tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post4325204700167220109..comments2024-03-15T20:52:26.967-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: The decline of wise womenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-53860568317086705272013-10-13T14:00:21.892-07:002013-10-13T14:00:21.892-07:00"Quayle was wise."
You're pulling a..."Quayle was wise."<br /><br />You're pulling a Quayle. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-36707538516627171222013-10-13T05:04:06.175-07:002013-10-13T05:04:06.175-07:00"And a lot of them won't even be grandmot..."And a lot of them won't even be grandmothers, or even mothers, and will have no clue as to why."<br /><br />The demographic hit to the lunatic brigades is one of the few bright lights of the cultural catastrophe. It's a real pity they were able to take so many good people with them though.Silvernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-13296099457383097332013-10-13T04:59:38.192-07:002013-10-13T04:59:38.192-07:00"out nukes are illegal, but yours are "l..."out nukes are illegal, but yours are "legal"?<br /><br />How do you figure that?"<br /><br />Oh, that one's easy: in the same way "diversity" is a disaster for you but a boon - according to you - for everyone else.<br /><br />Mr Anon, when you're given lemons make lemonade. Their nukes are illegal because people buy that idea, so use it and thereby prime people to be more receptive to more substantive critiques.Silvernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-78221613474896469982013-10-12T18:59:57.014-07:002013-10-12T18:59:57.014-07:00But with 'men' like Bush II, Quayle, McCai...<i>But with 'men' like Bush II, Quayle, McCain, Scott McConnell, Walter Russell Mead, and etc, where are wise conservative men?" </i><br /><br /><br />Quayle was wise. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-78900741903539017462013-10-12T16:29:40.539-07:002013-10-12T16:29:40.539-07:00In other words, the whole thing's been contrad...<i>In other words, the whole thing's been contradictory from the very beginning.</i><br /><br />Thinking like the quoted commenter's would seem to confirm Steve's theory of binary-oriented mental impairment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-49121775526583468352013-10-12T08:28:33.405-07:002013-10-12T08:28:33.405-07:00The article by Pollack is the new entertainment -...The article by Pollack is the new entertainment - better it is the new mythology. There is a perceived demand for it by editors, those editors think it is clever and a certain class of people like reading or thinking about that kind of crap. Outside the university, no one can even read it. But this is the kind of pure manure that gets you an A in a university or even prep high school in the US now. Naturally she indulges in it - that is how you are taught in the US. It is a religious doctrine - like arguing about angels on pins. But I would guarantee in her personal advice to family, she sounds a bit different, when it comes to real choices. This is no different than a Hollywood screenwriter writing about a brave inner city public school where they play chess and learn math - he still sends his child to a private prep school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-10457863054584856772013-10-12T00:26:22.068-07:002013-10-12T00:26:22.068-07:00>> Israel(with 300 illegal nukes)
out nuke...>> Israel(with 300 illegal nukes)<br /><br />out nukes are illegal, but yours are "legal"?<br /><br />How do you figure that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-43866489539138504322013-10-11T08:49:24.774-07:002013-10-11T08:49:24.774-07:00If you saw any news photos of the folks who showed...If you saw any news photos of the folks who showed up at the rather pathetic demonstration for amnesty on the national mall, you would notice that better than half were fat old white women. I refer to them as Berkeley douches -- old women who dress like slobs, show up at town meetings to insist that council members take a stand on foreign policy, and aggressively push their way in front of you at the Cheeseboard. And they will key your Mercedes if you park to close to their jalopy held together by hope and change bumper stickers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-9127503264110921522013-10-11T08:32:34.592-07:002013-10-11T08:32:34.592-07:00I take back what I said about Millenials will have...I take back what I said about Millenials will have nothing to offer in the future. Just as those late boomers and early Gen x's took the value of their upbringings for granted and focused on materialism in their own kids, so I hope and believe the Millenials will feel a hole in their own lives and want to emphasize virtues and character in their own kids.