tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post2882806330332387787..comments2024-03-05T19:50:31.497-08:00Comments on World O' Crap: If Nature Abhors a Vacuum, Then Why Does It Suck?Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798340582589737829noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-33783098883846274972011-10-26T18:10:39.174-07:002011-10-26T18:10:39.174-07:00(Actually, Ms. Kieffer, those are “Manhattan” squi...<i>(Actually, Ms. Kieffer, those are “Manhattan” squirrels, i.e., rats. But they’re every bit as frisky and feral, as well as cute.)</i><br /><br />I must object. Manhattan has two types of squirrels: Day Squirrels, who are squirrels, and who are also cute and like to beg for food from tourists while standing in the tourists' laps and holding their hands; and Night Squirrels, who are rats.<br /><br />Ah, the sqvirrels of the night...what music they make!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-1903342881483295462011-10-26T17:23:28.207-07:002011-10-26T17:23:28.207-07:00"As John Locke points out, reason tells you t..."As John Locke points out, reason tells you that you own your body. No one else owns your body―not your neighbors, your family or the government."<br /><br />Um...actually, the people she hangs out with don't believe this at all - especially with respect to women and their bodies. Just sayin'Jimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891331049535299222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-4100771331195117622011-10-26T00:31:18.858-07:002011-10-26T00:31:18.858-07:00True, Anonymous, but before the reparations for 40...True, Anonymous, but before the reparations for 400 years of slavery, what about the ongoing-to-this-day genocide of the Indians? <i>(Most I know prefer it to "Native Americans" since they were here BEFORE Amerigo Vespucci, Columbus or even Leif Ericson!)</i><br /><br />Not just talking about the smallpox-infested blankets, the slavery of alcoholism, the batshit-crazy proto-Hitlers like Sherman & Andrew Jackson who vowed to "rid ths xian land" from the "scourge" of the "uncivilized ANIMALS" known as Injuns... From day fucking one, 'round about Massapequa & Plymouth Rock, the damned Indians were too fucking TOURIST & CONVENTIONERS' BUREAU, and FED the imminent-domain motherfuckers, and THEY NEVER FUCKING <i><b>LEFT!!!!!!</b></i><br /><br />Calculate the rent on THAT, as well as the horrendous desecration of the Black Hills to carve graven images of them thar "gawd-fearing" fellers who obviously didn't read the Old Testament when the blasting caps destroyed centuries of Indian culture. <br /><br />And just like women in slavery were raped <i>(even if they "loved" their two-family masters, it'll NEVER be "CONSENSUAL" when she's a PRISONER OF WAR!!!)</i> and forced to raise the unclaimed spawn of the dirty old white men, imagine how many Indian girls, pre-pubescent and younger, who were raped by "good whaaaaat xian soldiers" who were "civilizing the West" during "The Indian Wars."<br /><br />I could go on and on, but y'all already know all of this shit. Since I was kinda splattered in a horrendous wreck today, I'ma shaddup for now. VOSBURG, you insolent sheeeet, I shall deal with YOU later.Anntichrist S. Coulterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06415084181464098543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-43974821302011743022011-10-25T13:13:28.678-07:002011-10-25T13:13:28.678-07:00She forgot to complete the sentence:
“If you use ...She forgot to complete the sentence:<br /><br />“If you use your body to till the land and make it useful by growing wheat, then logic tells you that you own the land and any profits from the wheat, not the hungry passerby who comes across the land and steals the wheat that you grew [on the land your predecessors stole by gunpoint or treaty violation from the Native Americans]."<br />But then by her logic, the sharecroppers and tenant farmers (who used their bodies to till the land and make it useful by growing wheat) actually own the land, not the landlord ! Another round of reparations for African-Americans !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-49365073009951169772011-10-25T09:28:10.384-07:002011-10-25T09:28:10.384-07:00Ms. Kieffer's a cute little thing (blonde, of ...Ms. Kieffer's a cute little thing (blonde, of course--what Republican woman isn't? Oh--sorry about that, Kathryn Jean Lopez...) Too bad there isn't any sense in her pretty little head--oh, well, par for the course in Wingnut-land.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-56251787490848746832011-10-25T09:04:15.532-07:002011-10-25T09:04:15.532-07:00Last, last last add:
Ladies and gentlemen, Ann Co...Last, last last add:<br /><br />Ladies and gentlemen, Ann Coulter, with an alternative view:<br /><br /><i>I'm a Christian first, and a mean-spirited, bigoted conservative second, and don't you ever forget it.</i><br /><br />Yes, she did say it, shooting for self-deprecating humor perhaps, but inadvertently, as is so often the case with Ann, hitting the nail soundly on the head.<br /><br />What is the word that describes deafness with regard to or lack of awareness of self?Chris Vosburgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-35319486545665989082011-10-25T08:29:36.868-07:002011-10-25T08:29:36.868-07:00Keith writes: We'll forgive you for going to c...Keith writes: <i>We'll forgive you for going to church to rock that shit! I did the same thing (Southern Baptist).</i><br /><br />A last add on the role of the church in the formative years of future musicians and my regard for religion in general:<br /><br />Back when I was a yoot, in the handful of garage bands I played in I never sang; I simply couldn't, and admired the guys that could.