Ross Judson: Spiral DiveThings to think about while the plane spins.(Untitled)- December 16, 2003 Laughing at the Environment.Gregg Easterbrook sounds off on the lack of positive press coverage of Bush's "environmental initiatives". I started wandering around the CBO site and the EPA site, trying to get a feel for how the budgets have changed over the past decade or so. It's pretty hard to do -- the budget offices have conveniently changed their categories and document formats, seemingly every year...which makes it really hard to break out a category, such as air quality, and understand it..http://www.soletta.com/2003/12/15.html#a450 (Untitled)- December 9, 2003 Morality, I Guess. Rosemary (Dean's World) points out the following post, written from a Christian moral perspective, on the "gay issue". Here's my response...You want someone to challenge your logic, or challenge your assumptions. I wonder if you have looked at what you've written, and have an understanding of the assumptions therein. My short list:1. You assume some may view you as fascist. This is highly unlikely; by inserting this drastic word, you grant yourself immunity -- you can say, "I.http://www.soletta.com/2003/12/08.html#a449 (Untitled)- December 5, 2003 I Am The Enemy Of All That Is Purple. Dear AL,Must be great to be you, what with the keeper-of-the-truth T-Shirt you got from God, or wherever. I lost mine a while back. Or, I think I used to own one. I'm not sure.Let's assume that we're both reasonably intelligent people, capable of figurin' on our own.We reach our opinions through a combination of experience, trusted factssources, logic, and emotional inclination. Is there a category I missed Some kind of green misty field that warps truth...http://www.soletta.com/2003/12/05.html#a448 (Untitled)- December 4, 2003 Anti-Anti-Idiotarianism. Joe Katzman cheerfully avoids the discomfort of actually having to answer the question I posed: exactly how big is the "big tent" of Idiotarianism"Leftists" in universities wink at Jihadists in the same way that "Rightists" at CCC meetings wink at cross burners. You (the collective you) draw connections where they don't exist. Can a female university student believe that Palestinians have a legitimate cause, as a people Not in Katzman's world: her belief structure means.http://www.soletta.com/2003/12/04.html#a447 (Untitled)- December 4, 2003 Shiny Red Button Worship. I bow down to all you badass motherf$rs. The kick'em in the teeth crowd; the take-no-shit crowd; the make-me-a-sandwich boys. You own the playground. You can tape signs on the backs of the nerds.Then you grow up. You work in a gas station. And the nerd working in corporate fires your ass.Den Beste gives us a marvelous example of true extremism -- the casual contemplation of nuclear genocide to rid ourselves of a tiny, nasty minority within a population with which we...http://www.soletta.com/2003/12/04.html#a446 (Untitled)- December 2, 2003 The Great Divide. Here's a little reading...the gap between the western and arab press never ceases to amaze me... Hearts and Minds - US style Dozens killed in Samarra carnage Thwarted Ambush Was Highly Coordinated, U.S. Officials Say U.S. Forces Kill 54 Iraqis After Ambushes You can see the dramatic differences... Here's the thing: Last night the lead on Aljazerra was this: "Innocents killed in Samarra bloodbath Al-Jazeera, Qatar - 17 hours ago US troops in the Iraqi town of Samarra have...http://www.soletta.com/2003/12/02.html#a445 |