tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897529.post114787064150150214..comments2024-03-29T03:30:42.787-04:00Comments on A Dark Planet: In Praise of ShameDavid Terrenoirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482864941636273068noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897529.post-1147894665070684392006-05-17T15:37:00.000-04:002006-05-17T15:37:00.000-04:00As a post script to your post, James, for my Yiddi...As a post script to your post, James, for my Yiddish riff, look in my archives over there for February 19th, I think it was. The one headlined, We Need A New Word For Neologism.David Terrenoirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482864941636273068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897529.post-1147893417809773212006-05-17T15:16:00.000-04:002006-05-17T15:16:00.000-04:00James,Yesterday I was on the phone with a producer...James,<BR/><BR/>Yesterday I was on the phone with a producer who's nagging me about this treatment I owe him and I explained that my computer troubles, combined with the tight deadline were making me <I>schpilkes</I>. <BR/><BR/>Then I added he was giving me major <I>tsoris</I>. <BR/><BR/>Then I explained the difference.<BR/><BR/>So thank you for adding <I>Shandeh</I> to the conversation.David Terrenoirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482864941636273068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897529.post-1147890754202885602006-05-17T14:32:00.000-04:002006-05-17T14:32:00.000-04:00Think Paris Hilton. Think Monica Lewinsky. Think A...<I>Think Paris Hilton. Think Monica Lewinsky. Think Ann Coulter. Two of these women are famous for little more than fellating powerful men. The other is a hotel heiress.</I><BR/><BR/>MONICA LEWINSKY IS A HOTEL HEIRESS???<BR/><BR/>It's worse than you think with regard to the military. Not only has there been the problems you note, but psychiatrically-diagnosed soldiers with severe PTSD have been regularly sent back to Iraq (in 2005 almost one fifth of all soldiers' deaths in Iraq was due to suicide, according to the <I>Hartford Courant</I>), support for veterans has significantly eroded, and as David Brin has been pointing out on his blog for months, the officer corps, once the pride of the nation for their disinterested ethical dedication to the Republic and the Constituion, has been increasingly politicized by the Rumsfeld Pentagon.<BR/><BR/>For those of you who think that Yiddish adds a little spice--you know who you are, the ones who say "chutzpah" instead of "gall" and "tchotchky" instead of "bauble"--here's David's word o' the day translated:<BR/><BR/><I>Shandeh!</I>James Lincoln Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09666160495434980653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897529.post-1147879573344799992006-05-17T11:26:00.000-04:002006-05-17T11:26:00.000-04:00An example of the world being without shame?See my...An example of the world being without shame?<BR/><BR/>See my blog.Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19897529.post-1147879503746538842006-05-17T11:25:00.000-04:002006-05-17T11:25:00.000-04:00I didn't go into the military. But I grew up with...I didn't go into the military. But I grew up with a lot of the thinking. My dad had been a drill sergeant in the early 60's and, well, you can take the boy out of the Army, but it's kind of tough to take the Army out of the boy. It made Boy Scouts awfully... interesting.<BR/><BR/>Shame doesn't begin to describe what's being done to the U.S military. This constant euphemising makes me ill. Iminent danger over combat, post traumatic stress disorder over shell shock. Call it what it is. Give people the reality. Maybe we won't be so ready to send our kids to war.<BR/><BR/>Songs with stories? I was always fond of Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler in particular. "The Man's Too Strong" from the Brothers In Arms album. <BR/><BR/>"Well the sun rose on the courtyard<BR/>And they all did hear him say<BR/>you always were a judas<BR/>But I got you anyway<BR/>You may have got your silver<BR/>But I swear upon my life<BR/>Your sister gave me diamonds<BR/>And I gave them to your wife"<BR/><BR/>and "Postcards From Paraguay", about a man running from a bank heist.<BR/><BR/>one thing was leading to the next<BR/>i bit off more than i could chew<BR/>i had the power to sign the cheques<BR/>it wasn’t difficult to do<BR/>i couldn’t stay and face the music<BR/>so many reasons why<BR/>i won’t be sending postcards<BR/>from paraguay<BR/><BR/>i robbed a bank full of dinero<BR/>a great big mountain of dough<BR/>so it was goodbye companero<BR/>and cheerio<BR/>i couldn’t stay and face the music<BR/>so many reasons why<BR/>i won’t be sending postcards<BR/>from paraguay<BR/><BR/>i never meant to be a cheater<BR/>but there was blood on the wall<BR/>i had to steal from peter<BR/>to pay what i owed to paul<BR/>i couldn’t stay and face the music<BR/>so many reasons why<BR/>i won’t be sending postcards<BR/>from paraguayStephen Blackmoorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01241134280141088631noreply@blogger.com