<br /><br />The guys that could, our leadsingers, as the Dutch call them, I imagined it was something they were born with, an innate ability. <i>Ah, I wish I had been born with a voice like that</i>, I'd say.<br /><br />Finally, I noticed a simple correlation: turned out that every one of the guys (and girls-- I'm looking at you, Janis Joplin) I admired for singing talent had developed their chops through long years in a church choir at a very early age. Every single one.<br /><br />Dunce though I am, I finally got it: singing is a skill. The pipes themselves, well, you may have a pennywhistle or you may have a french horn, or both, buried in your vocal cords, but it is an instrument like any other, and playing it benefits from training and long practice.<br /><br />And so I say, speaking as an atheist, God bless the church for that training. Pretty good at art and architecture too. I guess, pollyanna that I am, I just wanted to cheerfully say that amid the dogmatic extermination of infidels perpetrated from time to time by these various religions, the church is good for something (you'll notice I don't bother to specify denomination-- I just don't know enough about it). See, I don't hate religion; indeed, much good can be found in it.<br /> <br />And a last, last add, from "V for Vendetta":<br /><br /><i>Evey Hammond: What is that?<br /><br />Gordon Deitrich: It's a copy of the Koran, 14th century.<br /><br />Evey Hammond: Are you a muslim?<br /><br />Gordon Deitrich: No, I'm in television.<br /><br />Evey Hammond: [laughs] But why would you keep it?<br /><br />Gordon Deitrich: I don't have to be muslim to find the images beautiful or its poetry moving.</i><br /><br />And yes, I finally learned to sing (to the extent that I do not cringe to hear it on playback, anyway).Chris Vosburgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-42225271763955158492011-10-25T08:09:39.852-07:002011-10-25T08:09:39.852-07:00Slightly translated-for-accuracy Katie Kieffer: C...Slightly translated-for-accuracy Katie Kieffer: <i>Capitalism is rational because it allows you^W <b>the capitalists</b> to keep the fruits of your labor.</i><br /><br />So whaddaya think Katie gets in return for writing essays and never, ever admitting that little fact? A couple of bucks? Promises of wingnut welfare yet to come? A pat on the head and the assurance that if she keeps it up she could be something really special - the next Jonah Goldberg?jackdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15113600776477358833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-48697080189019837222011-10-24T18:42:51.754-07:002011-10-24T18:42:51.754-07:00Thomas Aquinas? Huh. I have heard that name. Wh...Thomas Aquinas? Huh. I have heard that name. Where was it...oh! Now I remember how I found out all of what I know about Thomas Aquinas. It was on Buffy, Season 4, "Beer Bad":<br /><br />***<br />Guy#4: Well, Thomas Aquinas and (all the other guys stop him saying "NO!")<br /><br />Guy #2: There will be no Thomas Aquinas at this table.<br /><br />Guy#3: Keep your theology of providence to yourself, frat boy.<br /><br />Guy#4: I was just drawing a parallel between...<br />***<br /><br />(See, they were drunk and expounding on the beingness or whatever of beer. Which is good and foamy.)Larkspurnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-28303956690333214462011-10-24T13:06:26.816-07:002011-10-24T13:06:26.816-07:00"If you use your body to till the land and ma..."If you use your body to till the land and make it useful by growing wheat, then logic tells you that you own the land and any profits from the wheat"<br /><br />What in the hell has this to do with modern capitalism? Does Kattie believes that the "land is for those who labor it"?? Then she should ask for an Agrarian Reform NOW! (and don't mind the factories, etc)Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-14042508259730479822011-10-24T09:15:37.065-07:002011-10-24T09:15:37.065-07:00I wonder if anybody told Jerusalem Slim that he go...I wonder if anybody told Jerusalem Slim that he got it all wrong with that socialistic-ky crap....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-63134593493777768192011-10-24T00:31:04.147-07:002011-10-24T00:31:04.147-07:00The only philosopher I find a breeze to read is Be...The only philosopher I find a breeze to read is Bertrand Russel, whom I highly recommend as an antidote to all that post-modern and extra-heavy stuff.YMMV<br />SuezbooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-48069891768876630752011-10-23T18:50:12.480-07:002011-10-23T18:50:12.480-07:00... exact OPPOSITE notion of what the philosopher ...... exact OPPOSITE notion of what the philosopher was saying.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-89346789591672534752011-10-23T18:49:07.336-07:002011-10-23T18:49:07.336-07:00I enjoy philosophy when I'm able to actually g...I enjoy philosophy when I'm able to actually get to the meat of whatever the philosopher is saying. <br /><br />But the ones I was assigned spent page after page after pag jabbering on about semantics, redefining words (I recall in particular the words "deduce" & "induce" were given different meanings than the dictionary ones.) So I realized that if I skipped the deadly dull lead-in or forward explanations, I would quite possibly get the exact notion of what the philosopher was trying to say.<br /><br />So I guess I'll stick with clever quotes from Star Treck, <i>useful for all occasions</i>, including arguing with conservatards.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03176801494652946278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-48649513911382162162011-10-23T17:52:11.644-07:002011-10-23T17:52:11.644-07:00Chuckle! I'm laughing now!
