tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990876628413018080.post8621861232916983308..comments2023-06-27T03:48:28.039-05:00Comments on of mule dung and ash: Talk about chapping assMule Breathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05586696064321854554noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990876628413018080.post-19468629024765869732009-09-15T19:38:08.811-05:002009-09-15T19:38:08.811-05:00Objective... Yes... I like the word.Objective... Yes... I like the word.Mule Breathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05586696064321854554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990876628413018080.post-5980516196326539492009-09-15T19:38:08.008-05:002009-09-15T19:38:08.008-05:00Objective... Yes... I like the word.Objective... Yes... I like the word.Mule Breathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05586696064321854554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990876628413018080.post-85080920916327999332009-09-15T15:41:05.892-05:002009-09-15T15:41:05.892-05:00MB, if that's the political spectrum quiz I th...MB, if that's the political spectrum quiz I think it is, it's put together in the UK, or at least the Commonwealth. IIRC, even Barack Obama comes up in its right-authoritarian quadrant--albeit much more to the leftward side of that quadrant than, e.g., GWB.<br /><br />I come up two or three minor divisions to your left, and slightly less libertarian (although nowhere near the dividing jbrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06300144776575465111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990876628413018080.post-22694306224887925892009-09-13T15:45:09.434-05:002009-09-13T15:45:09.434-05:00jbrock can't be too far left of me, or else he...jbrock can't be too far left of me, or else he'd be ranting about my constitutional views. But then my rightist friends think I'm more leftist than Mao.Mule Breathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05586696064321854554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990876628413018080.post-13217704657232337122009-09-12T10:16:05.650-05:002009-09-12T10:16:05.650-05:00I'm in jbrock's camp about Olbermann. For...I'm in jbrock's camp about Olbermann. For me, there's just too much "circus barker" flavor in his presentations - but in spite of my distaste, I find I agree with the great majority of his positions.<br /><br />Perhaps some of the hand-wringing dems could take a lesson or two from him on how to show some balls when dealing with the repugs . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990876628413018080.post-27622258849252382702009-09-11T21:42:07.135-05:002009-09-11T21:42:07.135-05:00Hey, too many people listening to facts would wrec...Hey, too many people listening to facts would wreck our whole electoral system. Or at least cramp the style of its two biggest gangs ...<br /><br />I come up noticeably to the left(!) of MB on that political spectrum quiz thingy, and even <i>I</i> don't care for a lot of Olberman's politics. Still, I'll take him over O'reilly.<br /><br />If he has any house pets, I'll take <jbrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06300144776575465111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990876628413018080.post-61979965317269832752009-09-11T08:56:26.326-05:002009-09-11T08:56:26.326-05:00I think Olbermann's most important point is th...I think Olbermann's most important point is that Wilson was *wrong* on more than one occasion. During the show (before the special comment) he showed how Hannity twisted President Obama's words about insurance executives being *bad people.* Too many pundits and politicos alike listen to what they want to hear and not the exact facts. That kind of selective hearing is dangerous especially Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7990876628413018080.post-8375138240698123842009-09-11T02:21:19.980-05:002009-09-11T02:21:19.980-05:00When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream...<i>When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout!</i><br /><br />The sad part is not that this guy is in Congress, since both sides have idiots. The sad part is that his followers will, in perfect imitation of his idiocy, defend him.<br /><br />Another example of the form of cognitive dissonance described in <a href="http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/122260824/Rogue Medichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07598646309630074992noreply@blogger.com