tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post7162018736639288496..comments2024-03-29T04:47:37.037-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Each candidate chooses the rule at the moment that is in their self-interest."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4632742944303200382008-02-19T04:44:00.000-06:002008-02-19T04:44:00.000-06:00>You're gonna miss George.The Russian proverb abou...>You're gonna miss George.<BR/>The Russian proverb about not wishing for a new king?smitty1ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559464300318848169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83768631968193410072008-02-18T22:19:00.000-06:002008-02-18T22:19:00.000-06:00I wonder how much mileage Schumer and other Democr...<I>I wonder how much mileage Schumer and other Democrats get out of "Bush-McCain." </I><BR/><BR/>The ANSWERbots I countermarch every week in studio city are already trying this one on.<BR/><BR/>I've making up a sign that says, "You're gonna miss George..."richard mcenroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10659450906647134430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17375832744957852162008-02-18T21:56:00.000-06:002008-02-18T21:56:00.000-06:00Inspektor: Thanks for the clarification on the IP...Inspektor: Thanks for the clarification on the IP issue, per my request. While I'm not sure you're correct on your conclusions, that's some good detective work.somefellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15013403004665789644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19209708092026991782008-02-18T20:03:00.000-06:002008-02-18T20:03:00.000-06:00I think Google may not search the comments, but yo...I think Google may not search the comments, but you're right you can't rely on it, even for the front page stuff. I get all the comments in my gmail account, and the search within that is much more reliable. That's why I was able to find the comment you thought I deleted.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65478977856583641402008-02-18T19:47:00.000-06:002008-02-18T19:47:00.000-06:00Wow. This is very strange. Althouse didn't ...Wow. This is very strange. Althouse didn't delete my comment as I thought she did, either. I didn't remember just what thread it was on, so I Googled the nasty phrase I used, limiting the search to Althouse. Nothing. Googled my name. A number of hits, but NOT on <A HREF="http://althouse.blogspot.com/2008/02/andrew-people-my-age-are-too-young-to.html#comments" REL="nofollow">this thread</A>. Googled my name AND Maxine. Several hits, but not THAT one. I poked around trying to find it, but couldn't, so I assumed it was gone, and used that 'detail' and the non-missing Middle Class Guy contretemps with Cyrus as passing illustrations of how Althouse sometimes deletes bad content.<BR/><BR/>They were both wrong.<BR/><BR/>Several lessons:<BR/><BR/>1. Chatty little details added for color need to be checked just as assiduously as your main point.<BR/><BR/>2. Google is not totally reliable for finding blog content, even on relatively high-traffic blogs such as this.<BR/><BR/>3. Keep an independent record of not only what you say in comments (which I do), but exactly WHERE you say it, 'cause Google won't always hold your hand.<BR/><BR/>Damn.Inspektor Friedrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208970427855286143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78991336187026699022008-02-18T17:38:00.000-06:002008-02-18T17:38:00.000-06:00Once, I worked for a Democratic congressman. Duri...Once, I worked for a Democratic congressman. During this time, Schumer was in Congress, but in the House of Representative. One day, fairly early on the job, I walked onto the House floor looking for my boss's chief of staff, who I found talking to a small group of people that included Democrat and Republican congresspersons. Schumer was among them, though I did not yet know his name or his party (though the context made clear he was a rep). After a few minutes of listening to him talk, I thought to myself, "I hope this guy isn't on our side. He's a creep." Alas!! He was.T.K. Tortchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00553301766027577975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34574623374284724302008-02-18T15:54:00.000-06:002008-02-18T15:54:00.000-06:00Not to belabor this, but in case I wasn't perfectl...Not to belabor this, but in case I wasn't perfectly clear in my response to Middle Class Guy above, what happened is that I lost track of his comments with Cyrus Pinkerton on <A HREF="http://althouse.blogspot.com/2008/02/writing-something-nonobvious-about-rush.html#comments" REL="nofollow">this thread</A>. I thought they had been deleted, especially after I did a Google search to try to find it. I was wrong. I just couldn't find them. I made an honest mistake, and I am sorry. But I definitely am not a liar.