tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post2584649997252495589..comments2023-12-23T16:22:22.290-05:00Comments on alicublog: NEXT WEEK: PINOCHET WAS NO ANGEL BUT AT LEAST HE WASN'T A SOCIALIST.roy edrosohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15161980502027888634noreply@blogger.comBlogger268125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-79442664643244047982015-02-09T21:55:14.042-05:002015-02-09T21:55:14.042-05:00They don't need to learn to fly; they can unsp...They don't need to learn to fly; they can unspool from anywhere (such as, say, over my bed this morning...) or they do this weird thing called "ballooning." You should look it up.<br /><br />Or not...realinterrobangnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-66496308011764317902015-02-09T12:22:29.338-05:002015-02-09T12:22:29.338-05:00Thanks. I've learned something new today, so ...Thanks. I've learned something new today, so I can now go back to bed.dstattonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-15490660937699985212015-02-09T11:04:41.243-05:002015-02-09T11:04:41.243-05:00Yes, Ho Chi Minh based VN's constitution on th...Yes, Ho Chi Minh based VN's constitution on the US's and was certain we would support their fight for independence instead of the imperialist French.<br /><br />He asked Harry Truman in 1946 to have America mediate discussions with France.TheSailornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-63283481580772351562015-02-09T10:55:39.481-05:002015-02-09T10:55:39.481-05:00Really??Really??dstattonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-9158449223476602402015-02-09T01:33:18.561-05:002015-02-09T01:33:18.561-05:00"Barack Obama is not, in any meaningful way, ..."Barack Obama is not, in any meaningful way, a Christian ..."<br /><br /><br /><br />Yeah, what kinda christian doesn't practice omerta?waspuppetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-6931307405638579732015-02-08T19:32:15.792-05:002015-02-08T19:32:15.792-05:00They surely do love them some Pinochet. Though it...They surely do love them some Pinochet. Though it's funny how they never talk about what happened to Chile's version of social security, which was privatized by those "free-market reformers" Pinochet brought in to "fix" things.JennOfArknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-70864107160323713442015-02-08T17:47:26.226-05:002015-02-08T17:47:26.226-05:00Hence the police paramilitary over-reaction in Fer...Hence the police paramilitary over-reaction in Ferguson last summer. They couldn't risk a repeat of the...Hey! wait a minute...sigynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-13589936293576753202015-02-08T16:59:21.025-05:002015-02-08T16:59:21.025-05:00Augusto Pinochet, who took power amid chaos
I supp...<i>Augusto Pinochet, who took power amid chaos</i><br />I suppose "assassinating the elected president" does count as "chaos".<br />In conclusion, I ask for clemency for my client, who is an orphan.<br /><br /><i>midwifed a transition to democracy</i><br />He tried to abort the transition but failed; this is not my preferred form of widwifery.smut clydenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-4324266856952646582015-02-08T16:50:40.240-05:002015-02-08T16:50:40.240-05:00Vietnam did.Vietnam did.TheSailornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-81255301731895859842015-02-08T16:26:48.757-05:002015-02-08T16:26:48.757-05:00Obama should have mentioned that German politician...Obama should have mentioned that German politician from the 30's who campaigned on a return to traditional conservative Christian values.gocart mozarthttp://gocart-mozart.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-48632705281037338912015-02-08T16:17:08.483-05:002015-02-08T16:17:08.483-05:00It's intellectual and moral cowardice.It's intellectual and moral cowardice.gocart mozarthttp://gocart-mozart.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-14591203868323872862015-02-08T16:10:46.517-05:002015-02-08T16:10:46.517-05:00The day spiders learn to fly is the day I load the...The day spiders learn to fly is the day I load the shotgun with birdshot and retreat into my basement for good.sigynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-38997219337449859102015-02-08T15:53:19.273-05:002015-02-08T15:53:19.273-05:00Ah yes, multi-Erick, currently attending seminary ...Ah yes, multi-Erick, currently attending seminary while also issuing such lovely, hate-filled commentary. An upright agent of God, that man is.StringOnASticknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-38791794831493888232015-02-08T14:55:50.845-05:002015-02-08T14:55:50.845-05:00I must study more Chinese history. There appears t...I must study more Chinese history. There appears to be an good documentary series on Amazon? They're a good place to start. And suggestions would be considered. Chinese history is a bit intimidating because there is so MUCH of it, as they're empire(s) lasted much longer than the Western ones. The names are almost has hard to remember as the Roman emperors or Egyptian pharaohs.Kathyhttp://athousandpix.