Neanderpundit

Well, if you fuck up hamburger after hamburger day in and day out, you get fired. If your students graduate without being able to read, do math, or form a coherent thought, you get a three month paid vacation!

(Yes, I know all about how teachers get paid, yadda yadda. And if you are offended by this, it is aimed directly at YOU. if you are a teacher and this doesn’t bother you in the least, you may be one of the rare decent ones) (or you could be a moron, I can’t tell over the internet)

I love the smell of wrongheaded academic equivocation in the morning!! Another pile of offal for you to toy with, my brethren.
Enjoy!

“like a fine truffle laden gravy from a standing rib roast.”–for this metaphor, I am beyond flattered, gentlemen. Fisk away.
Points:
1.You mistakenly assume that I locate the problems of the world within the evil Bush…burton/neocon conspiracy. I do not. They are a symptom, not the virus itself. You are not neocons. If you were, you wouldn’t be so boisterous.
2.You imply teaching is not a “real job.” Interesting. And I am a low-level instructor at a public university. I do not have much power to share my kool-aid. By the way, I spent 6 years managing a successful small business before returning to the ivory tower. I spent formative younger years before that working stock (loading and unloading trucks) for a minor mass-retail chain. I have performed social work with DSM-IV diagnosed children–by far the most challenging thing I have ever done. I have had “real jobs” in the past, know what it’s like to live in my car, and even today, while still taking classes and teaching, I have a full-time job outside the skool from 1-10pm. So please refrain from assuming I am your stereotypical tower damsel. I read Hegel, drink Pabst, listen to Skynyrd, AND write manifestos.
3. I never said you are fascists. I said your comments show the first bloody spots of a fascist infection.
4. “I mean, I suppose she calls this thought.”–Do you insult all your guests before calling your troops to take aim?
Like you, I must go to work now. I look forward to checking in on my fate…

You are not a guest, madam, you are a rude, ill informed,and unwelcome intruder, and will be treated as such.

UPDATE: That’s actually not true. We’ll try to treat you nicely.

in the post about Obama below, I got a wondefully well thought out comment from “bonnieschlitz”.

I mean, I suppose she calls this thought. Witness:

And Og:
In your eloquent criticism of Senator Obama, you say, “the only people this [Socialism] will benefit are the ruling elites (him and his brethren).” Obviously you haven’t been taught by a Proper Pinko in an ideal, fully-funded public education institution. Because socialism does not reward the elite. In theory, it distributes wealth evenly among the people (hence the qualifier, SOCIAL). And socialism, as a viable alternative to capitalism, does not exist. (You can’t wave a magic wand and say “Presto! Socialism!” And you can’t become President and infect a country with it either.) So when you accuse Obama of playing to the elites, your fault lies in attempting to connect his “socialism” with his “elitism”–because you can’t have both. Either he’s for the people, or he’s for the elite. Which one is it? The “elitist” label doesn’t jive here either. But interestingly, if you wiki “Fascism” you’ll find this:
“a term used to describe authoritarian nationalist political ideologies or mass movements that are concerned with notions of cultural decline or decadence and seek to achieve a millenarian national rebirth by exalting the nation or race and promoting cults of unity, strength, and purity.”
Hmmm…even more interesting when juxtaposed to the following quote from this blog post:
“We dislike Obama’s policies and what he stands for because without exception, everything he stands for is bad for America, bad for America’s people, and bad for the future of this great nation.”
In that quote I see every indicator of what qualifies as fascism (at least to wikipedia)–nationalistic chest-pounding, an exalted purity of tradition, and a paranoid fear of cultural decline.
So, Og, my fellow cultural theorist and political analyst, in the words of TBird, and that hip, hip Lefty from Galilee, “Physician, heal thyself!”
On another point, in no way does Obama (nor the policies he indicates) imply he favors statism. In fact, a few weeks ago, in Zanesville, Ohio, he described a plan for intensifying (not oppressively expanding) Bush’s faith-based and neighborhood-based initiatives. These organizations provide volunteer, charitable support for folks who, under the USUAL Lefty Entitlement Pattern, would be “enabled” (in both senses) by welfare programs. The government assists these faith and community-based organizations through grants, and the org’s also benefit from donations by the private sector. Because they’re relatively free of bureaucratic bullshit, and staffed by people who WANT to help, they’re more efficient and more cost-effective than any “socialist” entitlement program ever could be.
And, just to end my little rant here, in case you haven’t noticed, over the past 8 years (at least) the “little people” HAVE been paid lip service, industry HAS been crushed, and jobs HAVE disappeared. All while on the “conservative,” pro-capitalist, neoliberal, big industry time clock.
Luckily, I can still teach…for now.

The ivory tower ignorance drips forth like a fine, truffle laden gravy from a standing rib roast.

I may fisk this later, but at present I have a busy day ahead. Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to expose the demonstrable fallacy in everything Bonnie says, from the mind numbing ignorance required to believe that Obama is incapable of attempting to impose socialism while playing to the elites (which is provably, demonstrably true for anyone with even a publik skool edumakation) to the media guided notion that the world is a faar worse place today because of evil Bushitlerchimpymchalliburton.

Sorry, Bonnie. You’ve drank so much of the Kool-Ade you have no idea you’re soaking in it. Try getting a job in the real world and seeing how life works. You know, where your “funding” depends on how good you are at your job.

As for this:

Luckily, I can still teach…for now

You’ve certainly taught me that my preconception of the abilities of the average public school teacher is…. well, it’s accurate as hell.

Fisk in comments or on your own blog. Pascal, I expect you to step up to the plate on this one.