tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post3605000394239870250..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Blinding Flash Of The Obvious Dept: On Being Fit To Live WithFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-15518571853763371812013-10-25T15:26:02.946-04:002013-10-25T15:26:02.946-04:00Are you sure that quote is from de Toqueville? It...Are you sure that quote is from de Toqueville? It sounds suspiciously like something Bill Clinton would make up; in fact, I believe he did make it up.miriam sawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06796668928044011101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-82825398887334588732013-09-16T19:59:22.870-04:002013-09-16T19:59:22.870-04:00Seems to me that Mulvey's male friend might ha...Seems to me that Mulvey's male friend might have been deeply pissed off by her <i>lack of manners,</i> not her allegedly superior intellect.KGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01940428991630766942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-4955824494048458492013-09-16T17:58:53.239-04:002013-09-16T17:58:53.239-04:00Thoughts in no particular order:
1. Shouldn't...Thoughts in no particular order:<br /><br />1. Shouldn't it be "Men hate <i>my</i> being brainier than <i>they</i>?"<br /><br />2. I'm not seeing the difference between overweening pride and hubris. But I'm not a Certified Galactic Genius, either.<br /><br />3. DD - my father in law is one. He has abandoned his grown family to practice his dark arts in Australia. I can't weep. I know that I married up. Sadly, sometimes Mrs. 'Bix confuses my actions with DD's pathologies. Kind of like a Hank Williams song.<br /><br />4. "nonthreatening ways of others" On a recent vacation, we saw a skateboarder in headphones. He would intermittently roar out a guttural growl. It made me think of the term Death Metal - maybe they make that sound in that genre. At any rate, it made our sit in the park that much more amusing, and we didn't bother him with our opinions.<br /><br />5. I rather enjoy it when you go on about subjects of this sort. Plus, de Tocqueville AND Nock for closers. It doesn't get much better than this.Weetabixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106614092497408546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-77142175072209927062013-09-16T17:31:11.316-04:002013-09-16T17:31:11.316-04:00If that is indeed a picture of Ms Kate Mulvey we h...If that is indeed a picture of Ms Kate Mulvey we have a saying out here in the Southwest. She "looks like she has been rode hard and hung up wet". I worked in emergency rooms for a number of years and she represents what we called "psycho bitches from hell".<br /><br />Enough about her.<br /><br />The best part of Francis article was indeed the discussion about consideration of others. <br /><br />All families and indeed all individuals suffer from some degree of dysfunction. In my family the worst degree of dysfunction is with my father-in-law who is the perfect example of the DD Francis wrote of. His remaining three children tolerate him at best. The man never met a subject he didn't have an opinion on and his opinion was the only correct one. I have ignored and avoided him for a number of years.<br /><br />The second is the borderline personality in my sister. Again I avoid communication with her as often as I can. Her manipulation and bitterness is incessant. <br /><br />On a lighter note. When I read this I couldn't help think about the DD character in the British citcom, "Keeping up with Appearances". Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-80206966441116069362013-09-14T17:06:46.419-04:002013-09-14T17:06:46.419-04:00Clearly, Petrucchio missed his entrance about 30 y...Clearly, Petrucchio missed his entrance about 30 years back. That's all I'll say about shrews named Kate.<br /><br />I have to ask, however, what kind of numbskull marries a woman he considers to be his inferior on purpose? I have seen a few men of previous generations who suffered from male chauvinism and one who went so far as to insert himself into a conversation his wife initiated with me on the subject of the slowness of her computer. He parrotted everything I said as though he ought to have been the one giving the advice. Even in such a case, I would expect a man to regard his wife as better than most women in regards to cooking, or mothering, or general sense.A Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15288199981382663362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-48038791392459354452013-09-14T15:03:53.416-04:002013-09-14T15:03:53.416-04:00Ingratitude is the key. God gives us our gifts, al...Ingratitude is the key. God gives us our gifts, all of them. <br /><br />A friend (a man) told me something about growing old: that we are reduced to our essence. Often, women who were very beautiful in their youth, don't bother to improve their essence/inner being. And when they grow old, when that outer shell of "beauty" falls away, that atrophied being is all that's left. Ugly, indeed. baldilockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00210427584232389760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-7323696022584728652013-09-14T11:44:27.263-04:002013-09-14T11:44:27.263-04:00I saw a similar commentary Miss Mulvey's antic...I saw a similar commentary Miss Mulvey's antics over at Vox's Alpha Game site. It's interesting that the sort of attention and acknowledgement of her superiority that she desired has likely mutated into a near-viral meme describing how not to behave.<br /><br />Francis, you are an astute gentleman and quite above the usual ranting, raving and cursing that is so common on today's Internet.<br /><br />I, however, am not. Miss Mulvey is an ungrateful bitch, an old woman behaving as if she were young. Perhaps this is partially the fault of us men, for when a woman is youthful and attractive, men generally allow her to behave poorly and still provide her with friendship, attention and support. It never crosses Miss Mulvey's mind, I suspect, that she should show the same consideration.<br /><br />Now she is no longer youthful and attractive, and so men are less inclined to put up with her bad behavior. She cries foul, like a toddler forced to use the toilet for the first time instead of merely depositing his waste wherever he sees fit.<br /><br />Solipsism, poor attitude and outright narcissistic greed will be the death of America. And while many men engage in such behaviors as well, it is near-ubiquitous among the younger generations of women. There will be many more Miss Mulveys in the future.Xealothttp://www.thedeclination.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-54218631009125236412013-09-14T08:17:41.381-04:002013-09-14T08:17:41.381-04:00You said the rant wasn't political.....and at ...You said the rant wasn't political.....and at the end....pow! Right between the eyes!<br />Thankyou.<br />DifferDifferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15581662615586346808noreply@blogger.com