tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150494391278881634.post254283961381345048..comments2023-11-15T15:11:00.318-05:00Comments on Zandar Versus The Stupid: Held To A Different StandardZandarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00396826133150556766noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150494391278881634.post-74399427392312198392014-12-01T18:10:12.570-05:002014-12-01T18:10:12.570-05:00Beautiful stuff, but I have to ask whether this co...Beautiful stuff, but I have to ask whether this counts as GW Bush era:<br /><br />http://www.theonion.com/articles/bush-our-long-national-nightmare-of-peace-and-pros,464/<br /><br /><br />And for what it's worth, I would bear any burden and attend any ceremony demanded of me in order to have my Dad be the President. Even if I were a teenager.Horace Boothroyd IIInoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150494391278881634.post-81100942371583105602014-11-30T20:16:25.934-05:002014-11-30T20:16:25.934-05:00You're probably right. The President's par...You're probably right. The President's pardoning of turkeys made me sort of take his actions as my role model and try to pardon this one ....<br /><br />Also, I should mention how awesome I think the President's daughters are -- they seem to genuinely dislike the turkey-pardoning ceremony, probably get roped into it every year by their Dad, and feel no compunction to look anything other than miserable having to witness it (nor to put on any special Happy Clothes to "make the appearance"). Good for them and for the Obamas for letting them has as normal an adolescence as possible in the White House fish bowl. And, as Zandar says, shame on the Republicans for taking pot shots at them.<br /><br />That said, I have to confess to still thinking this was one of the best Onion headlines of the GW Bush era: http://www.theonion.com/articles/jenna-bushs-federally-protected-wetlands-now-open,8879/West_of_the_Cascadesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150494391278881634.post-31443350805033249122014-11-30T19:11:17.367-05:002014-11-30T19:11:17.367-05:00How much prayer is needed to remember "judge ...How much prayer is needed to remember "judge not, least ye be judged"? For that matter, it takes a lot of sheer gaul to say: "Please know that these judgmental feelings truly have no pace (sic) in my heart" after noting that it took hours of prayer, some talks with her parents, and re-reading her own words before she purportedly reached that conclusion.<br /><br /><br />I'd say that her mean-spirited words came directly from her heart, and the only reason we're seeing an apology is the level of criticism she received afterward.RepubAnonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8150494391278881634.post-12316869332359036902014-11-30T17:38:17.784-05:002014-11-30T17:38:17.784-05:00This person's first post was horrible in every...This person's first post was horrible in every way. But I read this apology to be stronger and more genuine than the usual RWNJ apology, maybe because I read it in two distinct pieces: first, prayer (and hearing from her parents) helped her understand "how hurtful [her] words were" - not a justification for what she did, but the means by which she understood how wrong it was (parenthetically -- most sentient human beings wouldn't need to pray after they did something hurtful to figure that out, but it beats never figuring it out at all). The second piece is an unambiguous and unqualified apology - "I want to apologize to all those who I have hurt and offended" - not "I apologize if I hurt or offended," not "I apologize that you were hurt and offended." A straight out recognition that there are people she hurt and offended, and a straightforward apology to them. <br /><br /><br />Yes, adding the prayer and promise to learn and grow make it sound more like a rationalization -- but the omission of the classic "I apologize IF you were offended" makes me feel a little less cynical about the apology. Time will tell if she really stops this sort of behavior and actually has learned anything.<br /><br /><br />BTW, glad to see you posting at Balloon Juice regularly now, too.West_of_the_Cascadesnoreply@blogger.com