Comments on: Sunday Sundries http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/03/30/sunday-sundries/ America's favorite blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:22:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Linkmeister http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/03/30/sunday-sundries/#comment-603 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/03/30/sunday-sundries/#comment-603 <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/">Here. Have another pro-America liberal warblog</a>, although it started out to be an election blog. Proprietor is an Army infantry vet, and the commenters are knowledgeable. Here. Have another pro-America liberal warblog, although it started out to be an election blog. Proprietor is an Army infantry vet, and the commenters are knowledgeable.

]]> by: Raya http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/03/30/sunday-sundries/#comment-604 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/03/30/sunday-sundries/#comment-604 Re: the pro-war/right-wing crowd refusing to engage in dialogue, I thought <a href="http://www.theonion.com/onion3911/pt_the_war_on_iraq.html">this Onion article</a> summed it up nicely. My experience has been this: The Anti-War Side: "[Searching questions! Facts and figures from documented sources!]" The Pro-War Side: "Just shut up, willya? You suck. Bugger off. And also, shut up." Re: the pro-war/right-wing crowd refusing to engage in dialogue, I thought this Onion article summed it up nicely.

My experience has been this:
The Anti-War Side: “[Searching questions! Facts and figures from documented sources!]”
The Pro-War Side: “Just shut up, willya? You suck. Bugger off. And also, shut up.”

]]> by: John Isbell http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/03/30/sunday-sundries/#comment-605 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/03/30/sunday-sundries/#comment-605 "Fox News - We Report, You Tie 'Em Up and Drag 'Em Behind Your Truck." Savage, just savage. I've also heard "Fox News - When America Attacks." But I think I prefer yours. Tacitus might be a decent warblogger. His comments are usually pretty reasonable. “Fox News - We Report, You Tie ‘Em Up and Drag ‘Em Behind Your Truck.”
Savage, just savage. I’ve also heard “Fox News - When America Attacks.” But I think I prefer yours.
Tacitus might be a decent warblogger. His comments are usually pretty reasonable.

]]> by: Sara http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/03/30/sunday-sundries/#comment-606 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/03/30/sunday-sundries/#comment-606 Did you see when Aaron Brown interviewed the Washington correspondent for Al-Jazeera about showing gruesome footage? He broke down into shouting and petty bitching in the face of that man's stolid reasonableness. Poor Aaron. Whereas, has anyone seen Wolf Blitzer SLEEP? Man's a robot, yo. These and more vital war-related musings brought to you by... Did you see when Aaron Brown interviewed the Washington correspondent for Al-Jazeera about showing gruesome footage? He broke down into shouting and petty bitching in the face of that man’s stolid reasonableness. Poor Aaron. Whereas, has anyone seen Wolf Blitzer SLEEP? Man’s a robot, yo.

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]]> by: craig http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/03/30/sunday-sundries/#comment-607 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/03/30/sunday-sundries/#comment-607 The local NPR station here has become the local BBC World Service station. I'm not complaining. What seems to me to be the major difference between American media coverage of the war (excuse me, "conflict") and the BBC coverage is that the BBC seems to spend more time covering the political aspects of the conflict while the Americans are more interested in the score (how many dead/injured/missing on either side) and the "human interest" stories of the lives of American soldiers and their families(like you point out). For those in the New York metro area, Batchelor and Alexander on WABC late nights are great entertainment in the field of conspiracy theorists. In general, WABC is the Fox News of radio. The local NPR station here has become the local BBC World Service station. I’m not complaining. What seems to me to be the major difference between American media coverage of the war (excuse me, “conflict”) and the BBC coverage is that the BBC seems to spend more time covering the political aspects of the conflict while the Americans are more interested in the score (how many dead/injured/missing on either side) and the “human interest” stories of the lives of American soldiers and their families(like you point out).

For those in the New York metro area, Batchelor and Alexander on WABC late nights are great entertainment in the field of conspiracy theorists. In general, WABC is the Fox News of radio.

