tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post2784068061570415534..comments2023-04-22T12:32:24.799-07:00Comments on The House of Substance: The "L" WordSubstance McGravitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-67135899973482519852011-05-03T13:43:02.953-07:002011-05-03T13:43:02.953-07:00Welcome, friend!Welcome, friend!Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-9080021948857980282011-04-10T15:36:31.903-07:002011-04-10T15:36:31.903-07:00Apologies to Malaclypse for Blogger's spam fil...Apologies to Malaclypse for Blogger's spam filter.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-38991871168705360742011-04-06T17:30:08.859-07:002011-04-06T17:30:08.859-07:00Okay, if we are going to reminisce about classic ...Okay, if we are going to reminisce about classic Brad Potts moments, I will always be fond of his <a href="http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2011/02/the-success-of-the-detroit-bailout/comment-page-1#comment-97157" rel="nofollow">accounting knowledge</a> discussion. 204 comments, of which at least half were Brad digging a deep, deep hole.Malaclypsenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-1328467565566401192011-04-06T15:32:46.770-07:002011-04-06T15:32:46.770-07:00Another fine showing.<a href="http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2011/04/scott-walker-continues-his-heroic-crackdown-on-government-waste-fraud-and-abuse/" title="" rel="nofollow">Another fine showing.</a>Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-6930594061001136662011-04-06T15:18:50.281-07:002011-04-06T15:18:50.281-07:00Sometimes Brad gets snotty about the other comment...Sometimes Brad gets snotty about the other commenters who are only good for snark and mockery, and evidently not interested in the kind of serious debate that might change people's minds.<br /><br />In one thread it was pointed out that Voltaire and Swift were also big on the mockery, almost as if they thought it was itself a good way of changing minds. Brad responded icily that they wrote <i>satire</i>, which is different.<br /><br />I am all for continuing to mock Brad, in the hope of converting him to use his powers of humourlessness for good.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-54253821979451245292011-04-06T13:11:00.703-07:002011-04-06T13:11:00.703-07:00I think Brad is wrong pretty much all the time, bu...<i>I think Brad is wrong pretty much all the time, but I don't think he is simply trolling.<br /><br />I agree. His sincerity is obvious and, if I weren't a big meanie, embarrassing.</i><br /><br />I dunno, he keeps coming back and whinging about being misunderstood- as one of the other commenters noted, he should start his own damn whining blog.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-34306438949249198742011-04-05T19:46:19.700-07:002011-04-05T19:46:19.700-07:00I think Brad is wrong pretty much all the time, bu...<i>I think Brad is wrong pretty much all the time, but I don't think he is simply trolling.</i><br /><br />I agree. His sincerity is obvious and, if I weren't a big meanie, embarrassing.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-88992829627302142222011-04-05T16:50:59.140-07:002011-04-05T16:50:59.140-07:00It is a measure of the terrifying impact Substance...It is a measure of the terrifying impact Substance has had on his visitors that I keep expecting <a href="http://www.dependablerenegade.com/dependable_renegade/2011/04/cheeky-monkey.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> to resolve into....well, you know what.<br /><br />So thanks for that.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-1195977665244259042011-04-05T16:35:06.661-07:002011-04-05T16:35:06.661-07:00I think Brad is wrong pretty much all the time, bu...I think Brad is wrong pretty much all the time, but I don't think he is simply trolling.<br /><br />He reminds me a lot of one of my closest friends back in my 20s. Smart, smug, and sure nothing bad will ever happen.<br /><br />My friend got cancer while uninsured in his early 30s. That cured him of libertarianism. It did not, however, cure his cancer.<br /><br />There is a thread where Brad goes on about how the nanny state should not force him to buy health insurance, because he does not spend much on medical care. Of course, he also treats his hypertension with weed, rather than the prescription he was given.<br /><br />Brad reminds me a lot of my dead friend.Malaclypsenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-62508142553767611332011-04-05T16:33:21.911-07:002011-04-05T16:33:21.911-07:00I have no clue how many conversations on here have...<i>I have no clue how many conversations on here have involved me trying to convince people that I am a libertarian out of valid social and moral concern, rather than just being demented, brainwashed, selfish and/or stupid.</i><br /><br />Wait. Are we supposed to feel sorry for him? If it's really that terrible, why doesn't he go do something more productive, like cleaning the dryer trap or masturbating?TruculentandUnreliablehttp://www.operationacoustickitty.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-42749249423228866672011-04-05T13:23:06.074-07:002011-04-05T13:23:06.074-07:00I have no clue how many conversations on here have...<i>I have no clue how many conversations on here have involved me trying to convince people that I am a libertarian out of valid social and moral concern, rather than just being demented, brainwashed, selfish and/or stupid.</i><br /><br />Bless his trolly little heart for still trying.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-44453933710602873462011-04-05T13:21:52.809-07:002011-04-05T13:21:52.809-07:00I think the lebertarians are just being the first ...I think the lebertarians are just being the first ones to break non-war from the right because Obama has his own Brwon Person Bombing Adventure now.<br /><br />I suspect that before the bombing of Libya started, most of them were pretty gung-ho on our other Adventures.zombie rotten mcdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601960953323752278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-63503082128274700882011-04-05T10:21:12.164-07:002011-04-05T10:21:12.164-07:00did not know BP was a pacifist libertarian though....<i>did not know BP was a pacifist libertarian though. </i><br /><br />Several of the folks over at the badly misnamed blog "Reason" go for the same shtick. <br /><br />They're for lowering taxes, deregulation, but not wars for rich people. Thus they are only 66.67% as stupid about the problems that afflict this nation as the teatards/Republicans.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-67422393675383596222011-04-04T21:14:40.826-07:002011-04-04T21:14:40.826-07:00I too, as subtances (Small & large "s&quo...I too, as subtances (Small & large "s") are so often abused.<br /><br />I did not know BP was a pacifist libertarian though. I s'pose in his libertarian, no-guns paradise, there's enough to go around for everyone, so no one has to fight or compete for business or shoot that guy what was lookin' at mah woman or nothin'.M. Bouffanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519088858760760560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-67773584544494145982011-04-04T19:51:36.024-07:002011-04-04T19:51:36.024-07:00I am more sympathetic to substances of course.I am more sympathetic to substances of course.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-8143525251759588172011-04-04T19:49:42.146-07:002011-04-04T19:49:42.146-07:00How do you feel about deflection from substance to...How do <i>you</i> feel about deflection from substance to motivations?Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.com