tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post2502560824375647433..comments2024-03-28T06:32:24.557-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: The Ups and Downs of LifeDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-50645444022014282502008-09-07T06:04:00.000-04:002008-09-07T06:04:00.000-04:00Assperger is PNG around here.Assperger is PNG around here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-36870032235329009272008-09-07T05:51:00.000-04:002008-09-07T05:51:00.000-04:00In New Jersey, Partying (in Parking Lots) Like It’...<A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/automobiles/collectibles/07LEAD.html?8dpc" REL="nofollow">In New Jersey, Partying (in Parking Lots) Like It’s 1955</A><BR/>At Lead East, more than 1,500 old cars and some 15,000 people came out to celebrate the heyday of American cars.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-7158327208317712502008-09-07T04:26:00.000-04:002008-09-07T04:26:00.000-04:00As Soviet Union Fell, Enclave’s Fabric RippedIn Ts...<A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/world/europe/07alborova.html?hp" REL="nofollow">As Soviet Union Fell, Enclave’s Fabric Ripped</A><BR/><BR/>In Tskhinvali, the capital of the South Ossetian enclave in Georgia, people have spent years reliving the rifts and betrayals of a time when a multiethnic society tore apart.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-86849574754895593622008-09-07T02:58:00.000-04:002008-09-07T02:58:00.000-04:00Zogby--McCain UP By 4%Now really good night :):)<A HREF="http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1548" REL="nofollow">Zogby--McCain UP By 4%</A><BR/><BR/>Now really good night :):)Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-54247600170959924682008-09-07T02:55:00.000-04:002008-09-07T02:55:00.000-04:00hehehegrrniteAn Anthropological ExplorationThe Tri...hehehe<BR/><BR/>grrnite<BR/><BR/>An Anthropological Exploration<BR/><BR/>The Tribe of Sarah: A Guide for the Perplexed Media<BR/><BR/>By Thomas Lifson<BR/><BR/>Our friends in the media just do not understand the popular following Sarah Palin has attracted. In an effort to help, I thought I should explain her popular appeal to them in terms even an Ivy League graduate could understand. <BR/><BR/><BR/>If you consider yourself a member of the intelligentsia, think of Sarah's unexpectedly numerous admirers as a kind of tribe. We are going to examine a few of the the folkways of strange and foreign people. Think of them as exotic and it may help you stifle any revulsion you may feel at their differences from your own familiar accepted ways.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Many of you probably read excerpts from Colin Trumbull's description of the Mbuti tribe of the Congo (The Forest People) in one college course or another. In a similar mindset you can begin to understand the values and the ways of the Tribe of Sarah, and maybe begin understand how the world looks to them, even though it is a very different way of understanding reality than your own. <BR/><BR/>(Okay, I admit the respectful insistence that these are also a complex people, well adapted to their environment and possessed of a beautiful spirituality is probably going to be a stretch for many of you. But still, it is worth a try while you still have careers left.) <BR/><BR/>We haven't got an entire semester, so I will just hit a few important concepts.<BR/><BR/><BR/><B>The basic values</B><BR/><BR/><BR/>Unlike your own refined and infinitely more complex moral understanding, these people believe in abstract concepts known among them as "right" and "wrong" (alternatively "good" and "evil.") They regard those among them whom see as championing the cause of right and defeating wrong as role models to emulate, and frequently accord them honors and deep respect. <BR/><BR/>Perhaps misinterpreting media characterizations of big oil companies, they see Sarah Palin as someone who stood up to wrong, and thus revere her example. They harbor a belief that she will continue to support good and fight evil, and accordingly project a vision of her success when leaving their world for your own in Washington, DC.<BR/><BR/><BR/>A side note for future reading: a widely believed legend among them has it that a great leader they call Jesus championed good, fought evil, and suffered horribly for it. This martyrdom and its aftermath are a subject of considerable elaboration in their folkways and ritual, and this cultural detail may conceivably amplify their anger when another honored champion is made to suffer. <BR/><BR/><BR/><B>The role of "Mom"</B><BR/><BR/><BR/>The person who is assigned the gender role of carrying unterminated fetal tissue mass is the central figure of the family structure among the tribe of Sarah. Known familiarly as "mom" (never "mother"), these moms organize the foundational structures of their civilization. The behavioral norms learned from a mom determine the entire life course of the children. Accordingly, moms are also deeply honored, indeed revered to the point of abject love and devotion among them. Those who threaten harm to a mom occasion deep disgust within the tribe.