11.05.2004
On The Road Again
I'll be off-line eight days or so.
Whew! And about the right time, too. I am simply amazed at the vitriol, hate, and anger of the bitter Left. Yes, those highly enlightened, emotive, nuanced, and oh-so-unignorant among us, who cry foul and whine about the hate, anger, and ignorance of the Right. Yes. I need a break.
Nothing like a little silent observation and detachment to calm the nerves. Please come back around in due time.
I'll be off-line eight days or so.
Whew! And about the right time, too. I am simply amazed at the vitriol, hate, and anger of the bitter Left. Yes, those highly enlightened, emotive, nuanced, and oh-so-unignorant among us, who cry foul and whine about the hate, anger, and ignorance of the Right. Yes. I need a break.
Nothing like a little silent observation and detachment to calm the nerves. Please come back around in due time.
// posted by HunterByrd @ 1:32 PM 
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We'll miss your informative posts. Rest up so you can continue deconstructing untruths and enlightening those not so well read as you.
Judy Bean
Judy Bean
# posted by 
: 1:48 PM
: 1:48 PM
We'll miss your informative posts. Rest up so you can continue deconstructing untruths and enlightening those not so well read as you.
Judy Bean
Judy Bean
# posted by : 1:48 PM
: 1:48 PM
Lets say the last day's are upon you.. yore waiting a heck of a time. Don't come back.
Follow the Saint of the latter day.....
Follow the Saint of the latter day.....
# posted by : 7:53 AM
: 7:53 AM
HunterByrd,
Take some time for refreshment. Have fun if possible.
I would like to enter this A-B conversation with the guy (or girl) who said to you to stay gone. I have absolutely no context for this conversation, it may be an insiders discussion, I don't know, but I would say to it, "let's see what you have to say. Post something and let's see if you have anything half the worth as HB".
BTW if you are a mormon, I would love to discuss orthodoxy with you. You can find me if you click on the pecheur link. Otherwise put up or shut up.
Hunter, I just had to get that out. You can scold me when you get back. You're great. Stay in there and keep up the good work. Can't wait for your return!
Take some time for refreshment. Have fun if possible.
I would like to enter this A-B conversation with the guy (or girl) who said to you to stay gone. I have absolutely no context for this conversation, it may be an insiders discussion, I don't know, but I would say to it, "let's see what you have to say. Post something and let's see if you have anything half the worth as HB".
BTW if you are a mormon, I would love to discuss orthodoxy with you. You can find me if you click on the pecheur link. Otherwise put up or shut up.
Hunter, I just had to get that out. You can scold me when you get back. You're great. Stay in there and keep up the good work. Can't wait for your return!
HB,
If I knew how I would put the link to Peggy Noonan's column that appears in today's (Thursday, Nov. 11 aka Veteran's Day) Wall Street Journal. It's excellent reading as are all of Ms. Noonan's writings. In this column, which she titles "He's Got Two of 'Em," she admittedly gloats one final time about Bush's win, expounding on the reasons she thinks Americans chose him over Kerry.
The column was especially refreshing reading to me today. Last night I went to Vanderbilt to hear New York Times' Frank Rich. I went to the talk on a whim. A friend of mine who works at Vandebilt invited me to go and only said it was a New York Times writer. I went with an open mind, but I soon learned that I was in an auditorium full of very left-leaning Americans. In case you aren't familiar with Frank Rich, I believe he started out as a theater reviewer. He now writes a weekly column about culture. He covered the election. He called last night's talk "Culture War." I generally agree with what I deem was supposed to be the gist of his talk -- that the media serves the short attention span of Americans and their love for drama. He mainly talked about the difference 24-hour news, started by CNN, has made. (Personally, I just say it's all a result of capitalism, which like anything has its upside and downside. It's human nature to like drama, and we're fed what we want to see.) But from sentence one, Mr. Rich realized he had a left-leaning audience, and he preached to the choirs. And the choir nudged him on. It was dig after dig at Republicans and anything conservatives like, mainly to point out that the culture craze infiltrates reds as much as blues. But he pointedly criticized Rush and Bill O'Reilly as hypocrites, because of the recent headline news stories about their personal lives. He criticized Fox News, or really Rupert Murdoch, saying Murdoch's things make fun of reds, e.g., the Paris Hilton reality show. He also generalized that Republicans are backed by the wealthy elites, without acknowleding the same about the Democrats. All in all, it was one-sided.
Not surprisingly, the question and answer period was more of the same. Every question asked fit the sermon. Nobody challenged his partisanship. He calmed the worries of one lady who asked how much should she should "fear" the next four years and thereafter by saying that Bush is it. The Republicans' next best candidate to follow Bush will be more liberal, listing Guiliani, McCain and Arnold. He said that the far right can't stand Gonzales. He also lambasted Frist, which caused many approving utters and nods. A student asked him to name the best news source for the real story. He said to read newspapers that are independently owned, such as NYT, Washington Post, L.A. Times and Wall Street Journal (with a caveat - don't read the op/ed page); to read the New Yorker and Atlantic Monthly; and to check bloggers for specific links "such as BBC stories." He said to read and not to watch tv, but if you do avoid any cable news media (because that was the point of his storyline, i.e., overly dramatic depiction of news started with CNN and the first Gulf War). I wish someone had challenged him on some of NYT's fiction of late, but noone did. (I thought about it, but I realized this forum was a grieving time for the audience.)
