tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post4589553038441654653..comments2023-10-02T07:20:07.187-05:00Comments on Banquet of Consequences Too: Greatness and Hatenessjadedjhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16569736113526368917noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post-20695668953063394262010-01-29T06:12:48.902-06:002010-01-29T06:12:48.902-06:00Elizabeth---Wow. Almost speechless. Because of the...Elizabeth---Wow. Almost speechless. Because of the respected source, I consider this the greatest of compliments. It is unfortunate that the thought is lost on those who need to consider it the most.jadedjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569736113526368917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post-38086861215488680552010-01-29T02:19:02.815-06:002010-01-29T02:19:02.815-06:00To return your (undeserved, in my case) adoration,...To return your (undeserved, in my case) adoration, I have to say that this is a fascinating post, JJ. So much so that I've come back to re-read it again -- and to marvel. <br /><br />The sheer idea of putting together, or rather against each other, words of these two men is shocking. Literally -- as it induces a visceral reaction of revolting astonishment in me (and, judging by others' comments, I'm not alone in it). It's almost indecent to put MLK's words next to Rushbo's, but that's precisely what drives the point across.<br /><br />And the point is that even though these two men are members of the same (our) species (OK, the jury may be out on Rushbo here ;), they may as well not be. They seem to inhabit different universes -- and for all purposes, they do (did). These universes are defined by very different sets of values -- so different, in fact, that there is seemingly no connection between them, no common points. How can it be, one wonders? (No need to answer -- I'm just continuing my marvelling.)<br /><br />You did a simple thing here that has turned out to be (or lead to) an unsettling revelation. Not so much in showing the nature of those two men, whom we know relatively well, but in making the difference between them and all they represent so painfully stark. And/or starkly painful.<br /><br />Brilliant and disturbing. In a good way. One of my favorite blog posts ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post-88893931117944254222010-01-28T18:27:16.788-06:002010-01-28T18:27:16.788-06:00Elizabeth---I just adore your way of succinctly cu...Elizabeth---I just adore your way of succinctly cutting to the heart of it. Indeed. Indeed. Indeed. Makes one want to cry, doesn't it.jadedjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569736113526368917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post-41802526632707931152010-01-28T18:06:42.112-06:002010-01-28T18:06:42.112-06:00Perhaps, as a painfully ironic punchline, we shoul...Perhaps, as a painfully ironic punchline, we should remember that the advocate of love and peace was murdered, while the hatemonger lives happily in ever-growing prosperity and fame. <br /><br />Some world we live in...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post-45242494104083645262010-01-23T15:50:56.313-06:002010-01-23T15:50:56.313-06:00Harlequin---Blowfish a.k.a. Puffer fish...and is a...Harlequin---Blowfish a.k.a. Puffer fish...and is also poisonous like...Limbaugh.jadedjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569736113526368917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post-38502643985128617862010-01-23T15:36:48.568-06:002010-01-23T15:36:48.568-06:00Limbaugh is such an ass... a pompous, poisonous as...Limbaugh is such an ass... a pompous, poisonous ass!Harlequinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04964772119118368322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post-58535200532923791082010-01-20T20:32:31.976-06:002010-01-20T20:32:31.976-06:00C---Thank you. I thought you might like it.C---Thank you. I thought you might like it.jadedjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569736113526368917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post-11808384524731542402010-01-20T17:34:00.079-06:002010-01-20T17:34:00.079-06:00Good post JJ. And apropo on MLK day.Good post JJ. And apropo on MLK day.Mr. Charlestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17497415823443875308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post-36804910413814722732010-01-20T12:31:52.866-06:002010-01-20T12:31:52.866-06:00Doug---your comment gave me a smile...no, a guffaw...Doug---your comment gave me a smile...no, a guffaw.jadedjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569736113526368917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post-20043912610923681622010-01-20T08:52:58.540-06:002010-01-20T08:52:58.540-06:00I don't wish Rush any harm, but I will smile i...I don't wish Rush any harm, but I will smile if I get to read his obit.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09519879143568413067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post-67473452074975146422010-01-19T16:29:56.170-06:002010-01-19T16:29:56.170-06:00Tom---why do you hate redblood?Tom---why do you hate redblood?jadedjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569736113526368917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post-87678460469289033672010-01-19T16:21:35.065-06:002010-01-19T16:21:35.065-06:00Well, seeing the 2 sets of quotations laid out sid...Well, seeing the 2 sets of quotations laid out side by side (so to speak), this pretty well spells it out.<br /><br />Rush Limbaugh is a redblooded patriotic American. Martin Luther King was a rabblerousing socialist who hated America.<br /><br />< / satire >Tom Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05610417770240609022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post-21753956207912046382010-01-19T15:39:08.527-06:002010-01-19T15:39:08.527-06:00Stephen---Exactly. Which is why I didn't want ...Stephen---Exactly. Which is why I didn't want to resort to calling him names...only.jadedjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569736113526368917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post-73322834550364691102010-01-19T15:31:43.192-06:002010-01-19T15:31:43.192-06:00& yet, he has a certain power & certain sw...