tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post3096643466819183675..comments2023-05-25T06:44:40.265-05:00Comments on The Motley Cow: Crossing the political divide with Ice fishing.Mpetersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18399880071535547324noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-30150123430295484672010-02-11T09:36:13.521-06:002010-02-11T09:36:13.521-06:00You know what happens when you assume Kevin...
I ...You know what happens when you assume Kevin...<br /><br />I have no idea what "liberal" means. I think gays should be able to marry, creationism shouldn't be taught in public schools, that we did a good thing by taking out Saddam, that we need to do something about Iran soon, that making us all take our shoes off at airports is silly, that the sky is blue, that fast food sucks, that this country is governed by the Constitution, not the Bible, that NASCAR is boring to me but I get why people like it, that a $100 bottle of wine is generally worth it, I love traveling all over the world to see what other people have to say. I think carbon credits are silly and I hate when either side makes fun of a politician for fumbling a word or writing shit on their hand. If a camera were on any of us 24/7 we wouldn't look better.<br /><br />I'm not afraid of ideas in books. I'm not afraid my marriage will mean less if two guys get married to each other. I don't call anyone who doesn't agree with me an elitist. I don't think most issues are as important as we make it out to be. I don't like sea urchin as much as I wish it did. It amazes me that people drink Miller OR Bud - they both suck. I'm not bothered by seeing a Nativity scene or a Menorah. I think the ratio of time spent talking about politicians vs. the actual affect they have on our lives is way out of whack.<br /><br />If all those things make me a liberal than so be it.DanBackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16365782450039434389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-17126750838484991622010-02-11T08:08:24.317-06:002010-02-11T08:08:24.317-06:00Dan,
I believe that's the second nicest thing...Dan,<br /><br />I believe that's the second nicest thing a liberal has ever said about me.<br /><br />If science mattered, we would not be recycling half the stuff we do now...because it consumes more energy and resources to recycle.<br /><br />If recycling consumes resources, (more than it takes to make it from scratch) it wastes resources and energy, defeating the very purpose of preserving and conserving resources. That is not science, its a religion at that point.<br /><br />Calling me an "idiot" will not change the scientific fact that some mandated recycling is done out of religion and actually hurts the environment.<br /><br />So you cannot deny the fact that liberalism discards the science when it wants to.Kevin Scheunemannnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-73189312016419389972010-02-10T02:11:07.731-06:002010-02-10T02:11:07.731-06:00all i know is that once you said in class, obvious...all i know is that once you said in class, obviously grief-stricken at the intellectual malaise of our collective term papers:<br /><br />"just, everybody, you all need to do spend one hour a day in a completely silent room."<br /><br />an unsettling but true fact as it ever was..S i l e n c i onoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-8539152934276084082010-02-09T22:39:08.482-06:002010-02-09T22:39:08.482-06:00You are an idiot Kevin. Seriously.You are an idiot Kevin. Seriously.DanBackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16365782450039434389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-30036591260783917522010-02-09T13:15:21.137-06:002010-02-09T13:15:21.137-06:00Dan,
Well...Yes!
Isn't that what liberalism ...Dan,<br /><br />Well...Yes!<br /><br />Isn't that what liberalism does to religion? (and every other political issue)<br /><br />Conservatives do it too.<br /><br />I think what has really got your button pushed is that I'm taking sacred liberal issues, like evolution and global warming, and equating it to religion.<br /><br />This is why the left needs to back off censoring and attacking religion in the public square, its easy to paste the issues you care about with a "religious" label, making your advocacy subjected to public square attack and ridicule as religion.Kevin Scheunemannnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-34004247729748130582010-02-08T10:56:31.116-06:002010-02-08T10:56:31.116-06:00So, did you enjoy your afternoon stretch, Kevin?
