tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post813564576773180491..comments2024-03-29T05:30:32.626-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: Commemorating Edmund BurkeDeuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-89359040604339606122012-06-16T23:36:34.629-04:002012-06-16T23:36:34.629-04:00Here's someone to get enthused about -
http:/...Here's someone to get enthused about -<br /><br />http://hotair.com/archives/2012/06/16/quotes-of-the-day-1059/<br /><br />Sarah speaks -<br /><br />Would be wonderful if we had her running instead of Romney.<br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-81524671074925133502012-06-16T20:26:32.118-04:002012-06-16T20:26:32.118-04:00My hunch is that this is an article that Deuce and...My hunch is that this is an article that Deuce and Rufus and others too including me probably would agree with -<br /><br />http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/lincoln-brigade-Syria-7054<br /><br />If you want to intervene in Syria, create a fighting brigade of your own in good American fashion, give it a nifty name or name it after yourself, and have at it.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-26735051244530192892012-06-16T20:13:29.914-04:002012-06-16T20:13:29.914-04:00" Halt! Who goes there? Identify yourself! - ...<i>" Halt! Who goes there? Identify yourself! - You're not my commentator without proper documentation!"</i> - Steelio<br /><br />Act III, Scene III<br /><br />The Lamentable Tragic Farce of bar Elephanso<br /><br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-81547006945081321812012-06-16T20:08:55.960-04:002012-06-16T20:08:55.960-04:00It's unclear who the "stage four" ze...<i>It's unclear who the "stage four" zealots will be in the Egyptian context, though some kind of militarized religious force seems probable. Indeed, the Salafists and other more extreme religious groups are conspicuously absent from the current clash of the mainstream factions -- particularly considering their astonishing election performance that gave them 25 percent of parliament.. Their silence, like that of France's Jacobins or Russia's Bolsheviks, is telling. They are, quite obviously, patiently awaiting the weakening of the military and the mosque, which are just now in the process of weakening each other -- as the contending moderate parties in revolutionary France and Russia weakened each other -- paving the way for the extremists. </i><br /><br />See here -<br /><br />http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/06/15/the_five_stages_of_egypt_s_revolution?page=full<br /><br />Old old story.<br /><br />All you really need to know about Egypt is there's not a trout stream in it. <br /><br />I notice the tourism industry 'has collapsed'.<br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-84258092070313173412012-06-16T18:00:15.097-04:002012-06-16T18:00:15.097-04:00Much as it pains me to admit, I'm going to hav...Much as it pains me to admit, I'm going to have to agree with Quirk that engagement in debate requires a unique handle. Identify yourself, my man or woman, and speak up.Max (short for Maxine)http://url.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-75258451854160295362012-06-16T17:22:44.101-04:002012-06-16T17:22:44.101-04:00Looks to me like SS and Medicare are a sad joke fo...Looks to me like SS and Medicare are a sad joke following a lifelong yoke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-43455421728878888922012-06-16T16:42:44.328-04:002012-06-16T16:42:44.328-04:00Theory vs Practice.
