tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21354230485599308372024-03-13T12:37:55.531-04:00Delitescent TruthsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12267578060109656192noreply@blogger.comBlogger297125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135423048559930837.post-51198918409091708312016-07-18T11:11:00.003-04:002016-07-18T11:11:54.277-04:00Ok, so I'm back...But first, caffeine.... Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12267578060109656192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135423048559930837.post-88210826799303744432014-11-18T10:26:00.000-05:002014-11-18T10:33:52.288-05:00Joy Behar Still Beclowning HerselfI tuned into the Opie & Anthony Show yesterday. Oh, wait, The Opie & Jim Norton Show now, apparently. Anthony said something insensitive and that seems to supersede all the other insensitive things that made up the show in general.<br />
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Anyway, Joy Behar was the guest being interviewed. She seems to have this affliction where she points her finger and screeeeeeches "Racist!!!!" I think it's like Tourette's Syndrome. <br />
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Her finger, yesterday, was pointing in many different directions, but firmly landed on Rush Limbaugh. Her basis for such a pointing was Rush's parody song, "Barrack the Magic Negro" This was a continuation of her ranting finger which has been pointing towards Rush since <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/eric-ames/2011/08/03/sherri-shepherd-mistakenly-attributes-magic-negro-rush-limbaugh" target="_blank">2011 or before</a>.<br />
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Newsbusters points out the obvious...but I will do so again. Rush didn't create the term "Magic Negro." That distinction rests firmly in the lap of an African-American columnist named David Ehrenstein at the Los Angeles Times. Rush picked up on the term to highlight the hypocrisy of the Left. This bit of subterfuge was a bit too high brow for poor Joy Behar, and she didn't get the "point." Or, perhaps you need a sense of humor and a twist of irony to comprehend...none of which appear to be in Ms. Behar's repertoire. <br />
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So, three or four years go by and the ex-talk show host still hasn't taken the time to set her facts straight. Carry-on Joy...beclown away. Stay out of the wind. A good stiff breeze blowing in your ear is likely to sound like a harmonica to the rest of us.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12267578060109656192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135423048559930837.post-38351917750610456812013-10-15T11:56:00.001-04:002013-10-15T11:56:23.510-04:00Steynism<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Democrats have perfected the art of being simultaneously maudlin and vicious,
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From: "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle- 1892<br />
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Which is exactly what the Warmist community does. They create a model. The model doesn't reflect reality, so they start tinkering. They form a theory, and then go about proving it. In fact, the Federal Grant programs of many a government actually encourages this by requiring up front the purpose to which the grant will be applied. <br />
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Sure enough, Sherlock Holmes would be guest blogging on <a href="http://wattsupwiththat.com/" target="_blank">Watt's Up with That</a>.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12267578060109656192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135423048559930837.post-63341702573640630182013-08-03T19:44:00.000-04:002013-08-03T19:44:36.522-04:00On My Way to Obscurity<table>
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Each year, the Nobel Prize committee divvies out awards to those that have
excelled in a specific field. Economics, for example, was featured in Ron
Howard’s version of <em>A Beautiful Mind</em> and based on Sylvia Nasar’s
biography of John F. Nash Jr. <br />
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Nash was honored with
the Nobel in Economics for his “<em>Game Theory</em>” concept that was,
incidentally, initiated in his doctoral work some forty years before the 1994
Nobel Prize as presented to him. <br /><br /><em>I</em> have a theory, also. I call
it the “<em><strong>Corn Theory</strong></em>.” The concept is simple. Too much of one of your
favorite things can lead to a decrease in your appreciation for the former. In
other words, if you eat too much corn, your gluttony overtakes your enjoyment
and that, one time, favorite is compromised. It’s a sound theory. I’ve
experimented with chocolate brownies, <em>Cherry Garcia</em> Ice Cream, and
Czech Bud Var Pilsner. <br /><br />So, I have the theory. However, the Nobel folks
aren’t likely to shine the light on me unless I can show a practical application
with everyday innovative use. <br />
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However, I made the capacious mistake of taking Carrot Top as my subject of
study and application. It, thoroughly, skewed my testing results, because,
eventually, I discovered that no one <em>ever</em> liked him. It did enlighten
me to the fact that I needed to factor the uncanny influence of agents and
publicists into the fray. But wait; a
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Publicists, agents, advertising agencies,
lobbyists, pundits, and the like are obstacles to the individual. They cloud the
issue on our true opinions. Or, rather, they shape our ability to have all the
pieces from which to draw that opinion. <br /><br />Crap, I’m getting too deep, and
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<td>Think of it this way. Do you really think a Carnie worker gets a kick out of
riding the Ferriswheel? All that spinning after downing a forty ouncer mixed
