Comments on: Teh awesome http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:14:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nell http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-230100 Nell Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:22:22 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/#comment-230100 Ed, it would have been just as easy to answer the question as to be a pill. sab, The now almost 2-year dormancy of Fafblog is sad for everyone who enjoyed it, but at least the archives are there, unlike some of my other favorite blogs that went dark. Two of my favorite posts are <a href="http://fafblog.blogspot.com/2004/07/wake-up-katherine-from-obsidian-wings.html" rel="nofollow">Wake Up</a> and <a href="http://fafblog.blogspot.com/2004/09/drivin-with-donald-so-were-ridin-on.html" rel="nofollow">Driving with Donald</a>. But do go explore and find your own. Ed, it would have been just as easy to answer the question as to be a pill.

sab, The now almost 2-year dormancy of Fafblog is sad for everyone who enjoyed it, but at least the archives are there, unlike some of my other favorite blogs that went dark.
Two of my favorite posts are Wake Up and Driving with Donald. But do go explore and find your own.

]]> By: ed http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-230065 ed Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:05:11 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/#comment-230065 <i>I’m new here. Who or what is the medium lobster?</i> One presumes that you're so green as to be unfamiliar with <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=%22The+Medium+Lobster%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a" rel="nofollow"> Teh Google</a>. I strongly urge you to learn how to use this powerful tool. I’m new here. Who or what is the medium lobster?

One presumes that you’re so green as to be unfamiliar with Teh Google. I strongly urge you to learn how to use this powerful tool.

]]> By: MattF http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-230015 MattF Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:13:43 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/#comment-230015 "The Medium Lobster", quoting Fafblog, "is a higher being with superior knowledge from beyond space and time. To your limited perception, he appears to be just another medium lobster. To your limited perception." “The Medium Lobster”, quoting Fafblog, “is a higher being with superior knowledge from beyond space and time. To your limited perception, he appears to be just another medium lobster. To your limited perception.”

]]> By: Clyde Mnestra http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-230011 Clyde Mnestra Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:01:15 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/#comment-230011 The argument was perverse and a foolish one to make. Haynes should not have approved the brief that contained it, directly or indirectly. But it seems unfair to attribute it to him in this way without explanation -- to my understanding, it was a stupid argument that the Washington Legal Foundation put in its brief, and that a government attorney (acting with the approval of DoD and Navy, and possibly personally reviewed by Haynes) attached to the government's brief and thus endorsed. "Haynes argued" is true in some sense, but one might read this and imagine a more substantial role. The argument was perverse and a foolish one to make. Haynes should not have approved the brief that contained it, directly or indirectly. But it seems unfair to attribute it to him in this way without explanation—to my understanding, it was a stupid argument that the Washington Legal Foundation put in its brief, and that a government attorney (acting with the approval of DoD and Navy, and possibly personally reviewed by Haynes) attached to the government’s brief and thus endorsed. “Haynes argued” is true in some sense, but one might read this and imagine a more substantial role.

]]> By: Charles S http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-229936 Charles S Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:01:18 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/#comment-229936 This reminds me of something I've wondered about for years. Why isn't Obsidian Wings on the Crooked Timber blogroll? This reminds me of something I’ve wondered about for years. Why isn’t Obsidian Wings on the Crooked Timber blogroll?

]]> By: sab http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-229906 sab Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:27:32 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/#comment-229906 I'm new here. Who or what is the medium lobster? I’m new here. Who or what is the medium lobster?

]]> By: John Emerson http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-229853 John Emerson Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:37:44 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/#comment-229853 +s +? +s +?

]]> By: John Emerson http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-229850 John Emerson Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:13:02 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/#comment-229850 The more endangered species there are, the more endangered species can be saved. A lot of liberal fascist environmentalist just don't care how many endangered species we save. Doesn't that show you the bankruptcy of the left right there. The more endangered species there are, the more endangered species can be saved. A lot of liberal fascist environmentalist just don’t care how many endangered species we save. Doesn’t that show you the bankruptcy of the left right there.

]]> By: nick s http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-229837 nick s Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:43:37 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/#comment-229837 Following Haynes' argument, does that mean pro-torture wingnuts need to be culled so that others can appreciate their scarcity? Following Haynes’ argument, does that mean pro-torture wingnuts need to be culled so that others can appreciate their scarcity?

]]> By: bi http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-229813 bi Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:25:14 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/#comment-229813 OK, I can't help but ask... What's Haynes's view on global warming? (Will global warming help bird-watchers by creating more rare bird species? Should we induce more flooding of coastal areas so that the affected areas will suffer less human intrusion? Will polar bears evolve like Pokemon into new breeds of bears, thereby helping to advance the state of scientific research? These are grave questions.) OK, I can’t help but ask… What’s Haynes’s view on global warming?

(Will global warming help bird-watchers by creating more rare bird species? Should we induce more flooding of coastal areas so that the affected areas will suffer less human intrusion? Will polar bears evolve like Pokemon into new breeds of bears, thereby helping to advance the state of scientific research? These are grave questions.)

]]> By: "Q" the Enchanter http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-229807 "Q" the Enchanter Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:55:09 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/#comment-229807 "The Court hopes..." In vain, alas. “The Court hopes…”

In vain, alas.

]]> By: qb http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-229805 qb Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:49:19 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/#comment-229805 wow that's crazy although honestly i'm a little disappointed at the judge's response. the possibilities for much harsher but still subtle mockery were many and deep, but dude just walked right by. there is a time and a place for high-minded self-restraint and this i do not think was it. wow that’s crazy although honestly i’m a little disappointed at the judge’s response. the possibilities for much harsher but still subtle mockery were many and deep, but dude just walked right by. there is a time and a place for high-minded self-restraint and this i do not think was it.

]]> By: lemuel pitkin http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-229798 lemuel pitkin Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:27:34 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/#comment-229798 <i>His second argument isn’t quite as in-all-circumstances cherishably absurd as his first</i> Yes, IIRC, the Chernobyl area has thriving populations of all sorts of rare animals. Ditto the Korean DMZ. His second argument isn’t quite as in-all-circumstances cherishably absurd as his first

Yes, IIRC, the Chernobyl area has thriving populations of all sorts of rare animals. Ditto the Korean DMZ.

]]> By: MattF http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-229786 MattF Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:00:53 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/#comment-229786 Haynes is only a single link in the Great Chain of Wingnuttery. And the Principle of Wingnut Plenitude requires that to the right of every link there is another. Haynes is only a single link in the Great Chain of Wingnuttery. And the Principle of Wingnut Plenitude requires that to the right of every link there is another.

]]> By: Jasper Milvain http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/comment-page-1/#comment-229760 Jasper Milvain Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:32:55 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2008/02/26/teh-awesome/#comment-229760 His second argument isn't quite as in-all-circumstances cherishably absurd as his first: consider <a href="http://www.english-nature.org.uk/salisbury/introduction/about.asp" rel="nofollow">Salisbury Plain</a>. His second argument isn’t quite as in-all-circumstances cherishably absurd as his first: consider Salisbury Plain.

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