In theory, the Obama administ...Theory vs Practice.<br /><br />In theory, the Obama administration is encroaching upon constitutional limitations to executive power by setting policy guidelines that provide a pathway to citizenship for under one million of the estimated 12 million (to 20 million) Mexican illegals working in-country.<br /><br />In practice, the Koch brothers have accumulated around a $200 million "war chest" (within striking distance of their $395 million goal) to "defeat" Obama in November for the purpose of ... having Republicans in charge of the pending entitlement and tax reform legislation, (and possibly additional finance reform legislation which needs some careful shepherding along the "first do no harm" lines), that will remove how many Americans from SS and Medicare in order to avoid the 'fiscal cliff' of a federal budget bled dry by military "adventurism" and Wall St "hooliganism"?Max (short for Maxine)http://url.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-12191319105447854602012-06-16T15:40:54.575-04:002012-06-16T15:40:54.575-04:00There is, definitely, a time for both idealogies. ...There is, definitely, a time for both idealogies. You can't marry either side "till death do ye part."Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-52779846616581944692012-06-16T15:29:59.554-04:002012-06-16T15:29:59.554-04:00I think (I know) I'm overdoing the smiley face...I think (I know) I'm overdoing the smiley faces on this thread but that's a good story.<br /><br />The only break (and it's a pretty good Grand Canyon sized break) that I extend to the conservative (anti-"godless teat-sucking socialists") crowd is that blood and treasure sacrifice required to turn back that historically evil tide of the twentieth century.<br /><br />The world must "never forget" not just the Jewish holocaust, but the holocaust of sacrifice that few of the war veterans even spoke about.<br /><br />It wouldn't have lasted. The one thing I know about our species is the deep "live free or die" instinct in all of us. Without it, nothing will endure.Max (short for Maxine)http://url.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-41726495748231605572012-06-16T15:07:36.181-04:002012-06-16T15:07:36.181-04:00Despite all the propaganda . . . . er, news re...Despite all the propaganda . . . . er, <i>news reporting</i> about the Roosevelt fella, and his "Rough Riders, when the ship arrived in Cuba there were only Two, count'em "two," horses on board. <br /><br />For some technical reason that I've long ago forgotten, they couldn't discharge the horses directly onto the dock, but, instead, had to lower them over the side, and let them swim to shore. What could go wrong, right?<br /><br />Well, since you asked, the first horse injured himself, and promptly drowned. The second horse, Teddy's last chance to "roughride," started swimming out to sea (where he would most assuredly have drowned.) <br /><br />Here entereth the bugler that changed history (big time.) The Company Horn Blower saw the horse swimming out into the breakers, and promptly spun around, ran over to the pile of company supplies, grabbed his bugle, and started blowing "retreat." The horse, though waterlogged, could still hear, and being a well-trained cavalry horse, turned and swam back into shore.<br /><br />As a result, Teddy Roosevelt was able to get his photograph taken, and splashed on Front Pages, and Magazines, Nationwide "leading the charge up San Juan Hill astride his trusty steed" (while his men of course, crawled, slid, trudged, limped up the hill "horsie-less.)<br /><br />Of course, any man that could cut such a Heroic Figure had to be elected President (which, no doubt, paved the way for FDR in '32.<br /><br />How would history have unfolded without the two Roosevelt Presidencies?Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-20409998808062743832012-06-16T14:49:47.948-04:002012-06-16T14:49:47.948-04:00The imagery possibly too graphic to represent the ...The imagery possibly too graphic to represent the more subdued concept of sacrifice. But the long and short of it explains the current Washington gridlock. Nobody wants to pull the middle class lever, which, as I read thing, is the only way out.<br /><br />My point is, OK, but I would like to see the banks (and the markets) properly regulated (again.) Throw in some tax reform and we have the beginning of a plan.Max (short for Maxine)http://url.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-86207297794577644142012-06-16T14:37:27.237-04:002012-06-16T14:37:27.237-04:00“There is a depression in the Greek people, in all...<i>“There is a depression in the Greek people, in all my friends,” said Giorgos, who has put off plans to open a frozen yogurt shop. “They keep saying: ‘I can’t take it. There’s depression about our jobs, depression on the news, depression about the economic situation, depression in our family, depression and fighting among friends.’ ”</i> <br /><br />.....<br /><br /><i>A clerk said books on economics and do-it-yourself guides were selling briskly, as were escapist thrillers and philosophy, especially works by Arthur Schopenhauer, known for his pessimism and his conviction that human experience is not rational or understandable.</i><br /><br />.....