Comments on: Truly Divine http://www.stageleft.info/2006/03/30/truely-divine/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:41:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: balbulican http://www.stageleft.info/2006/03/30/truely-divine/comment-page-1/#comment-19819 balbulican Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:02:00 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2006/03/30/truely-divine/#comment-19819 Or it could be a typo. "Divine Strike" has a nice ring to it.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19819','balbulican'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19819','balbulican','Or it could be a typo. \"Divine Strike\" has a nice ring to it.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Or it could be a typo. “Divine Strike” has a nice ring to it.
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]]> By: lrC http://www.stageleft.info/2006/03/30/truely-divine/comment-page-1/#comment-19814 lrC Fri, 31 Mar 2006 21:53:30 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2006/03/30/truely-divine/#comment-19814 Strake also apparently is an archaic form of streak. Divine Streak - lightning bolts from heaven, anyone?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19814','lrC'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19814','lrC','Strake also apparently is an archaic form of streak.\r\n\r\nDivine Streak - lightning bolts from heaven, anyone?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Strake also apparently is an archaic form of streak.

Divine Streak – lightning bolts from heaven, anyone?

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]]> By: Smithy http://www.stageleft.info/2006/03/30/truely-divine/comment-page-1/#comment-19681 Smithy Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:59:16 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2006/03/30/truely-divine/#comment-19681 Divine Strake Strake: straightedge used for levelling a bed of sand, a aerodynamic surface generally mounted on the fuselage of an aircraft. Sounds like a Divine, Flying, Sand leveller !!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19681','Smithy'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19681','Smithy','Divine Strake \r\n\r\nStrake: straightedge used for levelling a bed of sand, a aerodynamic surface generally mounted on the fuselage of an aircraft.\r\n\r\nSounds like a Divine, Flying, Sand leveller !!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Divine Strake

Strake: straightedge used for levelling a bed of sand, a aerodynamic surface generally mounted on the fuselage of an aircraft.

Sounds like a Divine, Flying, Sand leveller !!

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]]> By: balbulican http://www.stageleft.info/2006/03/30/truely-divine/comment-page-1/#comment-19629 balbulican Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:03:40 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2006/03/30/truely-divine/#comment-19629 Sorry, SL, but I'm with RJ: I find it difficult to evoke much righteous indignation about this one. Some low level bureaucrat came up with what he thought was a cool sounding name for the exercise: I don't think this tells us much about the Great American Spiritual Zeitgeist. I'm more curious about the word "strake", a charming archaism I know from my wreck diving: it refers to a line of hull planking extending the full length of a vessel. I wonder if the anonymous bureaucratic poet was trying to evoke "Divine Wind", the english translation of "Kamikaze"?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19629','balbulican'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19629','balbulican','Sorry, SL, but I\'m with RJ: I find it difficult to evoke much righteous indignation about this one. Some low level bureaucrat came up with what he thought was a cool sounding name for the exercise: I don\'t think this tells us much about the Great American Spiritual Zeitgeist.\r\n\r\nI\'m more curious about the word \"strake\", a charming archaism I know from my wreck diving: it refers to a line of hull planking extending the full length of a vessel.\r\n\r\nI wonder if the anonymous bureaucratic poet was trying to evoke \"Divine Wind\", the english translation of \"Kamikaze\"?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Sorry, SL, but I’m with RJ: I find it difficult to evoke much righteous indignation about this one. Some low level bureaucrat came up with what he thought was a cool sounding name for the exercise: I don’t think this tells us much about the Great American Spiritual Zeitgeist.

I’m more curious about the word “strake”, a charming archaism I know from my wreck diving: it refers to a line of hull planking extending the full length of a vessel.

I wonder if the anonymous bureaucratic poet was trying to evoke “Divine Wind”, the english translation of “Kamikaze”?

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]]> By: RJ http://www.stageleft.info/2006/03/30/truely-divine/comment-page-1/#comment-19587 RJ Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:44:20 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2006/03/30/truely-divine/#comment-19587 I can't speak for anyone else, but I think my response would be pretty much the same SL. I mean, if you want to make allegations of blasphemy against GWB and his crew for using what you consider an offensive code name, it's your website--just don't expect your readers (or anyone else) to take it seriously--as the posts above show. Just applying some tough love. :)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19587','RJ'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19587','RJ','I can\'t speak for anyone else, but I think my response would be pretty much the same SL. \r\n\r\nI mean, if you want to make allegations of blasphemy against GWB and his crew for using what you consider an offensive code name, it\'s your website--just don\'t expect your readers (or anyone else) to take it seriously--as the posts above show. \r\n\r\nJust applying some tough love. :)'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I can’t speak for anyone else, but I think my response would be pretty much the same SL.

