tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post115886926766305859..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1160172447241081902006-10-06T18:07:00.000-04:002006-10-06T18:07:00.000-04:00You know, part of me wants to agree with you. Both...You know, part of me wants to agree with you. Both sides suffer from extremism, and the left does have to show care that we don't let PETA and the like take over like the Dobsons and other theo-cons have on the right.<BR/>That doesn't mean it's ok, or fair, of you to call anyone to the left of you an extremist, and it's flat out wrong of you to imply anyone past you on the spectrum is.... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1160146608960629312006-10-06T10:56:00.000-04:002006-10-06T10:56:00.000-04:00Yes, the Rabid Lambs of the left wing blogs are as...Yes, the Rabid Lambs of the left wing blogs are as bad as torture, massive deficits, burning out our military, and ignoring global warmings.<BR/><BR/>Cause you know, the rabid lambs were right about everything, but they weren't POLITE. and as we all know, the most important thing is politeness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1159103118422140212006-09-24T09:05:00.000-04:002006-09-24T09:05:00.000-04:00Busted...Busted...Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1159077936768425322006-09-24T02:05:00.000-04:002006-09-24T02:05:00.000-04:00Winston, this type of post used to annoy me, but I...Winston, this type of post used to annoy me, but I've grow to accept the fact that you have an iron-clad ratio of "Bush is the worst president in history and the Republicans are destroying the republic"-to-"Liberal bloggers are almost as bad" posts.<BR/><BR/>I think it's something like 6 to 1.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1158957070897664822006-09-22T16:31:00.000-04:002006-09-22T16:31:00.000-04:00Jeez, Rilkefan, for a physicist your reading compr...Jeez, Rilkefan, for a physicist your reading comprehension is not so good...Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1158954310381880282006-09-22T15:45:00.000-04:002006-09-22T15:45:00.000-04:00Ok, so you in fact agree with that link - you stan...Ok, so you in fact agree with that link - you stand with the Kevin Drums out there and against the centrist-for-centrism's-sake Liebermanfans. <BR/>Which means your post is twaddle.rilkefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01189347779617969628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1158934023233060832006-09-22T10:07:00.000-04:002006-09-22T10:07:00.000-04:00Since mac is the only one with a coherent comment ...Since mac is the only one with a coherent comment here, I'll respond to him:<BR/><BR/>Yep, good point. Anybody who thinks that compromise is always good is sadly mistaken. One doesn't compromise with extremists. And Bush et. al. are extremists.Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1158889447550061702006-09-21T21:44:00.000-04:002006-09-21T21:44:00.000-04:00Update: a little more on the people who can fuck ...Update: a little more on the <A HREF="http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2006_09_01_digbysblog_archive.html#115887905021624458" REL="nofollow">people who can fuck themselves</A>.<BR/><BR/>Spineless, supposedly centrist Democrats who refuse to debate, letting Republicans set the entire agenda. Supposedly centrist Republicans who beat their breasts about the sanctity of the constitution, etc, while Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1158887153605188692006-09-21T21:05:00.000-04:002006-09-21T21:05:00.000-04:00I think what that guy is trying to say, very incoh...I think what that guy is trying to say, very incoherently, is that there are two kinds of "centrism". Centrism as a political stance, and centrism as a tactical stance. It's the latter that has him so up in arms for the most part. And I tend to agree--it leads to 'noble compromises' on issues like, well, going to war and torture. Not to mention running up the national debt.<BR/><BR/>But thenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-1158883826841537472006-09-21T20:10:00.000-04:002006-09-21T20:10:00.000-04:00It looks as if McCain, Graham, et al. have comprom...It looks as if McCain, Graham, et al. have compromised with the White House on the torture bill. Meaning the US is one step closer to legalizing torture. Our government is denying that habeus corpus applies to those accused of terrorism, a right that the King of England had to acknowledge after the Magna Carta was signed. And it looks like our president, as well as various pundits and legislatorsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com