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Sarah Palin, as the mother of five, including one child facing serious life challnges, is a person widely admired among them for her devotion, which they regard as exemplary. One of their folk celebrations, the "Special Olympics" celebrates the achievements of these children. Nearly all of you have heard of the Clan of the Kennedys in your own tribe; it has actually played a major role in this particular festival. Perhaps that will help you make the mental leap required to understand the feelings engendered by Baby Tag.<BR/><BR/>Many of the tribe's moms, seeing Sarah's love for her baby with challenges and empathizing, regard aattacks on her as an attack on themselves. Jung's concept of the archetype may be helpful to you in understanding this admiration and empathy for Sarah and explain their hostile response to your recent work.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Moms closely communicate with one another, and these information flows work to determine where the children attend school and under what conditions, where the family will obtain its staple foods, and see to the enforcement of behavioral norms among all members of the comunity.Think of them as sensitivity trainers, if it helps, but remember that nobody gets to leave at the end of the work day.<BR/><BR/>The moms have a number of distinctive organizations which channel their social ties and lines of communication. We have no time or space to cover major topics ranging from "church" to "kaffe klatsch." More material for future reading.<BR/><BR/><BR/><B>The PTA</B><BR/><BR/><BR/>Sarah's followers know she first attained a formal leadership role in society within an organization called the "PTA," and a little context is helpful. Moms regard the shepherding of their offspring as their primary duty in life, aside from supporting the person assigned the male gender role, known among them as the "hubby." From the moment of the first child's birth until a phase decades later known among the tribe as the "empty nest," the development of children is regarded as the sacred duty of a mom and her hubby, as well as life's greatest and most rewarding experience. <BR/><BR/><BR/>PTA meetings are held at schools, with moms and a few hubbies gathering with teachers and discussing topics related to the education of the offspring. Because education is regarded as second only the mom's own influence on children, moms can have strong opinions on the content and processes of education. Frequently moms vie for honor among themselves, and seek to champion a change, or perhaps fight in opposition to one, resulting in very intense bursts of activity, communication and seeking of political support within the PTA community and beyond. Indeed, serious differences among moms can lead to feuds and vendettas, giving rise to colorful local legend that animate their communal folklore. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Members of the tribe regard someone who began a political rise within a PTA as evidence of adherence to the welfare of her children, and also as evidence of great political favor among members of her community, which subsequently elected her village head man, or mayor. But that term may confuse you, so a brief explanation.<BR/><BR/><BR/><B>Mayor</B><BR/><BR/><BR/>Unlike the figures familiar to you such as Mayor Daley, those who carry the title of "mayor" in places like Wasilla must be available to their citizenry at all hours, and are expected to have met them face to face if they hope to gain their vote. Constituents feel little compunction about complaining personally to the mayor. A small town mayorality qualifies as a rite of passge for nascent tribal politicians, ensuring their responsiveness.<BR/><BR/><BR/><B>Sin</B><BR/><BR/><BR/>This is going to be a tough one, because there is no comparable concept in your culture. But associated with the abstract concepts of good and evil is one known as sin, defined as the commission of acts which partake of the quality of evil. Now what is really tricky about this admittedly complex cultural construct is that tribe members believe everyone sins. Even good people. They believe that sin is inborn. Rather than categorize someone as evil merely on the basis of sin, they have developed methods of driving away the unwanted effects of the sinful behavior. When one has successfully made the best of the situation, repented, and corrected the disapproved behavior, they speak of "redemption." <BR/><BR/><BR/>This has important consequences for the tribe's regard of your work on Sarah Palin. If you discover sin within her family, the tribe accepts that sin is inevitable. Instead, they judge how Sarah and the family deal with the consequences. And if they perceive that the "right" thing is being done, they admire her all the more. <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>In short, understanding the Tribe of Sarah is going to require you to stretch your minds and learn some new and unfamiliar concepts. Further reading will pay big dividends. But this sort of mental exercise can be both useful and fun, for it can enhance your understanding of yourself, too. That's the great benefit of cross-cultural studies.