconsin ranked 41st in state business climate rankings. Now it is up to 20th. That should translate into an improved economy as more businesses move into the state.Steve Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13077530042599697923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71096064007559063822012-06-06T13:12:01.262-05:002012-06-06T13:12:01.262-05:00hmmm--the "moral authority" argument, II...hmmm--the "moral authority" argument, IIRC, was created by the excrable Maureen Dowd with respect to Cindy Sheehan--say, whatever happened to Ms S? Apparently her "moral authority" only applied with respect to Mr Bush's policies.Roger J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12639676792043324100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-87835329083986471752012-06-06T13:09:44.128-05:002012-06-06T13:09:44.128-05:00Allie is proposing a country where only those who ...Allie is proposing a country where only those who have served in the military get the right to an opinion.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11205752419540502278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72533540206835834072012-06-06T13:06:19.413-05:002012-06-06T13:06:19.413-05:00AllieOop said...
"Yep, and I'll keep br...AllieOop said... <br /><br />"Yep, and I'll keep bringing it up evey time someone here says that the military is comprised of conservatives as did Simon.<br /><br />THAT gives me the moral authority jackass.<br /><br />I've tried to stay out of this hi-jacking, but you make it impossible. As a combat veteran I must ask you just how does your child's service give YOU moral authority? Moral authority that is somehow greater than those who have not served? Even if you have served yourself. <br /><br />You just don't get it do you? For one, despite my service time, <i>enlisted</i> in 1968 no less, I can't imagine claiming any such moral authority. The men and women with moral authority in this subject arena are all taking dirt naps.Aridoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345930150667529742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54505398808176656632012-06-06T13:05:32.663-05:002012-06-06T13:05:32.663-05:00Where the hell is Audie Murphy's Mom?
She sag...Where the hell is Audie Murphy's Mom?<br /><br />She sagely reminded us that every person in the military has a parent. Except the orphans, of course.Chip S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13210586187250159751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5150528809188080042012-06-06T13:05:13.164-05:002012-06-06T13:05:13.164-05:00Allie,
Do you know 100% which way she votes?
What...Allie,<br />Do you know 100% which way she votes?<br /><br />What if she is just telling you she is still liberal so as to maintain family harmony, but votes conservative when she gets in the booth?<br /><br />Would that change anything?Nathan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17618170642379567187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69219509521002399322012-06-06T12:55:38.628-05:002012-06-06T12:55:38.628-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Aridoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345930150667529742noreply@blogger.com