Replies: 13 Comments

Posted by: scooter On Monday, April 4th

Show me Publicus, one sentence starting with "I believe" or just what you do believe. All I've seen in naysaying.

Posted by: Publicus On Sunday, April 3rd

Scooter, I'm quite able thanks, and I''ve done it elsewhere in response to your specific request. I appreciate the interest.

Posted by: scooter On Sunday, April 3rd

I'd like to hear what Publicus does believe, instead of what he doesn't. He seems unable to tell us.

Posted by: An American Observer On Sunday, April 3rd

Anyone else think that Publicus doesn't have a life?

Posted by: Another Publicus Reader On Sunday, April 3rd

Z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z...

Posted by: Publicus On Saturday, April 2nd

There's a curious pleasure here in wondering how to define Scooter. OU812, et al.

If OU812 and his fellow Publicus haters are correct--keep those cards and letters coming, people!--and I am a troll, then they are themselves a weird species of troll followers...and my buddy scooter is a troll's troll. I'll leave this to all of you to decide.

I'm still wondering why my alleged troll-dom is more interesting to all of you than the actual debate, and why it's not comparably important that Nathan seems to base his political philosophy on how badly he overpaid his cell phone bill this month.

Were I an uncharitable kind of guy, I might think that you're all here not to really debate politics of policy or the good of the nation and all that...you're just here to feel like tuff gunslingin' conservatives, and you judge yourselves and each other not on the acuity of your thinking, but on how much you agree with the stuff you're spoon-fed by other blogs.

Just a thought. Comments invited. Murray, once again, great name. You might need to exlpain the reference to the kids here.

Posted by: OU812 On Friday, April 1st

Scooter, that is the intent of trolls. To irritate others and provoke a response.

Posted by: Nathan_Smith@ksg03.harvard.edu">Nathan Smith On Friday, April 1st

Publicus:

Yes, I read plenty: partisan material from both sides, the occasional news column (although as anklebitingpundits, journalists are typically partisan as well but simply more ignorant), academic papers, and so on.

Posted by: scooter On Thursday, March 31st

Publicus, I mean really, you're the most irritating twit.

Posted by: Publicus On Thursday, March 31st

Is reading a partisan blog on the left supposed somehow to demonstrate that you have something like the breadth of knowledge that you presume? You quoted yourself in a prior post on Social Security before informing us that it ought to be done away with. Forgive the seeming impertenence, Nathan. I'm just curious whether you're taking any trouble to really inform yourself instead of arming yourself with opinions from the people with whom you want to agree.

Murray...cool name!

Posted by: Nathan Smith On Thursday, March 31st

Publicus, in answer to your question, yes, I read a lot of stuff, including the liberal blog, TalkingPointsMemo, to which I linked in an earlier post. You read and commented on that post yourself, referring to it as a "partisan blog." Well, yes TPM is a partisan blog, but were you aware that it's a partisan blog on the left?

Do you follow my links before dismissing my sources?

Posted by: Murray Decay On Thursday, March 31st

Pubicus, do you do anything other than read blogs and troll for responses?

Posted by: Publicus On Thursday, March 31st

Do you read anything except other "conservative" blogs?