tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post6029764819648174586..comments2024-03-25T16:03:36.810-07:00Comments on The Existentialist Cowboy: Ignorant Republican Attacks "Existentialism"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-22509373758189427092007-12-23T13:26:00.000-08:002007-12-23T13:26:00.000-08:00Marc and Fuzz, LMAOMarc and Fuzz, <BR/><BR/>LMAOAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-37697563242829766632007-12-23T03:21:00.000-08:002007-12-23T03:21:00.000-08:00Fuzzflash sez...marc, these people are doubleplusg...Fuzzflash sez...<BR/><BR/>marc, these people are doubleplusgood duckspeakers. <BR/><BR/>http://jimmysweblog.net/2003/09/doubleplusgood-duckspeaker.html<BR/><BR/>Never disclose your inner thoughts of democracy to them or you'll end up GITMOized.<BR/><BR/>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/23/2126326.htm<BR/><BR/>James Ellroy's "American Tabloid" has these people down pat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-5928869045827327932007-12-22T23:30:00.000-08:002007-12-22T23:30:00.000-08:00Arguing with Kool-Aid-drinking GOP cultists is an ...Arguing with Kool-Aid-drinking GOP cultists is an increasingly surreal experience for me these days.<BR/><BR/>Many times, I find myself trying to start up a conversation about the news of the day. In response the Kool-Aid-drinker will simply regurgitate that particular day's Drudge/Fox/Rush GOP talking point.<BR/><BR/>What is eerie is that, often this has nothing to do with the original point I brought up in the first place.<BR/><BR/>Sample conversation:<BR/>Me: "I see the stock market took another tumble today."<BR/><BR/>Kool-Aid drinker: "Yeah, well, did you know that Liberal extremists were responsible for passing an environmental law back in the 1980s that was responsible for the Challenger space shuttle disaster?"<BR/><BR/>The above conversation actually happened.<BR/><BR/>(It later turned out that the Libs-are-to-blame-for-Challenger made the rounds on Drudge and right-wing radio for a day----the story was later completely debunked).<BR/><BR/>Like I said, these people are Kool-Aid drinkers...you'd have better luck reasoning with a member of Jim Jones' congregation.Marc McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17105754072842852126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-862223717709798852007-12-21T03:30:00.000-08:002007-12-21T03:30:00.000-08:00jae said..."20 things you have to believe to be a...jae said...<BR/><BR/><EM>"20 things you have to believe to be a Republican today" YAY! </EM><BR/><BR/>Those are great and all are true.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-56593086901494049082007-12-20T22:32:00.000-08:002007-12-20T22:32:00.000-08:00Fuzz sez...Ta, Damien, and g'day, tireless warrior...Fuzz sez...<BR/><BR/>Ta, Damien, and g'day, tireless warrior for truth. You rule the blogs of Rupie's Oz with great authority; your ability to marshall and dispatch the facts is formidable. <BR/>But I really like it when you get angry a la comments at 7. Do you do Al Pacino as Big Boy Caprice from "Dick Tracey" at parties?<BR/><BR/>And what about that young man who topped Maths at the nsw hsc, State school, no coaching and still time to nurse his lil' bro when mum's shopping. And former "terrorist suspect" Dr. Mohammed Haneef is free to practise in Oz again. Geez it's good the Rodent's gone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-26271630277811901142007-12-20T19:57:00.000-08:002007-12-20T19:57:00.000-08:00"20 things you have to believe to be a Republican ..."20 things you have to believe to be a Republican today"<BR/><BR/>YAY! THANK YOU!!!<BR/><BR/>I just sent that to a good chunk of my friends. That is the closest I come to giving *mas gifts...LOL....!jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07885410214036985228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-57866053657664233702007-12-20T07:01:00.000-08:002007-12-20T07:01:00.000-08:00damien said...Go, Len! Existentialism rules!Thanks...damien said...<BR/><BR/><EM>Go, Len! Existentialism rules!</EM><BR/><BR/>Thanks, damien! It's understandable that "conservatives" are threatened by a philosophy that leaves them and their ilk absolutely NO cove, NO alibis. <BR/><BR/>Fuzzflash sez...<BR/><BR/><EM>they arn't just any old republicans we're dealing with here. They're American Republicans! As drawn by Ralph Steadman.</EM><BR/><BR/>I believe Steadman did a pic of Sartre but I can't find it on the net. <BR/><BR/><EM>I guess war-mongerin' and buck turnin' always had the edge on book learnin'. Even if you manage to square away a Camus and a coupla Shakespeares amongst all that bike-ridin', brush cuttin' and Barney pattin'. As I may have mentioned previously, these people are imbeciles. If they didn’t have power, you wouldn’t talk to ‘em!</EM><BR/><BR/> As I may have mentioned on this blog, I spoke with Bush Sr on several occasions. At our first meeting, he was running against Lloyd Bentsen for US Senate from Texas. The better man won which is to say Bush Sr lost. <BR/><BR/>Later, when Ford was Prez, Bush recalled one of his trips to China, laying the ground work for Nixon's visit. I only recall the meetings because I suspected that one day he would figure out a way to get his sorry butt into the White House.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-51566019287160651672007-12-20T02:34:00.000-08:002007-12-20T02:34:00.000-08:00Welcome Unconventional Conventionist! Indeed, this...Welcome Unconventional Conventionist! Indeed, this kind of crap defines this stupid party. Dissent is one thing. Fascistic idiocy and intolerance is something else. <BR/><BR/> Mauigirl said...<BR/><BR/><EM>I am surprised Republicans wouldn't be supportive of the existential philosophy given it is all about responsibility for oneself</EM> <BR/><BR/>That's just what they say and certainly NOT what they practice. Hypocrisy is another defining characteristic of this criminal cult. <BR/><BR/>scarlet w. blue, I will never mention that DOOFUS IS FROM MO if you won't tell anyone that THE IDIOT is from TX. <BR/><BR/>damien said...