tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post6538473641547684932..comments2024-03-28T21:32:41.763-05:00Comments on driftglass: Sunday Morning Comin' Downdriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-64339202554245026332013-08-14T22:45:17.407-05:002013-08-14T22:45:17.407-05:00Flensing knives : +1 internetsFlensing knives : +1 internetsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-28523424842016336982013-08-12T17:48:18.798-05:002013-08-12T17:48:18.798-05:00"Big Ideas!"
Here's a big idea rega..."Big Ideas!"<br /><br />Here's a big idea regarding tax policy: why don't we try doing what we did 50 years ago that worked really really good?<br /><br />Here's a big idea regarding health care: why don't we copy the two dozen countries that get their stuff for half price?<br /><br />We've solved every major problem. The call for big ideas is the call of an idiot. We instead need a call for leaders with their eyes vaguely open every now and then.<br />steevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12620735494191381865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-25201459375046723102013-08-12T13:52:48.942-05:002013-08-12T13:52:48.942-05:00Given his prior history of making stuff up out of ...Given his prior history of making stuff up out of whole cloth, I guarantee this 12 year old blogger thing never happened.<br /><br />On the other hand, I am not sure whether the fact that Brooks lied reflects worse on Brooks than if the story were actually true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-73105604533793828682013-08-12T10:38:55.419-05:002013-08-12T10:38:55.419-05:00The blog magically became uninteresting when he di...The blog magically became uninteresting when he discovered the age of the writer?mostlyferalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02231396375340499608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-75157263844777068002013-08-12T10:16:14.925-05:002013-08-12T10:16:14.925-05:00A simple request Mr Brooks: show us the blog. Pro...A simple request Mr Brooks: show us the blog. Prove you aren't once again making stuff up. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-48992517471005372512013-08-12T09:52:50.315-05:002013-08-12T09:52:50.315-05:00". . . the respectable, soft-spoken, teeve...". . . the respectable, soft-spoken, teevee-friendly face of a movement made up of sociopaths, thieves and tin-pot demagogues."<br /><br />As Alexander Pope said, What oft was thought but ne'er so well expressed.bowtiejackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269786110593961195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-17762810795655220872013-08-12T07:43:05.827-05:002013-08-12T07:43:05.827-05:00Brooks used the 12 year old blogger story in a pub...Brooks used the 12 year old blogger story in a public interview recently so this is something he's been thinking about. He's scared. He knows that his stuff doesn't stand up to fact checking and the regular media doesn't call him on his BS. <br /><br />Bloggers do. Brooks is trying to build a "both sides do it" case to make bloggers less authoritative.<br /><br />If all blogs are worthless then any truth telling will be ignored.<br /><br />And if a 12 year old held his interest, why is the point worthless once Brooks finds out the age of the blogger?MMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033207118783101912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-90421364836211790612013-08-11T20:09:56.740-05:002013-08-11T20:09:56.740-05:00Can we find this alleged 12 year old and get him t...Can we find this alleged 12 year old and get him to explain to Bobo how the world outside Orchard Park and various TV studios in Manhattan actually works?Tommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111717103765815148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-14337635046356515232013-08-11T18:30:21.268-05:002013-08-11T18:30:21.268-05:00I am blaming it all on this, Brooks would too, if ...I am blaming it all on this, Brooks would too, if anybody was allowed to shove those quotes in his face:<br /><br />"The last pole reversal of the sun’s magnetic fields happened in the year 2000."<br /><br />http://guardianlv.com/2013/08/sun-reversing-magnetic-poles-affects-human-awareness-video/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-43363614060927521072013-08-11T16:20:49.679-05:002013-08-11T16:20:49.679-05:00The fact that he would say he was very interested ...The fact that he would say he was very interested in the ideas of a 12-year-old says a lot about the emotional and intellectual maturity of David Brooks and the movement he espouses.<br /><br />And he doesn't even realize it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16137423464577067869noreply@blogger.com