tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post112999589202749615..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1131407849935611822005-11-07T18:57:00.000-05:002005-11-07T18:57:00.000-05:00Hey, you have a great blog here! I'm definitely go...Hey, you have a great blog here! I'm definitely going to bookmark you!<BR/><BR/>I have a <A HREF="http://www.flowers-now.info" REL="nofollow">wedding flower arrangement</A> site/blog. It pretty much covers ##KEYWORD## related stuff.<BR/><BR/>Come and check it out when you have the time :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1130274791738018352005-10-25T17:13:00.000-04:002005-10-25T17:13:00.000-04:00I find the Nixon thing interesting, but not ready ...I find the Nixon thing interesting, but not ready to move it to my "accepted fact" box. I like to see how an assertion survives a fisking.<BR/><BR/>That's my method of epistemology. The sourcing is thin.<BR/><BR/>Holbrooke would have no first-hand knowledge of the facts, although I did enjoy his high moral dudgeon. he's good at that. But please don't take that to mean I think Nixon is Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1130234758747780342005-10-25T06:05:00.000-04:002005-10-25T06:05:00.000-04:00And regarding Nixon, I had a different book in min...And regarding Nixon, I had a different book in mind: Berman's <I>No Peace, No Honor: Nixon, Kissinger, and Betrayal in Vietnam</I>.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.commondreams.org/headlines/080900-01.htm" REL="nofollow">This</A> contains a quote from Richard Holbrooke: "What the Nixon people did," the US diplomat Richard Holbrooke, then attached to the advance US guard to the Paris talks, tells Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1130233183607174582005-10-25T05:39:00.000-04:002005-10-25T05:39:00.000-04:00Are you saying that calling a halt to the bombing ...Are you saying that calling a halt to the bombing was a crime?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1130200783628506192005-10-24T20:39:00.000-04:002005-10-24T20:39:00.000-04:00The Nixon calumny looks interesting, although Anth...The Nixon calumny looks interesting, although Anthony Summers' sourcing is a bit sketchy.<BR/><BR/>It does seem indisputable <A HREF="http://www.nixoncenter.org/publications/articles/9_19_00Bombing1968.htm" REL="nofollow">that LBJ called a halt to the bombing to help HHH in the election</A>, tho.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1130186129651034212005-10-24T16:35:00.000-04:002005-10-24T16:35:00.000-04:00The Jones team's theory of the case (a mechanism w...The Jones team's theory of the case (a mechanism which has only been endorsed recently here in California) was that even if chicks who don't put out aren't retaliated against (Jones wasn't but she was a state employee), if chicks who put out get promoted (Gennifer Flowers), there is a <I>de facto</I> environment of sexual harassment.<BR/><BR/>Clinton was vulnerable because he got a state job for Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1130179281802416122005-10-24T14:41:00.000-04:002005-10-24T14:41:00.000-04:00Let's not forget Nixon's back door offer to S Viet...Let's not forget Nixon's back door offer to S Vietnam which led to them backing out of the peace talks and needlessly prolonging the war. And - just incidently - won the election for him. If the GOP was a person, it'd be a three time loser several times over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1130168669940671522005-10-24T11:44:00.000-04:002005-10-24T11:44:00.000-04:00Well, Tom, I agree about some very big issues with...Well, Tom, I agree about some very big issues with you, and I really should emphasize those more. I'm in a rush right now, and, as is our way here in the blogosphere, I'll just emphasize the negative.<BR/><BR/>First, I don't think that Clinton could have toughed it out by caving into the Jones lawsuit. Well, I don't think he should have anyway. There are some charges one must dispute (if they Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1130131091180905482005-10-24T01:18:00.000-04:002005-10-24T01:18:00.000-04:00tvd: could you explain how the sanctions would've...tvd: could you explain how the sanctions would've been dropped while the US remained on the Security Council and had a veto to keep this from happening?<BR/><BR/><B>As for means, you've come to the conclusion that the Bushies affront the truth more than what is an acceptable norm</B><BR/><BR/>And you find that the statement I quoted from GWB an affront to the truth less than what is an Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1130122413110289102005-10-23T22:53:00.000-04:002005-10-23T22:53:00.000-04:00Seriously: you don't think it's INEXPLICABLE that ...