<br /><br /><i>As elections near, the country is becoming more politically polarized between left and right. Since last week, Greece has been abuzz with talk of how Ilias Kasidiaris, the spokesman for the neo-Nazi, anti-immigrant Golden Dawn party, physically assaulted two left-wing lawmakers, both women, on live television, tossing water in one’s face and giving the other a series of solid swats to the face.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/world/europe/greeks-dread-future-as-their-world-deteriorates.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all" rel="nofollow">LINK</a>Max (short for Maxine)http://url.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-8733527550175570522012-06-16T14:32:24.110-04:002012-06-16T14:32:24.110-04:00I see. The answer is to turn around, and run like...I see. The answer is to turn around, and run like hell, because if you so much as think about touching any levers you're going to get your ass sued to the point that you'll wish You were on the track. :)Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-4293535625332520002012-06-16T14:28:14.705-04:002012-06-16T14:28:14.705-04:00The Karl Marx Credit Card
“What’s in YOUR wallet?...<a href="http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2012/06/markets-in-everything-the-karl-marx-credit-card.html" rel="nofollow">The Karl Marx Credit Card</a><br /><br /><i>“What’s in YOUR wallet? Seriously, though, I need to see your papers. Now.”</i>Max (short for Maxine)http://url.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-64415678862569462082012-06-16T14:25:24.101-04:002012-06-16T14:25:24.101-04:00The Google-Trolley Problem
Basically how to distr...<a href="http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2012/06/the-google-trolley-problem.html" rel="nofollow">The Google-Trolley Problem</a><br /><br />Basically how to distribute scarce resources among a large population (ala Dick Lamm and his famous "Duty to Die" speech.)<br /><br />Or you can just call Hole No. 1<br /><br />The day is young ::))Max (short for Maxine)http://url.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-63868506573648985062012-06-16T14:15:10.969-04:002012-06-16T14:15:10.969-04:00?
Did I miss sumpin??<br /><br />Did I miss sumpin?Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-83140049995862389932012-06-16T14:11:51.706-04:002012-06-16T14:11:51.706-04:00Anyway that's my story and I'm sticking to...Anyway that's my story and I'm sticking to it.<br /><br />My ankle is all twisted up so I am immobile for a day or two.<br /><br />Plenty of time to deep a really deep hole. Or four.<br /><br />:)Max (short for Maxine)http://url.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-83025556634169658192012-06-16T14:09:30.661-04:002012-06-16T14:09:30.661-04:00I have no clue Rufus. I admit to being ignorant o...I have no clue Rufus. I admit to being ignorant of much of history.<br /><br />But I do confess to wondering the why and what-if of those 20 (30?) attempts on Hitler's life. A lot of Germans were not fooled by this imposter.<br /><br />Obama is no Hitler. Nor was GWB, but as Deuce implied above, neither has or had the depth of vision to navigate rapidly shifting and unpredictable events that are broadly international in scope. (Although I see we are keeping an eye on Africa.)<br /><br />As *I* have written before, I see it not so much as failure of the individuals at the top of the tickets as I do the more heavily populated apparatus comprising the political party infrastructure. Better I think (not completely sure) that the vision and direction derive from the broad-based consensus at the Party level, rather than a single individual, which, you know, is an open-mike season for Crazy G-ys.<br /><br />May have to endure a few seasons of political karaoke before the choirs learn how to harmonize.Max (short for Maxine)http://url.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-8633828902044633842012-06-16T13:39:38.360-04:002012-06-16T13:39:38.360-04:00Fuckin AA: Stating "X" is not supportin...Fuckin AA: Stating "X" is not supporting "X".<br /><br />There must be a specific name for that logic error besides shooting the messenger.<br /><br /><i>May God regrow the trees that were slaughtered for the paper to print Marx and Burke.</i><br /><br />Sounds like somebody longing for a King to administer justice with wisdom and discretion available to the chosen few. <br /><br />May God forgive the millions of people who followed the ideas of Marx and Lenin to their hate-filled end-game.<br /> <br />I have an update to the thought experiment about the Google-Caboose (from Marginal Revolution.)<br /><br />Suppose instead there is one track foe each of the EB patrons trussed up and ready to go. What are there - five of you (put me on one if you like although I will not be here much longer)? The sixth track contains the five bodies from the original experiment but let's be more specific - one is a politician, one is a money-changer, one is a lobbyist, one is a solar panel producer, and one is a already dead white guy who practiced political philosophy.<br /><br />And a seventh track - with no bound bodies but heading straight off a [--] cliff (of your choice.)<br /><br />??Max (short for Maxine)http://url.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-77771760841915976152012-06-16T13:25:23.569-04:002012-06-16T13:25:23.569-04:00Thankee.
