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Brief Thoughts for the Week of 2010-01-08

Post author By Joe Campbell
Post date January 8, 2010

The Future of the Tea Party? http://2parse.com//?p=4619 #
The 10 Nicest Things About Rush Limbaugh http://www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/the-10-nicest-things-about-rush-limbaugh/ #
Facebook may be destroying friendship, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't become a fan of 2parse.com on Facebook…. http://bit.ly/6Mxxac #
A recovering procrastinator of pleasure… http://2parse.com//?p=4585 #
A cute picture of penguins … wait… what's that poking its head? http://i.imgur.com/LhROr.jpg #
The Obvious Truths Neglected in Responses to the Christmas Bomber http://2parse.com//?p=4598 #
Fiercely Honoring Hope Witsell… http://2parse.com//?p=4589 #
Man 'buys' $3billion CD-ROM on Amazon – just to see what would happen http://bit.ly/7SFNtE #
So desperately sad, yet funny: The Death of Darth Vader. http://xkcd.com/682/ #
New England Road Sign: http://i.imgur.com/FGgCn.jpg #
Demolition Fail. http://bit.ly/4xHLnL #

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“The past should stay in the heart, where it belongs.”

Post author By Joe Campbell
Post date January 5, 2010

I believe it was Ezra Klein who posted a link to this article with the note that he’s read authors on the same themes, but that this was better written than any other similar piece. I agree. William Deresiewicz writes a truly conservative piece – by which I don’t refer to the right-wing community held together by ressentiment, but a political and social temperament that sees value in tradition – a conservatism that stands athwart history yelling, “Stop” as William F. Buckley wrote. Deresiewicz explains how Facebook is destroying friendship:

Facebook holds out a utopian possibility: What once was lost will now be found. But the heaven of the past is a promised land destroyed in the reaching. Facebook, here, becomes the anti-madeleine, an eraser of memory. Carlton Fisk has remarked that he’s watched the videotape of his famous World Series home run only a few times, lest it overwrite his own recollection of the event. Proust knew that memory is a skittish creature that peeks from its hole only when it isn’t being sought. Mementos, snapshots, reunions, and now this—all of them modes of amnesia, foes of true remembering. The past should stay in the heart, where it belongs. [my emphasis]

Even so, you should become a fan of 2parse.com on Facebook today!

Tags Facebook, William Deresiewicz

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Brief Thoughts for the Week of 2010-01-01

Post author By Joe Campbell
Post date January 1, 2010

Get It Through Your Heads: No President Can Keep You Safe. http://2parse.com//?p=4564 #
WSJ op-ed proves that Republicans are rooting for a fiscal catastrophe. http://2parse.com//?p=4551 #
The Best Proven Defense Against Terrorism: Motivated, vigilant, informed citizens (not centralized gov't action.) http://2parse.com//?p=4546 #
FreedomWorks seeks to replicate Obama's "grass-roots machine" http://2parse.com//?p=4526 #
I expect better from reddit. http://2parse.com//?p=4523 #
Perverting Natural Law http://2parse.com//?p=4509 #
Building a Denny’s in either of them would be a cultural transformation roughly akin to the onset of the Renaissance…http://bit.ly/88sXdX #
If Star Wars had Facebook http://themovieblog.com/2009/12/if-star-wars-had-facebook #

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Brief Thoughts for the Week of 2009-12-25

Post author By Joe Campbell
Post date December 25, 2009

Glenn Greenwald jumps the shark? http://2parse.com//?p=4513 #
The Creator of the Public Option: Why I Still Believe in This Bill http://www.tnr.com/blog/the-treatment/why-i-still-believe-bill #
What Krugman Cannot Say http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/12/what-krugman-cannot-say.html #
Obama's Dramatic Showdown-bursting into secret meeting b/t Chinese & other emerging countries-salvages Climate Deal http://bit.ly/68Q8v1 #
Thank you MTA/LIRR for screwing up my Saturday AM commute home so royally, it took 3 1/2 hours. #

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Brief Thoughts for the Week of 2009-12-18

Post author By Joe Campbell
Post date December 18, 2009

A way to be condescending… http://www.explosm.net/comics/1892/ #
Progressives & Liberals: You don’t have to be happy about supporting this bill. But you should support it. http://2parse.com//?p=4285 #
Maybe this explains why Republicans are so hypocritical on fiscal issues. http://2parse.com//?p=4367 #
Okay. Site was up last night, but down again?! WTF!! #
We need you more than ever, Buffy. http://i.imgur.com/iYQbq.jpg #
Rather pissed that my website is down AGAIN! #

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Brief Thoughts for the Week of 2009-12-11

Post author By Joe Campbell
Post date December 11, 2009

Random Girl in the elevator: "It's cold out there, isn't it? I can smell the cold on you." #
RT@juliahoffman RT @tedtrembinski: Dance like the photo's not tagged, love like you've never been unfriended, tweet like nobody's following. #
Ruthless Government Conspiracy Could Make You $97,500 Richer by March 2010! Sounds plausible? Then u prob read TownHall http://bit.ly/6I4uzs #
Incredible, beautiful video. http://vimeo.com/7792511 #
America is fast approaching a fiscal disaster. Why is it so hard to figure out what to do about it? http://2parse.com//?p=4322 #
Examining PALIN's op-ed on "Climate-gate" brings me to question why the WaPo continues to publish RUBBISH like this… http://bit.ly/6Rm6wV #
The NYT and WaPo bet their reputations on contrasting approaches to climate emails. http://2parse.com//?p=4384 #
Search the web using picture. Just awesome. http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/#place #
Awkward Facebook Suggestions http://xkcd.com/672/ #
A Unified Theory of Obama http://2parse.com//?p=4353 #
"If only bad habits could be broken as easily as hearts!" – Christopher Spranger (RT @QuoteDaily) #

