Comments on: Off to Wait http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/03/28/off-to-wait/ America's favorite blog Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:39:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Mike Adams http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/03/28/off-to-wait/#comment-24391 Thu, 05 Apr 2007 04:35:23 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/03/28/off-to-wait/#comment-24391 I listen to the "wait" podcasts every week at work and it's all I can do not to listen to it on the radio and then again on podcast. But I've noticed that when you're not there, Adam, there is something missing. I like all of the particpants but love what you bring to the show. Thanks I listen to the “wait” podcasts every week at work and it’s all I can do not to listen to it on the radio and then again on podcast. But I’ve noticed that when you’re not there, Adam, there is something missing. I like all of the particpants but love what you bring to the show.
Thanks

]]> by: Bob http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/03/28/off-to-wait/#comment-24327 Sat, 31 Mar 2007 02:58:49 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/03/28/off-to-wait/#comment-24327 Adam, you should definitely tell your graduation story one of these days. The 2nd hand version I've gotten from Kristin is hysterical, and I think she has forgiven you for grabbing her diploma out of her hands on the day. Bob Adam, you should definitely tell your graduation story one of these days. The 2nd hand version I’ve gotten from Kristin is hysterical, and I think she has forgiven you for grabbing her diploma out of her hands on the day.

Bob

]]> by: Susie http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/03/28/off-to-wait/#comment-24323 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:37:07 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/03/28/off-to-wait/#comment-24323 "alumnot" and "graduaint" are brill and you should copyright those terms STAT! Have fun in Chicago. BTW, I listened to the WWDTM Aspen podcast on the way to work this week (ya, I'm behind), and can honestly say that I was grinning like an idiot and sometimes laughing out loud at my fellow commuters. “alumnot” and “graduaint” are brill and you should copyright those terms STAT!

Have fun in Chicago. BTW, I listened to the WWDTM Aspen podcast on the way to work this week (ya, I’m behind), and can honestly say that I was grinning like an idiot and sometimes laughing out loud at my fellow commuters.

]]> by: mcm http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/03/28/off-to-wait/#comment-24322 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:16:40 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/03/28/off-to-wait/#comment-24322 Oh, you get a big ol' "Go Jumbos" from the Chicago Tufts Alliance. Seriously, it was such a pleasure, everyone LOVED the event. Steady and true - rush along, brown and blue! Thanks again. Oh, you get a big ol’ “Go Jumbos” from the Chicago Tufts Alliance. Seriously, it was such a pleasure, everyone LOVED the event.

Steady and true - rush along, brown and blue!

Thanks again.

]]> by: SeattleDan http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/03/28/off-to-wait/#comment-24319 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:15:49 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/03/28/off-to-wait/#comment-24319 hedera asks: Do they just lie for the fun of it, like eight-year-old boys making up stories to tell Mom?? I guess they have to. It's pretty much what they've done since the beginning of the first term. Or since they were 8 years old. hedera asks: Do they just lie for the fun of it, like eight-year-old boys making up stories to tell Mom??

I guess they have to. It’s pretty much what they’ve done since the beginning of the first term. Or since they were 8 years old.

]]> by: hedera http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/03/28/off-to-wait/#comment-24318 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:08:22 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/03/28/off-to-wait/#comment-24318 What bemuses me about the whole purgegate scandal is this: they <i>didn't</i> fire all 90-howevermany USAs when the Bush administration came in. They could have; everyone has pointed out repeatedly that the USAs serve at the president's pleasure, which they do. Other presidents have done this. No one would have said a thing if they had. But they had to wait until the midterm elections in Bush's second term, when things weren't going so well, and then cherry-pick the USAs who had pissed them off and not been "loyal Bushies" (a term that boggles the mind all by itself), and then <i>lie</i> about why they fired them. Do they just lie for the fun of it, like eight-year-old boys making up stories to tell Mom?? What bemuses me about the whole purgegate scandal is this: they didn’t fire all 90-howevermany USAs when the Bush administration came in. They could have; everyone has pointed out repeatedly that the USAs serve at the president’s pleasure, which they do. Other presidents have done this. No one would have said a thing if they had. But they had to wait until the midterm elections in Bush’s second term, when things weren’t going so well, and then cherry-pick the USAs who had pissed them off and not been “loyal Bushies” (a term that boggles the mind all by itself), and then lie about why they fired them. Do they just lie for the fun of it, like eight-year-old boys making up stories to tell Mom??