<br />My little brother has wrecked four cars and each time, had it replaced immediately with a brand new one which is just the tip of the iceberg of how spoiled he is. But I now see in him such an intense craving for "authenticity" and being respected as a man. He's gotten into country music and lists the Bible as a favorite book on his Facebook page and has even started going to Mass. Sure, he's still shacking up, but he's orienting himself in the right direction which is difficult for someone who has never had to before in his life. He gets put down as a "poseur", which I think is unfair, but I suspect he'll raise his children far differently than he was raised.Dahlianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-25398550478164402992013-10-11T08:28:02.172-07:002013-10-11T08:28:02.172-07:00Late Boomers only go back to about '58 births,...<i>Late Boomers only go back to about '58 births, maybe '57. I don't know why, but they do. There's a pretty noticeable change between early or mid-'50s births and late '50s / early '60s births. (Right Steve?)</i><br /><br />Well observed. '57 was the demographic peak of the Baby Boom, and the Oil Crisis hit in 1974, just as those kids reached adulthood. So, late boomers entered a weaker and more crowded job market, and they didn't overcome their poor economic start until the 1980s.<br /><br /><br />On the cultural side, the rebellious phase of the '60s had burnt itself out by 1974. Looking at highschool yearbooks, the late '60s yearbooks are full crewcuts and prom coiffeurs, with the odd hippie rebel; by '74-'76, it's long hair, jean jackets, the natural look. The sexual revolution was over. I remember how odd it was to find girls in Europe who weren't quite sure they should be having sex, an attitude found only among religious shut-ins where I grew up. And the music was crap. <br /><br />But roll back time five years, to the early or mid boomers, everything had been different. Still, despite its depressive aspects, I felt it was a time of freedom and hedonism, and so while it probably corrupted me, I'm glad I lived through it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-9894861485356905882013-10-11T07:42:56.417-07:002013-10-11T07:42:56.417-07:00Steve,
I think you're onto something about mal...Steve,<br />I think you're onto something about male relatives, though I don't discount what Agnostic says. I think he's more or less correct about the older generation: fathers, uncles, etc., but doesn't give enough credit to brothers and cousins. Your siblings are the hardest people to please of all and being "attractive" isn't going to get you anywhere, but you do want to get along with them for sure.<br /><br />I believe the most important things that help with empathizing with, not just the opposite sex, but with everyone are those things which turn down our Ids and thus our selfishness.<br />Agnostic pointed out one thing, a more outgoing environment, but there are others: more siblings, less money (usually cause by more children and starting at a younger age), instilling beliefs that value togetherness, etc.<br /><br />When I was a young teen, in the early 90s, my mother and I were discussing my half-brother who was born in 1983 and was probably not yet ten. He was spoiled rotten. My mother observed that a change in parenting beliefs had occurred, of which my brother was an extreme case. These parents, she said, only put value on materialism and they believe that the moral values will just take care of themselves. My mom wasn't very conservative like a lot of baby-boomers, but she still valued empathy, doing for ones-self, etc. The parents of Millenials were far more likely to say things like, "I want more for my kid", "I only want one, may be two 'cause we didn't have a lot growing up", "I want my kid to be able to go to college and make something of themselves unlike me", or "My kid is in the Gifted program which will help with getting him into a good college". On the last, the parents of my generation were split down the middle. So many said things like, "They wanted to put my kid in Gifted, but I said, "no", because I worry that will make him snobby and think he's better than the other kids".<br /><br />Boomers are self-indulgent, but at least there were countervailing forces to keep them somewhat in check so many of them do have a lot of wisdom to give. Many learned things the hard way and did not forget.<br /><br /> Millenials on the other hand... they grew up in families where they may not have had a sibling, let alone one of the opposite sex. And even if they had, the parents may have put a t.v. and video game console in their bedroom. Everything about their growing up was geared toward satisfying their every whim, and the only thing demanded of them was studying.<br /><br />We're going to have the lowest birth rates on record for awhile and I can't imagine what wisdom they'll ever give. Whining forever!Dahlianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-3890067006889149122013-10-10T21:03:17.987-07:002013-10-10T21:03:17.987-07:00It's like GOP has gone out of its way to prais...<i><br />It's like GOP has gone out of its way to praise and respect and revere Jews, but Jews only say not enough is being done to protect poor helpless little Israel(with 300 illegal nukes</i><br /><br />Oh, and you've read the intel reports. While we are at it, how can Israeli ordnance stored in Israel be 'illegal'?Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-33931429750423865702013-10-10T20:21:52.668-07:002013-10-10T20:21:52.668-07:00"candid_observer said...
