User: HopefulCynic
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• Lippmann and Carrey are the "Far Left"? (I'll give you Kenn

  Posted to Politics by HopefulCynic on October 13, 2009     Views: 221 Replies: 2
  Topic: Lippmann and Carrey are the "Far Left"? (I'll give you Kenn     
  Last response by nerdnam on October 13, 2009

• Re: smoking value = zero

  Posted to Human Nature by HopefulCynic on September 15, 2009     Views: 37 Replies: 3
  Topic: smoking value = zero     
  Last response by Momster on September 15, 2009

• Re: Thomas is a great justice? Who wrote that title?

  Posted to Jurisprudence by HopefulCynic on May 30, 2009     Views: 156 Replies: 1
  Topic: Thomas is a great justice? Who wrote that title?     
  Last response by degsme on June 1, 2009

• Re: Journalistic integrity

  Posted to Chatterbox by HopefulCynic on May 30, 2009     Views: 149 Replies: 0
  Topic: Journalistic integrity     Rating: -1
  Last response by irvingchang on May 30, 2009

• Re: You're right (and compassionate) Dahlia, but...

  Posted to Jurisprudence by HopefulCynic on May 30, 2009     Views: 149 Replies: 0
  Topic: You're right (and compassionat­e) Dahlia, but...     Rating: +2
  Last response by HopefulCynic on May 30, 2009

• Re: No, no, Worry about Gray goo instead

  Posted to Life and Art by HopefulCynic on May 23, 2009     Views: 185 Replies: 1
  Topic: No, no, Worry about Gray goo instead     Rating: +1
  Last response by Careyagimon on May 29, 2009

• Wanna try again? This time with context?

  Posted to Politics by HopefulCynic on April 21, 2009     Views: 349 Replies: 3
  Topic: Wanna try again? This time with context?     Rating: +2
  Last response by HopefulCynic on May 13, 2009

• Re: Wanna try again? This time with context?

  Posted to Politics by HopefulCynic on April 21, 2009     Views: 112 Replies: 1
  Topic: Wanna try again? This time with context?     Rating: +2
  Last response by HopefulCynic on May 13, 2009

• Re: When murder isn't murder

  Posted to Politics by HopefulCynic on May 13, 2009     Views: 109 Replies: 0
  Topic: Wanna try again? This time with context?     Rating: +2
  Last response by HopefulCynic on May 13, 2009

• Re: Wanna try again? This time with context?

  Posted to Politics by HopefulCynic on May 13, 2009     Views: 118 Replies: 0
  Topic: Wanna try again? This time with context?     Rating: +2
  Last response by HopefulCynic on May 13, 2009

• Re: The column as blunt instrument

  Posted to Technology by HopefulCynic on May 11, 2009     Views: 142 Replies: 1
  Topic: The column as blunt instrument     Rating: +1
  Last response by Nasochkas on May 11, 2009

• Ugh!

  Posted to Culturebox by HopefulCynic on April 16, 2009     Views: 375 Replies: 1
  Topic: Ugh!     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on April 21, 2009

• Re: Ugh!

  Posted to Culturebox by HopefulCynic on April 17, 2009     Views: 146 Replies: 1
  Topic: Ugh!     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on April 21, 2009

• Re: Ugh!

  Posted to Culturebox by HopefulCynic on April 21, 2009     Views: 172 Replies: 0
  Topic: Ugh!     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on April 21, 2009

• Missing the scientific forest for the contrarian trees

  Posted to Green Room by HopefulCynic on April 21, 2009     Views: 189 Replies: 0
  Topic: Missing the scientific forest for the contrarian trees     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on April 21, 2009

• Re: Big flaw in "Blood for no Oil"

  Posted to Green Room by HopefulCynic on April 21, 2009     Views: 145 Replies: 0
  Topic: Big flaw in "Blood for no Oil"     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on April 21, 2009

• Great piece, idiotic subtitle

  Posted to Jurisprudence by HopefulCynic on April 17, 2009     Views: 275 Replies: 0
  Topic: Great piece, idiotic subtitle     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on April 17, 2009

