Comments on: Back to Miers

by: PoliBlog ™: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts » Happy Festivus!

Sat, 23 Dec 2025 17:23:50 +0000

[…] President Bush for his cronyism (see Miers, his ICE appointee and others). […]

by: Henriet Cousin\\\\\\\'

Mon, 17 Oct 2025 21:08:35 +0000

# 16

Then I offer some modern Laws of Thought:

The law of excluded middle (that anything must be either P or not-P)

The law of non-contradiction (that nothing can be both P and not-P)

The law of identity (that if a thing is P, then it is P)

The law of causality

Memory fails me. Any more?

by: Dr. Steven Taylor

Mon, 17 Oct 2025 14:55:43 +0000

Fixed and retrieved.

And yes, I figured

And I would argue that rationality is a far more complex a discussion than is cronyism

by: Jan

Mon, 17 Oct 2025 14:36:09 +0000

btw, I posted a reply, but it said it was flagged as spam.

by: Henriet Cousin\\\\\\\'

Mon, 17 Oct 2025 14:34:11 +0000

# 13
Or withholding final judgment until at least some evidence is in?
R/

by: Jan

Mon, 17 Oct 2025 14:32:49 +0000

Obviously I was just teasing you, not really trying to provoke you, but. . .

Honestly, I really don’t get your distinction (Steven said: “Well, I used the dictionary to look up the meaning of a word (two, actually). That’s within the bounds of proper usage.”)
between what you did in this post and what I did here. But, oh well. . .maybe you’ll have time to explain it to me IN PERSON some day. *gasp* *turns blue* *passes out*

by: Dr. Steven Taylor

Mon, 17 Oct 2025 13:29:25 +0000

It would seem that “cronyism” is only complicated in this context if one is hellbent on supporting the nomination

by: Dr. Steven Taylor

Mon, 17 Oct 2025 13:28:29 +0000

Well, I used the dictionary to look up the meaning of a word (two, actually). That’s within the bounds of proper usage.

Using it as the basis for a more complex concept is a different issue.

by: Jan

Mon, 17 Oct 2025 13:23:58 +0000

Now tell me, why is it that you can use the dictionary to define complex terms and I can’t?

On the other hand, I can see it didn’t work out too well for you either.

by: Henriet Cousin\'

Sun, 16 Oct 2025 20:38:16 +0000

Meeting of the minds–maybe.

I know no more than any member of the general informed public about Miers’ suitability for a seat on the SC and so spend my time until the hearings in informative argumentation with others on your blog.

What I am most satisfied with is The Bush II
administration.