tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post5479297697651746627..comments2024-03-28T18:56:40.762-04:00Comments on Waddy Is Right: Hold Your Horses, Diversity Commissar Newsom!Nicholas Waddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14650770835328089297noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-47943055473144818212022-04-15T22:28:54.159-04:002022-04-15T22:28:54.159-04:00Hmm. An interesting triumvirate there. Freudiani...Hmm. An interesting triumvirate there. Freudianism has always seemed like the purest, most perverse nonsense to me, but that didn't stop it from being the "gold standard" of psychology for eons. Marxism was enormously influential in the 20th century, sure, but one could question how much the ORIGINAL theories of Karl Marx had to do with it. It's always struck me that Soviet communism, for instance, was about as unegalitarian as one could imagine -- and there wasn't much sign of the state "withering away", was there? As for Einstein, I'm sure he was a fine physicist, but really -- does the avergae person even begin to understand any of his physics, let alone his armchair philosophy? I think not. Now, am I in a position to offer a BETTER lineup of influential thinkers? No...but I'll ponder it!Nicholas Waddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14650770835328089297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-19138379455395964802022-04-14T17:40:51.372-04:002022-04-14T17:40:51.372-04:00Dr.Waddy from Jack: That is a thought provoking ob...Dr.Waddy from Jack: That is a thought provoking observation. I once read an opinion to the effect that Einstein, Freud and Marx were the thinkers with the greatest influence on 20th century life. Marx? Would that he had never been born! Freud? Perhaps the author of a thousand equivocations. Einstein? A super human intellectual who was actually capable of at least momentarily seeing to the existential essence of our universe or of at least perceiving what we don't know. But his mostly misunderstood "relativism"? Well, you know; " Uhh man, like ya know, its all 'relative' "!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-33142411787783415362022-04-13T23:05:45.493-04:002022-04-13T23:05:45.493-04:00Jack, it's my impression that the profession o...Jack, it's my impression that the profession of psychology has ALWAYS been politically unreliable, at best, and a scourge on Western Civilization, at worst. Those Freudians were screwy. Their woke replacements are no better.Nicholas Waddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14650770835328089297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-88986783605167892052022-04-12T09:19:59.880-04:002022-04-12T09:19:59.880-04:00Dr.Waddy from Jack: As the lazy undergrad I was I ...Dr.Waddy from Jack: As the lazy undergrad I was I avoided pychology courses because I perceived "psych" as empirically demanding. Its disturbing that the profession of psychology may been usurped by antiintellectual political dreamers and totalitarians!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-37769671909258592712022-04-11T23:31:55.767-04:002022-04-11T23:31:55.767-04:00Yes, there's a big offensive a-comin', but...Yes, there's a big offensive a-comin', but I would hesitate to call it an "all-out" effort. As you and I well know, Ukraine better hope it never finds out what an "all-out" Russian attack looks like. No country wants to be on the wrong end of THAT! <br /><br />Let's assume, for a second, that Russia's upcoming attack fizzles. I doubt a "second wave" is all that the Rus can manage. They might just keep plugging away until they hit pay dirt.<br /><br />Hmm. Didn't the Romans at one point divide the population into "honestores" and "humiliores"? Why shouldn't the leftists do the same?<br /><br />Jack, you will enjoy my post of several minutes ago! There's reason to think that medium-term Dem prospects in Congress may be worse than near-term prospects -- or, in other words, that the GOP could find itself in semi-permanent possession of a Senate majority. And you think the Left hates the Senate NOW??? Just you wait.Nicholas Waddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14650770835328089297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-54464541893712405062022-04-11T16:57:06.282-04:002022-04-11T16:57:06.282-04:00Dr.Waddy from Jack: I should have said" . . a...Dr.Waddy from Jack: I should have said" . . a very deep dug well"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-75471024433238058412022-04-11T16:48:53.644-04:002022-04-11T16:48:53.644-04:00Dr. Waddy from Jack: Oh yeah, the American left wi...Dr. Waddy from Jack: Oh yeah, the American left will milk Jan.6 for all for all it may advantage it. If that tactic fluffs they will fashion another but they MAY, after November, be necessarily peering up from a very deep well! They say you can see the stars in a very deep political well. They say you can see in daytime the stars from an old dug well. But do not try this as it may collapse in on you, as it may do on the left necessarily confined so!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-77567641660563599102022-04-11T16:37:13.889-04:002022-04-11T16:37:13.889-04:00Dr.Waddy from Jack: I expect that the dictatorial ...Dr.Waddy from Jack: I expect that the dictatorial left will in the foreseeable future mandate the usage of politically correct titles for all of us according to our exalted or excoriated class status. " Oppressor Jones begs admission unto (such and such a public property) for the purpose of requesting largesse". Or: "Oppressed Jones expects admission to and automatic provision of, all public property and confirmed privilege, with despatch!" In such a not inconceivable setting, Newsome's title might be " Consummate Commissar of All and Everything". Surely he sees himself already as such but temporarily denied of full power by that pesky, atavistic democracy so beloved of the apostates!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8511148187940933062.post-14768259001510400092022-04-11T09:19:00.012-04:002022-04-11T09:19:00.012-04:00Dr. Waddy from Jack: This apparently imminent Russ...Dr. Waddy from Jack: This apparently imminent Russian advance has the appearance of an all out at least conventional effort. If the Rus destroy much of the Ukrainian military they may be emboldened to go the Dnieper. This could be the circumstance which drives Ukraine to use tactical nukes if they have them; even today's massive concentration of pre strike Russian force would be a tempting target! In 1974 Israel did not publicly acknowedge possession of nukes but might well have used them had doomsday loomed. Would an again frustrated Russia turn to tactical nukes? Its a possibility, I think. I think they are determined to achieve a neutered Ukraine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com