• Being contrary doesn't mean being smart

  Posted to Culturebox by HopefulCynic on March 5, 2009     Views: 194 Replies: 0
  Topic: Being contrary doesn't mean being smart     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on March 5, 2009

• Re: I like linen re-use, and hate reactionism

  Posted to Green Room by HopefulCynic on March 4, 2009     Views: 115 Replies: 0
  Topic: I like linen re-use, and hate reactionism     Rating: +2
  Last response by Colonel Truth on March 5, 2009

• Are you KIDDING me with this tripe?

  Posted to Green Room by HopefulCynic on March 3, 2009     Views: 213 Replies: 0
  Topic: Are you KIDDING me with this tripe?     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on March 3, 2009

• Re: Your feelings about socialism are irrational and immoral.

  Posted to Politics by HopefulCynic on March 2, 2009     Views: 149 Replies: 0
  Topic: liberterians and analogies     
  Last response by Horus on March 2, 2009

• Re: Bugs Bunny

  Posted to Family by HopefulCynic on December 31, 2008     Views: 157 Replies: 1
  Topic: And I thought my generation were pussies     Rating: +1
  Last response by The Way on January 2, 2009

• Proportionality without proportion

  Posted to Foreigners by HopefulCynic on December 30, 2008     Views: 314 Replies: 2
  Topic: Proportional­ity without proportion     
  Last response by kati on December 31, 2008

• Re: The concept of proportionality was instituted for Nation on

  Posted to Foreigners by HopefulCynic on December 31, 2008     Views: 151 Replies: 1
  Topic: Proportional­ity without proportion     
  Last response by kati on December 31, 2008

• Re: propaganda has no place in Slate

  Posted to Foreigners by HopefulCynic on December 31, 2008     Views: 148 Replies: 1
  Topic: propaganda has no place in Slate     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on December 31, 2008

• Re: propaganda has no place in Slate

  Posted to Foreigners by HopefulCynic on December 31, 2008     Views: 161 Replies: 0
  Topic: propaganda has no place in Slate     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on December 31, 2008

• So the solution is to basically condone drunk doctors?

  Posted to Medical Examiner by HopefulCynic on December 10, 2008     Views: 536 Replies: 1
  Topic: So the solution is to basically condone drunk doctors?     
  Last response by im1 on December 10, 2008

• Re: Are Intellectuals Mean?

  Posted to XX Factor by HopefulCynic on October 15, 2008     Views: 717 Replies: 0
  Topic: Are Intellectual­s Mean?     Rating: +18/-1
  Last response by Zarasophist on December 9, 2008

• Re: How many times do I have to say it?

  Posted to Moneybox by HopefulCynic on November 10, 2008     Views: 247 Replies: 1
  Topic: How many times do I have to say it?     Rating: +1
  Last response by BenK on November 11, 2008

• An entire article debunked with a moment's thought

  Posted to Moneybox by HopefulCynic on November 11, 2008     Views: 257 Replies: 0
  Topic: An entire article debunked with a moment's thought     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on November 11, 2008

• Re: Election Reform

  Posted to Dialogues by HopefulCynic on November 6, 2008     Views: 209 Replies: 0
  Topic: Election Reform     Rating: -3
  Last response by HopefulCynic on November 6, 2008

• Re: Schools

  Posted to Dialogues by HopefulCynic on November 6, 2008     Views: 302 Replies: 0
  Topic: Schools     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on November 6, 2008

• Re: What should the GOP do now?

  Posted to Dialogues by HopefulCynic on November 6, 2008     Views: 243 Replies: 0
  Topic: What should the GOP do now?     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on November 6, 2008

• Re: this isn't a problem with a solution.

  Posted to Technology by HopefulCynic on October 31, 2008     Views: 268 Replies: 0
  Topic: this isn't a problem with a solution.     Rating: +1
  Last response by chrisbz on November 4, 2008

• What is Saletan smoking?

