tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post1308617009879106355..comments2024-03-29T11:17:39.118-04:00Comments on the daily howler: Supplemental: The New York Times brings us the head of Miami!<b>bob somerby</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02963464534685954436noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-45647897939173979872014-08-18T13:18:26.292-04:002014-08-18T13:18:26.292-04:00Could it be possible that Druckerman is a good mot...Could it be possible that Druckerman is a good mother *and* a bad journalist? It seems possible to me. It would make sense to praise her child rearing skills, but later trash her journalistic work, wouldn't it? Or are people just good or bad and we must choose?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-68492116531622195232014-08-18T13:15:26.882-04:002014-08-18T13:15:26.882-04:00I don't think I can define the standards, but ...I don't think I can define the standards, but I know a "lightweight" bit when I see one, and hers was lightweight. Are you disagreeing? Or are you just looking for ways to disagree with whatever anyone says here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-376276822043601402014-08-17T08:34:21.585-04:002014-08-17T08:34:21.585-04:00Quote the Somerby:
"But in this delightful, ...Quote the Somerby:<br /><br />"But in this delightful, tongue-in-cheek report, Druckerman describes the giant head start they’re getting on their literacy."<br /><br />Yes, wealthy white woman moves to Paris then writes about how smart and cosmopolitan her five-year-old kid is. How delightful! How tongue in cheek!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-9007519420241652372014-08-16T19:52:13.502-04:002014-08-16T19:52:13.502-04:00Yes, 6:42. As does this one.Yes, 6:42. As does this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-669156415775479302014-08-16T18:42:33.527-04:002014-08-16T18:42:33.527-04:00He didn't think the column was brilliant. He t...He didn't think the column was brilliant. He thought it was a good illustration of what happens when parents talk to their kids. It illustrated class differences. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-67525094352061280462014-08-16T14:41:40.532-04:002014-08-16T14:41:40.532-04:00No I don't. But no big deal. Have a good one.No I don't. But no big deal. Have a good one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-81435623575932718862014-08-16T14:22:31.400-04:002014-08-16T14:22:31.400-04:00Thomas Wolfe couldn't go home again either. P...Thomas Wolfe couldn't go home again either. Personally I like Asheville more than Miami.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-48776048940370756392014-08-16T14:19:26.894-04:002014-08-16T14:19:26.894-04:00Well, you load the mule up, hoping it will pack yo...Well, you load the mule up, hoping it will pack your goods up the mountain. That is, after all, why you got the mule.But the mule won't budge. You tell the mule to "Giddap." You tug and tug and even personalize your entreaty: "Giddap, darn mule!" But the mule won't budge.<br /><br />So you take out a two-by-four and whack it right between the eyes. The mule still doesn't budge.<br /><br />So you take out a virtual Chucky doll and the damn thing scrambles right up and over the mountain. Get it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-30131173864270400222014-08-16T13:45:05.045-04:002014-08-16T13:45:05.045-04:00Explain the logic of it for me. I'm not as sma...Explain the logic of it for me. I'm not as smart as you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-47210616554466654572014-08-16T11:18:03.114-04:002014-08-16T11:18:03.114-04:00Bob rushed to the keyboard with the brilliant noti...Bob rushed to the keyboard with the brilliant notion that Druckerman was one of those model mommies who talk to their babies, and thus opened their eyes and ears to Croatian by the time they were five years old.<br /><br />Unlike those parents of all those underachieving poor kids who we can't even count because free school lunch is no measure of poverty.<br /><br />Why if more mommies talked to their babies more like Druckerman obviously did, how higher would our high-flying minority kids be doing on their fourth grade NAEP math test?<br /><br />Of course, Bob was silent on the issue of whether low income minority families should move to Paris as well.<br /><br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-16774043922668239472014-08-16T10:51:28.894-04:002014-08-16T10:51:28.894-04:00Was it the column or the French parenting? Bob ju...Was it the column or the French parenting? Bob just can't <br />help but show his contmpt for low income mothers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-39810975329639112922014-08-16T10:41:06.672-04:002014-08-16T10:41:06.672-04:00I kinda liked Faulkner.I kinda liked Faulkner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-20099339307005892122014-08-16T04:28:49.319-04:002014-08-16T04:28:49.319-04:00She also sounded like a horse's ass when she w...She also sounded like a horse's ass when she was bragging about her five-year-old wanting to learn Croatian. <br /><br />Bob thought that column was brilliant.