tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post243054396730836666..comments2024-03-16T05:00:38.826-04:00Comments on Egnorance: Why was Deepwater Horizon in deep water?mregnorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11431770851694587832noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-40302304949420089412013-11-13T09:49:41.401-05:002013-11-13T09:49:41.401-05:00I am not a member of either party and do not vote ...I am not a member of either party and do not vote in the US, Hoo. <br />If I did, I can honestly say that neither party would match up with what I see as effective government (ie leadership, not rule). <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14739783974158130525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-15884024324980505742013-11-13T07:55:50.724-05:002013-11-13T07:55:50.724-05:00Big RIch,
The problem is that the 'left'...Big RIch, <br /><br />The problem is that the 'left' has been given a temporary ascendency. This is the game's very nature. Right now they cannot see the efforts, because they are being used, and so are put on a kind of 'defensive mode'. A similar fog of 'hope' was recently felt by the majority of the so called 'right' under Bush. <br />A (modern edition) newspeak phrase that might encapsulate this spirit would be 'Blue team FTW!' <br />Hoo is bright enough that he will see it when the time is right. I suspect the veneer is already to beginning to crack for those on the ideological 'left', as they see the roll out of AHC and it's consequences on their constituencies, <br />Like an old boat, they have been used to deliver a load of toxic waste and are now being scuttled. It may (just may!) be enough to wake some of them up to the Realpolitik of the day. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14739783974158130525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-19792932628092277122013-11-13T07:51:28.857-05:002013-11-13T07:51:28.857-05:00You go ahead, guys, and split the Republican party...You go ahead, guys, and split the Republican party in two. I'd be curious to see how that works out. <br /><br />HooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-27106877740184862762013-11-13T07:41:02.972-05:002013-11-13T07:41:02.972-05:00Big Rich,
I agree that the outcome is NOT inevit...Big Rich, <br /><br />I agree that the outcome is NOT inevitable. In fact, I think these 'projects' have shown again and again that they eventually implode. It can take decades or even centuries, but they are doomed by the hubris that inspires them. <br />I would not, however, agree that the tea party movement is, in itself, the solution. It seems to me that the tea party movement is just the beginning of something much broader. Perhaps a 'template' for something much larger, more encompassing, and far more profound, A start, but only for a certain aspect of the spectrum. <br />I may be wrong about this. It could be the spark. On the other hand it could be a more elaborate effort at polarization. To judge that, we will have to see where it goes and who it can muster in it's ranks. <br />Anyway, glad to see there is others who can recognize the pattern here. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14739783974158130525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-34656315104060430642013-11-12T22:59:05.793-05:002013-11-12T22:59:05.793-05:00Silly question, Rich. Of course there is a limit. ...Silly question, Rich. Of course there is a limit. 15 kilodalton.<br /><br />HooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-12974846878741107002013-11-12T21:33:42.215-05:002013-11-12T21:33:42.215-05:00I agree Rex that there's a political industria...I agree Rex that there's a political industrial complex if you will that has a vested interest in locking both sides in perpetual conflict but never solving the problem and inching ever closer to complete societal control, but I don't think the outcome is inevitable. I think that's why the establishment republicans so fear and hate the Tea Party. The Tea Party, at least until they become corrupted by power, still want to eliminate crony capitalism and that threatens organizations like the US Chamber of Commerce who invested millions in this last election to defeat Tea Party candidates. <br /><br />Hoo is there any limit to the size or control of government where you would say, "this is too much?" Big Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13222433855783705707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-50089882015784154402013-11-12T17:55:00.401-05:002013-11-12T17:55:00.401-05:00Hello grandpa! I knew you couldn't resist! Gre...Hello grandpa! I knew you couldn't resist! Great to see you, old fartknocker! <br /><br />I certainly wouldn't want to be a plumber or a carpenter. I am not good at these things. I can hang drywall and replace windows, but I don't enjoy the process and wouldn't be the best guy for these jobs. I am good at what I do, and that happens to be an academic pursuit. To each his own.<br /><br />HooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-21072034071624990272013-11-12T17:01:25.812-05:002013-11-12T17:01:25.812-05:00When jokes are outlawed, only outlaws will tell jo...When jokes are outlawed, only outlaws will tell jokes.<br /><br />And you'll have to pry my jokes from my cold, dead hands.<br /><br />Joke control is not about jokes; it's about control.Adm. G Boggs, Glenbeckistan Navynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-6936521269039215662013-11-12T16:57:01.596-05:002013-11-12T16:57:01.596-05:00People are dying every second of every day, Popste...People are dying every second of every day, Popster. Should we outlaw jokes? Is that where you're headed with this?