<BR/><BR/>I definitely cannot find my own comments to Maxine that I am sure I went through the motions of posting, however. I would not blame Althouse for deleting them, as they were very intemperate.<BR/><BR/>This is an example of why you should not try to insert anything extraneous in your remarks. If they are wrong or inaccurate it undermines your whole point. Inspektor Friedrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208970427855286143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51973961433049607362008-02-18T15:16:00.000-06:002008-02-18T15:16:00.000-06:00Prof AWe're off the point so let me say that there...Prof A<BR/><BR/>We're off the point so let me say that there's a photographer who calls himself "f-stop Fitzgerald", he having matured before the age of the digital camera and computer, who did the photos for a book with Ken Follett called "<I>Pillars of The Almighty"</I> (I’m looking at it now, which photos are reminiscent of your close-up building photos, though yours are, of course unique & his are unique (suck up, suck up).From Inwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555545963289759013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13131222516429617762008-02-18T15:05:00.000-06:002008-02-18T15:05:00.000-06:00I attended a graduation at Fordham University in 2...I attended a graduation at Fordham University in 2004 (Tim Russsert gave the keynote) and Schumer actually crashed the ceremony. By that I meaning he was not listed as a speaker but got up and grabbed 10-15 minutes of our time anyway.I'm Full of Souphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241724007440718575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80738241875209872422008-02-18T14:35:00.000-06:002008-02-18T14:35:00.000-06:00Schumer is the Maxine of the Senate.Schumer is the Maxine of the Senate.KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81190645018233890322008-02-18T14:24:00.000-06:002008-02-18T14:24:00.000-06:00Middle Class Guy: I am sorry. I referr...Middle Class Guy: I am sorry. I referred to the wrong date. I was just re-reading <A HREF="http://althouse.blogspot.com/2008/02/writing-something-nonobvious-about-rush.html#comments" REL="nofollow">this thread</A> yesterday morning, where you, in fact, did have what might be called a set-to with Cyrus Pinkerton about John Edwards. You may think of me as a charlatan if you like, but I'm basically sympathetic to your point-of-view and mean you no disrespect. I just have a habit of reading these threads when I have time, and some days go by without my having the time to do it, and then I read and re-read them. Sorry for the mix-up.<BR/><BR/>In my case, I distinctly remember telling Maxine to go to Hell in no uncertain terms recently, and that has indeed vanished. I use the "ScribeFire" extension on Firefox, and have a record of it, complete with misspelled "read" for "real." It's now nowhere to be found on Althouse, and a Google search doesn't turn it up, either. I would really like to know what's going on here. Perhaps I shouldn't be so concerned about trolls if this place is starting to become a house of mirrors.<BR/><BR/>PaddyO: You may be right, in that I value decorum, but I think your psychoanalysis is way off. Maxine plays a passive-aggressive, increasingly venomous character, who has said some truly vile things in an offhanded way. You may see for yourself what she writes and interpret it any way you want. My view is that 'she' is horrible. I think Pogo and other commenters may have similar opinions.<BR/><BR/>I'm not here just now to discuss the sins of Maxine, which are manifest, and about which Althouse can make up her own mind. I am a longtime fan of Althouse, and have commented sporadically, but I am definitely NOT Maxine or any other troll. Althouse asked the question on the thread linked above if 'Titus' and 'Maxine' were possibly the same person. This inspired me to share what I had learned the other week, that very possibly 'Maxine' and 'fstopfitzgerald' were the same. I would not have said anything if Althouse had not asked a related question. And for those of you who think I may be a charlatan, you are perfectly free to do your own research and confirm or deny what I say. But please remember that I am only engaging in informed speculation.