with the hepatitis medication can ruin the experience I suppose. However, the
fact remains that they see those spinning conglomerates of aluminum and chewing
gum every day. <br />
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The constant exposure lessens the
pleasure. Hmmm…perhaps my theory applies to marriage. <br /><br />A constant
exposure to upraised or down set toilet seats, mothers’-in-law who keep locating
your new address, unremitting requests to fix the sink, and minivans influence
what you, one time, thought to be your favorite “thing” in the world. Some
people compensate by obtaining other favorite “things.” This, generally, leads
to your first favorite thing walking away with 50% of your overall favorite
things. You’re left with a query of how you could, possibility, have considered
her a favorite in the first place. <br /><br />I have a
<em><strong>new</strong></em> theory. It involves bigamy and prenuptial
agreements. I call it the “<em>You take out the trash, I’m busy</em>…” theory.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12267578060109656192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135423048559930837.post-53218552620178888302013-06-14T18:38:00.001-04:002013-06-14T18:38:10.379-04:00Go Away...<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12267578060109656192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135423048559930837.post-41987344665792699732013-06-10T19:52:00.001-04:002013-06-10T19:55:28.314-04:00This is Entrapment<div class="bodytext">
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So, in order to participate in this over-reaching Liberal nonsense, the child has to break the rules (since the exchange is taking place at the school). And, we wouldn't want to desensitize the little monsters...here...have a condom. <br />
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Again, I think we could solve all this jackassery by showing up in principals offices nationwide and calling the police to arrest the principals for having letter openers on their desks which are essentially knives. <br />
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These are the rebels attempting to overturn the current Syrian government. They are a part of the movement that Senator McCain was so proud to visit a week or so ago. <br />
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The choices are simple...<br />
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3. Just ignore the entire barbaric region...develop an alternative fuel source so we have no incentive to even think about the place...and let the entire Middle East self-destruct in its own time. When they're finished, and everyone is gone, we can build condos there. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12267578060109656192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135423048559930837.post-33862556829534100702013-06-09T10:26:00.002-04:002013-06-09T10:26:22.594-04:00Compare and Contrast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12267578060109656192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135423048559930837.post-3567650184377125142013-01-09T10:51:00.000-05:002013-01-09T10:51:01.709-05:00Selective Application of the Law?<br />
If I were to traipse around the city wearing nothing but a smile, I would be in
violation of New York Penal Law <em>§ 245.00 Public lewdness</em>. More than
likely, I would be escorted down to the precinct, given something to cover up
the unmentionables and held over for hearing.<br /><br />Suppose upon release, I
immediately shrugged off the ratty old blanket and opted for a second dose of
naked traipsing right out in front of the precinct? What do you suppose would
happen then? Correct... back in the slammer...right?<br /><br />Now, suppose I am a fully
clothed illegal alien, and I was arrested, run through the system and given a
Court date to address my illegal status. If I were to be let go at that moment
in time (as an illegal alien) I am still in violation of the law. Essentially, I
am, again, traipsing around New York County breaking the law with blatant
disregard just as I was before being arrested.<br /><br />So my question is
this...how, exactly, does law enforcement (be it municipal police, or Federal
Immigration Officers) justify knowingly allowing someone to break the law
continuously between the time they are arrested and the date of their set
hearing? The crime is not based on an occurrence. It is a trespass of
sorts....an ongoing one. Would the authorities not be obligated to stop an
ongoing crime should they have knowledge of such?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12267578060109656192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135423048559930837.post-82820710868770968382013-01-07T12:02:00.001-05:002013-01-07T12:02:18.024-05:00Guess the Country...<br />
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"<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9784978/Criminals-now-rule-the-streets-claims-police-blogger.html" target="_blank">There are no austerity measures</a> for the criminal gangs." </blockquote>
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"With our tiny numbers of police available for such a huge county, our
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"They also don't like seeing their high street smashed to pieces when they
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Somalia?...Rwanda?...How about Pakistan?<br />
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Nope...it's Jolly Ole' England. It's, also, a good argument to stuff multi-culturalism and stringent gun laws up their stiff non-proletarian bums.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12267578060109656192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135423048559930837.post-89659612562180223032013-01-04T10:59:00.002-05:002013-01-04T10:59:31.535-05:00Might as Well just Tattoo "Stupid" on your Forehead<br />