<BR/><BR/><EM>How was that Len? Did I capture the appropriate sense of paranoia? ;)</EM><BR/><BR/>De Niro has nothing on you. <BR/><BR/>More later.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-58155398551346850102007-12-20T01:01:00.000-08:002007-12-20T01:01:00.000-08:00Talent is clearly right on this one, Len. There's ...Talent is clearly right on this one, Len. There's only ONE TRUTH and it should be taught to every child in every public school. Otherwise it's "burn baby, burn" for ALL ETERNITY.... You don't want to burn in hell fire for ALL ETERNITY do you Len?.... Not for ALL ETERNITY!!!..... Please,Len, tell me you're not toying with that existential blasphemy, selling your immortal soul to burn, burn burn ....for ALL ETERNITY!!!<BR/><BR/>How was that Len? Did I capture the appropriate sense of paranoia? ;)<BR/><BR/>And welcome back, Fuzz. The new PM's been in office for a while now. You must have been partying hard :) Just because we got a Labor gummint doesn't mean we can rest on our laurels. I'm still trying to dent the teflon Murdoch press -- <A HREF="http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/letters/index.php/theaustralian/comments/we_should_decide_what_our_war_aims_are_in_afghanistan" REL="nofollow">Damn </A><A HREF="http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/letters/index.php/theaustralian/comments/a_nuclear_armed_israel_doesnt_threaten_others" REL="nofollow">you </A><A HREF="http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/letters/index.php/theaustralian/comments/smoking_gun_will_be_found/" REL="nofollow">Rupert </A><A HREF="http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/letters/index.php/theaustralian/comments/troops_should_stay_in_iraq/" REL="nofollow">Murdoch!</A>. I stay up late to beat the morons (read "Bomb Iran Brigade") but I think it's worth it. Anyway, lots of fun.<BR/><BR/>Go, Len! Existentialism rules!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-83323837877002296592007-12-19T23:12:00.000-08:002007-12-19T23:12:00.000-08:00Fuzzflash sez...[I am frankly fed up with stupid p...Fuzzflash sez...<BR/><BR/>[I am frankly fed up with stupid people telling me and the nation what to do.]<BR/><BR/>Yeah, me too, Len. I’m sick and tired of being fucked around by imbeciles, period! These people are zealots, batshit crazies who would be better off herding ungulates. Unfortunately, greed-heads are hard-wired to herd a bigger and faster buck. Too bad for the citizenry that there’s more money in human beings.<BR/>Besides, they arn't just any old republicans we're dealing with here. They're American Republicans! As drawn by Ralph Steadman. Damned straight, Mister! <BR/> So the GOPper scumbags are constitutionally free to give static to normally peaceable, decent people like us. Vultures like Talent are circling the Cuckoos’ Nest from the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters.<BR/>In the “War on Existentialism”, Talent sure ain’t no Smart-Bomb but so what if ya got Fox to fly your fantasies?<BR/>America isn’t a democracy, it’s a freaken asylum! <BR/>This here's a zoo and the keeper ain't you, said Lou Reed who is as right today as he was was 20 years ago<BR/> <BR/><BR/><BR/>Read Saramago’s “Blindness” earlier this year and was deeply moved. This hombre is one helluva heavy literary hitter. There is a moment in the plot where the oppressed band together and fight back with great grit and gumption. Like we do, except Saramago’s “sightless” didn’t have the internet. Anyway, it’s an exceptional book and well worth a gander.<BR/><BR/>Dug the 20 things you have to bend your head around to become a card-carrying GOPper, but I guess war-mongerin' and buck turnin' always had the edge on book learnin'. Even if you manage to square away a Camus and a coupla Shakespeares amongst all that bike-ridin', brush cuttin' and Barney pattin'.<BR/>As I may have mentioned previously, these people are imbeciles.<BR/>If they didn’t have power, you wouldn’t talk to ‘em!<BR/><BR/>Por favor, Senor Len, you wanna give me the guts of what Jose said about the dearth of Talent? <BR/>Muchas gratias, amigo.<BR/><BR/>*replaces sombrero*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-89687844167535524472007-12-19T21:36:00.000-08:002007-12-19T21:36:00.000-08:00Good God, don't spread it around that doofus is fr...Good God, don't spread it around that doofus is from Missouri. Maybe some peops didn't know that!Blankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10159463105401061130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-51216759668105818572007-12-19T15:33:00.000-08:002007-12-19T15:33:00.000-08:00Great post. Found you through Robert Rouse. I am...Great post. Found you through Robert Rouse. I am surprised Republicans wouldn't be supportive of the existential philosophy given it is all about responsibility for oneself - something that the GOP usually likes to talk about when telling welfare recipients they shouldn't be getting a handout.Mauigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529827915262851910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-29298769845361426862007-12-19T14:23:00.000-08:002007-12-19T14:23:00.000-08:00Great post Len. But what Republican attacks agains...Great post Len. But what Republican attacks against any solid thinking AREN'T ignorant? :)Unconventional Conventionisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08541644109127267176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-67644568287885412912007-12-19T12:15:00.000-08:002007-12-19T12:15:00.000-08:00Indeed, Sad, I found it by accident on YouTube...a...Indeed, Sad, I found it by accident on YouTube...and was struck by it. Glad you liked it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-2275903977228908722007-12-19T09:46:00.000-08:002007-12-19T09:46:00.000-08:00That's a really pretty tune. :)That's a really pretty tune. :)SadButTruehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977090207448656065noreply@blogger.com