tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post3428865132909991244..comments2023-09-15T08:07:28.542-06:00Comments on Western Hero: Did President Obama Make the Oceans Recede?Silverfiddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-5253255223897141262011-09-02T20:15:17.763-06:002011-09-02T20:15:17.763-06:00If Now Voyager has an essentially feminist orienta...If Now Voyager has an essentially feminist orientation, how do define the role of the Domineering Mother who precipitates most of the action? Was she the hideous tyrant she was, because she was a woman oppressed, or was she simply an oppressive personality by nature? <br /><br />English literature is rife with old She Dragon of this type, of course. Some of them -- like David Copperfield's Aunt Betsy and Mr. Darcy's autocratic aunt in Pride and Prejudice turn out to be lovable.<br /><br />I miss having women of that type around frankly. They had a colorful and vital role to play.<br /><br />~ FreeThinkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-42356583617430952162011-09-01T16:40:21.128-06:002011-09-01T16:40:21.128-06:00More than a few years ago, I predicted the libs wi...More than a few years ago, I predicted the libs will take credit for the oceans not rising, seriously, in print and media, not in some trivial way, and I predict it again here.<br /><br />Easy prediction to make actually.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05287399775879832602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-28113809139058991872011-09-01T08:01:45.445-06:002011-09-01T08:01:45.445-06:00Thank you, Shaw. It's good to learn there are ...Thank you, Shaw. It's good to learn there are many points on which we can agree, and probably much we might enjoy together, despite our political differences.<br /><br />I never would have thought of Prouty as a feminist -- more as a sterling example of well-bred femininity, perhaps -- but I can understand how her work could be interpreted in that light.<br /><br />Sorry, but I just hate the term "chick flick." I see it as a demeaning -- a decidedly sexist designation and an insult to femininity.<br /><br />What I object to so strenuously about contemporary feminism -- or that of the past five decades rather -- is the abrasiveness and stridency that goes with it.<br /><br />I regard Betty Friedan and her work as The Feminine Mystaque -- to quote at Buchwald. I once had lunch in the same dining room with Friedan, and a ruder, cruder, more obnoxious individual you could never hope to meet. I felt embarrassed to witness such behvior.<br /><br />There's a powerful charm -- and a great deal of quiet power -- inherent in old fashioned ladylike behavior. I regret its passing. Women don't have to take on the worst characteristic of male behavior in order to compete successfully with males. <br /><br />Good day to you.<br /><br />~ FreeThinkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-47817970950309207262011-09-01T06:40:02.705-06:002011-09-01T06:40:02.705-06:00FT,
I admire Mrs. Prouty's work and first hea...FT,<br /><br />I admire Mrs. Prouty's work and first heard of her years ago when I read Sylvia Plath's "The Bell Jar." Supposedly, the main character in that book is based on Prouty. (I understand Prouty befriended Plath, through some connection to Smith College.)<br /><br />But I'd forgotten about that over the years until I again saw "Now, Voyager" on some movie channel.<br /><br />Curious about the film and its origins, I looked it up and discovered Higgins-Prouty again.<br /><br />In today's world "Now, Voyager" would be considered a "chick-flick." I think its themes of feminism, self-determination, and liberation were ahead of its time.<br /><br />I admire Mrs. Prouty for her dedication to her art, despite some very difficult personal problems.<br /><br />I'm in the "Ain't it a shame." category.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-62883611227696940182011-09-01T05:32:38.248-06:002011-09-01T05:32:38.248-06:00Z: Interesting comments on Levin...
I think FT h...Z: Interesting comments on Levin...<br /><br />I think FT has nailed it and my tastes run like his, although I don't get a chance to listen to much radio during the day. I do like to listen to Savage in the evenings over the internet if I have time.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-39693536982442949502011-09-01T04:48:54.068-06:002011-09-01T04:48:54.068-06:00Interesting thread of comments.
I see that some h...Interesting thread of comments.<br /><br />I see that some here missed the satirical point.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-23213434151639845462011-08-31T22:49:12.347-06:002011-08-31T22:49:12.347-06:00"the overhyped hurricane Irene."
