[yespkorg]

Tits work wonders.

[xgnuwdd]

I'm not entirely sure that the world needs another foaming-at-the-mouth right-wing blog, but the question you really need to ask yourself is "Is yet another cookie-cutter rant actually of interest to anyone?".

America at war ... Decline .... Family ... disintegrated ... multiculturalism ... liberal ... blah .. blah

[FallJimerks]

Hello,

I've been a reader of this forum for a while but never posted until now. I have refrained because it is my opinion that we have far too many writers and not enough readers on the internet. However, I recently started a political blog.

So you're one more of the "too many"? Great.

[Teligacio]

*facepalm*

[Dpkefsuf]

This is the most important reason we need a big state with socially just economic policies: it is out of necessity. If the working class is not appeased, it will turn to socialism, the greatest evil mankind has ever known. The liberal state is entirely unable to stop the rise of socialism; something more heavy-handed is only able to achieve that task. We need a new system, one that gets things done without political bickering and the deadlock of competing interest groups. It will have more a more sensible, sustainable economic vision with stability and order as its primary goals. Everyone that wants a job will get one, and the state will take care of its hard-working citizens and ensure that whatever economic costs its projects incur will not be unfairly born by those who cannot afford to. With fewer numbers that will have to resort to crime to survive and fewer who decide they want a revolution, combined with a stronger, less restrained police force, order will be restored.
This is really just a jew-baiting away from National Socialism.

[Nubtoubrem]

Personally I take great comfort from the fact that America is in decline Besides, isn't it a little arrogant to take the name of the whole continent and think this won't piss of any of the other countries on it?

[foltdan]

Says the European. Your lot has been in decline since you ravaged each other during the war and had to get billions of dollars in aid from the US which none of you have yet to pay back... and you still owe us from the first war!

Only Finland paid back the US loans from the First World War. Only country to do so.

Britain paid off the war (II) debt a few years ago. Get with the programme.

[SodeSceriobia]

Britain paid off the war (II) debt a few years ago. Get with the programme.

Marshall Plan. You still owe.

[traiffhetl]

Says the European. Your lot has been in decline since you ravaged each other during the war and had to get billions of dollars in aid from the US which none of you have yet to pay back... and you still owe us from the first war!

Only Finland paid back the US loans from the First World War. Only country to do so.

Do you know how much the rent on a borrowed language over several hundred years is? You owe big time. And yes, you personally too...

[rozalinasi]

Having skimmed your blog, I suggest you rewrite it so it sounds less like a nutjob wrote it, or at least make the style more interestingly crazy. You only get so many bold declarations in a row before you start sounding merely pushy. For ideas on how to make your brand of nuckingfuts sell better, check out www.timecube.com for an example of someone who did it right.

EDIT: Check out this raving bullshit:

BIBLE GOD NEV$ER CREATED AV SINGLE DAY - NOT A SINGLE ROTATION - LEFT THE EARTH STANDING STILL. I CREATED 4 DAYS IN ON EARTH ROTATION. EVERY HUMAN DESERVES DEATH FOR IGNORING SUCH A SUPERNATURAL TRANSCENDENTAL PRINCIPLE. GREENWICH MEAN TIME IS WRONG AND EVIL, SO IS 3 DIMENSIONAL MATH. YOU CAN"T KILL ME, FOR I AM 82 + CANCER. Now that's the kind of bonkers that piques one's interest, even though I left out the creative use of spacing.

[DP5Ups8o]

Try eHarmony.

[RogerButton33]

Tits work wonders.

+1

Once a month post a linkfest post with a NSFW picture at the top. Ala this.



Also try to link to other similar blogs. The neocon, libertarian, paleoconservative scenese are all well covered. You probably fit into one of these niches. If you crave something alternative, there is always the Steveosphere (an example of this is Mangan's [Adventures in reaction]), but there is some overlap with Libertarians and Paleocons.

[sFs4aOok]

Based on the fact that you think America is on the decline and that only the ideas contained in your one-post blog can save it from Jew bankers and sex, I surmise that you are an old douchebag who wants to take the world down with you before your no-dick body gives out and even the nurses won't listen to you. WELL I WON'T LISTEN. THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO THINK CAPITALISM HAS FAILED AND WALMART IS EVIL AND THE SKY IS FAWLING ARE THE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T GET ANY! YOU CAN'T GET ANY! FEMINIST! It seriously sounds like you owned one of those authorized Mac retail stores that you thought you could retire on before those Jews at Apple came along and forced you off the map five years ago. THEY HAVE A BETTER PRODUCT! YOU HAVE AN INFERIOR PRODUCT! THEIR STORES ARE GOOD LOOKING

By the way if the media is so evil how do you want help spreading the word about your blog? DO YOU THE MEDIA NOT REALIZE WE ARE THE MEDIA?

