Blogcritics Comments on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Comment by Arch Conservative on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:12:07 EDT

I'm stickin' with the GOP's implicit mantra: "Fuck you: I got mine." Yes as ooposed to the Democrats/liberal mantra "Fuck you: what's your is mine!" ]]>

Comment by Dave Nalle on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Sat, 5 Feb 2005 16:17:33 EST

>>DaveN, re: my skills: "paper or plastic, motherfucker?" Does that give you an idea?<< But what do you say if I insist that I want everything double bagged with a paper bag lining each plastic bag? I've actually known several people who worked in menial grocery store jobs for years until they were ready to move on to something else and jumped almost immediately to fairly high paid clerical/administrative type jobs. Some people just go through phases in their lives where they like a job where they can turn their brain off and work like a robot. Dave ]]>

Comment by Natalie Davis on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Sat, 5 Feb 2005 14:57:13 EST

Sydney: Trust me, their comments don't bother me in the slightest. Oh, Shark, wow! Thank you! Sad thing is, Shrubbie probably wouldn't recognize his "favorite philosopher" if he bumped into him on the street. But, if I can dive back into the bag of cliches on this, the daybefore the 60 th anniversary of Bob Marley's birth: Everything's gonna be all right. ]]>

Comment by DrPat on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Sat, 5 Feb 2005 13:57:55 EST

"Blessed are the Peacemakers." ...and the Tomahawks... (Sorry, couldn't resist. It's the rhythm of that naked phrase.) ]]>

Comment by Shark on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Sat, 5 Feb 2005 13:30:33 EST

re: Natalie - Frankly, I sleep better at night knowing that Natalie shares my planet. It's sorta like knowing that a red-tail hawk can survive and prosper in the heart of Manhattan. "Blessed are the Peacemakers." -- who said that...? Oh yeah, Bush's favorite 'philosopher'. ]]>

Comment by Shark on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Sat, 5 Feb 2005 13:28:24 EST

Grits and guns. Sugar and a Kick Yer Ass for Your Own Good Foreign Policy. The internet: ain't it great?! DaveN, re: my skills: "paper or plastic, motherfucker?" Does that give you an idea? Oh, yeah; and I'm a people person. ]]>

Comment by Aaman on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Sat, 5 Feb 2005 10:51:12 EST

Sydney, I think that comment was a humorous one, in reference to Shark's earlier post. ]]>

Comment by Sydney on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Sat, 5 Feb 2005 10:48:32 EST

One other thing Natalie... Disregard the comments on your writing ("Andy, my thoughts exactly - a surfeit of cliches"). It's an annoying habit of bloggers on this page to criticize peoples writing rather than their ideas. A lot of wanna-be writers here, who should really drop the pretensions. As an educator I'll just clear up a common misunderstanding that a lot of kids, and surprisingly adults here at blogcritics, have regarding intelligence; Good writing, clever wordplay, and otherwise displays of top skills don't equate intelligence nor do they hold any other value against anything else other than itself. ]]>

Comment by Sydney on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Sat, 5 Feb 2005 10:32:24 EST

Just want to throw out a sigh of relief after reading comment #155 by Natalie. Spending a lot of time on blog forums lately and thought I was the only one with non-militaristic, non-hard-power P.O.V.. I'm beginning to think all these Internet political pundits are in love with the Game, the exercise of mobilizing American power. It is tantalizing to think of the world as America's oyster.... How great a world it would be if we could just be allowed to shape it!!! Damn those who get in out way! Only in America could so many people believe a means always justifies the ends. ]]>

Comment by andy marsh on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Sat, 5 Feb 2005 08:59:14 EST

grits is Girls Raised In The South! ]]>

Comment by Mike Kole on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Sat, 5 Feb 2005 06:57:59 EST

Liberalism has won out historically is right. As far as I'm concerned, in the fiscal arena, most Republicans are liberals, too. They'll argue that because they are often less spend-happy than Democrats (though not the Bush Amdministration!) this is the proof that they are fiscal conservatives. Rhetoric and bluster is all the show. The policy is what matters. On a handful of social issues, we move back to the right, and most of those unfortunately so. On the vast majority of fiscal issues, we trundle ever leftward. ]]>

Comment by Natalie Davis on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Sat, 5 Feb 2005 02:41:11 EST