<BR/><BR/><BR/><B>Happy Learning!</B><BR/><BR/><BR/>Thomas Lifson is editor and publisher of American Thinker.<BR/>Comments<BR/><BR/>It's all well and good to preserve and study the cultural oddities of indigenous peoples. The problems arise, however, when these uneducated savages begin to apply their hopelessly misguided "principles" to those of us on a much higher plane of understanding.<BR/><BR/>We don't like when they threaten our power, or expose our never-ending rationalizations for what they are. No, the savages should know their place, and we plan to keep them there.<BR/><BR/>Posted by: schex | September 7, 2008 01:26 AM <BR/><BR/>Sarah, you're quite the package. Our own conservative rock star. However, there's no way on God's green earth that I'll vote for McCain/Palin until you just say no to John McCain's "Comprehensive Immigration Reform". McCain will take you down with this amnesty madness. This is the Senator's last stand. You've got a future. Don't blow it on this important issue.<BR/><BR/>Posted by: tommy john | September 7, 2008 01:45 AM <BR/><BR/>Love it.<BR/><BR/>Posted by: Chris Woodard | September 7, 2008 01:45 AMBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-20426787853330618612008-09-07T02:34:00.000-04:002008-09-07T02:34:00.000-04:00The democratic party platform doesn't even mention...The democratic party platform doesn't even mention nuclear, and can't, cause they are the ones that killed it, and they can't seem to admit the mistake.<BR/><BR/>Renewables from all sources, including hydro, never more than 15-18%<BR/><BR/>California is buying renewables from other states, as they can pass the whole bill on to the sucker consumer, all the costs, he says.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-61956569307919916542008-09-07T02:30:00.000-04:002008-09-07T02:30:00.000-04:00Dr. Bill is also saying Obama's plans about wind a...Dr. Bill is also saying Obama's plans about wind and solar are idiotic, in themselves, and for Obama, for letting the deocratic party talk him into taking that position. You're not going to get more than 10% from those sources and that would be far in the future. Not in any 10 years. Obama is making a fool of himself, he says. Even a dramatic breakthrough of some kind, which doesn't seem on the horizon, would be decades out.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-73471936499356185802008-09-07T02:24:00.000-04:002008-09-07T02:24:00.000-04:00Dr. Bill is telling me--he's a straight shooter--t...Dr. Bill is telling me--<I>he's a straight shooter</I>--that when they pump the oil on the North Slope, they bring up vast quantities of natural gas with it. But they pump it back down in the ground, thanks to the democrats and Sierran Club, who fought the pipeline that through Canada that Sarah Palin has been working on. There is as much gas pumped back in the ground as we use in the lower 48. All stopped by the democrats and environfreaks.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-52925680365057129492008-09-07T02:20:00.000-04:002008-09-07T02:20:00.000-04:00Dave said,I just gotta relay to you all how P> ...Dave said,<BR/><BR/>I just gotta relay to you all how P> J> O’Rourke defined bond ratings.<BR/><BR/>D-rated bond: Like money lent to a younger brother.<BR/><BR/>AAA-rated bond: Money lent to a younger brother by the Gambino family.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84534558745585903732008-09-07T02:10:00.000-04:002008-09-07T02:10:00.000-04:00Cannoneer No. 4Pakistan closes Torkham border cros...Cannoneer No. 4<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/09/pakistan_closes_tork.php" REL="nofollow">Pakistan closes Torkham border crossing, shuts down NATO’s supply line</A><BR/><BR/>An estimated 70 percent of NATO supplies move through Khyber to resupply troops fighting against the Taliban in Afghanistan. The bulk of NATO's supplies arrive in the port city of Karachi, move north to Peshawar, and head west to the Torkham crossing into Afghanistan and the final destination in Kabul. The rest of the supplies pass through the Chaman border crossing point in Baluchistan or arrive via air.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-86809951714995948982008-09-07T01:55:00.000-04:002008-09-07T01:55:00.000-04:00buddy larsen: ha hah –thanks for the obits –naw, s...buddy larsen:<BR/> <BR/><BR/>ha hah –thanks for the obits –naw, some of us have hurricanes to board relatives on the run from –AND some of us became a grandpappy for da foist time at 6:45 PM, when eldest daughter & hub finally dominoed. Cute little feller –looks kinda like Winston Churchill.