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-70234670921641040252015-02-08T14:01:05.910-05:002015-02-08T14:01:05.910-05:00I read the entire speech. A little too "god-...I read the entire speech. A little too "god-y" for my taste, but I realize the Pres has to demonstrate a certain level of religiousness because this country is crazy that way. And yet no matter what, we get a howler monkey from the rethug side who has a reaction that is 180 degrees from what any rational, literate person would understand it to be and thus has their remarks completely believed and insulated for their target audience, who certainly make <i>rational</i> scratch it's head in wonder.StringOnASticknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-82179451038002345672015-02-08T13:57:29.804-05:002015-02-08T13:57:29.804-05:00No dessert for you then.No dessert for you then.SqueakyRatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-63719233763686766262015-02-08T12:53:35.403-05:002015-02-08T12:53:35.403-05:00Poor truth needs to be forced to dig its own grave...Poor truth needs to be forced to dig its own grave and then tumble into it if that is what truth is.Aimaihttp://aimaiameye.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-58142745289738047402015-02-08T12:52:40.820-05:002015-02-08T12:52:40.820-05:00Erick ErickIbnErick's point is both par for th...Erick ErickIbnErick's point is both par for the course for a certain kind of Christian and, of course, utterly and historically wrong for all Christians. I mean: its a common point of discussion theologically and has been since the very beginning. "Christ himself is truth" does not equate to "people who take the name Christians are also truth/have the truth/tell the truth/are incapable of sin." That's so obvious as to go without saying. Nevertheless it has been under discussion since the very beginning of what we call Christianity. Even if the President, or any other Christian, assents to the proposition "Christ is truth" that tells you nothing about what a Christian should do or think about the atrocities of other human beings, under whatever religious or non religious cover those atrocities take place.Aimaihttp://aimaiameye.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-4390113054557641482015-02-08T11:05:06.387-05:002015-02-08T11:05:06.387-05:00Well, they loved 'em some Bush stupidity, I gu...Well, they loved 'em some Bush stupidity, I guess because it seemed non-threatening. Stupid people fear smart people, who might figure out how to take their stuff.<br /><br /><br />My mother once clarified this for me. After a crack someone made about George's "brilliance" about some gaff or other, instead of laughing it off, she got defensive.<br /><br /><br />"He's not stupid. He has <i>moral clarity</i>--he isn't confused by over-thinking things, because he knows what's Right and what's Wrong. He sees things in black and white," she informed everyone.<br /><br /><br />Is it only stupid people who don't understand that "seeing things in Black and White" is pretty much the foundation of Stupid? I hate to think that of my mother, but...<br /><br /><br />In her defense, she clings to her Christist beliefs that she came to late in life, as a crutch to her addictive personality and lifelong struggle with bi-polar disorder. So, she's probably not congenitally stupid--just willfully so.Colenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-60590727967362134422015-02-08T10:55:02.112-05:002015-02-08T10:55:02.112-05:00That's funny, so was my husband's grandfat...That's funny, so was my husband's grandfather. All of his 10 siblings improved the town by dying there that day along with their parents, and he improved it by escaping/being helped out of town.StringOnASticknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-55051866535544552942015-02-08T02:57:43.697-05:002015-02-08T02:57:43.697-05:00I remember it from about 2006 and the title of the...I remember it from about 2006 and the title of the post was not too far away from Roy's. The guy said "Yeah, I know it was kinda rough there, but the markets sorted it out".Another Kiwihttp://eusa-riddled.blogspot.co.nz/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-68182524481348726762015-02-08T01:54:18.921-05:002015-02-08T01:54:18.921-05:00I wish the post title was kidding; Poe's Law r...I wish the post title was kidding; Poe's Law really applies to all right-wingers. Here's The Wall Street Journal, in 2013:<br /><br />Egyptians would be lucky if their new ruling generals turn out to be in the mold of Chile’s Augusto Pinochet, who took power amid chaos but hired free-market reformers and midwifed a transition to democracy. If General Sisi merely tries to restore the old Mubarak order, he will eventually suffer Mr. Morsi’s fate.<br /><br />This comes from Crooked Timber, which has chronicled plenty of unironic conservative/libertarian praise for Pinochet: <br /><br />http://crookedtimber.org/?s=pinochetBatocchiohttp://www.vagabondscholar.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-68358441250581538332015-02-07T17:52:11.412-05:002015-02-07T17:52:11.412-05:00Trust the AA nutters to confuse "Captain Amer...Trust the AA nutters to confuse "Captain America" with real life.satchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-31988121723697625282015-02-07T16:59:00.382-05:002015-02-07T16:59:00.382-05:00Typo there, he meant "a man". The pope.Typo there, he meant "a man". The pope.Another Kiwihttp://eusa-riddled.blogspot.co.nz/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5191252.post-31517129679158534052015-02-07T16:56:45.349-05:002015-02-07T16:56:45.349-05:00"Not particularly nefarious" is some int..."Not particularly nefarious" is some interns idea of joke innit? I mean, no one who is a scholar of Joberg's repute would use it, well all right, VD Hansen would.Another Kiwihttp://eusa-riddled.blogspot.co.nz/noreply@blogger.com