That's funny, Mr. SFC SKI. I often don't post for weeks at a time due to a punishing work schedule. Generally no one notices (not that they should). On the pretty rare occasions when I post with any regularity, it's due to time off for illness (right now, I am on enforced bedrest because I have pneumonia). And in truth, most topics "near and dear" I avoid simply because I want to avoid certain participants or repetitions of the same (IMO) reprehensible and/or frightening attitudes and viewpoints that have depressed me for years. As for my worldview, well, I yam what I yam and I believe what I believe. Food, however, makes for a most wonderful topic for discussion! I have learned something today, re: sweetened grits. My spouse is from Jersey and loves grits wih salt, pepper, butter, and extra butter. Right now, we are based in Maryland, which is sort of divided 'twixt north and south. Some restaurants offer it; others do not. Myself, I prefer potatoes -- or polenta, which I adore. It annoys me when I visit the south -- which I find a most loathsome region anyway -- because most restaurants assume patrons want grits. And, stupid me, I tend to forget about it until the noxious nosh ends up on my plate. Of course, I won't send it back for fear of offending the server or cook, so I get stuck with it. For the best breakfasts, I recommend avoiding the southern US and instead visiting New England -- or Europe. (Is this off-topic or what?) ]]>

Comment by HW Saxton on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Sat, 5 Feb 2005 01:41:55 EST

I can imagine SFC Ski. I live out west & you can't find Grits in 99% of all of the restaurants around my neck of the left coast. I used to love it down south when I'd order Grits. It was always: "Y'all want white or yella grits?" ]]>

Comment by SFC SKI on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Sat, 5 Feb 2005 01:09:33 EST

That's the way the yankees eat it, talk about shock, the look on my Alabama buddies face whan he saw that was priceless? You'd a thought I'd voided my bowels on the floor. ]]>

Comment by HW Saxton on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Sat, 5 Feb 2005 01:04:01 EST

When I lived down south in Louisiana, we used to eat grits with gravy, sometimes cheese and onions (mainly in soul food joints) and Tabasco always. Sugar!? and milk on them, NEVER. ]]>

Comment by SFC SKI on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Sat, 5 Feb 2005 00:06:01 EST

No Natalie, but 48 hours or more without you posting on some topics near and dear to your heart, your absence was noted. I hope you don't consider me antagonistic, but your worldview is about 180 degrees from mine, and I don't really understand where you are coming from on a lot of issues. ]]>

Comment by Dave Nalle on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Fri, 4 Feb 2005 23:55:21 EST

Hey Shark - what job skills do you have? I need a personal assistant. Dave ]]>

Comment by Natalie Davis on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Fri, 4 Feb 2005 23:38:21 EST

Did I leave, Mr. SFC SKI? And people eat grits with milk and sugar? Interesting. I don't indulge, with or without sweetener, but I didn't know people treated grits like farina. ]]>

Comment by SFC SKI on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Fri, 4 Feb 2005 23:23:22 EST

" Aaman, grits essentially is a porridge made from ground corn; it is quite popular, I understand, in the American south" What the Yankees eat with milk and sugar, in the South that will get you laughed at. Butter, salt, maybe ot sauce, a staple food down here. Welcome back, Miss Sunshine. ]]>

Comment by Natalie Davis on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Fri, 4 Feb 2005 22:19:05 EST

Aaman, grits essentially is a porridge made from ground corn; it is quite popular, I understand, in the American south. "Kiss my grits" is a cliched catchphrase, from an old television show, that serves as a euphemism for "eff off" that avoids censoring. You're right about history (my dad used to scoff at the texts in history books, calling it "*his* story," and therefore, all but worthless) being written by the "winners." However, what the right wing considers winning, some of us consider immoral. (And vice versa, no doubt.) Absolutely, it is about the long term and the big picture. Few of us have our eyes on that perspective. What Shark expresses is the difficulty one can experience in being one of the few. In my opinion, it is better to be part of the few than part of an immoral, bloodthirsty, greed-ridden, control-freak, conformist, history-writing majority. And I do believe that in the long term, long after we are dead and gone, the side pushing peace, nonviolence, and justice for all will prevail. For me that thought -- the hope for a better future -- makes the near solitude bearable. I hope it can for Shark as well. ]]>

Comment by Aaman on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Fri, 4 Feb 2005 21:51:56 EST

Never mind - found a good reference to "Alice" ]]>

Comment by Aaman on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Fri, 4 Feb 2005 21:50:06 EST

What are grits? Grit and bear it. Being in the majority is no proof that the majority is correct. Would you rather do what is comfortable or safe or popular -- or would you rather do what's right? Nice point - unfortunately, history is written by the winners. Of course, history is a long term perspective thing, so I'm pretty confident liberalism has a fighting chance - it's won out historically. ]]>

Comment by Natalie Davis on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Fri, 4 Feb 2005 21:42:59 EST

Hey, just trying to be comforting. You both can kiss my grits. ]]>

Comment by swingingpuss on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Fri, 4 Feb 2005 21:33:40 EST

Andy, my thoughts exactly - a surfeit of cliches:) ]]>

Comment by andy marsh on "You're Right. I'm Wrong."

Fri, 4 Feb 2005 21:31:10 EST

What was that contest you were holding earlier Shark? Something about cliches? ]]>