Comments on: Irresponsible Post, ABC Embarrass Nation http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/04/12/irresponsible-post-abc-embarrasses-nation/ America's favorite blog Thu, 04 Dec 2008 01:25:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: mastmaker http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/04/12/irresponsible-post-abc-embarrasses-nation/#comment-15602 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 19:14:40 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/04/12/irresponsible-post-abc-embarrasses-nation/#comment-15602 Darnit! I don't have another copy of that piece. I will post it again (in response to some other entry - since it is kinda general one) when I am in right mood. Darnit!

I don’t have another copy of that piece. I will post it again (in response to some other entry - since it is kinda general one) when I am in right mood.

]]> by: Murray http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/04/12/irresponsible-post-abc-embarrasses-nation/#comment-15596 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:23:07 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/04/12/irresponsible-post-abc-embarrasses-nation/#comment-15596 Mastmaker Don't confuse the automated Hashcash for Adam's censoring of material. To my knowledge he has never done so. Hashcash is there to keep spam out. One of the things it looks for is how long you have the page open before posting your comment. If the time period is too long, it eats your comment. All you need to do is refresh the page and repost your comment. Mastmaker

Don’t confuse the automated Hashcash for Adam’s censoring of material. To my knowledge he has never done so.

Hashcash is there to keep spam out. One of the things it looks for is how long you have the page open before posting your comment. If the time period is too long, it eats your comment. All you need to do is refresh the page and repost your comment.

]]> by: mastmaker http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/04/12/irresponsible-post-abc-embarrasses-nation/#comment-15594 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 15:35:20 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/04/12/irresponsible-post-abc-embarrasses-nation/#comment-15594 I was wondering why Adam 'moderated out' my 'countries to invade' piece. Then I realized: He must have thought I am leaking a highly sensitive (or insensitive as the case may be) document from the oval office (or is it vowel office? 'W' is a vowel, right?). Not so, Adam. I don't work for, or in, the oval office. This piece of information is common-place to the GOP insiders but then, how many GOP insiders visit FA? I was wondering why Adam ‘moderated out’ my ‘countries to invade’ piece. Then I realized: He must have thought I am leaking a highly sensitive (or insensitive as the case may be) document from the oval office (or is it vowel office? ‘W’ is a vowel, right?).

Not so, Adam. I don’t work for, or in, the oval office. This piece of information is common-place to the GOP insiders but then, how many GOP insiders visit FA?

]]> by: Pete IVDL http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/04/12/irresponsible-post-abc-embarrasses-nation/#comment-15587 Sun, 16 Apr 2006 22:49:49 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/04/12/irresponsible-post-abc-embarrasses-nation/#comment-15587 Hedera, take comfort in the fact that, if the televangelists had mentioned Rummy, the young lady in question would likely have known who he was. I'm just guessing, but I think that says it all (if it were true, of course). Hedera, take comfort in the fact that, if the televangelists had mentioned Rummy, the young lady in question would likely have known who he was. I’m just guessing, but I think that says it all (if it were true, of course).

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/04/12/irresponsible-post-abc-embarrasses-nation/#comment-15582 Sun, 16 Apr 2006 14:59:59 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/04/12/irresponsible-post-abc-embarrasses-nation/#comment-15582 Love Charles P.'s profile of these two intellectual giants from Okie Dokie (condolences to those Sooners who did not vote for these two shining lights). Thanks for the link, Cooper. Col. Larry Wilkerson is doing a superb job of laying out who Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld actually are (Lobster lover C-Span). Re McCain, Helen Thomas argues rather convincingly that if you want four more years of Bush policies, vote McCain '08. Maverick John is to speak at Liberty University, saying that followers of Jerry Falwell [et. al.] belong in the Republican Party. Johnny boy is a maverick like the two senators from Oklahoma are a bipartite brain trust. Remember when he purportedly opposed the influence of the religious wing nuts in the GOP? Love Charles P.’s profile of these two intellectual giants from Okie Dokie (condolences to those Sooners who did not vote for these two shining lights). Thanks for the link, Cooper.

Col. Larry Wilkerson is doing a superb job of laying out who Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld actually are (Lobster lover C-Span).

Re McCain, Helen Thomas argues rather convincingly that if you want four more years of Bush policies, vote McCain ‘08. Maverick John is to speak at Liberty University, saying that followers of Jerry Falwell [et. al.] belong in the Republican Party. Johnny boy is a maverick like the two senators from Oklahoma are a bipartite brain trust. Remember when he purportedly opposed the influence of the religious wing nuts in the GOP?