...So, did you enjoy your afternoon stretch, Kevin?<br /><br />0.oZen Trixterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01555818256182135272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-74448275560145202232010-02-08T10:29:32.266-06:002010-02-08T10:29:32.266-06:00"Recycling at that point is a religion, not s..."Recycling at that point is a religion, not sound science or public policy. "<br /><br />So science exists when it suits your needs, but is called "faith" when it doesn't?DanBackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16365782450039434389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-65481985839665792512010-02-07T18:25:59.207-06:002010-02-07T18:25:59.207-06:00Thanks for the ice fishing article. I think we mi...Thanks for the ice fishing article. I think we miss how peace and quiet in nature can be a spiritual event. <br /><br />I never thought that I would see creationism as an issue in 2010. I am a Lutheran, was a Catholic and never worried about God and the creation story. I guess 18th century Rationalism is too modern for some folk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-48812565669273029272010-02-07T18:01:28.195-06:002010-02-07T18:01:28.195-06:00Mark,
One should not be learning religion on taxp...Mark,<br /><br />One should not be learning religion on taxpayer dime?<br /><br />Great, when will you call for an end to the global warming religion being funded on the taxpayer dime?<br /><br />What about the religion of recycling? Many times the mandatory recycled material consumes MORE energy to recycle than it does to put it in a landfill and make it from scratch. Recycling at that point is a religion, not sound science or public policy. <br /><br />Since you acknowledge "spirituality" is an essential part of the human condition, you want to advocate public policy to deprive kids of learning about, perhaps one of the most impotant aspects of their life? Sounds like public schools are being handicapped with this public war on religious speech.Kevin Scheunemannnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-86981735844816574002010-02-07T12:01:54.999-06:002010-02-07T12:01:54.999-06:00Well, most people today want a religion that "...Well, most people today want a religion that "accomplishes" something. A religion based on nothing isn't very sexy, quite frankly. It's a hard sell to get folks to see and appreciate that "nothing is something worth doing". The heavy lifting is all there; it looks like you're sitting still but there's a helluva burn that you develop siting there trying not to think. Hours of noise (both mental and environmental) are punctuated by the briefest moments of sublime quiet, intimate awareness and deep, vast and boundless peace.<br /><br />Then somebody farts.<br /><br />The ground of Being; 'tis a smelly place.Zen Trixterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01555818256182135272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-15046395004328552582010-02-07T10:11:52.967-06:002010-02-07T10:11:52.967-06:00Sound article.
I prefer canoe fishing with no sig...Sound article.<br /><br />I prefer canoe fishing with no signs of humans (excepting my fishing partners) for 2-3 days.<br /><br />It's wonderful, like being on my back in a sleeping bag looking up at the stars.<br /><br />JPentermanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-69548963386605544062010-02-07T09:30:29.985-06:002010-02-07T09:30:29.985-06:00Good morning, Dr. Peterson,
What a wonderful arti...Good morning, Dr. Peterson,<br /><br />What a wonderful article. Whenever I hear someone discussing the pleasure/benefits of fishing or, in this case, the Zen of ice fishing, I am always reminded of the introduction to "A Room of One's Own". Perhaps this bit will help elucidate the meditative qualities of fishing. <br /><br />'Thought--to call it by a prouder name than it deserved--had let its line down into the stream. It swayed, minute after minute, hither and thither among the reflections and the weeds, letting the water lift it and sink it until--you know the little tug--the sudden conglomeration of an idea at the end of one's line: and then the cautious hauling of it in, and the careful laying of it out? Alas, laid on the grass how small, how insignificant this thought of mine looked; the sort of fish that a good fisherman puts back into the water so that it may grow fatter and be one day worth cooking and eating.'<br /><br />http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200791h.html (Here's the rest of it)<br /><br />Take care!Sarahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-63566156674807823192010-02-07T09:02:47.926-06:002010-02-07T09:02:47.926-06:00If you could tell me what "enough" means...If you could tell me what "enough" means, I'd be able to answer you... but for a hard core Randian like yourself, science should be more than enough.<br /><br />My observation, however, is that religion is the most important thing people need... and they need to learn about it.<br /><br />-- just not on the taxpayer's dime, and not in publicly funded science classes.Mpetersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18399880071535547324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-34964450897714344972010-02-07T08:24:57.117-06:002010-02-07T08:24:57.117-06:00So are we saying science is not enough when it com...So are we saying science is not enough when it comes to the human condition?<br /><br />And why don't we want to teach our kids that life has "spiritual" aspects to it?Kevin Scheunemannnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-24729656189158263492010-02-06T18:52:52.313-06:002010-02-06T18:52:52.313-06:00Right down my alley, Mark. Whenever I feel the wor...Right down my alley, Mark. Whenever I feel the world is polluting my mind, I try to do a bit of amateur meditation, which, after much reading on the subject, I define as "sit down, shut up, and look at a tree".John Josthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07475941722391501493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-41088111568025102702010-02-06T12:10:58.139-06:002010-02-06T12:10:58.139-06:00Mark,
Good column.
I would dare say it had a &qu...Mark,<br /><br />Good column.<br /><br />I would dare say it had a "spiritual" quality about it.Kevin Scheunemannnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32673461.post-51792146959326306102010-02-06T10:30:12.104-06:002010-02-06T10:30:12.104-06:00Ed didn't return your call because he was too ...Ed didn't return your call because he was too busy trying to make his letter to the editor about you make any sense. He should have tried harder.DanBackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16365782450039434389noreply@blogger.com