[quote]groo wrote:
In this case I was referring to the specific group that call any socially progressive yet economically conservative politicians RINO’s. [/quote]
Not to get off topic, but a republican that supports the loss of civil liberty and natural rights is a RINO.
Pretty much anyone that voted for the PAtriot act, either time, is a RINO. At least in my book.
Of maybe I don’t like the republican party… One of the two. [/quote]
I would think though that you’d probably try to talk them around and not shrink the tent so they wouldn’t fit. If there were a viable party that could rise that would be socially liberal and economically conservative and not field a bunch of kooks and get media exposure that didn’t paint them poorly likely it would find a lot of traction. But all of the people in power kinda like the status quo.
Bottom line in my opinion its gonna only get harder to win elections if issues like gay marriage and reproductive rights are made into litmus tests every major election. Throw in a few retards that can’t remember to shut the fuck up when rape gets brought up and bam lose again.
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
Not my favorite, but I didn’t want to start a new thread:
Just finished Ben Shaprio’s “Bullies”
He goes off the rails in a couple places IMO, and I don’t agree with everything he has to say, but there is a lot of good stuff in here and a vast majority sourced.
Easy read, and he has a great sense of humor, particularly early in the book. By the end you can feel his anger take over the scarcastic.[/quote]
Not quite finished with it but but I agree with your assessment. Worth the time though.
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
Not my favorite, but I didn’t want to start a new thread:
Just finished Ben Shaprio’s “Bullies”
He goes off the rails in a couple places IMO, and I don’t agree with everything he has to say, but there is a lot of good stuff in here and a vast majority sourced.
Easy read, and he has a great sense of humor, particularly early in the book. By the end you can feel his anger take over the scarcastic.[/quote]
Not quite finished with it but but I agree with your assessment. Worth the time though. [/quote]
He spoke at Heritage Foundation recently about the book and his appearance on Morgan. If you have an hour check it out, it was a good talk, even though he feels nervous and rushes at times.
Ulysses- James Joyce
Finnegans Wake- James Joyce
The Cantos- Ezra Pound
Tractatus-Logico Philosophicus- Wittgenstein
The Society of the Spectacle- Guy Debord
Capital- Karl Marx
Collected Poems 1909-1962- T.S. Eliot
Phenomenology of Spirit- G.W.F. Hegel
Logic- G.W.F. Hegel
Philosophical Investigations- Wittgenstein
Godel’s Incompleteness Theorems- Smullyan
The Principles of Mathematics- Bertrand Russell
Gravity’s Rainbow- Thomas Pynchon
[quote]pat wrote:
‘No One Here Get’s out Alive’ [/quote]
Loved it, and love Jim, though he was a raving lunatic at times.[/quote]
Actually I should have mentioned also ‘Light My Fire’ by Ray Manzarek which is a way more thoughtful look into the inner workings of the Doors and Jim’s life by somebody who knew him well and personally. Some of the stuff in the ‘No One Here Gets Out Alive’ was exaggerated or simply not true. And he expresses his extreme hatred of The Doors movie which he deems an utter fiction. [/quote]
hmm, thanks for the heads up. I’ll look into Light My Fire.[/quote]
Yeah, definitely a must read for a Doors fan.
Another awesome book to read is ‘Underboss’, by Peter Maas. It’s a dictated biography of Sammy ‘The Bull’ Gravano, who was John Gotti’s underboss. It’s an absolutely fascinating look at the inner workings of the mafia. If he was holding back, he wasn’t holding back much. He talked about everything, including the secret ceremony of getting ‘Made’. If you like books and movies about the mob, this is one to read.
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I read Sammy the Bull’s book I agree it was pretty good
Obviously I am no fan of Hegel whose dialectical idealism is utterly hostile to the epistemological/theological system of the Christian scriptures.
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The content of the link you included in your post is drastically different from the content of the copy of Chamber’s DOE that I currently have, regardless the edition with which I am familiar is definitely a fantastic book. However there are those who would contend (such as Mr. Joyce) that Skeat’s is a far better reference work, although Chamber’s is undeniably the more extensive by all accounts.
I’m not necessarily a fan of Hegel, I just include several of his works in my list of “favorites” as constituting necessary steps from Hegelian idealism to dialectical materialism, and more so I find him to be of value in explaining the thoughts of others such as Debord who have sought to categorically delete humanist aspects of Hegel’s philosophy from a practical application of Hegel’s philosophy (with said elements removed, of course). Fortunately, any work of philosophy regarding metaphysics can be nullified via the arguments of Wittgenstein’s Tractatus, thus leaving any form of idealism ultimately out of the question, consequently annihilating Hegel’s philosophy.
I’ve always thought religion to be an intensely personal matter and correspondently of no philosophical concern whatever.
[quote]TyroneSlothrop wrote:<<< I’ve always thought religion to be an intensely personal matter and correspondingly of no philosophical concern whatever. [/quote]Not so with all of us. I gave you some links to other threads here. I contend that there is indeed a uniquely Christian epistemology and hence philosophy that is inextricably interwoven with a uniquely Christian theology. I further contend in insufferably narrow and dogmatic fashion that this system of thought has been authored by and is a reflection of the nature of the God who in the beginning created the heavens and the earth and is therefore alone correct leaving all others in mortal error.
I really need to hurry up and finish business school so I can make time to read again!
In no particular order
Mcarthy- the road
dostoyevsky- the brothers K and Crime and Punishment
Bukowski- women, post office, short stores
Kerouac- dharma bums
Miller- Tropic of capricorn (although parts of it were pure ramble)
Camus- The Plague
Shakespeare- Othello (by far my favorite shakespeare ever), and most others
Voltaire- Candide …actually reminds me of the plague, yet more optimistic.
Steinbeck- Grapes of Wrath…gut wrenching and emotional
Dickens- Great Expectations
Celine- Journey to the End of the Night (highly recommended)
Non Fiction:
The Autobiography of Malcolm X is also a fantastic book
Rothbard: Man Economy and State (a must read for economics and philosophy)
Sun Tzu- the art of war
Interesting fluff reads
Gladwell- Outliers
Levitt- Freakonomics
Venkatesh- Gang Leader for a Day
So, I was always told I would like Hemmingway, and so far i have only tried True at First Light. Despised it. Any other recommendations?