I return to my starting point. Peggy Noonan's column captures why Bush won. She has a paragraph in the column about what liberal Americans think about those who voted for Bush. She hits it when she says that most don't think he's the perfect candidate, but he is what he is. I doubt her article would calm the audience I was with last night though. Frank Rich at least acknowledged that the Republicans won the ground war on getting out the vote. Ms. Noonan also says this.
I'm glad I went to the talk, but I'm also glad that it's easier more than ever today to read all sides of an issue. I have a feeling that many in the audience last night only attend functions where they know they will be subjected to their side of the issue.
If I knew how I would put the link to Peggy Noonan's column that appears in today's (Thursday, Nov. 11 aka Veteran's Day) Wall Street Journal. It's excellent reading as are all of Ms. Noonan's writings. In this column, which she titles "He's Got Two of 'Em," she admittedly gloats one final time about Bush's win, expounding on the reasons she thinks Americans chose him over Kerry.
The column was especially refreshing reading to me today. Last night I went to Vanderbilt to hear New York Times' Frank Rich. I went to the talk on a whim. A friend of mine who works at Vandebilt invited me to go and only said it was a New York Times writer. I went with an open mind, but I soon learned that I was in an auditorium full of very left-leaning Americans. In case you aren't familiar with Frank Rich, I believe he started out as a theater reviewer. He now writes a weekly column about culture. He covered the election. He called last night's talk "Culture War." I generally agree with what I deem was supposed to be the gist of his talk -- that the media serves the short attention span of Americans and their love for drama. He mainly talked about the difference 24-hour news, started by CNN, has made. (Personally, I just say it's all a result of capitalism, which like anything has its upside and downside. It's human nature to like drama, and we're fed what we want to see.) But from sentence one, Mr. Rich realized he had a left-leaning audience, and he preached to the choirs. And the choir nudged him on. It was dig after dig at Republicans and anything conservatives like, mainly to point out that the culture craze infiltrates reds as much as blues. But he pointedly criticized Rush and Bill O'Reilly as hypocrites, because of the recent headline news stories about their personal lives. He criticized Fox News, or really Rupert Murdoch, saying Murdoch's things make fun of reds, e.g., the Paris Hilton reality show. He also generalized that Republicans are backed by the wealthy elites, without acknowleding the same about the Democrats. All in all, it was one-sided.
Not surprisingly, the question and answer period was more of the same. Every question asked fit the sermon. Nobody challenged his partisanship. He calmed the worries of one lady who asked how much should she should "fear" the next four years and thereafter by saying that Bush is it. The Republicans' next best candidate to follow Bush will be more liberal, listing Guiliani, McCain and Arnold. He said that the far right can't stand Gonzales. He also lambasted Frist, which caused many approving utters and nods. A student asked him to name the best news source for the real story. He said to read newspapers that are independently owned, such as NYT, Washington Post, L.A. Times and Wall Street Journal (with a caveat - don't read the op/ed page); to read the New Yorker and Atlantic Monthly; and to check bloggers for specific links "such as BBC stories." He said to read and not to watch tv, but if you do avoid any cable news media (because that was the point of his storyline, i.e., overly dramatic depiction of news started with CNN and the first Gulf War). I wish someone had challenged him on some of NYT's fiction of late, but noone did. (I thought about it, but I realized this forum was a grieving time for the audience.)
I return to my starting point. Peggy Noonan's column captures why Bush won. She has a paragraph in the column about what liberal Americans think about those who voted for Bush. She hits it when she says that most don't think he's the perfect candidate, but he is what he is. I doubt her article would calm the audience I was with last night though. Frank Rich at least acknowledged that the Republicans won the ground war on getting out the vote. Ms. Noonan also says this.
I'm glad I went to the talk, but I'm also glad that it's easier more than ever today to read all sides of an issue. I have a feeling that many in the audience last night only attend functions where they know they will be subjected to their side of the issue.
# posted by : 9:05 AM
: 9:05 AM
HB,
For what it's worth, here's the most recent column by Frank Rich: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/14/arts/14rich.html?pagewanted=1&oref=login
Part of his talk at Vanderbilt was a summary of this column's topic. He's a first class rambler, and I only say, "So what?" in response to his conclusions. As one law professor I had liked to say just to belittle a student: "You've added a sum total of nothing to the world of knowledge."
I guess my main point in telling about the VU talk was being in the middle of an audience that egged Rich on to say things just to get applause. I know the same would be true of this audience heard Peggy Noonan or Mark Steyn speak.
Judy Bean
For what it's worth, here's the most recent column by Frank Rich: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/14/arts/14rich.html?pagewanted=1&oref=login
Part of his talk at Vanderbilt was a summary of this column's topic. He's a first class rambler, and I only say, "So what?" in response to his conclusions. As one law professor I had liked to say just to belittle a student: "You've added a sum total of nothing to the world of knowledge."
I guess my main point in telling about the VU talk was being in the middle of an audience that egged Rich on to say things just to get applause. I know the same would be true of this audience heard Peggy Noonan or Mark Steyn speak.
Judy Bean
# posted by : 7:44 AM
: 7:44 AM
Judy Bean: What a great, essayed post! I have to presume you were educated at VU (for what that is worth;). Please comment more often! You could not have responded to Frank Rich that way if you were not well-read of your own accord, with a 'liberal' dash of your own conclusion and opinion thrown in for good measure!
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