Roundup and Commentary - 2/13/10

Here and now, folks.
Or else spend infinite future
fighting quarrels of endless past.
- Paul Williams - Das Energi

Blog Posts:

With All Due Respect: Michelle Obama thinks obesity is our biggest threat?

American Nihilist: Why Donald Douglas is a scumbag

Commentary:

"One would think that those who have a problem with something posted on another blog would discuss it ON THAT BLOG, or on their own blog." -
- The Oracular Opinion: Frankly My Dear… February 13, 2010 9:24 AM comment

"Or perhaps those that do agree with mine just choose not to talk about it. The only thing we can tell for certain is that the Truth naysayers are far more vocal." -
- The Oracular Opinion: Frankly My Dear… - February 13, 2010 11:59 AM comment

"By all means, let it loose, Truth... ...before you piss me off, too... 8>) " -
- Wingnuts & Moonbats: Conversation with Andrew Breitbart about the ACORN tapes - Saturday, February 13, 2010 12:42:00 PM EST comment

"I looked, Me, Myself, And I, but unfortunately your old blog was no more and, after going through every dang page on your current blog, I can report that--assuming you really don't delete any comments, ever (and that nasty spam infestation indicates you really don't)--Truth has never once posted a comment of any kind on your current blogspot blog. ((And by the by, I noted a number of familiar names that post(ed) there, both friend and foe... Sometimes I think the political blogging community here in the US really isn't all that big.)" -
- The Oracular Opinion: Frankly My Dear… - February 13, 2010 4:19 PM comment

"Truth, we're all superior at something... You just happen to be a magnet for comments about you... Draw 'em like flies, you do..." -
- The Oracular Opinion: Frankly My Dear… - February 13, 2010 4:43 PM comment

Roundup and Commentary - 1/28/10

Here and now, folks.
Or else spend infinite future fighting quarrels of endless past. - Paul Williams, Das Energi

Blog Post:

Wingnuts and Moonbats: Dept. of It Takes One To Know One -
- Horowitz-affiliated wingnut whines about how some liberals treat the deaths of conservatives, then quickly becomes pretty hateful herself as concerns the passing of Howard Zinn--particularly toward those liberals who are mourning his death.

Commentary:

"It's my understanding that any attempt to tamper with the senator's phone system amounts to the same federal charge as wiretapping, under the same law." -
- The Oracular Opinion: O’Keefe Gate!? - January 28, 2010 10:16 AM comment

"I do think that these young men were trying to follow in the footsteps of Karl Rove, Lee Atwater, Donald Segretti, and others (many from the Nixon years) who flouted the law and engaged in dirty tricks in the name of influencing the political outcome they wanted." -
- The Oracular Opinion: O’Keefe Gate!? - January 28, 2010 5:38 PM comment

"If you don't like what liberals did to Tony Snow and those who mourned him back then, don't be similarly insensitive to Howard Zinn, and those who mourn him now. Hateful is as hateful does." -
- Leftist Heads Explode Over Howard Zinn’s Death | NewsReal Blog

"Now I see... The 'Marx' quote was written by a conservative troll who was also being disrespectful to the dead (Posted by pontificus at 01/27/2010 @ 6:24pm), and the expletive-laden one was in response to his 'hateful' posts (Posted by syfriendly at 01/27/2010 @ 8:05pm). The Nation: Goodbye Howard Zinn" (Follow Nation link to original "liberal" comments, in context) -
- Leftist Heads Explode Over Howard Zinn’s Death | NewsReal Blog

Roundup and Commentary - 1/17/10

Not to draw lines is to discriminate only for the moment,
Is not to go beyond the situation,
Is not to go beyond the world that's real.
- Paul Williams - Das Energi

Commentary:

"As long as partisans make their living in the ratings driven media, there will always be some among them who say foolish, controversial things." -
- The Oracular Opinion: They’re OUR Seats! - January 17, 2010 12:21 PM comment

"I have no problem with folks being politically practical, even when it means compromising their ideals a little, but let's not pretend that teabaggers who're supporting Brown aren't compromising those ideals..." -
- The Oracular Opinion: They’re OUR Seats! - January 17, 2010 12:49 PM comment

Roundup and Commentary - 1/10/10

We are learning not to draw lines.
No lines between good and evil.
No lines between right and wrong.
No lines between man and woman.
No lines between human and god.

