I'm from it . ( There's a reason Hillary came to NY. A lot of it is more like Arkansas than Arkansas :)

WT is right , and a little wrong. I grew up with uncles, and a couple other relatives that raced . We'd sometimes get together on Sunday at my grandparents, or my uncle's and watch the race , among other things .

I do think WT is essentially right .The majority of the NASCAR audience is a good target audience for simplified RWNM spiel . However , this time around, BushCo policies have beaten people over the head often enough, that they aren't buyin' it . Among people I know , Obama & circumstance has turned many around, at least enough to consider alternatives .

He grew up in Gibsonton with the rest of the carney freaks and roadside attractions!

LWM

See what snark does, LWM? Now he's gonna write in how he really is from Gibsonton, and you shouldn't make fun of him, he can't help it, he's from Gibsonton.

And then you're gonna feel really, really bad, LWM, just like I do.

And you brought it on yourself! You, obviously, do not recognise the "fairness doctrine"!

Take warning by me LWM,and do not become soon such as I am now, and he once was, and might be again, oh never mind! Just hear my plea:

(Cue Clinton, George, you dummy, not Bill!)

Give up the snark, you gotta can the snark, please, give up the snark, don't want no snark, oh please stop the snark...

But I'm still laughing/crying/laughing from this Sadly, No! post:

Well, it looks like Dafydd ab Hugh and Orson Scott Card have competition for the title of Most Obnoxious Right-Wing Sci-Fi Melvin:

Now a fixture at Department of Homeland Security science and technology conferences, SIGMA is a loosely affiliated group of science fiction writers who are offering pro bono advice to anyone in government who want their thoughts on how to protect the nation.

The fact that my tax dollars are going to buy juice and cookies for these schmendricks makes me feel all warm inside.

The group has the ear of Department of Homeland Security Undersecretary Jay Cohen, head of the science and technology directorate, who has said he likes their unconventional thinking.

“There’s no idea so asinine that this administration won’t give it serious consideration,” said Cohen, just before his meeting with Gene Ray of Timecube.

Members of the group recently offered a rambling, sometimes strident string of ideas at a panel discussion promoting the group at the DHS science and technology conference.

Rambling, you say? Strident? Could you provide an example?

Among the group’s approximately 24 members is Larry Niven, the bestselling and award-winning author of such books as “Ringworld”. Niven said a good way to help hospitals stem financial losses is to spread rumors in Spanish within the Latino community that emergency rooms are killing patients in order to harvest their organs for transplants.

I…uh…well! That’s, uh, that’s rambling and strident all right!

“The problem [of hospitals going broke] is hugely exaggerated by illegal aliens who aren’t going to pay for anything anyway,” Niven said.

“Plus,” he added, “If we don’t give them any medical care, they’ll die, which means they won’t be mooching off of our tax dollars anymore!”

“I know it may not be possible to use this solution, but it does work,” Niven replied.

http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/9360.html

My country is just road side freak show. God damn America!

X-Files, indeed!

I appreciate the sarcasm. More than warranted.

"Serious version" of the sentiment at my signature.

Jeremiah Wright served in the US Marines during the Viet Nam conflict. He served in the Navy afterwards. His father was a Christian pastor, and so is he. His church has 70 ministries (22 targeting youths) including adult education, literacy, computer, child care, and education for unemployed or low-income families. He assisted with former President Johnson's surgery. He has three presidential commendations from Johnson.

That doesn't sound like an anti-American extremist to me. The definition of irony is that a bunch of media pundits who probably haven't done anything for anyone outside of their own family can paint a man like that as an anti-American extremist.

This piece, posted about the same time, was not included in the Top Story section with the others. Even though it's about the same subject (though taking a decidedly different tack).

Hmmmm....

Actually, this post was "skyboxed" this afternoon (featured in the box at the top next the front-paged story), along with the other Wright posts, albeit for a small amount of time.

I think the stuff I write here generally gets promoted roughly as prominently as anyone else's save for Joan Walsh's posts, which is only natural, I suppose, given that she's the Editor-in-Chief.

It's probably worth noting along those lines that my readership tends to read what I write by coming directly to my blog page, regardless of whether it's promoted on the front page or not, so it could be that the promotions there have less value.

Page clicks, ad revenues, old style fraud "journalism"! After all, we do have nothing else to worry about.

Well played, Mr. Greenwald, well played.

You *do* know that you write for Salon, though, right? The Queen is not going to be amused, you know.

As for me, this will be my last post. I am done with Salon. But I will miss you and I do hope you find a good job elsewhere. God knows you deserve it. I just can't take the bullshit anymore. Fox and CNN, the MSM in general--I get their schtick. They're going to serve up shit on a shingle daily and expect us to lap it up. Their job is to lower the dialogue. But Salon? Salon used to be great. It actually was fair and balanced. It actually called other news outlets out on crap like this. Now? It's a player in it; and it's happy to be.

You are a dying voice here, Glenn. I am very sorry to say that. I hope it changes, but with you editor, I'm afraid it will not.

Au revoir,

Kristin Haggerty