tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6614481998330035042.post5642457267564606857..comments2013-01-22T18:49:53.484-05:00Comments on Tip of the Spear: Dissent of the Dayjack b.http://www.blogger.com/profile/18178956182956746563noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6614481998330035042.post-79101220218887457732009-01-06T17:20:00.000-05:002009-01-06T17:20:00.000-05:00The ironic mind and the literal mind will never ge...The ironic mind and the literal mind will never get along. It is impossible.Jeremy G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11977422301315150986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6614481998330035042.post-81756103028085478482009-01-02T23:24:00.000-05:002009-01-02T23:24:00.000-05:00I think Anonymous was being the over-reactive, ove...I think Anonymous was being the over-reactive, over-simplified typical<BR/>ideological conservative. You know they don't like nuance or<BR/>relativity. Any rational person reading your post understood exactly<BR/>what you meant. Ironic the love of over-simplification and<BR/>over-reaction and lack of relative nuance is perhaps Bush and the<BR/>conservatives greatest flaw and what led them to lead us into Iraq,<BR/>not respond correctly to Katrina, and abandon the country in favor of<BR/>corporations and enhancing the economic crisis.<BR/>Also-as a defense for the "Clinton" line of argument: the Clinton<BR/>deregulation of finances and housing were decried then and now by<BR/>liberals. Just because Clinton was a Democrat doesn't mean everything<BR/>he did was right, nor liberal, nor celebrated by the progressive or<BR/>even democratic base-We're not the close-minded, knee-jerk<BR/>ultra-conservative base of the Republican party with their fanatacism<BR/>with Bush. Clinto made mistakes-no lie-but while the conservatives had<BR/>the country focused on his proclivity with chubby interns-his biggest<BR/>mistakes were 1-over-caution with progressive issues and 2-cozying up<BR/>to conservative financial ideals. Therefore even Clinton's financial<BR/>mistakes are largely attributed to the Conservative ideology. Plus, as<BR/>bad as Clinton's decisions to end some of the financial<BR/>deregulation-his actions PALE in comparison to Bush's inane allegiance<BR/>to conservative ideology regardless of actual information. This<BR/>inflexibility coupled with the cronyism is what made the economy not<BR/>just turn down but melt down.Chad E Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308693831976313576noreply@blogger.com