Before I get to the main point of this entry, I suppose I should start with a little information about myself.
My political leanings are on the conservative side. I suspect that Mark Levin, Rush Limbaugh, and Sean Hannity would all say that I am to the left of them, but I also suspect that they would not find any differences of opinion worth that much of a quibble.
With that out of the way, let us proceed to the meat of this entry.
During some recent explorations of the blogosphere, I encountered several entries that posted the results of a quiz that determined the blogger's political identity. The results I encountered stated, "My Liberal Identity Is . . . ," but I was curious enough to click the link to About.com. I saw that they had a companion quiz to determine one's conservative identity, I decided to indluge my curiosity, and I took the quiz.
What were my results? Well, I believe the correct phrase at this point is, "Drumroll, please":
<div style="padding:0px;margin;0px;border:1px solid rgb(133,143,174);background-color: rgb(250,241,218);width: 200px;"> <div style="padding:0px;margin;0px;background-color: rgb(12,12,132);overflow:auto"><div style="padding:0px;margin;0px;float:left;display:inline;width:50px;margin-right:5px;"> <a href="http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bl-conservative-quiz.htm" style="padding:0px;margin;0px;" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/k/G/3/conservative-results-pic.jpg" alt="Quiz: What Kind of Conservative Are You?" width="50" height="50" style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin;0px;" /></a></div> <h1 style="font-family: 'Georgia';font-size:16px;color:white;padding-top:3px;margin-top:3px; margin-left: 8px;margin-bottom:2px;">My Conservative Identity:</h1></div> <div style="font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times New Roman',serif;padding:4px;margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:18px;color:black;"> <p>You are an <em> <strong>Anti-government Gunslinger</strong></em>, also known as a libertarian conservative or Tea Partier. You believe in smaller government, states’ rights, gun rights, and that, as Reagan once said, "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’"</p> </div> <div style="padding: 0px;background-color: white;"> <p style="font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times New Roman',serif; padding:4px;margin:0px;font-size:10px;color:black;">Take the quiz at
<a href="http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bl-conservative-quiz.htm" style="color:blue;" rel="nofollow">About.com Political Humor</a></p></div></div>
I must confess that on a few of the questions, I could have gone with more than one answer. for instance, one question asks, "If you could time-travel to any historical event and bring one thing with you, what would you choose?" My answer was "September 10, 2001 -- with a no-fly list," but I could have just as easily answered "The beginning of the 1990s bull market -- with today's stock quotes" or "Ronald Reagan's inauguration -- with a cloning device." On the other hand, when asked, "If you were a candidate for political office, what would your theme song be?", the only answer that was right for me was The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again."
I took the quiz a second time, giving mostly other answers to see what my results would be. This second time, the results were as follows:
<div style="padding:0px;margin;0px;border:1px solid rgb(133,143,174);background-color: rgb(250,241,218);width: 200px;"> <div style="padding:0px;margin;0px;background-color: rgb(12,12,132);overflow:auto"><div style="padding:0px;margin;0px;float:left;display:inline;width:50px;margin-right:5px;"> <a href="http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bl-conservative-quiz.htm" style="padding:0px;margin;0px;"><img src="http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/k/G/3/conservative-results-pic.jpg" alt="Quiz: What Kind of Conservative Are You?" width="50" height="50" style="border:0px;padding:0px;margin;0px;" /></a></div> <h1 style="font-family: 'Georgia';font-size:16px;color:white;padding-top:3px;margin-top:3px; margin-left: 8px;margin-bottom:2px;">My Conservative Identity:</h1></div> <div style="font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times New Roman',serif;padding:4px;margin:0px;font-size:12px;line-height:18px;color:black;"> <p>You are a <em> <strong>Free Marketeer</strong></em>, also known as a fiscal conservative. You believe in free-market capitalism, tax cuts, and protecting your hard-earned cash from pick-pocketing liberal socialists.</p> </div> <div style="padding: 0px;background-color: white;"> <p style="font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times New Roman',serif; padding:4px;margin:0px;font-size:10px;color:black;">Take the quiz at <br /><a href="http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bl-conservative-quiz.htm" style="color:blue;">About.com Political Humor</a></p></div></div>
I suspect that more than likely, I fall somewhere between those two particular conservative examples.