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<em><a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/living/Mixing_tattoos_with_the_workplace_requires_caution.html" target="_blank">Bryon Widner</a> had tattooed brutish symbols including a blood-soaked razor, swastikas and the letters "HATE" on his face and body during his years in the white power movement. After he left the movement, he found he was shunned on job sites, in stores and restaurants, according to a story published in 2011 by The Associated Press.</em><br />
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Heh...gosh...what an asset to any company out there looking for someone with convictions. Or not. Here's the deal. If you come to me for a job (and yes...I hire quite a few people personally when I have to the time to get involved), I will turn you down flat if I see one visible tattoo on your body.<br />
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Discriminatory? Unfair? Old Fashioned? I don't care what you think about my hiring measures. I don't want someone who permanently inked their skin working in my organization because those people showed atrociously bad judgement in their personal lives. Why should their contributions commercially/professionally be any different?<br />
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But...but...but...everyone has a tattoo nowadays. You're living in the past. Yeah...so what...my company...my rules. It's worked out very well so far (much better than my competitors).<br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12267578060109656192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135423048559930837.post-12185600778836265572013-01-03T11:26:00.001-05:002013-01-03T11:26:18.806-05:00There is a Response for this Nonsense...<br />
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<em><a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20130103_ap_docwithpermitchargedwithgunatpaschool.html" target="_blank">CONFLUENCE, Pa.</a> - A well-known doctor with a permit to carry a concealed weapon has been charged with having a gun on school property when he picked up a child at a southwestern Pennsylvania high school about three hours after the school shootings last month in Newtown, Conn.</em></blockquote>
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<em>State police say they've charged 41-year-old chiropractor Charles King II because the state school code prohibits weapons on school property in most instances. Police waited nearly three weeks to file the charges because they're not sure whether the carry permit is an exception, though Somerset County District Attorney Lisa Lazzari-Strasiser doesn't believe it is.</em><br />
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Were this me...my response would be rather eloquent. I would request a meeting with the principal. At that meeting, I would call the police and report the principal for violation of the "zero tolerance policy" due to the possession of a letter opener, which could be used as a knife. I would insist on an arrest, then a search of the entire school to identify all teachers and staff in possession of a similar "instrument of harm."<br />
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Shoe...enjoy the other foot.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12267578060109656192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135423048559930837.post-46229884833513866042013-01-01T12:22:00.002-05:002013-01-01T12:22:29.043-05:00Greed...Greed...Greed <br />
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<em><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/life_of_golden_silence_H1onlfmDEkFn3zpzdN26zH" target="_blank">She gave the term hush money</a> a whole new meaning. </em></blockquote>
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In the words of the Occupiers...she didn't pay her fair share. A patriot would have flaunted their wealth, and made sure that such capital was turned over to the New York Inheritance Tax as well as the Federal Estate Tax. What a greedy woman. She's what's wrong with this country?<br />
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That's sarcasm, if any of the Occupiers who are proficient in reading ended up muddling through the words. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12267578060109656192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135423048559930837.post-5540827701941647572012-12-31T09:17:00.000-05:002012-12-31T09:17:03.449-05:00Einstein Would have Loved This Show<br />
I'm not one to watch television on a regular basis, but there is one show I truly enjoy...<em>Ghost Hunters</em>. It's a SyFy offering that you can catch weekly. As the title suggests, a group of paranormal investigators travel throughout the United States and Canada investigating locations thought to be haunted. The shopping list is expected (shadow characters, apparitions, voices, footsteps, moving objects...etc.). It's always approached by this crew as an effort to debunk the claims and then collect evidence on what they can't explain. It's fun.<br />
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That's where Albert Einstein comes in with his Theory on Relativity. Einstein was convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt in his later career that time doesn't exist in a linear fashion. Instead, it was his conviction that the past, present and future all exist at the same time. Do you see where I'm going with this? It is all one single existence.<br />
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When you evaluate a significant number of Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP) collections, those subjects that seem to possess intelligence in their answers indicate that they do not believe they are dead. Perhaps they aren't. They're just confused as to how a voice seems to pop up out of the ether asking them questions in their bedroom. <br />
