tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032777560380839690.post739376176499812997..comments2023-06-26T04:23:30.659-07:00Comments on Rate Crimes: Silly BloggerRate Crimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16057284640612791913noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032777560380839690.post-25555046053390555432009-10-13T13:58:18.961-07:002009-10-13T13:58:18.961-07:00Thanks for your continuing support.Thanks for your continuing support.Rate Crimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16057284640612791913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032777560380839690.post-9917781043938825772009-09-28T13:14:48.825-07:002009-09-28T13:14:48.825-07:00Having read through more of the sniping commentary...Having read through more of the sniping commentary in response to your R-Squared article, it seems that your detractors fall into two categories: those who are unable to follow an idea in a multi-syllable-word sentence and those who are so entrenched in the status quo that considering an alternative energy to that which involves devouring finite resources and despoiling our resilient-but-not-indestructible ecosystem is simply overwhelming.<br /> <br />Or, for those requiring more straightforward prose: they may have to, like Fonzie from Happy Days, admit at some point that they were ruh-ruh...ruh-ruh-ruh-wrong.<br />Having hopefully clarified, let me say that I enjoy this blog precisely BECAUSE of its wonderful balance of elegantly presented information. <br /><br />As for sensible policy, it comes down to those of us who see our past errors or oversights regarding energy (which would be nearly ALL of us) as “an evolving sensibility” compared with those who see the same as weakness, an abhorrent specter to frail intellect. <br /><br />I wish you the stamina to calmly rebut challenges with any degree of merit, and the will to resist acknowledging all else as even remotely worthy. And remember - those with one foot in the future will surely be persecuted by those who stand only in the present.Steve Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552785030144174429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032777560380839690.post-6832011047671371542009-09-28T01:34:22.083-07:002009-09-28T01:34:22.083-07:00I hope Rate Crimes can maintain some long-sufferin...I hope Rate Crimes can maintain some long-suffering in the face of the sputum-cum-opinion produced by the vast, ignoble contingent among us. That is, those who function at just a high enough level to string together a thoughtless remark or two and hit their “Enter” key. What you’re experiencing are the existential cries of lowly, pitiful self-affirmation and nothing more. Or, to respectfully expropriate from the late, great Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel – it’s Horton Hears A Simpleton. Not having a blog myself, it’s surely easier-said-than-done advice when I say - pity them in the nanosecond before you ignore them. <br /><br />This blog and others like it - R-Squared, The Oil Drum, etc. – are the intelligible voices above the din that is the “blogosphere.” I hope you can tolerate the voices of the ignorant as mere gnats in your ear since people like me depend on this and like sites to get truly insightful, meaningful and vetted information. I realize my responses on Rate Crimes have been, at times, irreverent, but at least they were intended to be relevant and thought provoking.<br /><br />Ad hominem attacks are everywhere these days but, on behalf of those of us who actually give a damn about the future, I hope you’ll “hang in there.”<br /><br />p.s. – May I humbly suggest that your clown illustration is far too sympathetic a representative for its intended knuckleheads. A little malevolence would have been fitting, although I do detect a bit of obliviousness…<br />Thanks again for your efforts.Steve Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552785030144174429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032777560380839690.post-86104092032932734522009-09-27T23:15:20.369-07:002009-09-27T23:15:20.369-07:00Paul-
The baby boomer generation and above (probab...Paul-<br />The baby boomer generation and above (probably the key audience of R-Squared Energy Blog) seems to have radicalized over the years. Baggage from the culture wars, economic shell shock, social (community) collapse, and media stoked narcissism (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8953172273825999151# ) – all contribute to this madness we are witnessing. <br /><br />Take Glenn Beck for example, anyone with half brain would be able to tell that the guy is entertainer and he doesn’t have a clue about anything he talks about. Yet he has over 2 million dedicated viewers! I think the average age of Fox new watcher is 65. At some point these people became true believers – see Eric Hoffer. They “want to escape a flawed self by creating an imaginary self and joining a collective whole.” To these people there are no shades of gray….the narrative has to be simple. And if what you are saying doesn’t fit into the world view they sunk their teeth into than they dismiss you and try to rip you a part.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com