I am also a little disappointed that there were not different images for the different results.
***jn***
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Saturday, March 26, 2011
2. Who Would You Choose?
I feel quite certain that at one time or another, any of you reading this have encountered the "Who would you choose?" question. You are told that you could save the life of only one of two people close to you, and asked which one you would save. (And more often than not, the question is asked when both of the choices are present.)
I have a variation on this question, which I would like to present for your possible entertainment and/or amusement.
You find yourself in an unfamiliar room, and a total stranger enters. He tells you that you will be presented with a choice. One of two people is going to die. You do not know either of them. You do not know anything about either of them, other than what the stranger is about to tell you. Once the stranger finishes presenting the information, you will have 30 seconds to make your decision.
Since you have no way of determining otherwise, assume that what the stranger tells you is the truth.
The stranger tells you that the two individuals are both government employees, who have misused and abused their positions in unspecified ways.
One works for the TSA as an airport security screener.
One is an agent for the IRS.
As perhaps a twisted show of humor, the stranger then begins playing the Final Jeopardy! music.
You have 30 seconds.
Which one do you choose?
Who lives? Who dies?
Who do you consider the lesser of two evils?
***jn***
I have a variation on this question, which I would like to present for your possible entertainment and/or amusement.
You find yourself in an unfamiliar room, and a total stranger enters. He tells you that you will be presented with a choice. One of two people is going to die. You do not know either of them. You do not know anything about either of them, other than what the stranger is about to tell you. Once the stranger finishes presenting the information, you will have 30 seconds to make your decision.
Since you have no way of determining otherwise, assume that what the stranger tells you is the truth.
The stranger tells you that the two individuals are both government employees, who have misused and abused their positions in unspecified ways.
One works for the TSA as an airport security screener.
One is an agent for the IRS.
As perhaps a twisted show of humor, the stranger then begins playing the Final Jeopardy! music.
You have 30 seconds.
Which one do you choose?
Who lives? Who dies?
Who do you consider the lesser of two evils?
***jn***
Friday, March 18, 2011
1. Introduction, And Welcome
To all who have discovered this particular corner of the Internet, greetings, and I bid you welcome.
My name is James Norcross.
I must confess that the writing of this particular entry is more difficult than I envisioned. The primary reason is probably because I have already dispensed with the purpose of the entry in the first two sentences.
I was hoping to write something insightful, intriguing, and possibly entertaining. In other words, something that might entice anyone reading this initial entry to make a return visit to this page.
Naturally, as soon as that glimmer of a thought coalesced into something resembling even a semi-coherent form, the muse immediately decided that someone else was in even more dire need of inspiration, and flitted away. (Come to think of it, which of the nine sisters would be the muse of blogging, anyway?)
Perhaps this is a sign that I should simply end the entry here.
In that case, I shall end this brief entry as I began it. I bid you welcome, and I hope you will return.
***jn***
My name is James Norcross.
I must confess that the writing of this particular entry is more difficult than I envisioned. The primary reason is probably because I have already dispensed with the purpose of the entry in the first two sentences.
I was hoping to write something insightful, intriguing, and possibly entertaining. In other words, something that might entice anyone reading this initial entry to make a return visit to this page.
Naturally, as soon as that glimmer of a thought coalesced into something resembling even a semi-coherent form, the muse immediately decided that someone else was in even more dire need of inspiration, and flitted away. (Come to think of it, which of the nine sisters would be the muse of blogging, anyway?)
Perhaps this is a sign that I should simply end the entry here.
In that case, I shall end this brief entry as I began it. I bid you welcome, and I hope you will return.
***jn***
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