<I>Seriously: you don't think it's INEXPLICABLE that so many people have come to regard him as a liar, do you? I mean, is it just political prejudice?</I><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://reformclub.blogspot.com/2005/10/truth-be-hanged.html" REL="nofollow">I wrote something</A> on the method of modern discourse over at my new digs that you may find of some interest, WS. In short, we are all lawyers now.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1130116238123674602005-10-23T21:10:00.000-04:002005-10-23T21:10:00.000-04:00If you're not aware of the prevailing arguments I'...If you're not aware of the prevailing arguments I'd drag in, then your reading list is too one-dimensional, proving my above point.<BR/><BR/>If you are aware of those arguments, then you're simply being disingenuous.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1130103278342640782005-10-23T17:34:00.000-04:002005-10-23T17:34:00.000-04:00Here's an example of GWB uttering a 'misrepresenta...Here's an example of GWB uttering a 'misrepresentation of the facts':<BR/><BR/>"You remember when [Secretary of State] Colin Powell stood up in front of the world, and he said Iraq has got laboratories, mobile labs to build biological weapons....They're illegal. They're against the United Nations resolutions, and we've so far discovered two.* And we'll find more weapons as time goes on, <B>But Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1130094085063642952005-10-23T15:01:00.000-04:002005-10-23T15:01:00.000-04:00Well, I guess I'll take your epistemology exam, WS...Well, I guess I'll take your epistemology exam, WS. Since I'm not taking your course for credit, feel free to leave it ungraded. <BR/>:-)<BR/><BR/>If one side ignores inconvenient facts and arguments (and both sides do), how can one survey the landscape while looking only in one direction?<BR/><BR/>Further, can't a flawed argument contain more truth than a cherry-picked one?<BR/><BR/>And Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1130091364348608582005-10-23T14:16:00.000-04:002005-10-23T14:16:00.000-04:00Incidentally, that first comment by Colin has been...Incidentally, that first comment by Colin has been making me spontaneously burst out laughing about every hour since I saw it.Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1130074929160274152005-10-23T09:42:00.000-04:002005-10-23T09:42:00.000-04:00I gotta agree with the DA here tvd...It's not like...I gotta agree with the DA here tvd...<BR/><BR/>It's not like I just started disbelieving Bush 'cause I don't like his politics.<BR/><BR/>Seriously: you don't think it's INEXPLICABLE that so many people have come to regard him as a liar, do you? I mean, is it just political prejudice?<BR/><BR/>I mean, you DO realize he's a big fat liar, right?<BR/><BR/>And The National Review....egad, I've givenWinston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1130069182319874692005-10-23T08:06:00.000-04:002005-10-23T08:06:00.000-04:00Bush statement:"Brownie, you're doing a heck of a ...Bush statement:<BR/><BR/>"Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job."<BR/><BR/>NR: Pass, too many easy targets, like when Cliff May asserted that 'everyone' in Washington knew Valerie Plame worked for the CIA.<BR/><BR/>Freeh: This is what Lannie Davis had to say:<BR/><BR/><B>KURTZ: The Clinton people were furious at the way "60 Minutes" handled the segment. And here to talk back is former Clinton Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1130046400481717092005-10-23T01:46:00.000-04:002005-10-23T01:46:00.000-04:00Let me know how the epistemology thang comes out, ...Let me know how the epistemology thang comes out, dude. So far we can't believe Bush, <I>National Review</I> or I reckon Looie Freeh.<BR/><BR/>Kevin Drum, Matthew Yglesias, and Richard Clarke are OK, tho. I'm detecting a pattern here...<BR/><BR/>Social science is good, I guess, unless it's whatever Kass is on about, or <I>Sex in the City</I>. (Weird that Kass references Allan Bloom, that Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1130029956656875662005-10-22T21:12:00.000-04:002005-10-22T21:12:00.000-04:00Kass' article is much better if you imagine him ye...Kass' article is much better if you imagine him yelling it at some kids on his lawn while he sits on his porch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com