tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474839973577967601.post2840670288596643257..comments2023-10-16T08:53:17.602-05:00Comments on Paul In Houston: Sometimes, Ann Coulter ...Paul Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16530815397182777195noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474839973577967601.post-55306424687239919832012-01-16T21:45:19.217-06:002012-01-16T21:45:19.217-06:00Re: Dr. Pournelle ...
I first included him in my ...Re: Dr. Pournelle ...<br /><br />I first included him in my email list about new posts when I published <a href="http://paulinhouston.blogspot.com/2010/04/adventure-of-lifetime.html" rel="nofollow"><i><b>Adventure of a Lifetime</b></i></a>, about mt 1972 trip to the Cape to watch the launch of Apollo 16.<br /><br />Before I later added things to that post, it originally ended at the line, "We had dreams, then." He emailed to me ONE word ("Indeed"), obviously referring to that line.<br /><br />Keeping him in in the mailing lists, and narcissisticly watching the site meter, I saw that he read others (not ALL; he DOES have a life), but enough to make me think I had avoided boring him.<br /><br />The first post of mine he linked to was "Peacemaker", and then "The Zen of Firefly and Serenity". <br /><br />So, the Ann Coulter piece was the <i>third</i> that he has so graced.<br /><br />Does that make me feel pretty good? You betcha.<br /><br />One of the nice things about those links is that his site attract people whose curiosity is alive and well; a fair number of whom come here for whatever he linked to, and then take a look at <i>other</i> posts of mine (the posts on Arnold, Bimbos, and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy seem to be the most popular of those. As these are posts I like and WANT people to read, that is so cool.)<br /><br /><i>*blush* I didn't think I was quite THAT abrasive.... ;^p</i><br /><br />No, not abrasive. But you made it abundantly that you have a mind of your own, which is a real turn-on for me.<br /><br />However I might wish to read praise of my writing (I AM a vain person after all :-), that could get boring pretty quickly. You <i>learn</i> from reasoned disagreement (which you, and <i>you-know-who</i> above) provided.<br /><br />You (and he) are welcome here; after all, you probably wouldn't even <i>bother</i> if I was boring you. So, I'm gonna take that as a good sign. :-)<br />-Paul Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530815397182777195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474839973577967601.post-24206870652379869712012-01-16T20:51:54.426-06:002012-01-16T20:51:54.426-06:00Some months back, one of them tore me a new one ov...<i>Some months back, one of them tore me a new one over my affection for Rick Perry, using the "Gardasil" controversy as an example. I let the comments stand, as I didn't really have a good response.</i><br /><br />*blush* I didn't think I was quite THAT abrasive.... ;^p<br /><br />I think you're right about the Axelrod mind-reading, though. I'm still getting really tired of hearing "he's better than Obama."Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474839973577967601.post-81802197198112733842012-01-16T20:49:29.588-06:002012-01-16T20:49:29.588-06:00*starts jibbering in fangirl fits*
Paul! Paul! ...*starts jibbering in fangirl fits*<br /><br />Paul! Paul! You <a href="http://jerrypournelle.com/chaosmanor/?p=4831" rel="nofollow">got linked</a> by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743471814/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=heanoi-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0743471814" rel="nofollow">"Fallen Angels"</a> Jerry Pournelle! That book was the first time I ever HEARD of Fannish/geek culture, back in high school-- I read the school library copy to bits! (<a href="http://tofspot.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">his co-author, Michael Flynn</a> was the first oh my goodness an author I like blogs <i>AND DON'T MAKE ME WANT TO BASH MY HEAD AGAINST THE WALL!!!</i> regularly blogging author I ever ran into*. <br /><br /><br /><br />*(Currently, the count is at two, although that's mostly because I try to avoid the ones I'm 90% sure will make me mad.)Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474839973577967601.post-24411107579538080692012-01-15T01:50:01.820-06:002012-01-15T01:50:01.820-06:00After what Coulter has done to Gingrich, I've ...After what Coulter has done to Gingrich, I've pretty much written her off of my Christmas card list. Her attack on him was disingenuous in many ways.<br /><br />Indeed, if you've noted my lack of posting on the primaries at this point, it is because I am so mad at what the NRO and so many of the rightwing pundits - Coulter included - have done to Gingrich. It is disgusting and appalling. Were the election to be held today, I would sit it out. I won't by November, but it will strictly be a vote against Obama.GWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05814327154035433443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474839973577967601.post-2326005579130595972012-01-14T19:10:02.638-06:002012-01-14T19:10:02.638-06:00I've no doubt that more info will be forthcomi...I've no doubt that more info <i>will</i> be forthcoming, especially from those so determined to absolutely <i>destroy</i> Romney that I can't help wondering if they have even <i>heard</i> of the term "Pyrrhic victory".<br /><br />My chief concern at the moment is to not lose sight of the ball, which I truly believe to be summed up in the last paragraph of my post.<br /><br />The "FM" mentioned above has <i>already</i> managed unspeakable damage to this country, in the space of three years, with still <i>another</i> solid year remaining in this term.<br /><br />To allow him <i>four more years</i> on top of that, to finish the job, simply <i><b>must not happen!</b></i><br /><br />It just doesn't <i>get</i> any more bottom line than that.<br />-Paul Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530815397182777195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474839973577967601.post-34861923415804973812012-01-14T17:13:52.327-06:002012-01-14T17:13:52.327-06:00Being "Better than O" isn't much of ...Being "Better than O" isn't much of an endorsement! Of course I'll still vote for most anyone that goes in-- heck, did with McCain last time. -.-<br /><br />I want more information on Bain, too, but I suspect the usual conspiracy of common interests-- folks were cooking the books, or at least spinning them like crazy, but it's a general thing. Really hard to detect if, oh, half of the reports are assuming <i>this</i> instead of <i>that</i> to make their group look better, rather than only a quarter, or whatever the tipping point of self-serving assumptions might be.Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5474839973577967601.post-53383139692527378762012-01-14T12:28:14.909-06:002012-01-14T12:28:14.909-06:00I do still want more details on the Bain Capital t...I do still want more details on the Bain Capital time he has. With a 20% failure rate on companies acquired while he was there, and the sequence of events being pretty much the same, it just looks a little suspicious to me.<br /><br />Acquiring a company in trouble and downsizing it is pretty normal. But when they then become profitable for 3-4 years before suddenly taking a dive to be liquidated and sold off it leads me to think three things.<br /><br />First, it was done on purpose which is legal but really shady. Second, someone was cooking the books, repeatedly and Romney didn't know, which is a failure of leadership. Or third, it was just bad luck, but I don't know that many companies that would accept a 20% failure rate without firing the people involved.<br /><br />I know there is more info, but the people who have it aren't talking, and that just makes me more suspicious.TrueBluehttp://truebluevigilance.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com