Posted on 02/11/2005 7:18:12 AM PST by ILL
Texas longhorn
If you ever have to “grab a bull by the horns” try a Texas longhorn. Considering that my first post was critical of SF Chronicle's depiction of USMC General Mattis – but somehow got into a vanity section – I wouldn’t be surprised that this too gets reclassified the same way. According to some members here, I invited the Wrath of Gods upon myself on account of:
a) being new – not knowing the ropes
b) having posted a vanity as my first article
c) me being a pink, pro-communist, liberal threat to security of the United States because my name contains too many consonants
d) In my naiveté I posted my real name and a degree which most plumbers and cab drivers consider offensive, and would prefer I dropped out of high school.
Something else came to my mind watching the Oliver Stone (BOOOO! – scared ya’, didn’t I?) movie JFK, last night. OK cat lovers, donkey posters get your ammo out, this is gonna be your field day, the more pictures of animals the better. Since films ordinarily fall into the category of culture I think this is the appropriate placement for this sarcastic semi-grievance.
Meanwhile back at the ranch: JFK (BOO! Scared you again) the movie revolves around this New Orleans District attorney Jim Garrison – a true life character. By all accounts the director (Stone) and this Garrison were more pink than pink, and therefore enemies to certain forums that enjoy posting pictures of domestic animals. But something unexpected happened. This Garrison (as pink as you want to make him) took the bull by the horns and strongly fought for what he believed. Contrary to the general perception that he may have been a “pinko” in his real life, I see, his fight, his irreverence, his stubbornness, his strong moral adherence to protecting the Laws of our country, his clash with the FBI, as the very essence of a good radical warrior who just happens to be on the wrong side of the fence (providing I ever grant anybody to put up a fence between me and my country). I would want that man on my side, no matter what side I choose to be on. All his qualities (in the film), I admire. Now, since (according to Hoyle) he is colored pink, I must hate him. Well, I won’t. That’s what DOGMA stands for. In plain English: Do not use your brain or any part thereof. Listen to the “powers that be” even if you have to swallow your own foot on a daily basis. Now certain forums (especially cat and donkey lovers), verbally stand for all things American, and learned how to pump/beat their chests in the name of the Flag, the fifty nifty united states, the incredibly clever president we happen to be blessed with, but they will swallow you whole, if you, as much as pronounce the letter P, let alone spell out the entire word P-I-N-K.
OK you got me. It really isn’t a topic about culture. It is a topic about LACK OF CULTURE. What we so strongly and so profoundly believe, we shall demonstrate by destroying even the worthiest of those who we (mistakenly, self-righteously and pompously) endow with signs of a pinko. This Pinko (Garrison) fought tooth and nail against all odds and his deeds make him my brother, even if he’s the worst scum of the Earth, in your eyes. I saw in him the admiration for the country, Law, Constitution, pride of being American and the will to face unforgiving odds in an uphill struggle. OK, I’m done. Start the cat barrage. Get the donkeys out of the closet. Or, alternatively you may choose to read and make some sense by looking at yourself. Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. Just bring it on. Let him, who has sinned not, cast the first stone.
Iliya Pavlovich (the plumber)
BTW, iliya, I pinged you because it's poor etiquette around here to mention someone without pinging them to the post. I won't bug you anymore. Course, I may not bug you any less, either.
Me too. He thinks we're all a bunch of "hypocritical communist wussies". His posts remind me of a bull in a china shop.
So, where did you get your doctorate and what was your dissertation. Even among newly minted PhD's it is considered bad form to display your credentials in such a gauche manner. The rule of thumb is not to mention it unless asked.
Churchill does not have a PhD. He only has a Masters, which begs the question of why he was chosen as department head with credentials that hardly qualify him to teach junioir college.
We did not think you were but we decided to just not mention it...
I like that. Right after a big ol' run-on sentence.
You did that on purpose, right?
Coop, G.E.D.
LOL
~Allegra
Northern Hemisphere Ruler
I keep trying to edit this page and I routinely fail, so I chose to post only a few sentences. I will NOT reply to anyone who does not have a posted profile here, I shall consider them intruders (I got plenty of 3rd degree burns for not having my profile on day 1, 2, 3 and 4 - so I posted this. My most dominant ideas come from Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin, so I'll share a few that try to adhere to: Treason, trechery and lies are for the people who don't have brains enough to be honest. This above all, to thine own self be true. Experience keeps a dear school, but a fool will learn from no other. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting what to have for lunch; liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the issue.
Yep, this is turning into another one of the longest time delayed ZOT fuzes in FR's history or a good ol' fashioned running of the b*tch slap gauntlet (or maybe both). Fun reading, though.
Nothing here yet, but I did get a strange anonymous Freepmail request for contributing to the welfare of misunderstood and downtrodden PhDs with a propensity to commit intellectual Harikari on their FR profile page.
People who get their doctorates are to be much respected, in my book. It shows a real dedication to academic excellence. There is no substitute for academic excellence.
In most universities in this country, however, the process of getting the doctorate is FRAUGHT with politics and turns off so many people. It seems that those who do the nitpicking are CONVINCED that their s^^t doesn't stink and they are better human beings than the rest of the planet. It DOES something to the doctoral candidate in that it either infuses him with a sense of self-worth FAR BEYOND his achievement OR it makes him realize how foolish and pompous the entire process is.
It doesn't diminish the work itself but it sure changes the "Doctors" of philosphy. Most take themselves so seriously that I can't but needle. Those who have a grip on reality are WONDERFUL, smart folks.
My 2 cents.
showof, i gradjuaded from g.e.d with top onners ,,, so their.
Man, all I can say is that I hope you don't speak like you write. Otherwise it must be hell on you ordering at the drive thru. Probably works for PhD orals, I suspect.
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