General Stuff: General WisdomThis category encompasses General Stuff's thoughts on things in general.What I Learned in 2003- December 31, 2003 What was I hoping for in the first place Well, I think I wanted to believe that microcosmic practices could add up to more than macrocosmic forces; that is, I wanted to believe that the life of a human being wasn&146;t so completely constrained by a hierarchical procession of power that at least some everyday actions mattered in the collective pattern of existing. It&146;s not that I think that some people&146;s lives matter, and others don&146;t; it&146;s that people must have the...http://blogs.salon.com/0003158/categories/generalWisdom/2003/12/31.html#a59 A List of Canadian Inventions, Including The Telephone- December 8, 2003 It gets tiresome responding to critics. Here is a list of Canadian inventions, including basketball and the telephone: http:inventors.about.comlibraryweeklyaa090100a.htmhttp://blogs.salon.com/0003158/categories/generalWisdom/2003/12/08.html#a35 Greetings, Tampa: The General Responds Once Again (And He Cusses, Too)- December 8, 2003 I don't like responding in the "comments" pop-up box, so I thought I would replicate comments that appear there here. Got it A friend of Mr. Michaels (see the last post) named Matt responds: "I'd just like to add that its pretty rude to post someones personal email address in a response to a blog post. I'm from Florida too (A friend of Marks) and while I think Canada is a pretty neat place (My sister has made Quebec her home for over a decade now), I think the healthcare issue is...http://blogs.salon.com/0003158/categories/generalWisdom/2003/12/08.html#a34 A Redneck Responds to General Stuff- December 7, 2003 The General thought he would put this comment from an "Order of the Day" reader front and centre, because it typifies the toothless claim to greatness that Americans often profess: Commenter's name: mark michaels Email address: Web site: IP address: 4.4.167.6 Domain name: wbar1.tampa1-4-4-167-006.tampa1.dsl-verizon.net Commenting on: http:blogs.salon.com000315820031202.htmla32 "American wackos have a favorite..http://blogs.salon.com/0003158/categories/generalWisdom/2003/12/07.html#a33 Canada Becoming More Unlike U.S., and Thank God for That- December 3, 2003 Canada's View on Social Issues Is Opening Rifts With the U.S. New York Times: International News "Chris Ragan, a McGill University economist, observed: "You can be a social conservative in the U.S. without being a wacko. Not in Canada."" First, what the fuck is Prof. Ragan talking about The social conservatives in the U.S. ARE the wackos! Wackos are wackos in Canada and the U.S. The difference is, the U.S. has way more wackos than Canada. In Canada, we try to limit wackoism to the...http://blogs.salon.com/0003158/categories/generalWisdom/2003/12/02.html#a32 |