tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post4970384088135453018..comments2024-03-10T09:24:45.565+02:00Comments on Dispatches from Vilnius: Here Comes the Judge!James Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-85598331213038664532013-02-26T09:58:08.034+02:002013-02-26T09:58:08.034+02:00I read The Sun Also Rises eons ago and remember en...I read The Sun Also Rises eons ago and remember enjoying it. Not so long ago I read Death in the Afternoon after returning from a trip to Spain. A lot of interesting insights into bullfighting but not much else.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-87170520879113288422013-02-25T14:59:47.854+02:002013-02-25T14:59:47.854+02:00Time out for a brief meander, if you please ...
...Time out for a brief meander, if you please ...<br /><br /><br />I just read two old brief American classics:<br /><br />Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises"<br /><br /><br />and<br /><br />Steinbeck's "Of Mice & Men"<br /><br /><br />As always, I enjoy books that are brief and to the point. Both remain very striking despite all the decades that have passed since theyTripplerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16568801152695491482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-15518554392947131562013-02-23T13:17:50.967+02:002013-02-23T13:17:50.967+02:00Definitely not, but i just linked to illustrate th...Definitely not, but i just linked to illustrate the point that each side sees the other as idiots, despite how idiotic their ramblings, making it extremely hard to break this impasse in politics.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-26677571469397958212013-02-22T23:39:14.491+02:002013-02-22T23:39:14.491+02:00I made the mistake of reading the first couple of ...I made the mistake of reading the first couple of pages. Mr. Stein is not ready for prime time.Rick Diguettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556088192579865532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-17203622407615919392013-02-22T18:47:29.740+02:002013-02-22T18:47:29.740+02:00When both sides view the other as "idiots,&qu...When both sides view the other as "idiots,"<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/The-Idiot-Vote-Constituency-ebook/dp/B0096VTL6I<br /><br />It is pretty hard to reach a common ground. I really don't understand why the right wing has purposefully backed itself into a corner like this, when the rank-and-file Democrat today is rather conservative in nature, especially when you compare himJames Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-64037459779143714882013-02-22T13:38:51.816+02:002013-02-22T13:38:51.816+02:00Perhaps our most recent election results show that...Perhaps our most recent election results show that neocon historical revisionism, much like the Faux News echo chamber, is not a winning strategy. Whether these folks want to believe that is another question. As Hillary Clinton noted recently, these folks simply don't live in an evidence-based world. It is ironic almost beyond comprehension that conservatives have become our leading Rick Diguettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556088192579865532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-49620629130571780842013-02-22T09:36:48.171+02:002013-02-22T09:36:48.171+02:00I see there are 22 pages of notes for a 251 page t...I see there are 22 pages of notes for a 251 page text.I would love to see what the notes are in relation to sources.Some of the pro reviews I read don't even cite source and a few of the negative ones are attacked as the usual right wing nonsense. JAbelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594625881177704355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-66883590632465913962013-02-22T09:34:59.720+02:002013-02-22T09:34:59.720+02:00I see there are 22 pages of notes for a 251 page t...I see there are 22 pages of notes for a 251 page text.I would love to see what the notes are in relation to sources.Some of the pro reviews I read don't even cite source and a few of the negative ones are attacked as the usual right wing nonsense. JAbelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594625881177704355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-77849594266726676612013-02-22T08:39:01.264+02:002013-02-22T08:39:01.264+02:00I don't know why it fascinates me so much. I ...I don't know why it fascinates me so much. I suppose it is because it worries me that we have a whole knew wave of "redemption" taking place with conservatives treating the New Deal and Civil Rights eras like Reconstruction, going out of their way to dismiss it. I would like to think the tide has finally turned in this last election, and we will see less of this historical James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-79603932793236809242013-02-22T01:58:46.752+02:002013-02-22T01:58:46.752+02:00I've got to hand it to you, you have the patie...I've got to hand it to you, you have the patience of Job when it comes to this stuff. I couldn't do it on valium.Rick Diguettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556088192579865532noreply@blogger.com