tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460939.post116045183193125824..comments2023-09-01T04:26:03.619-05:00Comments on The So-Called "Austin Mayor" Blog: The Hastert/Foley Scandal - You Can't Spell "Timeline" Without L-I-E.So-Called Austin Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10352094428842715059noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460939.post-1160793254095929292006-10-13T21:34:00.000-05:002006-10-13T21:34:00.000-05:00NW Burbs,I believe that the confusion is due to ex...NW Burbs,<BR/><BR/>I believe that the confusion is due to extreme right-wingers' inability to think in non-literal terms.<BR/><BR/>For instance, you might notice that authoritarian fundamentalists have great deal of difficulty distinguishing between symbols and the concepts that the symbol represents, e.g. a red, white and blue flag and America.<BR/><BR/>In this case, two separate symbols for two separate individuals may have required too much non-literal conceptualization for Fran and her friends and may have driven them to reject the complexity of the reality, e.g. "SCAM is a pseudonym, and NWB is a pseudonym, therefore SCAM is NWB." Right-wing writings about complex subjects are littered with similar simplified -- and inaccurate -- thinking.<BR/><BR/>In addition, authoritarian fundamentalists often seem to have a hard time with metaphors -- misunderstanding the metaphor's role as a rhetorical device for comparison and, instead, mistaking the compared concepts for literal equivalents. Such subtle thinking eludes them.<BR/><BR/>One particularly curious thing about the Christian fundamentalists' inability to comprehend non-literal communication is the frequency with which Jesus Christ used non-literal and metaphorical concepts in His teachings. <BR/><BR/>His extended metaphors are called "parables."So-Called Austin Mayorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352094428842715059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460939.post-1160768068554519132006-10-13T14:34:00.000-05:002006-10-13T14:34:00.000-05:00"You don't think it's possible that Palmer would h..."You don't think it's possible that Palmer would have kept this off Hastert's desk, for this exact reason?"<BR/><BR/>GOP,<BR/><BR/>If this is the case, then it is due to one of two things: Either 1) Denny has arranged his office in such a way that he is <B>deliberately kept ignorant </B>of what is taking place in the House of Representative, or <BR/>2) Denny has arranged his office in such a way that he is <B>inadvertently kept ignorant </B> of what is taking place in the House of Representative.<BR/><BR/>Neither of these two management arrangements -- and they are the only two explanations possible under your scenario -- show any sign of leadership or competence on the part of Mr. Hastert.<BR/><BR/>-- SCAMSo-Called Austin Mayorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352094428842715059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460939.post-1160588094024594302006-10-11T12:34:00.000-05:002006-10-11T12:34:00.000-05:00S-CAM,Apparently you and I merged into one or some...S-CAM,<BR/><BR/>Apparently you and I merged into one or something.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2006/10/duckworth_maile.html#comment-23745678" REL="nofollow">Fran Eaton thinks I'm you</A>. Now I've <I>truly</I> heard it all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460939.post-1160514074776669622006-10-10T16:01:00.000-05:002006-10-10T16:01:00.000-05:00You don't think it's possible that Palmer would ha...You don't think it's possible that Palmer would have kept this off Hastert's desk, for this exact reason?grand old partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10258795327487150279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460939.post-1160512433944146202006-10-10T15:33:00.000-05:002006-10-10T15:33:00.000-05:00Cermak,The Trib's got the scoop: http://newsblogs....Cermak,<BR/><BR/>The Trib's got the scoop: http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2006/10/hastert_and_the.html<BR/><BR/>-- SCAM<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>GOP,<BR/><BR/>Keep repeating it and perhaps one day someone will find it believable.<BR/><BR/>-- SCAMSo-Called Austin Mayorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352094428842715059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6460939.post-1160502235564625062006-10-10T12:43:00.000-05:002006-10-10T12:43:00.000-05:00"For the House leadership's story to be true, you ..."For the House leadership's story to be true, you have to believe that this is a topic that just didn't come up in the trio's many hours spent together."<BR/><BR/>To be more accurate, you have to believe that this topic was not raised by Palmer (Stokke and Hastert being unlikely to raise a topic they don't know about yet), which isn't that hard to believe at all.grand old partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10258795327487150279noreply@blogger.com