Comments on: Creating our own reality http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:34:27 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: y81 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-143299 y81 Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:45:26 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/#comment-143299 I don't understand this criticism of Reynolds. His is a true blog (my secret essentialist identify peeks out), i.e., it's a collection of links that he has found while surfing the net, not a collection of essays or the sort of dialogue found here. You have to read the linked items: in their entirety they constitute an oeuvre which many people find mildly entertaining, just as some people find, say, Harper's magazine mildly entertaining. If you don't find the oeuvre mildly entertaining, don't read it. I don’t understand this criticism of Reynolds. His is a true blog (my secret essentialist identify peeks out), i.e., it’s a collection of links that he has found while surfing the net, not a collection of essays or the sort of dialogue found here. You have to read the linked items: in their entirety they constitute an oeuvre which many people find mildly entertaining, just as some people find, say, Harper’s magazine mildly entertaining.

If you don’t find the oeuvre mildly entertaining, don’t read it.

]]> By: John Lederer http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-143296 John Lederer Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:29:58 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/#comment-143296 Aww...you guys are just jealous. Aww…you guys are just jealous.

]]> By: norbizness http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-143252 norbizness Tue, 07 Feb 2006 19:17:10 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/#comment-143252 This whole episode reminds me of the Simpsons/Critic crossover episode, where Jay Sherman happened to carry all his awards on him. Substitute Powerline for Sherman, and "honorable mention ribbon from the 8th grade science fair" for "multiple national film criticism awards." This whole episode reminds me of the Simpsons/Critic crossover episode, where Jay Sherman happened to carry all his awards on him. Substitute Powerline for Sherman, and “honorable mention ribbon from the 8th grade science fair” for “multiple national film criticism awards.”

]]> By: neil http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-143218 neil Tue, 07 Feb 2006 17:26:35 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/#comment-143218 To be fair, the word 'heh' was a link to another post. To be fair, the word ‘heh’ was a link to another post.

]]> By: JRoth http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-143192 JRoth Tue, 07 Feb 2006 15:42:01 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/#comment-143192 17 gets it exactly right. 17 gets it exactly right.

]]> By: Cryptic Ned http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-143189 Cryptic Ned Tue, 07 Feb 2006 14:41:42 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/#comment-143189 But really...he makes a post...and then he decides to punch it up a bit, so he goes back and adds an update. And his update consists entirely of "Heh?" I think we've outed Instapundit as a parody of himself. Any time now he's going to say "I am astonished at how many right-wing lummoxes actually enjoyed the nonsense I spouted month after month in an attempt to be as predictable and content-free as possible. You people have been P0WN3D! O RLY? YA RLY! Oh no he di'n't! That's right, I want you to think long and hard about your lives and decide that U R LUZERZ!" But really…he makes a post…and then he decides to punch it up a bit, so he goes back and adds an update. And his update consists entirely of “Heh?”

I think we’ve outed Instapundit as a parody of himself. Any time now he’s going to say “I am astonished at how many right-wing lummoxes actually enjoyed the nonsense I spouted month after month in an attempt to be as predictable and content-free as possible. You people have been P0WN3D! O RLY? YA RLY! Oh no he di’n’t! That’s right, I want you to think long and hard about your lives and decide that U R LUZERZ!”

]]> By: nick s http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-143186 nick s Tue, 07 Feb 2006 14:20:08 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/#comment-143186 <i>Does he really do that all the time?</i> Indeed. Does he really do that all the time?

Indeed.

]]> By: Belle Waring http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-143177 Belle Waring Tue, 07 Feb 2006 13:22:10 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/#comment-143177 heh. heh.

]]> By: Neil the Ethical Werewolf http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-143155 Neil the Ethical Werewolf Tue, 07 Feb 2006 08:02:20 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/#comment-143155 Wow! It's like on-air trolling! Wow! It’s like on-air trolling!

]]> By: Daniel http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-143151 Daniel Tue, 07 Feb 2006 06:28:32 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/#comment-143151 good god. The Glenn Reynolds post was, in its entirety: "Dick Durbin, interview. Update: Heh". I had always thought that this was an unkind parody of the man by his enemies. Does he really do that all the time? good god. The Glenn Reynolds post was, in its entirety: “Dick Durbin, interview. Update: Heh”.