Nothing could be mo..."candid_observer said...<br /><br />Nothing could be more destructive of the development of wisdom than the baleful influence of ideology.<br /><br />If your ideology prevents you from acknowledging a pattern, there's nothing to accumulate into wisdom. There exists instead only continued instructions from the Mothership of ideology."<br /><br />Quite true, and well said. People with that ideological filter will never wise up. It's as if they were incapable of forming memories.Mr. Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-34910199116442454852013-10-10T20:20:54.034-07:002013-10-10T20:20:54.034-07:00Not a problem. All these old white women who are t...Not a problem. All these old white women who are turning out unwise will soon be replaced by a herd of 'wise' latinas.Sochal Westnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-5213255048476339642013-10-10T20:14:16.879-07:002013-10-10T20:14:16.879-07:00"gubbler of the church of reformed chechenism..."gubbler of the church of reformed chechenism said...<br /><br />It's like GOP has gone out of its way to praise and respect and revere Jews, but Jews only say not enough is being done to protect poor helpless little Israel(with 300 illegal nukes) from Iran(with no nukes at all)."<br /><br />While I have no quibble with your post, I would take issue with your characterization of Israel's nuclear weapons as "illegal". There really is no such thing as "international law". Weapons make the law legal. In a very real sense, nuclear weapons ARE the law. If you have them, it's legal, unless someone with more of them can disarm you.<br /><br />Same goes for Iran too, BTW.Mr. Anonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-77780680246511261282013-10-10T18:26:49.140-07:002013-10-10T18:26:49.140-07:00"Late Boomers only go back to about '58 b..."Late Boomers only go back to about '58 births, maybe '57. I don't know why, but they do. There's a pretty noticeable change between early or mid-'50s births and late '50s / early '60s births. (Right Steve?)"<br /><br />I don't have the footnote, but I remember some years back seeing some statistics about late 50's/early 60's cohort.<br /><br />Those birth years had a large spike of many types of dysfunction (criminality, drug use, etc) compared to both those than were born earlier and later.<br /><br />Haven't ever seen a good explanation or even a "just so" story about this phenomena.Ex Submarine Officernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-13201348665021201632013-10-10T18:15:12.089-07:002013-10-10T18:15:12.089-07:00@Blogger gubbler of the church of reformed chechen...@Blogger gubbler of the church of reformed chechenism said...<br /> <br />Great comment as usual.Harry Baldwinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-3235697237419215012013-10-10T17:33:03.478-07:002013-10-10T17:33:03.478-07:00Women and power.<a href="http://youtu.be/wZRJA80w4wA?t=1m37s" rel="nofollow">Women and power.</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-72438281035415044692013-10-10T16:10:14.636-07:002013-10-10T16:10:14.636-07:00http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/10/celebrating...http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/10/celebrating_a_movie_the_critics_hated.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-4893046564169612942013-10-10T15:50:09.146-07:002013-10-10T15:50:09.146-07:00Maybe the current and upcoming crop of grannies ar...Maybe the current and upcoming crop of grannies are a write-off but there are signs of hope coming from the younger generation?<br />From the Daily Mail:<br /><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2451407/Lorde-called-RACIST-song-Royals-mentions-Cristal-diamond-encrusted-watches.html" rel="nofollow">Pop sensation Lorde accused of being RACIST because hit song 'Royals' mentions Cristal and diamond-encrusted watches</a><br /><br />The song and video are quite good too.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04017589590769465615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-58651825861759087882013-10-10T13:50:17.504-07:002013-10-10T13:50:17.504-07:00One might say nice guys finish last, but wise men ...One might say nice guys finish last, but wise men have the last word. <br /><br />But it's not always easy to say what is and isn't wise. The quarterback guy in Dazed and Confused is relatively wiser than most of his peers. Though a jock, he hangs around a whole bunch of different types. He's athletic but also has a mind. He's also more principled than most. <br /><br />But his principle turns him into something of a prig. In the scene in the truck between him and Benny(a borderline thug), he seems to stand for principles whereas Benny just wants to win the game as a senior. But there is wisdom in what Benny says too: everyone's signing the pledge(not to do drugs and etc) as a formality; they know it doesn't mean anything. What really matters is they all grew up together, rely on one another as friends and teammates, and sometimes you gotta give a little for the good of the team. Benny slams the truck door like a jerk, but what he said stings because there's truth to it. The quarterback guy, though principled, is being somewhat self-righteous and selfish. <br />That's what's great about D&C. Everyone has a bit of truth. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-12215231025485006672013-10-10T13:47:03.079-07:002013-10-10T13:47:03.079-07:00Blackadder: I seek information about a Wisewoman.
