Dear Blanchard: How Dare You Accuse Me of Being a Lava Lamp Owner!
NSU Hardy Boy/Political Science Professor Ken Blanchard takes the following shot at me in his under-read blog at KELOLAND:
For a Ph.D. like Blanchard to call someone else "over-educated" is just plain comical. (BTW, by way of full disclosure, I have B.A., J.D., and LL.M. degrees. The J.D. and LL.M. are not just academic degrees but professional degrees that help me make a living as a lawyer. But I digress.)
But a "lava-lamp liberal"? I don't own a lava lamp. I have never owned a lava lamp. I have reading lamps and floor lamps but no lava lamps. I don't have and have never had a black light either. Just good, old fashioned, Middle Class, American-style furniture and office equipment. No hippy-dippy freaky lighting devices.
In the immortal words of my role model Bugs Bunny, Ken, "Of course you know this means war!"
Oh, and Ken, it will be Obama by at least 53 to 47 over Hillary on June 3d. South Dakota Democrats of all types share my man crush over President Man Crush.
I'm just sayin', Doc.
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On the other hand, lava-lamp liberals and over-educated professional types like Todd Epp make up a disproportionately large slice of the Democratic pie due to our small population. They may yet help Obama prevent a defeat or at least a massive defeat.
For a Ph.D. like Blanchard to call someone else "over-educated" is just plain comical. (BTW, by way of full disclosure, I have B.A., J.D., and LL.M. degrees. The J.D. and LL.M. are not just academic degrees but professional degrees that help me make a living as a lawyer. But I digress.)
But a "lava-lamp liberal"? I don't own a lava lamp. I have never owned a lava lamp. I have reading lamps and floor lamps but no lava lamps. I don't have and have never had a black light either. Just good, old fashioned, Middle Class, American-style furniture and office equipment. No hippy-dippy freaky lighting devices.
In the immortal words of my role model Bugs Bunny, Ken, "Of course you know this means war!"
Oh, and Ken, it will be Obama by at least 53 to 47 over Hillary on June 3d. South Dakota Democrats of all types share my man crush over President Man Crush.
I'm just sayin', Doc.
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Posted on Friday, May 23, 2008
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Ah ... "over-educated" was not an accusation; it was a joke. I meant to make fun of how the two sides in this particular divide talk about one another. In so far as it has any meaning, it certainly applies to me. It was also meant to carve out a different group from "lava-lamp liberals." Indeed, you did not strike me as such. Except for the man-crush thing, which you seem very fond of repeating.
But my point was not to criticize either candidate or their followers, but to think about the political landscape. You give outcome estimates. Do you have any inside information, or is this just what your man crush leads you to fantasize about?
Ken:
You accused me of being a lava lamp owner. In another time, that would have meant pistols at twenty paces.
Epp
Skippy, I have to report a crime!
Seems someone took down my poems from the other day...... I am guessing that they did not conform with the County Commission's Laws.
Lava lamps are cool (in a retro sort of way). You should get one Todd. If lava lamps are liberal I'm proud to have them on the team.
Todd: I sincerely didn't mean to accuse you of being a lava lamp owner-not that there's anything wrong with that! I really did introduce the "over-educated" bit when it occurred to me it didn't fit you. But if you don't believe that, then I respectfully and in full contrition withdraw the accusation.