Comments on: The Bar Jester Chronicles 10: A Miscellany

By: Bob Cheeks

Bob Cheeks — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:42:22 +0000

Shiffman, correspondence has reached this place from Dear Leader, informing me that if you don’t submit something, anything, to mercilessly critique, mock, or defame he will, by order of his own personal magnificence and observable human diversity, place you on the “non-person” list and you will be banished to a community college outside Hounds Hare, Pennsyltucky!

By: Mark Shiffman

Mark Shiffman — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:37:07 +0000

With apologies to Peters, Cheeks, et al, I promise to return soon as a much-needed corrective to the excessive gravitas.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:06:09 +0000

I must say it does seem that the “liberty” portion of the masthead has gone less emphasized in the absence of Messrs. Kaufman and Stegall. Not that I would begrudge them their normal lives, sheerly for the pleasure I get reading their essays. It would be nice to see more of them on the Porch, though.

And thank you Dr. Peters. Your posts are always thoroughly engaging, and the Bar Jester always equally amusing.

By: D.W. Sabin

D.W. Sabin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:22:33 +0000

Another probable cause flowing out of the arch slick rock sidewalk Hermit’s pen hisself, Ed Abbey:

“No Man likes to be smoked out of his hole in February”

By: D.W. Sabin

D.W. Sabin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:03:01 +0000

Cheeks, you flushed one of em and by the looks of it, he’s conjuring Samuel Johnson who said “No man but a Blockhead ever wrote , except for money. ”

Blockheads of the world, ehhhh start yer palaver.

By: Bob Cheeks

Bob Cheeks — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:05:06 +0000

Always good to here from the heartland!
With that said, I should warn that my pals are all joining up with the papist distributists and I’m alone in defending the remnant of our fast-fading protestant/republican American culture, even though I’m a hybrid catholo-methodist communicant.
Consequently, if you’re busy hanging miscreant commie-dems, allow me a “huzzah” for your “community service” and the wish that even higher elective office awaits. Also, if you’re spending time with the farm, wife, and/or little Caleb’s I darsn’t complain too much, however, the fare is getting so gooey and kumbayayish here that I’m starting to be impressed with Medaille’s redundant and anti-republican arguments.
So if you could rip off four hundred words attacking/critiquing Dear Leader, any of his America destroying legislative proposals, or any of the misguided epigoni entrenched at PoMoCon, I’d be so grateful!

By: Caleb Stegall

Caleb Stegall — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:28:40 +0000

Cheeks, regarding your last, some of us work for a living. Then there are the professors. I imagine the internet is the best thing that ever happened to all of those campus wymen “taking back the night” … just think of all the professorial hours now devoted to blogging that previously were spent “office houring” with the co-eds!

And on those grounds alone, from the category of “worst offenders,” FPR must be the best thing on the internet. Dr. Peters’ probation officer checks in regularly to make certain that the terms of the plea bargain are being adhered to regarding minimum required internet time, minimum number of blog posts, etc…

By: D.W. Sabin

D.W. Sabin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:16:46 +0000

Well Peters,

I tried a little self-parody and levity with a homily on Juvenile Bootlegging but it got me largely nowhere . Perhaps the standard floodtide of prolixity camo’d any serviceable mirth.

But you are right, some folks aint stood watch. Maybe if some of us, I can think of one person in particular and he’s an unredeemed sinner but some or maybe just one of us ought to shut the hell up for a while, and the absent ones might fill the void like a breath of fresh air, even if it comes from mud season in Batavia

Promises, promises and Hope Springs Eternal.

But, as to Cigars, they are a civilized way to to put a “closed” sign up in the shop window without having to apologize. Then again, little things like apology aint foremost in the mind when setting match to a moist torpedo of Dominican Seed wrapped in Connecticut Shade.

By: Joshua Maeda

Joshua Maeda — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:11:32 +0000

Dr. Peters,

Long time lurker, first time FPR comment-boxer. My only complaint about this column is that it is far too short for my dilatory purposes. I must now return to the freshmen, err, freshpersons essays that await grading.

If I may be so fiber optically bold to add one definition of my own:

Frontal Porch Republic: a body of suspiciously assorted men who type provocative e-missives, competing to see who has the longest…string of comments.

I’m sure that I will regret this as soon I click “Submit Comment.”

By: John Gorentz

John Gorentz — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:28:46 +0000

Sarchasm. Good one. And for those who are especially dull, there is the yawning sarchasm.

By: Bob Cheeks

Bob Cheeks — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:33:10 +0000

I don’t care what the others say, I like your stuff, especially now, as I try to master the inevitable depression that results following a conversation with Prof. Medaille. I’ll follow with interest the ‘comment’ box to see who hurls what derisive remark your way and wonder why you and a few others are carrying the site, while ‘certain’ individuals on the masthead are flagrante gone-o?