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Those of you surprised that Time Magazine picked Barack Obama as its Man of the Year only need count the number of times he appeared on their cover in 2008 alone. Twenty-five (25) out of fifty-two (52) times. Nearly half. Barack Obama would have been their Man of the Year even if he had lost this most recent election. They'd being paying tribute to the Divider-in-Chief while chastising the rest of us for our blatant "racism."<br />
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<strong>Translation:</strong> The President of the United States created an army of extended hands, palm up waiting for an entitlement. Such damage was done to the economy via out-of-control spending that individual citizens turned away from personal responsibility and initiative and towards Big Government presents. This translated into a focus on immediate gratification and a vast growth to dependency. Responsible economics was beaten down by a sycophantic press as an enemy of the people. The American people voted their personal wallets in the majority and tossed down a shot of "immediate gratification" as opposed to long term healing of the economy.<br />
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Please....please...you knuckledragging, mouthbreathing Conservatives are blowing this whole Benghazi thing out of proportion. There's no reason to believe that this unfortunate "bump in the road" will even be remembered months from now. Things happen, and then they go away...such is life.<br />
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Our current Administration's message was received loud and clear. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12267578060109656192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135423048559930837.post-89060718191795805112012-12-29T11:37:00.003-05:002012-12-29T11:47:01.175-05:00This is Hilarious...(French People Rule!!!)<blockquote class="tr_bq">
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Breathe it in...swish it around in your mouth a little. Ahhhhhhh... So France's highest court shot down Socialist, Hollande's 75% taxation to those pulling in more than $1.32 Million. That's rather bland so far. But, wait...Hollande's Government of idiots is going to fix it and resubmit. Try and guess how they plan on doing that. Why, they're going to include more people in the tax bracket.<br />
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Thank you ever so much, High Court of France. Of course, we will add those people to the "screw you" list. Carry on.<br />
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<strong>A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:</strong> <em>I've usually taken the high road when someone passes to the great beyond (just as Ms. Sontag did eight years ago today). However, it is hard not to be cynical in today's world. Some folks just rub me the wrong way. Susan Sontag is such a character.</em></blockquote>
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<em>Below you will find a little essay that leaked out of my pointy head just after the 911 crisis at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and western Pennsylvania. The catalyst was Ms. Sontag telling us it was our fault. There were all kinds of adoring OpEds in the media on this day when she passed on back in 2004. They paid tribute to, in my mind, a charlatan intelligentsia type. I found it easier to portray the truth. In the present, we are being governed by the Susan Sontags, and the Noam Chomskys of the world. So yeah...Susan Sontag is not dead enough.</em></blockquote>
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<em>I was never a fan of Susan Sontag in life. I am just as indifferent to her "importance" in death. But, now that she has assumed room temperature, I gather that I could be categorized as "mean spirited." I accept that...gladly and without reservation.</em></blockquote>
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2001 <br /><br />One often wonders who is there to assist Susan Sontag in the event
of a thunderstorm. There is always that risk in the undertaking of
self-righteous nose raising that she may drown in the downpour. Be comforted in
the realization that drowning requires the depletion of oxygen on the intake.
Sontag has long been accustomed to existing without adequate oxygen reaching the
brain. <br /><br />Thomas Wolfe has her pegged as “<em>just another scribbler who
spent her life signing up for protest meetings and lumbering to the podium
encumbered by her prose style, which had a handicapped parking sticker valid at
Partisan Review</em>.” That’s why Wolfe makes the big bucks. <br /><br />At the risk
of portraying a valid point wrapped up in the fictitious Durham Bull soliloquy
of “Crash” Davis, “<em>I believe…in the soul ... the small of a woman's back,
the hangin' curveball, high fiber, good Scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag
are self-indulgent, overrated crap...” </em>So, in the interest of comparison,
what is it, exactly, that Sontag believes? She believes in herself. That is a
meritorious endeavor. However, despite that very act being the goal of any
caring parent to instill upon their child, there are serious repercussions to
placing one’s confidence in an irrelevant claptrap. <br /><br />Face it, she is
amusing. No matter the issue. No matter the importance. Sontag is the moral
equivalent of Benny Hill in a nunnery. She ensconces her percipience, and in the
fashion of a drunk baker twists, kneads, and manipulates her message into a
preexisting expectation of where her lapdog gnomes of the cultural garden expect
her to be. That is all well and good except for the fact that the very
foundation of her pedestal is a bunch of hooey. The Sisters of St. Augustine
would, certainly, experience trepidation in the acts of Benny Hill. A thinking
populace is no more swayed by Sontag. <br /><br />In fact, I invite Sontag to speak
at length, on any topic and at every occasion. It’s not because she says things
I want to hear, or encourages a healthy discourse. I don’t and she doesn’t.
