Comments on: Not Exactly the Better Angels of Our Nature http://www.mahablog.com/2008/10/10/not-exactly-the-better-angels-of-our-nature/ Making the World Safe for Liberalism Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:27:05 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: zhak http://www.mahablog.com/2008/10/10/not-exactly-the-better-angels-of-our-nature/comment-page-1/#comment-548328 zhak Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:37:06 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2803#comment-548328 May I just say the line about Bush being the middle finger extended to the rest of the world is absolutely sublime? May I just say the line about Bush being the middle finger extended to the rest of the world is absolutely sublime?

]]> By: moonbat http://www.mahablog.com/2008/10/10/not-exactly-the-better-angels-of-our-nature/comment-page-1/#comment-548318 moonbat Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:45:11 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2803#comment-548318 Not only David Brooks but Kathleen Parker too. These are the days of miracles and wonders. Not only David Brooks but Kathleen Parker too. These are the days of miracles and wonders.

]]> By: khughes1963 http://www.mahablog.com/2008/10/10/not-exactly-the-better-angels-of-our-nature/comment-page-1/#comment-548315 khughes1963 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:12:33 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2803#comment-548315 The rageaholics on the Right are angry because they see themselves losing their grip on power, and it's making them angry as hell. I shudder when I hear things like how the McCain/Palin supporters behaved at the rallies. If the Democrats win this election, the Republicans will return to their time-honored habits of obstruction, badmouthing and backstabbing. They can win elections, but they can't govern. The rageaholics on the Right are angry because they see themselves losing their grip on power, and it’s making them angry as hell. I shudder when I hear things like how the McCain/Palin supporters behaved at the rallies. If the Democrats win this election, the Republicans will return to their time-honored habits of obstruction, badmouthing and backstabbing. They can win elections, but they can’t govern.

]]> By: freD http://www.mahablog.com/2008/10/10/not-exactly-the-better-angels-of-our-nature/comment-page-1/#comment-548311 freD Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:40:43 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2803#comment-548311 On the bright side, now’s a great time to bake some rightie noodles. Ask a libertarian: Isn’t the coming bubble-caused backlash against free markets going to be counterproductive to their movement? Ask a fundie: What is God punishing us for this time? Bush? On the bright side, now’s a great time to bake some rightie noodles.

Ask a libertarian: Isn’t the coming bubble-caused backlash against free markets going to be counterproductive to their movement?

Ask a fundie: What is God punishing us for this time? Bush?

]]> By: SamFromUtah http://www.mahablog.com/2008/10/10/not-exactly-the-better-angels-of-our-nature/comment-page-1/#comment-548308 SamFromUtah Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:24:24 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2803#comment-548308 <i>The nation is divided between the wholesome Joe Sixpacks in the heartland and the oversophisticated, overeducated, oversecularized denizens of the coasts.</i> Isn't this the "Obama wouldn't fit in at the Applebee's salad bar" goober writing this? <i>...how much of the punditocracy is still barely even tip-toeing toward any sort of discussion about what is essentially an effort to stir up mob violence.</i> Much less own their own culpability in it. The nation is divided between the wholesome Joe Sixpacks in the heartland and the oversophisticated, overeducated, oversecularized denizens of the coasts.

Isn’t this the “Obama wouldn’t fit in at the Applebee’s salad bar” goober writing this?

…how much of the punditocracy is still barely even tip-toeing toward any sort of discussion about what is essentially an effort to stir up mob violence.

Much less own their own culpability in it.

]]> By: brownbuffalo http://www.mahablog.com/2008/10/10/not-exactly-the-better-angels-of-our-nature/comment-page-1/#comment-548307 brownbuffalo Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:14:17 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2803#comment-548307 Just to repeat myself KingGeorgeThe Tenth, no we should not all be afraid at the moment. Don't fear the louts. They are a bunch of frightened little children. Lord of the Flies style sure, but children all the same. They are not in charge. We neither need nor heed them. I too hope the Secret Service (he should hire Swiss Guards) can keep Obama safe, but maybe we should be thinking ahead to how we respond if they don't? No more show trials. Just to repeat myself KingGeorgeThe Tenth, no we should not all be afraid at the moment. Don’t fear the louts. They are a bunch of frightened little children. Lord of the Flies style sure, but children all the same. They are not in charge. We neither need nor heed them.

I too hope the Secret Service (he should hire Swiss Guards) can keep Obama safe, but maybe we should be thinking ahead to how we respond if they don’t? No more show trials.

