Comments on: Simple patriotism http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/08/18/simple-patriotism/ Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:49:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Devx http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/08/18/simple-patriotism/comment-page-1/#comment-27309 Mike Devx Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:39:37 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3442#comment-27309 I agree with suek, if you haven't seen it, The Battle At Kruger is already a modern classic on the Web. (Hand-held amateur camera, right place right time, posted to the Web...) Thanks for pointing it out! The link I found is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU8DDYz68kM I agree with suek, if you haven’t seen it, The Battle At Kruger is already a modern classic on the Web. (Hand-held amateur camera, right place right time, posted to the Web…) Thanks for pointing it out!

The link I found is:

]]> By: suek http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/08/18/simple-patriotism/comment-page-1/#comment-27281 suek Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:39:56 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3442#comment-27281 >>Watch the entire interview if you have time,>> I might have to get the sound problem solved for this one! I like Bolton. Totally off topic, Nat Geo on Sunday showed a full hour of "Battle at Kuger" based on an 8 minute non-professional video shot by a tourist. It's remarkable. If you have 8 minutes to waste - no politics, just animal vs animal - it's definitely worth watching. There are probably some lessons to be learned, but it's just one of those natural incidents that humans don't get a chance to observe very often. Part of the hour that Nat Geo spent on it was interviewing professional wildlife videographers who were green with envy that they couldn't have been the ones at the right place at the right time! Look for Battle at Kruger on Youtube...I forgot to mention. >>Watch the entire interview if you have time,>>

I might have to get the sound problem solved for this one! I like Bolton.

Totally off topic, Nat Geo on Sunday showed a full hour of “Battle at Kuger” based on an 8 minute non-professional video shot by a tourist. It’s remarkable. If you have 8 minutes to waste – no politics, just animal vs animal – it’s definitely worth watching. There are probably some lessons to be learned, but it’s just one of those natural incidents that humans don’t get a chance to observe very often. Part of the hour that Nat Geo spent on it was interviewing professional wildlife videographers who were green with envy that they couldn’t have been the ones at the right place at the right time!

Look for Battle at Kruger on Youtube…I forgot to mention.

]]> By: Mike Devx http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/08/18/simple-patriotism/comment-page-1/#comment-27275 Mike Devx Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:23:07 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3442#comment-27275 Awesome moment for Kobe! Collingsworth has had several other difficult moments as "World Commentator". Here's another absolutely wild one - not related to the Olympics. Avi Lewis, who started in the Canadian media and has a history of wild moonbattery - has moved to the English Al-Jazeera channel, and he just conducted an interview with John Bolton. The questions, the smirking, the outrageousness of the interview! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3sKtKJat0Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH4KF2hy9_o John Bolton took each outrageous pitch calmly and smacked each one into the bleachers. For John Bolton, a shining, magnificent moment. Watch the entire interview if you have time, and if you're not on blood pressure meds. (Your blood pressure will skyrocket, and by the time the interview ends with the smarmy, smirking host saying "Thank you for nit-picking with me"... you may have to clean the ceiling from your head just blowing up.) Awesome moment for Kobe! Collingsworth has had several other difficult moments as “World Commentator”.

Here’s another absolutely wild one – not related to the Olympics. Avi Lewis, who started in the Canadian media and has a history of wild moonbattery – has moved to the English Al-Jazeera channel, and he just conducted an interview with John Bolton. The questions, the smirking, the outrageousness of the interview!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3sKtKJat0Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH4KF2hy9_o

John Bolton took each outrageous pitch calmly and smacked each one into the bleachers. For John Bolton, a shining, magnificent moment.

Watch the entire interview if you have time, and if you’re not on blood pressure meds. (Your blood pressure will skyrocket, and by the time the interview ends with the smarmy, smirking host saying “Thank you for nit-picking with me”… you may have to clean the ceiling from your head just blowing up.)