However, the very nature of her ludicrous points of view is damaging to the
credibility of anyone who, somehow, mirrors that high school lesson of
“<em>guilt by association</em>.” <br /><br />When she was interviewed by the <em>New
Yorker</em> in the days after the September 11th terrorist attack she did not
disappoint. The piece’s title “<em>Observations by Susan Sontag</em>” would have
been enough. Where most would use that encumbrance as the header in their
personal diary entry. Sontag, somehow, perceives her view as something to be
showered upon the great unwashed. I always wondered what entitled her to that
luxury. Surely, it wasn’t something that she regurgitated in the past. I have
read a number of her “works.” The most impressionable on me was not her intended
message I fear. <br /><br />Early in her career she wrote a number of essays dealing
with art. She expounded on Antonin Artaud, proclaiming him a failure. Sontag
deduced that Artaud was unable to complete a thought and that his numerous
varied works “<em>amount to a broken, self-mutilated corpus, a vast collection
of fragments</em>.“ It never occurred to Sontag to look at Artaud’s endeavors as
a means to a goal. Despite his own admission of his difficulties in grasp and
concentration, perhaps he enjoyed what he did. Perhaps he enjoyed the challenge
that accompanied the profession. Perhaps it was the striving for improvement
that drove Artaud to cover the gambit of art, cinema, poems, prose, painting,
music et al. Instead, Sontag could only see her picture of another artist’s
work. There lies the cornerstone of <em>her</em> failings. And there lies the
basis of her warped assessment of the events of September 11th. Her audacity to
categorize Artaud as a failure in her definition of the word shows the epitome
of hypocrisy when you digest, quite forcefully, one of her most well known
pieces. <br /><br />In <em>Against Interpretation and Other Essays</em> (1966) the
intuitive response, as she would call it, was the concept of avoiding the
intellectual and analytical evaluation of a piece. “<em>The 'meaning' of art
lies in the experiencing both style and content together without analysis</em>.
“ That’s an interesting revelation coming from someone who, quite solidly,
categorized Artaud as a failure based on the inability to stay focused on a
specific idea. I suppose, sometimes one has to twist, knead, and manipulate
until the soft pretzel resembles what the public would recognize and consume.
<br /><br />Regardless, in the <em>New Yorker</em> Sontag queried, “<em>Where is the
acknowledgment that this was not a "cowardly" attack on "civilization" or
"liberty" or "humanity" or "the free world" but an attack on the world's
self-proclaimed superpower, undertaken as a consequence of specific American
alliances and actions?” </em><br /><br />In her “<em>intuitive response</em>” Sontag
failed to acknowledge the minor analytical detail that she is an American
Citizen, and that the acts of the terrorists were defined by the actors to be
murderous, callous acts in cold blood against <em>all</em> American citizens.
No. Instead, we ‘intellectuals’ should ponder the all encompassing innate
observations and deliberate the feelings of the rat bastards who butchered 4,537
human beings in the name of their “God.” To Sontag, that would be the reasonable
response. <br /><br />Sontag doesn’t think America plays fairly. “<em>How many
citizens are aware of the ongoing American bombing of Iraq? And if the word
"cowardly" is to be used, it might be more aptly applied to those who kill from
beyond the range of retaliation, high in the sky, than to those willing to die
themselves in order to kill others</em>. <br /><br />What a wonderful argument for
the necessity to initiate an immediate program to provide “certificates of
participation” to all parties of conflict (no matter the purpose) so as not to
have to go through the uncomfortable foible of having to declare a winner or
recognize right from wrong, sane from insane, smart from dumb. I am reminded of
the profound words of chronic law abuser Rodney King and my heart just runs with
endearing warmth. “<em>Can’t we all just get along</em>?” The answer is “no,”
and there are very valid analytical (sometimes intellectual) reasons for that
disclosure. Life is not an exercise in participation. Life is not something to
be pondered. It is more than that I hope. Maybe it is an ongoing mission in
personal accomplishment and achievement. Life could be an effort to better
yourself in all capacities. It is not an application in holding back your own
potential so as to allow others achievement at your expense. The whole concept
of freedom affords the opportunity to accomplish goals as an individual and as a
nation. Making the battlefield one of equality is the “intuitive response” of
inept logic. Show me a boxer with short arms, and I’ll show you a throw rug.
