tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779369.post116009532497294883..comments2023-09-20T05:35:43.723-07:00Comments on InsoluBlog: Always separates when shaken: Journey To The Center of the MirthInsolubloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02693379911278686634noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779369.post-1160416041325914252006-10-09T10:47:00.000-07:002006-10-09T10:47:00.000-07:00And a storm it will be! Democrats no less; the so-...And a storm it will be! Democrats no less; the so-called party of human rights and liberties. I can't wait for the Court challenge. Unlike McCain-Feingold, this isn't a soft money issue. Many bloggers do not take any advertising or money influence for any of their work.Insolubloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693379911278686634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779369.post-1160414253025875562006-10-09T10:17:00.000-07:002006-10-09T10:17:00.000-07:00CHeck this out! What a coincidence. Helo get the w...CHeck <A HREF="http://www.thedeadpelican.com/" REL="nofollow">this </A>out! What a coincidence. Helo get the word out on this one, chief. I'm fixin' work up a number six on 'em!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779369.post-1160358640669602982006-10-08T18:50:00.000-07:002006-10-08T18:50:00.000-07:00Both are very good questions, fm. Let's take a lo...Both are very good questions, fm. Let's take a look at it.<BR/><BR/>There is <B>scope</B>. Most people perceive the right to free speech as way more of a benefit, than a harm. For guns and tobacco, people can argue the harm element, without ambiguity, whether you agree with them or not. The framer's abstract wording of the second amendment, also adds an element of weakness. I think a genuine SCOTUS challenge, might undo much of the gun control we see now. The first amendment, besides being FIRST (h.t. jimmyb) suffers no shortcomings.<BR/><BR/>The main social institutions, such as the media and to a lesser extent universities, rely on the first amendment to criticize and motivate change. They <I>cannot</I> effectively advocate artificial moderation of that freedom, on a large scale, without becoming completely impotent. They will not surrender what power they have left.<BR/><BR/>The internet is not covered by FCC regulations, nor can the government threaten them with license seizure. The peoples right to free association, is a strong argument in support of blogs and on-line grouping.<BR/><BR/>To effect global censorship, they would need an indoctrinating propaganda campaign, much like what the Nazi's did when they burned all the books. To succeed, would take a colossally strict and organized movement of like minded individuals. Liberals spend as much time eating their own, as they do their professed enemies. As I said, propaganda operates poorly outside of a controlled environment. I think it would now be extremely difficult to create that environment, which is the necessary first step.<BR/><BR/> I think a call by anyone, including lawyers, to regulate the internet, will bring the wrath of Hades down on the head of the group involved.<BR/><BR/>We can't even get the government to enforce our border laws. There is no way they will enforce laws that will dampen commerces and communication. In spite of the few high profile 'example' cases, people openly violate the DMCA and DRM.<BR/><BR/>I might be wrong. We will have to see.Insolubloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693379911278686634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779369.post-1160343901211666602006-10-08T14:45:00.000-07:002006-10-08T14:45:00.000-07:00I don't know. I'm sure you're right about that, bu...I don't know. I'm sure you're right about that, but what if they attack the internet like they did with guns and tobacco. You know, maybe have a bunch of victims of sexual predators file class action law suits against Internet Service providers, and the governments that have allowed them to operate. Then they will be able to regulate the internet until it is but a shell of it's former self.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779369.post-1160243500962936192006-10-07T10:51:00.000-07:002006-10-07T10:51:00.000-07:00fm, they cannot do anything about it now. Both sid...fm, they cannot do anything about it now. Both sides would crucify any politician for pushing such legislation. Malkin put up a clip, where a Kos poster was defending her right to have her YouTube content remain unmolested by Tube censors. We are seeing a resurgence of the kind of brutally honest emotional environment that the American press enjoyed during Ben Franklin's day.