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February 11, 2005

Ligers, and tigons, and bears

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He lives

The Commissar speaketh.......

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February 09, 2005

Prof. Joseph Woolcock Responds to Student's Allegations

Prof. Joseph Woolcock was accused by Kuwaiti student Ahmad al-Qloushi of ordering him to seek psychological counseling for his pro-American views.

Professor Woolcock responded to the accusation by dropping a comment in this post written at The Jawa Report by Gordon. After doing an initial IP search and contacting him, Prof. Woolcock confirmed that he had left the comment and had sent the same as a press release to the various MSM outlets. Ok, so we're not exactly the MSM---but I guess we'll do in a pinch! Here is what he says in his defense: more...

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1 I didn't cross post this to my site. So let me use this comment section to issue an apology. Politically speaking, Prof. Woolcock may be an ass But I am aghast to learn that he was an unnecessarily harassed ass. Thanks for the detailed research, Rusty. You're not the MSM (yet), but you are showing that bloggers are concerned with getting it right.

Posted by: Gordon at February 09, 2005 12:38 PM (dqTOU)

2 " ...students have the tendency to think that we really give a rat's ass what their political beliefs are. We don't.... We rarely think of you at all." Ooh, that's definitely gonna leave a mark!

Posted by: TC@LeatherPenguin at February 09, 2005 12:46 PM (kiH79)

3 Man, I thought the "The reason I give so many students an F is because there is no lower grade to give" remark was the money shot myself.....

Posted by: Rusty at February 09, 2005 12:54 PM (JQjhA)

4 While I didnt write on this topic I did read around a bunch. The student blew that crap out of proportion. The good thing is we had some real prof's in the sphere who graded his lame paper and gave it an F too. I'd be behind the professor on this one even if he was a pinko commie. "The reason I give so many students an F is because there is no lower grade to give." *snicker*

Posted by: Digger at February 09, 2005 12:57 PM (c2i02)

5 hah! you musta been typing while I was

Posted by: Digger at February 09, 2005 12:58 PM (c2i02)

6 After class a student accused me of not going to the White House because I was a liberal Democrat. "If your man Bill Clinton were in the White House I bet you'd go," she said. Either I'm doing my job way too well and disguising my political beliefs or this student was just psycho. Or the idea of Universities as Impregnable Halls of Liberalism Where No Conservative Dare Tread is so entrenched in the minds of conservatives that some of them are... ok, yeah, they're just psycho.

Posted by: jenniebee at February 09, 2005 01:14 PM (JBPdX)

7 Dr. Rusty, I disagree that professors don't let their personal feelings about a student influence their grade. I agree that YOU do not, but in any course that is not a math or hard science, there is an element of subjectivity in grading any assignment. While we have some checks on this, in the end, the student that the professor wants to give an A, will get an A. This is unlikely in an intro class of 160, but very likely in an upper level or graduate course of 15 students. I also think that the converse of that doesn't work - because a student that earns a poor grade may challenge it, we don't give F's to those we 'want' to. They have to earn it. I'll give the A based upon work ethic and effort if they only got a high B, but a 70.001 is still a C, even for slackers. You're right - I don't care if my students are left or right in their views either. Many profs do care, but they don't use it against them. My Communist teacher gave me an A, even though I was clear in my conservative capitalist beliefs.

Posted by: Hammertime at February 09, 2005 01:45 PM (cFg3z)

8 Attending a prestigious DC university--aren't they all?--in the '60s, there were certainly profs who cared about students' politics. I recall one year, my last, in which some profs would flunk you if you didn't attend an anti-war demo and other's would flunk you if you did. Fair, balance, and psychotic.

Posted by: John at February 09, 2005 02:45 PM (IuAUA)

9 Rusty, have you ever tried to give a "G" on a paper, etc .. just to see what would happen? And, yes, it was the money shot.

Posted by: carin at February 09, 2005 02:49 PM (1lEvk)

10 Sweet way to end the post with a subversive Office Space reference.

Posted by: Leopold Stotch at February 09, 2005 05:45 PM (ws3tS)

11 This isn't about me and my dreams about doing nothing...it's about all of us.

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at February 09, 2005 06:40 PM (JQjhA)

12 Oh, and great comments every one else. But seriously, my experience is that Profs don't really care about your political views when it comes down to grading. Maybe they can't always hide their biases when teaching--we're only human--but grading is another matter. Look, I'm sure it happens occasionally, I'm just saying that as a matter of common practice I don't think it's that widespread. I will admit, though, that an atmosphere of hostility can be created wherein more conservative or libertarian minded students feel they can't speak up or feel excluded. That is another matter altogether.

Posted by: Rusty at February 09, 2005 07:01 PM (JQjhA)

13 As adjunct faculty I would tend to agree with you about the students political views in relation to grades earned. I never grade papers with the studentÂ’s political views in mind. I grade papers based on whether the student did the work correctly or not. While I donÂ’t teach history or politics I do encourage spirited debate on how our country should be run. I enjoy listening to all points of view, even if I disagree with them. Thanks for getting the facts of this encounter out to us so we can draw a more reasoned conclusion.

