ishkabible 2008-08-04T22:41:01Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2 Movable Type Copyright (c) 2008, chug2005 "The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations" 2008-08-04T22:41:01Z 2008-08-04T22:37:39Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1354 2008-08-04T22:37:39Z The Financial Times has an interview with Gloria Steinem, a former Playboy bunny and founder of Ms. magazine who was a strong supporter of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. Steinem, who now backs Barack Obama, commits an amazing blunder: She believes... chug2005 domains@thecapitol.net, chug@thecapitol.net Ay Caramba! The Financial Times has an interview with Gloria Steinem, a former Playboy bunny and founder of Ms. magazine who was a strong supporter of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. Steinem, who now backs Barack Obama, commits an amazing blunder:
She believes women will vote for Obama even if Clinton doesn't get the much-mooted consolation prize of the vice-president's spot on the Democratic ticket--a job Steinem doesn't think is good enough for her anyway. Why? "It's not an independent position, to put it mildly. I would rather see her as the president of the Senate."

Steinem apparently is ignorant of Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution, which stipulates: "The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate." Hard to believe both Playboy and Ms. had such low standards.

"The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations," by James Taranto, Best of the Web Today, August 4, 2008

]]> "Society is the same in all large places." 2008-07-27T01:40:21Z 2008-07-27T01:37:45Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1348 2008-07-27T01:37:45Z "Society is the same in all large places. I divide it thus:1. People of cultivation, who live in large houses. 2. People of cultivation, who live in small houses. 3. People without cultivation, who live in large houses. 4. People... chug2005 domains@thecapitol.net, chug@thecapitol.net Caught Our Eye "Society is the same in all large places. I divide it thus:
1. People of cultivation, who live in large houses.
2. People of cultivation, who live in small houses.
3. People without cultivation, who live in large houses.
4. People without cultivation, who live in small houses.
5. Scrubs."
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes (Sr.) (writing while a medical student at Harvard)

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]]> Counsels of St. Francis de Sales 2008-07-23T13:20:38Z 2008-07-23T13:17:08Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1219 2008-07-23T13:17:08Z Live + Jesus! "I found Him, whom my soul loves. I held him and would not let him go.""Gaze on God simply and straightforwardly and let Him do as He pleases." St. Francis de Sales by Bro. Benedict Schmitz, OSFS,... Chug domains@thecapitol.net Salesian Tonics Live + Jesus!

"I found Him, whom my soul loves. I held him and would not let him go."

"Gaze on God simply and straightforwardly and let Him do as He pleases."




St. Francis de Sales by Bro. Benedict Schmitz, OSFS, Ingolstadt, Germany




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]]> Time for Some Campaignin' 2008-07-18T13:34:32Z 2008-07-18T13:37:13Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1343 2008-07-18T13:37:13Z Time for Some Campaignin' - from JibJab on YouTube... Chug domains@thecapitol.net Fun

Time for Some Campaignin' - from JibJab on YouTube

]]> Happy Yorkie and owner 2008-07-16T22:10:53Z 2008-07-16T22:07:09Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1340 2008-07-16T22:07:09Z Happy Yorkie and owner, Richmond, VA... chug2005 domains@thecapitol.net, chug@thecapitol.net Dogs


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]]> Globalization and Its Discontents 2008-07-06T15:19:06Z 2008-07-06T14:47:21Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1335 2008-07-06T14:47:21Z Red State Update: Budweiser Bought By Foreigners? - YouTube "Country Boys Can Survive: The Boys of Red State Update have Risen from Murfreesboro Obscurity to National Fame," by Jim Ridley, The Nashville Scene, September 20, 2007 . . .... chug2005 domains@thecapitol.net, chug@thecapitol.net Humor

Red State Update: Budweiser Bought By Foreigners? - YouTube

"Country Boys Can Survive: The Boys of Red State Update have Risen from Murfreesboro Obscurity to National Fame," by Jim Ridley, The Nashville Scene, September 20, 2007



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]]> "Bachelorhood And Its Discontents" 2008-07-05T05:23:50Z 2008-07-05T02:07:29Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1332 2008-07-05T02:07:29Z It wasn't just that the bachelor was untrustworthy, wrote [George] Ade, he was also a “draft dodger” and a “slacker,” one who had exchanged the traditional male role of provider for that of refusenik. Or, as another wag put it,... chug2005 domains@thecapitol.net, chug@thecapitol.net Caught Our Eye It wasn't just that the bachelor was untrustworthy, wrote [George] Ade, he was also a “draft dodger” and a “slacker,” one who had exchanged the traditional male role of provider for that of refusenik. Or, as another wag put it, “The bachelor is a selfish, undeserving guy who has cheated some woman out of a divorce.” Until quite recently the office bachelor was seen as a serious liability, and earned considerably less than his married counterpart. Vance Packard, in his 1962 book The Pyramid Climbers, noted that, “In general the bachelor is viewed with circumspection, especially if he is not well known to the people appraising him…[However] the worst status of all is that of a bachelor beyond the age of 36. The investigators wonder why he isn’t married. Is it because he isn’t virile? Is he old-maidish? Can’t he get along with people?” By contrast, the married man was the steady one, the stable lot, not least because, in Tallyrand’s memorable phrase, "a married man with a family will do anything for money.”

