One of the nice things about doing this blog is all the really smart people I've met both electronically and in person. Addison has been a long time commenter (Did you know that there is no such word as commenter? So is it spelled commentor as Jessica Harbour spells it or commenter as Steven Den Beste spells it? Jessica is a professional wordsmith but Steven is an amatuer wordsmith who is also exceptionally smart. Hmmm. I'm going with Steven's spelling. He's not as pretty as Jessica, but he is a lot older and has done more writing.) on this site, and a few months back I had the pleasure of meeting him in person. Some of his comments and e-mails have been worthy of posting. It also gives me a night off. Here's an e-mail I received from him today.
Denny,
An interesting piece from the Washington Times.
In summary:
1. Kerry campaign needs advice on religion to combat Kerry's secular image.
2. Hires far, far, far--did I mention far?--far, far-Left woman named Mary Vanderslice.
3. Catholic Church notes she should be "working for Fidel Castro" owing to the fact that is an open socialist.
4. Kerry campaign puts her in the basement and locks the key because she is now a liability.
5. Go back to drawing board and find a way to convince people Kerry is both religious and pro-gay everything and pro-abortion (at any time, under any circumstances).
I found this line particularly illustrative of the Orwellian double-think that finds such an accommodating home on the Left:
"It is extremely unfortunate and regretful that John Kerry's political opponents would attack a person [Miss Vanderslice] of faith in this way," Ms. [Allison] Dobson [Kerry campaign spokeswoman] said."
Replace 'John Kerry' with 'George W. Bush'. George W. Bush and his staff are attacked specifically by the Left because of their religious faith.
It must be fun to be on the Left (I write that in jest as we know they are the most unhappy people on the planet). No need whatever for consistency or intellectual power.
Best Regards,
Addison
Now if could only get my brother-in-law to write more stuff for me. That also goes for Grognard, xCavTrooper, and the other Addison who wrote a nice rebuttal to Matthew's father's comment in my Housekeeping post, if that was indeed Matthew's father. I have a sneaky feeling that person might have been pulling my leg. I did notice that Matthew put forth a little more effort on his last comment, though.
People who advocate Marx and Engels get no respect on this site. Marxism killed more people in the 20th Century than World War II. It is a failed philosophy but there are still incredibly stupid or deluded people who think that maybe if we try just one more time we can make it work.
Give it a fucking rest!
Don't forget that tomorrow is Saturday Boobage.
Bring on the boobage!!!
Posted by: Matt Ashby on June 18, 2004 09:58 PMAEI's Saddam torture/abuse video:
Well, you'll see
It is disturbing.
Posted by: addison on June 19, 2004 03:00 AMDear Denny, I hope you don't mind Matthew practising his writing on your site. I am indeed Matthew's dad, and he is giving me some feedback on my attempts to explain his position. As a neophyte to this, I didn't realise that what Mr Addison wrote was a rebuttal, and didn't take it that way. It seems very hard to write anything that someone will not find a problem with, so I'm giving myself a 'must try harder'. It's a learning opportunity. Nevertheless, I have some sympathy for you that you have to read all of these comments with such a wary eye, even if the commentor(er?) is well intentioned. Your site has given me so many laughs (in a good way)it would be wrong to be other than polite.
Thank you again
Dayvon Goodsell
Posted by: Dayvon Goodsell on June 19, 2004 09:21 AMCommunism still takes a back seat to Ruckelhouse the DDT slayer for total killed.
Posted by: Walter Wallis on June 19, 2004 09:46 AMFor everyone reading: I am the miniscule 'addison' and the other, more verbose guy with the same name is the majuscule 'Addison'.
Posted by: addison on June 19, 2004 12:11 PMDayvon - Thanks for the update. I wasn't sure if you were pulling my leg or not. Matthew is welcome here as long as he follows The Rules, posted on the left sidebar. There are certain things I do not discuss like whether or not Bill Clinton was a scumbag. He was and he is. I also have problems with people who think Marx and Engels knew what they were talking about. We had a side by side demonstration of that during the Cold War with East and West Germany. I tend to go off on people who, after all the failures of communism that we saw in the 20th Century, still think it can work. You would think that Marx and Engels would have been totally discredited by now, but evidently Matthew's teachers have been filling his head with discredited ideas.
As far as practising his writing, he should take longer on his posts and think them through. Whenever I have doubts on the spelling of a word, I go to www.dictionary.com. It is easier to make a point when the prose is easier to read. And keep remembering, Preview is my friend.
Posted by: Denny Wilson on June 19, 2004 12:23 PMSchool taugt me marx? HAHAHA! It tough me nothing intentionally! Special Schools teach kids to be good sumissive little cripples and to accept failure. it basically prepares one for the institution, and tries to give the guys with MD a good time before they die. field trips included:
trips to the supermark,etc
trips to center parks
trips to funerals.
I assure you, special schools do not breed revolutionarry thought.
Posted by: Matthew Goodsell on June 20, 2004 06:11 AM