  Posted to Human Nature by HopefulCynic on October 30, 2008     Views: 486 Replies: 3
  Topic: What is Saletan smoking?     Rating: +3
  Last response by northwoods on October 31, 2008

• Re: Oh come the fuck on, Weisberg

  Posted to Dialogues by HopefulCynic on October 21, 2008     Views: 324 Replies: 0
  Topic: Oh come the fuck on, Weisberg     Rating: +10/-1
  Last response by doodahman on October 23, 2008

• Re: Good Soldier

  Posted to Dialogues by HopefulCynic on October 23, 2008     Views: 259 Replies: 0
  Topic: Good Soldier     Rating: +1
  Last response by steambadger on October 23, 2008

• Another for Jacob

  Posted to Dialogues by HopefulCynic on October 21, 2008     Views: 249 Replies: 0
  Topic: Another for Jacob     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on October 21, 2008

• A little bit for Weisberg

  Posted to Dialogues by HopefulCynic on October 21, 2008     Views: 238 Replies: 0
  Topic: A little bit for Weisberg     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on October 21, 2008

• Re: Larimore Is One Breath of Fresh Air.

  Posted to XX Factor by HopefulCynic on October 16, 2008     Views: 245 Replies: 2
  Topic: Larimore Is One Breath of Fresh Air.     Rating: -1
  Last response by run75441 on October 17, 2008

• Re: Stuck In The Middle With(out) You

  Posted to The Big Sort by HopefulCynic on October 16, 2008     Views: 274 Replies: 1
  Topic: Stuck In The Middle With(out) You     
  Last response by Malone on October 17, 2008

• Rachel bends over backwards to find bias

  Posted to XX Factor by HopefulCynic on October 16, 2008     Views: 382 Replies: 0
  Topic: Rachel bends over backwards to find bias     Rating: +2
  Last response by HopefulCynic on October 16, 2008

• Re: To Rachael Larimore

  Posted to XX Factor by HopefulCynic on October 13, 2008     Views: 354 Replies: 0
  Topic: To Rachael Larimore     Rating: +1
  Last response by bmgreene on October 15, 2008

• Saletan continues correspondence from Weird World

  Posted to Human Nature by HopefulCynic on October 15, 2008     Views: 585 Replies: 1
  Topic: Saletan continues corresponden­ce from Weird World     Rating: +3
  Last response by firefly1 on October 15, 2008

• Re: are we seriously having this conversation?

  Posted to XX Factor by HopefulCynic on October 14, 2008     Views: 350 Replies: 0
  Topic: are we seriously having this conversation­?     Rating: +3
  Last response by HopefulCynic on October 14, 2008

• American flag from their cold, dead fingers

  Posted to Low Concept by HopefulCynic on October 10, 2008     Views: 389 Replies: 1
  Topic: American flag from their cold, dead fingers     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on October 13, 2008

• Re: American flag from their cold, dead fingers

  Posted to Low Concept by HopefulCynic on October 13, 2008     Views: 283 Replies: 0
  Topic: American flag from their cold, dead fingers     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on October 13, 2008

• Exactly what has Rosin been smokin?

  Posted to XX Factor by HopefulCynic on October 2, 2008     Views: 361 Replies: 1
  Topic: Exactly what has Rosin been smokin?     
  Last response by king charles I on October 2, 2008

• Thanks, but not thanks, for the angst, Rosin & Bazelon

  Posted to XX Factor by HopefulCynic on October 2, 2008     Views: 368 Replies: 1
  Topic: Thanks, but not thanks, for the angst, Rosin & Bazelon     
  Last response by Lizzie on October 2, 2008

• did you read Larrimore's piece?

  Posted to XX Factor by HopefulCynic on September 17, 2008     Views: 391 Replies: 0
  Topic: Larimore's article     Rating: +1
  Last response by HopefulCynic on September 17, 2008

• Exactly.

