tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post1791747181859460634..comments2023-10-18T01:52:22.751-07:00Comments on The American Dissident: PC and Poetry; Ad Hominem Redux and OrthodoxyG. Tod Slonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298151154368372719noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-77571347799573435422009-08-08T02:39:10.545-07:002009-08-08T02:39:10.545-07:00Thanks giving information his poetry is so great.....Thanks giving information his poetry is so great..<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-50387572883973543372009-07-29T17:12:33.398-07:002009-07-29T17:12:33.398-07:00oh...... I just missed your entrance. I have check...oh...... I just missed your entrance. I have checked from time to time. Glad you are back Tod. <br /><br />Glad to see that Mather is still around too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-37345291396541968482009-07-29T15:20:57.769-07:002009-07-29T15:20:57.769-07:00I just read your post on Green's blog and wish...I just read your post on Green's blog and wish you would have been around a month ago...I'm afraid it's gone cold now and doubt if you'll be able to get a rise out of Jim...I could be wrong...but even if you do Tim will erase it. Why are people so afraid of a little spirited exchange? I really don't understand it...what harm does it do to let people get a little loose-tongued and angry if they feel like it? It's just a blog, just words...but it's very common for the head honchos to freak out at the first sign of temper...they just shut the whole thing down...the other day I got kicked off the Bukowski.net forum for criticizing Steve Richmond...I'm not kidding...I was only a member for less than a month...ha ha...<br /><br />Yes, Tim erased the last round of comments on the Buk Myth. I will reproduce them here. More or less.<br /><br />Cafais: Don't worry who I am, Mather, OK? I'm a voice in the wilderness. Yes, you are a Bukowski impersonator but actually you are not the Bukowski impersonator I was referring to with my former snide remark. I didn't name names because I didn't want to get into it, and besides such vagueness and slipperiness of meaning will insure I will not be held accountable for my words. I also refuse to give you my true identity because that would result in a level playing field. Suffice it to say I have noticed that Bukowski is a big influence on young (and not so young) angry poets. Why do you think that is? Now I am going to iron my panties...<br /><br />Sandee: Why's come y'all just cain't get along like normals folks?<br /><br />Me: Cafais, if you didn't want to "get into it" then you shouldn't have opened your sanctimonious mouth. Sandee, debate is ugly, good debate anyway, that's the nature of it, people who disagree aren't going to like each other or particularly care to pull their punches...<br /><br />There were a few other things but you get the picture...there was absolutely nothing worth erasing. <br /><br />Glad you're back old timer and I guess I'll hear the story if you choose to tell me.matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-77494243681952697862009-07-29T07:11:28.491-07:002009-07-29T07:11:28.491-07:00Welcome back.Welcome back.matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-22069945412951305572009-07-28T14:37:58.523-07:002009-07-28T14:37:58.523-07:00Hey Mather,
Thanks much for those comments on Ratt...Hey Mather,<br />Thanks much for those comments on Rattle! I’ve been out of action for a month. Now I’m back. Thanks Charlotte. I’ll get going on another blog this week. I'm also going to check out the Rattle one.<br />T.G. Tod Slonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08298151154368372719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-1293552455530860792009-07-16T14:15:14.934-07:002009-07-16T14:15:14.934-07:00No, I don't have a blog and don't plan on ...No, I don't have a blog and don't plan on setting one up...sorry...matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-14863094737454197632009-07-16T08:52:03.051-07:002009-07-16T08:52:03.051-07:00Mather, in the meantime and perhaps in addition to...Mather, in the meantime and perhaps in addition to Tod's, have you set up a blog for an alternative meeting place for assorted "dissidents"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-37171656441367359102009-07-16T08:04:44.722-07:002009-07-16T08:04:44.722-07:00I agree Charlotte, seems strange...only person I k...I agree Charlotte, seems strange...only person I knew of to ask said he THOUGHT Slone was in Europe or somewhere...so who knows...but I thought internet was pretty much everywhere now...and to walk away from an argument on Tim's blog like that...uncharacteristic...<br /><br />I guess he'll turn up when he gets hungry...matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-8076359671582632872009-07-15T06:27:23.696-07:002009-07-15T06:27:23.696-07:00Tod must be out of town in some remote island with...Tod must be out of town in some remote island without internet access. I don't buy the Europe location either. <br /> <br />My bet is that he is either on a depression bender or in jail somewhere. Darn, I hope he bounces back or gets out soon and will join us here again. <br /><br />Molly Ivins gave some good advice that dissidents should remember.<br /><br /><b>"So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy cats, rejoice in all the odditities that freedom can produce. And when you get through kickin' ass and celebratin' the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after you how much fun it was."</b><br /><br />...Molly IvinsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-46822514046437552322009-07-12T09:18:15.785-07:002009-07-12T09:18:15.785-07:00I got the word from one of Slone's friends tha...I got the word from one of Slone's friends that Slone is out of town, possibly in Europe. I guess he's fine.matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-86904679697680428842009-07-12T06:53:25.655-07:002009-07-12T06:53:25.655-07:00I mean, Charlotte, I didn't hear him mention i...I mean, Charlotte, I didn't hear him mention it, maybe you did...matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-81875820695182744592009-07-12T06:39:48.592-07:002009-07-12T06:39:48.592-07:00It occurred to me that he might have gone on a shi...It occurred to me that he might have gone on a ship assignment too, but he didn't mention anything like that before hand...matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-73406638738674253172009-07-11T17:47:46.775-07:002009-07-11T17:47:46.775-07:00I have not heard from him lately. Last time I hear...I have not heard from him lately. Last time I heard he sounded very depressed but that was before this last blog entry.