tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post445429552567253437..comments2024-03-28T16:26:28.642-05:00Comments on driftglass: David Brooks: Less Than Zerodriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-71835022495497023442016-10-02T19:32:06.696-05:002016-10-02T19:32:06.696-05:00Great idea, Sharon I wish I had thought of it soon...Great idea, Sharon I wish I had thought of it sooner.Ed Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06302806973775217614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-34288074644735556322016-10-02T13:31:00.601-05:002016-10-02T13:31:00.601-05:00Assholes like Brooks have as their solitary, patho...Assholes like Brooks have as their solitary, pathologically unswerving mission to drag as many people as they can into Trump's Republican-made shit pile--failing that--repulsing them by it's unsavory stink. Anyone who answers "Clinton" as their response to Trump's madness has hopelessly lost their argument.Jim from MNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10227344591235255609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-62442899255216874192016-10-01T19:13:41.666-05:002016-10-01T19:13:41.666-05:00The easiest job, the laziest job in the print medi...The easiest job, the laziest job in the print media world is to be an Op/Ed writer defending the right-wing Establishment as our Bobo has done for many years. He knows that the "Establishment" is the Potemkin Village presenting an "acceptable" facade for the army of racist orcs and the billionaire Sarumans that work behind the Establishment. Unfortunately, the national GOP Establishment is now utterly in tatters with the ridiculous Reince Priebus running around frantically cleaning up the huge piles of poop. So Bobo has now decided to go "poetic" and "idealistic" - this from the guy who used to write for the National Review, the journal of white supremacy (h/t Pierce).Jimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13891331049535299222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-5031497972180129632016-10-01T17:50:22.275-05:002016-10-01T17:50:22.275-05:00The both sides whine in this one is particularly g...The both sides whine in this one is particularly grating. Clearly Bobo's got his marching orders from on high to find some way, any way, to diss Clinton and compare her negatively against Trump. What a load of crap. <br /><br /><i>"At some point there will have to be a new vocabulary and a restored anthropology, emphasizing love, friendship, faithfulness, solidarity and neighborliness that pushes people toward connection rather than distrust.</i>"<br /><br />Oh I see. The <i>demos</i> need a new <i>anthrophology </i>! Wow, how insightful THAT is. WTF does it mean? I imported "demos" from George Will's bullshit just because I felt like it. Did these 2 noobs have a sherry together or something, sipping their drinkies with their little pinkies lifted high, before retiring to their respective studies in order to cogitate and churn out these lovely pearls that they toss before the swine?<br /><br />Bobo has done nothing but suck up to the .001% and engage himself in ye olde game of divide and conquer - pitting the rabble against one another via his Both Siderist bullshit and hype. So, it sounds like DFB needs to engage in a bit of mirror-looking should he come back to read his hoity toity elevated "prose." RUKiddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057702539722165035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-19241549261695593552016-10-01T15:30:16.139-05:002016-10-01T15:30:16.139-05:00Good evening, Mr. Glass.
I see the Borg King is w...Good evening, Mr. Glass.<br /><br />I see the Borg King is whining about the over-abundance of individualism again. "I am...Both...of Sides."<br /><br />Be seeing you.Kevin Holsingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17568539831959033188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-57508187445263449882016-10-01T14:39:32.736-05:002016-10-01T14:39:32.736-05:00The key to understanding DFB is recognizing that e...The key to understanding DFB is recognizing that every column he writes is dedicated to the proposition that the federal government should do fuckall nothing to cure any and all societal and economic problems, because it would (gasp!) have to spend taxpayer money if it tried. Instead, DFB regularly plays with himself imagining a "Peaceable Kingdom" in which the lion lies down with the lamb, because we can create a society in which people are collectively "loving, serving, hoping, dreaming, cooperating creatures."<br /><br />The insult to injury part of his ridiculous paradigm is the notion that the Repubs are somehow equal or better than the Dems in this, or should be, but for Trump's "capitalism degraded to pure selfishness." And in this, of course, he is totally full of shit, as always, because capitalism <b>never</b> looks beyond selfishness as an economic philosophy, and it is the unleavened philosophy of choice of the GOP.<br /><br />Basically, Brooks objects to Hillary's programs because he would rather deflect the idea of any government money being spent in favor of waiting forever for some "new vocabulary and a restored anthropology, emphasizing love, friendship, faithfulness, solidarity and neighborliness that pushes people toward connection."<br /><br />He knows better, but this is such a polite way to tell the poors and those desperately needing governmental help to go fuck themselves. I mean, who could complain that DFB isn't a true humanitarian, you know, the real deal?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08880308031096340258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-53922714867052367182016-10-01T10:33:50.642-05:002016-10-01T10:33:50.642-05:00Brilliant. Some of your best work.
In a just worl...Brilliant. Some of your best work. <br />In a just world ( - pause for audience laughter - ) you would get the recognition you so richly deserve.bowtiejackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269786110593961195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-89603979016650045632016-10-01T10:30:58.086-05:002016-10-01T10:30:58.086-05:00Yes, Mr. Brooks, I want to know what Clinton will ...Yes, Mr. Brooks, I want to know what Clinton will actually do as president. That seems important, doesn't it? By the way, virtually none of her proposals will benefit me directly, so enough of that bullshit about buying my vote with federal dollars.Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08469262537314894217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-41211960617862993722016-10-01T09:52:14.230-05:002016-10-01T09:52:14.230-05:00I must commend you for the Edmund Burke reference....I must commend you for the Edmund Burke reference. <br /><br />Barely through my first cup of coffee and sitting slack jawed in amazement.engulfedinflameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17501245576197198145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-60492891083881075772016-10-01T09:16:44.061-05:002016-10-01T09:16:44.061-05:00Every time you run into a pay wall trying to follo...Every time you run into a pay wall trying to follow a link to the New York Times or the Washington Post, send your money instead to driftglass.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082907912697636167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-80664630705548019262016-10-01T08:07:55.581-05:002016-10-01T08:07:55.581-05:00David Brooks' definition of 'neighborlines...David Brooks' definition of 'neighborliness': Yelling "Get off my lawn!" through an arrow slit in the 15 ft stone wall surrounding his stately home...Graysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06101584776321248052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-18995964436991358782016-09-30T23:06:23.353-05:002016-09-30T23:06:23.353-05:00The way I remember it, idealism's hard days be... The way I remember it, idealism's hard days began in the seventies. Maybe he should read Hunter S Thompson some time.<br /> Also, Driftglass, what happened to your blogroll?<br /><br /> -Doug in Oaklanddinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-6718409703227421852016-09-30T22:19:52.019-05:002016-09-30T22:19:52.019-05:00Almost perfect Abbey Road P-chop. Put them in stra...Almost perfect Abbey Road P-chop. Put them in straight-jackets!<br /><br />DFB's position as an usher, shusher and tsk-tsker in Opposite World stands as a potential roadmap back to sanity. Granted, after 30 years, we've been dragged a million miles off course...thankfully, the world's round...<br /><br />Rehctawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995444077162800445noreply@blogger.com