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bThankee.<br /><br />:)<br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-49779312962135856062012-06-16T13:24:19.955-04:002012-06-16T13:24:19.955-04:00I don't feel like viewing pornography this mor...I don't feel like viewing pornography this morning.<br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-21980697926329695222012-06-16T13:21:48.357-04:002012-06-16T13:21:48.357-04:0014,000 people is too many people. That's why I...14,000 people is too many people. That's why I'm in the business of selling out, if not for me, then for mine. Have another church as a possible. One Deuce might like.<br /><br /><i>Wilson's most controversial work is probably his pamphlet Southern Slavery, As It Was (ISBN 1-885767-17-X), which he wrote along with League of the South co-founder and fellow Christian minister Steve Wilkins. The pamphlet stated that "slavery produced in the South a genuine affection between the races that we believe we can say has never existed in any nation before the War or since." Historians such as Peter H. Wood, Clayborne Carson, and Bancroft Prize winner Ira Berlin condemned the pamphlet's arguments, with Wood calling them as spurious as holocaust denial.[9]</i><br /><br />Damn Lincoln. <br /><br />Here is the head scamp --<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Wilson_%28theologian%29<br /><br />I don't intend to argue with these people. I want the collection plate.<br /><br />My other possible church, Real Life, bagged out, in favor of one of their members who has a site.<br /><br />All these people are bonkers. But there is no use arguing with them. You might as well argue with Reverend Wright. They got the keys to heaven you know.<br /><br />And if you've got marital or family problems the answer too is well at hand -<br /><br /><i>Wilson and his wife have also written a number of books on family issues based on their understanding of the Bible, including Reforming Marriage (ISBN 1-885767-45-5), Federal Husband (ISBN 1-885767-51-X), Her Hand in Marriage (on biblical courtship; ISBN 1-885767-26-9), Standing on the Promises: A Handbook of Biblical Childrearing (ISBN 1-885767-25-0), and Future Men (ISBN 1-885767-83-8).</i><br /><br />All you need to be an elder is this church is have no brain, and have testicles.<br /><br />Trying to change these people is like trying to change Philadelphia, Detroit, France or England, or Egypt.<br /><br />Montana, or middle Nevada, or if I were younger, Australia is calling.<br /><br />May God regrow the trees that were slaughtered for the paper to print Marx and Burke.<br /><br />bAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-27684779363983883062012-06-16T13:19:43.009-04:002012-06-16T13:19:43.009-04:00.
Anyway, 's politics. Rubio Was/Is going to ....<br /><br /><i>Anyway, 's politics. Rubio Was/Is going to present a very similar bill, And it Is going to pass. The pubs are just pissed that Obama preempted them.</i><br /><br />Exactly my point, at least, with this particular executive order. Rather than wait for the process to evolve through legal means, Obama takes it upon himself to skirt or ignore existing law for political gain.<br /><br />Admittedly, the GOP is upset for the reasons you state. They could care less about the legality of the move, only it's politics. But as I said before, who gives a shit about the GOP? They are all dicks.<br /><br />But we all should be concerned about the direction Obama is moving with regard to the law, and not for political reasons.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-3811518108491902162012-06-16T13:12:55.836-04:002012-06-16T13:12:55.836-04:00No Bob, I defer to your dottiness, an area where y...No Bob, I defer to your dottiness, an area where you clearly outperform.Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-39801450072799777342012-06-16T13:11:13.148-04:002012-06-16T13:11:13.148-04:00The Most Amazing Tall Buildings Of The Year<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-most-amazing-tall-buildings-of-the-year-2012-6?op=1#ixzz1xye0Sk1w" rel="nofollow">The Most Amazing Tall Buildings Of The Year</a>Max (short for Maxine)http://url.comnoreply@blogger.com