tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post1545535048085841070..comments2023-10-24T11:23:31.580-04:00Comments on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: Legal Insurrection - Love It or Leave ItWilliam A. Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16433685588536441422noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-91748898721626602512010-11-16T23:04:02.902-05:002010-11-16T23:04:02.902-05:00"- (paraphrasing) there is no need to rip her..."- (paraphrasing) there is no need to rip her apart just because you happen to disagree with her."<br /><br />When the disagreement is because she launched an all too typical tired 'Palin ain't smart' factually challenged turd than yeah, there is a need.<br /><br />This blog is going downhill. You must decide if this blogs mission is to promote conservatism, or be a forum to promote all those precious "different perspectives" beloved of the unprincipled.<br /><br />It can't be both.FZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18407705272229976468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-74824181948792377932010-11-16T22:59:26.039-05:002010-11-16T22:59:26.039-05:00"However, in the blogosphere it is always goo..."However, in the blogosphere it is always good to have a heavy comment thread (as I've said before, Allahpundit on Hot Air KNOWS that a Palin post will draw PAGES of commentary and high traffic - which is good, IMHO). So.....good on you, sir! I've been reading your blog faithfully each day since 2008. I won't be stopping now." <br /><br />Yeah, attack Palin just so you can get web traffic like AP. Real principled there.FZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18407705272229976468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-86413152870875695302010-11-16T22:56:13.192-05:002010-11-16T22:56:13.192-05:00We don't need "alternative views." H...We don't need "alternative views." HotAir sucks now and AP is the reason. The libs and RINO moderates already have a near-monopoly message. Do they have to have a forum here too?<br /><br />In other words, you're going to turn this into Hot Air lite and if long time loyal readers don't like it, "f**ck off. Real nice.<br /><br />"Constructive criticism" is the friendly fire of communication. Dave Frum and they like consider their disastrous message and attacks "constructive" too.<br /><br />By the way, the SEC sucks and SEC regulations have made corruption worse. Regulation does not work. Just thought I'd throw that in there.FZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18407705272229976468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-81197666549730717052010-11-13T07:59:28.123-05:002010-11-13T07:59:28.123-05:00Good Morning Professor dear,
I come to read what ...Good Morning Professor dear,<br /><br />I come to read what you have to say. It is unique in the blogosphere and I would be hard pressed to find another I align with as much as I do with you.<br /><br />Your blog has taken on a life of it's own and is like having a seven day a week brick and mortar store which has to be opened and run regardless. It is a burden... and you alluded to this previously and I agreed with you.<br /><br />I was selected as a co-writer at Texas4Palin for several reasons. Josh Painter is in the same boat you are in. He said in his offer to me to write there that he liked how I write. He also knew he and I agreed philosophically on the mission of his blog. Screening in this way prevents clashes between me and Josh and between his blog's readers.<br /><br />Other multi-writer blogs take the 'alternative views' route for understandable reasons... Allahpundit at HOTAiR comes to mind.<br /><br />All the best to you, dear. I remain faithful as a reader regardless.VotingFemalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12119534885335180008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-43806807757897884742010-11-12T23:16:23.066-05:002010-11-12T23:16:23.066-05:00@the Other Ken
Did you understand what I said? Rea...@the Other Ken<br />Did you understand what I said? Real, dirty people with stinky breath like mine talk this way. Irregardless of what I mean to say I will say it, and you will be forced to understand it. I can't believe you think grammar is even an issue in this crazy world grandpa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-79195666644001658542010-11-12T21:25:32.739-05:002010-11-12T21:25:32.739-05:00"irregardless" isn't a word Robert. ..."irregardless" isn't a word Robert. Regardless and irrespective of that, I'm a fan of both this blog and of Sarah Palin. What I'm not is someone that thinks that a little constructive criticism isn't warranted amongst friends from time to time. Keep of the good work Mr. Jacobson.the Other Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06303062807036320191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-76270590922034867402010-11-12T20:03:57.062-05:002010-11-12T20:03:57.062-05:00Don't think you can be hard, and all of us loy...Don't think you can be hard, and all of us loyalists will take it. We will leave this blog whenever we want, irregardless of what you say. Don't mess with us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-15686604722336178472010-11-12T15:37:37.652-05:002010-11-12T15:37:37.652-05:00Two years ago the GOP handwringing was insufferabl...Two years ago the GOP handwringing was insufferable -- especially the David Frum types insisting that the only way to win was to somehow embrace and fund the nanny state that the electorate purportedly wanted. Prof., YOU were the voice in the wilderness urging calm and confidently asserting that leftists always overreach, and that the 2008 leftists would overreach badly. Bravo sir. I'll be sticking around at LI.Mark30339https://www.blogger.com/profile/13422359390155893973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-40960173889613411032010-11-12T14:20:11.620-05:002010-11-12T14:20:11.620-05:00By the way, I don't read Peggy Noonan's co...By the way, I don't read Peggy Noonan's columns. Why? Because she doesn't matter. She hasn't mattered for a long time. There's a new breed of conservative, and 90:1 most of them don't have a clue who Noonan is.