I had some problem with my email, so I was behind on blog comments, so I ended up reading a month’s worth of ernie the troll’s invective at one sitting. Then today, I read this piece.
Enough whining!
Bad enough when ernie the troll does it, now Peggy Noonan is whining too? Someone who was part of the Reagan administration’s message of optimism has just written one of the most depressing things I’ve read in years?
Gah.
Every person in America lives better then the Kings of the past lived. There is no better time to be alive then right now. Even the poorest person in the poorest country in the world lives better now then their king lived 200 years ago.
We’re now whining because a category 5 hurricane directly hit a city of 25 million people and 500 people died?
500 people used to die in a city of that size every time it got cold. A storm like that used to kill thousands of people. Ever hear of the Johnstown flood? Half the town died in that one.
We’re now whining because unemployment is whatever it is? There used to be slavery; unemployment meant you starved to death.
We’re now whining because the President’s choice might not have been from the top ten nominees? The Supreme Court started with people who now wouldn’t even qualify for being a clerk. When we started this country, someone like Harriet Meirs would have been a nominee for Chief Justice.
We’re now whining because someone might have the capability to blow us up. Sure, that’s bad, got me there. Meanwhile though, more of the world is at peace then every before in human history.
We’re now whining about a self-created tempest in a teapot about whether it was a “secret” that the wife of an ambassador was a spy. All ambassador’s wives are spies. It’s their job.
Perspective people. It’s all about perspective. I’m all for continuing the human race’s quest for perfection.
But lets not forget how good we have it really.
It used to be that every day, the best musicians in the world would come to my home and play music for me.
But that wasn’t good enough. So the best musicians in the world had to follow me wherever I went and play for me there. But I still wasn’t satisfied, I wanted more variety, there were plenty of mediocre musicians who had just one song that I liked. So they started following me too.
If I was Queen Elizabeth maybe once a day, 5 hacks from the local stews would come and bang on some instruments for me. They would probably suck, but it would be something to do while avoiding getting killed in my sleep by my “court”. President Bush only has to worry about members of his administration screwing up; Queen Elizabeth had to worry about members of her administration cutting off her head.
Throughout history, its always been optimists who’ve accomplished the great things. The glass isn’t half empty, its full nearly to the brim when we consider modern life, and its worth remembering that.
Comments (6)
As always, Pierce, and entirely great blog worth reading!
Posted by Jonny | October 28, 2005 6:16 AM
Posted on October 28, 2005 06:16
whining? Do mean like a woman, a gay man, or a child? or a techie with computer problems? your frames are so obvious.
in lamenting US soldiers being blowntobits for your illusions, this isnt whining, but plain anger.paste eater america like karl rove finally screwed up and people are PISSED. screw your false gods.
This isnt what we are about bastard. Whining? How about virtuous indignation.how about laughing at your illusions and denying weakness state worship implies.this isnt whining, this is the rise of ubermenschen.
You are one who would not be able to tell the king (the state) he has no clothes. this peggy noonan lady, yuppie soccer mom from hell, has it half correct, the elite arent so elite but decadent and short sighted. look ay the Bush family, rich hillbillies supported as pharoahs by poor hillbillies. along with inflating the money supply we also inflated bad ideas and weak thoughts. the only out for the elite to restabilize would be to become social democratic to redistribute their loot, but this wont happen because of your phony and trite ideology. thank you! let rome burn.
you make the mistake of confusing material progress through science and innovation with hierarchy and domination. you make them one thing to be celebrated and not critiqued.
it must hurt being wrong all the time bastard, especially those long tracts you write, absolutely meaningless and absurd, divorced from reality, just like much of foreign affairs. harriet miers? hahaha. iraq war??? hahahha. social security reform? hahahah
have you been right about ANYTHING? EVER? that has to hurt.
anyway, your “whining” comments and the “tough guy” stance conservative put forward is fake, everyone sees it. the last person anyone wants in the fox hole next to em is some paste eater conservative like karl rove or an idiot like toby keith. your false ideology, your false gods are EXPOSED. people are organizing and educating themselves. your ideas are basewd in illusions and now your illusions are killing working class kids. they stopped signing up to your holy military. good luck. but again, it is now becoming popular to dislike conseratives and Bush supporters. go out in public and spout your nonsense and watch what happens.
see you and your type represent at most 20% of the population. you have profitted off of 50% apathy, which is now waning. Republicans are in big trouble in 2006. the american taliban have hit a decline. and remember, im not a democrat and i think your parites incompetence is the best catalyst for progress. ViVa Bush!
ernie
Posted by ernie | October 28, 2005 9:41 AM
Posted on October 28, 2005 09:41
Ernie, we’ve gone over this before. I’ve tried debating you rationally in the past but its a waste of time. You’d rather fleck yourself with spittle from your deranged rantings the admit that you don’t really know anything. Yet again, you insult our military with the hillbilly moniker, while claiming to be upset that American soldiers are dying. I’ve pointed out before that’s a lie, but whatever.
You didn’t follow the link over to the WSJ journal did you? That article was nothing about the war, nor is this one, yet you fill my blog with your off-topic rantings?
Get your own blog you pansy. You claim to be passionate/political but I notice you don’t have your own blog. It’s typical of your ilk; you can hurl invective but can’t offer constructive solutions of your own.
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October 28, 2005 3:20 PM
Posted on October 28, 2005 15:20
You have hit upon a theme I often use to rebut whining or general negativity, mostly in the work-place. Friends or acquaintenances will begin sounding a theme familiar to Ms. Noonan’s and I will cut them off at the knees. Solomon with all his wealth could barely enjoy ice in his drink on a hot summer’s day - I could take a bath in ice cream any time I so desire. Care for a million other examples of just how actually, really, objectively more wealthy we are than all the people of the past? It could go on all day and tomorrow too without strain. Ronald Reagan would tell Peggy Noonan to shut it.
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October 29, 2005 11:54 AM
Posted on October 29, 2005 11:54
get my own blog? haha….id rather discredit your mediocrity.
you are killing people nerd boy, and as for “pansy”, again, i am bushido, and your nerd ass would want anything of me.the streets are mean you dotcom dickhead.
reason? you dumb prick, thats my point, your “reason” is crap. namely because you have no virtue (balls). your ideas and views are absurd and never come out the way you think. you are helping criminals exploit the republic for their empire, and you just cant see it…too much state worship, too much irrational “God”. again, screw your false gods and your deceived satanism.
killing people aint cool man, one day you will grow up and realize this. money aint god. success aint being a heartless shit.
in any event
bush is liar. and
you are a sycophant for power.
ernie
Posted by ernie | October 29, 2005 8:07 PM
Posted on October 29, 2005 20:07
And there we have it Ernie.
It’s easy to criticize, its hard to do.
Does Bush deserve criticism? Sure. Thomas Barnett’s recent book delivers some great informed criticism of Bush.
Do I respect idiots like you who only know how to rant and insult, but couldn’t accomplish capitalizing their own name? No.
Bushido my ass. Given a choice between Bush and any craven do-nothing idiot you would like Ernie, I’d choose Bush.
Do nothings, well, do nothing.
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October 30, 2005 9:31 AM
Posted on October 30, 2005 09:31