Comments on: Woof! Ban the Bomb! http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/woof-ban-the-bomb/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:34:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Auguste http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/woof-ban-the-bomb/#comment-507237 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:08:03 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/woof-ban-the-bomb/#comment-507237 <blockquote>What I heard was that his brief experiences as a male CHILD naturally trump the (objectively longer) experiences of a female ADULT.</blockquote> John McCain's not a female. Or an adult, if his temper control is any guide.

What I heard was that his brief experiences as a male CHILD naturally trump the (objectively longer) experiences of a female ADULT.

John McCain’s not a female. Or an adult, if his temper control is any guide.

]]> by: Sirkowski http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/woof-ban-the-bomb/#comment-507233 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:59:39 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/woof-ban-the-bomb/#comment-507233 Ah, I guess it was too obvious for me to see it as a whistle. :-) Ah, I guess it was too obvious for me to see it as a whistle. :-)

]]> by: TA http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/woof-ban-the-bomb/#comment-507152 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:02:08 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/woof-ban-the-bomb/#comment-507152 Oh. What I heard was that his brief experiences as a male CHILD naturally trump the (objectively longer) experiences of a female ADULT. Obviously. Oh. What I heard was that his brief experiences as a male CHILD naturally trump the (objectively longer) experiences of a female ADULT.

Obviously.

]]> by: greensmile http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/woof-ban-the-bomb/#comment-507144 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:12:36 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/woof-ban-the-bomb/#comment-507144 Auguste, <a href="http://pithingcontest.blogspot.com/2008/02/whats-left-what-was-ever-right-on-right.html" rel="nofollow">I have held a very similar opinion for some time now</a>. The reason the pundits were constantly surprised by Obama's better than expected showings in the early primaries was that they were too steeped in the conventional wisdom of the beltway. For the other 81% of us who are not so happy with present trends, the more issues [read "votes"] and the longer any politician has been aligned with the current administration, the more contaminated they are unconsciously seen to be. it is crude thinking [or, as you put it "shallow"] and yet when one closes the curtain and is in the claustrophobic confines of the polling booth, it may come down to just such approximating summaries of good and evil for most voters. Go'Bama! Auguste, I have held a very similar opinion for some time now. The reason the pundits were constantly surprised by Obama’s better than expected showings in the early primaries was that they were too steeped in the conventional wisdom of the beltway. For the other 81% of us who are not so happy with present trends, the more issues [read “votes”] and the longer any politician has been aligned with the current administration, the more contaminated they are unconsciously seen to be. it is crude thinking [or, as you put it “shallow”] and yet when one closes the curtain and is in the claustrophobic confines of the polling booth, it may come down to just such approximating summaries of good and evil for most voters.

Go’Bama!

]]> by: tinfoil hattie http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/woof-ban-the-bomb/#comment-507141 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:51:16 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/woof-ban-the-bomb/#comment-507141 ...and Ms. Kate goes right for the "she only drank tea with wives" jugular. But Obama's for peace, so he's got "experience." The contortions. They burn! …and Ms. Kate goes right for the “she only drank tea with wives” jugular.

But Obama’s for peace, so he’s got “experience.”

The contortions. They burn!

]]> by: Sean http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/woof-ban-the-bomb/#comment-507134 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:30:18 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/woof-ban-the-bomb/#comment-507134 This is a fantastic sentiment, I just don't think I believe that he's passed the test either. At the very least, he still voted for funding, and he hasn't taken Iran off the table. I'm unimpressed by every candidate (least unimpressed with him, but still), but will vote democrat in the election only because our country will completely implode with McCain as president. This is a fantastic sentiment, I just don’t think I believe that he’s passed the test either. At the very least, he still voted for funding, and he hasn’t taken Iran off the table. I’m unimpressed by every candidate (least unimpressed with him, but still), but will vote democrat in the election only because our country will completely implode with McCain as president.

]]> by: FlipYrWhig http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/woof-ban-the-bomb/#comment-507124 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:11:35 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/woof-ban-the-bomb/#comment-507124 I'm not hearing the whistle, or maybe I've just been hearing it for long enough that I'm not noticing a different note. Isn't this just Obama's tried-and-true "judgment" tactic he's been using to check the "experience" point for months? I’m not hearing the whistle, or maybe I’ve just been hearing it for long enough that I’m not noticing a different note. Isn’t this just Obama’s tried-and-true “judgment” tactic he’s been using to check the “experience” point for months?

]]> by: Kitty M. http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/woof-ban-the-bomb/#comment-507107 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:32:02 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/woof-ban-the-bomb/#comment-507107 That's not all that I got out of those statements. IMO, He's implying that they are unicultural Americans (the stereotypical 'ugly Americans' who criticize other countries while they're there for being insufficiently like America, The Perfect). But by dint of his heritage and upbringing Obama has a more multinational mindset. He's willing to see other cultures as being equally valid on their own terms instead of being failed-America-copies. In otherwords, he's not an Imperialist, and I think he'll do a lot to improve our internation reputation. Ultimagely, I'm not disagreeing with you, he is saying he's less likely to go off half cocked at the semi-mythical 3am call, but it will be because he has more understanding and empathy for world matters. The corollary to this implication is that others would say 'Some not-American country is daring to rattle their sabers? Bomb 'em.' The sad thing is that McCain has explicitly validated that corollary... "Bomb, bomb, bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran" That’s not all that I got out of those statements. IMO, He’s implying that they are unicultural Americans (the stereotypical ‘ugly Americans’ who criticize other countries while they’re there for being insufficiently like America, The Perfect).

But by dint of his heritage and upbringing Obama has a more multinational mindset. He’s willing to see other cultures as being equally valid on their own terms instead of being failed-America-copies. In otherwords, he’s not an Imperialist, and I think he’ll do a lot to improve our internation reputation.

Ultimagely, I’m not disagreeing with you, he is saying he’s less likely to go off half cocked at the semi-mythical 3am call, but it will be because he has more understanding and empathy for world matters. The corollary to this implication is that others would say ‘Some not-American country is daring to rattle their sabers? Bomb ‘em.’

The sad thing is that McCain has explicitly validated that corollary… “Bomb, bomb, bomb, Bomb Bomb Iran”

]]> by: Samantha Vimes http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/woof-ban-the-bomb/#comment-507087 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:09:28 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/woof-ban-the-bomb/#comment-507087 Obama just convinced me. :) Ruff. Obama just convinced me. :)

Ruff.

]]> by: Auguste http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/woof-ban-the-bomb/#comment-507076 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 20:32:12 +0100 http://pandagon.blogsome.com/2008/04/08/woof-ban-the-bomb/#comment-507076 Dana can't even RTFname of the poster! :-D Dana can’t even RTFname of the poster! :-D

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