http://www.vulcanhammer.org/2009/07/13/palm-beach-around-the-island/ The Online Perch of a Real Elitist Snob Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:30:52 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.vulcanhammer.org/2009/07/13/palm-beach-around-the-island/comment-page-1/#comment-57454 Positive Infinity » Blog Archive » Recognising the Inevitable Split in the Anglican/Episcopal World Wed, 12 May 2010 20:41:18 +0000 http://www.vulcanhammer.org/?p=2758#comment-57454 [...] is irredeemably revisionist, and that’s putting it politely.  It’s been that way since the days of wine and James Pike and the local resistance movements haven’t changed the general character of the church.  A [...] [...] is irredeemably revisionist, and that’s putting it politely.  It’s been that way since the days of wine and James Pike and the local resistance movements haven’t changed the general character of the church.  A [...]

]]> http://www.vulcanhammer.org/2009/07/13/palm-beach-around-the-island/comment-page-1/#comment-54338 Positive Infinity » Blog Archive » Why I’m Not an Episcopalian, Either Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:48:31 +0000 http://www.vulcanhammer.org/?p=2758#comment-54338 [...] To be honest I could have said this in the early 1970’s and been on target.  How deep the root of orthodoxy in Episcopalians went depended upon what diocese and what part of the country you were in.  In the land “where the animals are tame and the people run wild,” the bailout on orthodox belief began a long time ago, the senior Henry Louttit notwithstanding. [...] [...] To be honest I could have said this in the early 1970’s and been on target.  How deep the root of orthodoxy in Episcopalians went depended upon what diocese and what part of the country you were in.  In the land “where the animals are tame and the people run wild,” the bailout on orthodox belief began a long time ago, the senior Henry Louttit notwithstanding. [...]

]]> http://www.vulcanhammer.org/2009/07/13/palm-beach-around-the-island/comment-page-1/#comment-48604 Positive Infinity » Blog Archive » New Survey: Children Less Likely to be Bullied Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:28:40 +0000 http://www.vulcanhammer.org/?p=2758#comment-48604 [...] try to avoid “causes” but this is one that is close to home and has been since growing up in Palm Beach.  The traditionally blasé attitude of too many American schools towards this has always bothered [...] [...] try to avoid “causes” but this is one that is close to home and has been since growing up in Palm Beach.  The traditionally blasé attitude of too many American schools towards this has always bothered [...]

]]> http://www.vulcanhammer.org/2009/07/13/palm-beach-around-the-island/comment-page-1/#comment-42823 Positive Infinity » Blog Archive » John Kenneth Gaibraith, the Real Elitist Snob Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:47:56 +0000 http://www.vulcanhammer.org/?p=2758#comment-42823 [...] It’s hard to convince most Americans that a) those who are raised at the top hold a high opinion of themselves and a low one of the rest of humanity and b) they’re so convinced of their own rectitude that they’re oblivious to the real nature of their idea.  It’s been that way for a long time.  As I said in a post about growing up in Palm Beach: [...] [...] It’s hard to convince most Americans that a) those who are raised at the top hold a high opinion of themselves and a low one of the rest of humanity and b) they’re so convinced of their own rectitude that they’re oblivious to the real nature of their idea.  It’s been that way for a long time.  As I said in a post about growing up in Palm Beach: [...]

]]> http://www.vulcanhammer.org/2009/07/13/palm-beach-around-the-island/comment-page-1/#comment-30329 A New Look For Worth Avenue–And Some Reflections | Positive Infinity Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:07:48 +0000 http://www.vulcanhammer.org/?p=2758#comment-30329 [...] [sic].”  My main memories of Worth Avenue, however, are in joining my rowdy classmates at Palm Beach Day School in getting our uniforms at the Prep Shop.  I doubt that we added anything to the cachet of the [...] [...] [sic].”  My main memories of Worth Avenue, however, are in joining my rowdy classmates at Palm Beach Day School in getting our uniforms at the Prep Shop.  I doubt that we added anything to the cachet of the [...]

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