tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882105.post1698155723065717625..comments2023-11-02T06:28:23.104-07:00Comments on ... and now for something completely different.: Stupidity Sellsdbackdadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10700991588554336491noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882105.post-7192219169733508662010-08-29T14:59:37.266-07:002010-08-29T14:59:37.266-07:00I agree with your comment completely.
Interesting...I agree with your comment completely.<br /><br />Interesting how the trolls are always anonymous (not that I'd be eager to attach my name to folks like Beck and Palin and Coulter).<br /><br />An honest discussion requires no hiding.<br /><br />(WV: "comeadi")wstachourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447198404608861357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882105.post-8849013352117342612010-08-28T22:37:23.572-07:002010-08-28T22:37:23.572-07:00Wunelle said, ... I should purchase the progressiv...Wunelle said, <i>... I should purchase the progressive titles on principle alone.</i> -- And I certainly do. Though, I find myself drawn a little more to the wonkish ones by authors like Robert Reich and Krugman.<br /><br />Conservative writing used to be different. I've read several William F. Buckley and David Brooks books and they talk of those things you spoke of. And I can respect that ... talking about ideas. But these warmed over FM radio shock jock veterans like Beck and buffoons like Ann Coulter left behind that world a long time ago. They are not interested in convincing people of the merits of their ideas. They are interested in herding weak-mind people and appealing to baser instincts and emotions.dbackdadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10700991588554336491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882105.post-62103880487133609272010-08-28T22:29:00.829-07:002010-08-28T22:29:00.829-07:00I find it interesting that every time I have a pos...I find it interesting that every time I have a post that mentions Glenn Beck, I will get an anonymous commenter. Just an observation. Perhaps I should add the footnote, "Glenn Beck is an ass-clown" to the bottom of all of my posts just so that I can drive up traffic.<br /><br />Anon, I'm not sure what your question is. Most post refers to the fact that most stores carry a larger percentage of conservative books as opposed to liberal ones. My belief is that this is for commercial reasons as opposed to idealogical ones. Yes, Michael Moore books are of a "liberal nature". No, I didn't see any on the shelves. Traditionally, they have sold moderately well as compared to other liberal authors, but not in comparison to conservative ones. Personally, I have read most of Michael Moore's works, but I have also read several Limbaugh, Ralph Reed, P.J. O'Rourke, and Pat Buchanan ones as well. As Sun Tzu said, <i>"If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril."</i>dbackdadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10700991588554336491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882105.post-22321171198669504602010-08-28T18:21:17.264-07:002010-08-28T18:21:17.264-07:00And where does michael Moore fit in? I could have ...And where does michael Moore fit in? I could have sworn his books were of a liberal nature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10882105.post-6521083647643216132010-08-28T17:40:32.108-07:002010-08-28T17:40:32.108-07:00I've had a similarly depressing recent trip to...I've had a similarly depressing recent trip to the bookstore. I'm beginning to think I should purchase the progressive titles on principle alone.<br /><br />Though I have never been drawn to conservatism, I keep wondering if we'll ever wake up from this nightmare which holds half of our voting populace in some kind of looking-glass world of spook stories and lies and spin and anti-intellectual garbage. Surely there are core principles--smaller government or reduced foreign aid or cutting of social spending--which could be argued seriously without this constant resort to extremism and hyperbole (e.g. calling a centrist Democrat President a 'socialist' or 'Communist,' or anything that comes out of Glenn Beck's mouth).<br /><br />I don't know how not to conclude that conservatism in this country is in the thrall of the second- and third-rate minds of people like Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin. And we'll all suffer for this stupidity.<br /><br />This from a comment on a recent Media Matters video:<br /><br />"I’m a rodeo clown,” he said in an interview, adding with a coy smile, “It takes great skill."<br /><br />Mr. Beck’s success “is a product of the collapse of conservatism as an organized political force, and the rise of conservatism as an alienated cultural sensibility.”<br /><br />“It’s a show for people who feel they belong to an embattled minority that is disenfranchised and cut off,”<br /><br />--Glenn Beck interview by NY Times 03/29/09wstachourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447198404608861357noreply@blogger.com