<br /><br />I'll tell you who matters. Sarah Palin. She is doing more to shape public opinion than any one politician and/or talking head out there right now. And she's doing a damn fine job of it.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07116309959024108648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-25234599344393536132010-11-12T14:14:37.978-05:002010-11-12T14:14:37.978-05:00I enjoy your writing and perceptiveness, so I'...I enjoy your writing and perceptiveness, so I'm not going anywhere. I think kathleen's anti-Palin post was ill-advised, but I imagine she's received a memorable initiation into writing for a high-profile blog.<br /><br />Sort of reminds me when I blogged about parenting when my oldest child was 2. I thought I knew so much. Now that my third child is 7, I'm a lot more discerning about what to write. We all were young once and said stupid things. Kathleen'll figure out Palin's appeal eventually.<br /><br />I will say that I'm more loyal to Palin than I am to any blog, so as far as anti-Palin material is concerned, I can tolerate thoughtfully presented criticism, but as a rule I don't read outright anti-Palin blogs at all. But since I believe that Mr. Jacobson is rather more pro-Palin than anti, I'll still be reading faithfully, though I may be skipping over Kathleen's posts until she builds a little more credibility.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07116309959024108648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-2964304832587033712010-11-12T14:02:42.528-05:002010-11-12T14:02:42.528-05:00Blog Boss hires assistant. Assistant produces hap...Blog Boss hires assistant. Assistant produces hapless jejune piece of work. Readers express dismay, displeasure, outrage even. Blog Boss beats own breast and toots own horn. No one disagrees for his breast is manly and his tooting is sweet. His readers love him for both. Blog Boss mounts High Horse and wags stern finger at readers, mouths platitudes, frowns. "Me Blog Boss", he declaims. "This my blog. Like blog, lump blog, me no care. Me immortal. Hrrrmph!"<br /><br />Sic transit gloria mundi.LIAM HODDERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11241193035033757955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-75855103500131539212010-11-12T12:09:51.054-05:002010-11-12T12:09:51.054-05:00Professor,
I hope you understand that the respons...Professor,<br /><br />I hope you understand that the response to the post on Palin is not about you or your blog. We love your blog and can count on you to be informative and insightful, as well as factual. We do not always have to agree with you, but we generally come away with a better understanding of the topic, at the least. So, please do not take personal offense to these comments. <br /><br />The issue is not that Ms. McCaffrey is critical of Palin (and yes, I thought it was you writing until I got to the end of the post, and I thought it was satire until I read the comments). The issue is a mis-informed and poorly-written opinion on a site where we least expect it. What does it say that many of us thought it was satire? <br /><br />I won't stop reading your blog, but I will likely give your co-blogger's posts less attention, because the first outing was beyond unimpressive. It's not the quality nor the substance to which we, your faithful readers, are used to here, and, as one commenter pointed out, time is precious. Ms. McCaffrey may indeed get better at blogging, and we welcome that. I just don't think she understood your audience, and rather than admit any error or engage in discussion, it seems that we the closed-minded, Palin-clinging readers are to be blamed. That hurts.DavidsonGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07916703010402808300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-3303551469958758232010-11-12T10:42:50.675-05:002010-11-12T10:42:50.675-05:00Mr. Jacobson,
