Comments on: The Hermes Theory of Geopolitics http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/09/10/the-hermes-theory-of-geopolitics/ America's favorite blog Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:49:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/09/10/the-hermes-theory-of-geopolitics/#comment-19714 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:40:11 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/09/10/the-hermes-theory-of-geopolitics/#comment-19714 antiflake, I'm with you on these comments, except I don't think the second sentence of the second paragraph is correct. I do think the first sentence is pretty much dead on. And nobody in the major media came close to Knight-Ridder for journalistic integrity and courage, along with a real quest for insight. The new kid on the block, in my estimation, is Keith Olbermann. antiflake,

I’m with you on these comments, except I don’t think the second sentence of the second paragraph is correct. I do think the first sentence is pretty much dead on. And nobody in the major media came close to Knight-Ridder for journalistic integrity and courage, along with a real quest for insight.

The new kid on the block, in my estimation, is Keith Olbermann.

]]> by: antiflake http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/09/10/the-hermes-theory-of-geopolitics/#comment-19654 Mon, 18 Sep 2006 20:03:18 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/09/10/the-hermes-theory-of-geopolitics/#comment-19654 Harold, actually I listen to NPR as you recommend. But OBL was not the issue. Rather it was the inevitability of failure in Iraq due to ethnic hatred. For the most part, I think NPR was in the same mode as the other media, who feared to challenge the Administration. They weren't about to queer a war that meant so much for ratings/contributions. Strobel and Landay of Knight-Ridder were the ones we should have been listening to. Harold, actually I listen to NPR as you recommend. But OBL was not the issue. Rather it was the inevitability of failure in Iraq due to ethnic hatred.

For the most part, I think NPR was in the same mode as the other media, who feared to challenge the Administration. They weren’t about to queer a war that meant so much for ratings/contributions.

Strobel and Landay of Knight-Ridder were the ones we should have been listening to.

]]> by: Harold http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/09/10/the-hermes-theory-of-geopolitics/#comment-19619 Mon, 18 Sep 2006 01:58:52 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/09/10/the-hermes-theory-of-geopolitics/#comment-19619 You can start by listening to NPR on your way to and from work. That's where I heard them talking about Osama bin Laden (remember him, the guy we <i>used to</i> have a task force specifically looking for, before we disbanded it last year?) quite some time before September 11, 2001. You can start by listening to NPR on your way to and from work. That’s where I heard them talking about Osama bin Laden (remember him, the guy we used to have a task force specifically looking for, before we disbanded it last year?) quite some time before September 11, 2001.

]]> by: antiflake http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/09/10/the-hermes-theory-of-geopolitics/#comment-19615 Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:41:35 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/09/10/the-hermes-theory-of-geopolitics/#comment-19615 "What you don’t know can hurt you, even if you don’t care." OK, from now on I will make every effort to stay up to date with National Geographic Kids. “What you don’t know can hurt you, even if you don’t care.”

OK, from now on I will make every effort to stay up to date with National Geographic Kids.

]]> by: hedera http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/09/10/the-hermes-theory-of-geopolitics/#comment-19600 Sun, 17 Sep 2006 04:36:43 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/09/10/the-hermes-theory-of-geopolitics/#comment-19600 The unfortunate truth is that, in 2002, the majority of Americans didn't know squat about Iraq: and I certainly include the "geniuses" who planned the invasion. They could barely find it on a map. They didn't speak the language, or understand the history. Sienna may be right in her assumption about the ties; I hadn't thought of that one. The Americans who did understand about the ethnic and religious rivalries being held down by Saddam's heavy hand were in the minority and were not making the plans for action. The majority of Americans not only didn't know, they didn't care. What you don't know <i>can</i> hurt you, even if you don't care. The unfortunate truth is that, in 2002, the majority of Americans didn’t know squat about Iraq: and I certainly include the “geniuses” who planned the invasion. They could barely find it on a map. They didn’t speak the language, or understand the history. Sienna may be right in her assumption about the ties; I hadn’t thought of that one. The Americans who did understand about the ethnic and religious rivalries being held down by Saddam’s heavy hand were in the minority and were not making the plans for action. The majority of Americans not only didn’t know, they didn’t care.

What you don’t know can hurt you, even if you don’t care.

]]> by: antiflake http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/09/10/the-hermes-theory-of-geopolitics/#comment-19596 Sun, 17 Sep 2006 03:58:48 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/09/10/the-hermes-theory-of-geopolitics/#comment-19596 "How could they imagine that a nation that even an occasional reader of National Geographic Kids knew was a pressure cooker of ethnic hatred held together by barbed wire and the threat of torture would just… bloom into an mid-Eastern Singapore?" Everyone knew that? Boy, I must be dumb. I didn't. I didn't know anyone who did, either. Where were all the geniuses in December of 2002? “How could they imagine that a nation that even an occasional reader of National Geographic Kids knew was a pressure cooker of ethnic hatred held together by barbed wire and the threat of torture would just… bloom into an mid-Eastern Singapore?”

Everyone knew that? Boy, I must be dumb. I didn’t. I didn’t know anyone who did, either. Where were all the geniuses in December of 2002?

]]> by: Harold http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/09/10/the-hermes-theory-of-geopolitics/#comment-19594 Sun, 17 Sep 2006 01:04:05 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/09/10/the-hermes-theory-of-geopolitics/#comment-19594 Umm, I think I meant to say white buffalo are being born. Or bison. Or something like that. Can they even be cross-bred with regular cows, especially pure red ones? I seem to rememberthat you'll get something nicknamed a "beefalo". Mmmm, beefalo. Umm, I think I meant to say white buffalo are being born. Or bison. Or something like that. Can they even be cross-bred with regular cows, especially pure red ones? I seem to rememberthat you’ll get something nicknamed a “beefalo”. Mmmm, beefalo.

]]> by: hedera http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/09/10/the-hermes-theory-of-geopolitics/#comment-19588 Sat, 16 Sep 2006 17:55:33 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/09/10/the-hermes-theory-of-geopolitics/#comment-19588 Rye mold is certainly one of the top possibilities... Rye mold is certainly one of the top possibilities…

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/09/10/the-hermes-theory-of-geopolitics/#comment-19585 Sat, 16 Sep 2006 12:57:30 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/09/10/the-hermes-theory-of-geopolitics/#comment-19585 Maybe they can substitute a physically robust young lady Maoist for the bovine red heifer. The whole Armageddon thing is a madcap cartoon that resulted from John the Revelator ingesting rye mold, isn't it? Maybe they can substitute a physically robust young lady Maoist for the bovine red heifer.
The whole Armageddon thing is a madcap cartoon that resulted from John the Revelator ingesting rye mold, isn’t it?

]]> by: hedera http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/09/10/the-hermes-theory-of-geopolitics/#comment-19582 Sat, 16 Sep 2006 06:09:56 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/09/10/the-hermes-theory-of-geopolitics/#comment-19582 Well, it depends on where the bulls are. Every picture of sacred cows in India that I've ever seen had white cattle wandering the streets, so India must be full of white bulls. But then I suppose those are Hindu bulls and can't contribute to Christian bullsh*t.... and I don't know about pink cows but you're making me think of pink elephants. Well, it depends on where the bulls are. Every picture of sacred cows in India that I’ve ever seen had white cattle wandering the streets, so India must be full of white bulls. But then I suppose those are Hindu bulls and can’t contribute to Christian bullsh*t…. and I don’t know about pink cows but you’re making me think of pink elephants.

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