tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post5684251368339584745..comments2024-03-28T09:14:20.479-05:00Comments on driftglass: David Brooks Endorses Donald Trump?driftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-7000201995609256062015-08-25T09:03:20.341-05:002015-08-25T09:03:20.341-05:00(Off topic)
Out of morbid curiosity, I clicked t...(Off topic) <br /><br />Out of morbid curiosity, I clicked this side ad on a site I was visiting:<br /><br /><a href="http://teapartyinfo.org/polling/10371_WHAT_CAN_BE_DONE_IF_OBAMA_DOES_NOT_LEAVE_OFFICE_IN_2017_.php?promocode=tp-12315" rel="nofollow">Oh, for Haruhi's sake, people actually believe this crap?</a>Ivory Bill Woodpeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318699512583970467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-60702004498373203352015-08-25T01:53:44.491-05:002015-08-25T01:53:44.491-05:00'In the name of civility, common decency and n...'In the name of civility, common decency and national greatness, can't we all come together and agree to fellate the rich and fuck the poor?' <br /> <br />Batocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-27852797198837339872015-08-24T23:31:29.723-05:002015-08-24T23:31:29.723-05:001,000,000 monkeys + 1,000,000 typewriters = 1,000,...1,000,000 monkeys + 1,000,000 typewriters = 1,000,000 David Brooks columns.David in NYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00493832668051350697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-78527925552072195512015-08-24T23:29:33.216-05:002015-08-24T23:29:33.216-05:001,000,000 monkeys + 1,000,000 typewriters = 1,000,...1,000,000 monkeys + 1,000,000 typewriters = 1,000,000 David Brooks columns. David in NYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00493832668051350697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-30623954232015833852015-08-24T22:23:26.391-05:002015-08-24T22:23:26.391-05:00It's interesting how many notes Brooks hits in...It's interesting how many notes Brooks hits in the Paxton' definition of fascism:<br /><br />"Fascism may be defined as a form of political behavior marked by obsessive preoccupation with<br /><br />community decline, <br />humiliation, <br />or victimhood <br /><br />and by compensatory cults of <br />unity, <br />energy <br />and purity, <br />in which a mass-based party of committed nationalist militants, working in uneasy but effective collaboration with traditional elites, abandons democratic liberties and pursues with redemptive violence and without ethical or legal restraints goals of internal cleansing and external expansion."<br /><br />Let's count them together.<br /> <br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09595384379621051183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-62676817124228918122015-08-24T19:57:49.491-05:002015-08-24T19:57:49.491-05:00Collectives? FAMILY is the ultimate collective. Yo...Collectives? FAMILY is the ultimate collective. You owe it no matter what evil it does.Ormond Otvoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04218783352148219090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-6806541787500998872015-08-24T19:35:13.339-05:002015-08-24T19:35:13.339-05:00So David is seeing other candidates? Has anyone to...So David is seeing other candidates? Has anyone told Rubio, who up to now has ben the fave of Dave?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08141640791663745884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-30573973724113345312015-08-24T17:27:03.432-05:002015-08-24T17:27:03.432-05:00 And Rupert Murdoch is slouching toward Times Squa... And Rupert Murdoch is slouching toward Times Square to be born. The ground has been totally softened. ELSKYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16656331592416370067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-68889470507306408402015-08-24T16:58:15.673-05:002015-08-24T16:58:15.673-05:00Brooks was against Obama's stimulation of the ...Brooks was against Obama's stimulation of the economy because he saw Jacques Cousteau's Octopus Octopus and thought that was the kind of stimulation that was going to be applied.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-31774343967357312922015-08-24T16:50:13.223-05:002015-08-24T16:50:13.223-05:00That was a Palinesque word salad; just a broader r...That was a Palinesque word salad; just a broader random selection of ideas and vocabulary. When it's not making sense, it's contradicting itself -- much like the mediocore Jefferson library which is the finest in the world by virtue of being American. Sigh. <br /><br />Brooks as soy sauce packet. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09595384379621051183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-69455541551987702992015-08-24T16:23:13.056-05:002015-08-24T16:23:13.056-05:00Brooks left something out, unless Drifty neglected...Brooks left something out, unless Drifty neglected to quote it, and I doubt Drifty would miss this:<br /><br /><i>"That evil rotten no-good radical egalitarianism partially smashed the most important hierarchy of all--the hierarchy of men over women! Once women could get good jobs for themselves, they could judge men on the bases of whether or not they were cute, or funny, or interesting, or good in bed, rather than whether or not they were likely to become Good Providers, so I couldn't get any of the prime pussy until I was middle-aged and rich! O! The Injustice!"</i><br /><br />I don't know if Mojo Nixon still performs <i>"Elvis Is Everywhere"</i>, but now that poor Michael J. Fox has Parkinson's Disease, I nominate David F. Brooks to take Mr. Fox's place as <b>"The Anti-Elvis".</b><br /><br />David F. Brooks has no Elvis in him.Ivory Bill Woodpeckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318699512583970467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-60670242482414409942015-08-24T15:32:10.925-05:002015-08-24T15:32:10.925-05:00But energetic government is good for its own sake....<i> But energetic government is good for its own sake. It raises the sights of the individual. It strengthens common bonds. It boosts national pride. It continues the great national project. </i><br /><br />I know, I know! Let's invade Iraq! Oh, wait a minute...DrBBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14070731568774009828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-88110517856015564212015-08-24T14:20:08.302-05:002015-08-24T14:20:08.302-05:00A timely reminder that David f'n Brooks has al...A timely reminder that David f'n Brooks has always, in fact, been a clueless moron. <br /><br />Yep, the Interstate Highways and Hoover Dam were built by individuals and families and the big bad collective commie sockulist gummit stayed out of the way.<br /><br />And this guy now has tenure at the New York Times.<br /><br />Man, I am so in the wrong profession.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15368238520998130967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-23000885718114871952015-08-24T14:05:13.145-05:002015-08-24T14:05:13.145-05:00"It almost doesn't matter what great task..."It almost doesn't matter what great task government sets for itself, as long as it does some tangible thing with energy and effectiveness."<br /><br />Where did Bobo mislay that argument when Obama was suggesting to stimulate the economy with programs to build and maintain infrastructure? I don't recall him pushing for "an energetic government" back then -- or at any time during Obama's presidency.Unsalted Sinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388516480935688151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-51134874374717422422015-08-24T13:52:29.551-05:002015-08-24T13:52:29.551-05:00Well, if Alito ran for president we could replace ... Well, if Alito ran for president we could replace him on the Supreme Court... And Lewis Black said the same thing about the "Public Works Project" much better, and years ago. I believe he called it "The Big Fucking Thing"... "It doesn't matter what it is, so long as it's big, and it's a fucking thing..." And in that same show he called for a giant border wall, on the border with Canada: because that's where the cold air comes from...<br /><br /> -Doug in Oakland dinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-44024625379414810452015-08-24T12:05:49.103-05:002015-08-24T12:05:49.103-05:00Ah well, breakfast is overrated. But I am not fon...Ah well, breakfast is overrated. But I am not fond of the taste of vomit.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01347115855111060618noreply@blogger.com