Comments on: Domestic Bliss http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/07/10/domestic-bliss-3/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:19:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: rosignol http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/07/10/domestic-bliss-3/#comment-98516 rosignol Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:48:06 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12766#comment-98516 <i>Holy crikies, are there still hippies? The kind that don’t bathe or shave? I know there are a few aging ones left here and there, but I didn’t think any new colonies were coming online.</i> You'd be surprised. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Family Eric Cartman was right. Holy crikies, are there still hippies? The kind that don’t bathe or shave? I know there are a few aging ones left here and there, but I didn’t think any new colonies were coming online.

You’d be surprised.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Family

Eric Cartman was right.

]]> By: richard haskell http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/07/10/domestic-bliss-3/#comment-98478 richard haskell Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:52:32 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12766#comment-98478 Thanks Casey, point taken. I am "new" and didn't have a frame of reference. Rereading Stephen's post I realize it was in present tense and that should have precluded all and everything I had to say. I apologize to one and all for "there are x, y, & z and there are x2, y2, & z2 and they are not the same nor to be confused." I'm not a "suit," LOL but guess I have a "way" of thinking and or speaking that may betray a cultural bias. Thanks Casey, point taken. I am “new” and didn’t have a frame of reference. Rereading Stephen’s post I realize it was in present tense and that should have precluded all and everything I had to say. I apologize to one and all for “there are x, y, & z and there are x2, y2, & z2 and they are not the same nor to be confused.” I’m not a “suit,” LOL but guess I have a “way” of thinking and or speaking that may betray a cultural bias.

]]> By: Casey http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/07/10/domestic-bliss-3/#comment-98469 Casey Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:08:27 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12766#comment-98469 richard, can't say if you're new to Vodkapundit, but Stephen does like him some good, juicy snark. :) That's really what prompted my "lighten up" crack. (that, and seeing who picked up on the reference {g}) Heck, you even missed my reference to Indigo Girls; hardly a representative of corporate America! :) Why do I have the feeling that richard is a suit? What with comments like "good points all but I think we have gotten off topic or at least lost focus." Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?? Is this a blog or a fracking seminar? NotAHippie: • Unclench the friggin’ tie • Lay off the aftershave • Remove the damned proximity alarms from their preciouses Dude, you so owe me for cleaning off my monitor after reading your post. Dunno about the "collared shirts" crack; most everyone wears tees these days, no? Even P.J. O'Rourke cracked a funny about that one, to the effect that if Martin Luther came back today, he'd issue 95 t-shirts, not 95 theses. richard, can’t say if you’re new to Vodkapundit, but Stephen does like him some good, juicy snark. :)

That’s really what prompted my “lighten up” crack. (that, and seeing who picked up on the reference {g}) Heck, you even missed my reference to Indigo Girls; hardly a representative of corporate America! :)

Why do I have the feeling that richard is a suit? What with comments like “good points all but I think we have gotten off topic or at least lost focus.” Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?? Is this a blog or a fracking seminar?

NotAHippie:
• Unclench the friggin’ tie
• Lay off the aftershave
• Remove the damned proximity alarms from their preciouses

Dude, you so owe me for cleaning off my monitor after reading your post. Dunno about the “collared shirts” crack; most everyone wears tees these days, no? Even P.J. O’Rourke cracked a funny about that one, to the effect that if Martin Luther came back today, he’d issue 95 t-shirts, not 95 theses.

]]> By: richard haskell http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/07/10/domestic-bliss-3/#comment-98468 richard haskell Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:50:26 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12766#comment-98468 good points all but I think we have gotten off topic or at least lost focus. Nice #15, interesting #16 but I think we were trying to make a specific point not a joke, and #14, well "it's good to have an opinion." I think technically "hippie" is a sociological phenom from the late 60's, not to be confused with later period look alikes and posers. That's all. finis. good points all but I think we have gotten off topic or at least lost focus. Nice #15, interesting #16 but I think we were trying to make a specific point not a joke, and #14, well “it’s good to have an opinion.” I think technically “hippie” is a sociological phenom from the late 60′s, not to be confused with later period look alikes and posers. That’s all. finis.

]]> By: Campisi http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/07/10/domestic-bliss-3/#comment-98466 Campisi Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:22:41 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12766#comment-98466 What's with the people getting their panties in a knot? Get a sense of humour. What’s with the people getting their panties in a knot? Get a sense of humour.

