Archive for April 10th, 2007

no thanks to getting to yesRecently I looked at why the world–or least America–has not yet gotten to yes. I described the cultural forces that resist mightily the logic and common sense of principled negotiation and are deeply distrustful of peacebuilding, collaboration, and dialogue.

I offer you yet one more example: a transcript of right-wing radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh’s comments on a recently released study on workplace bullying.

Here’s a sample–and it’s classic Limbaugh all the way:

There’s nothing new in any of this and all of these are obstacles that countless gazillions of people have overcome throughout life in the history of human civilization. Study Reveals Widespread Office Bullying! I know exactly what this is. I know exactly. It’s a bunch of liberals behind this, a bunch of pantywaist, limp-wristed, linguini-spined liberals who are out there trying to work their magic and reorder the basic tenets of human nature, which is largely what a lot of liberalism attempts to do.

I’d add more, but these limp wrists make it awfully hard to type.

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Locked antlersFrom the storage vaults at the Smithsonian Institute: two pairs of elk horns locked together tell a tragic tale. Two elks, butting heads, entangled their horns.

Unable to free themselves, they both perished.

(Thanks to Boing Boing.)

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