Comments on: Code Words

By: squidboot

squidboot — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:50:50 +0000

interestingly, this use of interpellation can also be used as a means of pacing; speaking directly to a subject in such a way that (s)he becomes a split spectator, establishing the character of subsequent encounters as pertaining to a sense of defensive heightened awareness – establishing the grounds to suggest a state of trance.

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Ulv! Ulv! - Rolf om Reklame » Vage metaforer som kynisk retorikk — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:18:51 +0000

[...] ved første og neste anledning. Cosmic Variance peker på eksempler i den amerikanske politikken Code Words på Cosmic Variance: For Barack Obama, the particular audience is African-Americans. He rarely brings up race directly, [...]

By: The Almighty Bob

The Almighty Bob — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:31:48 +0000

Or there’s the direct translation: basically, “The President needs to be alive, and possibly allergic to sitting, and needs to in possession of a pair of frontal lobes”.

Probably the only reading that accurately describes the next incumbent, too. “,)

What a shining example of complete bullshit that statement is.

By: JimBob

JimBob — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:16:48 +0000

Fauth, my foot, it’s worse….

It isn’t vertical thinking, as one word. READ, firstly. Huckster stated “…vertical [comma] who is thinking”.

Vertical reads as a referral to being ‘upright’, like man, not primate. Period. Adding thinking, reads as a referral to said first comment, inferring that primates do not think. A slur, period.

Good riddance to your rubbish, Huckabee. We don’t love thee.

By: In the U.S. south, is Canadian a new racial slur? « Notes

In the U.S. south, is Canadian a new racial slur? « Notes — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:35:41 +0000

[...] There’s an interesting blog post linked about Mike Huckabee’s use of [...]

By: Blacksmith

Blacksmith — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:20:46 +0000

I know it is difficult to consider such a notion seriously, but what kind of notoriety would a scientist gain if s/he were able to prove the existence of divinity?

By: The Almighty Bob

The Almighty Bob — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:32:27 +0000

Um, not so much. It may be faith, but there’s no ‘vertical thinking’ to go with it. Vertical thinking, in this case, is believing everything is dictated by God (whatever that means). Rather difficult when you thoroughly believe there isn’t one….

By: Jeff Dickey

Jeff Dickey — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:02:22 +0000

@Tacitus: That in itself is an expression of faith, hence ‘vertical thinking’ in the opposite direction. Cf. Rush’s song ‘Freewill’

By: The Almighty Bob

The Almighty Bob — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:01:11 +0000

Thanks, TomC. It was giving me a slight itch, but I have heard it used before, and said itch has produced false positives before. I knew “most of us [whatever]” was very wrong. Perhaps I should have said “more correct.”

Of course, the correct formulation also grates slightly – but that’s merely my dislike for the passive voice( unless absolutely necessary).

By: Politics: The Republican Field « blueollie

Politics: The Republican Field « blueollie — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:51:41 +0000

[...] Of course, Huckabee takes direction directly from his god; note the constant use of the term “vertical…. [...]