Posted by: Azygos at February 09, 2005 08:12 PM (CxIc8)

14 Plenty of professors do let their political biases dictate the grades they give, so the fact that many don't is irrelevant to the specific case at hand. According to the student, the question was: 'Dye and Zeigler contend that the constitution of the United States was not Â“ordained and establishedÂ” by Â“the peopleÂ” as we have so often been led to believe. They contend instead that it was written by a small educated and wealthy elite in America who representative of powerful economic and political interests. Analyze the US constitution (original document), and show how its formulation excluded majority of the people living in America at that time, and how it was dominated by AmericaÂ’s elite interest.' That is not a question at all, but a very narrow, Marxist description of the motives of the Founding Fathers. The student is being invited to agree with it. He did address the thesis, but disagreed with it. Woolcock doesn't address that, in his response. Instead he makes a vague description of the events surrounding the student's selection of topic and a discussion with him that ensued. Why no specifics as to what was wrong with the student's paper? Further, this is all one is supposed to have to know to pass an introductory course in Political Science? That beggars belief. There's more to this than Woolcock is saying.

Posted by: Patrick R. Sullivan at February 10, 2005 09:49 AM (0y+ms)

15 I taught accounting at several universities for 25+ years. I can only speak for myself, but when I disliked a student for any reason I always made sure to give them the benefit of the doubt in grading. Usually the benefit of the doubt was still insufficient to raise their grade above an F, although it did happen on the odd occasion. During the '70s and '80s, I taught at two universities with a significant number of Arab and Persian students in the College of Business. Nearly every semester I had at least one of these students protesting a grade I gave them. I even had one of them show up at my home demanding I change his grade. I always remember how stubborn they were that they were right and I was wrong. Fortunately, I never allowed them to retain their graded work so it was easy to demonstrate to the Head, Dean, or Committee why they received the grade they did.

Posted by: Laddy at February 10, 2005 11:47 AM (AhrnS)

16 Woodcock has been accused of various students as being abusive and political. I tend to take the student's position. If he were my professor I'd be in front of the dean with my lawyer. Or in front of the prof with my wild rotweiller.

Posted by: TJ Jackson at February 10, 2005 12:21 PM (zitVZ)

17 Money Shot? This is a porno site? "I gave him an F because there is no lower grade to give", is a very old teacher gag line. Must be a new batch of students on line. As for Woolcock; his arrogance comes through strong. He protests his lack of concern for students political viewpoint too much. His chosen text is a giveaway.

Posted by: bbwolfe at February 10, 2005 01:44 PM (TpiAD)

18 Hey- what is all the fuss about Woolcock? It is so stupid that people keep talking about this guy. Just fire the bastard and hire a competent instructor and move on- get this behind you. Obviously WoolCOCK screwed up and should find a new job where he can be dishonest- like a used car salesman! That way he can sleep at night selling a bunch of shit to immigrants who don't know any better...

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February 08, 2005

The post in which I propose the word "bitch" be used instead of "gate" for all future political scandals (except Rick James)

Water-"bitch", Iran-Contra-"bitch", Dan Rather-"bitch", Memo-"bitch", Whitewater-"bitch", Eason-"bitch", etc....

Related. And more. Also.

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February 07, 2005

Calling Anti-Euthenasia Bloggers

Hyscience is preparing a series of articles on Terri Schiavo and a blog-burst aimed at influencing the upcoming legislative session in Florida.

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February 04, 2005

DoS Attack & Trackbacks

The entire mu.nu domain has been the victim of a DoS attack. Some one is trying to shut us down. Because of that our fearless leader Pixy Misa has had to disable the trackbacking function. Sorry about that. E-mail me and I'll manually link you.

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Now the Llama-bitches can finally put their "My other car is a Landcruiser" bumper stickers on their Volvos.

Hat tip: Jeff Quinton who stole the idea from the Instapundit.

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New 'Talibanization' in Pakistan

(Peshawar, Pakistan) According to a report in the Frontier Post, the North-West Frontier Province Assembly has unanimously passed Women Photographs Prohibition Law, Amendment Bill 2005, which outlaws photographs of women in any notice, circular, or other document, displayed on any house, building, wall, signboard, or published in any newspaper or periodical.

Also included in the Amendment Bill 2005 is the Women Ownership Rights and Prohibition of Dance and Music Law which bans the use of women's photographs for any commercial or advertising purpose or in dance or music. It is considered derogatory to human dignity to use a woman's photograph for these purposes.

Opposing the bills, parliamentary leaders Bashir Bilour and Abdul Akbar Khan stated that "both the bills were indicating that the province was moving towards Talibanization." They fear that foreign investment will be affected if women are excluded from being shown on products and advertising.

The Taliban needs to be chased into the mountains, again. Women are voting in Afghanistan as the country moves forward with democracy and, meanwhile, Pakistan is going backwards with a resurgence of the Taliban. Sheesh! They're like athlete's foot. You can get rid of it but it always is lurking, ready to cause problems.

Companion post at Interested-Participant.

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February 03, 2005

My Wife is the Victim of Identity Theft

Just got a call from Princess Leah. She just got off the phone from a collection agency. It seems someone used her name and Social Security number to get a cell phone. Now Cingular wants two grand from us. So far every one has been pretty understanding at both Cingular and the collection agency. I'll keep you updated if things go sour. Haven't even begun the process of letting the credit agencies know.

