Thursday, May 16, 2013

This Blog Is Suspended Until Further Notice

Before I go, I just wanted to post a little replay of an Althouse comment written back in 2009 by someone called t-man. I cut and paste here verbatim:

t-man said...
Chickenlittle -
The trouble is that the people who were willfully blind about Obama before the election and supported him, all thought, and still think, that they are far more intelligent that those who opposed Obama. Their self image depends upon perceived intellectual superiority, and it will be extremely difficult for them to admit to themselves that they were wrong.
The best chance it to give these people an excuse - "I was misled by the media" is the best option here. This is one of the reasons I think that the Breitbart assault on the mainstream media is so dangerous to Obama.
9/26/09, 12:19 PM  Link

I would love to parse that comment sentence-by-sentence because it was so prophetic at the time (2009) and we are seeing it come true this week at long last.

The best chance it to give these people an excuse - "I was misled by the media" is the best option here. 

So now are you onboard? 

36 comments:

  1. All the best, dude. Hope all is well with you.

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  2. I've enjoyed your wit and insight. Be well, live well.

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  3. Thanks Larry. I have appreciated every comment you've left--even if I didn't respond or reply. Same for sixty--another loyal reader.

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  4. See ya' 'round, Bruce. Your posts are always a pleasure.

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    1. Thanks Pete! I always thought you were an admirable example. And always such a an upbeat treat on Twitter!

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  5. Bruce, I'll miss you here, but hope you stop by other forums.

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  6. Hope you'll still grace us with your wit and wisdom on Twitter. All best to you, Bruce. :)

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  7. Take care of yourself. Yes, it makes perfect sense to allow progs to safe face. As long as saving America is part of the package.

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    1. Thank you Opus. I enjoy your comments at LL's blog.

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  8. See ya 'round, Bruce. I've enjoyed the thoughts and our exchanges. Alles Gute!

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    1. Calypso, I am grateful for those times when you showed up curious when others were not.

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  9. No, NO! I'm not onboard. I go away for 6 days and return to find an empty chicken coop with nothing but a few feathers floating around and the faint click of cowboy boots walking away.

    It's been real and good here, El Pollo. You'll be missed and I'll be awaitin' "further notice".

    Under cowboy sayings for send off, the best I could find was this:

    "Scars are Cowboy Tattoos with better stories"

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    1. Dearest MamaM: "Further notice" is not forever. I've told you in emails what ails me. And you have challenged me in your way.

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  10. E. P. Raylan commented elsewhere, using the words "pinus peyronicus", thereby pulling together many threads from many places, weaving an awful artful tapestry on the interwebs, warped and woofed though they may be.

    Dude, it is good to see that your sense of humor has not bent to the direction that the shifting winds of fate blow.

    Long may you endure, while of course keeping in mind the standard disclaimer about four hours and so on.

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  11. I will miss this site. I hope this is a temporary hiatus to go fishing and not a permanent thing.

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  12. .....so how long is "until further notice?"

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  13. Time's up, E. P. - you can come back now. The interwebs are better when you are around.

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  14. You're REALLY not coming back?

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    1. @L: I'm coming back. The time I spent here I'm now putting into writing three manuscripts for peer review in chemical journals. It's an uphill slog and I'm having to relearn some lessons in focus and distraction.

      I'm sincerely touched by your concern though. I'll see what I can do.

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    2. Also, I see this "last" blog post as a comment on the bullshit coming out of DC. Instead of a "MoveOn.com" we need a "StayFocused.com." At least through 2014.

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    3. Dude, study hard, write well. You are the man.

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  15. Be Strong Chick.

    It's a sad day you will no longer be blogging.

    Go forth and fight the good fight.

    And continue to be the partiot you are.

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    1. Ritmo might be a traitor, and he is a communist, but one thing you cannot say about him is that he is illiterate.

      When one sees such stupidity on display one can only think "Titus".

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  16. It is EYE who will suspend this so-called "blog", capitalist pig.

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    1. Candle Herman? Candle up the Titus? Candlemax 3000? CandlEBL?

      I wonder who Candle was.

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    2. I skimmed that Althouse thread--the Travon Martin one. I thought she was trolling a bit but her remarks weren't out of character. If you read her blog I think you'd get her sense of humor. Plus she comes with stellar creds from LL so it's hard for me judge what's going on with her, especially since she disappears for long periods of time and suddenly reappears. I found that treating her with sincerity brought out a very kind person.

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    3. So Candle is Candle, eh? I guess I see sock puppets when there are no sock puppets.

      Yo, Candle. Bring the humor - we need it, bad.

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    4. I really have no clue, sixty--she did a good Titus impression, I'll grant you that.

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  17. El Pollo won't open his blog back up even after a plea from Candle! Now THAT is willpower.

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  18. Chick, I mean chicky wicky wimpy poo, I just came across your audio bits. Your Titus sounds like Jack Nicholson, which works very well...please consider going with that. lol, best wishes, hope you're doing well.

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  19. Well, this tax avoidance strategy reminds me of the point I tried to make back here.

    Legislate tax-saving invention out of consideration and watch it go underground. So un-Jeffersonian.

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  20. Okay, dude. Time to come back. Strike while the iron is hot and whatnot. Nature abhors a vacuum tube.

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