<BR/><BR/> I suppose there is a concern that the Google giant might decide to act unilaterally, to stifle or manipulate content. I don't yet see that on the horizon. I would like to see some competition stand up to Google, just to hedge the bet. Even so, Google has real expenses, relying on real ad revenue.Insolubloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693379911278686634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779369.post-1160237084370260682006-10-07T09:04:00.000-07:002006-10-07T09:04:00.000-07:00Man, you got some mad metaphorical skillz!You are ...Man, you got some mad metaphorical skillz!<BR/><BR/>You are right about the power wielded by the masses with access to the internet. I just wonder how long it will be before the power brokers figure out that we can call BS on their BS, and either destroy the internet entirely, or tax/fee the internet until it is only available to the elite.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779369.post-1160229845445950702006-10-07T07:04:00.000-07:002006-10-07T07:04:00.000-07:00It is a guarded optimism, SeanS. I think the peop...It is a guarded optimism, SeanS. <BR/><BR/> I think the people that run to the false introspective comfort of the Rosies, have always been around. There is a large component of them in the boomer crowd. They have the luxury of putting their heads in the sand, because our prosperity and success, at keeping our economy robust and the barbarians off-shore. <BR/><BR/>Actually, that's fine.<BR/><BR/>Most people like being blissfully ignorant. It may not sound optimistic to say that it might take another horrendous attack, perhaps at the hands of a failing P.C. policy, to inject the pain necessary for correction. <BR/><BR/>The optimism comes in the belief that America has a far better chance of weathering such a crisis, transformed in a good way. We have not reached that fatalistic European apathy. People see the signs and say dear God, will we become like France? Will be submitting to a violent indigent component of our population? I think not. America swung the first defensive punch in the GWOT. Conservatives swung the first defensive punch in the GWOCulture.<BR/><BR/>I am looking long term, here, Sean. Just keep an eye on some key observations.<BR/><BR/>Why do the Rosies, the Sterns, the Ward Churchills and the Frankens squawk so loudly and so often in front of hand-picked audiences of bobbled headed sycophants? It is because we have a big fat, bayonet sized VWRC internet thorn, capable of penetrating even Rosie's ample mantle. The more they complain, the more they drive the curious over to our side. <BR/><BR/>Take note of what a4g said about twisted lies. They make very poor foundation walls, which cannot support the weight of scrutiny. People just don't like a constant pessimistic drumbeat. It makes you sick. It makes you want something else. That is what they are offering; pessimism dressed up as comedy and theatrics.<BR/><BR/>The MSM has suffered an <I>enormous</I> credibility failure. Who calls the NYT the paper of record anymore? How long did it take for Dan Rather, America's anchorman, to crash and burn? Less than an hour before the blogosphere exposed his scandal. Reuters got caught photo-shopping and had to hysterically backtrack, while bloggers grabbed their data and began to go over <I>all</I> of it. The key point here, is that all of those scandals became national news items themselves. That is <I>real</I> power. This is what I mean by indoctrinating propaganda, dying on the vine.<BR/><BR/>College universities, a major source of cultural indoctrination, have priced themselves out of the market. They have packed themselves with foreign students, in some cases, because the money is better. The result? They are detaching themselves from main stream political influence. Many of the college elites want to attach illegal aliens and the poor to government tuition benefits, not out of altruism, but economic and political desperation. The internet education revolution is also destroying their influence and the value of their institutional degrees. The claim that people are not taught to think out in the real world is absurd. Look at the product being pumped out of these institutions. P.C. elitism and esteem based social policy has produced students who can't read, can't write, can't think and can't function in a job without serious mentoring. In the future, it will be... What do you know? What can you do? What have you done? It will not be where did you get your degree?<BR/><BR/>It is easy to be pessimistic. Just watch the news and throw your hands up in disgust. I prefer to exude the unwaivering optimism of Ronald Reagan. It has an effect on me. It will have an effect on others. Just do it in spite of what you see around you, without reservation. <BR/><BR/>Collectively, our optimism can defeat the defeatism of the Jimmy Carters in this world.