Comments on: Author at Work http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/07/11/author-at-work/ America's favorite blog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:35:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Murray http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/07/11/author-at-work/#comment-9723 Thu, 21 Jul 2005 23:41:49 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/07/11/author-at-work/#comment-9723 Adam, when you are done with this book you should bundle up your blog w/ comments into one. It shouldn't be that much work. I got to meet your agent on Tuesday before Susie's performance. He gave up Elvis Costello in the park to be there. He made the right decision because Susie brought the house down. Adam, when you are done with this book you should bundle up your blog w/ comments into one. It shouldn’t be that much work.

I got to meet your agent on Tuesday before Susie’s performance. He gave up Elvis Costello in the park to be there. He made the right decision because Susie brought the house down.

]]> by: Pete IVDL http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/07/11/author-at-work/#comment-9676 Mon, 18 Jul 2005 00:39:14 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/07/11/author-at-work/#comment-9676 Murray. Cape. Photos. Now! Murray. Cape. Photos. Now!

]]> by: hedera http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/07/11/author-at-work/#comment-9655 Fri, 15 Jul 2005 03:55:55 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/07/11/author-at-work/#comment-9655 No, no, Mary, you missed the miracle - Shrub actually <a href="http://www.decaturdailydemocrat.com/articles/2005/07/13/news/opinion/editorial03.txt" rel="nofollow">admitted</a>, on his way to the G8, that the surface of the earth is warmer than it was and that it's because of human activity! The heat must have gotten to his brain. Trouble is, since he was in Denmark, it can't have been all that hot... And tess, you aren't paranoid. They really are after us. No, no, Mary, you missed the miracle - Shrub actually admitted, on his way to the G8, that the surface of the earth is warmer than it was and that it’s because of human activity! The heat must have gotten to his brain. Trouble is, since he was in Denmark, it can’t have been all that hot…

And tess, you aren’t paranoid. They really are after us.

]]> by: Mary http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/07/11/author-at-work/#comment-9640 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 15:21:40 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/07/11/author-at-work/#comment-9640 Thanks, tess. I forgot to add all of that. I was frothing over hearing Miss Laura defending Rove. Murray- it has been in the 90s with an heat index of over 100. It was doing that in June here!! And Shrub claims global warming is silly. Maybe I should send him my electric bill. :-P Thanks, tess. I forgot to add all of that. I was frothing over hearing Miss Laura defending Rove.

Murray- it has been in the 90s with an heat index of over 100. It was doing that in June here!! And Shrub claims global warming is silly. Maybe I should send him my electric bill. :-P

]]> by: hedera http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/07/11/author-at-work/#comment-9635 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 03:56:24 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/07/11/author-at-work/#comment-9635 The appalling thing about the whole Rove/Plame mess, is that our Fearless Leader Dubya, who sounds off constantly if not very grammatically about our National Security, seems to have decided that his personal loyalty to his good friend Karl is more important than said National Security. If Rove did anything like what the evidence suggests, he should be fired. I know Dubya values loyalty over almost everything, including the rule of law, but this is absurd. After all, the Nixon team only committed burglary - this is treason, dammit. I pass over the fact that 2 years ago Dubya said that if one of his people had outed Valerie Plame, he would fire them. He has a consistent record of never following through on his promises (look at - for? - the funding on No Child Left Behind or AIDS), so that's only to be expected. Now that it looks like one of his people <i>did</i> out Valerie Plame, the White House as an institution has clammed up. And on that subject, you must not miss the S.F. Chronicle's <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/asmussen/" rel="nofollow">Bad Reporter</a> column today on the subject of why Scott McClellan isn't responding to questions on the investigation... The appalling thing about the whole Rove/Plame mess, is that our Fearless Leader Dubya, who sounds off constantly if not very grammatically about our National Security, seems to have decided that his personal loyalty to his good friend Karl is more important than said National Security. If Rove did anything like what the evidence suggests, he should be fired. I know Dubya values loyalty over almost everything, including the rule of law, but this is absurd. After all, the Nixon team only committed burglary - this is treason, dammit.

I pass over the fact that 2 years ago Dubya said that if one of his people had outed Valerie Plame, he would fire them. He has a consistent record of never following through on his promises (look at - for? - the funding on No Child Left Behind or AIDS), so that’s only to be expected. Now that it looks like one of his people did out Valerie Plame, the White House as an institution has clammed up.

And on that subject, you must not miss the S.F. Chronicle’s Bad Reporter column today on the subject of why Scott McClellan isn’t responding to questions on the investigation…

]]> by: Murray http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/07/11/author-at-work/#comment-9632 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 02:00:01 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/07/11/author-at-work/#comment-9632 Ice weasel If going to work drunk and wearing a clown outfit made you more popular and you got a raise, you would probably not worry about your job performance and just go with it. Sure journalist can take the high road, but if the public demands crap it's hard not to give them what they want, especially if there is a reward in doing so. (One of the good things about owning a bike touring company is that going to work drunk and wearing a costume is normal. One of my friends thinks that I should wear a cape, but I think that's probably over the top). Ice weasel
If going to work drunk and wearing a clown outfit made you more popular and you got a raise, you would probably not worry about your job performance and just go with it.

