tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post8331692823208005814..comments2024-03-18T08:02:51.154-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: The New American Ruling ClassStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-51202047194905339462013-01-25T23:01:36.059-08:002013-01-25T23:01:36.059-08:00"Of course, not once during the year has he a..."Of course, not once during the year has he allowed a stripper to talk to the class. "<br /><br />Why should he? Don't tell me you'd want your kids to believe stripping is viable career track?From Indianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-77225865616250973512013-01-23T14:59:27.653-08:002013-01-23T14:59:27.653-08:00Stuart,
"The New American Ruling Class"...Stuart,<br /><br />"The New American Ruling Class" is a great post.<br /><br />I have been concerned about the collusion of all these groups for some time. I applaud Kotkin for putting it all together so clearly.<br /><br />So, this begs the question: are we living through our own "Gilded Age?" Is this when the robber barons and their government connections are the new "trusts?" Do we look to the late 1800s as our indication for how things will develop? Will someone write a new "Wizard of Oz" with a new allegory for all this corruption???<br /><br />I still would like for someone to come up with the best way to get around the media-bureaucratic-academic-technobaron complex. Even this blog is owned by Google.<br /><br />Thanks. Keep writing!<br /><br />TipAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-36397723084203015452013-01-23T07:21:02.236-08:002013-01-23T07:21:02.236-08:00It seems that the only way to get noticed in the &...It seems that the only way to get noticed in the "new" media is to be outrageous, or act outrageous, or have an outrageous title for your book. <br /><br />I so pine for when I can retire and move to my acreage in a town of 3200 people and ignore all of this BS.<br /><br />Oh yeah, I read a lot of different sources. Wouldn't want to be pigeon-holed ya know!DeNihilistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-75909452231639388822013-01-23T03:19:48.996-08:002013-01-23T03:19:48.996-08:00How did you ever find that? At first, it looks lik...How did you ever find that? At first, it looks like a parody, but I am afraid it isn't.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-34448660949506906992013-01-22T22:14:52.045-08:002013-01-22T22:14:52.045-08:00OMG Stuart, there is a cookbook out with MILF in t...OMG Stuart, there is a cookbook out with MILF in the title. I am AGHAST I tell you, AGHAST!!!<br /><br />http://lifewise.canoe.ca/SexRomance/SexFiles/2013/01/21/20514261.htmlDeNihilistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-40790678346038340932013-01-22T21:04:37.902-08:002013-01-22T21:04:37.902-08:00I don't see why anyone would think Reagan is s...I don't see why anyone would think Reagan is so great. Just see his history with gun control via the Black Panthers while governor of California and then his whole "war on drugs" as President that cost tax payers billions of dollars. Indian Divorceenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-48589334263123777022013-01-22T20:09:32.718-08:002013-01-22T20:09:32.718-08:00Wow! if this is true, ole Bill is gonna get his he...Wow! if this is true, ole Bill is gonna get his head handed to him on a platter!<br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200334666869678&set=a.1122648546800.19788.1244672160&type=1&ref=nfDeNihilistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-91106487099230054422013-01-22T20:03:20.384-08:002013-01-22T20:03:20.384-08:00In my part of the world, a high school english tea...In my part of the world, a high school english teacher is allowed to have a class on "rights" for credit. The past classes have taken on projects like raising awareness about Darfur. This project is how they pass. This year it is womans'issues. The class spent last Saturday in front of a strip club, trying to sign up petitioners to close down said club. Of course, not once during the year has he allowed a stripper to talk to the class. I mean she would not know that she is being violated - at 1000.00 a night!<br /><br />And of course, being an adult, these woman should never be allowed to decide for themselves how to live their own lives!DeNihilistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-30590543996617501162013-01-22T15:01:15.130-08:002013-01-22T15:01:15.130-08:00David Foster:
That would depend on what the meani...David Foster:<br /><br />That would depend on what the meaning of "is" is. Sometimes it is a means for rhetorical evasion. Sometimes it is exploited to manipulate perception. While other times it is a verb expressing intent.<br /><br />Sorry, "is" is also an invitation to mock "great" men.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-72585961947678378422013-01-22T13:32:35.101-08:002013-01-22T13:32:35.101-08:00I think the changes in the employment mix also hav...I think the changes in the employment mix also have something to do with the increasing hostility toward free speech.<br /><br />If you're a farmer or a machinist or even an electrical engineer, the difference between "speech" and "action" is pretty clear. But if you're a lawyer or an advertising copywriter or a professor (outside the hard sciences), then the distinction is much more muddled...in your professional life, speech IS your form of action.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-6698651634610868842013-01-22T12:35:16.126-08:002013-01-22T12:35:16.126-08:00Corruption, by virtue of its evolutionary nature, ...Corruption, by virtue of its evolutionary nature, is neither a deterministic nor monotonic process. It is characterized by both negative and positive progress. It is a chaotic process, bounded with an intermediate behavior reasonably modeled as a stochastic process. Perhaps this is why people fail to take notice until the consequences are undeniable and unavoidable.<br /><br />It is the paradox of civilization. A decadent state of living causes a progressive dissociation of risk.<br /><br />It seems that human behavior can be modeled by physical laws.<br /><br />Newton’s Three Laws of Motion<br /><br />1. Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it.<br /><br />The object is people. The state of motion is corruption.<br /><br />Progressive corruption will become conclusive corruption unless acted upon by morality, which in human society is enforced through competing interests (ultimately individuals).<br /><br />2. F = ma<br /><br />Corruption will increase directly proportionate to increasing number people or dysfunctional behaviors.<br /><br />3. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.<br /><br />This assumes a balance between corrupt and moral individuals. This assumption is increasingly unwarranted as we normalize behaviors which are either marginally or strictly dysfunctional.<br /><br />Nature provides insight into our seemingly nebulous human problems.<br /><br />It is dissociation of risk which causes corruption. It is dreams of instant (or immediate) gratification which motivates its progress.<br /><br />Our “good” intentions have accelerated reaching critical mass.<br /><br />Progressive corruption becomes conclusive corruption.<br /><br />With respect to our society, the most vocal supporters of MLK's "dream" have failed to appreciate his traditional wisdom. The supporters of welfare, rather than rehabilitation, fail to consider that they sponsor corruption of individuals and institutions. They are advocates and defenders of fundamental corruption, which obscures and provides for the progress of exceptional (i.e. individual) corruption. The supporters of pro-choice/abortion fail to comprehend that normalization serves to devalue human life.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.com