tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post4992587348724911840..comments2024-03-28T21:32:41.763-05:00Comments on driftglass: They're Gonna Need a Bigger Boatdriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-79092311693285749962016-01-29T11:31:30.051-06:002016-01-29T11:31:30.051-06:00(update)
Just here to state, for the record, that...(update)<br /><br />Just here to state, for the record, that Fox didn't appear to throw Ms. Kelly under said bus. I was wrong.<br /><br />(update ended)Kevin Holsingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17568539831959033188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-37430310711420046412016-01-28T05:49:17.175-06:002016-01-28T05:49:17.175-06:00All the Ringmasters are dead.All the Ringmasters are dead.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12710348040257922919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-24241431795821598482016-01-27T10:52:45.481-06:002016-01-27T10:52:45.481-06:00Morning again, Mr. Glass.
Waiting for Ms. Kelly t...Morning again, Mr. Glass.<br /><br />Waiting for Ms. Kelly to get dumped under the bus by her bosses again...<br /><br />Be seeing you.Kevin Holsingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17568539831959033188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-42521095891857350162016-01-27T10:05:38.646-06:002016-01-27T10:05:38.646-06:00"It's a circus, and what is a circus with..."It's a circus, and what is a circus without clowns and acrobats in tights and monkeys riding tigers.<br />The only real question has ever been, "Who is the ringmaster?. . . ""<br /><br />Nailed it again. Wonderful stuff!<br />You're really good at this, i.e. flensing the bullshit. Which raises the question why the well-cosseted members of the punditocracy are so bad at it? [And so well-cosseted?]<br /><br />Anyway, you may be familiar with the article at ThinkProgress that (citing Roland Barthes) ascribes it to everybody treating it like a boxing match (a contest to see who wins) when Trump knows it's really wrestling (an entertainment spectacle nobody would be foolish enough to bet on as they would a boxing match).<br />http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/01/26/3743153/trump-skipping-debate-french-philosopher/<br /><br />A point of view also encapsulated in the comment of Mr. Helpman in the movie Brazil as to why the terrorists are doing what they're doing:<br />"Bad sportsmanship. A ruthless minority of people seem to have forgotten good old-fashioned virtues. They just can't stand seeing the other fellow win. If these people would just play the game..."<br /><br />Now if we just substitute MSM or even Nation Review for Mr. Helpman and Trump for "terrorists" . . .<br />bowtiejackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269786110593961195noreply@blogger.com