Today I’m guest blogging over at Why Democracy?. My post “Mirror, mirror upon the wall . . .” is now up for all to read.
Mirror, mirror upon the wall . . .
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Today I’m guest blogging over at Why Democracy?. My post “Mirror, mirror upon the wall . . .” is now up for all to read.
“Suggests the possibility.”
“-Shit, they wonn’t. We need a plan B. Hey, Germany! How about we divide Poland up between us? Yeah, that should keep them off our backs and we get half of Poland to boot!”
Hey, which party, the Germans or the Soviets, approached the other with the idea for the Pact?
Poor, poor Gordon Craig.
Not as poor as Chris Doss.
Craig makes clear his view that the mentioned Soviet proposal was in oppostion to the Anshcluss and that it was presented prior to the Munich appeasement.
As previously mentioned, the Sovets agreeing to the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was a diplomatic counter-move to what transpired at Munich. In his book, Craig believes this to be true as well.
Poor, poor, poor Gordon Craig. He’s been made into Mike’s ho.
Sean:
Great contribution eh?
Later with the bullshit.
As previously mentioned, the Sovets agreeing to the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was a diplomatic counter-move to what transpired at Munich. In his book, Craig believes this to be true as well.
I haven’t read Craig’s book, but I am reasonably certain that he does not think anything of the sort. More likely, he sees the Molotov-Ribbentrop act as a diplomatic counter move to the refusal of Britain and France to defend the USSR in the event of a German attack, coupled with a golden opportunity to expand the borders of the USSR.
As I said, I haven’t read Craig’s book, and I suspect nor has Mike. In fact, I doubt it is in his possession. Given that Mike fails to understand what Craig has actually written suggests he is reading the referenced section for the first time, and in isolation from the surrounding material. My reckoning is that he’s emailed one of his anonymous sources for some backup, who has sent him a copy-n-paste passage in an effort to support what he’s saying. This would explain why Mike is incapable of quoting anything other than this same passage over and over, along with not understanding any of the context in which it is written.
“As I said, I haven’t read Craig’s book, and I suspect nor has Mike. In fact, I doubt it is in his possession. Given that Mike fails to understand what Craig has actually written suggests he is reading the referenced section for the first time, and in isolation from the surrounding material.”
Exactly. Regardless of the quality of his work, poor Gordon Craig has been made into Mike’s ho, to do his bidding and service Mike.
Now that is sad.
Through the miracle of Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V, Mike can make historians do his bidding repeatedly (albeit repetitively). Technology is amazing.
By the way, since the subject of hos has come up, I wanted to take issue with the title of this post. “Mirror, mirror, upon the wall” may be the official Snow White version, but Sean, I thought you were more up-to-date and not down with those patriarchal, racist fairy-tales. I know it’s too late to change the title (URL and all that), but I think the title should be “Mirror, mirror, on the wall.” Not only does it seem to be the more common usage (600,000 Google hits vs. about 10,000 for “upon”), it is also the version preferred by Slick Rick and Snoop.
“Who is the top dogg of them all?”
Tim fails to comprehend what Craig clearly said in his book, with Chris trolling and Lyndon offering nothing of substance.
Meantime, there’s no miscomprehension on my part on what Craig states in his book. Views which aren’t exclusive to himself.
Au contraire. Old-school hip-hop lyrics are very much of substance and clearly on-topic for this post. To state otherwise is hypocritically flawed. I wonder if I can figure out how to cut and paste text…
*ponders*
*hums to self* “Like Mike, if I could be like Mike…”
Eureka! I’ve figured out how to press the Ctrl key simultaneously with other keys and now I can paste text! This means I can join the discussion on the level of Mr. Averko!
“La-di-da-di, we likes to party
We don’t cause trouble, we don’t bother nobody
We’re, just some men that’s on the mic
And when we rock upon the mic we rock the mic RIGHT
For all of y’all, keepin’ y’all in health
Just to see you smile and enjoy yourself
Cause it’s cool when you cause a cozy conditioning
Which we create, cause that’s our mission
So listen close, to what we say
Because this type of $hit happens everyday
I woke up around ten o’clock in the morning
I gave myself a stretch up, a morning yawn and
Went to the bathroom to wash up
Put some soap on my face and my hand upon a cup, said
“Mirror, mirror, on the wall
Who is the top choice of them all?”
there was a rumble tumble, five minutes it lasted
the mirror said, “You are, you conceited bastard!”
Well that’s true, that’s why we never had no beef
Then I washed off the soap and brushed the gold teeth…”
Mr. Allin gets silly again in an obvious attempt to provide cover for his shortcomings.
*yawn*
No, Mike, I’m not getting “silly,” I’m getting stupid, but not in the context you might immediately think of.
“…I get stupid, I mean outrageous,
Stay away from me if you’re contagious,
‘Cause I’m a winner, no not a loser,
To be an MC is what I choose…”
Why don’t you paste that bit from Prof. Craig’s book in for the fourth time, or paste in that paragraph about the Tiraspol Times that you cut-and-pasted at least eight times in the comments sections of various blogs – one more time, just for old-time’s sake?
Ctrl-C / Ctrl-V – Mike, seriously, you have opened my eyes to a whole new debating technique: endless, verbatim repetition. I will always be grateful to you for showing me the light.
“Sometimes I dream
That he is me
You’ve got to see that’s how I dream to be
I dream I move, I dream I groove
Like Mike
If I could Be Like Mike…”
I’ll keep practicing my cutting and pasting skills, and maybe someday I can realize my dream and – in spite of my shortcomings – live up to your high standards.
Okay, you’re not getting silly. Stupid is a better description.
Edit for prior post:
Okay, you aren’t getting silly. Stupid is a better description.
Sean:
Hope you learned something new on what the Soviets offered as an alternative to Munich.
Hope you learned something new on what the Soviets offered as an alternative to Munich.
Heh heh! Sean patronised on his own blog.
“Again I try
Just need to fly
For just one day if I could
Be that way
I dream I move
I dream I groove
Like Mike
If I could Be Like Mike
I wanna be, I wanna be
Like Mike”
Chris,
Aifric is a fine bird, no doubt about it. But there are better birds than her at TG4. I’ll get the link and show you!
Okay Lyndon.
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“Tim Newman on October 19, 2007 5:22 am Hope you learned something new on what the Soviets offered as an alternative to Munich.
Heh heh! Sean patronised on his own blog.”
****
Me patronize?
“La-di-da-di, we likes to party
We don’t cause trouble, we don’t bother nobody
We’re, just some men that’s on the mic
And when we rock upon the mic we rock the mic RIGHT”
Ahem. These lyrics were plaigarized from Eng.lang.mASS.
“Sometimes I dream
That he is me
You’ve got to see that’s how I dream to be
I dream I move, I dream I groove
Like Mike
If I could Be Like Mike…”
Ahem, give credit where credit is due. These lyrics were written by Eng.lang.mASS.