& yet, he has a certain power & certain sway... because he always gets my attention & my outrage.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05967985806955115917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post-45149397007968097812010-01-19T13:19:13.535-06:002010-01-19T13:19:13.535-06:00Jen Jen---I was going to comment on your PSA post,...Jen Jen---I was going to comment on your PSA post, and isn't this interesting...it wouldn't pull up your comments. I realize this is not the same problem you had with mine...but...hello, we both have problems with the other's comments section. Spooky.jadedjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569736113526368917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post-6373963723572184602010-01-19T12:47:33.116-06:002010-01-19T12:47:33.116-06:00Jen Jen---Well said :-)Jen Jen---Well said :-)jadedjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569736113526368917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post-62565395547443128492010-01-19T12:28:46.344-06:002010-01-19T12:28:46.344-06:00Thanks for the personal response to my personal......Thanks for the personal response to my personal...um, email.<br />Lotsa personality goin on.<br /><br />It seems less difficult to hate for some, because when they do, they fuel their need to feel justified and validated. I think it's pride.<br />Conversely, when you love, you do so from somewhere other than hate's house. It's more work to be selfless.JenJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13118893759726079685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post-55792545678875232622010-01-19T12:25:27.690-06:002010-01-19T12:25:27.690-06:00Kulkuri---Sorry didn't mean to ignore your com...Kulkuri---Sorry didn't mean to ignore your comment. I totally skipped over it.<br /><br />You are right, it is amazing that in some circles it has become a badge of honor almost to be an ignorant spouter of someone else's rhetoric. I came from a blue collar background and spent a lot of years getting myself educated, so I don't understand this "New" ideal of the far right.jadedjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569736113526368917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post-18302487278024972912010-01-19T12:19:49.621-06:002010-01-19T12:19:49.621-06:00Moko---It's easier to hate, I suppose. What ma...Moko---It's easier to hate, I suppose. What makes him so odorous I think is that he is doing it for the money...he has only one principle...greed. I don't for a minute think he believes his own crap...although, with the recent talk of his influence over the Repubs, he may be taking himself much more seriously.<br /><br />Holte---Well your post was the inspiration, so in a sense this is yours. I have been stewing over Limbaugh's recent remarks about Haiti for days, but it's so easy to blast his fat ass and call him names, as I have been doing for years. But somehow, that wasn't enough this time. Then when I read your tribute to MLK, it hit me. We are our words as much as our actions...good ones, or evil ones. So thanks for the inspiration.<br /><br />Lou---In this case, that isn't going to happen. He's been doing this for twenty years...and he gets worse with each passing year.<br /><br />PE---I know where you're coming from with the escape idea.<br /><br />wm---He's as much a danger as any radical Muslim with a bomb...and you are correct, there are plenty out there to replace him if he drops dead.<br /><br />mo.---A home grown American piece of fecal matter. I can't think of a British counterpart...and I hope you don't have one.jadedjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16569736113526368917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post-14425315105084876672010-01-19T09:57:40.833-06:002010-01-19T09:57:40.833-06:00The stupidity of Rush doesn't surprise me, he&...The stupidity of Rush doesn't surprise me, he's just catering to his base which is very base. What amazes me is that there are so many "DittoHeads" that will by calling themselves such, proudly declare to the world that they are too stupid to think for themselves!!!!!!!!!!Kulkurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09198195648066700925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post-34984560286635733182010-01-19T07:25:55.062-06:002010-01-19T07:25:55.062-06:00I had never heard of that Hatemonger prat before. ...I had never heard of that Hatemonger prat before. Shows my ignorance.mo.stoneskinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737422581378328590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post-9872230742261214672010-01-19T07:09:48.930-06:002010-01-19T07:09:48.930-06:00Motherfucker made 35 million last year, he will ne...Motherfucker made 35 million last year, he will never end his tripe and spew until he is dead and gone but then he is just one voice, with well trained bastards, also well paid in line to take his place.<br /><br />He is the terrorist Ameicanusthe walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post-42807482859022320882010-01-19T05:45:04.599-06:002010-01-19T05:45:04.599-06:00I doubt anything will change Rush - but I wish his...I doubt anything will change Rush - but I wish his listeners would open their eyes and stop paying him to spread shit.<br /><br />Good job contrasting the worst of humanity with the best - but it still makes me want to head for a quiet corner in the hills to pass the time until Armageddon.PENolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17920921974302444898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post-23868036850523190622010-01-18T23:33:11.912-06:002010-01-18T23:33:11.912-06:00It astounds me that anyone can listen to such arro...It astounds me that anyone can listen to such arrogance and such hate. I hope for everyone's sake that one day something happens to open his eyes.Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14519427492100090401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673195676510322044.post-58946413637856216042010-01-18T20:43:16.822-06:002010-01-18T20:43:16.822-06:00Nice job of comparing two exact opposites. Wish I ...Nice job of comparing two exact opposites. Wish I had thought of it. Good one.Holte Enderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10356437917387847542noreply@blogger.com