tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post1069813924858402384..comments2023-10-18T01:52:22.751-07:00Comments on The American Dissident: Liberty Is FunG. Tod Slonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298151154368372719noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-77845168258071063782009-08-08T02:45:10.845-07:002009-08-08T02:45:10.845-07:00Thanks for sharing your essay & its so nice..
...Thanks for sharing your essay & its so nice..<br />___________________<br />Susana<br /><a href="http://www.paydayloancashonline.com/" rel="nofollow">Payday Loan online in 24hours</a>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12186838559949418956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-48776928518058447422009-05-14T12:54:00.000-07:002009-05-14T12:54:00.000-07:00Well, thanks for the comment. As they say (or som...Well, thanks for the comment. As they say (or some say), a bad comment is better than no comment. The guy in the middle is Ken Lay, Enron and a bronze statue cause he's dead. The guy on the left is the former VP Lon Cheney. The woman is wearing the same colors as the sign, meaning she's attached to that institution, which stands for anything but LIBERTY, as noted on the sign. Capiche? (ooops forgot you don't like that word.) Actually, I was happy with this particular watercolor. Happier than with others. To each his own.G. Tod Slonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08298151154368372719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-3294185629770652092009-05-13T12:45:00.000-07:002009-05-13T12:45:00.000-07:00Or maybe I just don't understand it completely...T...Or maybe I just don't understand it completely...The braw coming out is a nice touch...matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-504409280620091072009-05-13T12:43:00.000-07:002009-05-13T12:43:00.000-07:00The middle guy looks pretty yellow. I know this is...The middle guy looks pretty yellow. I know this is a poor reproduction. It's not the best toon you've done. I'd like to see these three doing something else like playing cards or something. Plus, you could make it clearer who they actually are. Sorry.matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-75733838165084670332009-05-07T17:42:00.000-07:002009-05-07T17:42:00.000-07:00Thanks for the comment. Yes, I reworked the essay...Thanks for the comment. Yes, I reworked the essay yesterday, cleaned it up. I see more things that need adjusting when I look at it on the blog as you see it, which is what I did yesterday. I spent all day on the toon. I'll have it done tomorrow. I suspect this one might be a 4-6 hour toon. Of course, watercoloring the thing is time consuming. What I do now are two different things. I do the toons, then when I think I've got something that will work in my democracy watercolor series, I do that. This one works in the series. Of course, they look a lot better when seen in person, as opposed to the scanned in item. And blablabla I yap about me. Just got two long letters from Ed Galing. So, we're still writing. He said he wants to die now. He'll soon be 92. I like the guy. Goude just wrote also out of the blue. He said he lost 30 pounds on an all beef diet. He's still heavy into the vino. But he's a funny guy, got great pedestrian stories. Told me some guy kept hanging in front of his house in a golf cart. So finally Goude steps out to see what's up. The guy had a glass of whiskey in his hand and just started jabbering. <br />Never really heard that troll word pushed around. It sounds kind of honky to me, kind of gen X crapola. <br />I suppose you're right there about Webster. I got that quote from Emerson's journals. I liked reading the journals of those guys. A lot of shit, but then now and then some gold.G. Tod Slonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08298151154368372719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-3678155661513269642009-05-07T09:42:00.000-07:002009-05-07T09:42:00.000-07:00Another popular name for someone unliked, someone ...Another popular name for someone unliked, someone who might say something unsavory or uncomplimentary on a blog messageboard, besides "hater", is "troll". I've been called "troll" quite a bit. The intended meaning is clear. I always think, How can anyone come up with anything new or interesting in literature if they can't even insult me with originality or power? I feel this is as proper barometer to character/intelligence as any other. But, then, what the hell do I know? I'm just a troll.matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-59502763094696018072009-05-07T07:44:00.000-07:002009-05-07T07:44:00.000-07:00I like the title better, and the quote too. I don...I like the title better, and the quote too. I don't really think it's necessary to say that Emerson didn't think too highly of Webster, because that's clear in the