]]> by: Sara J http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/03/30/sunday-sundries/#comment-608 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/03/30/sunday-sundries/#comment-608 I don't have cable, so I get my CNN, etc. vicariously through blogs like the Daily Howler--trust me, it's much nicer (and funnier) that way. Tonight I watched the first 15 minutes of the local news. On each of the three channels of Seattle-based newscasts, I was treated to the same memorial service for a local Marine, interviews with the same recently-called-up reservist, and the same two families who have bonded over their sons being in the military. Does anyone think they're NOT being spoon-fed the stories to cover? Does anyone think the national cable networks are any different? Blogs (especially this one) are a breath of fresh air, a joy to read, and the intellectual antidote to mindless overproduced mass-marketed drivel. Never leave us, Adam! I don’t have cable, so I get my CNN, etc. vicariously through blogs like the Daily Howler–trust me, it’s much nicer (and funnier) that way.

Tonight I watched the first 15 minutes of the local news. On each of the three channels of Seattle-based newscasts, I was treated to the same memorial service for a local Marine, interviews with the same recently-called-up reservist, and the same two families who have bonded over their sons being in the military. Does anyone think they’re NOT being spoon-fed the stories to cover? Does anyone think the national cable networks are any different?

Blogs (especially this one) are a breath of fresh air, a joy to read, and the intellectual antidote to mindless overproduced mass-marketed drivel. Never leave us, Adam!

]]> by: Glenn http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/03/30/sunday-sundries/#comment-609 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/03/30/sunday-sundries/#comment-609 The hour of the blog is over? HA! It's barely even begun. Check our agonist.org for what is absolutly the best war blog out there. Not much opinion..only the news. Are most right wing blogs irrelevent? Yes, they are. They spend most of their time whining and sniviling..mainly because the nature of the beast gets their asses checked in real-time..something most conservative arguments can not live up to. However, look on the left and the center, and there is an awful lot of gold. I think that like how talk radio is dominated by the right, this media is destined to be dominated by the left. The hour of the blog is over? HA! It’s barely even begun. Check our agonist.org for what is absolutly the best war blog out there. Not much opinion..only the news.

Are most right wing blogs irrelevent? Yes, they are. They spend most of their time whining and sniviling..mainly because the nature of the beast gets their asses checked in real-time..something most conservative arguments can not live up to. However, look on the left and the center, and there is an awful lot of gold. I think that like how talk radio is dominated by the right, this media is destined to be dominated by the left.

]]> by: InMarin http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/03/30/sunday-sundries/#comment-610 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/03/30/sunday-sundries/#comment-610 I just adore the logic of the right: shut up, or move to a country that doesn't allow dissent! I just adore the logic of the right: shut up, or move to a country that doesn’t allow dissent!

]]> by: aaron http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/03/30/sunday-sundries/#comment-611 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/03/30/sunday-sundries/#comment-611 The problem here is due to one of the most fundamental aspects of conservatism; the concept of absolutism. Black and White, Right and Wrong, Pro-American and Anti-American. The idea that EVERYTHING can be quickly and easily categorized as one extreme or the other seems (to me, at least) to be the backbone of the ultra-conservative movement. When one introduces logical discourse - and therefore grey area - into the arena, this concept is thrown out the window. Naturally, those running the conservative side of things want to take all steps necessary to ensure that their fragile world view is not shattered by things like facts, differing moral codes, or the possibility that maybe - just MAYBE - the opinion of someone who does not entirely agree with them may actually be somewhat valid. Unfortunately, this means choosing easy targets - even if they're not the most accurate or threatening. Hell, it's what our "President" is doing right now! The problem here is due to one of the most fundamental aspects of conservatism; the concept of absolutism. Black and White, Right and Wrong, Pro-American and Anti-American. The idea that EVERYTHING can be quickly and easily categorized as one extreme or the other seems (to me, at least) to be the backbone of the ultra-conservative movement. When one introduces logical discourse - and therefore grey area - into the arena, this concept is thrown out the window.

Naturally, those running the conservative side of things want to take all steps necessary to ensure that their fragile world view is not shattered by things like facts, differing moral codes, or the possibility that maybe - just MAYBE - the opinion of someone who does not entirely agree with them may actually be somewhat valid.

Unfortunately, this means choosing easy targets - even if they’re not the most accurate or threatening. Hell, it’s what our “President” is doing right now!

]]> by: Norm Jenson http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/03/30/sunday-sundries/#comment-612 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2003/03/30/sunday-sundries/#comment-612 The best of CNN was Daniel Ellsberg teaching Aaron Brown about straw men and such. Brown was stammering by the time it was over. The best of CNN was Daniel Ellsberg teaching Aaron Brown about straw men and such. Brown was stammering by the time it was over.

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