Sure journalist can take the high road, but if the public demands crap it’s hard not to give them what they want, especially if there is a reward in doing so.

(One of the good things about owning a bike touring company is that going to work drunk and wearing a costume is normal. One of my friends thinks that I should wear a cape, but I think that’s probably over the top).

]]> by: ice weasel http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/07/11/author-at-work/#comment-9629 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 01:02:17 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/07/11/author-at-work/#comment-9629 Mary, I'm not sure I know what Valerie Plame-Wilson was doing at the CIA. I'm not sure it's even relevant. We do know, indisputably, that she was a NOC. The CIA themselves stated this in their complaint to the justice department. So the issue what she was physically doing is irrelevant. Murray, I think you make a good point. The American people have to take a portion of the blame. But that still leaves with a compliant media that prefers to transcribe white house press releases to actual reporting (in general) Yes, there are a few good reporters doing good investigative work. The only analogy I might make would be that even if I was allowed to go to work drunk, wearing a clown outfit and even if it made me more popular with customers, doesn't mean it's in the long term best interest of my company or upholds the high standard of conduct and performance any self-respecting person has for their job. Whatever that job is. Which is only to say, they could do better. They <b>choose</b> not to. Mary,
I’m not sure I know what Valerie Plame-Wilson was doing at the CIA. I’m not sure it’s even relevant. We do know, indisputably, that she was a NOC. The CIA themselves stated this in their complaint to the justice department. So the issue what she was physically doing is irrelevant.

Murray,
I think you make a good point. The American people have to take a portion of the blame. But that still leaves with a compliant media that prefers to transcribe white house press releases to actual reporting (in general) Yes, there are a few good reporters doing good investigative work.

The only analogy I might make would be that even if I was allowed to go to work drunk, wearing a clown outfit and even if it made me more popular with customers, doesn’t mean it’s in the long term best interest of my company or upholds the high standard of conduct and performance any self-respecting person has for their job. Whatever that job is.

Which is only to say, they could do better. They choose not to.

]]> by: Murray http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/07/11/author-at-work/#comment-9623 Wed, 13 Jul 2005 22:08:38 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/07/11/author-at-work/#comment-9623 Mary, It's that hot in Michigan? It's only in the 80s' here in PA. Mary,
It’s that hot in Michigan?
It’s only in the 80s’ here in PA.

]]> by: tess http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/07/11/author-at-work/#comment-9619 Wed, 13 Jul 2005 20:20:35 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/07/11/author-at-work/#comment-9619 Mary, It wasn't so much that they outed Plame even if she were just doing desk duty, but they exposed a CIA-owned company when they exposed her, meaning that anyone who worked for the company could be traced AND any one of those people's activities can be retraced, meaning a whole section of our intelligence may be compromised. Or that's what I read. Gah, I wonder some days if I'm just paranoid. Mary,

It wasn’t so much that they outed Plame even if she were just doing desk duty, but they exposed a CIA-owned company when they exposed her, meaning that anyone who worked for the company could be traced AND any one of those people’s activities can be retraced, meaning a whole section of our intelligence may be compromised.

Or that’s what I read. Gah, I wonder some days if I’m just paranoid.

]]> by: Mary http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/07/11/author-at-work/#comment-9618 Wed, 13 Jul 2005 19:36:50 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2005/07/11/author-at-work/#comment-9618 I was outraged when I heard of the outing of Ms. Plane. To "blow" the cover of one of our operatives is unforgivable and treasonous. I fear P. J. O'Rourke missed the point when he claimed she was holding a desk job at the time. Perhaps she was, but the report made her unusable for any future work. Just because she wasn't in immediate danger, doesn't make it less treasonous. Bush has GOT to clean house. Having his wife claim Rove is “an honorable man” is stupid and naive. It only makes the administration look even more foolish. I'm going to go look for a cool place to lay down and rest. I think this 100+ heat is getting to me. :-( I was outraged when I heard of the outing of Ms. Plane. To “blow” the cover of one of our operatives is unforgivable and treasonous. I fear P. J. O’Rourke missed the point when he claimed she was holding a desk job at the time. Perhaps she was, but the report made her unusable for any future work. Just because she wasn’t in immediate danger, doesn’t make it less treasonous.

Bush has GOT to clean house. Having his wife claim Rove is “an honorable man” is stupid and naive. It only makes the administration look even more foolish.

I’m going to go look for a cool place to lay down and rest. I think this 100+ heat is getting to me. :-(

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