He must have profo...Chuckle! I'm laughing now!<br /><br />He must have profoundly misjudged you, Chris, if he actually thought you'd buy that. <br /><br />You might like to look at this: http://harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=31Li'l Innocenthttp://ladysmantle.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-15213510162095108232011-10-23T17:37:59.025-07:002011-10-23T17:37:59.025-07:00Keith writes: I've read Locke but prefer David...Keith writes: <i>I've read Locke but prefer David Hume</i><br /><br />Like several of those above, I'm not a big fan of philosophers' prose works-- just too freaking dense and introspective.<br /><br />And therein lies a tale: (sorry for the length, but I tell ya, there's a great punchline).<br /><br />Back in the days before the internet rose to take over the earth, there were local BBSs to phone into at 1200baud with forums to post and comment to, and in one political forum in '94, a conservative numbskull kept trying to get me to "put aside my prejudices" and read a ridiculous book by a fella who claimed insider knowledge of all the coke Clinton was flying in and out of Arkansas, or something.<br /><br />That'd be "Clinton, Bush, and the CIA" by Terry Reed, and the numbskull finally told me he'd make a deal: he'd agree to read any book of my choosing if I'd read the Terry Reed book, and I saw a chance to hurt him, Bad.<br /><br />I scored the book through the interlibrary loan program (they had to haul it into L.A. from Riverside, I think), and endured the scorning look of the librarian as i checked it out, and then actually read the silly thing. According to Terry, he was on the lam from a possession with intent to sell bust because Clinton set him up, etc., etc., it went on and on. Finally I finished the mess, and got what I'd come for:<br /><br />I told numbskull he had to read The Collected Essays of David Hume. It was like six hundred pages I think.<br /><br />He tried to beg off, airily saying he couldn't find it at "the bookstore" (no surprise there, it'd been out of print for decades), but I wouldn't let him off, giving him full instruction on the the purpose and use of the Public Library System.<br /><br />Finally he had it, and a couple days later posted to the BBS that he "was about three-quarters of the way through it and really liked it," like philosophy essays are light summer beach reading you can blow through in an hour or two.<br /><br />Everyone on the BBS laughed for weeks.Chris Vosburgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-22243840060737600832011-10-23T16:31:09.505-07:002011-10-23T16:31:09.505-07:00Well,Keith, what I admire about your triumphant sw...Well,Keith, what I admire about your triumphant swan-dive into and return from the Katie sump is the way you not only navigated through her tumultuous silliness without going nuts, but managed to enter into the spirit of deranged argument and at the same time be funny and pointed. <br /><br />I guess she drags Aquinas into it because she thinks she's being logical. Reason tells you this and reason tells you that. Too bad about the sizeable non-rational part of human behavior; how cum, excusetheexpressionBrianSchlosserandactuallyIagreewithyou, God doesn't do something about that obvious flaw in His original blueprints? How about juicing up the evolutionary engine and introducing a few improvements, o Almighty One? Sooner would be better than later.<br /><br />Annti, a very belated Happy Birthday, hon, and you'll be glad to know that Bowness is a real place somewhere in Great Britain. It's a promontory of some kind, bravely fronting the spume of the North Sea, IIRC. Just like you, except for the geography.Li'l Innocenthttp://ladysmantle.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-51558154717815981982011-10-23T15:58:37.718-07:002011-10-23T15:58:37.718-07:00I want to thank all the readers who were so moved ...I want to thank all the readers who were so moved to leave comments. I wrote a special dedication to each commenter but somehow it has vanished in comment-land.<br /><br />It's the weekend so we want zippy copy, easy to digest. I might have gone on a bit about Thomas, his theory of "Just War" and how it doesn't jibe with the Iraq 9-year cluster-fuck prosecuted under false pretenses against an enemy that did our country no harm. But that would have taken another two paragraphs. Or another paragraph to delve into John Locke's personal involvement in the slave trade, but it's implied. <br /><br />Being included in the roster of "World O'Crap" contributors is a bit like receiving an honorary degree in ... mmm ... "Craptology." Somewhat like eating shit, but if you pretend it's peanut butter then it goes down a lot easier.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Keithpajzillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09282795183249178522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-3735419295320220502011-10-23T15:26:28.956-07:002011-10-23T15:26:28.956-07:00Well, readers, these are some serious comments.
