BRONSON: Antiwar dictionary
I can draw two major conclusions from this column.
1. Bronson was in favor of the Vietnam War, or has reversed his claimed former hippie opinions because of his religious and ideological conversion.
2. Bronson has never served in the military and surely never seen combat.
Bronson is a poster child for a chicken hawk. A chicken hawk is a person who is in strongly in favor of war, but has never served in the military or been in combat. I think Peter may be suffering from conservative guilt. That would be guilt for not having been a conservative all his life. His "youthful" transgressions into hippie-dom is what his chicken hawk behavior hopes to make up for.
I will agree that the extreme progressive populist anti-war views are nutty, but Bronson is lumping all anti-war people into a crowd of old hippies (who he hates more than "Satan" himself) and young faux-anarchists. Bronson’s bull in a china shop style of political discourse does nothing but create a wider "us vs. them" situation. Conservatives generally cannot function unless a situation is defined in good vs. evil terms. Like Bush, Bronson needs that shallow and simplistic distinction of Dubya’s geopolitical mantra: “you are either with us or with the terrorists.” That is the conservative PC version of saying you are either with us or against us, where being “with us” means you must agree to make Bush your unquestioned lord and master and submit to the will of the Christian “god”.
(For the record I have never served in the military nor seen combat. You will find very very few under 45 in this country who have seen combat.)
Sunday, October 13, 2002
Saturday, October 12, 2002
Samizdata.net - Glossary
For all those who care about blogging, the above link is to a glossary of blogging terms. I have one term I would add that I think I may have coined:
Blog Fodder
noun. Information used as the basis for the posts to blogs. Generally includes links to news articles, websites or other blogs. Also can include the topics of link less blog posts, and responses to emails.
For all those who care about blogging, the above link is to a glossary of blogging terms. I have one term I would add that I think I may have coined:
Blog Fodder
noun. Information used as the basis for the posts to blogs. Generally includes links to news articles, websites or other blogs. Also can include the topics of link less blog posts, and responses to emails.
Huggins Back After Heart Attack
My sources tell me that Huggins should not be couching. His heart attack was serious one and most cardiologists would advise that he should not be back to work yet, and maybe never. I think the press is reporting this story wrong. I don't think he is really back to work yet. This AP story has been picked up in half of the newspapers across the country. This was only a PR event anyway. The local press will not report anything other than a positive story about his recovery. What they should be looking at is will going back to work full time cause another heart attack, one he would not survive. I predict that if Huggins is “coaching” again, he will serve as more of a figure head role until his heath impoves.
My sources tell me that Huggins should not be couching. His heart attack was serious one and most cardiologists would advise that he should not be back to work yet, and maybe never. I think the press is reporting this story wrong. I don't think he is really back to work yet. This AP story has been picked up in half of the newspapers across the country. This was only a PR event anyway. The local press will not report anything other than a positive story about his recovery. What they should be looking at is will going back to work full time cause another heart attack, one he would not survive. I predict that if Huggins is “coaching” again, he will serve as more of a figure head role until his heath impoves.
A very interesting take by Chris Anderson on Blogging. I think blogging is a long needed component to the large media landscape. Blogging provides the big media outlets a mirror to see what they are doing right and more often than not doing wrong. Blogging also provides news junkies like me yet another outlet. When the big media outlets are not reporting the story, a blogger is usually out there covering it. I wish I had my blog during last year's riots. I believe I could have provided a source of information that was greatly missing in the mainstream media. I hope I don't need to fulfill that role in the future locally, but the next big news event here will most likely get the same level of coverage as last year's riot.
Friday, October 11, 2002
Ohio poll: 'Design' theory is religious
I am glad to see the public and science professionals can see through the propaganda of the conservative media (Enquirer). The important issue is for the state school board to read the poll results and understand that any appeasement to the religious groups pushing ID will not be consistent with the majority of people in the state.
I am glad to see the public and science professionals can see through the propaganda of the conservative media (Enquirer). The important issue is for the state school board to read the poll results and understand that any appeasement to the religious groups pushing ID will not be consistent with the majority of people in the state.
Pet Mania
The animal stories have hit the local news media like a sickness:
WCPO's "Tri-state Pet Store's Policies Questioned"
WLWT's "Goose Killer's Cruelty Charges Will Be Dropped"
Enquirer's "Bronson: Goose flap is dismissed"
The animal stories have hit the local news media like a sickness:
WCPO's "Tri-state Pet Store's Policies Questioned"
WLWT's "Goose Killer's Cruelty Charges Will Be Dropped"
Enquirer's "Bronson: Goose flap is dismissed"
I am not a rabid reader of the WhistleBlower but today's edition seems just a tad bit to the right. It seems like Bush's visit drew out an extra thick froth on the local GOPhers mouths.
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