tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9281117.post9074574437746983127..comments2024-03-18T21:13:24.011-07:00Comments on Crushed by Inertia: Live From BaghdadLonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07614633082974536229noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9281117.post-81343057654997857732007-04-01T20:46:00.000-07:002007-04-01T20:46:00.000-07:00Oh, Sweetie, I could tell which side of the spectr...Oh, Sweetie, I could tell which side of the spectrum you were on as soon as I started reading your blog! I just figured it was a result of attending UCLA. : ) I'm even more conservative than I was when I taught at IHS, mainly a result of having a foster son for 4 years. Dealing with his bio-mom made me realize how ineffective our social programs are. (She passed away last November, so I don't want to speak ill of the dead, especially one who was so dear to someone I love, but, boy, knowing her opened my eyes!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9281117.post-76950213264966589472007-03-31T20:46:00.000-07:002007-03-31T20:46:00.000-07:00Although, I should add, I agree with the far-left ...Although, I should add, I agree with the far-left a whole hell of a lot more than the far-right. They far-left have a lot of ideas that may or may not work, but have never really been employed. The far-right have a lot of bad ideas that we've known to be fundamentally incorrect since the 1950's.Lonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07614633082974536229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9281117.post-74575110122463203142007-03-31T20:44:00.000-07:002007-03-31T20:44:00.000-07:00Well, there are plenty of terms conservatives have...Well, there are plenty of terms conservatives have made up for the radicals of the far-left. "Moonbats" is a common one, as is the near-universal stereotype of the unkempt, patchouli-abusing hippie.<BR/><BR/>It's true...There are very silly, very wrong-headed people on both extremes in this country, just as there are gravy-brained oddballs straddling the political center. <BR/><BR/>But let's not introduce an equivalence that simply isn't there. The far-right element is currently running this country, and doing a horribly poor job of it. The far-left hasn't been in charge in my lifetime. They've pretty much never been in charge. Noam Chomsky and Ward Connerly aside, they don't have much of a voice at all. <BR/><BR/>And that's why I don't refer to them using pseudo-slurs like "rightards." Not because I agree with them, but because they don't matter and are rarely newsworthy.Lonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07614633082974536229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9281117.post-51968455930765676462007-03-31T20:06:00.000-07:002007-03-31T20:06:00.000-07:00::snicker:: I was actually referring to scumbag as...::snicker:: I was actually referring to <I>scumbag</I> as much as <I>rightard</I>. ...and something can be funny and mean. You're right, though, I was assuming that you meant everyone on the right, not just the lunatic fringe. What shall we call people in the left lunatic fringe?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9281117.post-77542035049776213222007-03-31T13:48:00.000-07:002007-03-31T13:48:00.000-07:00Rightard? Come on, that's funny. And it doesn't a...Rightard? Come on, that's funny. And it doesn't apply to all on the right-wing. Merely those who use their party affiliation as an excuse to spout illogical, meaningless, warmongering blog posts.<BR/><BR/>But I think, by and large, we agree on this issue. More voices and more perspectives are definitely a good thing. And, yes, a blogger-kidnapping does seem like a distinct and unpleasant possibility.Lonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07614633082974536229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9281117.post-3583868791009574582007-03-31T09:48:00.000-07:002007-03-31T09:48:00.000-07:00When Kyle was on leave, his entire unit had just f...When Kyle was on leave, his entire unit had just finished writing to CNN for horribly misrepresenting an insurgent attack that had just happened to them. Then he watched a report on Fox and said, "Whoa. Now I'm scared." Just the fact that Amy was misquoted in her little Rockette interview reminds me that very few news reports are to be trusted. I have no trouble with private citizens traveling to dangerous areas, as long as they expect to get kidnaped (Oh, wait, are we spelling that with 2 p's, now?). I am a little surprised, Lonnie, that you resort to name-calling. How very Ann Coulter of you. : )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com