tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post2228251191017531740..comments2024-03-28T16:27:10.914-05:00Comments on Althouse: "I've dished it out for a long time and now it's my time to take it. That's fine. Bring it on."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44546819132394377902007-04-13T09:43:00.000-05:002007-04-13T09:43:00.000-05:00Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck, buck, buck, Buck, bu...Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck, buck, buck, Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck, buck, buck, Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck, buck, buck, Buck, buck, buck, buck, buck, buck, buck,BUCK!!!<BR/><BR/>Gutless...one and all.Luckyoldsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489310035114843752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37343475000826163502007-04-12T23:37:00.000-05:002007-04-12T23:37:00.000-05:00"Were you never taught "sticks and stones may brea..."<I>Were you never taught "sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me?" (Yes, names can be hurtful, but mature, civilized, people get over it.)</I>"<BR/><BR/>I agree wholeheartedly, and it's too bad that the whole PC movement has turned this idea on its side. Now, the prevailing wisdom is more like "If you hurt me with words, I'll break your bones with sticks and stones." (Some of said stones may occasionally be thrown by lawyers.) <BR/><BR/>I've ranted about this <A HREF="http://themusingsofkev.blogspot.com/2005/08/pc-as-jazz-bassist-goodpc-as-lifestyle.html" REL="nofollow">before</A>...Kevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433235586096305061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51690595899869514502007-04-12T22:03:00.000-05:002007-04-12T22:03:00.000-05:00And back into their coops they go...HAAA!And back into their coops they go...<BR/><BR/>HAAA!Luckyoldsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489310035114843752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12979829360530643242007-04-12T21:18:00.000-05:002007-04-12T21:18:00.000-05:00omeeeeeeeha: "obviously there are no men here who ...omeeeeeeeha: "obviously there are no men here who measure up to Lucky's standards. He stands alone!"<BR/><BR/>No kidding??<BR/><BR/>Welcome to the thread of pussies.<BR/><BR/>And, am i to assume...WOMEN agree with these chickenshits??Luckyoldsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489310035114843752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31743346875861953882007-04-12T21:09:00.000-05:002007-04-12T21:09:00.000-05:00obviously there are no men here who measure up to ...obviously there are no men here who measure up to Lucky's standards. He stands alone!Omaha1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17906834802115018347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28388208870949306392007-04-12T21:07:00.001-05:002007-04-12T21:07:00.001-05:00Again:ANN...are there ANY MEN on this thread??????...Again:<BR/>ANN...are there ANY MEN on this thread????????Luckyoldsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489310035114843752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23649640820083782682007-04-12T21:07:00.000-05:002007-04-12T21:07:00.000-05:00Oops, he's still up!Oops, he's still up!Omaha1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17906834802115018347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75738188347325513482007-04-12T21:06:00.001-05:002007-04-12T21:06:00.001-05:00guess Lucky's Mom made him get off the computer an...guess Lucky's Mom made him get off the computer and go to bed. Nite-nite, Lucky!Omaha1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17906834802115018347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3765801486718290482007-04-12T21:06:00.000-05:002007-04-12T21:06:00.000-05:00Dear Girls,And please, don't confuse real women wi...Dear Girls,<BR/>And please, don't confuse real women with the chickenshit woosies on this thread, <BR/><BR/>Being gutless if not easy...is it?Luckyoldsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489310035114843752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91532351285783669042007-04-12T20:45:00.000-05:002007-04-12T20:45:00.000-05:00Are there any men on this thread?(cough)There's me...<I>Are there any men on this thread?</I><BR/><BR/>(cough)<BR/><BR/><I>There's men above <BR/>and men below<BR/>and men down in the galley,<BR/><BR/>There's Butch and Spike and Buzz and Biff<BR/><BR/>and one guy we call Sally!</I><BR/><BR/>(And one guy we call Sally!)MadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39888749625431539372007-04-12T20:27:00.000-05:002007-04-12T20:27:00.000-05:00lucky, I'm not a man, just a "weasel-ette", but I ...lucky, I'm not a man, just a "weasel-ette", but I would be ashamed to call myself a woman if I ever had to rely on the likes of you to come to my defense. <BR/><BR/>"Omeeeha"Omaha1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17906834802115018347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88495812437458997592007-04-12T19:31:00.000-05:002007-04-12T19:31:00.000-05:00Sensible and incisive, Omaha1!Sensible and incisive, Omaha1!Jacques Alberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10342755906977479648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26763471740199640082007-04-12T19:23:00.000-05:002007-04-12T19:23:00.000-05:00Lucky,And, if I understand you correctly,You don't...Lucky,<BR/><BR/><I>And, if I understand you correctly,</I><BR/><BR/>You don't. Nor do you understand any of the other people who've been sneering at your macho act.Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80100706343344286372007-04-12T19:07:00.000-05:002007-04-12T19:07:00.000-05:00(That is, if you girls have ever been in that kind...<I>(That is, if you girls have ever been in that kind of situation.)</I><BR/><BR/>Ah. Putatively weak people are female. We get it. We get it. You can give it a rest now.jaedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03328666344764784829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40743181656091548082007-04-12T18:45:00.000-05:002007-04-12T18:45:00.000-05:00Those who include Imus on some "honor" "hit" list ...Those who include Imus on some "honor" "hit" list might add the "white feather" club of superannuated hipster draft dodgers and cowards of the Vietnam era. . . . Their dereliction is far worse than Imus's, though he's certainly a fool, sans doute. . . . Might get a bit of political diversity in colleges and universities for the first time in circa forty years. . . .Jacques Alberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10342755906977479648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23361196489454920882007-04-12T18:32:00.000-05:002007-04-12T18:32:00.000-05:00Ann,Are there any men on this thread?Ann,<BR/>Are there any men on this thread?Luckyoldsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489310035114843752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-69207613383150375102007-04-12T18:30:00.000-05:002007-04-12T18:30:00.000-05:00Omeeeha-Rogie-Johnny,Look, just because you weasel...Omeeeha-Rogie-Johnny,<BR/>Look, just because you weasels are can't come up with a rational or logical excuse for not being able to understand why someone would defend a woman, after being called a whore...that's your problem, not mine. (And no, Johnny, your comment regarding my suggesting men "beat up Imus" has absolutely nothing to do with the discussion or lack thereof. It's just another way of saying you don't have the balls to do what's right.)<BR/><BR/>And, based on your comments...I have to assume, if and when the shit breaks out, your buddies don't put much faith in any help coming from your direction. (That is, if you girls have ever been in that kind of situation.)<BR/><BR/>But, hey...here's a battle cry you can use if you ever have the need: <BR/><BR/>Buck, buck, buck, buck...and be sure to flap your arms and "laugh it off."Luckyoldsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489310035114843752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77913371672663731562007-04-12T17:58:00.000-05:002007-04-12T17:58:00.000-05:00Is Luckyoldson suggesting that all the men in Amer...Is Luckyoldson suggesting that all the men in America should go beat up Imus? Or just the basketball team members' boyfriends and fathers? His point isn't really clear, and its relevance escapes me. But the idea of Imus not being able to take a step without some guy challenging him to a fistfight is pretty funny to imagine. "How dare you, sir!" "Oh, no, not again!"John Stodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14185881995621265497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78031591786048228042007-04-12T17:52:00.000-05:002007-04-12T17:52:00.000-05:00I've about had it with the comparisons of Imus wit...I've about had it with the comparisons of Imus with Snoop Dogg or other rappers. It's a stupid comparison. <BR/><BR/>There are stickers on Snoop Dogg's albums, and all the other albums like his, warning of explicit lyrics. If anyone bought a hip-hop album and was expecting not to hear all about the constant sex with bitches and hos, then they were misinformed. I doubt it's a mistake made very often. <BR/><BR/>Imus, on the other hand, goes out over the public airwaves and apparently has millions of listeners. No one who watched or heard his show that day was expecting an obscene Snoop Dogg-style rap about hos. This guy is a news personality, primarily known as an interviewer. Most of his listeners tune in to hear the humorous (allegedly) insider chit-chat with the likes of David Gregory. <BR/><BR/>Objecting to the fact that Imus used his public radio/TV platform to spew his racist bilge isn't the same thing as saying he doesn't have the right to spew racist bilge. It just means he doesn't have the right to spew racist bilge on public airwaves. <BR/><BR/>If Imus wants to make a CD featuring his favorite racist taunts, if someone will pay for it, and if he slaps a sticker on it, he's free to do it.John Stodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14185881995621265497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-12539589465295006072007-04-12T17:36:00.000-05:002007-04-12T17:36:00.000-05:00...and Lucky, we get it. You will defend your wom......and Lucky, we get it. You will defend your womenfolk's honor by being