[SappyAppy]

I specifically state why I don’t deserve a label like ‘anti-capitalist’ or ‘socialist’ in section V in the third and fourth paragraphs.

This sentence is 24 karat comedy gold.

[griddle]

I like this guy. He's crazy in a new kind of way I find entertaining. Specially the anti-porn stance. What a riot!

[GlictStiply]

So you don’t want people that disagree with you to post here? It’s always amusing and telling how much more illiberal liberals are than they claim to be. This guy claims to be familiar with my postings over the years yet claims that I'm a liberal

Oh and I'm not Black, dude.

[SetSnonejog]

You clearly didn’t read beyond the first paragraph. If you don’t have the attention span to sit down and read something for a few minutes than don’t bother commenting on it. If you want to accuse me of being ‘cookie-cutter,’ at least give me an example of something similar. I have yet to find a conservative blog that truly resembles mine, so it’s not a valid criticism. Also, just because someone disagrees with you it doesn’t make him ‘foaming at the mouth.’ But then again I guess anything outside of your narrow political spectrum must sound crazy to you Brits, being one of the most liberal (in the classical sense of the word) countries in the world. Though the BNP is making gains in the legislatures, so maybe you people are gaining some sense.



Did you read past the first two sentences of my post? I explained why I did it. I said that didn’t want to contribute to the flood of information but that I felt compelled to for once. I really don’t feel guilty about it though considering how much time I spend reading other peoples’ spew of filth put on the internet without the slightest bit of thought or even revision. I’ve read a lot on this board in particular over the past several years without ever posting, enough that I’m familiar with who you are and that I know how hypocritical your comment is. You post your thoughts on this board almost as much as anyone, so who are you to criticize me for too much writing and not enough reading? I know for a fact that I read more and write less than you. At least what I put on the internet is more unique than the views and banal observations of some run-of-the-mill Texan Republican.



If you think that I’m anti-capitalist, how would I be regurgitating the ‘same old mantra’ of right wing commentator talking points? Find me a mainstream, American right wing commentator that is ‘anti-capitalist.’ Big bad government is all they talk about, with bits and pieces on the War on Terror and being a supposed social conservative. As for my views though, I definitely DO NOT consider myself an anti-capitalist--you must not have read my essay closely enough. I strongly believe in free markets, I just don’t blindly worship them the way many do in contemporary politics. Just like most people did from the 1930s to the mid 1960s, I believe that a healthy state and prudent regulations are necessary for the long-term stability of the market and to appease the working class (vital to the stability of any society). Remember, Republicans in this era grew to accept the New Deal and agreed with the measures taken by the government during World War II that nowadays would be considered ’socialist’ by many Americans today. But unlike contemporary conservatives, I am an American and a Christian first, then a capitalist. I specifically state why I don’t deserve a label like ‘anti-capitalist’ or ‘socialist’ in section V in the third and fourth paragraphs. As is apparent in much of the essay, especially section V, I think socialism is our greatest enemy.

As for why I came, it wasn’t to advertise my blog. I didn’t expect anyone from here to read it, and from what it looks like, no one did, save for you and Bugs ****ing bunny skimming it. I came here because it’s one of the forums I read sometimes and I thought I might be able to get some tips on how to advertise it. I’m not a spammer, I’ve come here off and on to read occasionally over the past decade or so, though I‘ve hardly been here in the past 5 years. If you don’t believe me, well, your username used to be Albert Speer and you’re a black guy from Philly. For years you had a picture of Malcolm X as your avatar, and I believe at one point you had a Mos Def quote as your signature. As for being a DL, not true, I’ve never posted here and never really wanted to get involved in any of these discussions, I just read them on occasion for amusement and to see what these left-leaning liberal Europeans have to say about some current issues. Since I live in the states I don’t get exposed to that point of view. Check my IP address if you don’t believe me. And who here posts like me? I’d love to meet him, I’ve been looking for like-minded people on the internet but am having a hard time finding them.



