Comments for RE: The Benefit of Boorishness at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 30 out of 20 comments http://www.theind.com Thu, 23 May 2013 20:32:11 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/9484-the-benefit-of-boorishness#comment-25443 I always thought the role of an elected representative was to effectively promote his ideas, convince his colleagues of the soundness of his positions, and to do so honorably. Boy do I feel foolish. - rambeaux rawlings Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:43:19 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/9484-the-benefit-of-boorishness#comment-25413 "why do they continue to get elected and re-elected" Because good people won't take the job. - ragin_cajun Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:43:26 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/9484-the-benefit-of-boorishness#comment-25392 by ThingsDon'tHappenByThemselves "Congress's approval rating, at 9%, is only a few points above the statistical margin of error - meaning that it could very well be next to ZERO." ----------------- Yes, so why do they continue to get elected and re-elected? I guess we hate them but love the entertainment. - Cracklin Patin Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:08:34 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/9484-the-benefit-of-boorishness#comment-25389 How much does the medical industry have to pay Boustany for him to do their bidding? Perhaps the oil industry should bribe Boustany too so that he can also "support" this industry? - Mah Nà Mah Nà - Do doo be-do-do Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:16:42 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/9484-the-benefit-of-boorishness#comment-25386 aaarrgh, knuckles dragging....bleedy hurty.. as a TEA party member, i laugh at Walter's misanthropic characterizations of me. reminds me of a blind man poking at an elephant or donkey with a cane. or a rhino or yellow dog. - Phil N deBlanc Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:55:24 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/9484-the-benefit-of-boorishness#comment-25382 "Arendt you taking things way to seriously." --- Yes, if you regard the purpose of commenting in this section to be picayune and flippant in the stead of informed and thoughtful. No, if you consider the fact that this article deals with two candidates for a Congress that has a single-digit approval rating and you are concerned for what that means for the future of this country. One of them compared a Federal Agency to the Gestapo because he didn't get to see its director without first making an appointment. Is anyone aware of just what the Gestapo was and did? Of how unrelentingly evil it was? Of what it destroyed? Of what western civilization lost because if it that can never be replaced? One would have to be completely ignorant of history, very caviler and lacking self-control in his thoughts and speech (so much so to be unworthy of the dignity high office would confer him), or be truly disturbed and sacrilegious to make such a comparison. He does not sounds like someone who realizes that he, too, works for the taxpayers. To say that one who takes issue with the breezy and contemptuous drivel on display in this comments section is being too serious when the representation of this district and the reputation of democracy itself is up for debate is to say that this is all just entertainment. That is indeed exactly the attitude that Aredt wrote about; that is indeed evil and does indeed lead to the downfall of nations. Has anyone considered that Congress's approval rating, at 9%, is only a few points above the statistical margin of error - meaning that it could very well be next to ZERO. No, not too seriously if it bothers you that more people approved of the King of England at the time of the American Revolution than now approve of this Congress. No, not too seriously if you agree with Lawrence Lessig, who describes congress as a "farm-team for K-Street". He must have had Bob Livingston, Billy Tauzin, Bennet Johnson, John Breaux, Chris John, Richard Gephart, Tom Daschle and countless others in mind. No, not if you want to understand why this state used to have eight districts and now has six, which ultimately is why we are having this discussion. You have that precisely because of politics as entertainment instead of as issues and governance. - ThingsDon'tHappenByThemselves Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:34:22 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/9484-the-benefit-of-boorishness#comment-25380 "THE RUINATION OF THIS COUNTRY WILL BE BY DUMB A$$E$ LIKE YOU SELF". Boorish - check. Churlish (Vulgar or Surly) - check. AdHominem - check. Unlettered (lacking facility in reading & writing) - check. Venomous (spiteful; nasty) - check. Representative of Level 1 thinking - check. Doesn't add to the substance of the discussion - check. Half-baked - check. Banal (lacking originality, trite) - check mate. Representative of level of discourse on this board or of the general readership of the Ind. or the populace of Acadiana or reflective of local election results - well, that's the question, isn't it. - ThingsDon'tHappenByThemselves Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:29:25 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/9484-the-benefit-of-boorishness#comment-25379 "I don't think theIND is representative of the political or social views of the populace of Acadiana, either. Election results bear that out. " Of course, when I stated that I hoped "you guys" aren't representative of the general populace of Acadiana, I was referring to the commentary on this message board, not to the IND or the positions taken by its staff. I wold argue that, indeed, the results of local elections seem to be very much in keeping with what one would expect from reading the comments posted on this board. - ThingsDon'tHappenByThemselves Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:47:17 