tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post268632395052503833..comments2024-03-26T12:44:30.308-07:00Comments on Blue Heron Blast: Sterile CuckoldBlue Heronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13516946085702606491noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-81590439703125300202016-10-06T08:28:25.301-07:002016-10-06T08:28:25.301-07:00What does pigeon have to do with this?What does pigeon have to do with this?Jon Harwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07167557407360477540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-80589700911431037782016-10-06T08:22:10.725-07:002016-10-06T08:22:10.725-07:00I do not believe I engaged in inflammatory rhetori...I do not believe I engaged in inflammatory rhetoric. What I did was point out that the last four Secretaries of Defense were all marginalized and the brass muzzled. As I have pointed out many times, this president has alienated friend and foe alike. I will continue to call them as I see them and am sure that I will antagonize both orthodoxies, liberal and conservative alike. It is called intellectual integrity and if it is not my achievement it is certainly my goal. Ate pigeon for the first time in Florence. Quite delicious.Blue Heronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13516946085702606491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-8640743317030845642016-10-06T08:12:37.750-07:002016-10-06T08:12:37.750-07:00Ahem, I didn't mention Israel I mentioned Lik...Ahem, I didn't mention Israel I mentioned Likud. I also mentioned Israeli and US writers who can express volatile opinions without going into extreme rhetoric.<br /><br />"The problem with beating the swords into plough shares is that the wolves don't give a shit." This type of statement is fine in my opinion also increasingly accurate. Keep with that sort of thing instead of rhetorical bombs and your persuasiveness will go up.<br /><br />My concern is with inflammatory rhetoric that undermines what you are trying to communicate. The children of Aleppo etc. are the subject or the idea being discussed while the inflammatory rhetoric is the vehicle for the subject or ideas being discussed. I would prefer to see you in the rhetorical vehicle of a BMW instead of Jedd Clampett's model T.Jon Harwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07167557407360477540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-29025236376971065132016-10-06T05:56:20.513-07:002016-10-06T05:56:20.513-07:00I don't recall mentioning Israel. I was talkin...I don't recall mentioning Israel. I was talking about the President's emasculation of his defense department. The problem with beating the swords into plough shares is that the wolves don't give a shit. Just ask Lavrov. Save a little of your concern for the children of Aleppo.Blue Heronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13516946085702606491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-51049305696698187022016-10-05T09:32:57.273-07:002016-10-05T09:32:57.273-07:00I don't object to the viewpoint of these artic...I don't object to the viewpoint of these articles, they are the editorial opinions of the Fallbrook Likud office and that's fine. However, I do object to the "screed" style. There are lots of writers in the conservative Israeli press who express these opinions without lowering themselves to the level of Britbart or to the level of the knuckle draggers of the internet alt right. Likewise, there are multiple US conservative opinion writers in the real newspapers who can express these opinions in an incisive and or satiric manner without sounding like barflies. I suggest that you re-evaluate your writing role models.Jon Harwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07167557407360477540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-85795854818793113232016-09-28T15:15:27.235-07:002016-09-28T15:15:27.235-07:00You also commented on Trump's popularity with ...You also commented on Trump's popularity with the military... my comment was related to that.Sanoguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911933705954807512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-32332802207022378672016-09-26T18:30:05.412-07:002016-09-26T18:30:05.412-07:00I wasn't talking about Trump.I wasn't talking about Trump.Blue Heronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13516946085702606491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8786764158320829279.post-52595306743843214772016-09-26T15:21:41.123-07:002016-09-26T15:21:41.123-07:00How can Trump be more popular with active military...How can Trump be more popular with active military when he says he is going to fire all the generals?Sanoguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911933705954807512noreply@blogger.com