Here’s a direct quote from my essay, section V paragraph seven: “This becomes apparent in Islamic countries such as Iran in their refusal to embrace liberalism. Because it does not form a part of their history and tradition, they can easily see its flaws from an outsider’s perspective, no matter what growth rate it brings. Many of these countries choose a government that keeps their people from morally disintegrating, one that reflects the values of the people, as opposed to a liberal government that attempts to remain above values and ideology. Though they are our enemies, we must commend them for their moral fervor and consistency in their politics.” First, it is the Muslims that decided they wanted to be our enemies, not the other way around. Had they decided to be our allies as brothers in the Abrahamic tradition and in the fight to keep religion alive in this world in the face of modernization, I would’ve welcomed them with open arms. However, that is unrealistic, and they come from an old, fallen empire that is enraged at our success and their failure. But they are certainly not our only enemies, China worries me more than any nation in the world: thanks to neoliberalism, unregulated capitalism, and people who see green before they see red, white, and blue, they own all of our debt and could destroy our currency if they needed to, and Russia is an empire on the rise. But I digress.

Again, I refer you to section V, paragraphs three and four. I am NOT a socialist, section V makes that very clear. Just because I am not totally indoctrinated in the neo-classical synthesis does not make me a leftist or socialist. Remember, the libertarians are a recent phenomenon…when Milton Friedman started writing in the 1960s even the Republicans thought he was crazy. Just out of curiosity, would you consider Franco’s Spain or Portugal’s Estado Novo to be “Christian socialist?”

As for the rest of your post, in the words of my favorite authors, Rudyard Kipling, “What is popular is not always right. What is right is not always popular.” Also, I would modify your definition of liberalism. If I had to sum it up in a phrase, in the most basic sense, in the most basic sense ‘a political-economic philosophy characterized by the individual being the unit of analysis.’ Individual rights, proceduralism, capitalism, and eventually, democratic practices come from such a system.



Except that I’m not anti-semitic. It is true that a lot of wealthy Jewish bankers played a role in this financial crisis just as the one in 1929, but they weren’t the only ones and it had more to do with systemic problems anyway, as I wrote in my essay. It would be unfair to single them out. In fact, I’m very supportive of Israel, they are one of our most important allies in the war on terror.



So you don’t want people that disagree with you to post here? It’s always amusing and telling how much more illiberal liberals are than they claim to be.



So whoever disagrees with you is a nutjob? The key word in your post is ‘skimmed,’ and I’m sure your skimming didn’t last more than 30 seconds. Don’t rabidly attack something you haven’t even taken the time to read a small portion of just because you think you‘ll disagree with it. It just makes you look intellectually incompetent, close-minded, and mean-spirited. If you want to read my essay and make actual criticisms to specific arguments, please do so, I’d love to discuss it with you. Otherwise, don’t insult me and call me crazy without even referring to anything in my essay. At a lot of sites you’d get banned for your remarks. You must have a pretty depressing life if you have to be a condescending pr*ck to random people on the internet.



Heraclitus, thank you very much. You’re the only person that seriously responded to my question in the original post, and for that I‘d be honored if you read my essay. I’ll try linking my blog to other blogs, but the problem is I’m having a hard time finding people with similar views. For me, paleocons don’t believe enough in the military and foreign policy. Neocons believe too strongly in liberalism and small government for my tastes (but I guess I’d be open to suggestions, do you know of any good neocon blogs?). Libertarians are my worst enemy, and it looks like there’s too much of that on the Steveosphere. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can find like-minded allies?



As for the rest of you, no one has any suggestions on getting the word out about my blog other than putting pornography on it? What a sorry state of affairs we are in thanks to liberalism. The faith people have in it amazes me sometimes. How more aren’t horrified is beyond my understanding, and the ones that try and raise the alarm bells are considered raving lunatics.

Yep, if this is only your second post, you're going to fit in well here...

[peveballery]

On reflection, while I'm pretty sure I disagree with you on basically everything, I have been a bit of an ******* and owe you an apology. I'm sorry. Wiglaf is something of a "gag" poster and generally should not be taken seriously.

How am I a ‘delusional egotist’ for thinking that some people might want to actually sit down and read an essay? It shouldn’t take anyone more than 20 minutes to read the whole thing thoroughly, and no more than 5 to skim it. That’s what people used to do: they read. But thanks to the information age, no one has the attention span to read a coherent essay. No one can seriously explain their viewpoints in a three paragraph blog post, that is, unless they are very simple-minded and don’t have much to say. Since you’re probably used to making 2-3 sentence comments on various threads on an internet forum and reading other peoples’ one paragraph comments, you’re probably not used to reading an essay. But I hope that some people are, and I’m trying to find them. If I had handed this out in a pamphlet before the internet was mainstream, I’m sure many more would have been able to read it. It was only a decade or two ago when people had the attention span to actually read things.