<br /><br />But this is a great illustration of the difference between Progressives and libertarians. When you and I disagree, you think I'm evil. When you and I disagree, I think you're wrong. <br /><br />Now I know full well there is a right and wrong. But, as a materialist atheist, you don't even believe in evil.Adm. G Boggs, Glenbeckistan Navynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-71954710710163059932013-11-12T16:51:29.370-05:002013-11-12T16:51:29.370-05:00New subject, Hoots. And, sadly, you must recall......New subject, Hoots. And, sadly, you must recall... you're only in the Top Five. Not #1. Although you do tend to be the most garrulous. But I love Popeye too, and Troi my Boi is right up there.<br /><br />And, yes, everybody knows your opinion of plumbers and carpenters. Progressives are real egalitarians. But I can appreciate why you would want to "stay out" of those professions. You couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel.Adm. G Boggs, Glenbeckistan Navynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-70901187529355846762013-11-12T16:28:54.299-05:002013-11-12T16:28:54.299-05:00Hoo,
I think that further indicates the 'bra...Hoo, <br /><br />I think that further indicates the 'branding' of politics. One flavour to appeal to the masses, one flavour to appeal to the intelligentsia. You buy the whole package, or you are an outcast from either group. Like some horrible cable TV or cell phone deal. <br />Neither group is actually in control, even when it appears they are, but are tools in an endless, cyclical game that keeps the SAME people in real control. <br />While I sympathize more with the plight of the common, working man than I do with the academic elites (of which I am a defector), I can clearly see the positives for both and the negatives for both. <br />Some may think I am suggesting there needs to be a new party in (your) the system. I am not. I am suggesting that is the whole idea. To fragment. To divide and rule. <br />Either way you choose the real establishment wins and what could be described as a corporatist oligarchy rules the day. Anarcho-Corporatism on one end, Socialist Corporatism on the other. It is a choice between the lesser of two evils and it should be rejected. <br />Even what I have often described as my own political leaning (libertarianism) is infected with this dialectic. <br />The way out? To reject the whole mess. <br />To leave the conventions empty. <br />To think for yourselves and not buy the 'package' deal. <br />if that kind of disobedience occurs (and it has in the past!) it will result in a realignment that allows for real leadership (as opposed to rule) to emerge. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14739783974158130525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-12362761390737094492013-11-12T16:28:13.322-05:002013-11-12T16:28:13.322-05:00O grandpa, back so soon? Missing your favorite gra...O grandpa, back so soon? Missing your favorite grandson already?<br /><br />HooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-3268002373311881042013-11-12T16:27:31.456-05:002013-11-12T16:27:31.456-05:00Ilion,
Thanks. I agree with your comments above. ...Ilion,<br /><br />Thanks. I agree with your comments above. <br /><br />Leftism is all about power-- ruling, not governing. Leftists take over institutions, particularly institutions related to government or dependent on government funding. They're like viruses, only harder to eradicate. megnornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-47711071576208359582013-11-12T16:26:38.868-05:002013-11-12T16:26:38.868-05:00On second thought, maybe it's all right. After...On second thought, maybe it's all right. After all, plumbers and builders, too, have political bias: they tend to be right-wing. No one thinks that there is a nefarious plot to keep liberals out of these professions. <br /><br />So maybe it's okay to leave academia and government to liberals. Stick to what you do best, guys.<br /><br />HooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-66562596086594103752013-11-12T16:24:38.486-05:002013-11-12T16:24:38.486-05:00"What gives?"
NSF, NIH, DoE, DoI, NIMH,..."What gives?"<br /><br />NSF, NIH, DoE, DoI, NIMH, HHS, DoT, NASA, NOAA, NIST, USGS, et. al.<br /><br />If government subsidies are included, goebbel warming alone was funded to the tune of $22 billion dollars. <br />--- Source: <i>Federal Climate Change Expenditures Report to Congress</i> (Table 1)<br /><br />Explaining why academics in all disciplines, including the physical and biological sciences, vote Democrat ain't exactly rocket surgery. Same reason some folks rob banks and steal ATMs: "That's where the money is."Adm. G Boggs, Glenbeckistan Navynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-25839617856918294612013-11-12T16:02:56.114-05:002013-11-12T16:02:56.114-05:00Academia includes hard sciences. One's politic...Academia includes hard sciences. One's political orientation plays no role in how successful one is in physics or biology. Yet the vast majority of scientists vote Democrat. What gives? Apparently conservatives are not interested in science. You, guys, only have yourselves to blame.<br /><br />HooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-50052587535609249172013-11-12T14:28:18.180-05:002013-11-12T14:28:18.180-05:00Academia, journalism, and government: the three mo...Academia, journalism, and government: the three most left-wing institutions in the country and the source of draconian environmental regulation, seizure of the health care economy, 24/7/365 propaganda, and the ubiquitous surveillance state.Adm. G Boggs, Glenbeckistan Navynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-64026447345224814652013-11-12T13:11:59.538-05:002013-11-12T13:11:59.538-05:00At last! common ground.
