tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post5326622632054100433..comments2023-10-26T05:08:20.977-04:00Comments on Connecting.the.Dots: Part Pastor, Part Professor, All PresidentROBERT STEINhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11999996852219220599noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-86057707088016533652011-01-14T06:04:09.952-05:002011-01-14T06:04:09.952-05:00@Octopus, I'm flattered that you took the time...@Octopus, I'm flattered that you took the time to visit my blog. I do hope that you also took the time to watch the Bill Whittle video linked there (click on the LOL link in the sidebar); this will give you full understanding of the image's placement on my page. Enjoy! <br /><br />Oh, and I'm suddenly finding your continued silly vapid attacks on me highly amusing. How fun that my mere presence on this blog has gotten under skin like this! <br /><br />Be sure to read through my archives, too, you'll find all sorts of fun things to comment on . . . on Mr. Stein's blog. I'm sure he won't mind your catty cowardice and using his blog to attack the content of my page (indeed, I suspect he's just as amused as I am).Fuzzy Slippershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13021615731454709413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-4095626954021989092011-01-13T13:37:35.239-05:002011-01-13T13:37:35.239-05:00Mr. Stein - “Her use of the term "blood libel...<b>Mr. Stein</b> - “<i>Her use of the term "blood libel" to defend her own bloody rhetoric (…) was divisive compared to Obama's plea for understanding and unity</i>.<br /><br />Having lost ancestors in the Holocaust, I was livid upon learning of Palin’s statement. More than merely ignorant, she is cynical, petty, shamelessly self-serving, and malevolent. <br /><br />There is no <b>symmetry of free speech</b> between two persons when one is armed and the other unarmed. When citizens brandish guns at town hall meetings, or employ the symbolism of guns in their rhetoric, or imply ‘Second Amendment remedies’ as an alternative to civil discourse, then the purpose is to browbeat, coerce, and threaten the safety of all who oppose them. The impulse behind such rhetoric is to win by any means necessary and win at all cost. Of course, no one wins; everyone loses.<br /><br /><b>Mr. Stein</b> - “<i> Based on the record, ignorance is the more likely choice</i>.<br /><br />Agreed. And based on the record, this has been the <i>raison d'être</i> behind the tea party movement, which started as an astroturfing tactic to up the ante on rhetoric and overawe the HCR debate.<br /><br />Furthermore, I see little prospect for improvement when bloggers adopt these tactics in their weblogs and insert offensively racist images <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/5973064/Barack-Obama-Joker-socialism-poster-denounced-as-racist.html" rel="nofollow">like this one</a>, as the first commenter here has done.(O)CT(O)PUShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07589336822561030860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-81301444883953268472011-01-13T07:39:45.543-05:002011-01-13T07:39:45.543-05:00I bet you wrote November 25th to see if we are pay...I bet you wrote November 25th to see if we are paying attention, but the first State of the Union Speech this year will be on January 25th.Yellow Dog Donnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-86508724690128329272011-01-13T01:09:20.166-05:002011-01-13T01:09:20.166-05:00His speech was really good, and I particularly lik...His speech was really good, and I particularly liked the part where he cautioned against blaming political rhetoric for the tragedy. I'd like to see this "post-partisan" president far more often.Fuzzy Slippershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13021615731454709413noreply@blogger.com