tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post42631577900358457..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Quick Roundup 426Gus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-51323212446183087782009-04-24T19:55:00.000-06:002009-04-24T19:55:00.000-06:00C.,
Yes. I'll look at it again, later, but I do r...C.,<br /><br />Yes. I'll look at it again, later, but I do remember that as being a very good post.<br /><br />RE: Being pleaantly surprised by old posts, I know what you mean. I find that one often needs the distance of time to appreciate one's own best work.<br /><br />Thanks for mentioning that post.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-19542349943986563952009-04-24T14:10:00.000-06:002009-04-24T14:10:00.000-06:00I was just looking back at some of my posts leadin...I was just looking back at some of my posts leading up to the election last fall -- and by the way, do you ever look back at something you don't even remember writing until you get a paragraph in, and then suddenly say, "Hey! This is really good!"? -- and I found something about the left's use of the race card that I thought was relevant to Gruffalo's vitriolic rant, at least in its profound irrationality.<br /><br />You may remember that McCain tried to brand Obama as a socialist in the dying days of his campaign. A writer at Salon.com responded, calling out the tactic as... racist.<br /><br /><A HREF="http://titanicdeckchairs.blogspot.com/2008/10/pot-kettle-and-race-card.html" REL="nofollow">The Pot, the Kettle, and the Race Card</A>C. Augusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05860759500684485756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-49523955943578761052009-04-24T14:09:00.000-06:002009-04-24T14:09:00.000-06:00Nah. He just has to make sure his constituency kee...Nah. He just has to make sure his constituency keeps believing it while also not noticing that he hasn't yet gotten around to magically making all of us fabulously wealthy.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-73563763430194207862009-04-24T13:56:00.000-06:002009-04-24T13:56:00.000-06:00Still haven't forgotten when Dr. Peikoff was on Po...Still haven't forgotten when Dr. Peikoff was on Politically Incorrect and to point out the absurdity of something proprosed that the government create an "Office of Fabulous Salaries" to deal with people not having enough money(which was hilarious in its own right), and Garafalo being dumb enough to ask in all seriousness "Can they do that?"<br /><br />Unfortunately Broke Obama thinks it is possible to create an Office of Fabulous Salaries.Clayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01355381643953755204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-38630357650560672642009-04-24T13:24:00.000-06:002009-04-24T13:24:00.000-06:00FwG,
I like the blog post, especially this:
"Say...FwG,<br /><br />I like the <A HREF="http://funwithgravity.blogspot.com/2009/04/olbermann-garofalo-and-tea-party.html" REL="nofollow">blog post</A>, especially this:<br /><br />"<I>Saying that people have ingrained irrational behaviors also offers the same polemical payoff as racism does: it relieves her of the responsibility of rational persuasion, because her opponents are too stupid to be reasoned with. This type of disrespect for others is always the bedrock justification behind government policies aimed at forcing us to do what we are too stupid to do for ourselves.</I>"<br /><br />Also, I was shocked at how bad Olbermann is. Amusingly, he started out as a sports commentator, and yet lives up to the leftist stereotype of "dumb jock."<br /><br />Of course, since he's a leftist, they don't call him on it.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-43499018489184519002009-04-24T12:35:00.000-06:002009-04-24T12:35:00.000-06:00The mention of both parties' responses to TARP bri...The mention of both parties' responses to TARP brings to mind the following: that neither is really interested in fixing the economy (which would entail simply leaving it alone, or freeing it). Republicans, in wanting to provide bailouts, wish to channel money to business, and Democrats, in wanting control, want to channel money to "the people". Both want too much control over our lives and money.<br /><br />As for Garofalo, my take was: "It's ironic for her to be speaking of racism and simultaneously offering condescending comments about brain structure, which suggest a biological basis for political behavior. If our biology is off-limits, then it must be so for Garofalo as well. "<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/dax95emtnrunner2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10974435572236740294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-73050665855637584012009-04-24T12:10:00.000-06:002009-04-24T12:10:00.000-06:00Beautimus, as they sometimes say in Cajun Country!...Beautimus, as they sometimes say in Cajun Country!<br /><br />We're also benefiting, as we know another couple who moved up to Boston one at a time about when we did -- but THEIR trailing spouse got up here faster than I will -- and we're doing a cookout Saturday evening.<br /><br />Oddly enough, I wasn't barbecuing yesterday, but making my <A HREF="http://gusvanhorn.blogspot.com/2006/03/chili-van-horn.html" REL="nofollow">chili</A> for the first time in Massachusetts.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-60382308448554525492009-04-24T12:01:00.000-06:002009-04-24T12:01:00.000-06:00A few things...
I agree with your assessment of M...A few things...<br /><br />I agree with your assessment of McCain and his penchant for nationalizing the banks, but the one thing that might have tempered it would be that the people around him likely would have been advising against it, at least a bit. Not that it matters. I'm sure he would have made up for it with something else even worse.<br /><br />A note about Boston -- yes, they still, for now, allow us to barbecue actual meat. There is even a Brazilian restaurant that serves unlimited amounts of various meats for $30... it's in Cambridge. Good times.<br /><br />And I just wanted to say thanks. My computer models predicted that if someone would fly from Houston to Boston this week, there CO2 levels would kick up just high enough to give us really great weather this weekend. Nice job!C. Augusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05860759500684485756noreply@blogger.com