<BR/><BR/>I might post this as another entry. If you wish.Insolubloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693379911278686634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779369.post-1160216995672792962006-10-07T03:29:00.000-07:002006-10-07T03:29:00.000-07:00I wish I had your faith, Insol. Regretfully, I si...I wish I had your faith, Insol. Regretfully, I sit and ponder the intellect of the average American and feel discouraged. The people want Rosie O'Donnell's and Daniel Stern's opinions so that they won't have to think for themselves. If Hollywood thinks it, why shouldn't I?<BR/><BR/>I don't think it's enough that I hold to my values.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779369.post-1160189970767325132006-10-06T19:59:00.000-07:002006-10-06T19:59:00.000-07:00It's worse than nothing, a4g. They have poisoned ...It's worse than nothing, a4g. They have poisoned their tree and they still have plenty left in the can. I believe as you do, there is a tipping point. At no time in the history of mankind, has information been so available, so fluid and so dynamic. We are beginning to see the dying effectiveness of a tool that has been in man's toolbox since the Ancient Egyptians. That tool is deep, indoctrinating propaganda. The type of institutional propaganda that breeds terrorism and liberalism is now impossible to contain. There are new bad effects, to be sure, like the fifteen minutes of instant fame people can get by egregious behavior and the lust by those to seek that fame. I think the positives outweigh the negatives.<BR/><BR/>They may blame Diebold, but they will be scrutinized without mercy, for the attempt. I am excited and optimistic. I think the people have real power in their hands.<BR/><BR/>I am glad you enjoyed the post, SK.<BR/><BR/>Morris and FIAR, you know how much I like to mix metaphor and politics. I hope the entertainment value carries the message along. As I have said in the past, I do not draw the difference at the party level. I draw it along conservative and liberal boundaries. I can and have, named several solid conservative voices in Washington. They just happen to be members of the Republican party.<BR/><BR/>At the D.C. tier of Federal foibles, the party distinction is <I>hopelessly</I> blurred by an enormous, irresistible mountain of manipulation. I do not believe that any of us mere mortals, unwilling to swim in that shark pool full of appetites and power brokerage, can ever understand how that environment feels or ever hope to see it made pure. <BR/><BR/>I think it is a fantasy to believe it can.<BR/><BR/>This is the inseparable consequence of blending freedom and power. We have to live with it, constantly cleaning it with the power of speech and the democracy of the voting booth. <BR/><BR/>Your liver cleans the fatigue from your body. Your liver fights to remove the elements that will kill you. You cannot live without it. Those toxic factors are <I>never going to stop</I> arriving at your liver's front door. How do you filter out those bad elements from the political liver? With core principles and good blood circulation. Your principles will never get a break from the evil appetites of people in power. However with that healthy diet, you are free to imbibe once in a while and enjoy life, and you know that the health of your culture, economy and family will not suffer.Insolubloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693379911278686634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779369.post-1160186147749228272006-10-06T18:55:00.000-07:002006-10-06T18:55:00.000-07:00I really don't see much difference between the two...<I>I really don't see much difference between the two main parties,</I><BR/><BR/>Because there <B>isn't</B> one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779369.post-1160185247244220592006-10-06T18:40:00.000-07:002006-10-06T18:40:00.000-07:00Insol, I just love the word pictures you paint. L...Insol, I just love the word pictures you paint. LMAO!<BR/><BR/>But me, I'm afraid I'm an old cynic. I really don't see much difference between the two main parties, either in the US or here in Aussie for that matter.<BR/>But it certainly *is* entertaining - you got that right...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779369.post-1160180771397432482006-10-06T17:26:00.000-07:002006-10-06T17:26:00.000-07:00This is exactly what I hope and expect to get from...<I>This is exactly what I hope and expect to get from election season.</I><BR/><BR/>Yeah, me too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779369.post-1160172454315550142006-10-06T15:07:00.000-07:002006-10-06T15:07:00.000-07:00Brilliantly stated, once again. Thanks Insol!Brilliantly stated, once again. Thanks Insol!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com