Maybe Entelechy’s fans can tell me what I said here that was deserving of Entelechy lecturing me (once again!) on this occasion telling me “you need not to take things personal”.

I’d appreciate it!

I disagree with Entelechy that it was and is a problem with W. I think W has handled his religion just fine and he did not use his religion as a calculated move to appeal to social conservatives.

This is someone who tells me that I am “thin-skinned”.

Buy Danish on January 2, 2008 at 9:25 PM

FloatingRock on January 2, 2008 at 9:35 PM

You may very well be right. There is clearly a failure to communicate.

All I know is that Entelechy left me quite a “personal” message on New Year’s Eve, so she did not end the year on a very positive note with me. She put herself in the middle of an, er, “discussion” with Professor Blather who I was fed up with at that point. I didn’t respond and decided to let it drop.

Last night I made one comment that was not in the least bit deprecatory, insulting, personal, any of those things. I merely said that I didn’t agree with her position on Bush and religion because I don’t think it’s valid to compare him with the Huckster.

That’s it!

Next thing I know I was on the receiving end of Entelechy lecture # 172.

I’m honestly baffled by what she was unhappy about.

Buy Danish on January 2, 2008 at 10:02 PM

Entelechy,

What?

A wee bit high sanctimonious with the “profanity” complaint?

My “innocent” comment refers to what you said to me on New Year’s Eve. (You also made a comment earlier about “needling” other commenters, and golly if I didn’t get the idea that you were alluding to me at that point, but I digress). To the best of my recollection, I had not said anything to you on New Years’. Nothing. Not a word. You chose to come in on a high horse and get in the middle of my argument with Blather when I called him a Blowhard for having launched yet another of his long-winded salvos at me, this time over the definition of “terror attack”.

I am not playing any roles, I am telling you the truth when I say I don’t have a clue what it is that you objected to. Why can’t you just come out and tell me what it was that I said which set off your response to me last night?

I had no idea until tonight that English was not your first language (although I do have to admit that I don’t always understand what you are saying). Now the mystery is solved in that regard.

I do not hold “foreigners” in disdain, and my half-siblings are “foreigners” themselves and live in Europe. I certainly don’t hold it against people for being Polyglots, and would be happy to be one myself.

The fact remains that your English, as good as it is, is not perfect and I can see now how it is that we came to a misunderstanding somewhere along the line.

Believe me, I have no love lost for Blather, but I have never had animus towards you whatsoever so I don’t know what precipitated this indignant response.

Buy Danish on January 2, 2008 at 10:56 PM

FloatingRock on January 2, 2008 at 11:51 PM

I really appreciate your input. I don’t know that Entelechy even recalls what she said to me on New Year’s Eve. She has a way of saying something nice on the one hand, but then pulling out the long knives at the same time.

She also went from telling me how courageous I was and how much she enjoyed my comments even if she disagreed with me, to telling me that I was thin-skinned and a bore in the space of 24 hours, which is confusing to say the least.

I had not said anything to her that was mean-spirited. I hardly made any comments at all on New Year’s Eve, and the one that I made inititially was in response to snarky comments that were being made about me and others (including a comment by Blather) when I wasn’t even there.

All my animus was directed at Professor Blather, and she inserted herself in that, complained that I was “nitpicky” and making “anti-Blather” attacks, when it was just the opposite in my view. She told me how marvelous and witty he was and how she’d love to dine with him, but not me, blah blah blah.

I ignored that comment and moved on. The next thing I know she’s telling me that I need to learn not to get “personal” as a response to my comment about W and religion.

I’m not a mind-reader, so unless she tells me what it is that bothered her I will go to my grave not knowing what the problem was.

Buy Danish on January 3, 2008 at 12:24 AM

Given that response, is it fair for me to point out what a hypocrite Entelechy is at this time?

Frankly, my dear, at this point I don’t give a damn. Oops! Hope it’s okay to use that word!

As I said, I’m not a mind-reader and she has hardly been an angel in her comments to me, so here goes. Earlier tonight she upbraided me for using the “profanity” “eff” (which I don’t consider a profanity, but that’s just me I guess).