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Brief Thoughts for the Week of 2009-12-04

Post author By Joe Campbell
Post date December 4, 2009
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The Republican’s Generational Warfare http://2parse.com//?p=4346 #
"Virgo:Your superhuman ego may be tellin you that you can do it all w/o help but you cant" Meaning all Virgos've superhuman egos or just me? #
Instead of watching New Moon, read this LOLcatz interpretation. http://bit.ly/4xLTcd #
Charming use of Biblical quotes by the right-wing opposition “Pray for Obama – Psalm 109:8” http://bit.ly/5VkB23 #
My mom, seeming to use a computer mouse for the first time, "How do I click?" #
Obama’s FY2009 performance = relief pitcher entering game in the 4th inning trailing 19-0 & allows another run to score http://bit.ly/4ExioH #
Are my tweets 'Meforming' of 'Informing'? http://bit.ly/7UNKw8 Ans.: I think I write my blog to inform and tweet to meform about the blog. #

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Brief Thoughts for the Week of 2009-11-27

Post author By Joe Campbell
Post date November 27, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving! #
Summoned to determine the fate of Lehman Brothers, Wall Street's top executives had a BrickBreaker tournament instead. http://bit.ly/7IDTpY #
65% of Nevadans have mortgages worth more than their property. http://bit.ly/63cCFt #
Stadium that holds 80,000 sold for as much as apartment in Manhattan. http://bit.ly/4Iwsx0 #
NBCs Dr Nancy Defends Drs in Breast Cancer Debate “We are on the verge of becoming a scientifically illiterate country” http://bit.ly/6oZ43g #
Who was listening to Christmas music this morning? That's right: this guy. #
I just voted for http://pic.gd/5f8872 Check it out! #TweetPhoto #
To Rep. Peter King: Please re-find your mavericky self and vote in favor of health reform. http://bit.ly/1xhcYF #hc09 #NY #11793 #

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Brief Thoughts for the Week of 2009-11-20

Post author By Joe Campbell
Post date November 20, 2009

That's What You Get For Trusting a WSJ Editorial… http://2parse.com//?p=4306 #
Sarah Palin: The candidate for those who thought Bush was too eloquent, too popular, and too moderate. #
"I give to thee, the most badass torch lighting in Olympics history: Barcelona 1992." http://bit.ly/1yEUOX
(Thanks @reddit) #
The direction the GOP is heading is a repudiation of Reagan's legacy. http://bit.ly/ke4Xd #
Precedent for KSM trial: Israel’s prosecution in 1961 of Adolf Eichmann, the bureaucrat who engineered the Holocaust. http://bit.ly/45WPR9 #
Health care reform is most significant effort @ cost control in a generation. http://2parse.com//?p=4301 (Inpired by @ezraklein) #
2parse.com Presents Exclusive Pictures of Obama Bowing to More Anti-American Groups… http://2parse.com//?p=4297 #
In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the "indefensible." http://bit.ly/4iu5H9 #
Seinfeld, laughing: "That surprised me. It surprised me. I have no idea it would be that revolting." #

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Brief Thoughts for the Week of 2009-11-13

Post author By Joe Campbell
Post date November 13, 2009

If Pakistani terrorists had done to New Orleans what Bush’s hapless FEMA did after Katrina, he’d have invaded Iran. http://bit.ly/1vHwVL #
Wheelbarrow races never looked to good…Wait…WTF! (Thanks @reddit) http://bit.ly/3QZ2ij #
Today is the last day you can vote for Tess! So, you know, please do it! http://bit.ly/35nOos #
RT @karenhanretty Sure hope Job Summit results in a Blue Ribbon Commission. Or maybe a Task Force. At least a White Paper w/ Action Items. #
"We need not look to the past for greatness, because it is before our very eyes." http://2parse.com//?p=4265 #
"This generation has more than proved itself the equal of those who have come before." #
"But as we honor the many generations who have served, I think all of us…must acknowledge that…" #
"This generation of soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen have volunteered in a time of certain danger." #
A date late on my Veterans' Day tweets: "We are a nation that endures because of the courage of those who defend it." #
Fisking Camille Paglia on health care. Her column today rather pissed me off. http://2parse.com//?p=4261 #
This is exactly the sort of sensible criticism that – in my opinion – conservatives should be making. http://2parse.com//?p=4163 #
Yet another ad designed to be funny enough to go viral. http://bit.ly/G26CI #
Horoscope warning: Mistakes are normal but this many in 1 day can only mean 1 thing:people just don't understand you. Jokes will help, a lot #
Marijuana: Less Dangerous Than Aspirin http://bit.ly/33NpC5 #
Verizon pwns AT&T http://bit.ly/358EHp
(H/t @gmoneil) #
"Oh, Michael Ledeen, to whom every Democrat is Chamberlain and every Republican is Churchill!" http://2parse.com//?p=4209 #
The video so awesome that it breaks YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/experiencere #
95-Year-Old Yankees Fan Afraid He'll Never Get To See Team Win 27 More World Series. http://bit.ly/W8DZj #