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James Lileks vs. Antonia |
2004-05-18 |
Short, but deadly.You may have sipped from this ladle of thin gruel. Yes, I did indeed Fall Silent last week, because â ready? â I was on vacation. And I still posted four updates â one of which was specifically about the issues of the day - and wrote a national column about the response of some Senators to the prison scandal AND did a radio interview about current affairs. So sheâs mistaken. And by âmistakenâ I mean âtoo lazy to check her assertions against the facts.â This woman seems to think I am a member of the Necon Blogging Pantheon, even though A) this is not a blog, and B) it has always been a mix of many topics, some of which concern the war. I usually write about the war once a week. The rest of the time itâs parenthood, movies, music, culture, architecture, nostalgia, and so forth. My life isnât devoted to one single thing and I donât intend for my site to descend into howling monomania, unless something bad really happens. I mean, look at the main page and tell me that this is a NEOCON WARBLOGGER SITE. Thatâs the thing that so peeved the hack who wrote the hit piece for City Pages â why, itâs the perils of toddlerdom one day, the need to extirpate Islamic fascism the next. Sometimes itâs the same day! As though this has to be one thing or the other. As though Iâm Rush Fackinâ Limbaugh, obliged to pound the table for three hours a day about a specific set of topics. Does this woman even understand the medium she so confidently dismisses? Nope. |
Posted by:Mike |
#3 DBT: Do not lightly insult the Mighty James Lileks. Misfortune will befall you. |
Posted by: Mike 2004-05-18 2:59:17 PM |
#2 Neo-Conman v Left-idiot Maybe this scum will cancel each other out. |
Posted by: Dog Bites Trolls 2004-05-18 2:19:21 PM |
#1 It's intersting to read what somebody has to say about X vs Y, someone that has a history and a view. A diverse topic can lead to new thought. Take for example UFO sitings in Iran. US military ops? UFO sighting in Mexico. Tequila? Jihadies a death cult vs Anti-Mahdi Army patriots. If someone has an attitude regarding a certain subject, what can you learn from them, about them, in another, even moronic, subject. What may seem silly might be sublime. Grasshopper the lotus is you. |
Posted by: Lucky 2004-05-18 1:59:17 AM |