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Saturday, May 12, 2012
Superfun Rockband church
Barnhardt is out there with another one of these. Okay, I think I get it, but what is this term "Superfun Rockband church" all about? I went on google to find out, but can't find anything. She's accusing churches of lacking a fear of God, and a good deal more than that. Yes, I think I get the part about fear of God, but this term needs a bit more explication.
Romney is a bully! Shriek!
But Obama is just taking the country to the dogs.
It's kinda long video, so I found some especially good parts to it
the otherness of Barack Obama
Obama registered as a muslim
Both his parents despised traditional America
This was all related to the dog story, but this latest is just another one of the left's distractions. They can't run on the economy, so they have to run on Romney's alleged bullying. Never mind the left's attempt to cow this country into becoming a leftist state. If the government is anything, it is an agent of coercion. Perfect place for a bully to find a home.
The point? Projection again. If bullying is so bad, why are they so vitally interested in practicing it themselves?
It's kinda long video, so I found some especially good parts to it
the otherness of Barack Obama
Obama registered as a muslim
Both his parents despised traditional America
This was all related to the dog story, but this latest is just another one of the left's distractions. They can't run on the economy, so they have to run on Romney's alleged bullying. Never mind the left's attempt to cow this country into becoming a leftist state. If the government is anything, it is an agent of coercion. Perfect place for a bully to find a home.
The point? Projection again. If bullying is so bad, why are they so vitally interested in practicing it themselves?
Biden to Students: You'll See 'Solar Energy as Cheap as Gas--Uh, Coal, Excuse Me, as Coal'
CNSNews.com
Comment:
Factually incorrect. It can never be as cheap as fossil. Never. What Biden may be attempting to claim is that it may be possible to make it produce on a cost basis about the same as fossil fuels. But what is overlooked is its availability. The wind does not always blow, the sun doesn't always shine. In order to accomplish what Biden is claiming, the price for these must be considerably less than fossil fuels, because you need more installations to make up for the times the wind doesn't blow or the sun doesn't shine.
Biden addressed young people. Unfortunately for young people, as I was once myself, is that the lack of experience makes one a bit more susceptible to manipulation, especially political manipulation. Once you've been around the block a few times, these things don't work as well as they once did. That's why Democrats need young people. Easier to fool.
Comment:
Factually incorrect. It can never be as cheap as fossil. Never. What Biden may be attempting to claim is that it may be possible to make it produce on a cost basis about the same as fossil fuels. But what is overlooked is its availability. The wind does not always blow, the sun doesn't always shine. In order to accomplish what Biden is claiming, the price for these must be considerably less than fossil fuels, because you need more installations to make up for the times the wind doesn't blow or the sun doesn't shine.
Biden addressed young people. Unfortunately for young people, as I was once myself, is that the lack of experience makes one a bit more susceptible to manipulation, especially political manipulation. Once you've been around the block a few times, these things don't work as well as they once did. That's why Democrats need young people. Easier to fool.
Six Months to Go: Where the Presidential Contest Stands as the General Election Begins
brookings institute via Memeorandum
quote ( and pdf link):
Comment:
I'm reading the pdf now. It is over 25 pages, so it will take a little while. I'll update if there's anything new I want to say about it.
Update:
Finished the pdf. It is basically a welcome read for Democrats, not so much for Republicans. I looked for evidence of bias, as I don't recall the Brookings Institute as having a conservative reputation.
But, I won't look at it that way because it seems to be bad news. It seems incredible, but true, that people may reelect somebody who puts in a bad performance. This may well be the case this year. In such cases as that, something else is in play besides economics.
One thing you can get from this is that from a demographic viewpoint, the Republicans have a significant problem. The Democrats have managed to slice off significant populations and these populations are fairly loyal to the party.
As for the Republicans, I never felt that they made the same kind of appeal. That appeal is known as identity politics. Although Republicans are accused of being racist, sexist, and bigoted, this is greatly exaggerated, if not totally false. If anything, it is the other way around. That will draw a lot of fire, most likely, but I think of it as projection. The Democrats reject those attributes in others, but fail to see it in themselves.
quote ( and pdf link):
Galston asks this important question: What kind of election will 2012 be? The answer, according to Galston, is that this election is shaping up to a referendum on President Obama and his record and policy accomplishments, and that 2012 will be more like 2004, a “classic mobilization election,” rather than one involving heavy persuasion to swing voters and independents.
Comment:
I'm reading the pdf now. It is over 25 pages, so it will take a little while. I'll update if there's anything new I want to say about it.
Update:
Finished the pdf. It is basically a welcome read for Democrats, not so much for Republicans. I looked for evidence of bias, as I don't recall the Brookings Institute as having a conservative reputation.