a manly man! All the other commenters are a bunch of pansies for not instantly reacting to insults, with righteous anger and violence! We stand in awe of your manly manliness!Omaha1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17906834802115018347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33978553155874019802007-04-12T17:32:00.000-05:002007-04-12T17:32:00.000-05:00Ann, you said that "the ideas have to be in your h...Ann, you said that "the ideas have to be in your head." This is an interesting point, but I can't tell if you think it is bad to have such ideas in your head. Do the thoughts in your head really matter, if you truly make an effort to treat each individual you meet, based on his or her own merits? <BR/><BR/>I live in a neighborhood that "looks like America". There are rich, poor, and middle-class; blacks, whites, latinos, Asians, and native Americans. Is it "wrong" for me to feel intimidated, when I go into the corner store, if a group of youths dressed in "gangsta" clothes are standing around the door? Are my fears more or less wrong if the youths are white, or black, or Asian? Is it "racist" for me to observe that black men frequently cross the street against the light, or to wonder, as they stroll slowly in front of my car, if they are trying to antagonize me because I am white?<BR/><BR/>Racial and cultural differences are real, and need to be discussed freely. The reasons for continued widespread underperformance of certain racial and ethnic groups in America should be researched and addressed in a climate free from accusations of "racism." <BR/><BR/>I don't excuse Imus' obnoxious comments at all. I just think that the consequences he is suffering are too harsh. If I had to speak off the cuff for hundreds of hours every year I would probably have to stifle a lot of offensive impulses.Omaha1https://www.blogger.com/profile/17906834802115018347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9030645069710406972007-04-12T17:06:00.000-05:002007-04-12T17:06:00.000-05:00Mike / Rogie / reve/ etc.First of all, I never any...Mike / Rogie / reve/ etc.<BR/>First of all, I never anything about immediately attacking anyone.<BR/><BR/>This is exactly what I said: "In my family, if someone insulted my mother, sister or wife, the men were expected to stand up for them."<BR/><BR/>This is in no way, shape or form a "juvenile, male member measuring exercise," it was a straight forward question regarding what YOU would do if someone insulted your mother, wife sister...or for that matter ANY women, by calling them a whore...period.<BR/><BR/>And, if I understand you correctly, you would all merely "laugh it off" because that's the "mature" thing to do.<BR/><BR/>And by the way...what would you "mature" men do if someone called your daughter a whore? Yuk it up, maybe have a few beers with the offending party? Tell them your wife and mother are whores, too?<BR/>(Or, hey, just grab her hand and walk away as fast as you can...she'll remember that for quite a while.)<BR/><BR/>Personally, if someone calls my mother, wife or sister a whore I would do what I can to defend their honor, whether it be via a verbal or physical confrontation...and if you think I'm some kind of macho fool for doing so...you're out of your minds...under most circumstances, I'd do it even if I didn't know the women.<BR/><BR/>It does make me wonder (if you are indeed men)...where the hell you grew up...and who raised you? Unless of course, you're saying that your father would merely laugh off someone calling your mother a whore. (Why not pose the question to dad...see what he would do.)<BR/><BR/>I said it before and will say it again: If you merely "turn the other cheek"..."laugh it off" or ignore someone calling your mother,wife or sister a whore you may consider yourself "mature"...but most men I've ever known would consider you nothing less more than gutless.Luckyoldsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489310035114843752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58006365916883269772007-04-12T16:04:00.000-05:002007-04-12T16:04:00.000-05:00Not surprising that the US major media's focus in ...Not surprising that the US major media's focus in l'affaire Imus (ee-moose), as ever is . . . itself! That and promoting the pestilential "cultural" (now an omnibus term) sewage exuding its mephitic vapours that goes by the oxymoronic term "pop culture". Kierkegaard says somewhere that if his daughter were seduced he could easily forgive that, but if his son became a journalist, he'd disown him forever. . . .Jacques Alberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10342755906977479648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83748952626958999702007-04-12T16:02:00.000-05:002007-04-12T16:02:00.000-05:00Re: "Don Imus is fired from MSNBC."Ah, now we are ...Re: <I>"Don Imus is fired from MSNBC."</I><BR/><BR/>Ah, now we are cleansed.<BR/>Let the healing begin!KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63699346247197127802007-04-12T15:46:00.000-05:002007-04-12T15:46:00.000-05:00CBS just fired Imus. CowardsCBS just fired Imus. CowardsFritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09551356233624437730noreply@blogger.com