Letters to the Editor
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does Williams have any pull?
Will the Pulitzer people actually pay attention to him? Or is he just adding to the Freak Show?
By the way, Glenn, you should check out the readers' reviews of your new book on Amazon. Several Republicans are rating you high, saying that members of their party will understand why the party has gone in new directions over the past 8 years. Only 1 troll out of 9 so far.
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Where's the link?
I can't see the link to Brian William's blog. Is that intentional for some reason?
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Post Literacy
What I love most about Noonan's "column," and Williams' embrace of it, is that it exemplifies American post-literacy. Snide, made-up observations, heavily larded with both prejudice and inanity, strung together in incomplete sentences and eight-grade vocabulary.
Had I written such a thing in high school I would have been rightly ridiculed and received an F.
But to Williams, finger ever on the pulse of "ordinary" Americans, whom he obviously assumes are numbskulls and believes "journalism" should keep them that way, such contemptuous trash is worthy of an award.
A revealing, albeit unintentionally, statement on Williams' part.
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I'm not seeing a link to the article your critiquing...
So here it is.....
http://dailynightly.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/28/953442.aspx
Also sig....
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Glen, are you sure...
...this alleged Brian Williams piece wasn't a satire from The Onion? I mean, this almost screams "satire." I read the Noonan piece and was immediately struck by the racist undertones - the tacit assumption that Obama is less respectful of America's heritage and heroes, and the implicit assertion that a misty-eyed nostalgia for Henry Ford is a pre-requisite for the presidency. I can't believe for a moment that Brian Williams was serious when he nominated Noonan for a Pulitzer.
This is a put on, Glen. It simply has to be. Have you tried contacting Brian for his comment? I'm sure he will disavow this hoax.
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Sad state of the media
This, and the continued breathless shock over Wright and Obama, shows that the media has long since gone of the deep end into utter uselessness, where even once sane outlets have deigned to consider the Obama campaign 'done' over comments by a pastor that remain insane only when taken in soundbites...which is sadly all that the news media operates on now.
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Brian Williams, comedian.
After his appearance on Saturday Night Live, I guess Williams has decided his real future is in comedy.
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How many times does he have to say it?
This is absurd. I can't count the number of times I've heard Senator Obama say why he loves America and I"ve even seen him "appear misty eyed" when doing so.
Yesterday the GOP governor of Minnesota was asked if the GOP would attack Obama over Reverend Wright in the general election, to which he replied that America deserved to know if Obama shared Wright's views. But how many times has Obama answered that question?! In how much detail?
Perhaps he should get a teeshirt that says all of this and walk around all day mumbling it over and over again. Do you think any of these Serious idiots would hear it then?
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Red Snapper
Where's the link?
I can't see the link to Brian William's blog. Is that intentional for some reason?
I accidentally omitted the links in the first paragraph when I first posted this. They're now added.
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The same Noonan
Noonan is and always was batshit insane. I figured that out years ago when she wrote up her intense feelings for Ronald Reagan's foot.
To me the real question is the same question that arises anytime you examine GWB. Do they know how stupid and vapid they are and pretending not to know? Or are they just that disconnected from reality? Scary, either way.
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What about Sutter's Mill?
Ms. Noonan's grasp of Sutter's Mill leaves a little to be desired - if she is not trying to tell us something....
A hard working entrepreneur has his business ruined and his property stolen by "losers and brigands" (Halliburton, KBR, Enron, Tyco) AND CORRUPT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. Need I say more? I can not believe how hard it is to not sink into despair.
In the immortal words of Lily Tomlin:
"No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up."
The words of John Sutter:
"By this sudden discovery of the gold, all my great plans were destroyed. Had I succeeded for a few years before the gold was discovered, I would have been the richest citizen on the Pacific shore; but it had to be different. Instead of being rich, I am ruined, and the cause of it is the long delay of the United States Land Commission of the United States Courts, through the great influence of the squatter lawyers. Before my case will be decided in Washington, another year may elapse, but I hope that justice will be done me by the last tribunal — the Supreme Court of the United States. By the Land Commission and the District Court it has been decided in my favor. The Common Council of the city of Sacramento, composed partly of squatters, paid Adelpheus Felch, (one of the late Land Commissioners, who was engaged by the squatters during his office), $5,000, from the fund of the city, against the will of the tax-payers, for which amount he has to try to defeat my just and old claim from the Mexican government, before the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington."
Click on my name for the source link.
Pax
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Wow, big surprise, Williams is a closet "Dittohead"
I've always enjoyed Williams' professional presentation style, but have always wondered why he doesn't do any more to get past the fog of the faux news that gets endlessly parroted while those who rape and pillage the country and the Constitution continue to do so unabated.
I guess now I understand that just a little bit better. Amazing how intelligence and common sense can be so professionally faked.
His comments regarding the excellent op-ed by Elizabeth Edwards were quite shocking, and told me everything I need to know about him. No more Nightly News for me....
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the comments at NBC....
If BW reads the responses, it would explain his contempt for his fans. The first 10 or so fanboys were downright skeery.
NBC has taken down the forums they used to have for their primetime shows. I had a pretty good time dumping on The Apprentice, & GEs general inability to operate a functional message board.