Here&#..."the overhyped hurricane Irene."<br /><br />Here's how I know when a "conservative" is not really conservative at all. No real conservative assumes the best. In fact, only idiots do.<br /><br />Wake up, Silver. You've been a little sleepy lately.<br /><br />JMJJersey McJoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15426560061830038806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-74941694338409174832011-08-31T21:57:35.411-06:002011-08-31T21:57:35.411-06:00"Shaw is a master at the art of feigned indig...<i>"Shaw is a master at the art of feigned indignance."</i><br /><br />Perhaps, Ms Theatre, but then aren't most of us guilty of a little play acting when we post our missives? If Shaw is like most of the liberals I know, her indignation is very real -- at least in her own mind.<br /><br />I amy be getting soft in my old age, but I do think we ought to cut each other a <i>little</i> slack. Relentless hostility is so wearing -- and it too has about it an element of affectation -- at least after a while.<br /><br />~ FreeThinkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-23790873854581965092011-08-31T21:52:34.866-06:002011-08-31T21:52:34.866-06:00There could be no doubt that Irene received entire...There could be no doubt that Irene received entirely too much advance publicity. The reports of potential to do great harm were vastly overstated. BUT, we should all know by now that that's how media operates. It's crisis oriented, sensationalistic and shamelessly self-serving in its desire to sell soap for profit. Sex, violence, treachery and disaster sell. Subtlety and nuanced analyses of how and why problems occur put the average person to sleep -- or make him switch channels. <br /><br />But it's nakedly apparent too, that media has an ideological bent to accentuate the negative and is on an apparent mission to destroy confidence in our country and the way we do business at home and abroad.<br /><br />Irene did turn out to be a serious matter, but not in the ways media predicted. Wo knew the storm would end up being much more of a flash flood in parts of Central New England than the deadly destroyer of the coastline it was cracked up to be.<br /><br />How many more time can the media "Cry wolf," before the public stops listening altogether?<br /><br />And then what will happen when a TRUE disaster of epic proportions strikes? Hunh?<br /><br />~ FreeThinkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-45894319084700461162011-08-31T21:44:21.896-06:002011-08-31T21:44:21.896-06:00Shaw is a master at the art of feigned indignance....Shaw is a master at the art of feigned indignance.Divine Theatrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02553420826262806110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-46925215996361789062011-08-31T21:36:25.581-06:002011-08-31T21:36:25.581-06:00Good for you, Shaw!
I somehow didn't think yo...Good for you, Shaw!<br /><br />I somehow didn't think you'd know who Olive Higgins Prouty was. I guess you knew she also wrote Stella Dallas, the ultimate paean to Mother Love and Sacrifice? <br /><br />When I was a wee lad, Stella appeared in the form of a daily radio soap opera. At ages three and four I was quite taken with her, than I learned much later that Mrs. Prouty was not at all pleased with the treatment her material received on radio.<br /><br />I have to confess I've never actually read her books, but know she belonged to a bygone era -- a time when "self-actualization" was not regarded as a virtue, but more as a dereliction of duty -- especially for a woman.<br /><br />Have you an opinion on the quality of her work or any comments on the way Mrs. Prouty lived her life? She was no Edith Wharton, of course, but seemed to have been a New England woman of character, good-breeding and substance of a type "they don't make anymore."<br /><br />Now one could say, "Well, thank God!" to that, or "Ain't it a shame?" In which camp would you reside?<br /><br />Though you may not realize it yet, I'm offering you an Olive branch <i>[the pun must have been Freudian slip. 'Twas not calculated, but I'll let it stand.]</i><br /><br />Cordially,<br /><br />~ FreeThinkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-3392654255293052132011-08-31T21:16:23.047-06:002011-08-31T21:16:23.047-06:00..." "ever notice how the msm never beli...<i> ..." "ever notice how the msm never belittles Mark Levin?" He added that he thinks Levin is so powerful and SO RIGHT that they're afraid to bring notice to him."</i><br /><br /><br />I doubt that. Levin makes a lot of sense, sure, but certainly no more than Rush, and Levin has a tinny voice along with a cold, abrasive personality. Rush is <i>fun</i> -- if you know how to take him. You can practically hear the twinkle in his eye as he speaks. Of course he only appeals to truly bright people.<br /><br />Rush functions like an Intelligence Test. If you don't like him, you're either a dodo or a Marxist.<br /><br />Rush is the <i>prime mover</i> in the Conservative Radio Talk Show phenomenon. He got there first, has the strongest, most charismatic personality, and the most facile wit. And he's proved himself to be incredibly <i>durable</i>. He's withstood the test of time. If it weren't for Rush there would <i>be</i> no such thing as Conservative Talk Radio.<br /><br />Of course naturally I love him, because <b><i>I write all his material</i></b>, and he delivers my lines perfectly -- just as though he were making it up on his own. He and I have had a great partnership going for a very long time. I SO enjoy being the silent, unseen, unknown guiding genius behind the scenes.<br /><br />And just who am I?<br /><br /><b>The Great No-Longer-Silent Majority that's who I am.</b><br /><br />The only other talk show host worth his salt is Michael Savage. He <i>really</i> tells it like it is, and pulls no punches. Of course he's an awful braggart, and unlike Rush he <i>means</i> it, but he's an honest, authentic Noo Yawk type -- like a lot of the men I grew up around -- so his crassness and utter lack of diplomacy and finesse don't bother me a bit. In fact it's refreshing.