How could it be that easy to steal someone's identity? You mean all that it takes for some crack whore to abuse my wife's good name is her Social Security number? That's it? The person used a different address than ours, just the same name and Soc. to establish a line of credit. That's insane!!!

Excuse me for the rest of the evening. I'll be out buying a shredder---and a gun!

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1 When I bought a house, I had to parse through my credit records because my father, who is Jr and I am the III, seemed to have his credit all up in mine. Not that either one of our credit is bad, but it's amazing that, because we share the same name, that's all it took for a credit reporting company to screw it up. Our socials don't have any numbers similar, either. And I'm sorry, if Cingular failed to obtain a photo ID and if the signature on the contract is not that of your wife's, then Cingular is at fault.

Posted by: Sharp as a Marble at February 03, 2005 04:32 PM (VxPRK)

2 Been there, done that. Now you almost but, not really know how a rape victim feels. It sucks and every piece of paper I throw out now goes through the shredder.

Posted by: ec at February 03, 2005 04:46 PM (kuXgU)

3 Good luck, and yeah, totally invest in a shredder. It's sick what people can obtain with just your mailing address these days.

Posted by: Venom at February 03, 2005 05:08 PM (dbxVM)

4 Misery loves company, me too, but a couple of years ago, long before identity theft became "famous". This banker from NYC (ironically, my hometown!) calls to tell me someone used my SS# to get approved for a loan, but when they ran the credit check, the name of the applicant and of course, my name came up, so there were two different names....how stupid can people be???? I had no idea how anyone got my SS# since we now live in TX and had moved from NYC 20 years earlier. Nothing further ever happened and I just forgot about it...till now.

Posted by: Laura at February 03, 2005 05:21 PM (ptOpl)

5 Rusty: You are lucky that all charges were made at one company. The stores involved with the scam run on me was a nightmare. I had to get a police report for each incident. Then have the bank issue a statement of fraudulent signature for each and every incident. Took six months to get it straight. Even after they caught the individual.

Posted by: greyrooster at February 03, 2005 05:29 PM (n5v9Q)

6 My sister had her bank account wiped clean by someone who cashed checks in her name. She got her money back eventually but it was a nightmare. After college I temped at a credit card bank and ran credit checks. While it's the most mind-numbingly boring job on the face of the earth, a chimp could do it. However, a lot of the people that worked there would not qualify for chimp status. It paid pretty good for back then, though. I can't imagine the people doing it now when the unemployment rate is lower. Plus, the credit agencies mess the reports up ALL the time. As everyone else said, shred everything because people are idiots. Hopefully yours will get worked out quickly. Good luck.

Posted by: Maureen at February 03, 2005 05:38 PM (ny5O/)

7 Old records are a goldmine. Some unscrupulous folks get in with file storage companies and browse through old medical and financial files. Your SSN can also be found in employment/personnel records, school files,the DMV, your Dr.'s office, any credit application (including for power, gas, phones) etc. It's amazing how many things ask for it. But SaaM is right. Every time I or one of my friends has gotten a cell phone contrat, we've had to provide a photo ID and a signature. Get this, I also had that mixed up credit problem since my name and my dad's are similar (My name starts with his name) and obviously we shared an address at one point, except that I was associated with credit accounts that were opened before I was born! I can't wait until the national free credit report thing makes it to the east coast. Good luck getting this straightened out. Hope that there's no other bogus charges on your credit.

Posted by: caltechgirl at February 03, 2005 05:44 PM (bwprt)

8 Oh I just remembered something! One time, my check was refused at a store because the license number I had did not match the one when they ran it through that Chectronic thingie that checks your acct. to see if you've got enough money in there and that it is a legit acct. Anyway, I told this clerk that I had had the acct. for years, had the same license for years, and just wrote 5 previous checks in other stores and they were approved. Come to find out, we ended up calling Checktronic and the gal there had put in ONE wrong number on the license, instead of a "0" at the end, the chick put a "1"...makes all the diff. in the world. It was a one time incident, thank God, and never happened again. Makes you wonder, though.

Posted by: Laura at February 03, 2005 06:02 PM (ptOpl)

9 One more thing, lol. Why don't all the credit card companies put your PHOTO on the front of the card??????????? Half the time they never check the damned sig's to see that they match. And, better yet, why don't they give everyone a PIN to use, this way, no one could use the card unless they knew the code???? Makes sense to me.

Posted by: Laura at February 03, 2005 06:04 PM (ptOpl)

10 Yep identity theft is literally as easy as having someone's social. And worse, you can get someone's social for about 50 cents by using a social trace website like merlindata.com. I posted a list of identity theft protection tips that everyone can use if they like them at http://www.prillservices.com/idtheft

Posted by: MikePrill at February 03, 2005 06:53 PM (DmOPd)

11 In my case it happened by someone getting my mail. Not accusing the P.O. of having crooks on the payroll but that is how it happened. Lot of Sheriff's forms to fill out and lot of time filing forms for the 3 credit reporting agencies. Good luck.

Posted by: Rod Stanton at February 03, 2005 08:04 PM (gVJtb)

12 $2,000? How long does it take Cingular to figure out this person isn't paying their bill before they cut off the service?