For, as "[The right ...At last! common ground.<br /><br />For, as "[The right wing nuts] are not interested in governing", so too, are the murderous leftists "not interested in governing". Different reasons, though.<br /><br />Yes, indeed, we "right wing nuts ... are interested in shrinking the government" ... for, we simply want to be left alone to live as we see fit, nor do we particularly want to tell *you* what to do. We "right wing nuts" are pretty much live and let live sorts.<br /><br />In contrast, the murderous leftists "are interested in [expanding] the government". Always. Everywhere. And the reason murderous leftists are "not interested in governing", is because they're interested only in <i>ruling</i>, which is a very different thing from governing. Also, it's far easier to commit mass-murder against those you rule than those you govern.Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-86492073689033119622013-11-12T13:06:53.908-05:002013-11-12T13:06:53.908-05:00Rich and Hoo,
As strange as it sounds, I think y...Rich and Hoo, <br /><br />As strange as it sounds, I think you're both close. <br />The truth is that the modern political trend is to polarize. Neither side is running anything they are not permitted to. It is an age old game of playing off two (or more) extremes to produce a synthesis that is agreeable to the oligarchs.<br />Want to know who they are? Make like a cop and follow the money. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14739783974158130525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-20060591294340346552013-11-12T13:03:41.374-05:002013-11-12T13:03:41.374-05:00Yet another excellent piece, ME!Yet another excellent piece, ME!Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-63063069125558334622013-11-12T12:28:58.338-05:002013-11-12T12:28:58.338-05:00The answer is simple, Rich. The right wing nuts ar...The answer is simple, Rich. The right wing nuts are not interested in academia. They are not interested in journalism. They are not interested in governing. They are interested in shrinking the government, but that is not the same as governing. <br /><br />HooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-17200660687984321032013-11-12T12:24:39.698-05:002013-11-12T12:24:39.698-05:00O Grandpa, I am pretty sure you will be back. You ...O Grandpa, I am pretty sure you will be back. You just can't resist replying to my comments. I am your favorite grandchild! <br /><br />Your argument is silly. Indeed if they gave Exxon Valdez some other name there would be no Exxon Valdez disaster. See? The problem was in choosing the wrong name! There would be some other disaster, to be sure, but that is not important right now. <br /><br />See you soon, Grandpa!<br /><br />HooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-80911034241211141872013-11-12T11:45:32.653-05:002013-11-12T11:45:32.653-05:00I agree with the post but my question is, how did ...I agree with the post but my question is, how did we ever get to the point where the Looney Left is running the country? The Left controls most of the media, all universities and all public schools and most of our courts as well as our environmental policy. What happened to the thought processes of normal Americans that they let the insane run the asylum and when will it be time to say enough is enough? Big Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13222433855783705707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-78735721240827447162013-11-12T10:55:22.169-05:002013-11-12T10:55:22.169-05:00What! I'm supporting Mr Sano!
I think he sho...What! I'm <i>supporting</i> Mr Sano! <br /><br />I think he should fast until significant progress has been made on mitigating the dire, evil, apocalyptic, supernovaic threat of the evil, ugly, mean, Republican, Bushistic, Cheneyesque carbon dioxide molecule.<br /><br />And in other news:<br /><br /><i>The United Nation's panel of climate experts revised estimates of historical greenhouse gas emissions, made in September, both up and down on Monday...</i><br />--- NBC News<br /><br />And if sideways had been an option, you can be sure they would have done that, too. They got this goebbel warming thing nailed down like warm Jell-o on a teflon wall.Adm. G Boggs, Glenbeckistan Navynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555199390227912207.post-2473698535714291722013-11-12T10:39:12.594-05:002013-11-12T10:39:12.594-05:00Make up your mind, Hoots...
"They make it so...Make up your mind, Hoots...<br /><br />"They make it sound like land pipelines are accident-free."<br />"The clear implication is that there would be no disasters."<br /><br />You don't know what the hell you're talking about, or even what point you want to make.<br /><br />Bye.Adm. G Boggs, Glenbeckistan Navynoreply@blogger.com