Month: February 2011
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All anarchy should be local
In a post about “middle class anarchy” the other day, Glenn Reynolds made the following observation: …if the middle class asserts itself it can change things for the better instead. That’s why so many fear the Tea Party movement. Over the weekend I spoke with a Tea Party activist from a Michigan town who told…
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Rebelling against the rebels just keeps getting harder
Sarah’s post about rebellion made me feel sorry for the children of the Baby Boomers. The rebels of the 60s and 70s had it easy in so many ways, not the least of which was how easy it was for them to rebel: What you are looking at in fact – with the exception of…
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Surrender In The Sex Wars
Eric has written a post on how bad sex is leading to rape charges. I’m reminded of the old Albert King song “If It Wasn’t For Bad Sex I Wouldn’t Have No Sex At All”. Truly a sad tale put to music. Don’t listen to it. No one else does (you can’t look it up).…
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Another day, another inexplicably imbalanced inequality
I’m fascinated by the idea that bad sex can be considered rape. But after watching the video Glenn Reynolds linked in which Ann Althouse discusses the subject, I find myself worrying not so much about whether bad sex is rape (I don’t think it ever is), but whether there is a double bad-sex-as-rape standard. It…
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It’s Revolting
In the art museum, in Denver, in the portrait section, there is a painting of a Spanish grandee, ambassador to some court or other, Lord High This and That, Keeper Of The Royal Watchmacallit. (Give me a break, I barely remember names for people who are alive!) I like to linger in front of that…
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wussier moral grounds than my coffee
Via Glenn Reynolds, I found a classic reminder of the left’s fondness for accusing the right of doing what it does. First, here’s what sainted leftist icon Frances Fox Piven considers worthy of praise and emulation: …tens of thousands of protesters marched through Athens in the largest and most violent protests since the country’s budget…
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it’s not for you decide who you hate!
An idiotic comment to M. Simon’s earlier post (that “libertarians hate Christians”) reminded me of an incident over a decade ago. The president of a socially conservative think tank had voiced a similar sentiment, and I politely reminded him that there is not only is there no contradiction between libertarianism and Christianity, but that there…
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Teaching and Learning
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about education, something that is eventually going to find its way to my blog, though probably not at Mad Genius. I was thinking how for the first time I disagreed with Terry Pratchett’s “overt nudge” at the end of I Shall Wear Midnight. Oh, not on the idea that…
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The Real Enemy
My friend Eric alerted me to a boycott of CPAC by Conservative Groups over the inclusion of a gay group at the CPAC convention. Don’t they know that the real enemy is the Andromeda Galaxy? They are sending viruses to destroy us. I saw it in a movieonce. We need to unite behind the real…
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Bloody Mary
I love the way Alec Baldwin flubs his lines. The male chorus though is just outstanding. Carnagie Hall 2005. The movie is good too. South Pacific (Collector’s Edition) And to get you in the proper mood may I suggest this history. Guadalcanal: The Definitive Account of the Landmark Battle and Tales of the South Pacific
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In need of meds
Forgive my lack of enthusiasm the past couple of days. I am running a terrible cold which started last week and instead of resolving, has only gotten steadily worse each day. By yesterday it was much too late to abort the cold, but I did remember the trusty old Yin Chiao I’ve had lying about…
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Eat Your Vegetables
Not Safe For Work And a little Frank Zappa to go with your vegetables. Not Safe For Work And what was the point of all this? The girls eating vergtables and saying bad things about men are part of a PETA Super Bowl Commercial. Cross Posted at Power and Control