Well, that's the thing: there are thousands of people out there with strong opinions. Actually, "thousands" is a gross understatement. This is the age of the pundit. We get hit by opinions left, right and center wherever we go. In such a climate, you're going to have to work to stand out and make people want to read you, because the competition is intense. And while it takes time to elaborate ideas, you can certainly express things more succinctly than you have. Start with a condensed summary of your opinions and use later posts to develop specific topics, e.g. the military, "culture wars," Christianity and capitalism, etc. What you've got there is a sprawling manifesto. By breaking it down into blocks, you'll allow readers with less time to digest it in pieces and respond to specific ideas.

As for the lobotomized Nietzsche comment, could you specifically point out where my language was needlessly complex and pedantic? Or offer any sort of serious criticism other than “he uses too many big words”? I’m open to any suggestions, but all you’ve done is thrown empty insults at me that make it sound like you can’t understand what I have to say and that you’re insecure about that. Try to stop being so bitter, it might make your day better. You throw out a lot of sweeping assertions and generalizations without support, as though you view them as self-evident: "The pursuit of happiness for oneself, which means the accumulation of wealth, has become the prevalent ethos in this country." "The white collar background is characterized by the greater presence of the market and economic transactions in their daily lives, and they are much more likely to revert to hedonism, atheism, and perversion." If you're aiming to be an intellectual heavyweight, or even respected, you're going to have to support those kinds of statements. Surveys, statistics, what-have-you. As it is, you have the long wind of an Economist special report (which will turn off casual readers) without the facts and figures somebody more serious would demand.

If you're gunning for more readership, I'd suggest this isn't the best place to start (and I'm not just saying that because I'm a moderate who hates theocracy). The Poly OT is 90% glib wiseasses, which is why my first response was a wiseass remark. Try making the rounds of right-wing boards and blogs, post some comments there and have your blog linked in your signature.

[pymnConyelell]

Okay, I actually did read all of that post, though it hurts my eyes a little. You might try smaller paragraphs--not less said overall, just break it into smaller bits to be easier on the eyes.

I think you're over-generalizing in many cases, and in some spots I don't even get what you mean; for example, I didn't marry my wife out of career considerations. My big problem at the present is that I don't have a career, or prospects for a career. I suppose you're saying that's the problem, but really a lot of it seems the inevitable consequence of technological progress and increasing education. The world was a lot less complex "back in the day," but that's because back in the day they didn't have computers, airplanes, decent medicine, telecommunications, in many cases indoor plumbing...you can't turn back the clock now, so it seems pointless to complain about it.

There are actually plenty of people, liberal and conservative, complaining about the impact of "social media" on social behavior. I'm the wrong person to talk to about that, since as an Aspie I rarely socialize in the first place, but I think a lot of the concern is overblown. It's a weird and, to me, baffling way of living to constantly check Facebook status or send text messages, but I haven't read anything indicating that people, young or old, have lost actual social skills as a result. If people feel lonely and electronics aren't doing anything for them, they'll have a face-to-face talk with somebody. If they don't have somebody, they'll find somebody. It might not be a perfect existence, but if rural American life was all that great William Jennings Bryan would never have had a career.

I believe this place is so snarky primarily because we're a fairly closed, static community. We get maybe one or two new, active members per year. The rest have been around for a while, we've gone over a lot of the major topics of discussion, and we all pretty much know what everybody thinks. For example, if I criticize the wealthy, DinoDoc will jump down my throat, while mentioning gay marriage will cause BK to appear and tell everyone that gay sex causes cancer of the booty and anyway gay people don't know how to be monogamous. Actually, when BK's active he invariably shuts down any attempt at serious discussion by jacking threads onto his pet issues. That's another reason.

[jabader]

Except that I’m not anti-semitic. It is true that a lot of wealthy Jewish bankers played a role in this financial crisis just as the one in 1929, but they weren’t the only ones and it had more to do with systemic problems anyway, as I wrote in my essay. It would be unfair to single them out. In fact, I’m very supportive of Israel, they are one of our most important allies in the war on terror.

You quoted my "This is just a jew-baiting away from...." and yet completely failed to grasp the significance.