]]> by: hedera http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/03/28/off-to-wait/#comment-24317 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:01:06 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/03/28/off-to-wait/#comment-24317 Not to mention the fact that, whenever one of these sex scandals breaks, the rest of the world looks at us, looks at the media hysteria, and says, "They're freaking out about <i>what???</i>" Followed by muttered comments about "stupid Americans"... Not to mention the fact that, whenever one of these sex scandals breaks, the rest of the world looks at us, looks at the media hysteria, and says, “They’re freaking out about what???” Followed by muttered comments about “stupid Americans”…

]]> by: SeattleDan http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/03/28/off-to-wait/#comment-24316 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 03:22:09 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/03/28/off-to-wait/#comment-24316 Dave, there was a time when the personal lives, unless it involved an arrest, of our leaders were not reported on. Among the Washington press corp during the Kennedy administration, JFK was referred to as the President-Erect. The public really didn't know about his tom-cat ways until long after his death. LBJ would regale the press off-the-record about his sexual exploits. I'm sure most of the reporters probably knew about FDR and Lucy Mercer. The Carter Playboy interview seemed to be the crack in the dam for allowing the Press to report anything they felt like. That and Gary Hart in the '84 primary campaign. I always figured that the Lewinsky business was none of mine, but the business of Bill and Hillary. I certainly don't need the press to tell me that from time to time we elect some randy dogs to office. Dave, there was a time when the personal lives, unless it involved an arrest, of our leaders were not reported on. Among the Washington press corp during the Kennedy administration, JFK was referred to as the President-Erect. The public really didn’t know about his tom-cat ways until long after his death. LBJ would regale the press off-the-record about his sexual exploits. I’m sure most of the reporters probably knew about FDR and Lucy Mercer.

The Carter Playboy interview seemed to be the crack in the dam for allowing the Press to report anything they felt like. That and Gary Hart in the ‘84 primary campaign. I always figured that the Lewinsky business was none of mine, but the business of Bill and Hillary. I certainly don’t need the press to tell me that from time to time we elect some randy dogs to office.

]]> by: siobhan http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/03/28/off-to-wait/#comment-24315 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:32:31 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/03/28/off-to-wait/#comment-24315 Sorry for a third post, but - new <a href="http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/war63.html" rel="nofollow">GYWO!</a> Sorry for a third post, but - new GYWO!

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/03/28/off-to-wait/#comment-24314 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 02:31:20 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/03/28/off-to-wait/#comment-24314 Responsible congressional hearings, relentless if necessary, reveal the importance of important events, if by nothing else then by sheer force of both the investigation and the ability to place whatever is uncovered in its proper context, in this case relative to the actual magnitude of the trashing of Justice, the rule of law, and the importance of the guiding precepts which are the foundation of our Constitution and concept of the rule of law. I have to say I think the Washington press corps is generally too acclimated to things like this, just as it was to accepting the least critical, most White House accommodating spin regarding the outing of Valerie Plame Wilson, which was, regardless of whether "laws were broken" or proof of a crime was too difficult to establish, far more abominable than the current banana Republican firing of the USAs for doing their jobs. Just stop for a moment and consider the enormous implications for any clear-eyed view of a White House that would reveal the identity of a CIA agent in one of the most secretive, crucial areas of CIA work. Then add in the reason. I still cannot comprehend that any baseline sense of honorable, Constitution-honoring, treason-eschewing conduct on the part of the President and Vice-President of the United States is so utterly absent from serious mainstream journalism generated in the nation's capitol. I guess sexy scandal still trumps serious analysis, and is damned sure easier for lazy journalists. It also makes editors happier, best I can tell. It's not that serious journalism isn't out there, it's that it gets short shrift. Does anyone else think that Toles makes Gonzales look like a cross between a turtle and Kim Jong-Il? Responsible congressional hearings, relentless if necessary, reveal the importance of important events, if by nothing else then by sheer force of both the investigation and the ability to place whatever is uncovered in its proper context, in this case relative to the actual magnitude of the trashing of Justice, the rule of law, and the importance of the guiding precepts which are the foundation of our Constitution and concept of the rule of law.

I have to say I think the Washington press corps is generally too acclimated to things like this, just as it was to accepting the least critical, most White House accommodating spin regarding the outing of Valerie Plame Wilson, which was, regardless of whether “laws were broken” or proof of a crime was too difficult to establish, far more abominable than the current banana Republican firing of the USAs for doing their jobs. Just stop for a moment and consider the enormous implications for any clear-eyed view of a White House that would reveal the identity of a CIA agent in one of the most secretive, crucial areas of CIA work. Then add in the reason. I still cannot comprehend that any baseline sense of honorable, Constitution-honoring, treason-eschewing conduct on the part of the President and Vice-President of the United States is so utterly absent from serious mainstream journalism generated in the nation’s capitol.

I guess sexy scandal still trumps serious analysis, and is damned sure easier for lazy journalists. It also makes editors happier, best I can tell. It’s not that serious journalism isn’t out there, it’s that it gets short shrift.

Does anyone else think that Toles makes Gonzales look like a cross between a turtle and Kim Jong-Il?

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