tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post3617490171859699107..comments2024-01-28T03:23:39.580-08:00Comments on Late in the Day: The Left is being disingenuous in its claim that conservative opposition to Trump rings hollowBarney Quickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14691587302177294439noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-57967925747958402702017-08-03T07:05:59.904-07:002017-08-03T07:05:59.904-07:00That speech was indeed a good one. It was also an ...That speech was indeed a good one. It was also an outlier, an anomaly. You would have to ignore the sum total of what LITD has said about Trump to claim that "my ilk" had some kind of conversion experience on the basis of that speech.Barney Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03334288715908396824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-91866268137123581052017-08-03T04:44:17.310-07:002017-08-03T04:44:17.310-07:00It was reported that Secy Matis left the meeting v...It was reported that Secy Matis left the meeting visibly shaken.Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-87311575453537755782017-08-03T04:43:16.502-07:002017-08-03T04:43:16.502-07:00Didn't he make that great speech your ilk all ...Didn't he make that great speech your ilk all gushed over? It's your 3rd Pillar, baybee!Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-12149942416537281542017-08-03T04:38:19.111-07:002017-08-03T04:38:19.111-07:00I have no idea why you're conflating Donald Tr...I have no idea why you're conflating Donald Trump with Western civilization.Barney Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691587302177294439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-18573545647581698772017-08-03T04:34:33.436-07:002017-08-03T04:34:33.436-07:00Ahh, but your ilk is in to apocalyptic geopolitics...Ahh, but your ilk is in to apocalyptic geopolitics.Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-16694017543593771222017-08-03T04:33:52.939-07:002017-08-03T04:33:52.939-07:00And he thinks it is simple that China should put K...And he thinks it is simple that China should put Korea in its place. Do you think China trusts the West for one millisecond? Trump has already popped off to Graham about the carnage will not be here; it will be over there. Expect a lot of body bags. I mean a lot. Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-14466451286160075552017-08-03T04:31:56.930-07:002017-08-03T04:31:56.930-07:00Trump wants to fire his commander in Afghanistan b...Trump wants to fire his commander in Afghanistan because he is not winning America's longest war. And he is bitching that we don't get some of those natural resources there like the Chinese do. At the same time bemoaning that we did not get more oil out of Iraq. Sure neat ektending our exceptionalism throughout the globe and exhibiting what is involved in preserving it. Ain't that America?Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-14173359284363633722017-08-02T16:43:46.886-07:002017-08-02T16:43:46.886-07:00Anyhow, Beethoven was most proud of his Missa Sole...Anyhow, Beethoven was most proud of his Missa Solemnis. His Mass in B Minor is pretty wicked too.Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-6864575757462982742017-08-02T16:14:50.185-07:002017-08-02T16:14:50.185-07:00OK, allow me to back up to the greatness, nay nonp...OK, allow me to back up to the greatness, nay nonpareil, the best, the west, the finest crème de la crème peak of perfection elitjewel in the crown, ne plus ultra paragon nonesuch never equaled before during and ad infinitum, the west. I am listening to some sitar music right now. Don't know much about music, but my soul knows when it's stirred, what makes it inferior to the Brandenburg Concerti? Its simplicity, its brevity, it's singleness, what? I heard it was an ear opener to western ears which were increased, not decreased by its inferiority. In America we pretty much crossed the bridge with the Transcedentalists, and if not a supreme western quality, humility and self-effacement is such in the east. West is no better than the east. East with west is best. In fact, I think as far as adaptability to the future on this planet, deep Eastern traditions and philosophies may carry more survival (and thrival)whollop.Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-7890335444826060092017-08-02T12:28:49.628-07:002017-08-02T12:28:49.628-07:00I mean nice in the sense that a bald eagle is nice...I mean nice in the sense that a bald eagle is nice in executing its will. Ben Franklin wanted us to be turkeys.Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-53442047724012892292017-08-02T12:14:37.178-07:002017-08-02T12:14:37.178-07:00And they'll know we're exceptional by exam...And they'll know we're exceptional by example and by the peace, love and understanding in our society in addition to our material well-being. We're just happy campers and of course everyone else wants to be with us and for us because, gosh darn it, we're so nice.Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-92009135831175199072017-08-02T11:25:32.836-07:002017-08-02T11:25:32.836-07:00It's not a matter of wearing it on our sleeve....It's not a matter of wearing it on our sleeve. It's a matter of examining why it is so, how it gets extended to the rest of the world, and what is involved in preserving it.Barney Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691587302177294439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-31307493464900931602017-08-02T10:03:46.756-07:002017-08-02T10:03:46.756-07:00When you start throwing that unique blessing crap ...When you start throwing that unique blessing crap around like it should be something we wear on our sleeves, well, I just had to let you know that the rest of the craven world does not always share our exalted opinion of ourselves. Not to worry though, we know we're the greatest. And we want to be great again too. Best of both worlds, nay all worlds, known and unknown, here today and yet to come. We are the Greatest! Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-66010027367453997962017-08-02T08:02:52.059-07:002017-08-02T08:02:52.059-07:00I spose you're right, just cause the rest of t...I spose you're right, just cause the rest of the world doesn't always get how wonderful we are doesn't mean that we are not wonderful. And I don't know what to do with you with your climate change denial, because I have often and recently cited several areas of concern which you refuse to address so I will just let you be on that issue because what you think don't mean squat cause you are simply wrong. "If you're not part of the future, then get out of the way" as a much more successful rocker you often berate once sang.Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-81604940922019060332017-08-02T07:00:28.164-07:002017-08-02T07:00:28.164-07:00It's not to say that how US power is perceived...It's not to say that how US power is perceived by various demographics around the world isn't an interesting topic. It actually is. But I'm not seeing how it fits into this topic.Barney Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03334288715908396824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-6969525776704656552017-08-02T06:32:00.849-07:002017-08-02T06:32:00.849-07:00And a more immediate question is what all this has...And a more immediate question is what all this has to do with Jeff Flake's book and the various views out there, from hard-left to populist, on what conservatism is?Barney Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691587302177294439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-60567621520540511712017-08-02T06:30:44.419-07:002017-08-02T06:30:44.419-07:00If you look at the internals of that Pew poll, you...If you look at the internals of that Pew poll, you see that the numbers tell some interesting stories considering the political climates in various countries. Also breakdowns by age groups within their countries.<br />But a more immediate question is what you are driving at by citing it? Is your point that the US is way out of line to use its various kinds of power to insure a stable world?Barney Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691587302177294439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-9534986775075661342017-08-02T06:25:19.152-07:002017-08-02T06:25:19.152-07:00There's no debating. There is no reason to wor...There's no debating. There is no reason to worry about the global climate.Barney Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691587302177294439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-61232366733229308432017-08-02T06:16:08.034-07:002017-08-02T06:16:08.034-07:00Global climate change is very real. It is whether...Global climate change is very real. It is whether it is man-made that is debatable. You have your head up your western butt if you deny the reality. Oh, I forgot, you refuse to debate this issue.Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-25170118001211057952017-08-02T04:32:19.496-07:002017-08-02T04:32:19.496-07:00Re: Comment Number 2: The fact that "global c...Re: Comment Number 2: The fact that "global climate change" is listed as something that also scares the people in those countries raises my eyebrows right away. Was the question framed in a way that included it? If so, it's immediately invalidated.Barney Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691587302177294439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-85320384979985604712017-08-02T04:30:03.893-07:002017-08-02T04:30:03.893-07:00Re: Comment 1: There is not an "east" th...Re: Comment 1: There is not an "east" the way there is a West. The West refers to a body of ideas, principles and approaches to art and science that have been getting distilled over a 4,000-year history, culminating in the United States of America.<br /><br />Example of a piece of music that is best: Bach's Brandenburg Concertos.<br /><br />Example of a piece of art: the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.<br /><br />Literature: Hamlet by Shakespeare.<br /><br />Treatise on how to organize government: The Federalist Papers.Barney Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691587302177294439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-18940287490983579752017-08-02T02:33:22.478-07:002017-08-02T02:33:22.478-07:00The United States is viewed as a major national th...The United States is viewed as a major national threat—taking a place alongside the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), global climate change and cyber attacks—by majority of citizens from seven countries, including some longstanding American military allies, according to a 38-country Pew Research Center survey released Tuesday.<br /><br />Though 18 of the countries pegged ISIS as the biggest threat, strong majorities in countries including South Korea (70 percent), Japan (62 percent) and Turkey (72 percent) see U.S. power and influence as significant threats to their respective nations. Sixty-two percent of people in Mexico, the U.S.’s immediate neighbor to the south and often a punching bag for President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, register the U.S. as a threat, and it is seen that way by percent in Spain, 55 percent in Indonesia and 57 percent in Chile.<br /><br />http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-power-scares-7-countries-including-allies/ar-AApgDe9?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=SL5JDHPMr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-15838279320197308462017-08-02T02:14:09.893-07:002017-08-02T02:14:09.893-07:00So let's address Big Pillar #2. What and where...So let's address Big Pillar #2. What and where is the east if west is so the best? Why is there even an east? Because there is a west that's best? Is there a language spoken in the west that is best? Can you give me one great example of art, one of music and one of poetry that is best over all the rest, best in the west? Is there a war that's best? We are all either stardust, golden, or dust to dust, dust in the wind? Is all vanity or is it love? And is it even best to be best? Unlike all the rest? This is a test, only a test.Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.com