I mean, if you want to make allegations of blasphemy against GWB and his crew for using what you consider an offensive code name, it’s your website–just don’t expect your readers (or anyone else) to take it seriously–as the posts above show.

Just applying some tough love. :)

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]]> By: stageleft http://www.stageleft.info/2006/03/30/truely-divine/comment-page-1/#comment-19562 stageleft Fri, 31 Mar 2006 02:18:52 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2006/03/30/truely-divine/#comment-19562 The comments, and lack there of, are actually quite telling. I wonder.... if a certain country that the US is currently shaking it's sword at were to do the same sort of grand (or even not so grand) test with the same sort of religious code name what those responses might be?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19562','stageleft'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19562','stageleft','The comments, and lack there of, are actually quite telling. I wonder.... if a certain country that the US is currently shaking it\'s sword at were to do the same sort of grand (or even not so grand) test with the same sort of religious code name what those responses might be?'); return false;">Quote</a></div> The comments, and lack there of, are actually quite telling. I wonder…. if a certain country that the US is currently shaking it’s sword at were to do the same sort of grand (or even not so grand) test with the same sort of religious code name what those responses might be?
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]]> By: RJ http://www.stageleft.info/2006/03/30/truely-divine/comment-page-1/#comment-19549 RJ Fri, 31 Mar 2006 01:08:07 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2006/03/30/truely-divine/#comment-19549 I'm afraid I don't follow you SL. Things that burn powder and make noise definitely fall into the category of "Extremely pleasant, delightful." Heh. Hmm...I wonder if I can get tickets--or maybe find a live video feed on the 'net.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19549','RJ'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19549','RJ','I\'m afraid I don\'t follow you SL. Things that burn powder and make noise definitely fall into the category of \"Extremely pleasant, delightful.\"\r\n\r\nHeh. \r\n\r\nHmm...I wonder if I can get tickets--or maybe find a live video feed on the \'net.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> I’m afraid I don’t follow you SL. Things that burn powder and make noise definitely fall into the category of “Extremely pleasant, delightful.”

Heh.

Hmm…I wonder if I can get tickets–or maybe find a live video feed on the ‘net.

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]]> By: balbulican http://www.stageleft.info/2006/03/30/truely-divine/comment-page-1/#comment-19476 balbulican Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:36:50 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2006/03/30/truely-divine/#comment-19476 There's only two kinds of people, Miss Sandstone. My kind of people...and ASSHOLES! Eat the Bird, Bitch!! They don't make films like they used to, that's for sure.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19476','balbulican'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19476','balbulican','There\'s only two kinds of people, Miss Sandstone. My kind of people...and ASSHOLES! Eat the Bird, Bitch!!\r\n\r\nThey don\'t make films like they used to, that\'s for sure.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> There’s only two kinds of people, Miss Sandstone. My kind of people…and ASSHOLES! Eat the Bird, Bitch!!

They don’t make films like they used to, that’s for sure.

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]]> By: Mike http://www.stageleft.info/2006/03/30/truely-divine/comment-page-1/#comment-19471 Mike Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:31:02 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2006/03/30/truely-divine/#comment-19471 "Hold these Chickens!" Sorry, couldn't resist...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19471','Mike'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19471','Mike','\"Hold these Chickens!\"\r\n\r\nSorry, couldn\'t resist...'); return false;">Quote</a></div> “Hold these Chickens!”

Sorry, couldn’t resist…

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]]> By: balbulican http://www.stageleft.info/2006/03/30/truely-divine/comment-page-1/#comment-19456 balbulican Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:52:51 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2006/03/30/truely-divine/#comment-19456 Maybe it's a tribute to the dogshit-eating transvestite star of John Waters' "Pink Flamingoes"? It is just outside Las Vegas, after all...<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('19456','balbulican'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('19456','balbulican','Maybe it\'s a tribute to the dogshit-eating transvestite star of John Waters\' \"Pink Flamingoes\"? It is just outside Las Vegas, after all...'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Maybe it’s a tribute to the dogshit-eating transvestite star of John Waters’ “Pink Flamingoes”? It is just outside Las Vegas, after all…
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