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Sep 6, 2008 - 10:36 pmDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-32172891266306855282008-09-07T01:53:00.000-04:002008-09-07T01:53:00.000-04:00Nice Red Star, too!Nice Red Star, too!Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-13242358480811721012008-09-07T01:18:00.000-04:002008-09-07T01:18:00.000-04:00Rat, that Jimmy Buffet song is great!Rat, that Jimmy Buffet song is <I>great</I>!Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04145155737835511824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-32623936008301215292008-09-07T01:14:00.000-04:002008-09-07T01:14:00.000-04:00it twernt really Bob==eye saizit twernt really Bob<BR/>==<BR/><A HREF="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/182971main_image_feature_875_ys_full.jpg" REL="nofollow">eye saiz</A>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-37156671947769982592008-09-07T01:13:00.000-04:002008-09-07T01:13:00.000-04:00That's a local band but they just lost their spot ...That's a local band but they just lost their spot on my playlist.Teresitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05528002521904908827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1939085415349759282008-09-07T01:09:00.000-04:002008-09-07T01:09:00.000-04:00LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The rock group Heart, angr...<I>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The rock group Heart, angry that its '70s hit "Barracuda" is being used as the unofficial theme song for Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin, is taking aim at the Alaska governor.<BR/><BR/>The song, a nod to the "Sarah Barracuda" nickname Palin earned on the basketball court in high school, was dusted off for her appearance at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul on Wednesday.<BR/><BR/>Heart singers Ann and Nancy Wilson said a "cease-and-desist" letter has been sent to the Republicans asking them not to use the song.<BR/><BR/>"The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted that permission," according to a statement issued late on Thursday on behalf of the sisters.<BR/><BR/>The McCain campaign said it had obtained the appropriate licenses to play the song.<BR/><BR/>"The McCain campaign respects intellectual property rights," spokesman Brian Rogers said. "Accordingly, prior to using 'Barracuda' at any events, we paid for and obtained all necessary licenses."<BR/><BR/></I>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-51380188852658739202008-09-07T01:02:00.000-04:002008-09-07T01:02:00.000-04:00Some Asshole Band is Stopping Palin from playing a...Some Asshole Band is Stopping Palin from playing a Barracuda Song of theirs.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-5882268958437618432008-09-07T00:57:00.000-04:002008-09-07T00:57:00.000-04:00We all shoulda taken better care of the temporary ...We all shoulda taken better care of the temporary resident Genius.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-73403254641350040162008-09-07T00:56:00.001-04:002008-09-07T00:56:00.001-04:00Nah, Mat, Aspergers, and it twernt really Bob, I h...Nah, Mat, Aspergers, and it twernt really Bob, I hope.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-48219233752654540832008-09-07T00:56:00.000-04:002008-09-07T00:56:00.000-04:00Used to work @ the Coast in Summertime in highscho...Used to work @ the Coast in Summertime in highschool.<BR/>Back when Cambria Pines still had lots of dirt roads.<BR/>Had dad's 46 Pontiac 4 door with no shocks and a broken stabilizer bar.<BR/>...made it float in a smooth drift around a course in the pines.<BR/>Two assholes lucky to be alive.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-32638674681242084482008-09-07T00:52:00.001-04:002008-09-07T00:52:00.001-04:00It was you're fault, al-Bob!==Is that why Buddy st...It was you're fault, al-Bob!<BR/>==<BR/>Is that why Buddy stopped posting here?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11132252460964519368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45524203573089798642008-09-07T00:52:00.000-04:002008-09-07T00:52:00.000-04:00Looks like a video of the kid's first two years of...Looks like a video of the kid's first two years of driving.<BR/>In the cars I grew up in, he'd be a dead man.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-19373487565066767202008-09-07T00:49:00.000-04:002008-09-07T00:49:00.000-04:00That's Great!That's Great!Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-47035258603984228622008-09-07T00:47:00.000-04:002008-09-07T00:47:00.000-04:00For you, doug<A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oSoYXrAWdw&feature=related" REL="nofollow">For you,</A> dougdesert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-78154497432125825452008-09-07T00:30:00.000-04:002008-09-07T00:30:00.000-04:00I saw a Japanese gal @ Costco when I bot my monite...I saw a Japanese gal @ Costco when I bot my moniter that had the MOST pearl white legs I've ever seen.<BR/><BR/>Not that they did anything for me, of course.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.com