...Well, readers, these are some serious comments. <br /><br />I might have gone on about Thomas Aquinas and his theory of "Just War," which wouldn't really jibe with a war prosecuted on false evidence, against a country which did us no harm. That would have taken another paragraph or two. Nor did I bring up John Locke's trade in slavery (though alluded), because he wasn't alone in this occupation. (I've read Locke but prefer David Hume). Again, this is the weekend and we want zippy copy here. Easy to digest.<br /><br />Thank you for your comments:<br /><br />Stacia -- you were the first to comment and nailed it pronto. So succinct. It boggles the mind.<br /><br />Thank you, R. Porrofatto, for pointing me in the direction of Katie's blog, and also revealing she has some sort of degree in Philosophy. I refused to believe they would actually asterisk-out the offending word.<br /><br />Chris Vosburg: Yes, those Hammond B3s were the terrific. We'll forgive you for going to church to rock that shit! I did the same thing (Southern Baptist).<br /><br />Comment Deleted: Sorry I missed it. Scott deleted it, not me. I've been working this afternoon.<br /><br />LOL Anntichrist: one bulb short of Easy-Bake will become part of my vocabulary. (And do get in touch with me if you wish).<br /><br />To Mojo & Lancelot Link: your comments re: Leviticus were very insightful. Thank you.<br /><br />zombie rotten mcdonald: my brains have already been repo'ed. That is why I am writing for WOC.<br /><br />Again, thank you all for expressing interest. Being included in the roster of "World O' Crap" contributors is a bit like receiving an honorary degree in ... er? ... "Craptology." It's almost like eating shit, but we pretend it's peanut butter. Goes down a lot easier.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Keithpajzillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09282795183249178522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-32630231790101175972011-10-23T14:12:31.831-07:002011-10-23T14:12:31.831-07:00Your brains are your property.
And I am here to ...<i>Your brains are your property. </i><br /><br />And I am here to repossess them.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-82424112159739096792011-10-23T14:05:42.672-07:002011-10-23T14:05:42.672-07:00And no better method to be “washed mindless” than ...<i>And no better method to be “washed mindless” than by topless zombie nuns who mate in public with the sentimentally-inclined, whilst playing whack-a-mole for squirrel brains.</i><br /><br />I would watch that movie.<br /><br />Also, given that a squirrel tried to eat my house, I would cheer the nuns.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-22100914283644610192011-10-23T11:34:05.051-07:002011-10-23T11:34:05.051-07:00Come on, Mojo!
Since when has a ^Christian^ ever p...Come on, Mojo!<br />Since when has a ^Christian^ ever paid attention to <b>any</b> of Leviticus except for the anti-gay bits?<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/3ctru37Lancelot Linkhttp://tinyurl.com/3ctru37noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-47747315203671431882011-10-23T09:28:15.053-07:002011-10-23T09:28:15.053-07:00@ Mojo: dammit! Beat me to it.
@R. Porrofatto: Ga...@ Mojo: dammit! Beat me to it.<br /><br />@R. Porrofatto: Gawdammit, that is some stupid shit right there. And let me add, that I HATE THAT USAGE! "Cum" is, as we all here know, Latin of the highest pedigree. The word that people need to use is "come", dammit! As in "come to orgasm". The usage of "cum" leads to such gibberish as "I cummed so hard" which, if I had MY way, would result in an immediate 6-month orgasm penalty. (Whether that means "6 months with no orgasms" or a "6 month long orgasm" would be left to judicial discretion).Brian Schlosserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03661141625930661327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-54862536860333887772011-10-23T06:29:08.836-07:002011-10-23T06:29:08.836-07:00you own the land and any profits from the wheat, n...<i>you own the land and any profits from the wheat, not the hungry passerby who comes across the land and steals the wheat that you grew.</i><br /><br />Sure, Leviticus specifically says that part of your harvest should be left for the poor and the passerby but God probably changed his mind about that. After all, the only person in the New Testament who took grain from a field as he passed by was crucified soon after. You can't get a clearer lesson than that.Mojonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-6773986408518671352011-10-23T06:00:00.587-07:002011-10-23T06:00:00.587-07:00Fuckin' tags, gawdlessdamned fucking sandbag m...Fuckin' tags, gawdlessdamned fucking sandbag me every fucking time.<br /><br />And is the super-secret decoder-ring word "bowness" anything like Loch Ness?Anntichrist S. Coulterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06415084181464098543noreply@blogger.com