Comments on: Someone Peed in My Coffee, Apparently http://www.fireblind.com/wordpress/192 SPREADING THE GOOD WORD Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:15:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dave http://www.fireblind.com/wordpress/192#comment-2237 Dave Sun, 04 May 2008 00:46:51 +0000 http://www.fireblind.com/wordpress/192#comment-2237 Oh, I did want to mention something. If you haven't read it, you should pick up Vonnegut's <a href="http://dedalvs.free.fr/read/search_kalusa.php?word=Cat|1|s%20Cradle" rel="nofollow"><i>Cat's Cradle</i></a>. It's an interesting book, but within it, there's a made-up religion called Bokononism (double made-up, in fact: Vonnegut created it, of course, as the author, but a character in the story is supposed to have created it ex nihilo in the 50's). Some of the terminology is fantastic, e.g., a granfalloon: a man-made group of people that, in reality, have little if anything to do with another (e.g., the Daughters of the American Revolution). It's short, too! Oh, I did want to mention something. If you haven’t read it, you should pick up Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle. It’s an interesting book, but within it, there’s a made-up religion called Bokononism (double made-up, in fact: Vonnegut created it, of course, as the author, but a character in the story is supposed to have created it ex nihilo in the 50’s). Some of the terminology is fantastic, e.g., a granfalloon: a man-made group of people that, in reality, have little if anything to do with another (e.g., the Daughters of the American Revolution). It’s short, too!

]]> By: Dave http://www.fireblind.com/wordpress/192#comment-2236 Dave Sun, 04 May 2008 00:43:26 +0000 http://www.fireblind.com/wordpress/192#comment-2236 If you had a "donate" button, I'd give you money right now. Regarding Obama, I really hate pandering, and those who force others to pander. I bet Obama does agree with some of the things that Wright said, even if he wouldn't word it the way he does. By this being an issue, though, he: (1) Has to deny <i>all</i> of it, and (2) is impugned by the opposition, even after denying it. So it ticks off those that might agree with Wright, <i>and</i> those that call him the Super Devil. That, I suppose, is politics, though. If you had a “donate” button, I’d give you money right now.

Regarding Obama, I really hate pandering, and those who force others to pander. I bet Obama does agree with some of the things that Wright said, even if he wouldn’t word it the way he does. By this being an issue, though, he: (1) Has to deny all of it, and (2) is impugned by the opposition, even after denying it. So it ticks off those that might agree with Wright, and those that call him the Super Devil. That, I suppose, is politics, though.

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