...Blackadder: I seek information about a Wisewoman.<br /><br />Young Crone: Ah, the Wisewoman... the Wisewoman.<br /><br />Blackadder: Yes, the Wisewoman.<br /><br />Young Crone: Two things, my lord, must thee know of the Wisewoman. First, she is... a woman. And second, she is...<br /><br />Blackadder: Wise?<br /><br />Young Crone: You do know her then?<br /><br />Blackadder: No, just a wild stab in the dark which is, incidentally, what you'll be getting if you don't start being a bit more helpful. Do you know where she lives?<br /><br />Young Crone: Of course.<br /><br />Blackadder: Where?<br /><br />Young Crone: Here. Do you have an appointment?<br /><br />Blackadder: No.<br /><br />Young Crone: Well, you can go in anyway.<br /><br />Blackadder: Thank you young crone. Here is a purse of moneys... which I'm not going to give to you. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-50952903752446610742013-10-10T13:24:01.432-07:002013-10-10T13:24:01.432-07:00Black women and Jewish women have something in com...Black women and Jewish women have something in common:<br /><br />http://youtu.be/m1AGCqYbv-w?t=2m52s<br /><br />I think they are confused because they cannot resolve victim mentality and victor mentality. And of course, second wave feminism was largely a Jewish affair. <br /><br />On the one hand, both Jewish politics and feminism have been defined by the notion of powerlessness and victim-hood. It was about the powerless taking on the powerful and being empowered. <br />It loves to see itself as the victim.<br /><br />But Jewish women are among the biggest winners in America. I'll bet an average Jewish woman is much richer than an average white gentile male. And lots of Jewish women make as much dough as Jewish men. And many Jewish women are in all sorts of elite fields. Now, one even took over the Fed. There are two Jewish women in the Supreme Court. <br />And Pollack is successful herself. She is a VICTOR. But she feels uncomfortable with it since Jewishness and feminism have been defined by eternal victim-hood. <br /><br />So, she isn't so much a sore loser as a sore winner. She feels robbed of her victim-hood since she's successful and her kind--Jewish and feminists in academia--are so powerful and privileged. She feels deprived of her victim-ness, and so, she goes looking for some victim narrative by bitching and whining that she could have been a successful scientist than a successful professor of writing, BUT she was denied such honors by a MAN!!!!<br /><br />It's like GOP has gone out of its way to praise and respect and revere Jews, but Jews only say not enough is being done to protect poor helpless little Israel(with 300 illegal nukes) from Iran(with no nukes at all). <br /><br />It's getting pathetic. <br /><br />Similarly, Michelle Obama is a sore winner. She was given all sorts of favors because of her blackness and moderate intelligence, but she feels wronged by the world all the time because she feels she was denied everything she done demand. <br /><br />When pigs who eat up all the sausage but then complain that they weren't offered all the hamburgers as well, it's downright disgusting.<br /><br />Neocons like Jennifer Rubin is no different. Richwine was a lone voice in the conservative landscape but she insisted he had to go to. I guess his truth was too oppressive to a powerless victim like her. <br /><br />Unless white Americans break free of such personalities--that abound in the Jewish community, American conservatism is hopeless. bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607033974434672862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-67273571691161838222013-10-10T13:10:07.100-07:002013-10-10T13:10:07.100-07:00Not just dumb. Delusional, as wellNot just dumb. Delusional, as wellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-57954316039085527142013-10-10T13:06:53.149-07:002013-10-10T13:06:53.149-07:00She's a whiny bitch.
On the one hand, people...She's a whiny bitch. <br /><br />On the one hand, people like her say and insist and demand, "we don't want you men telling us what we womyn should do!! we will make our own choices." But then she bitches and whines, "why didn't you tell me to do such and such?" <br /><br />She's like a child who tells her parents to shut up and not tell her what to do. But after messing up, she complains that her parents didn't tell her the right thing to do. <br /><br />Emotionally, she isn't different from the insufferable younger sister in NEWLYWEDS. <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WESDw95RiWk<br /><br />(I wanted to her kill her. My teeth were gnashing whenever she was on screen. The character of Caitlin Fitzgerald, one of the loveliest actresses in the business, was raked over coals by the no good skankass ho. Interesting that so many Irishmen look like hamfisted bully boy thugs while so many Irish women have such strong features.) <br /><br /><br />If Pollack really loved science/math, she would have pursued it of her own accord. <br />No one had to tell Steve Jobs to go into computers. No one had to tell Bill Gates to start up microsoft. No one had to tell Zuckerberg to chase after facebook dream. Some even got started in the garage. <br /><br />But Pollak cannot let go of something that happened long long long ago. If she's a bum without a dime whose life was ruined for not becoming a scientist, I can sort of sympathize(even if not agree), but it seems she found considerable success in her own field in English lit. So, what the eff is she bitching about? <br /><br />Btw, maybe she wasn't such a great intellect in the science/math field anyway. I mean coaches in sports don't tell EVERY athlete on the team to try out for Notre Dame football, let alone the NFL draft. <br /><br />Isn't one successful career enough? But I'm thinking... had she become a science/math professor, she would be bitching... 'why didn't someone tell me get out of science/math and take up something more PASSIONATE like the humanities?' She's a constant nagger who needs something to be hysterical about all the time. What she calls 'passion' is really just hysterics. <br /><br />The old feminist narrative used to be "men told us we can NOT do it, but we did it anyway." <br /><br />Now that such obstacles no longer exist, it's "men didn't tell us to do it, so we were denied!!! Waaah!!" <br /><br />Sensible, men and women, should tell Pollack to go jump into lake. Hopefully one with lots of piranhas. We can nobly serve nature by being food for the fish. <br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com