tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post1617899342630839344..comments2024-03-28T09:14:20.479-05:00Comments on driftglass: In Search of Historic Bobodriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-33874449529464380022018-11-30T18:48:55.521-06:002018-11-30T18:48:55.521-06:00Whew! Quite a read. Bravo! I think. I'm 77 and...Whew! Quite a read. Bravo! I think. I'm 77 and May be sinking into senility but your article gives me a little hope that I'm not quite over the hill. At least I kinda "get it."Scott Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17026678402542022811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-82244696877939650442014-08-08T19:25:28.411-05:002014-08-08T19:25:28.411-05:00I am rereading 1984 at the moment; David Brooks an...I am rereading 1984 at the moment; David Brooks and Winston Smith, toiling away in the Ministry of Truth, seem to have a lot in common.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07969988452643430382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-2023411088422050342013-12-31T10:50:03.746-06:002013-12-31T10:50:03.746-06:00This is the most beautiful thing I've ever see...This is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. <br /><br />A. Athenaehttp://www.first-draft.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-77264585048617836132013-12-28T16:22:51.011-06:002013-12-28T16:22:51.011-06:00Wait. You mean the great David Brooks is a ....hy...Wait. You mean the great David Brooks is a ....hypocrite? I'm shocked, shocked that such an accusation could be leveled at a man who clearly has as much integrity as a wet paper bag. People who don't know the meaning of the word integrity can hardly be accused of hypocrisy; after all, hypocrisy is an integral part of their character. They don't actually comprehend the meaning of the word. It's like accusing a fish of swimming in water: it's not their fault. They can't help it. Any more than Brooks can help being a hypocriteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-62572357520650533172013-12-27T10:41:24.164-06:002013-12-27T10:41:24.164-06:00Just Brilliant - thank you.
Just Brilliant - thank you.<br />Professor Fatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-69993772284078905672013-12-26T20:04:50.494-06:002013-12-26T20:04:50.494-06:00@Monster from the Id
I wasn't aware of this, ...@Monster from the Id<br /><br />I wasn't aware of this, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/01/uselections2004.books" rel="nofollow">but it looks like you're correct.</a> Future generations probably <b>will</b> be left only with driftglass fragments to piece together someone like Brooks. But it'll be hard. Certainly there is no explaining his ascendancy now with "full information." <br /><br />I take some consolation from the bizarre, post-divorce self-hatred that is seeping out of some of his recent, post "book leave" pieces, as if Brooks himself half acknowledges that he's a totally-full-of-shit fraud. And there is <a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/12/18/hack_list_no_4_david_brooks/" rel="nofollow">this year's magnificent take down of Brooks by Alex Pareene</a>. One can only hope that also survives <i>le déluge</i> this worthless fuck has helped create.Redhandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-71012524938868882002013-12-26T13:11:21.892-06:002013-12-26T13:11:21.892-06:00" it would have been impossible for any real ..." it would have been impossible for any real writer whose output was as meager and ridiculous as "David Brooks" to have maintained a position of such influence and status at the very apex of the Punditry Guild."<br /><br />The whole thing was a wonderful read but that statement sums it all up. It should be absolutely impossible. What the hell is the matter with people anyway? <br /><br />Kudos on the photoshops too!marindenverhttp://www.rumproast.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-73265191338387989072013-12-26T10:39:39.510-06:002013-12-26T10:39:39.510-06:00Redhand: IIRC, Wolfe is one of THEM--that is, a ri...Redhand: IIRC, Wolfe is one of THEM--that is, a right-winger. Of course he won't criticize his comrades in pseudo-intellectual arms.Monster from the Idnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-4952686599030763272013-12-26T09:31:03.768-06:002013-12-26T09:31:03.768-06:00Excellent thesis, sir.Excellent thesis, sir.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-4668386022824651142013-12-26T07:01:02.503-06:002013-12-26T07:01:02.503-06:00Bravo. Simply bravo!
RPBravo. Simply bravo!<br /><br />RPRetired Patriothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10653011328780251842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-34941088712545226972013-12-26T06:57:28.748-06:002013-12-26T06:57:28.748-06:00brilliant!brilliant!bladernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-33495279492619744112013-12-26T06:13:40.632-06:002013-12-26T06:13:40.632-06:00So it shall be written. So it shall be done. So it shall be written. So it shall be done. StonyPillownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-13649391442897945442013-12-26T03:57:21.158-06:002013-12-26T03:57:21.158-06:00Brilliant parody indeed. Was Homer a real person?...Brilliant parody indeed. Was Homer a real person? Did the Same Person "write" the Iliad and the Odyssey? Are some of the better "Fragments" in the <i>Satyricon</i> really the work of Petronius, etc. etc?<br /><br />The utter degeneracy of today's pundocracy -- Brooks, Friedman, "Newshour" jester Mark Shields, et al -- is a subject worthy of <i>Bonfire of the Vanities</i> treatment. Tom Wolfe, where are you when we need you?Redhandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-9282249942072989982013-12-25T19:53:48.640-06:002013-12-25T19:53:48.640-06:00This was brilliant parody of the way scholars do h...This was brilliant parody of the way scholars do historical criticism of ancient texts like the bible and what they will do in the future with blogs. tenacitushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07448454644285005675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-84866970683040832442013-12-25T18:09:41.392-06:002013-12-25T18:09:41.392-06:00You know, although Ramses lived and reigned for 80...You know, although Ramses lived and reigned for 80 years, beget by some estimates, over 150 offspring and literally had his deeds and exploits carved in stone more than any figure in history; there is no actual recorded mention of the exodus or even the enslavement of...well you get the picture...other than the old testament.<br />Hell, it's 2013 and I still think Bobo has to be a fictional composite of mediocrity.<br />Brilliant bit of Christmas work...thanks<br />Back to my Sopranos marathon which contrary to my memory, on second viewing with some years past... was apparently an amazing work of comic genius.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-13556628847205916952013-12-25T16:02:30.057-06:002013-12-25T16:02:30.057-06:00May the light always find you on a dreary day.
Whe...May the light always find you on a dreary day.<br />When you need to be home may you find your way.<br />May you always have courage to take a chance,<br />And never find frogs in your underpants.the bewildernesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897473556532788312noreply@blogger.com