  Posted to XX Factor by HopefulCynic on September 17, 2008     Views: 276 Replies: 0
  Topic: And Strom Thurmond wasn't a racist . . .     Rating: +2/-1
  Last response by HopefulCynic on September 17, 2008

• For what it's worth

  Posted to Fraywatch by HopefulCynic on September 8, 2008     Views: 324 Replies: 1
  Topic: Slate’s contributors offer little intellectual diversity.     Rating: -2
  Last response by NightSwimmer on September 14, 2008

• Re: My Organic Head is Exploding!

  Posted to Green Room by HopefulCynic on September 8, 2008     Views: 375 Replies: 1
  Topic: My Organic Head is Exploding!     Rating: +1/-1
  Last response by JoeMc on September 9, 2008

• Easterbrook "...ever knew [Global Warming] but slenderly."

  Posted to Books by HopefulCynic on September 9, 2008     Views: 460 Replies: 0
  Topic: It helps to think before you write.     Rating: +1
  Last response by HopefulCynic on September 9, 2008

• Re: Apropos: I'm an atheist

  Posted to XX Factor by HopefulCynic on September 3, 2008     Views: 378 Replies: 1
  Topic: re: xx factor why I am rooting for Bristol Palin     Rating: +1
  Last response by HopefulCynic on September 8, 2008

• Clarifying.

  Posted to XX Factor by HopefulCynic on September 4, 2008     Views: 338 Replies: 1
  Topic: re: xx factor why I am rooting for Bristol Palin     Rating: +1
  Last response by HopefulCynic on September 8, 2008

• Re: I see your point...

  Posted to XX Factor by HopefulCynic on September 8, 2008     Views: 373 Replies: 0
  Topic: re: xx factor why I am rooting for Bristol Palin     Rating: +1
  Last response by HopefulCynic on September 8, 2008

• Seriously.

  Posted to The Spectator by HopefulCynic on August 21, 2008     Views: 342 Replies: 0
  Topic: Good Grief     Rating: +1/-1
  Last response by HopefulCynic on September 8, 2008

• Re: Good Grief

  Posted to The Spectator by HopefulCynic on September 8, 2008     Views: 411 Replies: 0
  Topic: Good Grief     Rating: +1/-1
  Last response by HopefulCynic on September 8, 2008

• Well, *something* about that smelled like shite

  Posted to Green Room by HopefulCynic on September 8, 2008     Views: 299 Replies: 0
  Topic: Well, *something* about that smelled like shite     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on September 8, 2008

• Hear hear.

  Posted to Green Room by HopefulCynic on September 8, 2008     Views: 290 Replies: 0
  Topic: misreading of the literature?     Rating: +2/-1
  Last response by HopefulCynic on September 8, 2008

• Re: Organic irony

  Posted to Green Room by HopefulCynic on September 8, 2008     Views: 352 Replies: 0
  Topic: Organic irony     Rating: +1/-1
  Last response by HopefulCynic on September 8, 2008

• WTF is up with Moira Redmond's response?

  Posted to Fraywatch by HopefulCynic on September 3, 2008     Views: 358 Replies: 0
  Topic: Flip on Saletan     Rating: +1
  Last response by HopefulCynic on September 3, 2008

• Re: McCain apologists

  Posted to Fighting Words by HopefulCynic on September 1, 2008     Views: 465 Replies: 0
  Topic: McCain apologists     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on September 1, 2008

• Cheers -- Slate wallows in its own irony

  Posted to XX Factor by HopefulCynic on August 29, 2008     Views: 592 Replies: 1
  Topic: Pretty Eyes and a Black Heart     Rating: +1
  Last response by GLM on August 29, 2008

• Bullshit.

