COMensarations

For Dawn

Here’s the reply I couldn’t post over there. Click on “MORE”.

But don’t necessarily reply here. Let’s keep the discussion out in the open. BUT if you have a lengthy reply, it might have to go here instead of there. We’ll have to play it by ‘ear’.....

Bill Quick….

Here’s the place he can attempt it, without embarrassing himself on his own blog where the whole world or at least his clientele will witness it.

For JD, et al.

Someone over at Patterico Pontifications seems to have issues with my very presence on that site and my effort to explain how not only do federal judges suppress the Bill of Rights, but so do bloggers. Not just the so-called ‘liberals’—who are anything BUT—but also a goodly number of so-called ‘conservatives’.

JD and daleyrocks, there, take umbrage with me. At least daleyrocks TRIES to be on topic....more than JD. JD just seems to be jealous....in the extreme. To the point of dropping into the vernacular.

So as to not detract overly much from the topical thread there, I decided to invite the various denizens of that thread here, in order to exercise their various ‘demons’...one way or another....

Let the donnybrook begin.....

Thoughts on Revelation 9 — Part 1

In order to describe what I understand of Operation DESERT SHIELD, I provide this....

Let’s get down to Revelation 9 and how it might relate to the Gulf War of 1990-91. In this instance Operation DESERT SHIELD....

The Silent Mensan

A query posted on the Denver Mensa listserv seems to have generated some interest in going beyond a listserv.....

Mensans, as I have known them for almost 30 years, are—by and large—the most expressive people I’ve even encountered in this 60+ year sojourn. So why do they limit their means of expression?

The Atheist-Islamofascist Union

Over at Pajamas Media, there’s a ‘discussion’ about the way that atheism and militant Islam have a common enemy. It’s Christianity.

In the discussion someone proved the point. Here is their ‘contribution’....

The Long Year Away

....or why I couldn’t post on certain web-sites.

Here’s the ‘dope’ on my ‘sabbatical’.

I got crosswise with Charlie (Colorado) Martin over a year ago. It was about his taking some talking-head [Brit Hume] to task over a comment about Buddhism—which Charlie is a practitioner thereof.

I was scoring some valid points in the discussion about Buddhism and Christianity,when Charlie declared—in the discussion—that I was a ‘spammer’. Shortly after that I could no longer post on Pajamas Media. Additionally, I couldn’t post on The Volokh Conspiracy and a couple of other blog-sites. Based on some research, I came to understand that all of these sites relied on an outfit called Kismet to block ‘spammers’. And, based on what I learned that anyone who is aligned with Kismet can make an allegation against someone and they are—apparently without further justification—blocked.

In some private communications, Charlie denied responsibility. However, old Army guy with experience in military intell, I couldn’t help but recognize a correlation between the events. And, considering that Charlie has—in the past—suggested I should be in a mental institution.....well....I suspect he may have been ‘projecting’ a bit.

It’s a technique.

Recently I checked one of the sites on which I was ‘blocked’ and found I could post comments again. So I tried Pajamas Media and apparently the ‘block’ is removed there as well. Not sure as to why, but I’ll not complain. However, I suspect that Kismet has either been (1) discredited or (2) they realized they had a problem just taking people at their word about such allegations and cleaned up their act.

What was the lesson? Well....that even on ‘conservative’ sites—sites that allegedly uphold the freedom of speech—people with intelligent views that go against someone’s grain, even when those views are presented without foul or abusive language, can be suppressed.

I just took it all as reason to be pleased.

Any rate...back in the ‘game’.

Something for Markus….

Once again, the ‘moderation’ of threads at Pajamas Media seems to be ‘interesting’.

I’ve tried about six times over the previous 36 hours to post a comment or two on Charlie (Colorado) Martin’s thread about Brit Hume on Buddhism. All to no avail.

In the meantime, I’ve had no such problems posting comments on Ed Driscoll’s thread about WMD definition flexibility. Coincidence? Charlie would like to think so, but after a while that ‘explanation’ seems to wear a tad ‘thin’.

At any rate, Markus on Charlie’s thread asked an interesting question about God and Hell.

Please explain to me why any soul deserves to be damned to hell, rather than simply being extinguished or punished for a finite period of time.—Markus

I tried to answer it. Here is what I tried to tell him.....

The ‘Disappeared’ for Charlie (Colorado) Martin

....on his thread on Pajamas Media.

Tried posting this comment to Charlie over on Pajamas Media.

Tried three times. But NOT ONE of them appeared. However, my complaints about the disappearances appeared. Gotta wonder about the ‘selectiveness’ of the ‘moderation’ and (1) just WHO is doing it and (2) WHY.

At any rate, here’s the copy that would post THERE.....

An ‘Observation’….

Some time back, I used to comment on Amy Alkon’s web-site, i.e., blog. This commenting went on for some time. Then it suddenly stopped. Why? Because she ‘killed’ me. And for what? Disagreeing with her and other commenters on her web-site.

So Amy has had a book published about ‘rude’ people and how she deals with them.

I only found out about it by visiting the blog operated by Dr. Helen Smith, who mentioned the book.

So I commented on my opinion of how Amy deals with ‘rude’ people, i.e., by ‘killing’ them. You can read the thread I See Rude People, HERE.

At any rate, Amy came back at me with a comment. And I promised her a reply to her comment to be published today.

For some ‘strange reason’, I can’t publish my reply at Dr. Helen’s blog.

So....

....I publish it here....