- Paul Williams - Das Energi

Commentary:

No Blog, No Brains, cont'd -
"The more you speak, the more of an ass you prove yourself to be... ...but by all means, keep talking..." -
- Immoderate Monk: No Blog has no new comments, anymore - January 10, 2010 7:53 AM comment

IAGNB insignificance -
- Immoderate Monk: No Blog has no new comments, anymore - January 10, 2010 8:22 AM comment

"As far as my 'dumb blog,' it seems to be you who keeps bringin' it up, not me... You cared yesterday, Mal... Color me all manner of heartbroke that you don't, today..." -
- The Oracular Opinion: It’s MY Blog - January 10, 2010 9:49 AM comment

"Pot, say hey to kettle..." -
- The Oracular Opinion: It’s MY Blog - January 10, 2010 10:02 AM comment (The irony... It burns!!!)

"IAGNB is obviously a modest man. But then, he has much to be modest about."
"Opinions are like assholes, Mal..."
"Truth: You are a gentleman and a defender of all that is good and right..."
"Whatta ya think we is, sum kynna morans?" -
- The Oracular Opinion: It’s MY Blog - January 10, 2010 6:36 PM comment

Roundup and Commentary - 12/21/09

One moment I'm angry at something.
I don't like it.
I can put it in a category, try to dislike it forever, teach my children to dislike it.
Or, I can express my anger, and forget about it.
Next time we meet, we're friends. - Das Energi by Paul Williams

Commentary:

"Great post. I gave it a kudo-filled mention at my own blogger post..." - Immoderate Monk: Geeze, look at Madison McGraw's tweet stream... (& if/when approved, BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD GOES MADISON MCGRAW - KillTruck, which was it's intended target.)

"I am no fan of this Madison McGraw character--..." - Just Nikke: I got my first hate mail!

Time to bring these posts back... I've been forgetting where I've been spreading my verbal seed, again... (What, you thought I did these R & C posts for your benefit?)

Roundup and Commentary - 10/19/09

Not to draw lines is not to discriminate.
The ability to discriminate is the key to perception.
Are we taking leave of our senses?

Maybe.

Maybe we're learning to draw lines with disappearing ink. - Das Energi by Paul Williams

Roundup and Commentary - 9/24/09

Most undertakings don't take forever. In each of our lives there are plenty of things we would like to be doing that we could be doing. But we hesitate. We're afraid of failure. We're afraid of frustration. We lack self-confidence.

It's a vicious circle and it must be broken. It must be broken. Once you decide that, that's all there is to it. Make a commitment. Start carrying it through. Carry it through, and the next commitment will be easier to make. Complete this project, and renewed confidence will make it easier to start the next. The circle breaks here.

Inertia is a force that works against you when you feel like doing something and you're doing nothing. But if you seize the day and start doing something, than inertia works with you, it keeps you going till the job is done.

The way to build self-confidence is to start doing things. Things you're sure you can do, like walking to the icebox for another beer, won't improve matters any, so the way to build self-confidence is to start doing things you're not sure you can do. Like flirting with strangers. Like baking your own bread. Like painting a picture. Like moving to the Yukon. Whatever it is, the trick is: stop thinking about it. Do it. Seize the day and get started and stay with it, and things will get easier and easier from here. - Paul Williams, Das Energi

Commentary:

"Most who oppose some or all of Obama's ideas are not racists. But some (fringe elements among those who rise in opposition) are. Those who'd rather defend or excuse this fringe element rather than admit that they exist, are doing themselves no favors, and may even be hurting their movement."
- American Power: Are Independents Against Obama Racist "Fringe Elements"?