]]> By: felicity http://www.mahablog.com/2008/10/10/not-exactly-the-better-angels-of-our-nature/comment-page-1/#comment-548305 felicity Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:11:44 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2803#comment-548305 Maja, I've pointed out before the similarities in temperment, among other things, between Bush and McCain, and your 'middle finger to the world' puts the bows on both packages. McCain the maverick, a label he wears with pride, is in fact little more than his obsession with flipping people off. Maja, I’ve pointed out before the similarities in temperment, among other things, between Bush and McCain, and your ‘middle finger to the world’ puts the bows on both packages.

McCain the maverick, a label he wears with pride, is in fact little more than his obsession with flipping people off.

]]> By: priscianus jr http://www.mahablog.com/2008/10/10/not-exactly-the-better-angels-of-our-nature/comment-page-1/#comment-548303 priscianus jr Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:52:06 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2803#comment-548303 "If you or I gathered a gaggle of people together and began whipping them with this kind of language and this sort of appeal to raw emotions, we would be taken into custody and charged with incitement to riot." -- Hmmm. Does that mean it's about time for Bush to declare martial law? Or maybe it's the other way round. He always wanted to declare martial law, he just needed the excuse. -- I'm not saying it's going to work, I'm just saying it's plausible. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naomi-wolf/ten-steps-to-close-down-a_b_46695.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naomi-wolf/the-battle-plan-ii-sarah_b_128393.html “If you or I gathered a gaggle of people together and began whipping them with this kind of language and this sort of appeal to raw emotions, we would be taken into custody and charged with incitement to riot.” — Hmmm. Does that mean it’s about time for Bush to declare martial law? Or maybe it’s the other way round. He always wanted to declare martial law, he just needed the excuse. — I’m not saying it’s going to work, I’m just saying it’s plausible.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naomi-wolf/ten-steps-to-close-down-a_b_46695.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naomi-wolf/the-battle-plan-ii-sarah_b_128393.html

]]> By: KingGeorgeTheTenth http://www.mahablog.com/2008/10/10/not-exactly-the-better-angels-of-our-nature/comment-page-1/#comment-548302 KingGeorgeTheTenth Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:16:54 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2803#comment-548302 Interesting, I've been listening to one of the Teaching Company's Courses on Terror and Utopia in the 20th Century. In it the Professor talks about how new technologies from the machine gun to the printing press to the urbanization associated with the Industrial Revolution all contributed to large massacres throughout the early 20th century. You could surly point to radio broadcasts in Rwanda as further evidence that technology has further enabled great acts of violence. If Jack K, The Grumpy Forester is correct then just imagine what the Internets can do to the right wing folks. We have already seen someone going into a Unitarian Church armed and ready to kill kill kill. Perhaps we should all be afraid at the moment. I sure hope the Secret Service can keep Mr. Obama safe and sound. What a pleasant idea... Interesting, I’ve been listening to one of the Teaching Company’s Courses on Terror and Utopia in the 20th Century. In it the Professor talks about how new technologies from the machine gun to the printing press to the urbanization associated with the Industrial Revolution all contributed to large massacres throughout the early 20th century. You could surly point to radio broadcasts in Rwanda as further evidence that technology has further enabled great acts of violence. If Jack K, The Grumpy Forester is correct then just imagine what the Internets can do to the right wing folks. We have already seen someone going into a Unitarian Church armed and ready to kill kill kill. Perhaps we should all be afraid at the moment. I sure hope the Secret Service can keep Mr. Obama safe and sound.

What a pleasant idea…

]]> By: brownbuffalo http://www.mahablog.com/2008/10/10/not-exactly-the-better-angels-of-our-nature/comment-page-1/#comment-548301 brownbuffalo Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:00:34 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=2803#comment-548301 We are better off with a wounded animal than a big, robust pack that the site seers keep feeding even though all the sighs say doing so is dangerous. Do not be afraid of these people. If they go wild we will simply have to put a stop to it. Animal control is one of the good guys. It was never going to be pretty, but maybe we can begin to stop the evil neo con bestial madness. We are better off with a wounded animal than a big, robust pack that the site seers keep feeding even though all the sighs say doing so is dangerous. Do not be afraid of these people. If they go wild we will simply have to put a stop to it. Animal control is one of the good guys. It was never going to be pretty, but maybe we can begin to stop the evil neo con bestial madness.

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