  Posted to Jurisprudence by HopefulCynic on August 28, 2008     Views: 397 Replies: 0
  Topic: Yes, you do live in a bubble...     Rating: +1
  Last response by HopefulCynic on August 28, 2008

• Interesting, perhaps, but not at all surprising

  Posted to Moneybox by HopefulCynic on August 25, 2008     Views: 360 Replies: 0
  Topic: Interesting, perhaps, but not at all surprising     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on August 25, 2008

• Re: Lee Smith is a rightwing zionist hack

  Posted to Foreigners by HopefulCynic on July 28, 2008     Views: 574 Replies: 0
  Topic: Lee Smith is a rightwing zionist hack     Rating: +1
  Last response by EarlyBird on July 30, 2008

• The PRETEND Happiness Gap

  Posted to XX Factor by HopefulCynic on July 27, 2008     Views: 529 Replies: 1
  Topic: The PRETEND Happiness Gap     
  Last response by Arlington on July 28, 2008

• Re: side effects?

  Posted to Human Nature by HopefulCynic on July 16, 2008     Views: 352 Replies: 0
  Topic: side effects?     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on July 16, 2008

• Re: Confusion of the symptom with the disease

  Posted to Green Room by HopefulCynic on July 11, 2008     Views: 386 Replies: 0
  Topic: Confusion of the symptom with the disease     Rating: +1
  Last response by meredithc32 on July 11, 2008

• Answer: End Conspicuous Capitalist consumption, Anne

  Posted to Foreigners by HopefulCynic on January 14, 2008     Views: 854 Replies: 2
  Topic: Answer: End Conspicuous Capitalist consumption, Anne     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on July 11, 2008

• Re: Answer: End Conspicuous Capitalist consumption, Anne

  Posted to Foreigners by HopefulCynic on July 11, 2008     Views: 513 Replies: 0
  Topic: Answer: End Conspicuous Capitalist consumption, Anne     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on July 11, 2008

• Re: Missing a lot here

  Posted to Green Room by HopefulCynic on July 11, 2008     Views: 436 Replies: 1
  Topic: Missing a lot here     
  Last response by djyman15 on July 11, 2008

• Maybe you guys should've started with baby steps...

  Posted to Family by HopefulCynic on June 2, 2008     Views: 924 Replies: 1
  Topic: Maybe you guys should've started with baby steps...     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on July 11, 2008

• Re: Maybe you guys should've started with baby steps...

  Posted to Family by HopefulCynic on July 11, 2008     Views: 325 Replies: 0
  Topic: Maybe you guys should've started with baby steps...     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on July 11, 2008

• Replacing one false analogy with other, also faulty analogie

  Posted to Green Room by HopefulCynic on July 11, 2008     Views: 501 Replies: 0
  Topic: Replacing one false analogy with other, also faulty analogie     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on July 11, 2008

• Re: biology isn't destiny

  Posted to Green Room by HopefulCynic on July 11, 2008     Views: 310 Replies: 0
  Topic: biology isn't destiny     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on July 11, 2008

• Agreed.

  Posted to Movies by HopefulCynic on June 3, 2008     Views: 409 Replies: 0
  Topic: Indy 4 - spectacular entertainmen­t     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on June 3, 2008

• Abhorred war? Humanity in foreign policy?

  Posted to The Book Club by HopefulCynic on June 2, 2008     Views: 709 Replies: 1
  Topic: Abhorred war? Humanity in foreign policy?     Rating: +2
  Last response by granARJ on June 2, 2008

• Re: Conservative guilt versus liberal guilt

  Posted to The Spectator by HopefulCynic on May 23, 2008     Views: 377 Replies: 2
  Topic: Conservative guilt versus liberal guilt     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on June 2, 2008

• Christianity, Re: Conservative guilt versus liberal guilt

  Posted to The Spectator by HopefulCynic on June 2, 2008     Views: 442 Replies: 0
  Topic: Conservative guilt versus liberal guilt     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on June 2, 2008

• A couple things, Re: Conservative guilt versus liberal guilt

  Posted to The Spectator by HopefulCynic on June 2, 2008     Views: 378 Replies: 0
  Topic: Conservative guilt versus liberal guilt     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on June 2, 2008

• Re: Ugh.

