Dear President Bush,
Please send more money (stop)
Things have not been looking so good since your last "gift" (stop)
We have burned through your generous endowment more quickly than expected (stop)
Looking forward to another installment (stop)
Your efforts to get us more stimulated are greatly appreciated (stop)
posted by Ritmo Brasileiro @ 7:43 PM
6 comments
6 Comments:
Hey there are worse things than porn to buy.
Like a fish eye len's.
What does an montana urbanite buy in downtown Billings?
Buffalo chaps by Jimmy Choo?
Cow pies from the Sullivan Street Bakery?
MUL, I caught some of your comments on Ann Althouses' blog, and though we may disagree on the validity of some of the science behind AGW theory, I want to personally give kudo's for your civil tone contained within your posts. Parties on both sides of the debate go completely bonkers when discussing this topic, and it's nice to read someone who can keep a cool head.
Hi! Thanks there. Sometimes I go for so long without checking into this site that I apparently didn't even realize that anyone had bothered to post some comments.
It's good to hear from you, Trooper. As far as what there is to buy in downtown Billings, not all that much from what I remember. The namesake was more situational than reflective of a long-term living situation. But thanks for the jokes anyway. ;-)
Thanks Sonicfrog. I remember that exchange. It's good to get recognition for how it progressed as oftentimes it can be a challenge to get your point across in the blogosphere in a setting where the majority of participants are diametrically opposed to your perspective. I think I tried to throw enough of the caveats out there that it probably worked as well as it could have. Sometimes cutting a few simple and insignificant losses in an argument can bring you back on top, or at least with a stronger position in view - which is one technique I tried out that day. I've found that all-or-nothing doesn't clarify much, so staying away from that taught me a stronger way to debate. Plus, owing to what I do, I'm somewhat used to checking that an argument remains as objectively driven and factually based as I can challenge it to remain. And I'm used to having anomalous convictions and political views. Not all the time, mind you. But often enough to have taken lessons in how to successfully convey them. Some of those lessons were (and still are) harder fought than others.
If you'd like further perspective on how others expanded an entire philosophy around that idea, I found Louis Menand's The Metaphysical Club to be an excellent read. The placement of prominent figures from American history (Oliver Wendell Holmes, etc.) into the text makes it a pretty relevant guidebook for enhancing one's understanding of American political discourse.
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