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yellojktThis is no time for play, there is no time for fun, this is no time for games, there’s work to be done!
So, all you get tonight is the trailer for the new movie version of The Lorax.
Seems like a more light-hearted, less apocalyptic Lorax.
With a lot more background on The Onceler. Might be pretty good.
Laterz!
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Does anyone know if there's some sort of religious objection out there to Dr. Seuss books or maybe an educational one? I gave our soon to be granddaughter all of her soon to be father's Dr. Seuss collection from his childhood and her other grandpa freaked out (in a bad way). This was about 10 years ago and I never figured out what the deal was. My daughter in law told me the story as I wasn't there and she never understood it either. We were both afraid to ask her father about it. He's one of those people I avoid, other than just being polite to.
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I know there are quasi-political/societal lessons in the books but is there something more I'm missing?
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Huh. I tried googling "Dr Seuss anti-religion" and got nothin'. In fact, a couple of the hits were about The Lorax in particular, and how "Horton Hears a Who" could be interpreted as a strictly pro-life book.I think DiL needs to ask Dad. . . maybe he just has bad memories of reading them to her or something! 🙂
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Yeah we could never figure it out. He's the principle of an elementary school and deeply religious and conservative. I just wondered if there was something I was missing. She won't ask him though, maybe I'll get brave at the Halloween Party and ask. She's the black sheep of the family so walks on egg shells, but she gave us back the books and I read them to my granddaughter when she was visiting and my grandson now, kids love them. I was just curious if anyone knew something I didn't.
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I see the Cat in the Hat as William S. Burroughs, subverting everything he touches, while hiding his perfidy behind seemingly banal verse.
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lms:Maybe he didn't like what he perceived as Dr. Seuss's hidden political agenda. Although it doesn't strike me as particularly hidden, to be honest.
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Cain and Gingrich are going to have a two man, "Lincoln-Douglas" style debate.http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/190271-no-cheap-seats-for-cain-gingrich-lincoln-douglas-style-debate?wpisrc=nl_pmfixHMMM…
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This is a good tight WS game, btw.
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Thanks Scott, I think you're probably right after reading that. I knew there were little lessons in there but I've never seen them explained quite that way. He's a bit of a conspiracy theorist as well so some of that's right up his alley. Most of it seems pretty well hidden from three to five year olds though……………Thank goodness, wouldn't want them to get the wrong idea about protecting the environment or treating people who are different with kindness.
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I'm watching and pulling for Texas, now that I know so many Texans…………….but they clobbered my Halos.
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Mark:Now that's a debate that might actually be worth watching. Too bad it won't be televised.
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FYI we seem to have a new "follower" called linda.
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Mark, nice beatnick reference! Naked Lunch is, er, different, but I find Burroughs life much more interesting than his writing.
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The Cat in the Hat's an Alinskyite, of course."Direct action," and all that, per my source.
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"Green eggs and ham" = dog whistle
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One fish, two fish. Red fish, blue fish. This one has a little star. This one has a little car. Say, what a lot of fish they are.
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*there are
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H8r.
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Anyone see Napoli's pick off at third? I missed it, but my husband told me all about it. He's another reason I'm pulling for Texas.
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Lms, it was a dynamite play. Holland. An pitch, bat and run! Dude's is all that.
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An = can
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I'll never understand why we traded him, just when he was getting into the groove…..
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Another thing about the other grandpa, besides hating Dr. Seuss, he's a crier. I have literally never seen a grown man cry so much. I know, I'm being mean, but it's strange. You can hardly have a conversation with the guy without him getting tears in his eyes. It's really awkward.Glad you guys all like Dr. Seuss. (I think)
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Lms, interesting look at Gov. Brown's Public Employee Union pension reform proposal over at HotAir. The most interesting part, IMO,"That has national ramifications, too, in terms of entitlement reform. With Brown pushing a privatized pension system for public-sector workers, it will be somewhat more difficult for Democrats to demagogue Republicans who propose at least partial (and voluntary) privatization of the Social Security system. Herman Cain has built his entitlement reform in this area on the so-called Chilean model, which conservative economists cheer, and which actually didn’t go quite as far as Brown’s proposal appears to do."I wonder what will happen in other states if The Ohio referendum fails and Brown succeeds?
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I know McWing…………you know CA, we lead the way. Seriously, I haven't looked too much at it yet but I will. There was a bunch of stuff in the LA and SAC papers this morning but I didn't have time to delve today. And anyway, entitlement reform's the new way Democrats roll, even the super committee and Nancy are in favor of it, haven't you heard?
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This isn't really surprising I guess.A good rule of thumb for life is that if the Chinese government is against it, you're probably doing something right. The latest evidence to support this axiom is the Occupy Wall Street movement, which has spread from lower Manhattan to cities around the globe, including London, Auckland, Toronto, and Rome, among many others. Terrified by OWS' viral growth, the oppressive regime controlling China is taking measures to ensure the protests don't happen there. And it's starting with the internet.According to UC Berkeley publication China Digital Times, Sina Weibo, China's hyper-popular microblogging site, is now banning any and all search keywords that could theoretically be associated with OWS. "A long list of banned keywords on Sina Weibo’s search function has been uncovered and tested by the CDT team yesterday," writes Sandra Hernandez. "All the listed phrases stick to one simple rule: a combination of 'occupy' (占领) and a place name—provincial capitals, economically developed regions, and few symbolic local areas." In other words, the hundreds of millions of Sina Weibo users are no longer allowed to search for "occupy Beijing," for instance.
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" it will be somewhat more difficult for Democrats to demagogue Republicans who propose at least partial (and voluntary) privatization of the Social Security system"My personal bugaboo, but there are two parts to partial-SS privatization, and the first one is Individualization. That is, adding a portion to SS that is in an individual account that belongs to the citizen, with a specific balance that can be pass on, should the recipient die before or shortly after they start collecting. That "individualization" could be treasure bills, or interest bearing cash instruments of some kind (like CDs, money market funs, or some new imaginary instrument–like an interest bearing account evenly distributed across a range of small banks and credit unions or something). Also, if I'm not mistaken, there are more than a few defined benefit pension funds out there that are privately managed. They still don't feature individual ownership of any kind of account–which perhaps was the more offensive part of SS-reform to some. Although the most offensive part was touching the 3rd rail, when you're a comfortable politician and like your cushy job.
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"Terrified by OWS' viral growth, the oppressive regime controlling China is taking measures to ensure the protests don't happen there. And it's starting with the internet."No party! Get back to work! And there, they might not just be mad at the bankers. They might want to, you know, get to vote for their representatives or something. I don't know when it's gonna happen (it may take a while) but I don't think you can build even a state-subsidized, communist-controlled capitalist-style economy and avoid the issue of at least token democratic representation. Eventually, China is going to have to go parliamentary. Have elections, etc, and the Communist party is going to have to take the roll of the monarch–still truly in power at first, in fifty years probably not so much. That's my theory, anyway.
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"Mark:Now that's a debate that might actually be worth watching. Too bad it won't be televised. "Sounds perfect for C-SPAN
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