I had always thought that this was an unkind parody of the man by his enemies. Does he really do that all the time?

]]> By: neil http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-143135 neil Tue, 07 Feb 2006 03:51:05 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/#comment-143135 And it's also a little funny to think that they believe Dan Rather sits at home cursing the name of Pajamas. Why, if it wasn't for those meddling kids... And it’s also a little funny to think that they believe Dan Rather sits at home cursing the name of Pajamas. Why, if it wasn’t for those meddling kids…

]]> By: neil http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-143134 neil Tue, 07 Feb 2006 03:49:08 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/#comment-143134 Amazing that their silly tough-guy machismo extends all the way to the guy in the press briefing room, though. And you'd think Dan Rather was Muhammad Ali to hear these guys beat their chests about it. Amazing that their silly tough-guy machismo extends all the way to the guy in the press briefing room, though. And you’d think Dan Rather was Muhammad Ali to hear these guys beat their chests about it.

]]> By: Beltway Blogroll http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-143125 Beltway Blogroll Tue, 07 Feb 2006 02:39:38 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/#comment-143125 <strong>The Courtship Of The Blogosphere</strong> Fifteen years ago, just a few months into my first full-time job as a reporter, I covered a speech by Iran-Contra figure Robert McFarlane. It was a defining moment in my career. I say that not because of the speech,... The Courtship Of The Blogosphere

Fifteen years ago, just a few months into my first full-time job as a reporter, I covered a speech by Iran-Contra figure Robert McFarlane. It was a defining moment in my career. I say that not because of the speech,…

]]> By: s9 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-143124 s9 Tue, 07 Feb 2006 02:38:50 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/#comment-143124 They're tickled because they think the question Mirengoff asked was too difficult for Durbin to answer— they suppose it was embarassing to the Senator not to have what they consider a straight answer. The reason we're amused, on the other hand, is that their question was obviously predicated on bullshit and they're too stupid even to know that themselves. When Mirengoff cracks that line about Dan Rather, which is what is really making their digglers schwing in this case, they're tickled because it seems like a great zinger to them. To us, it looks like the lame and unseemly grandstanding it was, and which would, in normal times, be sneered away as inappropriate behavior for a reporter at a press conference. Alas, these are not normal times, and any behavior that would be inappropriate for a professional journalist at a press conference with a Democratic Senator is a demonstration of refinement and courtesy when it comes from one of the favored popinjays of the wingnut propaganda corps. I'll say this, if Senator Durbin really didn't know who these goobers were, then he needs to fire his staff and hire replacements who know what's going on. These guys are just getting started. They’re tickled because they think the question Mirengoff asked was too difficult for Durbin to answer— they suppose it was embarassing to the Senator not to have what they consider a straight answer. The reason we’re amused, on the other hand, is that their question was obviously predicated on bullshit and they’re too stupid even to know that themselves.

When Mirengoff cracks that line about Dan Rather, which is what is really making their digglers schwing in this case, they’re tickled because it seems like a great zinger to them. To us, it looks like the lame and unseemly grandstanding it was, and which would, in normal times, be sneered away as inappropriate behavior for a reporter at a press conference.

Alas, these are not normal times, and any behavior that would be inappropriate for a professional journalist at a press conference with a Democratic Senator is a demonstration of refinement and courtesy when it comes from one of the favored popinjays of the wingnut propaganda corps.

I’ll say this, if Senator Durbin really didn’t know who these goobers were, then he needs to fire his staff and hire replacements who know what’s going on. These guys are just getting started.

]]> By: Matt Weiner http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/comment-page-1/#comment-143119 Matt Weiner Tue, 07 Feb 2006 02:13:21 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/06/creating-our-own-reality/#comment-143119 Nick S, thanks for the citation and correction. Of course it <i>is</i> the executive's responsibility to enforce the law. Nick S, thanks for the citation and correction. Of course it is the executive’s responsibility to enforce the law.

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