"The fringe elements in every group deserve to be exposed, and I take no issue when someone says "this guy is a nut." (as long as s/he can prove it). But it'd be foolish to define any group by the fringe elements that choose to associate with 'em, in effect saying "Because this guy's a nut, everyone he spends time with is a nut, as well."."
- American Nihilist: Donald Douglas likes to delete posts.

"Until the "radical" idea that being gay doesn't take away your right to unite with the person of your choice becomes everyday common sense, a "radical" you will stay, no matter how "traditionally" you behave."
- Agnostics Unlimited: Gay Marriage

"I suspect it's going to take both the "out, loud, and proud" gay activist and the everyday man at the park with his kids and woman who works in the next cube over (both of whom happen to be gay) to influence enough of our fellow Americans, in elected office and out, to allow for the recognition that your sexuality doesn't make you any less of a citizen. And of course even then, some will always be left behind."
- American Power: Congressman Claims Same-Sex Marriage is Push for Socialism: You Think?

Roundup and Commentary - 8/4/09

I can't.
That is what people love to say.
I can't.
It's never true.
- Das Energi, by Paul Williams

Blog Posts:

Wingnuts & Moonbats: Right-Wing Astroturf Harassment Strategy Against Dems Detailed In Memo: ‘Yell,’ ‘Stand Up And Shout Out,’ ‘Rattle Him’

American Nihilist: Donald 'Arlon' Douglas Makes Nihilist Spelling Error!!

American Nihilist: Donald Douglas Sums Up The Con Opposition To Health Care Reform...

Commentary:

So um... Who's this "Arlon" guy you wrote about in this post, Dr Douglas?:
American Power: Town Halls Get Results! 'Audience Shouts Down Sebelius, Specter at Health Care Town Hall in Philadelphia'

Escaped Green Acres Sanitarium patient Orly Taitz buh-rings the crazy to TV (& makes DDouglas looks sane, in comparison.):
TBogg - Ees beeg trouble for mooslim squirrel

ObamaJoka, the "socialist," free speech, and hypocrisy:
Immoderate Monk (Should be here, but ain't: Spoof poster of Obama's face painted as The Joker branded 'dangerous and mean-spirited'
| Mail Online)

Yeah, the Bush posters were bad, too. But that hypocrisy thing goes both ways, y'know... Immoderate Monk (Le.gal In.sur.rec.tion: Because Only The Far Right Incites Violence... Didn't realize when I responded to it that this post was over a month old... The Legal Insurecction guy linked to it in another post like he wrote it yesterday--he wrote "read my prior post on this..." [link]--and there were no clues that he hadn't... ...except for those dates, of course.)

ObamaJoka & BushHitler: Another post on the posters: Immoderate Monk (Below The Beltway - If Obama As The Joker Is Wrong ? What About Bush As Hitler ?)

Roundup and Commentary - 6/17/09

A person who competes is a person who does not know who she is.
She is suffering from stifled awareness.
A person who feels jealous is a person who does not know what he has.
He is suffering from stifled awareness.

The amazing thing is, it's not that easy to stifle awareness.
It requires constant diligence.
You have to really work at it to be miserable.
- Das Energi, Paul Williams

Blog Post:

Wingnuts & Moonbats: "I Hate Arabs More Than Anybody': Desperate Army Recruits Neo-Nazis

American Nihilist: Rule 5 for the rest of us: Sasha Grey Likes Gang Bangs -- Deal with it, Tyra

Wingnuts & Moonbats: Video from the Fire Dave rally

Commentary:

floggin' for truth; relentlessness on the gap-toothed comedian, and the humorlessness it displays; and a tiny dose o' crazy:
Wingnuts & Moonbats: Sarah Palin Accepts David Letterman's Apology for Coarse Jokes - (Is it finally over?) (Yep... All that, in one comment.)

Appreciation for a good blogger not leaving us, after all:
A Change of Mind… and Format - Old Soldier