]]> By: Seawarrior07 http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/08/18/simple-patriotism/comment-page-1/#comment-27273 Seawarrior07 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:07:42 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3442#comment-27273 The most important thing to remember is how Kobe Bryant answered the question. To date I can not think of a single celebrity that has said they are proud of their country. We now have politicians and politicians wives that do not love their country until it is politically important to say so. Thanks Kobe for being a standup guy! The most important thing to remember is how Kobe Bryant answered the question. To date I can not think of a single celebrity that has said they are proud of their country.
We now have politicians and politicians wives that do not love their country until it is politically important to say so.
Thanks Kobe for being a standup guy!

]]> By: Earl http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/08/18/simple-patriotism/comment-page-1/#comment-27271 Earl Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:42:07 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3442#comment-27271 jlibson's take on the Collinsworth interview is the first I've seen with this particular interpretation....that doesn't mean it's "wrong", but when "everyone is out of step but Johnny", the rest of us watching can perhaps be forgiven for our skepticism..... Full disclosure: I have watched NO Olympic coverage (no TV) and so have no first-hand knowledge of what went on during that interview. jlibson’s take on the Collinsworth interview is the first I’ve seen with this particular interpretation….that doesn’t mean it’s “wrong”, but when “everyone is out of step but Johnny”, the rest of us watching can perhaps be forgiven for our skepticism…..

Full disclosure: I have watched NO Olympic coverage (no TV) and so have no first-hand knowledge of what went on during that interview.

]]> By: Tiresias http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/08/18/simple-patriotism/comment-page-1/#comment-27265 Tiresias Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:18:37 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3442#comment-27265 It isn't only you. Collinsworth came across like an ass. It isn’t only you. Collinsworth came across like an ass.

]]> By: Ymarsakar http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/08/18/simple-patriotism/comment-page-1/#comment-27261 Ymarsakar Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:33:34 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3442#comment-27261 It's sad that they no longer teach the philosophical premises and critical thinking required to answer the question of "what is patriotism and where does it come from". It is quite obvious to philosophers, well some philosophers, that patriotism is a derivation of love, filial love at that. You die for your nation and you kill for your nation, for you would do the same for a loved one, family or spouse. The fundamental reasons why those things are linked and derived, are from the lessons of history and critical thinking. Collinsworth has no critical thinking, so he cannot answer his own question and can only see patriotism as part of a bygone era. Filial love, Book, will never be part of a "bygone era", unless the Left succedes in genetically re-programming human nature, that is. It’s sad that they no longer teach the philosophical premises and critical thinking required to answer the question of “what is patriotism and where does it come from”. It is quite obvious to philosophers, well some philosophers, that patriotism is a derivation of love, filial love at that.

You die for your nation and you kill for your nation, for you would do the same for a loved one, family or spouse.

The fundamental reasons why those things are linked and derived, are from the lessons of history and critical thinking. Collinsworth has no critical thinking, so he cannot answer his own question and can only see patriotism as part of a bygone era.

Filial love, Book, will never be part of a “bygone era”, unless the Left succedes in genetically re-programming human nature, that is.

]]> By: jlibson http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/08/18/simple-patriotism/comment-page-1/#comment-27258 jlibson Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:00:13 +0000 http://www.bookwormroom.com/?p=3442#comment-27258 No no no. Everyone seems to be misinterpreting Collinsworth. I believe that it was a "softball" comment made in order to set the stage for Bryant to make a stronger statement about his patriotism. I've seen Collinsworth quite a bit. The odds that he would make a controversial comment are very small. The odds that he would try to embellish the image of a sports celebrity are rather large. Remember...the TV sports guys and the print "news"/politics/op-ed guys both work for the MSM, but they aren't really the same sort. No no no.

Everyone seems to be misinterpreting Collinsworth.

I believe that it was a “softball” comment made in order to set the stage for Bryant to make a stronger statement about his patriotism.

I’ve seen Collinsworth quite a bit. The odds that he would make a controversial comment are very small. The odds that he would try to embellish the image of a sports celebrity are rather large.

Remember…the TV sports guys and the print “news”/politics/op-ed guys both work for the MSM, but they aren’t really the same sort.

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