<br /><br />Perhaps he took a ship assignment. He mentioned recently that he might do that again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-66841841533630565082009-07-11T16:57:04.231-07:002009-07-11T16:57:04.231-07:00Pretty much unheard of for him to be silent this l...Pretty much unheard of for him to be silent this long...very odd...hope his health is ok...matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-90862830621732587982009-07-11T13:00:07.798-07:002009-07-11T13:00:07.798-07:00I'm getting a little worried, too -- how unusu...I'm getting a little worried, too -- how unusual is it for him to be silent for two weeks?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09255334073094226510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-39819387489661583392009-07-11T09:08:20.561-07:002009-07-11T09:08:20.561-07:00This seems strange to me...Charlotte, are you read...This seems strange to me...Charlotte, are you reading? Any idea what happened to George?matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-65655356720539695942009-07-10T11:38:34.832-07:002009-07-10T11:38:34.832-07:00Getting worried about you, old timer...what's ...Getting worried about you, old timer...what's going on? Not like you to be this quiet...matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-21090262277090805972009-07-06T07:07:36.948-07:002009-07-06T07:07:36.948-07:00Did you leave town or something? Or maybe you'...Did you leave town or something? Or maybe you're out beating up black people?matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-50751811899389148582009-07-05T08:06:48.895-07:002009-07-05T08:06:48.895-07:00So now Jim Varvis has stepped in on Green's bl...So now Jim Varvis has stepped in on Green's blog, ha ha...I particularly love that he has to tell us that he has since been nominated for a Pushcart prize several times! Wowzers! Getting nominated for a Pushcart prize is like getting an envelope in the mail that says: YOU JUST WON A MILLION DOLLARS!<br /><br />And now they're calling you a racist again. People really like to latch onto that with you, which is funny. It's one of the easiest ways possible to escape whatever argument might be presented, it is a huge politically correct ad hominem: "He's a racist, therefor nothing he says can have any merit."matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-79559124685256143392009-06-29T10:50:51.690-07:002009-06-29T10:50:51.690-07:00I was actually talking about most contest-winning ...I was actually talking about most contest-winning poems, and I said reading them was like fucking a styrofoam mannequin. I remember you remarking on it when I wrote it. Green's got the link there in his comment. It's from Monday, Sept. 22nd last year and it's in a comment I made on your blog. <br /><br />I've been watching the battle over there. You've got them all riled up! I love it! Sandee Lyles called you an ass! You're in trouble now... It's your tone again...God, that tone is so INFURIATING! Ha ha...<br /><br />On this I agree with you. The black issue was just a PC way to reach out to black readership and get more black subscriptions.<br /><br />I liked what you said about how pointless it is to be proud of your race, as if you had anything to do with how you were born. Also, when white people show pride in being white they are absolutely termed racist, or at least thought of as racists, I think that is a great statement by you.matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-6197779538707069072009-06-29T07:46:08.173-07:002009-06-29T07:46:08.173-07:00When did you call Rattle like fucking a styrofoam ...When did you call Rattle like fucking a styrofoam doll? What a great description! He mentions you in the blogG. Tod Slonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08298151154368372719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-41835046982331150972009-06-28T13:50:24.685-07:002009-06-28T13:50:24.685-07:00Too bad about the unemployment benefits. I was ge...Too bad about the unemployment benefits. I was getting a nice $250 check each week for a while from Louisiana. But all good things tend to disappear. I guess Rattle discovered your last name. Tim mentions you and uses you to argue that Rattle is open to anything "decent and interesting," even from someone sharing some of Tod's ideas. But what the fuck is "decent and interesting"? According to Garp (or Tim) of course! Decent sounds like another one of those bourgeois terms like good taste. How could I ever submit something to Rattle that would be "decent and interesting"? Impossible. And I don't really give a shite because I'm sure Rattle is as dull as the next well-funded PC lit rag. Enjoy the day. I'm working on that now.G. Tod Slonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08298151154368372719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-86250345116334558632009-06-28T10:26:42.179-07:002009-06-28T10:26:42.179-07:00I am enjoying my unemployment period immensely. A...I am enjoying my unemployment period immensely. As you know, however, I am not getting a compensation check in the mailbox or anywhere else. It's been about two and half months now and my girlfriend is beginning to look at me funny. Yesterday she asked the dreaded question: "Decidiste que vas a hacer?"<br /><br />Meaning: When the hell are going to go back to work you bum?matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-78485054273067809002009-06-28T09:48:27.192-07:002009-06-28T09:48:27.192-07:00I say good for you! New AD just out! I feature New...I say good for you! New AD just out! I feature NewPages.com on front cover. Anyhow, how is it not working? Must be a great relief for you. Christ, we all need those reliefs! So good for those who dare take them.G. Tod Slonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08298151154368372719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-38298981429786097772009-06-28T07:24:40.757-07:002009-06-28T07:24:40.757-07:00Yes, I chimed in over there on Tim's blog. We...Yes, I chimed in over there on Tim's blog. We'll see if he ever publishes me again...matherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16530161108492070300noreply@blogger.com