But, I won't look at it that way because it seems to be bad news. It seems incredible, but true, that people may reelect somebody who puts in a bad performance. This may well be the case this year. In such cases as that, something else is in play besides economics.
One thing you can get from this is that from a demographic viewpoint, the Republicans have a significant problem. The Democrats have managed to slice off significant populations and these populations are fairly loyal to the party.
As for the Republicans, I never felt that they made the same kind of appeal. That appeal is known as identity politics. Although Republicans are accused of being racist, sexist, and bigoted, this is greatly exaggerated, if not totally false. If anything, it is the other way around. That will draw a lot of fire, most likely, but I think of it as projection. The Democrats reject those attributes in others, but fail to see it in themselves.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Very eeenterestink! But schtupid!
That, by the way, is an allusion to the Artie Johnson skit on the US TV comedy program, Laugh In. It was intended to poke fun of the Nazis, in case you aren't familiar.
I came across something here that support my ideas about ideology making you stupid from none other than old Adolph himself. There's a few on the Youtube who claim that Hitler was a genius. But he lost the war. The winners get to write the history. Anyway, the link above points to a passage in which Hitler refers to ideology.
Nuff said.
I came across something here that support my ideas about ideology making you stupid from none other than old Adolph himself. There's a few on the Youtube who claim that Hitler was a genius. But he lost the war. The winners get to write the history. Anyway, the link above points to a passage in which Hitler refers to ideology.
Nuff said.
Culture
I've been perusing some videos on Youtube since last night. It started out with some clips from old TV shows, and now has morphed into cultural stuff in general.
Perhaps anyone reading this may wonder, don't you do anything but stay on the internet? Not much of anything else. It is probably not the best thing for me, but that is what I do. Anyway, the idea is to find stuff to put here up on this here blog.
But there's nothing there that looks like it is what I'd like to put up. It would be like going off some type of tangent or something. But maybe not. On the one hand, I'm looking for something different, yet on the other, I say it is too different and doesn't go with what this blog is about.
But what is this blog about? Anything like this should be about communication. So, that brings me up to the current point, which I'm watching a video about British slang. The funny thing about it is that it is not too different from American slang. The thing that is most different to me is the pronunciation. This girl has to say the word more than once before I understand what she is saying. When I finally understand the word, then there's nothing unusual about the word, just the way that it is pronounced.
But maybe that's me. She's just a little hard for me to understand, but it isn't the vocabulary.
There are no doubt much to be learned from those overseas, but looking at some of these videos, there's a bit of anti American sentiment out there. I am bit curious about that. Particularly amongst the Europeans. Some of them really do think they are better than we are. As for the American side of this, I feel as though I am a patriot. But that patriotism doesn't give me the need to denigrate anybody from another culture. If you like your culture, why not just say so? You don't have to put down somebody else.
Update:
If anyone is interested, the movie My Fair Lady has one of the better motivational speeches that you'd ever want to hear. Professor Higgins has been working hard to impart his expert knowledge of the English language to a poor flower girl. She seems not to be responding, but this speech seems to turn everything around.
Perhaps anyone reading this may wonder, don't you do anything but stay on the internet? Not much of anything else. It is probably not the best thing for me, but that is what I do. Anyway, the idea is to find stuff to put here up on this here blog.
But there's nothing there that looks like it is what I'd like to put up. It would be like going off some type of tangent or something. But maybe not. On the one hand, I'm looking for something different, yet on the other, I say it is too different and doesn't go with what this blog is about.
But what is this blog about? Anything like this should be about communication. So, that brings me up to the current point, which I'm watching a video about British slang. The funny thing about it is that it is not too different from American slang. The thing that is most different to me is the pronunciation. This girl has to say the word more than once before I understand what she is saying. When I finally understand the word, then there's nothing unusual about the word, just the way that it is pronounced.
But maybe that's me. She's just a little hard for me to understand, but it isn't the vocabulary.
There are no doubt much to be learned from those overseas, but looking at some of these videos, there's a bit of anti American sentiment out there. I am bit curious about that. Particularly amongst the Europeans. Some of them really do think they are better than we are. As for the American side of this, I feel as though I am a patriot. But that patriotism doesn't give me the need to denigrate anybody from another culture. If you like your culture, why not just say so? You don't have to put down somebody else.
Update:
If anyone is interested, the movie My Fair Lady has one of the better motivational speeches that you'd ever want to hear. Professor Higgins has been working hard to impart his expert knowledge of the English language to a poor flower girl. She seems not to be responding, but this speech seems to turn everything around.
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