quote. This is one of the most effective things you've done in a while, to me, because your argument is based on clear statistics (I didn't check your facts, but am trusting you) that places this college low on the "liberty" scale. The essay is not based on their reaction to you as a person or personality, though that is included. This doesn't make it better necessarily, but more capable of touching a larger audience, and more publishable. It escapes the private gripe category and expands into something that anybody can sympathize with. It is universal, a clear case of hypocrisy that should be called out. To me, this is a winning essay, maybe reworked a little bit, everything can be rewritten and I know you are always changing your writing... Don't let this one go... I can't wait for the toon.matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-63321344927949330382009-05-06T17:03:00.000-07:002009-05-06T17:03:00.000-07:00Well, I have to look words up too now and then. A...Well, I have to look words up too now and then. At least we both make that effort. Yes, I think oxymoron will have to do. I'd already titled the watercolor "The Oxy-Morons." I depict three of them in it. <br />I chopped the title down because you were right. It was a bit cumbersome. I got rid of Orwell and found the perfect quote from Emerson.G. Tod Slonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08298151154368372719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-11780447572835878812009-05-06T15:25:00.000-07:002009-05-06T15:25:00.000-07:00Well, I had to look "pleonasm" up in the dictionar...Well, I had to look "pleonasm" up in the dictionary. I believe oxymoron is the term that best fits here. A contradiction in terms. True in appearance only. Hypocrisy. What fun!matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-83985261066773175192009-05-06T12:25:00.000-07:002009-05-06T12:25:00.000-07:00Thanks mucho! No fee at all to attend. In fact, ...Thanks mucho! No fee at all to attend. In fact, I think I just saw free lunch. I'm trying to find a word to match this common situation. There must be a word like oxymoron, pleonasm or whatever. It's akin to the Nazis holding a Hebrew awareness seminar or CEOs holding an ethics seminar or politicos holding an honesty seminar or PEN New England declaring it "defends freedom of expression everywhere" but won't respond to my complaints of absence of it in New England. I think the phenomenon has become widespread. <br />Yes, I was thinking of perhaps going with my flyers. But would the cops quickly come to sweep me out of there? Would I be able to find parking (Boston is a hell hole for parking)? Would it be similar to going to a poetry meeting and have not one poet express interest in my protest? I'm tired of that kind of thing. I'm now working on a watercolor to go with the essay. Of course, I'll send it on to the director. Yeah, I found her photo. She's only 27, a bit on the weight-challenged side.G. Tod Slonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08298151154368372719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-61649116726021111292009-05-06T10:29:00.000-07:002009-05-06T10:29:00.000-07:00Excellent interesting essay by Tod and very good c...Excellent interesting essay by Tod and very good comments by Mather.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-63514702373664924552009-05-06T08:49:00.000-07:002009-05-06T08:49:00.000-07:00Very good essay, I liked this one a lot. I laughe...Very good essay, I liked this one a lot. I laughed out loud a couple of times. The discovery that the college was known for ignorning (relatively) liberty is perfect! <br /><br />There wasn't an application fee, was there? I always wonder why they bother to send out fliers to solicit entrants and then pretty much complain afterwards at how many entrants they received...<br /><br />Many of these people in the arts and education like to talk behind closed doors about the truth: that it IS a business, nothing but a business, as if anyone who doesn't know this is naive. But, the minute you point this out in PUBLIC or CRITICIZE this fact, you are stricken from the record. Nothing of their rehearsed activity/behavior can be continued if this fact is aired and recognized as a mistake, and they know it. There are two faces for the rich and powerful: one they put on for their own kind behind closed doors and the other they put on for the fools who worship them and allow them to live such easy lives. Something tells me they sensed that you would not attend with the proper worshipful attitude.<br /><br />It's too bad, this thing sounds perfect for you...maybe you could go there anyway, give away your fliers and talk to some people, you'd surely get an essay out of it.<br /><br />"Making liberty 'fun'", that is good! That should be the title to your essay.matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com