Comments on: Yes Dear, I’ll help you overthrow the military-industrial complex just as soon as I get this passionfruit sponge out of the oven http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2008/03/06/yes-dear-ill-help-you-overthrow-the-military-industrial-complex-just-as-soon-as-i-get-this-passionfruit-sponge-out-of-the-oven/ A blog by an opinionated mother of two, which might lie idle for a while sometimes. The blog, that is. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:09:34 -0700 hourly 1 By: Helen http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2008/03/06/yes-dear-ill-help-you-overthrow-the-military-industrial-complex-just-as-soon-as-i-get-this-passionfruit-sponge-out-of-the-oven/comment-page-1/#comment-4587 Helen Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:46:06 +0000 http://castironbalcony.media2.org/?p=485#comment-4587 Why, thank you, Bronislava. I have to say the letters page is twice its usual size this week (in the same local paper, that is), and they give the truck lobby and the article a right pasting. The local Greens MP praised Ariel's boy for his involvement! According to a previous article, another little boy is circulating a petition at the same school, in opposition (ie. in support of the truck lobby). My own little boy informs me that his petition has "no words" on it, ie. just a collection of signatures. If true, this would be quite wrongity-wrong and the teachers should pull him up and explain the rules. But it could be just my kid's powers of observation so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. My favourite blog post title of all time: "Whatnot II: The Whatnottening". (THat was Belle Waring http://examinedlife.typepad.com/. ) Why, thank you, Bronislava. I have to say the letters page is twice its usual size this week (in the same local paper, that is), and they give the truck lobby and the article a right pasting. The local Greens MP praised Ariel’s boy for his involvement!

According to a previous article, another little boy is circulating a petition at the same school, in opposition (ie. in support of the truck lobby). My own little boy informs me that his petition has “no words” on it, ie. just a collection of signatures. If true, this would be quite wrongity-wrong and the teachers should pull him up and explain the rules. But it could be just my kid’s powers of observation so I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt.

My favourite blog post title of all time: “Whatnot II: The Whatnottening”. (THat was Belle Waring http://examinedlife.typepad.com/. )

]]> By: bronislava http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2008/03/06/yes-dear-ill-help-you-overthrow-the-military-industrial-complex-just-as-soon-as-i-get-this-passionfruit-sponge-out-of-the-oven/comment-page-1/#comment-4586 bronislava Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:28:10 +0000 http://castironbalcony.media2.org/?p=485#comment-4586 aaaargh! what a shocker!! on the other hand, that's a rockin' blog-post-title you got there :) aaaargh! what a shocker!!

on the other hand, that’s a rockin’ blog-post-title you got there :)

]]> By: Helen http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2008/03/06/yes-dear-ill-help-you-overthrow-the-military-industrial-complex-just-as-soon-as-i-get-this-passionfruit-sponge-out-of-the-oven/comment-page-1/#comment-4558 Helen Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:12:38 +0000 http://castironbalcony.media2.org/?p=485#comment-4558 <i>My Little One chanted “Free David Hicks!” when we went to the anti-GM rally. </i> *Gasp* *Dials Human Services* My Little One chanted “Free David Hicks!” when we went to the anti-GM rally.

*Gasp*

*Dials Human Services*

]]> By: Headline in here thanks ta « Republic of Moreland http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2008/03/06/yes-dear-ill-help-you-overthrow-the-military-industrial-complex-just-as-soon-as-i-get-this-passionfruit-sponge-out-of-the-oven/comment-page-1/#comment-4556 Headline in here thanks ta « Republic of Moreland Sun, 09 Mar 2008 10:24:28 +0000 http://castironbalcony.media2.org/?p=485#comment-4556 [...] But if you want to witness the nadir of suburban newspaper reportage, read Helen’s post here. [...] [...] But if you want to witness the nadir of suburban newspaper reportage, read Helen’s post here. [...]

]]> By: Girl on The Avenue http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2008/03/06/yes-dear-ill-help-you-overthrow-the-military-industrial-complex-just-as-soon-as-i-get-this-passionfruit-sponge-out-of-the-oven/comment-page-1/#comment-4555 Girl on The Avenue Sun, 09 Mar 2008 10:20:24 +0000 http://castironbalcony.media2.org/?p=485#comment-4555 My Little One chanted "Free David Hicks!" when we went to the anti-GM rally. Poor little thing is indocrtinated, and yes, ME A BAD MOTHER (as Kate says). Great post, Helen. My Little One chanted “Free David Hicks!” when we went to the anti-GM rally. Poor little thing is indocrtinated, and yes, ME A BAD MOTHER (as Kate says).

