{"id":1992,"date":"2009-07-03T12:23:26","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T16:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=1992"},"modified":"2009-07-03T12:23:26","modified_gmt":"2009-07-03T16:23:26","slug":"things-heard-e74v5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stonescryout.org\/?p=1992","title":{"rendered":"Things Heard: e74v5"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li>A comparison of Mr Obama&#8217;s acts put in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tommcmahon.net\/2009\/07\/what-if-george-w-bush-had-.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mr Bush&#8217;s shoes<\/a>. I can&#8217;t really imagine an honest left leaning individual saying &#8220;no&#8221; to any significant fraction of those questions, although likely any number of those things were items they would (privately at least) condemn Mr Obama for doing.<\/li>\n<li>I don&#8217;t know the contents of the &#8217;64 bill or the &#8217;57 for that matter &#8230; but as a for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.positiveliberty.com\/2009\/07\/will-goldwater-and-some-thoughts-on-race.html\" target=\"_blank\">my conservative opinion<\/a> I&#8217;d ask &#8220;did the bill improve the conditions for private citizens pursuit of happiness (=virtue).&#8221; I&#8217;d add that in &#8217;64 I was only 2 (3 in December) so my contributions would be minimal to the debate at the time.<\/li>\n<li>Not exactly truly useful but &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2009\/07\/02\/wind-powered-knitting-machine-takes-the-tedium-out-of-your-heirl\/\" target=\"_blank\">interesting nonetheless<\/a>, my youngest daughter and my mother are knitters.<\/li>\n<li>The Internet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newliturgicalmovement.org\/2009\/07\/250-sing-liszts-ave-maris-stella.html\" target=\"_blank\">and beauty<\/a> &#8230; and on Liszt, Verdi with his <em>Requiem<\/em> is another example of a secular (avowed atheist I think) producing moving sacral music.<\/li>\n<li>This event was noted elsewhere as a set-piece <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/weblogs\/TWSFP\/2009\/07\/where_was_nico.asp\" target=\"_blank\">staged political theatrical production<\/a> (the town hall was packed with supporters), which if done by the Bush admin would likely have gotten a less salutary treatment by the press. Isn&#8217;t that bias?<\/li>\n<li>Two articles noted in which Christian thought meets <a href=\"http:\/\/robertvelarde.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/ghosts-atheism-and-star-trek-oh-my.html\" target=\"_blank\">the cultural present<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/gatesofvienna.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/this-is-war.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hell&#8217;s Angels in Denmark<\/a>. Denmark had a particularly ethical response to Nazi occupation and their seeking Jews for pogrom, so one might consider that their ethical antennae are not broken &#8230; which means that one might not want to generically dismiss their response to the spread of Islamic culture as a Neanderthalian move.<\/li>\n<li>Judicial candidates apparently must watch their associations. I don&#8217;t know <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commentarymagazine.com\/blogs\/index.php\/rubin\/72071\" target=\"_blank\">what this means<\/a> &#8230; but it may resurface.<\/li>\n<li>Ben Myers almost always has thought <a href=\"http:\/\/faith-theology.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/theology-20-blogging-as-theological.html\" target=\"_blank\">provoking things to say<\/a>. Here he begins to consider the difference between writing and blogging in the context of theology.<\/li>\n<li>This is a point which is not being <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gaypatriot.net\/2009\/07\/02\/despite-failure-of-stimulus-to-work-as-advertisedpresident-focuses-on-regulatory-schemes-not-economic-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\">defended by the left<\/a>. Right now, with the left&#8217;s domination the public airwaves and much print media, ignoring objections is an effective strategy of theirs. But there is a disconnect between the economic situation which they (and everyone) admits is still fragile and the desire to tack on new economic burdens (the W\/M bill and healthcare).<\/li>\n<li>The allegorical hermeneutic is one I&#8217;m learning <a href=\"http:\/\/uperekperisou.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/st-jerome-and-allegory.html\" target=\"_blank\">right now reading Origen<\/a> for a class.<\/li>\n<li>I suspect this <a href=\"http:\/\/normblog.typepad.com\/normblog\/2009\/07\/the-happiness-of-parents.html\" target=\"_blank\">discussion of happiness<\/a> has at its root that the definition of happiness today is too often interpreted as a &#8216;feeling&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>Two teammates <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyclelicio.us\/2009\/07\/tour-de-france-2009-rivals-or-team.html\" target=\"_blank\">Armstrong and Contador of Astana<\/a>, and I think that unless there is a mishap (crash) Armstrong really will be riding in support of Contador &#8230; and contrary to many predictions will finish outside the top 10.<\/li>\n<li>An Israeli offers his opinions on Mr Obama&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/yaacovlozowick.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/first-for-american-president.html\" target=\"_blank\">policy toward his homeland<\/a> &#8230; and conjectures it&#8217;s strengthening the resolve of the policy which (on the surface) he is supporting. Of course Mr Obama is supposed to be &#8220;very smart&#8221; so perhaps this was his intent. And I put scare quotes on smart not because I doubt Mr Obama is smart or not &#8230; but that I think that smart is a measurement that can be casually made. Modern politicians are primarily actors on a stage. An excellent actor may be very good at his craft, but that isn&#8217;t the same as what a physicist or mathematician would mean by the statement &#8220;he&#8217;s smart.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A comparison of Mr Obama&#8217;s acts put in Mr Bush&#8217;s shoes. I can&#8217;t really imagine an honest left leaning individual saying &#8220;no&#8221; to any significant fraction of those questions, although likely any number of those things were items they would (privately at least) condemn Mr Obama for doing. 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