Why do you continue to ignore the m...Mr. Jacobson,<br /><br />Why do you continue to ignore the most troubling and damaging legal and Constitutional disasters of our time. The Usurpation of the Presidency by your fellow Harvardian, who's father was NEVER a citizen. There is a case before the SCOTUS for Condference on the 23rd. It's not important?<br /><br />http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.aspx?FileName=/docketfiles/10-446.htm<br /><br />http://www.scribd.com/doc/38506403/Petition-for-Writ-of-Certiorari-filed-with-the-U-S-Supreme-Court-for-Kerchner-v-Obama-Congress<br /><br />Are you afraid of the "birther" epithet? Have you been told to shut up? Obama is NOT ELIGIBLE.<br /><br />As an expert in securities arbitration, why do you not say anything about the Fraud the Mortgage banks have perpetrated on We the People. They have not secured the chain of custody of the notes, and have committed fraud on the public, selling mortgage securities under fraudulent claims of the grade of paper w/in them, all while shorting the real estate market. <br /><br />This is not about Republican and Democrat. This is about the very salvation of the Constitution and the rule of law. Get out of the R and D box!Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02864660386925998491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-57989336786555220022010-11-12T00:12:40.484-05:002010-11-12T00:12:40.484-05:00I know, I know, it's my 3rd post today, I need...I know, I know, it's my 3rd post today, I need to get a life. Which I will do as soon as I get a job (& I have a promising interview Monday :) )<br />It's just this - is it too much to ask for a moratorium on gratuitous bashing of conservative women pols of a certain non-elite variety? Or is that even out-of-bounds to ask with the new "many voices" policy?<br />It's just that I discontinued my Ricochet membership today for gratuitous conservative non-elite women pol-bashing after the final straw, a Michele Bachmann hit piece that has since been "disappeared" off the site. And I need places to hang out till I get a job.Jeanne Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08214081669265679010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-50615141642682068612010-11-11T22:27:30.131-05:002010-11-11T22:27:30.131-05:00I didn't post a comment to the "Maligned&...I didn't post a comment to the "Maligned" post, although it annoyed the stuffing out of me. It's only in retrospect, after reading your response to the comments, that I realized it had been written by your contributor.<br /><br />I should have realized at once that the post wasn't a William Jacobson Original by the rookie mistake at the beginning: referring to Peggy Noonan's WSJ column as an "editorial." Peggy Noonan does not write WSJ editorials, because she is not a WSJ editor. Peggy Noonan's columns run on the Op-Ed page, so called because it is the page opposite the editorials.<br /><br />(By the way, at what age does a woman become a "vestige?") <br /><br />In any case, I wasn't annoyed by the substance of the piece so much as its sheer gratuitousness, the sense of piling on that began with a too clever by half attempt to create a mocking shorthand in the post's title and ending with the "me too" conclusion. It was sloppy, it read like an exercise in Confirmation Bias, and I was stunned to see it on your blog.<br /><br />I don't mind it so much now that I know it was not written by you. We forgive youth for many things. Bully for you, bringing on a contributor, it keeps things interesting. <br /><br />But I would like to echo the requests of other commenters and request that Authors Who Are Not William Jacobson identify themselves at the beginning of the post, it's a common convention in the blogosphere.<br /><br />And oh yes, my vote: love it.Lilac Sundayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16642228829337025093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-58583772722609720442010-11-11T21:58:45.188-05:002010-11-11T21:58:45.188-05:00@Kevin,
I do not believe that Peggy Noonan deserv...@Kevin,<br /><br />I do not believe that Peggy Noonan deserves support. From what I have been reading with regards to what she writes, Noonan can be very, very catty. She has never had a nice word to say for Sarah Palin.<br /><br />Also, the writer in the WSJ was wrong, and Palin was right in her remarks about the QE2 controversy. <br /><br />There is a group of economists, who are not Keynesian, who disagree with the whole notion of any further "stimulus", and they do so because they recognize that this stimulus under the present conditions, which are remarkably like the early 1970s will end up with hyperinflation. <br /><br />Not only are there many economists in schools not steeped in teaching Progressive economics, but there are world leaders who also question the move by Bernanke, including leaders in Germany, China and of all places, Brazil.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00532250145038548627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-15652415514334540352010-11-11T21:23:03.893-05:002010-11-11T21:23:03.893-05:00Okay! I'm back! Why the long faces? Did I miss...Okay! I'm back! Why the long faces? Did I miss something? I'll come back later. (Okay. Bye.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-26043027877928801152010-11-11T20:04:59.274-05:002010-11-11T20:04:59.274-05:00I generally like Ms Palin, but that post was an ho...I generally like Ms Palin, but that post was an honest and true one. In this instance, Palin was wrong and reporter Sundeep Reddy was right. It has been known to happen. <br /><br />I'm a bit agog at all the people coming here, into Bill Jacobson's blog, and blasting him (and his team). Grow up, folks, not everyone agrees with anybody about anything, and people can disagree with you without being evil. <br /><br />Sarah Palin is an appealing and skillful politician; she'll survive one small screwup. She's not a deity. No politician is (something our opponents in the Cult of Obama are slowly and painfully discovering). She's a much more appealing, and politically consistent, person than her detractors like Frum, Parker, and our own Maureen Dowd-like fading star, Peggy Noonan. She deserves our support, in my opinion, when she's right, which is most of the time. But she's not perfect. <br /><br />You'll probably get a whole bunch more vituperation from the people who've called down a fatwa on Scott Brown for not voting like he was from Alabama. Brown is not perfect either. He's a human being -- and also one who deserves our support, in my opinion.