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/9484-the-benefit-of-boorishness#comment-25368 Oh, the irony of Walter Pierce asserting that someone *else* is making an ass of himself...sweet, delicious irony. - Karma Police Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:33:32 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/9484-the-benefit-of-boorishness#comment-25365 :). Jared Bellard still around, too, huh? - ragin_cajun Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:40:38 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/9484-the-benefit-of-boorishness#comment-25364 "I don't think theIND is representative of the political or social views of the populace of Acadiana, either. Election results bear that out." Wait...you mean despite the IND's best attempts, William Theriot and Andy Naquin did not lose their bids for City-Parish Council? - RCajunrunner Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:44:47 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/9484-the-benefit-of-boorishness#comment-25348 "the readers of the independent seem to spout the most churlish and unlettered venom, ad hominem attacks and half-baked trash unsupported by any real higher-level thinking" There are a handful of commenters here who are very thoughtful and often support their positions well. I don't think theIND is representative of the political or social views of the populace of Acadiana, either. Election results bear that out. - ragin_cajun Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:43:28 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/9484-the-benefit-of-boorishness#comment-25344 By ThingsDon'tHappenByThemselves "will come from what Arendt called" --------------------- Arendt you taking things way to seriously. - Cracklin Patin Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:31:17 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/9484-the-benefit-of-boorishness#comment-25340 THE RUINATION OF THIS COUNTRY WILL BE BY DUMB A$$E$ LIKE YOU SELF.One more thing is unlettered venom the same thing as mocassin venom. Cause if you in a jam you can suckkk that poison out. - neutral party Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:38:29 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/9484-the-benefit-of-boorishness#comment-25338 Well, going by many of comments left on this forum by the readers of the Independent, I'd say that the paper and the subjects of its stories aren't the only places from which boorishness is emanating. I hope that you guys aren't representative of the populace of Acadiana as a whole because compared to other metropolitan papers' comments sections I read across the country the readers of the independent seem to spout the most churlish and unlettered venom, ad hominem attacks and half-baked trash unsupported by any real higher-level thinking, none of which adds an iota of substance to the discussion. The ruination of this country will not come from people so obviously wicked as to have horns growing out of their heads. It will come from what Arendt called the "banality of evil". That banality is on full display here. - ThingsDon'tHappenByThemselves Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:58:24 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/9484-the-benefit-of-boorishness#comment-25319 "keep his heinie away from Lake Charles... Who? Landry, Boustany, or Walter?" ----------------- Not Walter, we see his heinie each week in the IND. - Cracklin Patin Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:27:48 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/9484-the-benefit-of-boorishness#comment-25305 "Better keep his heinie away from Lake Charles. I don't think he's got the sand to make it in our part of the state." Who? Landry, Boustany, or Walter? - ragin_cajun Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:19:40 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/9484-the-benefit-of-boorishness#comment-25303 Better keep his heinie away from Lake Charles. I don't think he's got the sand to make it in our part of the state. - Cartman Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:54:48 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/9484-the-benefit-of-boorishness#comment-25302 "Boorishness, "making an ass of himself".........LOL Hasn't that strategy worked well for the IND????? Pierce, et al have been making asses of themselves for years, yet Ind circulation hasn't seemed to diminish................. - justwundering Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:24:10 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/9484-the-benefit-of-boorishness#comment-25301 I think that Landry will have a lot easier time answering for his antics than Boustany will have answering for the way he's voted the last 3 or 4 years. Jeff Landry will make a very simple appeal to the voters of the new district to decide based on how Boustany voted on things like the Debt Ceiling Increase. Landry voted against that, as I recall, Boustany voted for it and then, like a dummy, came back and had town hall meetings where he tried to "explain" to the common folk back home what a great idea it was. Well, the Super Committee didn't do its job like Boustany said they would, the Democrats pulled the football away at the last minute like the common folk said they would, and Boustany looks like Charlie Brown. So Boustany's gonna have to try to explain what happens to Medicare if another $500 Billion comes out of it...:) He just didn't think any of this through, he didn't get much help from the "leadership" with what to say, and he's gonna have a pretty tough re-election bid because of it. As for all this "T-Boy" stuff, and veiled insults about how Landry talks, and how stupid he is....I think every one of you should go to a Boustany event and listen to him talk for 10-15 minutes, listen to him answer some questions. I honestly can't understand how he got through Med School. - ragin_cajun Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:21:46 +0100