"Bachelorhood And Its Discontents," by Christopher Orlet, New English Review, July 2008




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]]> "Sources Warn Miley Cyrus Will Be Depleted by 2013" 2008-07-02T11:38:10Z 2008-07-02T11:37:42Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1329 2008-07-02T11:37:42Z The Onion: Sources Warn Miley Cyrus Will Be Depleted by 2013 . . . . . . . . .... Chug domains@thecapitol.net Fun

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]]> Bumper stickers: "both popular and ineffective" 2008-05-25T13:28:28Z 2008-05-25T13:27:50Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1321 2008-05-25T13:27:50Z It is a fact that white people will never turn down an opportunity to enlighten other people on the correct way to think. While this is very easy to do through email or face to face conversation, it is exceptionally... chug2005 domains@thecapitol.net, chug@thecapitol.net Caught Our Eye It is a fact that white people will never turn down an opportunity to enlighten other people on the correct way to think. While this is very easy to do through email or face to face conversation, it is exceptionally difficult to do while driving a car. Fortunately for white people there is a solution that is both popular and ineffective: bumper stickers.

#100 Bumper Stickers, Stuff White People Like

]]> Redneck Update, er, Red State Update 2008-05-23T01:50:08Z 2008-05-23T01:47:09Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1318 2008-05-23T01:47:09Z A few videos from Red State Update.... Catching Up With Edwards, Biden, Huckabee: Hillary Wins Kentucky, Obama Takes Oregon: From Red State Update... chug2005 domains@thecapitol.net, chug@thecapitol.net Politics A few videos from Red State Update....

Catching Up With Edwards, Biden, Huckabee:

Hillary Wins Kentucky, Obama Takes Oregon:

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]]> These Yorkies love riding on the Piaggio MP3 2008-04-17T18:09:06Z 2008-04-17T18:07:47Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1310 2008-04-17T18:07:47Z Useful Yorkie Stuff | Piaggio MP3... Chug domains@thecapitol.net Fun

Useful Yorkie Stuff | Piaggio MP3]]> Counsels of St. Francis de Sales 2008-02-29T13:49:46Z 2008-02-29T13:47:17Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1224 2008-02-29T13:47:17Z Live + Jesus! "Contemplation takes a completely simple, unified view of the object it loves. It is a simple gaze.""Do all by love and nothing by force; love obedience rather than fear disobedience." St. Francis de Sales by Bro. Benedict... Chug domains@thecapitol.net Salesian Tonics Live + Jesus!

"Contemplation takes a completely simple, unified view of the object it loves. It is a simple gaze."

"Do all by love and nothing by force; love obedience rather than fear disobedience."




St. Francis de Sales by Bro. Benedict Schmitz, OSFS, Ingolstadt, Germany




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]]> Dogblogging 2008-01-20T14:32:46Z 2008-01-20T14:27:05Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1289 2008-01-20T14:27:05Z Gratuitous Yorkie pics Ollie Baxter - embarrassed by a recent trim; it will grow back Useful Yorkie stuff... Chug domains@thecapitol.net Dogs Gratuitous Yorkie pics

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]]> "Humanity, thou art sick" 2008-01-19T14:29:48Z 2008-01-19T14:17:38Z tag:www.ishkabible.com,2008://2.1287 2008-01-19T14:17:38Z "In my mother’s generation, shy people were seen as introverted and perhaps a bit awkward, but never mentally ill."So writes the Chicago-based research professor, Christopher Lane, in his fascinating new book Shyness: How Normal Behaviour Became a Sickness. ‘Adults admired... Chug domains@thecapitol.net Caught Our Eye "In my mother’s generation, shy people were seen as introverted and perhaps a bit awkward, but never mentally ill."

So writes the Chicago-based research professor, Christopher Lane, in his fascinating new book Shyness: How Normal Behaviour Became a Sickness. ‘Adults admired their bashfulness, associated it with bookishness, reserve, and a yen for solitude. But shyness isn’t just shyness any more. It is a disease. It has a variety of over-wrought names, including “social anxiety” and “avoidant personality disorder”, afflictions said to trouble millions’, Lane continues.

Lane has taken shyness as a test case to show how society is being overdiagnosed and overmedicated. He has charted - in intricate detail - the route by which the psychiatric profession came to give credence to the labelling of everyday emotions as ‘disorders’, a situation that has resulted in more and more people being deemed to be mentally ill.

"Humanity, thou art sick: Shyness is now ‘social phobia’, and dissent is ‘Oppositional Defiant Disorder’. How did everyday emotions come to be seen as illnesses?" a review by Helene Guldberg of "Shyness: How Normal Behaviour Became a Sickness," by Christopher Lane, in spiked, December 2007



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