For some reason, I always think of SayUncle when I hear this song, although I suppose Kevin Baker would be more appropriate.
(Ignore the video, which has nothing to do with the song — just minimize the window and listen to the song…)
As regular readers are well aware, my marathon debate with LarryE (which started here and continued here) went from bad to ugly, and violated all the rules about disagreeing without being disagreeable (I accused him of having a “persecution complex”; he at least twice described me as being “truly an ass.” Really? He’s just now figuring that out? Anyone who has read my writing with any regularity over the three or four years I’ve been blogging ought to know that about me, but I digress…), doesn’t mean that we can’t share a little linky love. Our disagreement was largely about prudent and effective electioneering, and he discusses his views on them in Kevin T. Keith-like detail in a series of four posts:
Full disclosure: So far, I’ve only read Chapter One; but in the interests of fair and open debate, I felt our readers who have been following this mess (Who am I kidding? Just Ted) should know about those posts. I’ll read the other three, and try to keep an open mind about it. It’s only fair.
An interesting article I found in eSkeptic, on the rift between ID supporters and traditional Creationists, is below the fold:
Royalty was like dandelions. No matter how many heads you chopped off, the roots were still there underground, waiting to spring up again.
It seemed to be a chronic disease. It was as if even the most intelligent person had this little blank spot in their heads where someone had written: "Kings. What a good idea." Whoever had created humanity had left in a major design flaw. It was its tendency to bend at the knees.
-- Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay