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11502390161613058873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-22620787058398771392010-11-11T20:04:58.949-05:002010-11-11T20:04:58.949-05:00Love itLove itUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992484380652690742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-9194423376107709762010-11-11T19:56:37.950-05:002010-11-11T19:56:37.950-05:00William, I love your blog. I will remain a reader ...William, I love your blog. I will remain a reader of your material.<br /><br />However, when it comes to Kathleen's work... I am all for just giving it a big miss....Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00532250145038548627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-31687319148042707192010-11-11T18:48:25.059-05:002010-11-11T18:48:25.059-05:00Here's what I learnt in grad school: when you ...Here's what I learnt in grad school: when you write, begin with a hypothesis. Research thoroughly and think things through to determine the validity of the hypothesis. If it is not, change it and keep changing it until you develop a supportable thesis. To pursue an invalid hypothesis will result in academic and personal humiliation. This means that it doesn't matter whether or not your thesis is in synch with your ideological views; what matters is that your thesis is valid and unshakeable. Therefore, as an academic, I don't buy stock in my hypotheses. <br /><br />Writing is a war game in which the writer's ideas are the castle under siege. For the writing to stand, the foundation (assumptions, premises, conclusion) the undergirding syllogism must be unshakeable. If the argument is easily assailed and disproven, then that is evidence of shoddy construction and weak analytical thought that may be in the service of ideological bias. A well developed thesis and argument is an impregnable, unassailable castle.<br /><br />For a writer, a researcher, truth, no matter how unpalatable, must be the primary objective. That truth may be a long distance away from what goes on inside your head, ideologically, but it is what establishes your bona fides as a reputable and read-worthy writer.<br /><br />Prof. Jacobsen is doing Kathleen a disservice by not publicly calling her on her very substandard construction which has weakened the integrity of this blog. That public discussion of the flaws in her thinking will go a long way towards shaping her as a writer. Absent that, Kathleen's defense of her weak argument would prove quite instructive to her. However, after one half-hearted effort, Kathleen retired from the field of battle.<br /><br />Writing is a war game. The writer must ALWAYS be prepared to attack and, more importantly, defend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-39492406453793409082010-11-11T18:13:17.785-05:002010-11-11T18:13:17.785-05:00Straw man, sir. The issue is not you and your reco...Straw man, sir. The issue is not you and your record. The issue is your co-blogger. Your clueless co-blogger. I don't come to LI to read Peggy Noonan or Kathleen Parker or any of the other Sarah-Palin-hating airheads dotting the GOP landscape. I'm not looking for lockstep thinking, but I am looking for honest to goodness thought and fact-based critical analysis. Your co-blogger fell sadly short in both areas. Defend her, if you must, but please spare us the lightweight, airhead punditry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-61530583481796816002010-11-11T18:08:26.564-05:002010-11-11T18:08:26.564-05:00Sorry, I just can't help it, I feel like I'...Sorry, I just can't help it, I feel like I've lost a friend. I know it's totally irrational and emotional. Like biofuel lab rat, I can't take the full frontal snark from the Allahpundits & Aces any more. And I'm so tired of listening to the oh-so- edumucated classes with their oh-so-much-more reasonable opinions that I could spit wooden nickels. Oh, don't get me wrong, I'll come back. But it won't be the same. Poor me.Jeanne Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08214081669265679010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-15196654406587871422010-11-11T17:13:05.337-05:002010-11-11T17:13:05.337-05:00Count me firmly in the *love it* camp, too. Perha...Count me firmly in the *love it* camp, too. Perhaps Kathleen could redeem herself by stating something factual, like Obama intentionally ommitting endowed by our Creator. I'll take a misquote over that ommission any day.sybilllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17188465666054204302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1522121129844880066.post-57669009321512645112010-11-11T16:51:41.904-05:002010-11-11T16:51:41.904-05:00KEEP THESE POSTS COMING! You write a very informa...KEEP THESE POSTS COMING! You write a very informative and educational blog!<br /><br />Steve<br />Common Cents<br />http://www.commoncts.blogspot.com<br /><br />ps. HAPPY VETERANS DAY!!commoncentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497825816313122743noreply@blogger.com