]]> By: NotAHippie http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/07/10/domestic-bliss-3/#comment-98465 NotAHippie Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:55:24 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12766#comment-98465 • Unclench the friggin' tie • Lay off the aftershave • Only consume one damned parking space • Have smaller cars • Remove the damned proximity alarms from their preciouses • Remember in a democracy you and they get votes • Remember free speech is for all • Stay in their gated communities • Specifically, at the edges of town • And, finally, helicopter parent their kids less. • Or at least remove their pink upturned collared shirts Any social stripe can be an irritant. • Unclench the friggin’ tie
• Lay off the aftershave
• Only consume one damned parking space
• Have smaller cars
• Remove the damned proximity alarms from their preciouses
• Remember in a democracy you and they get votes
• Remember free speech is for all
• Stay in their gated communities
• Specifically, at the edges of town
• And, finally, helicopter parent their kids less.
• Or at least remove their pink upturned collared shirts

Any social stripe can be an irritant.

]]> By: chrisa http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/07/10/domestic-bliss-3/#comment-98459 chrisa Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:40:24 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12766#comment-98459 • Bathe • Shave • Not put things on their cars • Not talk about how they’d vote To the extent this post is about intense dislike, the above areas (if one is deficient therein) provide pretty good justification for ill feelings. Unless, Haskell, you love the stinking unkempt spewing foul air in your face as they rudely engage in self-congratulatory blather about their votes for Nader or Kucinich or whoever. • Bathe
• Shave
• Not put things on their cars
• Not talk about how they’d vote

To the extent this post is about intense dislike, the above areas (if one is deficient therein) provide pretty good justification for ill feelings. Unless, Haskell, you love the stinking unkempt spewing foul air in your face as they rudely engage in self-congratulatory blather about their votes for Nader or Kucinich or whoever.

]]> By: richard haskell http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/07/10/domestic-bliss-3/#comment-98456 richard haskell Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:58:17 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12766#comment-98456 Sorry Casey, but I was responsing to the implications of the original post, not yours, which said "we wouldn’t mind hippies at all..if they would stay indoors and etc." While it does not mention the word hate, it seems to me the requirements to "not be minded," and that may mean "liked," or "tolorated," are cohersively restrictive. While there are people who fit a casual discription of a sociological subgroup such as "hippies" my defination includes a time frame which yours may not. So you can have your "hippies" and I will have mine, agreed? Sorry Casey, but I was responsing to the implications of the original post, not yours, which said “we wouldn’t mind hippies at all..if they would stay indoors and etc.” While it does not mention the word hate, it seems to me the requirements to “not be minded,” and that may mean “liked,” or “tolorated,” are cohersively restrictive. While there are people who fit a casual discription of a sociological subgroup such as “hippies” my defination includes a time frame which yours may not. So you can have your “hippies” and I will have mine, agreed?

]]> By: Casey http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/07/10/domestic-bliss-3/#comment-98453 Casey Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:48:31 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12766#comment-98453 I have a quote for richard haskell (sic): "Lighten up, Francis." No one is hating anyone, here. I returned to Miami University to finally complete my degree back in the early 00s, and at least one friend was definably counter-culture, if not "hippy." No long hair, but he played guitar, liked astrology, and other cuddly concepts. Rather a pleasant fellow, even if I occasionally rolled my eyes as some of his preferences. Considering I was about the same age as his dad, that should be no surprise. :) jay: Allman Brothers (who STILL rule!), Phish, and bluegrass, you say? I can see that... :) Maybe even some Simon & Garfunkel, or Indigo Girls... I have a quote for richard haskell (sic): “Lighten up, Francis.” No one is hating anyone, here.

I returned to Miami University to finally complete my degree back in the early 00s, and at least one friend was definably counter-culture, if not “hippy.” No long hair, but he played guitar, liked astrology, and other cuddly concepts. Rather a pleasant fellow, even if I occasionally rolled my eyes as some of his preferences. Considering I was about the same age as his dad, that should be no surprise. :)

jay: Allman Brothers (who STILL rule!), Phish, and bluegrass, you say? I can see that… :) Maybe even some Simon & Garfunkel, or Indigo Girls…

]]> By: richard haskell http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/07/10/domestic-bliss-3/#comment-98450 richard haskell Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:24:59 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12766#comment-98450 I suppose it depends on how you define your terms. If anybody who is young, has long hair and listens to rock music or any other combination of X, Y,, and Z is what your term a "hippie," then they still exist. If they were some other combination of facts, to include a time stamp, such as "civil war soldiers," not reinactors or buff or etc, then they don't exist. Frame your own terms for your own purposes. Hate anybody you want. I suppose it depends on how you define your terms. If anybody who is young, has long hair and listens to rock music or any other combination of X, Y,, and Z is what your term a “hippie,” then they still exist. If they were some other combination of facts, to include a time stamp, such as “civil war soldiers,” not reinactors or buff or etc, then they don’t exist. Frame your own terms for your own purposes. Hate anybody you want.

