tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post5761220396180574466..comments2023-12-20T04:18:41.617-06:00Comments on The Hunting of the Snark: Tiny BubblesSusan of Texashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-89177334606613099342009-11-26T20:46:55.659-06:002009-11-26T20:46:55.659-06:00Could not find a suitable section so I written her...Could not find a suitable section so I written here, how to become a moderator for your forum, that need for this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-39524950017025017242009-10-14T13:18:12.108-05:002009-10-14T13:18:12.108-05:00Oh yes, facts are useless with this crowd. They ju...Oh yes, facts are useless with this crowd. They just move the goalposts and lie to themselves.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-60309903298079446512009-10-13T14:46:36.520-05:002009-10-13T14:46:36.520-05:00I don't think pointing out the relative sizes ...I don't think pointing out the relative sizes of a country's military budget will convince anybody on the other side (for lack of a better way of putting it -- I call them "the crazies" usually). <br /><br />My understanding is that at the time of the 9/11 attacks, Bin Laden and his followers numbered roughly a thousand people (there was a fascinating BBC documentary about this, which got no play in this country, as far as I know). So -- a thousand rag-tag nutters -- and America throws a tremendous amount of military might at two countries (one of which had damn-all to do with any of it) -- and eight long years later, we still haven't "won" despite the massive disparity. <br /><br />Instead of being ashamed & rebuked by their absurd over-reaction, they want John McCain to get the Nobel Peace Prize for championing the surge. <br /><br />I mean ... um ... <br /><br />Ratiocination is not their strongest suit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-39734312954221379442009-10-12T22:58:44.371-05:002009-10-12T22:58:44.371-05:00"Stupid mistakes corrected"...?
How? ..."Stupid mistakes corrected"...? <br /><br />How? Megan's still paid to blog!<br /><br />;-)Batocchiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193752396025012825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-74792523991911289542009-10-12T16:08:34.266-05:002009-10-12T16:08:34.266-05:00Thanks for the corrections, guys. I need to be mor...Thanks for the corrections, guys. I need to be more careful.Susan of Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076915322771385454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-37647090148350637972009-10-12T15:38:34.756-05:002009-10-12T15:38:34.756-05:00Actually, the $28.5 is S Korea. North Korea is $5....Actually, the $28.5 is S Korea. North Korea is $5.5<br /><br />& the $1470 is the entire world - the US is "only" $663<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expendituresDownpuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312490198813632190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-13749711888976063912009-10-12T15:28:21.434-05:002009-10-12T15:28:21.434-05:00Um, Susan, I think you mean NORTH Korea. I'd ...Um, Susan, I think you mean NORTH Korea. I'd have just passed it by, but you did it twice...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-67190349768332885242009-10-12T15:16:50.490-05:002009-10-12T15:16:50.490-05:00The funny thing about the people who are *still* c...The funny thing about the people who are *still* carrying on about this is that, when they're not busy frothing at the mouth over who's been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, they're dismissing it out of hand as irrelevant. If that's the case, why do they even care who wins it?clever pseudonymnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2222630007427380394.post-38779720062594497202009-10-12T15:07:16.253-05:002009-10-12T15:07:16.253-05:00This is a pattern unique* to McArdle:
1)Pick up a...This is a pattern unique* to McArdle:<br /><br />1)Pick up a post by somebody that nobody outside her bubble cares about, about some tiny aspect of a much bigger thing.<br /><br />2)Assume that said tiny aspect is the whole picture.<br /><br />3)Ridicule the whole thing for being based on said tiny aspect.<br /><br />She did it to the Kidney Foundation, & lots of other times.<br /><br />* Or maybe she's the only person I read dumb enough to do this repeatedly.Downpuppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312490198813632190noreply@blogger.com