  Posted to The Spectator by HopefulCynic on May 23, 2008     Views: 427 Replies: 1
  Topic: Ugh.     Rating: +2/-1
  Last response by Hotpie on May 23, 2008

• Re: Not so fast

  Posted to The Spectator by HopefulCynic on May 23, 2008     Views: 421 Replies: 3
  Topic: Not so fast     
  Last response by udhq on May 23, 2008

• Something else the most well known/least liked Supremes have

  Posted to Convictions Archive by HopefulCynic on May 23, 2008     Views: 391 Replies: 0
  Topic: Something else the most well known/least liked Supremes have     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on May 23, 2008

• Well Done, Will

  Posted to Human Nature by HopefulCynic on May 5, 2008     Views: 515 Replies: 1
  Topic: Well Done, Will     Rating: +3
  Last response by tubbs on May 6, 2008

• Re: Can you make bricks of mud without straw?

  Posted to Foreigners by HopefulCynic on April 30, 2008     Views: 377 Replies: 0
  Topic: Can you make bricks of mud without straw?     Rating: +4
  Last response by doodahman on April 30, 2008

• Re: What an incredibly ignorant article

  Posted to Foreigners by HopefulCynic on April 30, 2008     Views: 428 Replies: 0
  Topic: What an incredibly ignorant article     Rating: +2
  Last response by HopefulCynic on April 30, 2008

• Speaking of distorting facts...

  Posted to Foreigners by HopefulCynic on April 29, 2008     Views: 454 Replies: 0
  Topic: Speaking of distorting facts...     Rating: +1
  Last response by HopefulCynic on April 29, 2008

• Engber abuses the Precautionary Principle

  Posted to Science by HopefulCynic on April 16, 2008     Views: 566 Replies: 2
  Topic: Engber abuses the Precautionar­y Principle     Rating: +2
  Last response by todji on April 17, 2008

• Oracular? Obscurantism! This ain't Delphi

  Posted to Jurisprudence by HopefulCynic on April 16, 2008     Views: 442 Replies: 0
  Topic: Oracular? Obscurantism­! This ain't Delphi     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on April 16, 2008

• AA's XX: Is the perception the US is segrated somehow wrong?

  Posted to XX Factor by HopefulCynic on April 2, 2008     Views: 433 Replies: 1
  Topic: AA's XX: Is the perception the US is segrated somehow wrong?     Rating: +1
  Last response by tubbs on April 3, 2008

• Re: Daniel's needs to look a little deeper

  Posted to Moneybox by HopefulCynic on March 6, 2008     Views: 442 Replies: 1
  Topic: Daniel's needs to look a little deeper     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on March 19, 2008

• Re: Daniel's needs to look a little deeper

  Posted to Moneybox by HopefulCynic on March 19, 2008     Views: 383 Replies: 0
  Topic: Daniel's needs to look a little deeper     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on March 19, 2008

• *Is* Obama where he is because of race?

  Posted to Hey Wait a Minute by HopefulCynic on March 14, 2008     Views: 339 Replies: 0
  Topic: *Is* Obama where he is because of race?     
  Last response by HopefulCynic on March 14, 2008

• NAFTA has hurt the poor and *increased* immigration

  Posted to Moneybox by HopefulCynic on March 4, 2008     Views: 593 Replies: 2
  Topic: NAFTA has hurt the poor and *increased* immigration     
  Last response by macrol on March 7, 2008

• Re: NAFTA has hurt the poor and *increased* immigration

  Posted to Moneybox by HopefulCynic on March 4, 2008     Views: 443 Replies: 0
  Topic: NAFTA has hurt the poor and *increased* immigration     
  Last response by macrol on March 7, 2008

• What's so stacked about the Cuba trip?

  Posted to Movies by HopefulCynic on June 29, 2007     Views: 4851 Replies: 6
  Topic: What's so stacked about the Cuba trip?     Rating: +1
  Last response by HopefulCynic on March 6, 2008

• Re: What's so stacked about the Cuba trip?

  Posted to Movies by HopefulCynic on August 18, 2007     Views: 766 Replies: 1
  Topic: What's so stacked about the Cuba trip?     Rating: +1
  Last response by HopefulCynic on March 6, 2008