tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343122535318547716.post5753276425936096739..comments2024-02-25T13:25:26.434-08:00Comments on Owl's Farm: A Confederacy of NincompoopsOwlfarmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15373358232893937182noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343122535318547716.post-71208664292789924912009-09-13T08:56:01.186-07:002009-09-13T08:56:01.186-07:00The one picture and your commentary reminded me of...The one picture and your commentary reminded me of The Storming of the Bastille another great picture. You are correct I have been using the term "theater of the absurd" in reference to a lot of what is going on in this country right now thanks to the "apostles of doom"Joe Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07960458164425338569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343122535318547716.post-30628066063467537502009-09-11T03:10:21.611-07:002009-09-11T03:10:21.611-07:00Thank you for this thoughtful post. I fear the dea...Thank you for this thoughtful post. I fear the death of civil discourse presages the death of American civilization, such as it is. I too find it very discouraging that people are so close-minded as to prevent their children from hearing a positive message from President Obama, and the heckling of the president by a congressman only deepens my despair.<br /><br />Thanks also for the information on "A Confederacy of Dunces," a book I only recently discovered as I carom about the blogosphere. It is indeed a brilliant book, and I appreciate learning the allusion to Swift.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461006644312781883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343122535318547716.post-8252501482011207302009-09-10T21:10:02.554-07:002009-09-10T21:10:02.554-07:00Thank you Candace for articulating what many Ameri...Thank you Candace for articulating what many Americans are thinking and feeling about the insanity that has flourished since Barack Obama was elected.<br /><br />Too many folks are watching entertainment channels like "Faux" News rather than seeking out the truth and researching the facts. Your statement regarding these buffoons, "measured assessments of current issues are swiftly being replaced by squawking and flummery, and our country is intellectually poorer as a result" bears this out.<br /><br />To not allow your children to hear the President of the United States speak? McCarthyism comes to mind. Or maybe now we may consider "Limbaughism."<br /><br />I can only hope that as this administration corrects the errors that have been thrust upon us for the past eight years, and gets this country back on track, the naysayers become more enlightened.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09072345959644694466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343122535318547716.post-83369494572800094252009-09-08T19:41:52.011-07:002009-09-08T19:41:52.011-07:00I too have been shaking my head over the reaction ...I too have been shaking my head over the reaction to the President's speech. It seems a little strange, I suspect most of these parents consider themselves great patriots and yet they don't want their children to hear the democraticly elected president?<br />Sometimes I think Americans are a strange people but then I remember my anthropology classes and realize that this behavior is quite normal, unfortunately.Martha Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15797951661712327698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343122535318547716.post-84200043042733851362009-09-08T08:36:51.995-07:002009-09-08T08:36:51.995-07:00Thank you both for the encouragement. Sometimes I ...Thank you both for the encouragement. Sometimes I feel pretty lonely out here, but I was reassured this weekend by the huge preponderance of letters to the editor of the Daily Rag noting how stupid and self-defeating it would be to ban the President's speech. One person even wrote that she'd keep her kid home so he <i>could</i> watch it. But then, I don't imagine all that many of the fringe actually read the paper in the first place, so maybe I'm just grasping at optimistic strawsOwlfarmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15373358232893937182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343122535318547716.post-80928751679617509572009-09-08T07:54:10.886-07:002009-09-08T07:54:10.886-07:00Thank you for this post. I live in a community tha...Thank you for this post. I live in a community that has been holding "emergency meetings" for concerned parents with regard to the President's speech to schoolchildren. <br /><br />To give you a feel for this place: Our public library has two whole shelves of books refuting Darwinism. <br /><br />Those of us balanced on tiny blue islands out in this angry red sea need to hear your voice. We appreciate your well-reasoned arguments more than you can imagine.clairzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12076402619649343527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343122535318547716.post-53952667068197089462009-09-07T09:12:09.243-07:002009-09-07T09:12:09.243-07:00Another well-argued, thought-provoking post! I fea...Another well-argued, thought-provoking post! I fear some in the UK are following the dubious lead shown by some of your countrymen - 'twas ever thus. One of the first principles in education surely is to listen then research further in order to express a reasoned and reasonable point of view. Sticking fingers in ears and chanting 'Lalalalala' simply irritates. Shouting down is worse, but worst of all is the set answer trimmed and trotted out in response to the question the respondent wished or hoped or expected to be asked, politicians being the most frequent offenders. Our better-informed and more persistent news presenters do not allow them to slide away but somehow their answers are never satisfactory.jabbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176958811589489979noreply@blogger.com