However she applauded Madison Conservative earlier today at the America the Beautiful thread after he (?) said:

you’re nothing but an arrogant, smug, elitist prick
MadisonConservative on January 2, 2008 at 2:41 PM

Entelechy responded like this:

MadisonC, you are a one collected/polite dude. Proud of you, sincerely,
Entelechy on January 2, 2008 at 4:23 PM

So prick is okay but eff isn’t? I can’t keep up with Entelechy’s rules.

Buy Danish on January 3, 2008 at 12:38 AM

Heck, why don’t I link to the New Year’s Eve thread so we can see how rotten I was there too!

This is where it all began, and I did not make a single comment to Entelechy:

Meanwhile, the dead-in-the-water candidate has hit almost 1,100 comments in just the last two threads alone.

Professor Blather on December 31, 2007 at 12:56 PM

Yeah, right. In BlatherWorld this proves that Entelechy’s predicted avalanche is coming.any.minute.now.

Just one more reason why I don’t defer to Blather and on anything.

Buy Danish on December 31, 2007 at 1:35 PM

It went on for a bit between myself and Blather, with Tickledragon coming into the fray, until it ended here:

Dear, smart, and exhaustively nitpicky Buy Danish,

I’ve said many times that I’d vote for your guy, or any other on our side, except Mr. Huckabee. If he’s the one I’ll vote for some insignificant 3rd party dude/dudette, as a protest, just because I can’t suffer not to vote. This you can take to the (bank).

I’ve also said a fiew times, and I repeat, that I appreciate your dedication to your guy, and your serious energy invested in proving it. What you fail to internalize is other people’s same emotions, or rights, or stupidity, as it may be. Either way, it is what it is, and we don’t have to agree. We’ll all rejoice or suffer, according to outcomes. I remember vividly similar emotions here ahead of Nov. 2006. We all now live with the consequences, and we fully deserve them.

On all your anti-Blather-blathering, especially of late – here’s the bottom line, because it’s year end and I don’t want to get too detailed – I’d prefer to have lunch/dinner with Professor Blather a million times over same with you. I know, you didn’t invite me – it’s just an abstract. I’ve read many of his comments over time, and he’s witty and entertaining. Of all here, he definitely is in that E-handful which I adore. You are way to thin-skinned and ‘perfect’, and while very smart, such people bore me in a jiffy.

Other than that, carry on, and I’ll still appreciate your comments for their substance.

Entelechy on December 31, 2007 at 6:08 PM

I hadn’t said anything to Entelechy. Nothing. Zero. Zip. Nada. But she had a lot to say to me, and it was all about Blather.

Buy Danish on January 3, 2008 at 12:53 AM

Dude, I said prick. Prick isn’t a profanity

MadisonConservative on January 3, 2008 at 11:45 AM

You must be joking!

I see we’re back to playing the dictionary game.

prick (n) – obscene terms for penis. I’ll spare all of us the synonyms for the word, as well as the C word which describes the female version of the word which you hilariously claim is not a profanity.

I see that if we are to follow your standards we can say prick, but cannot use asterisks to indicate what we mean without saying the word. I hope everyone gets that message, including those who run this blog.

I see that “eff” is in the dictionary too, so I erred when I said it wasn’t profane. I think of it as a word to replace an obscene word but not obscene in itself, but I stand corrected and will refrain from using it in the future. Maybe I’ll find a way to sneak the acronymn SNAFU in instead and await indignant responses.

As for my “act”, the fact is that I could not care less if you use the word “prick”. I only mentioned it to point out Entelechy’s double standard when it comes to acceptable language.

Buy Danish on January 3, 2008 at 12:46 PM

BKennedy on January 3, 2008 at 2:07 PM

,

Purely by coincidence, I found out that there is a company called Effenergy.

Nothing but arrogant, smug, elitist pricks work there. Ba da bing.

By the way, I see that you have committed the Sin of Using Asterisks at your website. Tsk, tsk. Have you no sense of decency?

Buy Danish on January 3, 2008 at 3:00 PM