Comments on: Commonplace And Different, Intimate And Distant, Fresher Than An Infant

By: Adie

Adie — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:09:29 +0000

I am not submissive, but I DO know how to cooperate when it makes sense to do so. I know a lot of people like that. I have even convinced some to become so.

We are not an ant colony, so please do not start that stuff again.

The shadow knows some things.

So does adie.

P. E. A. C. E.

By: TheShadowKnows

TheShadowKnows — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:17:23 +0000

For this discussion …

Submissive – all those members of the group which follow the lead of the alpha or charasmatic leader – even if they don’t like Kool-Aid.

By: Adie

Adie — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:05:29 +0000

definition of submissive, please?

is cooperative passe?

By: TheShadowKnows

TheShadowKnows — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:32:39 +0000

That’s right. A society which is not comprised of primarily submissives – would destroy itself – no evolution for them. Logic and reason, even well presented, cannot over-ride this DNA driven imperative to follow.

Also aiding the charasmatic hucksters through-out human history is the fact that we are a story telling, fable believing species. That trait allowed societal wisdom to accumulate, and further aided evolutionary progression. It also makes easy pickin’s for the Bakers, Swaggerts and TD Jakes of the planet.

By: TheShadowKnows

TheShadowKnows — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:00:07 +0000

The boiler-room pundits of the The Republican Party, such as Broder, are struggling to capture the nuance and a word they can no longer publicly use.

David Gregory bemoans how Obama appears “elitist” to joe six-pack.

ABC parrots that Obama seems “presumptous” on his M.E. and European trip.

We can go back for a year and catalogue all the different attempts by the blow-darting press to find the 21st Century replacement for the 20th Century word - uppity.

It would be very educational to get a list with the pundit’s name and the word or phrase entry they nominated to update the word uppity for modern sensilbilities.

By: Georgette Orwell

Georgette Orwell — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:53:45 +0000

I’m not sure I read this the same way you do, for I don’t see anything condscending that seems to even hint at Obama’s race. Perhaps I’m missing something.
When he calls Obama invariably articulate and well-spoken, couldn’t that simply be in contrast to both our current mumblemouth and McCain? *I’m* always impressed by how well he speaks and how poised he is, but that isn’t because he’s biracial, but because intelligent thought cogently presented is becoming very rare these days.
Obama makes a three-point shot, but he says that means the gods were favoring him. Could he mean as is producing a miracle, since he didn’t expect he’d be able to do it on his own?

By: Adie

Adie — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:13:35 +0000

some people believe those elections were

s t o l e n

i am among them

By: earlofhuntingdon

earlofhuntingdon — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:18:23 +0000

Mr. Broder, “Dean” of journalists in what remains a southern city, albeit one so politically inbred it could be situated in a fictional Appalachia, is telling his white readers that Obama is a surprising if uppity black man. He can good English speak, though unsurprisingly, like his brethren, he’s good at sports. No doubt, he’s musical too, in a rhythmicky, fast-footed sort of way.

Mr. Broder’s thinly veiled candor is refreshing, but equally repugnant for being that. If he’s the epitome of Washington journalism, what can we expect of its dregs?

By: Zoolopolis

Zoolopolis — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:54:17 +0000

We wonder how the conservatives win 2 presidential elections with George W. Bush. It’s because be refuse to acknowledge our own nature. We refuse to acknowledge it’s influence on history. We refuse to acknowledge it’s influence on our politics.

Conservatism is the oldist political philosophy. It goes back to the beginning of history. From the time before we were humans we have abhorred change. We have abhorred dissent. We have abhorred foreigners. We have wanted to conquer.

Conservatives use our nature against us. A ten second ad showing wolves threateningly stalk in the woods scared more than 50% of the US voters into cowering apes and voting for someone who is obviously any idiot.

We have to stop acting like ants under a magnifying glass and realize how they are beating us.

By: Adie

Adie — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:08:41 +0000

true, that. ;->