<BR/><BR/>But at least it is <I>informed</I> speculation, unlike some of the other crap I'm reading around here just now.Inspektor Friedrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208970427855286143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-24623439456675092732008-02-18T11:34:00.000-06:002008-02-18T11:34:00.000-06:00I think Maxine and the Inspector are the same pers...I think Maxine and the Inspector are the same person. Fstop, lucky, and the rest had a different psychology. They were aggressive in order to get a response, suggesting an adolescent need for dominance coupled with the adolescent reality of real-life passivity. So they could indulge in an anonymous forum and feel the supposed thrill of argument without any real possibility of shame. Commenting for them is like playing a video game on the easiest level. They get a thrill, but only because they can't survive real challenge. They don't accept standard etiquette or rules in discussion and instead seek only to dominate. But because they are adolescent in mentality, this attempt becomes increasingly forced and shrill... thus more sad. <BR/><BR/>Maxine, and the Inspektor, however, are much more schoolmarmish, wanting to dominate through often tangential enforcement of rules. It doesn't matter what people say, for the most part, but rather what they do. It is all about decorum and standards and some supposed order of things. Maxine is also very attentive to seemingly extraneous aspects of any given post, zooming in with sharp, if sometimes irritating, observation, much like the old fashioned teacher who doesn't comment on the argument in the essay, but does mark down for beginning sentences with "and" or not always using a comma in the right place. <BR/><BR/>The enforcement of some, oft arbitrary, rule becomes the primary motivation. Fstop and the others are primarily motivated by perceived alpha male achievement. Maxine could care less who is the alpha male, as long as they don't pee on the flowers, but keep to the lawn.Paddy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10442537362540160512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91345532150389552582008-02-18T10:52:00.000-06:002008-02-18T10:52:00.000-06:00Inspektor Friedrich said... ...not to mention a se...Inspektor Friedrich said... <BR/>...not to mention a set-to this morning between Middle Class Guy and our perennial fave, 'Cyrus Pinkerton' seem to have gone up in a cloud of electrons. Anyone else notice?<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Please tell me what set-to I was involved in this morning with anyone? What disappeared? I was not on here until a few minutes ago. <BR/><BR/>You sir are a liar, a charlatan, and a fraud. And a very poor one, at that. Of course that is the worst and lowest form of liar.<BR/><BR/>Maybe others will let you get away with being a liar, but I will not. I have zero tolerance for people like you.Peter V. Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209902525167395224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41400469305016554792008-02-18T10:42:00.000-06:002008-02-18T10:42:00.000-06:00Rob said... I once shook Chucky's hand at a festiv...Rob said... <BR/>I once shook Chucky's hand at a festival and he seemed sketchy from a distance of an easy 10 feet away. That is more clearly sketchy than most politicians.<BR/><BR/>Did you count your ingers afterwards?Peter V. Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04209902525167395224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6063348163669675432008-02-18T09:54:00.000-06:002008-02-18T09:54:00.000-06:00Chucky: What would Martha Stewart say? Tiffany: Fu...Chucky: What would Martha Stewart say? <BR/>Tiffany: Fuck Martha Stewart! Martha Stewart can kiss my shiny plastic butt! I've spent all day over a hot stove, making cookies and making Swedish meatballs, and for what? A man who doesn't appreciate me! A man who can't even wash one fucking dish! A man who isn't even a man at all where it counts if you get my drift! -to Jade- Believe me honey, plastic is no substitute for a nice hunk of wood! <BR/>Chucky: I didn't hear her complaining last night.Any guy who is a big hunk of plastic is probably battery operated to get a reaction out of you in bed. And by the way, where the hell did you learn to bake? <BR/>(Bride of Chucky,1998)Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22152906546174571862008-02-18T09:50:00.000-06:002008-02-18T09:50:00.000-06:00I don't want my power plants run by folk that say ...<I>I don't want my power plants run by folk that say nook-yoo-lur. </I><BR/><BR/>There's a term for that in linguistics that I forget, that explains why nooc you lur is a perfectly reasonable way to pronounce a tongue-twister. I permit Cheeseheads to call their native state either 'Sconsin or Wiss-sconsin, and I don't shudder when Cream Citizens omit the 'l' in Mi-wau-kee, so I'm gonna give the nuclear engineers a pass.former law studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196697206046544350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15546100224524978902008-02-18T09:07:00.000-06:002008-02-18T09:07:00.000-06:00I wouldn't have thought Marcotte was clever enough...I wouldn't have thought Marcotte was clever enough to disguise herself as a member of the Patriarchy.