tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post6590521945707935767..comments2023-10-21T11:35:09.795-03:00Comments on hearing/loss: Don't be shy, Heather...ronniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14044863062652781155noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-9610428238492634552008-09-12T09:25:00.000-03:002008-09-12T09:25:00.000-03:00"I didn't think you bought into that sort of venom...<I>"I didn't think you bought into that sort of venom."</I><BR/><BR/>Dann, allow me to repeat: "Don't make the error of assuming I agree with everything that she says or how she says it."<BR/><BR/>I called it an "incredible diatribe", which I assumed people would interpret as me being taken aback by it.<BR/><BR/>I do feel for the Scots' confusion, however :)ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044863062652781155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-63167217538468193702008-09-11T10:58:00.000-03:002008-09-11T10:58:00.000-03:00Hi Ronnie,I didn't think you bought into that sort...Hi Ronnie,<BR/><BR/>I didn't think you bought into that sort of venom. Sadly, she isn't alone.<BR/><BR/>James Lileks is a reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune. He also manages a couple of their online projects, is a formerly syndicated columnist and author of a couple of books satirizing the ephemera of America. His personal site, blog inclusive, is sort of a repository for projects and ideas Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-27346665101253025792008-09-11T10:06:00.000-03:002008-09-11T10:06:00.000-03:00She pushes buttons, doesn't she? (She certainly pu...She pushes buttons, doesn't she? (She certainly pushed that blogger's buttons hard enough to provoke a line-by-line dissection.)<BR/><BR/>Don't make the error of assuming I agree with everything that she says or how she says it. I agree that the column is condescending. She meant it to be. If you know her writing, that is Mallick at her most deeply frustrated. She meant it to sting, and I ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044863062652781155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-76040439959634586682008-09-10T13:22:00.000-03:002008-09-10T13:22:00.000-03:00I'm not sure I should venture a reply to Ms. Malli...I'm not sure I should venture a reply to Ms. Mallick's piece of supposed wit and insight. I like Ronnie too much to sully her site with a proper fsking.<BR/><BR/>However, <A HREF="http://lileks.com/bleats/archive/08/0908/091008.html" REL="nofollow">this</A> rejoinder seems to do the job nicely.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>DannAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7402829.post-61178742020053377752008-09-08T21:22:00.000-03:002008-09-08T21:22:00.000-03:00Absolutely right on all levels. The Republican app...Absolutely right on all levels. The Republican appeal is the same as the lottery -- even though the odds are absolutely against it, you sell the notion that the guy you are addressing is about to hit the big time. And they don't want to hear from somebody who says you have to work and punch a timecard and put your time in and then you will have a nice, but not spectacular, life. That's what the Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807727819590358834noreply@blogger.com