<br /><br />Bullshit stinks more than any other kind of excrement, and there's entirely too much of it deposited by people who "supposed" to be on "our" side, and might just as well be in the pay of the enemy for all the good they do the Conservative-Libertarian cause.<br /><br /><b>VIVE RUSH LIMBAUGH!</b><br /><br />~ FreeThinkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-23612473517495657502011-08-31T21:16:07.379-06:002011-08-31T21:16:07.379-06:00... and aside from the few dozen readers here... w...... and aside from the few dozen readers here... who listens to your drivel?Finntannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234170229108668040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-89123840041723518822011-08-31T21:00:49.407-06:002011-08-31T21:00:49.407-06:00Mark Levin is a pimple, that's why nobody cove...Mark Levin is a pimple, that's why nobody covers his drivel.Ducky's herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14608115001116619877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-20206326121698569392011-08-31T20:32:04.143-06:002011-08-31T20:32:04.143-06:00Don't you love Bd's intelligent addition t...Don't you love Bd's intelligent addition to any conversation? <br />RUSH LIMBAUGH RUSH LIMBAUGH!<br /><br />As a good COnservative, I guess I should say I'm ashamed that I have never listened to RUsh for more than 20 minutes at one time, even in the car. Well, easier to kill the messenger (following your heroes at Moveon and KOS) than actually LISTEN and to figure out he's usually RIGHT.<br /><br />By the way, SF...a friend recently said "ever notice how the msm never belittles Mark Levin?" He added that he thinks Levin is so powerful and SO RIGHT that they're afraid to bring notice to him. I found that a fascinating conjecture.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-70248246023189757002011-08-31T20:01:18.600-06:002011-08-31T20:01:18.600-06:00bd: Do you have an original thought in your head?...bd: Do you have an original thought in your head? <br /><br />When has Rush done a Poseidon parody?<br /><br />Give me a date and time or STFUSilverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-61256481781851244752011-08-31T19:51:48.827-06:002011-08-31T19:51:48.827-06:00God, you all listen to and regurgitate Rush fuckin...God, you all listen to and regurgitate Rush fucking Limbaugh. You morons!Bdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16577053490433489212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-135267849068209252011-08-31T19:35:32.595-06:002011-08-31T19:35:32.595-06:00Calm the oceans, lol, obama couldn't wipe his ...Calm the oceans, lol, obama couldn't wipe his own ass if it weren't for the teleprompter.<br /><br />Seriously though, i'd be glad if the idiot could balance a cheque book. Is he back from splurging on another holiday yet, mind you i wasn't urging him to return any faster given how the more he fiddles the more he cocks up.MathewKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14385674205383405783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-44725194121782795172011-08-31T19:20:54.250-06:002011-08-31T19:20:54.250-06:00>If you're killed in a hurricane windsurfin...>If you're killed in a hurricane windsurfing, you're an imbecile.<br /><br />And a candidate for the Darwin Award.<br /><br />Choosing not to do stupid things is usually the best way to prevent waking up dead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-38592028792913938682011-08-31T18:45:51.065-06:002011-08-31T18:45:51.065-06:00Shaw: It got caught in the spam filter. I don...Shaw: It got caught in the spam filter. I don't know why. Some here rapid fire posts and seem to escape it. My spam filter must be part of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy. I apologize.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-58687489631229177462011-08-31T18:37:49.493-06:002011-08-31T18:37:49.493-06:00Quit picking on Irene, by my count at least 2/3s o...Quit picking on Irene, by my count at least 2/3s of the deaths were caused by stupidity, not the hurricane.<br /><br />If you're huddled in your house and a tree falls on you, that's a storm death (unless you're in a mandatory evacuation area).<br /><br />If you're killed in a hurricane windsurfing, you're an imbecile.<br /><br />The majority of deaths were caused by people doing things they shouldn't have been doing during a hurricane, not by the hurricane itself.Finntannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234170229108668040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-17417400556176673672011-08-31T18:24:59.558-06:002011-08-31T18:24:59.558-06:00Olive Higgins Prouty?
Of Now Voyager?
"Jerr...Olive Higgins Prouty?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-KGiwGn1d8" rel="nofollow">Of Now Voyager?</a><br /><br />"Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon; we have the stars."<br /><br /><br />[my original comment got eaten.]Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-66057068674529037792011-08-31T18:00:41.659-06:002011-08-31T18:00:41.659-06:00Wait, are you implying that the emperor has no clo...Wait, are you implying that the emperor has no cloths?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-48466103265140367342011-08-31T17:21:21.045-06:002011-08-31T17:21:21.045-06:00"PS: What do you think of Olive Higgins Prout..."PS: What do you think of Olive Higgins Prouty?"<br /><br />Ah, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-CrTY8G1ug" rel="nofollow">"Now Voyager."</a><br /><br />"Oh, Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon; we have the stars."Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-78034581494554299722011-08-31T16:16:38.340-06:002011-08-31T16:16:38.340-06:00Ducky, I somehow doubt you've had much experie...Ducky, I somehow doubt you've had much experience outside the pages of those trendy tomes you love to read. <br /><br />Lenny Bruce was a despicable asshole -- as were all his ilk.<br /><br /><i>"Lift thine eyes unto the mountains whence cometh thy help."</i> Get your head out of the sewer.<br /><br />~ FreeThinkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com