Comments on: Left and right http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2006/03/left-and-right/ Sci-fi, comics, humor, photos...it's all fair game. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:01:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ben Stein Compares Scientists to Nazis | K-Squared Ramblings http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2006/03/left-and-right/#comment-41423 Ben Stein Compares Scientists to Nazis | K-Squared Ramblings Thu, 01 May 2008 05:06:51 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2006/03/27/left-and-right/#comment-41423 [...] what little respect I had left for Ben Stein is rapidly evaporating. Apparently it’s not good enough for him to claim that [...] [...] what little respect I had left for Ben Stein is rapidly evaporating. Apparently it’s not good enough for him to claim that [...]

]]> By: Anton Sherwood http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2006/03/left-and-right/#comment-8518 Anton Sherwood Sat, 01 Apr 2006 18:42:40 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2006/03/27/left-and-right/#comment-8518 The choice of quote is meant to imply that jingoism is not the exclusive province of the "Right". The choice of quote is meant to imply that jingoism is not the exclusive province of the “Right”.

]]> By: Kelson http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2006/03/left-and-right/#comment-8508 Kelson Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:49:10 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2006/03/27/left-and-right/#comment-8508 I hadn't heard that one, or didn't remember it, but some googling turns it up on some <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1114491.stm" rel="nofollow">reputable enough sources</a>. I disagree with the statement, though. The choice of quote, and the context, seems to imply that if I don't support Bush 100%, then I must have supported Clinton 100%, catching me in a contradiction. This, of course, is another false dilemma. Under the Clinton administration we had stupid things like the push for the V-chip, cryptography (you know, that thing that makes e-commerce possible) classified as munitions, etc. And every once in a while, Bush manages to do something I agree with. Overall, though, I much preferred our last President, for all his flaws, to our current President, who has spent the last six years pushing the country in a direction I don't want to see it go. I hadn’t heard that one, or didn’t remember it, but some googling turns it up on some reputable enough sources. I disagree with the statement, though.

The choice of quote, and the context, seems to imply that if I don’t support Bush 100%, then I must have supported Clinton 100%, catching me in a contradiction. This, of course, is another false dilemma.

Under the Clinton administration we had stupid things like the push for the V-chip, cryptography (you know, that thing that makes e-commerce possible) classified as munitions, etc. And every once in a while, Bush manages to do something I agree with. Overall, though, I much preferred our last President, for all his flaws, to our current President, who has spent the last six years pushing the country in a direction I don’t want to see it go.

]]> By: Anton Sherwood http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2006/03/left-and-right/#comment-8507 Anton Sherwood Wed, 29 Mar 2006 06:52:34 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2006/03/27/left-and-right/#comment-8507 Didn't Bill Clinton say it's impossible to love your country and hate your government? Didn’t Bill Clinton say it’s impossible to love your country and hate your government?

]]> By: Kate http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2006/03/left-and-right/#comment-8505 Kate Tue, 28 Mar 2006 21:31:30 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2006/03/27/left-and-right/#comment-8505 The right loves to do this. It's their way of trying to relegate liberal thought to the domain of "those crazy celebrities", instead of what an everyday, rational American might think. The right loves to do this. It’s their way of trying to relegate liberal thought to the domain of “those crazy celebrities”, instead of what an everyday, rational American might think.

]]> By: Rob In China http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2006/03/left-and-right/#comment-8500 Rob In China Tue, 28 Mar 2006 06:53:38 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2006/03/27/left-and-right/#comment-8500 okay, just leave the oscars alone. Let the war be the war, and let the oscars be good entertainment where we can gossip on the best and worst dressed stars. Today, everything just has to have another angle. A cat drinks water from the tap, then all of a sudden, wow that cat is living too liberal a life, and why doesn't he care about what's going on with Iraq?!? It's just getting silly. okay, just leave the oscars alone. Let the war be the war, and let the oscars be good entertainment where we can gossip on the best and worst dressed stars.

Today, everything just has to have another angle. A cat drinks water from the tap, then all of a sudden, wow that cat is living too liberal a life, and why doesn’t he care about what’s going on with Iraq?!? It’s just getting silly.

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