Great post, Helen.

]]> By: Helen http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2008/03/06/yes-dear-ill-help-you-overthrow-the-military-industrial-complex-just-as-soon-as-i-get-this-passionfruit-sponge-out-of-the-oven/comment-page-1/#comment-4553 Helen Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:36:47 +0000 http://castironbalcony.media2.org/?p=485#comment-4553 Obviously, we missed out on HTML classes ;-) Obviously, we missed out on HTML classes ;-)

]]> By: Helen http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2008/03/06/yes-dear-ill-help-you-overthrow-the-military-industrial-complex-just-as-soon-as-i-get-this-passionfruit-sponge-out-of-the-oven/comment-page-1/#comment-4547 Helen Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:37:34 +0000 http://castironbalcony.media2.org/?p=485#comment-4547 <i>“I think we need to introduce ‘Critical thinking’ into our classrooms so people can easily see how the subtle manipulation of words can influence.” David F. David, we had something like that when I was a kid - it was called "clear thinking", was part of English (the not-english-Lit subject English) and involved taking news articles and other items apart while the teacher identified instances of reductio ad absurdum, tautology and whatever. What a great training to be a blogger! (even though they weren't invented yet) Girlchild tells me that kind of thing has been shifted to SOSE and Literature. At the moment they are taking Fight Club apart very forensically (if you haven't read / seen that one, it's thick with gender and social issues).</i> “I think we need to introduce ‘Critical thinking’ into our classrooms so people can easily see how the subtle manipulation of words can influence.” David F.

David, we had something like that when I was a kid – it was called “clear thinking”, was part of English (the not-english-Lit subject English) and involved taking news articles and other items apart while the teacher identified instances of reductio ad absurdum, tautology and whatever.

What a great training to be a blogger! (even though they weren’t invented yet)

Girlchild tells me that kind of thing has been shifted to SOSE and Literature. At the moment they are taking Fight Club apart very forensically (if you haven’t read / seen that one, it’s thick with gender and social issues).

]]> By: Cristy http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2008/03/06/yes-dear-ill-help-you-overthrow-the-military-industrial-complex-just-as-soon-as-i-get-this-passionfruit-sponge-out-of-the-oven/comment-page-1/#comment-4546 Cristy Fri, 07 Mar 2008 04:26:34 +0000 http://castironbalcony.media2.org/?p=485#comment-4546 According to the rules I am supposed to let you know that I just gave you a "Blogging Excellence Award". According to the rules I am supposed to let you know that I just gave you a “Blogging Excellence Award”.

]]> By: jape http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2008/03/06/yes-dear-ill-help-you-overthrow-the-military-industrial-complex-just-as-soon-as-i-get-this-passionfruit-sponge-out-of-the-oven/comment-page-1/#comment-4545 jape Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:36:17 +0000 http://castironbalcony.media2.org/?p=485#comment-4545 "I think we need to introduce ‘Critical thinking’ into our classrooms so people can easily see how the subtle manipulation of words can influence." David F. It's called framing, DF, it's been perfected by the neocons and adapted by a certain PM to work on our very own shores. Read all about it: http://tinyurl.com/e38ho “I think we need to introduce ‘Critical thinking’ into our classrooms so people can easily see how the subtle manipulation of words can influence.” David F.

It’s called framing, DF, it’s been perfected by the neocons and adapted by a certain PM to work on our very own shores. Read all about it:

http://tinyurl.com/e38ho

]]> By: ChrisS http://castironbalcony.media2.org/2008/03/06/yes-dear-ill-help-you-overthrow-the-military-industrial-complex-just-as-soon-as-i-get-this-passionfruit-sponge-out-of-the-oven/comment-page-1/#comment-4544 ChrisS Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:04:24 +0000 http://castironbalcony.media2.org/?p=485#comment-4544 I detect a similar mentality, wait for it, that comes from anti-abortion advocates, who's most eager voices, tend to be males (in the US anyway) As for the Docklands Highway, local residents can thank Kennet(t) for that re-zoning in the 1990's. And the elephant in the room is the looming crisis regarding micro fine particles from pollution. Literally everywhere. I detect a similar mentality, wait for it, that comes from anti-abortion advocates, who’s most eager voices, tend to be males (in the US anyway)

As for the Docklands Highway, local residents can thank Kennet(t) for that re-zoning in the 1990’s.

And the elephant in the room is the looming crisis regarding micro fine particles from pollution. Literally everywhere.

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