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Thursday, June 18, 2009 01:20 PM

All opinion-based reporting and journalism comes from outrage

All of them, Bill O'Reilly, Joan Walsh, Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow, Glen Beck, Sean Hannity, Keith Olbermann, etc, wouldn't have jobs without outrage. It permeates everything in the news. You, Joan Walsh, are writing about how outraged you are at the treatment Bill O'Reilly gave you the other night on his show. Stop. No more snark; no more populist grandstanding; no more pretending to read other peoples minds; no more polls to twist and tweak.

All of you that draw a salary by feeding the outrage in your articles and TV appearances, you are all pimps complaining to a John about the other pimp's ho's.

What you do is unsavory. Someone enjoys it. But when all is said and done we, the John's, just don't want a nasty disease for listening to you.

Let it go.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 08:00 PM

No, there's little sympathy from me

He got caught. None of this would have been known had he not been caught, at the airport, by the local newspaper. That always seems to be the way these things are going lately. Sen Ensign, got caught. His lover's husband was about to spill the beans to the news. Gov Spitzer got caught. Sen Foley got caught. Sen Vitter got caught.

I'll think of them as being human when they start acting like humans. Humans make mistakes, but if you're in office because you campaigned, or crusaded against the very behavior you condoned personally, then you are one cold, cynical, calculating SOB.

Be a real human being Mark, resign. Not because you had a mistress. That's your own private life, and I do respect that. But because the very power you hold is directly linked to how you, as a public official, sanctimoniously scolded others for there failures, which is what being human is all about.

Thursday, June 25, 2009 05:05 PM

Excellent insight!

I'm glad to hear a realistic assessment of the Iranian elections. President Obama is doing the correct thing by not getting us involved at this point.

Terrific interview!

Wednesday, July 1, 2009 07:07 PM
Original article: Sex scandals are bipartisan

be a man and get a divorce

The most appalling aspect of this are his continued consultations with his church on how to win back his wife's love. How offensive is that!?! According to conservative family types, he just needs a little scripture to cure his cheating ways. He just hasn't been a good conservative hubby and daddy.

Clue to Gov. Sanford: she's not a prize to win back. There's no secret combination of her buttons to push to take this back.

Be a man. Admit that you're a bad partner. Get a divorce. If you and Jenny want to remarry later, fine, just stop with the theatrics already. You're embarrassing yourself.

Friday, July 10, 2009 08:34 AM
Original article: Picture of the day

The echo chamber is bi-partisan

Alex Koppelman is just as guilty of bad journalism, as some on the right.

I believe Alex should correct his entry, and admit his mistake.

Friday, July 10, 2009 02:15 PM
Original article: Picture of the day

Alex cannot admit a mistake?

The video clearly indicates the picture and this story were incorrect, in the assumptions of many, but Alex cannot seem to admit that perhaps he should not have simply reposted a story from Drudge.

Alex still manages to be too cute by half in his clarification, "..but it could go either way."

Actually, no, it doesn't show what you purpoted at all.

Please make your correction clear.

Sunday, July 12, 2009 03:16 PM
Original article: IKEA is as bad as Wal-Mart

What are we willing to pay?

Bargain shopping extends to so many other goods and services that we don't even think about.

What about a hotel that offers discounts, yet cuts costs by underpaying it's own employees?

What about a township that offers lower taxes, but the trade off is less fire protection?

What an airline offered cut-rate discounts, even if it risked the safety of its own customers by cutting back on maintenance?

There is no litmus test you can ever apply to everything you purchase that would assure you're paying the true cost. It's not as simple as declaring "X" is worse than "Y". However, if you're getting a 'bargain', you're always accepting some sort of trade-off. Just look around at the various ads on this web site...are they offering you the true cost of their products?

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 03:16 PM
Original article: Roe v. choice

It's not about Norma McCorvey....

...and you can clearly see that she has been publicly manipulated for the benefit of others at least twice, or three if you count her pregnancy.

However, it's not really about McCorvey's decision to terminate her pregnancy. It's a decision about whether or not a state could pass, and enforce, a law that prohibits the constitutional right to privacy.

I'm personally opposed to the practice, but I've had friends who worked in clinics who would argue that no one wants to get an abortion...in other words, no one seeks to have one for the sake of having one.

Saturday, August 22, 2009 03:48 PM
Original article: "Inglourious Basterds"

Wonderful movie!

Those who would prefer to see a single-minded shoot 'em up action picture, where the hero faces an against-all-odds scenario defending himself against hundreds of attackers, alone, in a bell tower, for 3 days with only a rifle...well, you are no better than Hitler.

This is a far more entertaining movie. Never boring, what with all those incredible shots, great dialog, and an amazing cast of talented actors.

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