tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post5706367622489489886..comments2024-03-22T11:14:05.861-04:00Comments on UncleBob's Treehouse: The Demented Philip RothAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-20907156738727466792015-02-28T10:08:17.254-05:002015-02-28T10:08:17.254-05:00I find it interesting that Roth and those of his i...I find it interesting that Roth and those of his ilk selectively forget that they could have easily been rid of at least one portion of the country they apparently dispose so much. In that case, they fought tooth and nail to keep their empire. I guess they really did need someone to pay the taxes.Lucian Lafayettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00911874470258949777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-4608093099425103602015-02-27T22:24:07.280-05:002015-02-27T22:24:07.280-05:00" Great American writer of the 18th centur..." Great American writer of the 18th century was Washington Irving.<br /><br /> Great American writer of the 19th century was Mark Twain.<br /><br /> Great American writer of the 20th century was ... Wait there wasn't one."<br /><br />19th Poe<br /><br />20th Flannery O'Connor<br /><br />Steven King has been too popular for too long. He will not be the best American writer of the 20th century until the 22nd century.<br />Rusty Shacklefordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-88744102764563889412015-02-27T21:11:03.451-05:002015-02-27T21:11:03.451-05:00Superb. This has been reprinted at Ifnicity:
Phil...Superb. This has been reprinted at Ifnicity:<br /><a href="http://ifnicity.blogspot.com/2015/02/bad-alternate-history-by-scumbab-philip.html" rel="nofollow"> Philip Roth writes disgusting books, and the most disgusting of all may be his “The Plot Against America.</a>Baloohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08245765878554696634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-8091241590224978512015-02-27T11:28:35.594-05:002015-02-27T11:28:35.594-05:00Oops, I forgot about Stephen King.Oops, I forgot about Stephen King.Quartermainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-17699370220901298202015-02-26T21:03:49.833-05:002015-02-26T21:03:49.833-05:00Even Greater American writer of 20th century was H...Even Greater American writer of 20th century was Hemingway.Andersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-80004841818073347812015-02-26T19:16:47.910-05:002015-02-26T19:16:47.910-05:00Stephen King is underrated.Stephen King is underrated.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16046202647270439670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-80937433164341528532015-02-26T19:07:58.285-05:002015-02-26T19:07:58.285-05:00Great American writer of the 20th century was Step...Great American writer of the 20th century was Stephen King.Andersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-62088669174909069032015-02-26T17:53:33.604-05:002015-02-26T17:53:33.604-05:00Great American writer of the 18th century was Wash...Great American writer of the 18th century was Washington Irving.<br /><br />Great American writer of the 19th century was Mark Twain.<br /><br />Great American writer of the 20th century was ... Wait there wasn't one.Quartermainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-78210080867305601552015-02-26T16:29:47.873-05:002015-02-26T16:29:47.873-05:00"There is substantial evidence he knew Pearl ..."<i>There is substantial evidence he knew Pearl Harbor was going to be attacked -- indeed, he moved the fleet there from the safety of California...</i>"<br /><br />I wouldn't put too much stock in this. FDR wanted war, sure, but he wanted to <i>win</i> that war as well. Letting half the Pacific fleet go to the bottom of the harbor wouldn't have helped that plan much. Frankly, the conspiracy theory gives FDR too much credit for brilliant deviousness. The man was a gullible, ignorant sap, who never met a smooth Commie flatterer who couldn't bamboozle him.<br /><br />As I understand it (I'm not an expert), it's true that the Japanese orders to attack Pearl Harbor <i>were</i> intercepted and forwarded to the Navy's code-breaking department... but because of staffing shortages, higher-priority jobs, changes in the Japanese code system, and other red tape, they weren't actually decoded until several years into the war. Bureaucratic bungling coupled with incompetent pseudo-Machiavellianism aren't as sexy as a sinister conspiracy, but Hanlon's Razor points to the former.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-64879066630821366402015-02-26T10:55:33.848-05:002015-02-26T10:55:33.848-05:00Lindberg For President!Lindberg For President!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-9193147461121262372015-02-26T09:51:18.133-05:002015-02-26T09:51:18.133-05:00If the book in question is as bad as you describe,...If the book in question is as bad as you describe, then why mention it at all? I'd rather not pour fuel to the fire of 'Streisand effect'. Let it fade into oblivion it deserves.Mindstormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02949097462978386911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497093028548856666.post-34526875279151835442015-02-26T08:11:03.543-05:002015-02-26T08:11:03.543-05:00For all the apparent worldly success the Jews get....For all the apparent worldly success the Jews get...they get a lifetime's worth of tyranny, neurosis, and anger. Then they peddle that as normal and we should all eat that piece of the pie. Hence a mind wrapped in that would see war as peace. <br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16190484330802907362noreply@blogger.com