Posted by: Chad Evans at February 03, 2005 09:48 PM (FgL1L)

13 Rusty, remember this from today forward... Your shredder is the friend you should always use. I recently got into a pissing match at work over our security people wanting my SS# on a form of theirs. They got all bad cop on me, so I called in the big guns, our risk officer. She got worse cop on them and they went away wimpering. Her words, "nobody needs your SS# but payroll to get your taxes paid, and I mean NOBODY." Your earlier commenters are right, though. If some crook wants it, there are ways to get it if they dig a little. I am just not going to make it easier for them, so my shredder works overtime. Sorry your family is going through this. Hang in there.

Posted by: Bonfire7 at February 03, 2005 11:45 PM (l2XtQ)

14 Go here: www.ftc.gov (go to ID Theft section) Plenty of good info here what to do if this happpens to you. Also good prevention info. Shredders are good for the mail you actually get. A lot of these crooks just steal all those pre-approved cc offers before you get them or steal those cc "checks" hey love to send in the mail. See this month's issue of MIT Technology Review and see that aQ figured this out a long time ago and is rankingin millions from our cc companies that are willing to give the money away. Mind you we pay for it in higher svs and interest fees.

Posted by: rpd1 at February 04, 2005 12:36 AM (YMuv/)

15 Rusty, I authored the internet article "Identity Theft Is No Laughing Matter: Who's Using Your Name?" http://kb.mlm.com/article.asp?article=5115&p=5 The most important FACT to understand is that you cannot PREVENT Identity Theft. What we can do is take the necessary steps stated to PROTECT ourselves. None is more important than monitoring our credit report. There are a number of products on the market that do just that, including, some homeowners insurance coverage. This crime REQUIRES you to be PROACTIVE not reactive. You can't wait for the next month's bank or brokerage statements or for your yearly Credit Report. In fact Barry Elliott, Detective Staff Sergeant with the Ontario Provincial Police and founder of PhoneBusters, says, "There is a misconception among consumers that they can prevent identity theft altogether, consumers cannot prevent identity theft. They can only prevent criminals from using their personal information for financial gain by rendering the information useless to fraudsters. The best way to do that is to monitor their credit 24-7."

Posted by: Derrick at February 04, 2005 12:51 AM (pgxBI)

16 I have a similar same name situation but it's not a Jr. or III one. My first name and middle initial are the same as my dad's and they managed to get stuff mixed up on the credit report that way. A guy I worked with when I had a temp job at a bank's DP dept. before I went to basic got his indentity stolen by some guys who worked for a local company who at the time had the DMV computer contract. They used their pictures on fake licenses with his name. They got loans, credit cards, the full deal. It was several thousand dollars worth of charges.

Posted by: Jeff at February 04, 2005 05:41 AM (ifPXk)

17 Happened to my daughter when she was in grad school ...she had to issue written instructions to the three major credit reportrs that NO CREDIT CARD TO BE ISSUED UNLESS THE PHONE CALL IS MADE FROM HER HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER WHICH IS ON RECORD. How about we make this a FEDERAL OFFENSE (social security numbers are given out by the Feds)? Illegals stealing American's identity does not pass go but is taken straight to the airport. American stealing another American's identity is headed for hard time.

Posted by: Maggie at February 04, 2005 08:00 AM (b9sEy)

18 Thanks for all the advice, gang. Incidentally, my Dad did a credit check. It seemed somebody had also been using his name. Here's the funny thing, the guy actually had perfect credit!!

Posted by: Rusty at February 04, 2005 08:02 AM (JQjhA)

19 But the government is working to protect you!

Posted by: Salamander at February 04, 2005 08:56 AM (F26eZ)

20 Maggi and Rusty D Theft is a federal crime. US Secret Svs has primary jurisdiction. Only problem SS folks have too much to do and not enough agents. If credit report is good, more than likely illegal alien using SS to work and get credit. Also credit rptg agency has "composite" history on two people. They don't match all info before combing records. The big problem it will drag down credit score when you want to buy car.

Posted by: rpd1 at February 04, 2005 08:59 AM (KZ9bl)

21 This will not be fixed until the legal onus to prove a valid charge is switched to the credit card companies. Believe me, they'll be much more rigorous when the shoe is on the other foot. The consumer can't demand this. The stores and the credit companies want to keep it easy and quick to use a credit card. We all benefit from that to some extent, but there are many measures that would reduce fraud without affecting speed of transaction much at all - though they would cost the credit companies a small portion of their profits. Verifying applications (Maybe all those telemarketers would be of some use doing something else!) and incorporating a photo identification with the card since they don't do a good job of requiring merchants to verify i.d. No shipping or billing to an address other than the billing address. etc. etc.

Posted by: slickdpdx at February 04, 2005 02:40 PM (MjGRu)

22 Hmmm, I must have an old fashioned Social Security Card (Issued 1955) but . . . Mine says, right under the name . . "not to be used as Identification" . . . . and I show it to ANYBODY who wants my SS# . . . As bonfire7 said, Screw 'em, nobody really needs your SS# . . that's what your Driver's license Number is for . . . as well as your picture on the same document.

Posted by: large at February 04, 2005 05:16 PM (VRK2g)

23 LARGE: Did you know that in many states your social security number is your driver license number. If you refuse to give your social security number no drivers license. Same as Military Id Cards. Mine has both my Social Security number and my wifes. Who is the active duty member. Cash a check. Show your driver's license and the girl at Wal-Mart writes your SS# on the check for all to see. In 1933 at the advent of Social Security we were told the SS number would never be use for ID purposes. Show your mililary ID someone has your SS number. Show your drivers license. Someone has your SS number. Don't have any solution. Just don't like it.