<BR/><BR/>I noticed Schumer's pronoun disagreement in the post title immediately, but I hate the sound of "his or her" even more, even though it was actually appropriate in this case.Ralph Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915708905660273961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75268259948255311942008-02-18T09:06:00.000-06:002008-02-18T09:06:00.000-06:00Oily politician (1) (2) post-internecineOily politician<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/147/331179009_9ebbe1eea4.jpg" REL="nofollow"> <B>(1)</B> </A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/141/331179091_ec1c889e99.jpg" REL="nofollow"> <B>(2)</B> </A> post-internecinebearbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04770545814913465196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22050626188512478602008-02-18T08:30:00.000-06:002008-02-18T08:30:00.000-06:00Criminey. I hardly have time anymore to post. Who ...Criminey. I hardly have time anymore to post. Who has the time not only to post but to post in a false troll persona meant only to be divisive and controlling?<BR/><BR/>I usually skip Maxine just because he/she is so goddamned mean. Cyrus was infuriating until Revenant clued me in on the passive aggressive. <BR/><BR/>I just don't understand the point of their existence in blogs. So miniscule in scope and intent. Why? To what end? <BR/><BR/>They are sand in the internet's swimtrunks.KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47173603443433238482008-02-18T08:13:00.000-06:002008-02-18T08:13:00.000-06:00Inspektor F: I didnt think a lot of your suggesti...Inspektor F: I didnt think a lot of your suggestion that Amanda marcotte and Cyrus were one and the same until that most interesting thread popped up re John Edwards. In all of Mr.P's commenting he doesnt much address American politics (other than defending the Clenis from time to time). But talking about Edwards must have raised a red flag and he rose to the topic in a way only someone intimately associated with the Edwards campaign would. short of content and long on invective. Talking points in hand. I think you just may be on to something re a marcotte sockpuppet. Some content analysis to go along with your IP analysis.Roger J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12639676792043324100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33487738103214855882008-02-18T06:42:00.000-06:002008-02-18T06:42:00.000-06:00I like Maxine. She should do a book Gamesmanship ...I like Maxine. She should do a book Gamesmanship for Women.<BR/><BR/>Some tangents aren't so great, but who's great all the time.<BR/><BR/>Do we judge Poe from <A HREF="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/648.html" REL="nofollow"><I>For Annie</I></A>?rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18527369922709672742008-02-18T06:27:00.000-06:002008-02-18T06:27:00.000-06:00Palladian posted: "[W]hat is [Shumer] implying abo...Palladian posted: "[W]hat is [Shumer] implying about his party's candidates, that they're going to beat each other to death with clubs? Now that would be quite a debate format..."<BR/><BR/>My money's on Hillary if it ever comes to clubs...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39107391619869995362008-02-18T06:08:00.000-06:002008-02-18T06:08:00.000-06:00I guess Maxine is a guy.I guess Maxine is a guy.Mortimer Breznyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16964027337144379262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28406724243499510702008-02-18T05:49:00.000-06:002008-02-18T05:49:00.000-06:00Well, I think this is going to make an excellent c...Well, I think this is going to make an excellent campaign commercial down the road.<BR/><BR/>"Democrats! They don't even keep the promises they made to their own party. What do you think is going to happen to those promises they made to YOU."<BR/><BR/>Oh yes. Chucked can expect to meet that "self-interest" quote again.<BR/><BR/>Of course it will be considered "dirty politics" by the media.Some Schmuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05638012625004762445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91307413394166451842008-02-18T05:42:00.000-06:002008-02-18T05:42:00.000-06:00Young males invent competitive games spontaneously...Young males invent competitive games spontaneously, like how high up the wall you can kick with both feet.<BR/><BR/>There will follow immediately a superior performance and dispute about rules, and then a falling out.<BR/><BR/>These rules are not actually rules, like you'd have in <A HREF="http://home.att.net/~rhhardinj/cavell.baseball.txt" REL="nofollow"> baseball </A> for example, because it's not a perfected game.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.com