<br /><br />“<em>Let's by all means grieve together. But let's not be stupid
together. A few shreds of historical awareness might help us understand what has
just happened, and what may continue to happen. "Our country is strong," we are
told again and again. I for one don't find this entirely consoling. Who doubts
that America is strong? But that's not all America has to be</em>.” <br /><br />By
all means we grieve together. And, by all means, we shall not be stupid
together. Instead, I leave that to Susan Sontag alone. Historical awareness is a
conscious motivation to act in a capacity that would guarantee a desired outcome
and future deterrent. History holds the souls of Beirut in 1983, Kenya in 1998,
Tanzania in 1998, Somalia in 1993, Yemen in 2000, Saudi Arabia in 1996, New York
in 1993, and New York, again, in 2001. We are finished with the history lesson
Ms. Sontag. The class is entirely too loud. Our country <em>is</em> strong. We
are strong in character and pride. I find that extremely consoling, because I
realize that character and pride are not given, but earned. They are earned,
sometimes, at the expense of those who would try to tarnish those innate
qualities within us. A strength-of-purpose lives within the knowledge that
<em>our</em> Republic has the ability to control our own destiny so that those
cherished freedoms are not on loan from others. <br /><br />Susan Sontag would say I
didn’t understand her point. But, in the very color of her position I understood
the whole encompassing view of her work. It initiated an intuitive response. I
didn’t take away a single, one-sided, analytical perception as to what she was
trying to express in each sentence or phrase. It was pure, unadulterated
discord; all of it. <br /><br />A lesson in reverse to Susan Sontag, never teach the
unwashed how to juggle knives, lest they learn to throw them.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12267578060109656192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135423048559930837.post-5139613797339985462012-12-13T11:32:00.001-05:002012-12-13T11:32:03.899-05:00Fat Kid with a New Toy<br />
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That's cool. I feel sorry for the kid though. All through her life, everyone will rub her head for luck.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12267578060109656192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135423048559930837.post-63441683758524789402012-12-13T11:06:00.001-05:002012-12-13T11:07:47.683-05:00Big Picture/ Little Picture (Right to Work)<div class="article-firstGraf" itemprop="description">
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<em>Others might not use such lively terms for labor leaders and their clout. But
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Here's what's going to happen...because it is happening already. More and more states are going to become "Right to Work" states. Pennsylvania and New Jersey will refuse to budge. Fine, because large businesses in both states will set up domicile in those other states. New Jersey and Pennsylvania will follow the financial exploits of states like California because corporate revenues will decrease at an alarming rate. The revenue of the state will take a dip, and the next thing you know there is a deficit that no one can climb out of.<br />
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Pennsylvania already got a taste of this back about three decades ago when Mack Trucks moved most of their manufacturing from Allentown, Pa to South Carolina. So these politicians who depend on Union cash for their coffers (both above and below the table) can posture all they want. Soon, manufacturing is going to leave both NJ and PA at an alarming rate.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12267578060109656192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135423048559930837.post-54968453233914174322012-12-12T11:47:00.002-05:002012-12-12T11:48:43.520-05:00Oh...Those are Nice ...Skiing Accident?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nope...just Hollywood fashion showing their usual lack solid judgement.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12267578060109656192noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135423048559930837.post-28309300082831752312012-12-12T11:45:00.001-05:002012-12-12T11:57:08.729-05:00Occupy Dilettante<br />
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<em><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/ows_protester_tweets_revealed_during_Fjez6rq46FGbdpPHYgPCBP" target="_blank">Malcolm Harris fought the law</a> — and the law won.</em></blockquote>
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<em>The Occupy Wall Street protester arrested on the roadway of the Brooklyn Bridge in October 2011, who made prosecutors’ rights to gain access to published but deleted Twitter postings the center of his minor criminal charge, pleaded guilty this morning to disorderly conduct.</em></blockquote>
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OK...just so I'm clear...Malcolm Harris and his Occupy pals tried to disrupt traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge. They were successful. Malcolm bragged about that on his twitter, and was arrested. Fine...<br />
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The only thing that strikes me from this story is that Malcolm and the rest of his Occupy dilettantes must not possess much conviction in their own beliefs, of they would gladly take credit for their actions...unless they knew they were in the wrong...which they did. Now if we could only get the local governments and law enforcement agencies and courts to actually teach that lesson. Six days of community service teaches nothing.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12267578060109656192noreply@blogger.com0