Posted by: greyrooster at February 04, 2005 09:28 PM (JHIKU)

24 yeah...id theft sucks. happened to me back in the fall of 2001. someone in the Ft. Worth/Arlington/Dallas, TX area opened up credit accounts with Target and Kohl's. apparently you can open accounts with some stores and immediately start charging to them without needing to possess a card. brilliant, that. on the application the individual who stole my id put down my parents' address except they were one digit off - i guess hoping the mail wouldn't ever get there so they could max the account out. luckily, my parents' postman had delivered their mail for ages and recognized the name so my mom called me and tipped me off. i spent around six hours straight on the phone with Target, Kohl's, the Social Security Administration, the various Credit Reporting Agencies, the FBI, the Fort Worth Police Department, my banks, my credit card providers, my utility providers and my insurance providers and requested that passwords be placed on every one of my accounts. i also purchased a shredder. i wound up having to fill out a ton of paperwork and get it all notarized and both Target and Kohl's took care of the rest. as far as i can recall, everyone was quite nice to me. hasn't happened again, thank God. good luck with everything.

Posted by: merc at February 04, 2005 11:46 PM (Fi1sD)

25 maggie, i'm almost positive it is a federal offense. i distinctly remember filing a report with whichever FBI branch handles ID theft.

Posted by: merc at February 04, 2005 11:49 PM (Fi1sD)

26 I dont have a shredder, but I do have a barb-b-cue :-)

Posted by: Lucius Severus Pertinax at February 05, 2005 04:59 AM (4EasA)

27 A man in florida was arrested and spend 50+ days in jail pending extradition to texas, come to find out the guards in Florida figured it out as the man was about ready to be shipped to Texas that he was the victim of identity theft. This was on the local news in florida, channel 9, wftv yesterday.

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Posted by: Cal Frieling at February 06, 2005 11:51 PM (OCImC)

29 I deal with diamond merchandise in the $10,000 range and up. Leave it to California state law to actually prohibit retailers to check I.D. if the card is signed. It must say check I.D. or be blank. The state will let customers sue the crap out of me if I do check (been to a California Starbucks lately? They never check because of this). Something about a whako memorizing your home address off of your I.D. I'm moving my store elswhere because of these anti business laws.

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My thoughts on Ayn Rand's 100th Birthday

Dyke, but not the good kind.

Cathy Young at Reason has more.

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1 She did have an uneasy alliance with conservatives at one point--even with WFB's National Review.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at February 03, 2005 11:52 AM (x+5JB)

2 Rusty: Sorry, but this Slantpoint guy's blog is so cluttered with cheesey spam that it's impossible to read. And I do mean impossible, not just difficult or inconvenient. His attempt to make a dime off of patent crap actually obscures most of his text. Ayn Rand was a dumbass. She could write decent romantic novels (Atlas Shrugged, etc.) but her political and ideological insights weren't worth the trouble to turn a page. She was the right-wing equivalent of a Wiccan.

Posted by: Demosophist at February 03, 2005 01:07 PM (2sPNR)

3 Demo, you're kidding right? The copulation (can't use the 's' word for some reason) scenes in Atlas Shrugged had all the romance of two machines stamping out doors for a Hyudai Elantra. Objectivists tend to scare me. Reason is not the constant they treat it as. And they say they have free will yet reject the supernatural which is contradictory (either you're bound to the laws of physics which determine your thoughts or you've got some sort of unexplainable power to control chemicals in your brain which is, erm, supernatural). I truly value a lot of her thoughts on capitalism and she has changed my mind on many things, but the religion that she inspired is just spooky at times.

Posted by: Sharp as a Marble at February 03, 2005 01:13 PM (VxPRK)

4 Sharp as a Marble--You've invoked the perfect word that pretty much sums up my feeling on her and her philosophy--spooky!

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at February 03, 2005 02:13 PM (x+5JB)

5 Regarding her "romantic writings" -- as a matter of policy, I refuse to let someone who looked like Ayn Rand to arouse me in any fashion, no matter how minor. Think what you will about her philosophy (I think spooky covers it well), but she looked like a freshly shaved ape. I may be shallow, but I cannot remove that fact from her "love stories." She ranks second on the "kill the mood thought" list. Of course, Wilford Brimley in a Speedo is number one, with just cause.

Posted by: Wine-aholic at February 03, 2005 03:25 PM (Wsn+K)

6 Any one ever had an 'objectivst' friend? Dude, they're like Nazis in their metaphysical certainty of objective reality. And talking to them? It's like talking to a La Rouchie, only less anti-Semetic.

Posted by: Rusty at February 03, 2005 04:09 PM (JQjhA)

7 ..especially if he also says "Speedos...It's the right thing to do."

