Comments on: Be wary of inspiration: the Age of Aquarius dawns again http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/22/be-wary-of-inspiration-the-age-of-aquarius-dawns-again/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:30:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Solarabsolution http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/22/be-wary-of-inspiration-the-age-of-aquarius-dawns-again/#comment-100519 Solarabsolution Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:21:26 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/22/be-wary-of-inspiration-the-age-of-aquarius-dawns-again/#comment-100519 I just don't understand why "the world" in all of its news organizations are promoting obama as the savior of the world. HE IS JUST A POLITICIAN. no one finds this spooky? he's touted as "the light bringer" "the messiah" "the holy one" "the chosen one". Raising a politician up on that platform is nothing but trouble. How many honest and trustworthy politicians have you been witness to in your whole life? a handful perhaps not even? I just don’t understand why “the world” in all of its news organizations are promoting obama as the savior of the world. HE IS JUST A POLITICIAN. no one finds this spooky? he’s touted as “the light bringer” “the messiah” “the holy one” “the chosen one”. Raising a politician up on that platform is nothing but trouble. How many honest and trustworthy politicians have you been witness to in your whole life? a handful perhaps not even?

]]> By: In search of the Conservative Unicorn. « Constitution Club http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/22/be-wary-of-inspiration-the-age-of-aquarius-dawns-again/#comment-54540 In search of the Conservative Unicorn. « Constitution Club Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:13:22 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/22/be-wary-of-inspiration-the-age-of-aquarius-dawns-again/#comment-54540 [...] essay but then one should go to her site to get the full text as it is very much worth it. She links to a fantastic article (as nearly all hers are) by neoneocon… Inspiration in and of itself is not a bad thing, and [...] [...] essay but then one should go to her site to get the full text as it is very much worth it. She links to a fantastic article (as nearly all hers are) by neoneocon… Inspiration in and of itself is not a bad thing, and [...]

]]> By: amr http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/22/be-wary-of-inspiration-the-age-of-aquarius-dawns-again/#comment-54485 amr Thu, 24 Jan 2008 05:32:55 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/22/be-wary-of-inspiration-the-age-of-aquarius-dawns-again/#comment-54485 Americans love the invigorating persona of the JFKs, RFKs and Mr. Obama over the Nixons, LBJs or Bushs of our country. I can understand that, but we live in a real world and the powers to be, outside of our borders, aren’t impressed by the magic of a Mr. Obama. I like him and could sit down and discuss all matter of subjects in a very civil manner, although I am a traditionalist/conservative. I just wouldn’t want to place the security, both economy and physical, of my family, friends and nation in his inexperienced hands. Americans love the invigorating persona of the JFKs, RFKs and Mr. Obama over the Nixons, LBJs or Bushs of our country. I can understand that, but we live in a real world and the powers to be, outside of our borders, aren’t impressed by the magic of a Mr. Obama. I like him and could sit down and discuss all matter of subjects in a very civil manner, although I am a traditionalist/conservative. I just wouldn’t want to place the security, both economy and physical, of my family, friends and nation in his inexperienced hands.

]]> By: Kelly http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/22/be-wary-of-inspiration-the-age-of-aquarius-dawns-again/#comment-54475 Kelly Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:33:17 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/22/be-wary-of-inspiration-the-age-of-aquarius-dawns-again/#comment-54475 Erik, Your mother-in-law is not alone, and hasn't been for a very long time. Way back in 1980, when dissatisfaction with all available candidates had John Anderson making noises about a non-partisan independent campaign (sound familiar?), my surrogate grandmother landlady confessed she couldn't decide whether to support Teddy Kennedy or Ronald Reagan. Took me a while to pick up my jaw. The more things change .... Erik,
Your mother-in-law is not alone, and hasn’t been for a very long time. Way back in 1980, when dissatisfaction with all available candidates had John Anderson making noises about a non-partisan independent campaign (sound familiar?), my surrogate grandmother landlady confessed she couldn’t decide whether to support Teddy Kennedy or Ronald Reagan. Took me a while to pick up my jaw.
The more things change ….

]]> By: Vince P http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/22/be-wary-of-inspiration-the-age-of-aquarius-dawns-again/#comment-54460 Vince P Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:17:35 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/22/be-wary-of-inspiration-the-age-of-aquarius-dawns-again/#comment-54460 I'm a Christian and I'l state flat-out. I do not want a self-professed born again Christian as President. We need a ruthless kick-thier-ass-till-your-foot-is-out-of-their-mouth President. "Their" being anyone who stands in the way of protecting the country This is not a time for compassion.. this is not a time for being a humble servant of God. So no way to Huckabee.. Romney or Guillinii is good enough for me. I’m a Christian and I’l state flat-out. I do not want a self-professed born again Christian as President.

We need a ruthless kick-thier-ass-till-your-foot-is-out-of-their-mouth President.

“Their” being anyone who stands in the way of protecting the country

This is not a time for compassion.. this is not a time for being a humble servant of God.

So no way to Huckabee.. Romney or Guillinii is good enough for me.

]]> By: harry9000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/22/be-wary-of-inspiration-the-age-of-aquarius-dawns-again/#comment-54451 harry9000 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:21:43 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/22/be-wary-of-inspiration-the-age-of-aquarius-dawns-again/#comment-54451 Tom Grey: <i>"My Jan guess: McCain - Huckabee in Nov 2008."</i> Oh, heaven forbid! I'm not going to elect amnesty granting, AGW buying into, not-quite willing to do what it takes vis-a-vis terrorism acting, Bush-bashing RHINO's on a single issue, especially not somebody else's religious issue. Especially as it concerns limiting the rights of the citizens of this country. How selfish you sound. Constitution first. Thats what its there for. Tom Grey:
“My Jan guess: McCain – Huckabee in Nov 2008.”

