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It was hysterical. I especially loved the joke ab...

2009-07-06T12:07:58.017-07:00

It was hysterical. I especially loved the joke about diluting the medicine more to make it stronger. :-)

Here's a link to the homeopathic ER video that mad...

2009-07-04T01:21:37.219-07:00

Here's a link to the homeopathic ER video that made me laugh. It's on Steve's blog so once you're there, you can roam around and see all his hyper-intelligent posts.

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Are you going to post a link for those of us who d...

2009-07-03T13:33:59.001-07:00

Are you going to post a link for those of us who don't know where Steve's blog is?

Steve's had some really good stuff on his blog rec...

2009-07-03T12:54:56.802-07:00

Steve's had some really good stuff on his blog recently -- he has this Homeopathy ER video now that is hysterical.

Steve, I finally got around to going to have a lo...

2009-07-03T12:52:47.467-07:00

Steve,

I finally got around to going to have a look at the vids on youtube, and I have already had to stop to come and post this and say you are absolutely correct, he's a tragic little man.

It's interesting to watch; thanks for pointing this out.

E, I think some of his critics would like us to th...

2009-07-02T07:13:46.024-07:00

E, I think some of his critics would like us to think that, I'm not so sure it isn't just a machismo image thing.

I agree his views on Iraq are not what you expect, I'm not sure I agree with all of them either, but you can't argue that he doesn't provide a pretty good reasoned justification of them when asked, more than most pundits are able to do at least.

One of the best stories I read about him recently was that he got beaten up by a bunch of skin head thugs in Beirut because he defaced one of their posters outside the bar he was in (it had a swastika on it) - now call me old fashioned but I would say that takes some balls.

(you wouldn't see d'Souza out drinking with the locals in Beirut!)

From what I read, Hitchens would have a drink with...

2009-07-02T06:00:46.738-07:00

From what I read, Hitchens would have a drink with anyone. Isn't he drunk at some of his debates?

I used to like him when I read Vanity Fair but then when he went wild over supporting the Iraq war, I didn't like him as much. I liked his recent book about religion though.

Lisa, They have debated on religion et al a few ti...

2009-07-02T03:33:50.183-07:00

Lisa, They have debated on religion et al a few times now; it's funny a bit like watching a child fight with an adult; d'Souza gets more and more frantic and outrageous as he is beaten down by simple statements of reality and fact, which remorselessly undermine his position.

I don't know if you like Hitchens, I do, he is a scary character though, often acerbic but incredibly well read, not someone you'd want to argue against. However I sense an underlying humanity in him, the kind of bloke that would roll his sleeves up and have a drink with the locals; unlike d'Souza who seems like a pompous know-it-all (who doesn't!) in comparison.

You can catch the debates on youtube, most of them seem to be up there.

Yeah Mel, I did make it up. I sometimes get the f...

2009-07-01T15:27:18.925-07:00

Yeah Mel, I did make it up. I sometimes get the feeling that these people want things to be illegal to give them the strength to keep from doing them.... It doesn't make sense to me: if you think homosexuality or adultery is wrong, don't do it. What's the great urge to keep everyone else from making up their own minds? But anyway, they're always getting caught engaging in these acts, looking like hypocrites and then it's natural to be inquisitive as to why it is they campaign so hard against these things in the first place.

That's not *completely* true, tho, as republicans seem to have done a lot more for gay rights, for example, in recent history than democrats.

Steve, I've never heard D'Souza speak, but I am sympathetic to the annoyance of that as a way to argue a claim. :-)

What's the story with he and Hitchens?

D'Souza is a prize twerp IMO; I have listened to a...

2009-07-01T14:55:17.182-07:00

D'Souza is a prize twerp IMO; I have listened to a couple of his debates, his strategy seems to be to overwhelm his opponents with a machine gun like prattle of inanity, until they lose the will to live.

Hitchens pwns him though.

Lisa said: "Democrats want to be able to do these ...

2009-07-01T14:00:59.306-07:00

Lisa said:
"Democrats want to be able to do these things and want them to be legal, Republicans want to do these things, but have them be illegal."

That's a great quote. Did you make it up?

I've never heard of him. I have heard (too much) o...

2009-07-01T11:53:13.182-07:00

I've never heard of him. I have heard (too much) of Ann Coulter however.

Geez, haven't heard anyone mention D'Souza since T...

2009-07-01T11:51:36.696-07:00

Geez, haven't heard anyone mention D'Souza since The End of Racism years ago! I wonder if he is still at the American Enterprise Institite.

Anyway, the political parties seem to be the same financially, with only small practical differences in foreign policy (we're waiting to see about this) and only differ these days on these sexual issues. Democrats want to be able to do these things and want them to be legal, Republicans want to do these things, but have them be illegal.