tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post4305614099947699706..comments2024-03-28T02:54:46.537-04:00Comments on The TOF Spot: Upset in IowaTheOFloinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-4274434959985867902016-02-05T16:02:54.105-05:002016-02-05T16:02:54.105-05:00Found (after some stumbling around) at http://www....Found (after some stumbling around) at http://www.augustinus.it/latino/contro_felice/index2.htmChris Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17834018760516156556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-91868822430660028442016-02-05T16:01:34.098-05:002016-02-05T16:01:34.098-05:00For the other Reader of this blog, the *Against Fa...For the other Reader of this blog, the *Against Faustus* is much longer and more famous than the *Against Felix*; and since the names are similar, it's an easy mistake. Chris KirkChris Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17834018760516156556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-81381569253850572002016-02-05T16:00:09.409-05:002016-02-05T16:00:09.409-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Chris Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17834018760516156556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-88030329920417580372016-02-05T15:58:32.310-05:002016-02-05T15:58:32.310-05:00Mike/ Mr. Flynn:
Off-topic but I've found a r...Mike/ Mr. Flynn:<br /><br />Off-topic but I've found a recurring error and couldn't easily find an e-mail address. <br /><br />You love to quote the delightfully tart words of Augustine about going to school rather than the Bible to learn astronomy. You cite the *Contra Faustum Manichaeum*. Wanting to use it in a paper, I discovered it is in fact from 1.10 of the *Contra Felicem Manichaeum*. Maybe you used the English (translation from the German?) of a lecture of Cardinal Schoenborn, found here: https://www.ewtn.com/library/Theology/schonevo3.htm <br /><br />The Latin is: non legitur in Evangelio Dominum dixisse: Mitto vobis Paracletum qui vos doceat de cursu solis et lunae. Christianos enim facere volebat, non mathematicos. Sufficit autem ut homines de his rebus, quantum in schola didicerunt, noverint propter humanos usus. <br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Chris Kirk SpeaksChris Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17834018760516156556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-72364411213982920462016-02-05T06:43:27.637-05:002016-02-05T06:43:27.637-05:00They were free to use their own judgement, because...They were free to use their own judgement, because during the time, revelations might take place, like their original preference might make some bonehead announcement. They also discuss things at the Assemblies or Conventions. Usually, no one cares except in presidential years.<br /><br />One year, when J. Carter was head-of-Party, and Teddy Kennedy was challenging him, he had the nationsl committee issue a Rule that once you had committed in precinct, you could not change at the later Conventions. That did not sit well with Coloradans, who were a cantankerous bunch, so there was a revolt at the State Convention. Not only did one-third of the delegates break for Kennedy, but another third separated and caucused as Uncommitted. This group, which included TOF, was chaired by Mo Siegal of Celestial Seasonings. TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-81705587153544706882016-02-04T22:47:15.118-05:002016-02-04T22:47:15.118-05:00So are the delegates free to vote for anybody at t...So are the delegates free to vote for anybody at the eventual Convention or they must stick to the results of the caucus that elected them?Gyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09941686166886986037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-64232295169871088012016-02-04T06:20:09.003-05:002016-02-04T06:20:09.003-05:00Actual persons. The way it worked in Colorado many...Actual persons. The way it worked in Colorado many years ago was that the precincts sent delegates to the County Assembly. The County selected delegates to the Congressional District Convention (which typically covered several counties and parts of counties) and to the State Assembly and Convention.<br />The County Assembly nominated candidates for county offices, like sheriff. The District Convention nominated candidates for the US House of Representatives. The State Assembly nominated candidates for governor, district assemblymen amd state senators (iirc, these last two were handled by caucuses within the Assembly that covered their resp. districts. The State Convention, which ran concurrently, nominated candidates for US Senator and President. Depending on the year, the delegates were sent according to the preferences for the highest offices in play, either President or US Senator. The State Convention also chose delegates to the National Convention. Conventions were for Federal offices; Assemblies were for State or Local offices.<br /><br />Remember, all these were for Party nominees and as such were run only within the parties, though run in public. There was always some efforts to insert ringers into the opposition party -- people who were Democrats, but registered as Republicans (or vice versa) just to mess up the opposition nominees. This usually only mattered at the local county level, although one time we nominated a candidate for state representative who after winning switched to the other side.TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-19802438058058282062016-02-04T02:27:55.903-05:002016-02-04T02:27:55.903-05:00Are delegates actual persons or just numbers?
I as...Are delegates actual persons or just numbers?<br />I ask as a non-American. Gyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09941686166886986037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-69202374305175129752016-02-02T19:23:43.341-05:002016-02-02T19:23:43.341-05:00Someone doesn't believe in MAGIC I guess.Someone doesn't believe in MAGIC I guess.Hezekiah Garrettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-13069159660499837432016-02-02T15:34:15.501-05:002016-02-02T15:34:15.501-05:00Why, again, are we assuming the good old days were...Why, again, are we assuming the good old days were so good?<br /><br />FDR is up there with Kennedy (and Lincoln too, though I think the poor guy has received TOO much backlash in some circles) in the running for most overrated President ever. His economic policies were a mega-disaster, and he was a power-hungry nut who put large swathes of American citizens into concentration camps for the crime of committing no crime.<br /><br />America has always had terrible Presidents (and good ones as well).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-62072662921911982552016-02-02T14:48:20.435-05:002016-02-02T14:48:20.435-05:00I'm not even sure you can "win" the ...I'm not even sure you can "win" the caucus. When I was running caucuses in Colorado, splitting went all the way down to caucus level. I remember one year when most of the caucus favored Gary Hart, but two union guys held out for Mondale, so the rules said the precinct sent two Hart delegates and one Mondale delegate to the County Assembly. (Since there were no TV cameras, the precinct only rounded up eight or ten Party members, so Mondale voters were more than 15% of the attendees.) Iowa and 2016 may have different rules, of course. We also had to ensure a 50/50 split between men and women delegates and if any were minorities to give them special considerationTheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-61965590043181422932016-02-02T13:26:03.917-05:002016-02-02T13:26:03.917-05:00Though I think it just to mention that in six case...Though I think it just to mention that in six cases, Hillary won the caucus by dint of a coin toss.Mary Catellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769948263567169424noreply@blogger.com