tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post4414825783088477929..comments2023-11-03T00:06:36.875+11:00Comments on Bunyipitude: A Degree Of IrrelevanceBunyiphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14668398379654771814noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-13676814676026869332011-08-30T22:27:28.733+10:002011-08-30T22:27:28.733+10:00As M Ryutin I failed to get my 'comment' p...As M Ryutin I failed to get my 'comment' published about the Rosen speech on the Drum today and offer the gist of it here as (perhaps) being relevant to the fawning over this professor.<br /><br />Due to his apparent criticism of journalists being classed as political 'insiders', I wanted to know his opinion of the epitome of "insiders' - the JournOlist in the USA, where a large cabal of political journalists got together on an email list to ensure that "The Narrative" was always politically correct. In the case of the JournOlist, this meant that the narative on Obama would never be negative, that certin 'lines' would always and uniformly be applied to conservatives etc. <br /><br />I even posed that if he wondered about its exact nature, he could possibly ask if his "my friend Todd Gitlin" could assist him,seeing as Mr Gitlin was a member of the said JournOlist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-32795191718287674112011-08-30T08:11:05.188+10:002011-08-30T08:11:05.188+10:00Dear, dear PhillipGeorge, his father was a Kenyan....Dear, dear PhillipGeorge, his father was a Kenyan. From Kenya. Africa. As a matter of fact, of the Luo tribe from Nyang'oma Kogelo, Nyanza Province. <br /><br />But I waste my time. Peace to you, my friend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-1530950682807983042011-08-29T23:49:48.096+10:002011-08-29T23:49:48.096+10:00Anonymous, the only people who have nothing to lea...Anonymous, the only people who have nothing to learn are those who presume to already know. Anomalies make people uncomfortable.<br />People avoid cognitive dissonance by doctoring memories to suit themselves.<br />http://www.psy.uwa.edu.au/Users%20web%20pages/cogscience/Ullrich_Ecker.htm<br /><br />you might like to meander through some actual research.<br /><br />and if you have some insight into the usage of the word negro on U.S. government documents that may be interesting.PhillipGeorge(c)2011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-27794043476083208572011-08-29T19:35:11.859+10:002011-08-29T19:35:11.859+10:00See what I mean, Prof?See what I mean, Prof?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-12240165660434285442011-08-29T15:19:22.481+10:002011-08-29T15:19:22.481+10:00The one thing for which I applaud Barack Obama is ...The one thing for which I applaud Barack Obama is not dignifying the paranoid stupidity of the "birthers".<br /><br />There are some really nutty people out there; "birthers" are all of a piece with "truthers" and other barking mad individuals like, for example, Gordon Duff of "Veterans Today":<br /><br />http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/08/17/911-the-clarketenet-deception-gambit/<br /><br />You're right, Prof, for the wrong reason. The one smart, dignified thing Obama did was not to indulge them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14457232127152238.post-53863262023988744142011-08-29T15:07:02.998+10:002011-08-29T15:07:02.998+10:00Professor, always enjoy the fluid florid and ebull...Professor, always enjoy the fluid florid and ebullient style; and here's the but - the birth certificate is no more going to go away than the grassy knoll shall.<br /><br />When did ethnicity start being listed as "African" rather than "Negro". This is 1961 we are talking about! How did chronological numbering start running backwards.<br /><br />As unpleasant as facts might be they are still missing.<br /><br />Pilate famously enquired "What is truth?"<br /><br />If legend is correct he suicided in Switzerland rather than rework his world view. And the West is busying itself with multiculturalism.<br /><br />Its truth that strips a man naked - and it is God who covers him with some sense. The truth is out there - we have only seen bits of it with respect to many a subject.PhillipGeorge(c)2011noreply@blogger.com