Oh, heaven forbid! I’m not going to elect amnesty granting, AGW buying into, not-quite willing to do what it takes vis-a-vis terrorism acting, Bush-bashing RHINO’s on a single issue, especially not somebody else’s religious issue. Especially as it concerns limiting the rights of the citizens of this country. How selfish you sound.

Constitution first. Thats what its there for.

]]> By: Erik http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/22/be-wary-of-inspiration-the-age-of-aquarius-dawns-again/#comment-54437 Erik Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:06:23 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/22/be-wary-of-inspiration-the-age-of-aquarius-dawns-again/#comment-54437 So often these "inspirational" types effect the votes of the ill-informed. Meaning no disrespect to my mother-in-law, I can draw up an example: One day she spoke of how much she like Huckabee, but knew nothing (nothing!) of his evangelical beliefs. She was simply "inspired" in a sense by his rhetoric and personality. The next day she said the one candidate that seemed to have all the necessary presidential qualities was Obama. She had no clue what his policies might be, only that she got a really "good feeling" about him. She's a really sweet lady, but just not up to speed. I'm afraid it may be the rule rather than the exception among so many voters... So often these “inspirational” types effect the votes of the ill-informed. Meaning no disrespect to my mother-in-law, I can draw up an example:

One day she spoke of how much she like Huckabee, but knew nothing (nothing!) of his evangelical beliefs. She was simply “inspired” in a sense by his rhetoric and personality. The next day she said the one candidate that seemed to have all the necessary presidential qualities was Obama. She had no clue what his policies might be, only that she got a really “good feeling” about him.

She’s a really sweet lady, but just not up to speed. I’m afraid it may be the rule rather than the exception among so many voters…

]]> By: Sergey http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/22/be-wary-of-inspiration-the-age-of-aquarius-dawns-again/#comment-54434 Sergey Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:38:54 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/22/be-wary-of-inspiration-the-age-of-aquarius-dawns-again/#comment-54434 Once I was charged with an unusual task: edit a school textbook of Russian language for forth-graders. It was written by tenured philology professors, methodologists, supervising the Russian language education in the whole of Soviet Union. There were dozens of definitions and rules of grammatics, but none of them were correct. Some were outright false, others ambiguous and can be understood both rightly and wrongly, or lacking some additional condition to be correct. When I discussed them with the authors, I understand that they do mean right things, but could not express their understanding properly. If you already knew what these formulations meant, you could be able understand them properly, but little children for whom the book was intended would be completely embarrased by literary meaning of these formulations. Some wise editor proposed to make a mathematician to edit the manuscript - what I did. And they were ostensibly the most grammatical specialists in the field! Once I was charged with an unusual task: edit a school textbook of Russian language for forth-graders. It was written by tenured philology professors, methodologists, supervising the Russian language education in the whole of Soviet Union. There were dozens of definitions and rules of grammatics, but none of them were correct. Some were outright false, others ambiguous and can be understood both rightly and wrongly, or lacking some additional condition to be correct. When I discussed them with the authors, I understand that they do mean right things, but could not express their understanding properly. If you already knew what these formulations meant, you could be able understand them properly, but little children for whom the book was intended would be completely embarrased by literary meaning of these formulations. Some wise editor proposed to make a mathematician to edit the manuscript – what I did. And they were ostensibly the most grammatical specialists in the field!

]]> By: Occam's Beard http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/22/be-wary-of-inspiration-the-age-of-aquarius-dawns-again/#comment-54433 Occam's Beard Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:25:50 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/22/be-wary-of-inspiration-the-age-of-aquarius-dawns-again/#comment-54433 Sorry, an afterthought. Another reason fanciful thinking pervades the humanities may be because there's no recourse to experimental reality. One can hold the silliest views, and never be slapped in the face by reality. Troubleshoot an electronic circuit, or a chemical reaction, or a computer program, and one quickly realizes that a quixotic, artistic approach doesn't make it - only a logical systematic approach will work every time. Sorry, an afterthought. Another reason fanciful thinking pervades the humanities may be because there’s no recourse to experimental reality. One can hold the silliest views, and never be slapped in the face by reality.

Troubleshoot an electronic circuit, or a chemical reaction, or a computer program, and one quickly realizes that a quixotic, artistic approach doesn’t make it – only a logical systematic approach will work every time.

]]> By: Occam's Beard http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/22/be-wary-of-inspiration-the-age-of-aquarius-dawns-again/#comment-54432 Occam's Beard Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:21:55 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2008/01/22/be-wary-of-inspiration-the-age-of-aquarius-dawns-again/#comment-54432 Thanks, Sergey. When I was single, I dated (once) a liberal arts graduate (from a distinguished university) who confessed she had no idea how a light bulb or an air conditioner worked. I nodded gravely, and didn't let on, but I was shocked. Maybe she just said that for effect (playing up to male vanity, and/or trying to appear she had an inquiring mind), but I didn't want kids that lame, and fervently hoped she didn't vote. Thanks, Sergey.

When I was single, I dated (once) a liberal arts graduate (from a distinguished university) who confessed she had no idea how a light bulb or an air conditioner worked.

I nodded gravely, and didn’t let on, but I was shocked. Maybe she just said that for effect (playing up to male vanity, and/or trying to appear she had an inquiring mind), but I didn’t want kids that lame, and fervently hoped she didn’t vote.

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