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at February 03, 2005 04:18 PM (3et25)

8 While stationed at las Pulgas (a base in Pendelton means the Fleas in Mexican) I went to the base library a few night a week and read ATLAS SHRUGED and FOUNTAIN AEAD. I thought they were both great books and are the 20th centuries best representation of the philosopohy expressed in "Two Treatises of Government" over 350 years ago. This pamphlet was what Jeferson, Lee and Franklin based the Declaration of Independence upon. It is what Tom used as his foundation for the Bill of Rights; especially Ammendments #1,#2 and #10. Her ideas are the same as the founders of this great country. If you think her ideas are weird you need to rethink your positions on government and the last election. Unless you voted for JFK, in which case your thinking is consisstent. Ronnie was also a great fan of hers. I doubt W is but I know I am a fan of Locke and therefor Jefferson and by extension Ronald Reagan and Ayn Rand. Dumb Jarhead Cerritos

Posted by: Rod Stanton at February 03, 2005 08:38 PM (gVJtb)

9 Murray Rothbard, who was once friends with Rand, wrote a humorous one-act play about objectivism, titled Mozart Was a Red. my son tells me it's from back in the day when Rand, Rothbard and Greenspan used to hang out together. I'd never read her work, so my son used the play to explain some Randian principles. I thought it was a hoot.

Posted by: tee bee at February 04, 2005 09:34 AM (q1JHF)

10 I've always agreed that the most telling clue of the flaws in Rand's philosophy is that there are no children in her novels.

Posted by: Varenius at February 04, 2005 02:54 PM (pGHMt)

11 But there are MANY novels without children.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at February 04, 2005 04:56 PM (ALptw)

12 I'll be a bit more explicit: None of the significant characters are parents, and the few examples of parenthood are either dispensible or degenerate. Let's assume that's not mere coincidence. What might it be about Rand's dogmas and the nature of true parenthood that would lead to her stories being that way?

Posted by: Varenius at February 04, 2005 06:05 PM (pGHMt)

13 I'm actually trying to think of a novel, written by ANYONE of any note, especially by a FAMOUS author, that showcases parents as non-degenerate, admirable characters... let's see... Dickens..? heck no. Edgar A. Poe..? get outta here. Daniel Defoe..? Next. Hemingway...? H.P. Lovecraft...? My point is WHAT THE HECK DOES IT MATTER IF SOMEONE DOESN'T WRITE ABOUT PARENTS? Hell, I've never been a parent, and neither was Ayn Rand. And who the heck cares that there were no children in a novel? How many children were in Day of the Jackal or Hunt for Red October or Tom Jones for that matter? who cares. "I don't like such-and-such a writer/philosopher because she didn't write about ankle-biters and she was ugly".. my my, the heights of your intellectual thought are so beyond my eyesight that you're in orbit practically. After all, don't we all read "In Cold Blood" and "Alice B. Toklas" because Truman Capote and Gertrude Stein were 2 very pretty, deliciously attractive individuals who loved to write about children?

Posted by: Darkwolf at February 04, 2005 08:23 PM (DbxbR)

14 Darkwolf, my point has absolutely nothing to do with Rand not writing warm and fuzzy stories about delightful children and perfect parents. Just go read the piece by Cathy Young that Rusty links to in this post, or Whittaker Chambers' review of Atlas Shrugged.

Posted by: Varenius at February 04, 2005 08:55 PM (94gNW)

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Number One Sign the Apocolypse Is Upon Us

Click Me.

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1 You're right. We're done like dinner! Way to go big boy! Congratulations

Posted by: ec at February 03, 2005 11:32 AM (kuXgU)

2 Apoc a lypse

Posted by: The Shadow Nose at February 03, 2005 11:55 AM (E8xr7)

3 Shadow Nose, either agree to be my editor or stick your nose....

Posted by: Rusty at February 03, 2005 04:10 PM (JQjhA)

4 That's it, you've jumped the shark.

Posted by: Christopher Cross at February 04, 2005 12:16 AM (Idh0d)

5 Jumped who, bitch!

Posted by: Bullshark at February 04, 2005 09:45 AM (drVg7)