]]> by: siobhan http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/04/12/irresponsible-post-abc-embarrasses-nation/#comment-15574 Sun, 16 Apr 2006 00:12:19 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/04/12/irresponsible-post-abc-embarrasses-nation/#comment-15574 Fowler (and anyone else who's interested), the NY Times had a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/15/world/europe/15bird.html?ex=1302753600&en=4d013235193e0df5&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss" rel="nofollow"> story</a> today about how smuggled poultry figures into the spread of bird flu. One thing that they don't mention in this article that I've read elsewhere is that Japan has had no reported cases of bird flu, even though it is on a major flyway. However, there is apparently little or no illegal poultry trade there; some dots to connect... Fowler (and anyone else who’s interested), the NY Times had a story today about how smuggled poultry figures into the spread of bird flu. One thing that they don’t mention in this article that I’ve read elsewhere is that Japan has had no reported cases of bird flu, even though it is on a major flyway. However, there is apparently little or no illegal poultry trade there; some dots to connect…

]]> by: cooper http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/04/12/irresponsible-post-abc-embarrasses-nation/#comment-15568 Sat, 15 Apr 2006 12:47:04 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/04/12/irresponsible-post-abc-embarrasses-nation/#comment-15568 hedera/nigel - indeed. hedera/nigel - indeed.

]]> by: nigel http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/04/12/irresponsible-post-abc-embarrasses-nation/#comment-15567 Sat, 15 Apr 2006 05:42:31 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/04/12/irresponsible-post-abc-embarrasses-nation/#comment-15567 In the same vein, I remember commenting back in 2000 about the dubious election of one George Bush. To which the young man at the helm of the boat replied quizzically, "I thought presidents could only serve two terms". Of course he was a member of a sovereign nation within our own borders, so perhaps can be excused for a somewhat tenuous grasp of American politics, but still it does make one wonder about democracy.... In the same vein, I remember commenting back in 2000 about the dubious election of one George Bush. To which the young man at the helm of the boat replied quizzically, “I thought presidents could only serve two terms”.

Of course he was a member of a sovereign nation within our own borders, so perhaps can be excused for a somewhat tenuous grasp of American politics, but still it does make one wonder about democracy….

]]> by: hedera http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/04/12/irresponsible-post-abc-embarrasses-nation/#comment-15566 Sat, 15 Apr 2006 04:24:30 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/04/12/irresponsible-post-abc-embarrasses-nation/#comment-15566 And in case you all wondered how we got here, I had a conversation yesterday that explains a lot, and scared the hell out of me. I'd rented a car for a couple of days, and the nice young lady at the car rental place was about to drive me back to the VW dealer where my own wheels were getting some work done. I'd been listening to NPR on the way there, so to make some casual conversation during a 3 block drive, I said, "I hear another retired general is calling on Rumsfeld to resign." She replied, "Who's Rumsfeld?" I was so stunned I didn't even answer her, and we discussed the weather for the next 4 minutes. (In my own defense, I suggested walking the 4 blocks, but they wouldn't hear of it - it would breach their standard of customer service.) She's a nicely dressed, well spoken young African American, with a good job and the good customer service manner; and she doesn't recognize the name of the Secretary of Defense. Brothers and sisters, we are in trouble. And in case you all wondered how we got here, I had a conversation yesterday that explains a lot, and scared the hell out of me. I’d rented a car for a couple of days, and the nice young lady at the car rental place was about to drive me back to the VW dealer where my own wheels were getting some work done. I’d been listening to NPR on the way there, so to make some casual conversation during a 3 block drive, I said, “I hear another retired general is calling on Rumsfeld to resign.”

She replied, “Who’s Rumsfeld?”

I was so stunned I didn’t even answer her, and we discussed the weather for the next 4 minutes. (In my own defense, I suggested walking the 4 blocks, but they wouldn’t hear of it - it would breach their standard of customer service.)

She’s a nicely dressed, well spoken young African American, with a good job and the good customer service manner; and she doesn’t recognize the name of the Secretary of Defense. Brothers and sisters, we are in trouble.

]]> by: nigel http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/04/12/irresponsible-post-abc-embarrasses-nation/#comment-15565 Sat, 15 Apr 2006 03:39:43 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2006/04/12/irresponsible-post-abc-embarrasses-nation/#comment-15565 p.p.s. This is further evidence that W and his cronies are not "Republicans". Technically, they are "Tories" (pre-revolutionary), who hold to, among other things, a standard for libel entirely at odds with 250 years of proud American tradition and jurisprudence. The bottom line is, whenever our nation drifts right of the United Kingdom, something is quite likely amiss. Jose, can you see... p.p.s.

This is further evidence that W and his cronies are not “Republicans”. Technically, they are “Tories” (pre-revolutionary), who hold to, among other things, a standard for libel entirely at odds with 250 years of proud American tradition and jurisprudence.

The bottom line is, whenever our nation drifts right of the United Kingdom, something is quite likely amiss.

Jose, can you see…

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