Comments on: Stopping on a Paradigm

By: Anne

Anne — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:25:32 +0000

Thanks, Jeff. Glad to have you here.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:00:07 +0000

I found your site via Wild Hunt and like your ability to remain good friends with those on the lunatic fringe. My neighbor is a witch and she and I get into some pretty horrific arguments about such things. She isn’t talking to me right now because she thinks the Federal Reserve should be abolished and I don’t. She really likes the movie Zeitgeist and I think it is representative of pretty shoddy thinking. I like what I’ve read of your blog so far!

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 03:26:46 +0000

Katrina, I can’t even imagine how toxic it must be back in the Beltway right now. But hey, I will happily regale you some evening with stories from the Left Coast fringe—I promise it will be entertaining!

By: Katrina

Katrina — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:02:31 +0000

I remember signing up for the rapture animal care service some time ago.

I mean someone has to look after all those pets left after those christians teleport to heaven. I’m just trying to help … ;-)

In DC, although we may get less of the crazy stuff, our version is way more cynical and toxic. I kind of wish we had more of the hopeful stuff even if it is crazy as hell.

And you are welcome in DC too.

By: Helen/Hawk

Helen/Hawk — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:26:01 +0000

I love your perspective on the Rapture.

Talk about a win/win situation!

By: moonroot

moonroot — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:41:23 +0000

Oh Anne, I love this piece, it had me nodding my head and laughing at the same time! I may be in West Wales instead of California, but I also find myself hearing such weird theories from people. Much as I’d like to believe that my car – also ‘held together with rust and duct-tape’ – has some heretofore unexpected advantages, I have to agree with your reality check, and I think Pandora has hit the nail on the head when she says, ‘All is well, as usual, and all is falling apart, as usual, and really, everything is chugging along just fine’.

By: Anne

Anne — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:27:05 +0000

Thank you, Pandora. That’s just right. I have tried to convince some of my really paranoid friends that they should never chalk up to conspiracy what is adequately explained by dysfunction or incompetence. Unfortunately, a side-effect of paranoia seems to be a lack of humor, irony, and perspective.

I would love a little rest in Western PA. Perhaps after the hordes of campaign workers depart. It would be such a refreshing change to steep for a while in the nuttiness of another part of this great country.

By: Pandora

Pandora — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:56:30 +0000

Here’s my take on things:

All is well, as usual, and all is falling apart, as usual, and really, everything is chugging along just fine. Also. There are no really large conspiracies afoot, cause if people could REALLY work that well together, nobody would need conspiracies cause everything would be all perfect, and in reality, every large conspiracy ever in the history of the world ate itself up before it got anything done. Everything that LOOKS like a large conspiracy is just a bunch of stuff that happened.

And if you need a little rest in Western Pennsylvania, you just drop on by, cause there are various odd things around here, but they’re different from the odd things in Northern California, so you can have a little rest.

Your frend.

love, panda