tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post3907083952280624219..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-34600702688486187632008-01-14T15:26:00.000-05:002008-01-14T15:26:00.000-05:00Thank you for the above, anon, and I won't be repe...Thank you for the above, anon, and I won't be repeating the "earthtones" canard.<BR/><BR/>My allusion to the problem of "narrative" was based on some work I did last year headhunting for a newspaper editor-in-chief, and heard the complaint from insiders. It's primarily a function of intellectual laziness, and as I noted, it appears also in non-political reportage.<BR/><BR/>There is also the Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-85737569387744244472008-01-13T22:41:00.000-05:002008-01-13T22:41:00.000-05:00Tom,Re: personal attacks, you're right. 100%. An...Tom,<BR/><BR/>Re: personal attacks, you're right. 100%. And I'm 100% wrong. I apologize.<BR/><BR/>In retrospect, I detect anger that I mis-directed at you. But as far as the substance goes... <BR/><BR/>What makes me angry are these idiotic memes that the press gets in its head and then decides to make *the story*. It really doesn't matter if it has any discernable basis in reality or even Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-68847920239190542352008-01-13T17:21:00.000-05:002008-01-13T17:21:00.000-05:00Geez. You seem to be unable to make a point with ...Geez. You seem to be unable to make a point with getting nasty, or turning it into some greater attack on my personal self. That's a shame.<BR/><BR/>From the first that you disagreed with my assertion, I was open to your rebuttal. There are many urban legends that we all buy into, absent the facts. I check almost all of them before posting; this one slipped through. Since the criticism came Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-64943359247331262502008-01-13T16:42:00.000-05:002008-01-13T16:42:00.000-05:00No, for the second time, it wasn't me who wrote th...No, for the second time, it wasn't me who wrote that, but if it will have a medicinal effect on your delusions, feel free to continue believing it.<BR/><BR/>And there is NO real evidence that Wolf was hired as anything but a consltant to help with outreach to female voters. NONE, except the insane presumptions of the children in the Washington press corps. You know, those sources you cite in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-23737029099825916722008-01-13T13:54:00.000-05:002008-01-13T13:54:00.000-05:00Ah, I see it was the Capitol building. If that wa...Ah, I see it was the Capitol building. If that was you, you're being disingenuous and sophistic, hiding behind parsing. It all depends what "is" is.<BR/><BR/>If you weren't the "anonymous" who posted that, I withdraw the remark. Just like I withdrew the other one, although upon further review, using the WaPo, salon.com and you yourself as my sources---clearly non-right wing sources---it still Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-76890346232291928522008-01-13T11:05:00.000-05:002008-01-13T11:05:00.000-05:00Been dippin' into the Kool-Aid I see, TVD. You re...Been dippin' into the Kool-Aid I see, TVD. <BR/><BR/>You refer to the unsourced *speculation* that Somerby mocked, and WOLF HERSELF EXPLICITLY DENIED as 'evidence", and I'm the guy who's way off base. But your faith-based belief that it's true trumps all. <BR/><BR/>Again, there's a reason you're continously mocked on this site as the guy who presents claims either entirely without evidence or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-23628131383825077072008-01-12T22:52:00.000-05:002008-01-12T22:52:00.000-05:00Sez you.You provided my evidence, that Naomi Wolf ...Sez you.<BR/><BR/>You provided my evidence, that <BR/><BR/><I>Naomi Wolf was hired as an image consultant [$15K per month!]</I><BR/><BR/>and that Gore's wardrobe changed<BR/><BR/>http://www.slate.com/id/45652/<BR/><BR/>I added <BR/><I>And the WaPo reported that Wolf was a fan of earthtones.</I><BR/><BR/>which you can google for yourself.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Are you the same anonymous who claimed Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-7118594570035087542008-01-12T21:00:00.000-05:002008-01-12T21:00:00.000-05:00Right. A claim for which you've adduced no eviden...Right. A claim for which you've adduced no evidence aside from the rantings of Gordon Liddy needs a *rebuttal*. No wonder you get your head handed to you here all the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-79240875779159059662008-01-12T20:08:00.000-05:002008-01-12T20:08:00.000-05:00If you had a rebuttal to my last statement, you'd ...If you had a rebuttal to my last statement, you'd have made it. But you didn't, so you left a cheap shot.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-89559049137074066782008-01-12T19:32:00.000-05:002008-01-12T19:32:00.000-05:00Shorter TVD: I'm going to believe what I want to ...Shorter TVD: I'm going to believe what I want to believe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-6980206299459370452008-01-12T16:27:00.000-05:002008-01-12T16:27:00.000-05:00Oh, please. I withdraw the remark, because you're...Oh, please. I withdraw the remark, because you're right that the earthtone thing is apocryphal. But the speech is unnecessary, nor does it relate some greater truth. In fact, the original statement conveys the greater truth.<BR/><BR/>Naomi Wolf <I>was</I> hired as an image consultant [$15K per month!], and Gore <I>did</I> get more metrosexual. [And the WaPo reported that Wolf <I>was</I> a fan Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-24794496178350443422008-01-12T09:55:00.000-05:002008-01-12T09:55:00.000-05:00Yes, "fact is" that Gore hired Naomi Wolf to dress...Yes, "fact is" that Gore hired Naomi Wolf to dress him in earthtones etc. Is that like the "fact" that he claimed he invented the internet, or that he discovered Love Canal? <BR/><BR/>TVD apparently operates under the right-wing tenet that one should never let the facts get in the way of a good story.<BR/><BR/>From Somerby, where there's mountains of documentation of memes that originate solelyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-80535203716367246582008-01-11T22:36:00.000-05:002008-01-11T22:36:00.000-05:00"Al Gore had to go get some woman to tell him how ...<I>"Al Gore had to go get some woman to tell him how to be a man."</I><BR/><BR/>Well, I'll never get G. Gordon Liddy's back on anything, but even a blind squirrel finds a nut now & then.<BR/><BR/>Fact is, Gore hired Naomi Wolf just to dress him in earthtones in an attempt to raise him up to metrosexuality, which at least would have been an improvement over being a robot or a tree.<BR/><BR/>At Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.com