Friday, January 23, 2004
I Bow Before You
Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Somehow this blog didn't make the list
If you’ve read the Esquire Dubious Achievement awards and wondered what didn’t quite make the list, you’re in luck. The principal author of this year’s list has a blog (as I have mentioned) and has but up the entries that didn’t quite make the cut. Pretty good stuff. Now, unfortunately I have to read the whole damn article.
Anyone have an extra copy of Esquire?
Monday, January 12, 2004
Thanks, [url=http://www.clarified.blogspot.com/]Dawn[/url]
Monday, December 29, 2003
A shout-out for us?
Thanks to A-Word-A-Day for recognizing us here at Rick’s.
If you aren’t reading this post on 12/29, click here and scroll down to today’s word.
Wednesday, December 03, 2003
Spread the love. Make the peace.
In the interests of peace in the blogosphere, I provide this link to Kashei, which links to a fantastic piece that appears to have run in The Guardian on a day that the whole editorial staff was on a sick-out.
Tuesday, December 02, 2003
New Poll
In light of Kashei’s refusal to answer my questions because I have not earned her respect (see post below), I’m asking visitors to Rick’s Cafe to answer at least one: Is Kashei rich, stupid, or both? You may wish to visit her weblog, Alarming News Spot On, to inform your response before voting.
Editor’s Note: I (Rick) got the name of Kashei’s site wrong. it has been corrected.
Bush supporters continue to elevate the discourse
I’d like to share with you, loyal readers, a little exchange that occured in the comments section over at Clareified.
The always delightful Dawn posted an impassioned plea for a return to objective journalism in the wake of the President’s recent “secret” visit to the Baghdad airport (by “objective”, she apparently means “doesn’t intentionally lie to the at the request of the government”—ridiculously high standards, if you ask me). In response to a comment suggesting that the American people had paid an awful lot of money for the President to have a photo-op, one of Dawn’s frequent readers suggested that most people in this country don’t think about “politics” (i.e., the cost of the president’s actions), but rather focus on “real stuff” like “car payments and kids and school”. She further opined, however, that the Baghdad photo-op “changed some opinions . . . from not caring to admiring."
I took issue with that, as it seemed that Kashei (an ardent Bush-lover) was implicitly conceding that the visit was a bit of costly fluff that had the intended effect of duping the ignorant masses into admiring Bush (a cowardly draft-dodger) for no good reason. So I responded (you can read the whole thing here):
Kashei: Do you count yourself among the ignorant unwashed who ignore Shrub’s damaging policies and actions and just think he’s “cool” because he likes to dress up in military costumes and pretend to be a part of an institution and a country he turned his back on years ago? Because every once in a while it sounds like you might be aware of how pernicious this administration is, and I can only conclude that you just don’t give a shit. Which leads me to conclude that you are either rich or stupid (or some combination thereof). If you’re going to give yourself over to hero-worship, there are certainly better candidates.
Apparently, I struck a nerve, because Kashei, always eloquent, outdid herself. Without actually making any arguments or addressing my concerns (I raised more issues and asked more questions in a
subsequent comment (actually 3 due to character limitations)), she called me a “retard”, “crazy”, “uninteresting”, and “a stereotype”, called my arguments “intellectually lazy” and “boring”, and suggested that I “have no idea what real people are like”, and “should really get out more”. When I pointed out that she hadn’t actually responded to any of the issues I’d raised she played her trump card: “I’m just not so into arguing with people I can’t respect,” she wrote.
Can’t argue with that.
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