6 " Mr. Sharon's policies toward the Palestinian People could be compared to as if Mr. Sharon used an Atomic Bomb to kill an ant!" by Dr. Jack Shepard; my Mission http://dr-jack-shepard-my-mission.blogspot.com/ Sunday, February 06, 2005 Dr. Jack Shepard; my Mission by Dr. Jack Shepard " Mr. Sharon's policies toward the Palestinian People could be compared to as if Mr. Sharon used an Atomic Bomb to kill an ant!" If you are critical of the policies of Mr. Ariel Sharon, it does not make one anti-Semitic. Is the whole Israeli Peace Movement anti-Semitic? Is Prime Minister Peres anti-Semitic. Is Gush Shalom and all the Israeli Peace movements anti-Semitic? Are the 64 UN staffers in their Petition who only say "Israel stop killing us" anti-Semitic? How can a IDF sniper after watching Iain Hook, a tall fair person with sandy colors hair for over 3 hours through a scope which Magnified by over 3+ times at a distance of 20 meters; equal to shooting someone at 14 feet make a mistake. Why was the ambulance stopped only 2 meters bleeding Iain Hook and could not rushing Iain Hook to the hospital? Was Tom Hundrell's family anti-Semitic for say that their son was murdered? Was the IDF soldier who admitted lying about killing Tom Hundrell anti-Semitic? Was the Israeli Judge who arrested the IDF soldier who admitted killing Tom Hundrell's anti-Semitic? The problem with Mr. Arial Sharon's military policies toward the Palestinian People is as Dr. Jack Shepard said: " Mr. Sharon's policies toward the Palestinian People could be compared to as if Mr. Sharon used an Atomic Bomb to kill an ant!" What happened, to thinking about God; and why have both sides forgotten what all the Prophets taught that; "We should love our neighbor, as we love God. " Just stop a military victory is impossible by either side. So after Tom Hundrell's sniper murderer goes to jail; end it! Snipers can see who they kill, if not they would not have qualified to be snipers. The devil has placed the Israeli's and Palestinians at odds, exactly like the devil placed Joseph and his brothers at odds. When will both sides wakeup and act like Joseph, when he explained to his father why he forgave his brothers because the devil placed them at odds with him; but that time has pasted. I pray for the day that both the Israeli's and the Palestinians both renew their faith in God and realize that the devil have placed them at odds to each other, and let this terrible time in both your histories pass. Act like Joseph did with his brothers, you are both brothers, Â“Let God back into your Hearts.Â” Presently neither side can say truthfully in their hearts that their actions please God. Forgive each other by start doing things that please God, think what you are doing and look where the Devil has lead you. Is anyone happy with the present situation?. Throughout the Old Testament it says every time the Israelites did things that did not please God, he punished them. Wakeup God is knows all and forget about yesterday, as Judith in her prayers says; God has Made yesterday and pray to God to make tomorrow, a tomorrow of Love and Peace where you both can share and enjoy what God has given you. Most important act like God, everywhere in the bible it says, Â“God is forgiving.Â” End it! Forgive each other and do not let the Devil continue to place you at odds; open your eyes like Joseph opened his brothers eyes and forgave them. Both side just stop and start doing things that will please God your suffering will never stop like your past two generations. This world belongs to God, if you never learn to share. You can never please God. I pray that God Blesses everyone in Israel with Peace and Love both Jews and Arabs. I pray God lets your eyes see what you both do is evil. Until you both once again learn to Love each other as brothers; you both will suffer because if one is anti-Semitic he hates both Jews and Arabs because you are brothers. Learn from Joseph as he forgave his brothers; I pray you can each forgive each other. Do not let the devil continue to place you at odds. My words will be heard; I hope for you sooner than later to end your suffering. But through my faith in God and what I do; I know my words will be heard. God has his plan and his individual mission for each of us. You have all forgot that each of us will individually be judged by God on our Day of Judgment. You can say and do what you wish to me or any one else; but God is all seeing and all knowing. Those who act like people made for Heaven will be judged as so, and those who act like people made for Hell will be judged as so. This Life is very short. Those who will dwell and suffer in Hell by their actions have to remember it is FOREVER, those who dwell in Heaven will be the happy ones FOREVER! Dr. Jack Shepard

Posted by: Dr. Shepard at February 06, 2005 02:06 PM (D3TC8)

7 the end is near, we are all in for it soon. mar. 4 is the end. if were lucky itll be next year in the spring.ghetto, either way were all dead. get out of this crack place go see the world, go meet somebody special, ask them out if they are worth it. do something with your life before its to late and its taken from you, right before yous eyes.

Posted by: brooke 16 at February 25, 2005 12:52 PM (wZw7h)

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State of the Union Speech: My thoughts?

I think I'll have a Double-Double, hold the onions, with a side of fries and a strawberry milkshake.

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February 02, 2005

Quentin Walker's First Pic

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I'm holding Steve Green hostage

Release Auburn from the SEC or the blogger gets it!

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February 01, 2005

Still Not Gay

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Jihadi Love Mail from UK

Here's a first at the Jawa. In the past reader love mail has ranged from supporting the actions of terrorists to the occasional death threat. Reader 'kaka' writes and tells me--among other things--that he will be joining the Mujahadin in Iraq this summer. What other amazing things do my Jedi powers tell me about 'kaka'? Well, he logged in from the City of Westminister College in London, where he is presumably a student (WARNING: Foul Language): more...

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1 Boy, he sure wants to fuck Americans in the ass. Maybe you should send him links to the USA's best all-anal gay pornography.

Posted by: Wine-aholic at February 01, 2005 11:41 AM (Wsn+K)

2 This fellow sure has a lot of pent up aggression. What he needs is a woman. 72 of them. Virgins. I am sure when he gets to Iraq, one of our Marines will introduce him to 72 virgins.

Posted by: Ob Snooks at February 01, 2005 11:48 AM (yBHNA)

3 Kaka, My wife and I have talked and...we won't need you to baby sit this weekend after all.

Posted by: Brad at February 01, 2005 11:49 AM (kTtxU)

4 Send Kaka to Neverland.

Posted by: Laura at February 01, 2005 12:11 PM (ptOpl)

5 Kaka is full of Kaka In every sense of that. Chris

Posted by: Chris at February 01, 2005 12:54 PM (OlD5w)

6 Looks like the terrorists may have one of our soldiers, Drudge has the picture up.

Posted by: James at February 01, 2005 01:11 PM (rP4OC)

7 This boy needs to quit sitting in a dark room spanking himself to Ogrish dot com pictures while whipping his sex toy dog tied to the wall for when he really gets going.

Posted by: Salamander at February 01, 2005 01:15 PM (F26eZ)

8 hopefully you've given Westminster the opportunity to be aware of what one of their students is using their web services for. and it's probably illegal, even for students in the UK, foreign or otherwise.