]]> By: jon http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/07/10/domestic-bliss-3/#comment-98449 jon Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:14:49 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12766#comment-98449 There are still people wanting to fight the Civil War, hippies, people who live as if they're in the Middle Ages, oversized hobbits who grow their own food and live in cob houses that were built last year, and people who still buy ad space on billboards between Tucson and Phoenix for the John Birch Society. Some things never change, and even if history doesn't repeat itself it rhymes. There are still people wanting to fight the Civil War, hippies, people who live as if they’re in the Middle Ages, oversized hobbits who grow their own food and live in cob houses that were built last year, and people who still buy ad space on billboards between Tucson and Phoenix for the John Birch Society. Some things never change, and even if history doesn’t repeat itself it rhymes.

]]> By: jaymaster http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/07/10/domestic-bliss-3/#comment-98448 jaymaster Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:43:38 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12766#comment-98448 I can assure you all that hippies do still exist. I actually associate with them from time to time. They’re easy to find at performances of jam bands such as The Dead (yes, they’re still touring), Allman Brothers Band, Phish, Wide Spread Panic, Government Mule, etc. There’s even a pretty sizeable tribe that follows blue grass music. I can assure you all that hippies do still exist. I actually associate with them from time to time.

They’re easy to find at performances of jam bands such as The Dead (yes, they’re still touring), Allman Brothers Band, Phish, Wide Spread Panic, Government Mule, etc. There’s even a pretty sizeable tribe that follows blue grass music.

]]> By: zombyboy http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/07/10/domestic-bliss-3/#comment-98441 zombyboy Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:16:05 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12766#comment-98441 Less granola more Rand seems especially good advice to me. But that's just me. Less granola more Rand seems especially good advice to me.

But that’s just me.

]]> By: richard haskell http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/07/10/domestic-bliss-3/#comment-98440 richard haskell Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:13:46 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12766#comment-98440 Incredibly stupid comment. So stupid in fact it's hard to comment and any comments would only polorize you should you recognize you are basing you comments on very shallow and biased perceptions without any historical or sociological foundations. It's as if you were saying "civil war soldiers" should bath and shave and wear shoes. Dude I'm sure you have your area of experience and you should stick to that. Why are you talking about hippies anyways, there haven't been any real hippies in more than 30 years. Incredibly stupid comment. So stupid in fact it’s hard to comment and any comments would only polorize you should you recognize you are basing you comments on very shallow and biased perceptions without any historical or sociological foundations. It’s as if you were saying “civil war soldiers” should bath and shave and wear shoes. Dude I’m sure you have your area of experience and you should stick to that. Why are you talking about hippies anyways, there haven’t been any real hippies in more than 30 years.

]]> By: arhooley http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/07/10/domestic-bliss-3/#comment-98437 arhooley Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:30:26 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12766#comment-98437 Holy crikies, are there still hippies? The kind that don't bathe or shave? I know there are a few aging ones left here and there, but I didn't think any new colonies were coming online. Holy crikies, are there still hippies? The kind that don’t bathe or shave? I know there are a few aging ones left here and there, but I didn’t think any new colonies were coming online.

]]> By: jaymaster http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/07/10/domestic-bliss-3/#comment-98431 jaymaster Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:47:20 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12766#comment-98431 Casey, I have to admit I cut my hair. For a while... Then I actually met Timothy Leary (circa 1988), talked to him for about an hour, and he literally changed my life. He made a lot of sense. But that's a story for another day! Casey,

I have to admit I cut my hair. For a while…

Then I actually met Timothy Leary (circa 1988), talked to him for about an hour, and he literally changed my life. He made a lot of sense.

But that’s a story for another day!

]]> By: Casey http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/07/10/domestic-bliss-3/#comment-98430 Casey Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:39:19 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12766#comment-98430 If you ask me, jay, the goofy hippies all moved to Berkeley; the counter-culture hippies cut their hair, got jobs, <i>then</i> became libertarians. :) If you ask me, jay, the goofy hippies all moved to Berkeley; the counter-culture hippies cut their hair, got jobs, then became libertarians. :)

]]> By: jaymaster http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/07/10/domestic-bliss-3/#comment-98429 jaymaster Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:27:39 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12766#comment-98429 You know, there was a time when most hippies were true libertarians. I was one of them! It was all about doing your own thing, and just leave me the hell alone. I still don’t know when or how it all went wrong…. You know, there was a time when most hippies were true libertarians. I was one of them!

It was all about doing your own thing, and just leave me the hell alone.

I still don’t know when or how it all went wrong….

]]> By: jimmy http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/07/10/domestic-bliss-3/#comment-98428 jimmy Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:33:55 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12766#comment-98428 How about exist? How about exist?

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/07/10/domestic-bliss-3/#comment-98427 Jonathan Bailey Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:02:20 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=12766#comment-98427 I hope you also intend to apply the shaving thing to the hippie <i>chicks</i> too. On that note, enjoy your second bottle. You may need it now. I hope you also intend to apply the shaving thing to the hippie chicks too. On that note, enjoy your second bottle. You may need it now.

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