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-20862766739534776872014-08-16T02:44:01.267-04:002014-08-16T02:44:01.267-04:00Bob, Have you ever read any of Joe Bageant's w...Bob, Have you ever read any of Joe Bageant's works. I grew up in the South and a liberal. I like his take on liberals on the coasts and their disdain for working people..especially in the South. Peace;)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-76450864368700195002014-08-16T01:58:09.738-04:002014-08-16T01:58:09.738-04:00I've heard it all. Disgruntled and former Demo...I've heard it all. Disgruntled and former Democrats guilty of "turning over" Democratic politicians to big money? Get real, they went leaping like flying squirrels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-90360752489091608112014-08-16T01:45:11.649-04:002014-08-16T01:45:11.649-04:00She does sound like a horse's ass.She does sound like a horse's ass.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-26661787736769515752014-08-16T01:35:06.389-04:002014-08-16T01:35:06.389-04:00Hit a Bobfan between the eyes with a two-by-four. ...Hit a Bobfan between the eyes with a two-by-four. You still can't get them to pay attention.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-46036567539628898142014-08-16T01:28:52.644-04:002014-08-16T01:28:52.644-04:00Really, David? That's a rather stunning revela...Really, David? That's a rather stunning revelation. You got any numbers that up? Surely you do. You wouldn't just make things up would you?<br /><br />And while you are at it, what is your objective standard that would help us define with certainty a "lightweight" column from, say, a welterweight or cruiserweight column? <br /><br />Such a standard, rather than a subjective matter of opinion, would be rather necessary in order to determine which gender disproportionately writes the most "lightweight" stuff.<br /><br />After all, this is a HUGE issue, one that our host blogger has devoted the autumn of his years to as he rushes headlong into dotage.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-44070791081884112042014-08-15T21:47:24.316-04:002014-08-15T21:47:24.316-04:00Urban, seems to me the Dems are willing to comprom...Urban, seems to me the Dems are willing to compromise their principles, not the GOP. GOP get what they want, even if most Americans disagree with them. <br /><br />So, they're playing "we'll take home our marbles" and it seems to be working. Might be worth a shot if the Dems did it as well. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-80672202663264686992014-08-15T20:11:41.352-04:002014-08-15T20:11:41.352-04:00The problem is that lightweight columns are dispro...The problem is that lightweight columns are disproportionately written by women. E.g., I don't think the Times would have printed the cited column, if it had been written by a man.<br /><br />Perhaps the NY Times and WaPo can't find enough serious women columnists. Or, perhaps these papers think that their female readers are more likely to enjoy lightweight columns.David in Calnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-23411877885838468722014-08-15T20:08:38.429-04:002014-08-15T20:08:38.429-04:00Yeah. You're NOT getting unicorns, so vote fo...Yeah. You're NOT getting unicorns, so vote for folks who'll sell you down the river for political expedience.<br /><br />BertoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-60860744482817625192014-08-15T19:00:50.831-04:002014-08-15T19:00:50.831-04:00Another post, another woman to diminish.Another post, another woman to diminish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-41733419833661144232014-08-15T18:51:50.605-04:002014-08-15T18:51:50.605-04:00Except, of course, that it is not nonsense that vo...Except, of course, that it is not nonsense that voting for a third party at this time, unless you are in a sure-thing state, makes it easier for Republicans to win -- OK, it's only giving half a vote to the Republican -- and in this time of absolute party discipline from the Tea Party, Grover Norquist and Boehner standing by the so-called Hastert Rule, there is no such thing as a good Republican candidate, or even a decent Republican candidate. You are unfortunately probably right that the Democrat will not be much different from the Republican on foreign policy, but you have a better chance to get a minimum wage increase, the right to purchase health insurance if you lose your job even if you have an existing medical condition, and infrastructure spending to create jobs (and, incidentally, fix the country). And, for that matter, would we have gone into Iraq if Gore had been President?<br /><br />If you want to know the real reason liberals lose as much as they do, it's the "I'm going to take my marbles and go home" attitude of so many when they don't get the entire package they want. In abandoning the vote, they turn all the politicians over to the complete control of the people with the money.<br /><br />Democrats at least have to pay lip service to voters, and lip service generates a few wins. That lip service will be stronger if it's the voters themselves, acting on their own, who put the candidate in office. urban legendnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-80792631776917362502014-08-15T18:31:39.303-04:002014-08-15T18:31:39.303-04:00How Bob loses: Like any right wing pundit his age...<strong>How Bob loses:</strong> Like any right wing pundit his age,<br />blogger Bob presumes Druckerman, as a career journalist, is a liberal.<br />No evidence offered. Oh, I forgot. She mentioned inequality. Only a liberal would do that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-24426448131200594862014-08-15T17:18:59.943-04:002014-08-15T17:18:59.943-04:00This piece was critical and timely. Good that you...This piece was critical and timely. Good that you postponed a piece on a six year old book about a Presidency that ended forty years ago. That gives everyone all weekend to play with dolls then get ready for that long postponed Tour of Homes! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com