Posted by: tee bee at February 01, 2005 01:21 PM (q1JHF)

9 Anybody else find the random reference to bacon in there rather disturbing? There's really no need to insult animal byproducts...

Posted by: Wittysexkitten at February 01, 2005 01:24 PM (vHCZy)

10 lol...c'mon, Rusty, surely you could have found a South Park picture to go along with that.

Posted by: Venom at February 01, 2005 01:29 PM (dbxVM)

11 One wonders how the Muj will handle a volunteer with Tourette's.

Posted by: Eric at February 01, 2005 01:35 PM (hrQvk)

12 I happen to like bacon. This young shaver needs to have the fat on the back of his neck pinched!

Posted by: Allahsucksballs at February 01, 2005 01:43 PM (yBHNA)

13 He obviously doesn't watch baywatch. Not too many fat Americans in that programme.

Posted by: Nicole at February 01, 2005 02:54 PM (+7VNs)

14 We in UDA have our best hackers tracking the Westminster mouth! and will be visiting you soonest too fuck you in the Ass! Love Belfast.

Posted by: paul at February 01, 2005 03:17 PM (+7VNs)

15 What a little fuctard. Dropkick his dumbass outta here.

Posted by: ec at February 01, 2005 03:19 PM (yYGP5)

16 The Brits suck at teaching grammar and punctuation.

Posted by: Maureen at February 01, 2005 03:23 PM (ny5O/)

17 the UDA have hackers? lol, I didn't even think you lot had the intelligence to turn a pc on let alone operate one

Posted by: subrosa at February 01, 2005 03:49 PM (R3yfe)

18 I say, if we can grab him, lets put him in to general population down in Huntsville, Tx. The redneck inmates there will teach him all he needs to know about anal sex.

Posted by: Butch at February 01, 2005 04:49 PM (Gqhi9)

19 Does someone out there actually believe this shit.

Posted by: greyrooster at February 01, 2005 11:15 PM (D+Kmg)

20 Yes, it sounds like some wacko was just trying to get under a lot of people's skin in order to get his jollies from the reactions.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at February 02, 2005 07:11 AM (x+5JB)

21 1st thought. Has BUTCH changed his name to KAKA?

Posted by: greyrooster at February 02, 2005 01:19 PM (GpysX)

22 AHA! MAYBE IT'S THAT COOQARUK THAT USED TO GIVE ME A HARD TIME. Terrorist loving piece of shiite. oooops, I meant shit.

Posted by: Laura at February 02, 2005 04:38 PM (ptOpl)

23 Not it was not me, I don't go for that. And I doubt it was the grey chicken, because he would want to slurp as well pump Ass. That is the only way Chicken little can keep his mouth so foul is by eating Sh?T. As for Laura, it is your bigot mouth that gives you a hard time.

Posted by: Butch at February 03, 2005 09:28 AM (Gqhi9)

24 BUTCH: ( not it was not me) Ha, ha, ( as well pump ass) Heh, heh ( can keep his mouth so foul) ho, ho, ho. STILL SPEAKING GETTOEES? You dumb shit. HILARIOUS, ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS. If this asshole continues on, I recommend investing in white sheet manufacturers. Believe me the business is fixing to boom.

Posted by: greyrooster at February 03, 2005 02:52 PM (n5v9Q)

25 where dat porch monkey. Maybe he be in a mess of dem thar chitterlings. I here he dont wash em fo he cook em.

Posted by: greyrooster at February 03, 2005 07:39 PM (n5v9Q)

26 He be in dem white collar fields.

Posted by: greyrooster at February 04, 2005 04:09 AM (n5v9Q)

27 You be wrong. He be in dem white cotton fields.

Posted by: greyrooster at February 04, 2005 04:24 AM (n5v9Q)

28 No, No, getto porch monkey no der. him went edocate you peoples. Him be mos infamous caugthtee at de crack house. him say you peoples cronies Bush steel al money fo heself. now he go white collar fields to pic de cotton for he white collars.

Posted by: greyrooster at February 04, 2005 07:51 AM (L6Dgc)

29 The U.K really has become a haven for these idiots. I'm surprised there aren't daily terrorist attacks, but clearly the extremists living in that area are nothing more than fundamentalist-rejects.

Posted by: Igor Kazakov at February 08, 2005 08:07 PM (xM3Dg)

30 asalaamu caleykum waraxmatulaahi wa bar akaatuhu i love yo khudus

Posted by: xusni at May 11, 2005 01:54 AM (dgL6d)

31 qudus i love our my love

Posted by: xusni at May 11, 2005 01:56 AM (dgL6d)

32 i 2 wanna fuck u american boys.... ur so hot!!!!!!!!!!! i'm obviously gay here. so, FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: fucker at May 20, 2005 06:50 PM (ZXFQr)

33 Through the lonely streets of Ulster, The Reaper comes to call, He travels from town to city, All the way to Derry's Walls, He brought death to The Lower Ormeau, Greysteel and to The Oldpark too, Behind his stone cold eyes, You can see he's Killed a few, So when your'e awakened in your bed at night, And can hear soft footsteps fall, Watch out it's not the U.F.F, And The Reaper come to call.

Posted by: The_Reaper at May 23, 2005 06:32 AM (Uk+2Y)

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