Comments on: The Thanklessness of Being Right http://selenianboondocks.com/2008/03/the-thanklessness-of-being-right/ Random Musings from the Warped Minds of Jonathan Goff, Ken Murphy, John Hare, and Kirk Sorensen Sat, 05 May 2012 20:53:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://selenianboondocks.com/2008/03/the-thanklessness-of-being-right/comment-page-1/#comment-2753 Anonymous Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:30:00 +0000 http://selenianboondocks.com/?p=487#comment-2753 Sure he was being sarcastic, in a ham fisted sort of way, but he was also claiming to be smart for real. Too bad he showed dumb, and verbosely so. Far be it from me to have truck with "people who were, are, and continue to be wrong about just about everything." So goodbye to Mr. Henley. --Tim Sure he was being sarcastic, in a ham fisted sort of way, but he was also claiming to be smart for real. Too bad he showed dumb, and verbosely so. Far be it from me to have truck with “people who were, are, and continue to be wrong about just about everything.” So goodbye to Mr. Henley. –Tim

]]> By: Jon Goff http://selenianboondocks.com/2008/03/the-thanklessness-of-being-right/comment-page-1/#comment-2752 Jon Goff Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:41:00 +0000 http://selenianboondocks.com/?p=487#comment-2752 Tim,<br/>He was being sarcastic. His point was that you didn't really have to be that smart to realize that the standard case for war was based on a lot of naive thinking. His other point was that those who actually got it essentially right from the start are still ignored and ridiculed, while those who are continually and painfully wrong seem to have avoided any damage to their reputation. That five years from the start of the debacle, people still give more credence to the fools who got us into this mess than those who accurately saw it for the mess it was going to become.<br/><br/>Sure, he took a long (and I thought rather funny) time saying those things, but nowhere near as long as all the crap that's come out over the past week or two from people who were, are, and continue to be wrong about just about everything.<br/><br/>~Jon Tim,
He was being sarcastic. His point was that you didn’t really have to be that smart to realize that the standard case for war was based on a lot of naive thinking. His other point was that those who actually got it essentially right from the start are still ignored and ridiculed, while those who are continually and painfully wrong seem to have avoided any damage to their reputation. That five years from the start of the debacle, people still give more credence to the fools who got us into this mess than those who accurately saw it for the mess it was going to become.

Sure, he took a long (and I thought rather funny) time saying those things, but nowhere near as long as all the crap that’s come out over the past week or two from people who were, are, and continue to be wrong about just about everything.

~Jon

]]> By: Anonymous http://selenianboondocks.com/2008/03/the-thanklessness-of-being-right/comment-page-1/#comment-2751 Anonymous Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:35:00 +0000 http://selenianboondocks.com/?p=487#comment-2751 I read the Henley piece and thought it was of low quality with lots of cliches about the war and with WAY too many words for what he actually said. Does he really have the high IQ he claims to have? Maybe it's a failure of the education system. --Tim I read the Henley piece and thought it was of low quality with lots of cliches about the war and with WAY too many words for what he actually said. Does he really have the high IQ he claims to have? Maybe it’s a failure of the education system. –Tim

]]> By: Habitat Hermit http://selenianboondocks.com/2008/03/the-thanklessness-of-being-right/comment-page-1/#comment-2749 Habitat Hermit Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:13:00 +0000 http://selenianboondocks.com/?p=487#comment-2749 Yeah that was a very enigmatic first post, especially to someone who thinks you know far more about space than war.<br/><br/>I read that "masterful piece" and I'm hoping you're joking but I know we disagree so I guess you're not (it's truly hard to understand why you think it's masterful though, no matter what opinion on the war).<br/><br/>I don't dare read the rest of the links now in case by brain runs out of my ears ^_^ perhaps later.<br/><br/>Anyway take care and hope you've had/is still having a happy Easter. Yeah that was a very enigmatic first post, especially to someone who thinks you know far more about space than war.

I read that “masterful piece” and I’m hoping you’re joking but I know we disagree so I guess you’re not (it’s truly hard to understand why you think it’s masterful though, no matter what opinion on the war).

I don’t dare read the rest of the links now in case by brain runs out of my ears ^_^ perhaps later.

Anyway take care and hope you’ve had/is still having a happy Easter.

]]> By: Michael Mealling http://selenianboondocks.com/2008/03/the-thanklessness-of-being-right/comment-page-1/#comment-2748 Michael Mealling Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:09:00 +0000 http://selenianboondocks.com/?p=487#comment-2748 You are correct about the situation after the initial military success but I still disagree with your conclusion that this makes the initial entry "not worth it". IMHO, it would still be justified if we are still fighting in Iraq 20 years from now. You are correct about the situation after the initial military success but I still disagree with your conclusion that this makes the initial entry “not worth it”. IMHO, it would still be justified if we are still fighting in Iraq 20 years from now.

]]> By: Jon Goff http://selenianboondocks.com/2008/03/the-thanklessness-of-being-right/comment-page-1/#comment-2743 Jon Goff Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:12:00 +0000 http://selenianboondocks.com/?p=487#comment-2743 Anonymous...I'm not sure how to take that. :-)<br/><br/>I sure wouldn't consider myself more knowledgeable about war than about space.<br/><br/>~Jon Anonymous…I’m not sure how to take that. :-)

I sure wouldn’t consider myself more knowledgeable about war than about space.

~Jon

]]> By: Anonymous http://selenianboondocks.com/2008/03/the-thanklessness-of-being-right/comment-page-1/#comment-2741 Anonymous Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:48:00 +0000 http://selenianboondocks.com/?p=487#comment-2741 fortunately, for us, you know more about war than space programs...<br/><br/>anon @ jsc fortunately, for us, you know more about war than space programs…

anon @ jsc

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