Isn't it amazing...
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So are you saying that the mayor made up the terrorist threat or that he took a warning from the White House that told him when, where, and how too far? -J
Think of a computer program. Somewhere, there is one key instruction, and everything else is just functions calling themselves, or brackets billowing out endlessly through an infinite address space. What happens when the brackets collapse? Where's the final 'end if'? Is any of this making sense? -Ford Prefect
jasontg wrote:
too far
my understanding is that there are many intelligience reports that are passed along to governors, mayors, etc. it is up to them to decide just how strenuously to react. Mayor Bloomberg reacted strongly. Maybe appropriately, who really knows? His reaction may in fact have stopped something, which would not / could not be reported by CBS or Washington Post. All they can do is speculate and they always speculate in the most negative way possible. The point is, such reactions are not scripted by the administration. Mike "We ain't stuck on stupid." badass Lt. General Russel Honore **"Remember - live bunnies are a great source of nourishment"**silly-assed cartoon A vegan is someone who never heard a carrot cry! I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
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jasontg wrote:
too far
my understanding is that there are many intelligience reports that are passed along to governors, mayors, etc. it is up to them to decide just how strenuously to react. Mayor Bloomberg reacted strongly. Maybe appropriately, who really knows? His reaction may in fact have stopped something, which would not / could not be reported by CBS or Washington Post. All they can do is speculate and they always speculate in the most negative way possible. The point is, such reactions are not scripted by the administration. Mike "We ain't stuck on stupid." badass Lt. General Russel Honore **"Remember - live bunnies are a great source of nourishment"**silly-assed cartoon A vegan is someone who never heard a carrot cry! I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Mike Gaskey wrote:
The point is, such reactions are not scripted by the administration.
True, but I would rather be the guy who did too much and pissed off a lot of New Yorkers rather than the guy who did too little and let a lot of New Yorkers die. -J
Think of a computer program. Somewhere, there is one key instruction, and everything else is just functions calling themselves, or brackets billowing out endlessly through an infinite address space. What happens when the brackets collapse? Where's the final 'end if'? Is any of this making sense? -Ford Prefect
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I keep telling you, the major press, like the networks, is a reflection of society's desires. They have to be in order to keep the ratings/page views/subscriptions up. There was plenty of republican bias showing over the last few years when public sentiment leaned that way. Now, not so much. So, a victory for democracy abroad being not nearly the Springer show drama of political bitch-slapping at home, guess which one gets more ink.
vincent.reynolds wrote:
I keep telling you, the major press, like the networks, is a reflection of society's desires
which explains the loss of readership at the New York Times, LA Times and the rise of FoxNews and the loss of viewship to CNN, MSBNC and the news programs of the 3 major networks. Mike "We ain't stuck on stupid." badass Lt. General Russel Honore **"Remember - live bunnies are a great source of nourishment"**silly-assed cartoon A vegan is someone who never heard a carrot cry! I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
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I keep telling you, the major press, like the networks, is a reflection of society's desires. They have to be in order to keep the ratings/page views/subscriptions up. There was plenty of republican bias showing over the last few years when public sentiment leaned that way. Now, not so much. So, a victory for democracy abroad being not nearly the Springer show drama of political bitch-slapping at home, guess which one gets more ink.
vincent.reynolds wrote:
So, a victory for democracy abroad being not nearly the Springer show drama of political bitch-slapping at home, guess which one gets more ink.
i don't know where you guys live, but where i live, the national networks are all talking about the Iraq elections today. purple fingers are everywhere. Cleek | Image Toolkits | Thumbnail maker
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vincent.reynolds wrote:
So, a victory for democracy abroad being not nearly the Springer show drama of political bitch-slapping at home, guess which one gets more ink.
i don't know where you guys live, but where i live, the national networks are all talking about the Iraq elections today. purple fingers are everywhere. Cleek | Image Toolkits | Thumbnail maker
You have to remember Stan's distorted view of the world. He's pissed because it isn't the ONLY news and his little god in the White House isn't getting a free pass on all his other stupidity because something good finally happened in Iraq. At any given instant there are considerably more assholes than mouths in the universe.
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vincent.reynolds wrote:
I keep telling you, the major press, like the networks, is a reflection of society's desires
which explains the loss of readership at the New York Times, LA Times and the rise of FoxNews and the loss of viewship to CNN, MSBNC and the news programs of the 3 major networks. Mike "We ain't stuck on stupid." badass Lt. General Russel Honore **"Remember - live bunnies are a great source of nourishment"**silly-assed cartoon A vegan is someone who never heard a carrot cry! I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
The red state population -- you know, the kind of people that do all their shopping at Wal-Mart and consider Waffle House to be fine dining -- is always going to opt for the sleazy mud-slinging and name-calling tabloid entertainment that Fox tries to pass off as news over actual information. And while the major news media panders to the bottom-feeders in the genetic aquarium, the rest of the country starts turning to other sources for their news. That's why they're losing numbers.
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The red state population -- you know, the kind of people that do all their shopping at Wal-Mart and consider Waffle House to be fine dining -- is always going to opt for the sleazy mud-slinging and name-calling tabloid entertainment that Fox tries to pass off as news over actual information. And while the major news media panders to the bottom-feeders in the genetic aquarium, the rest of the country starts turning to other sources for their news. That's why they're losing numbers.
the koolaid Mike "We ain't stuck on stupid." badass Lt. General Russel Honore **"Remember - live bunnies are a great source of nourishment"**silly-assed cartoon A vegan is someone who never heard a carrot cry! I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
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...how the "non-biased" press starts loading the headlines with all the negative news they can find every time the Bush administration has some success. The big news today should be the successful elections in Iraq. But no, we get some e-mail from that socialist whore bitch Fienstien, and a report on military spending. Fucking treasonous assholes. :sigh: "Patriotism is the first refuge of a patriot."
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You have to remember Stan's distorted view of the world. He's pissed because it isn't the ONLY news and his little god in the White House isn't getting a free pass on all his other stupidity because something good finally happened in Iraq. At any given instant there are considerably more assholes than mouths in the universe.
Bull shit. All the networks, all the major newpapers and all the major web news sites are leading with every negative report they can dredge up. I had CNN on for an hour and heard one 30 second spot on the Iraq elections but plenty of bullshit about how we have been liberated from the patriot act and how Bush 'secretly' spied on Americans. http://www.yahoo.com/[^] http://www.msn.com/[^] http://abcnews.go.com/[^] http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/home/main100.shtml[^] I don't give a shit about Bush one way or another. You won't find a single post where I have defended the man, beyond responding to the most ludicrous propaganda. But enough is enough, you fucking Marxist sons of whores. "Patriotism is the first refuge of a patriot."
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As opposed to where the right pulls all of its "news" - out of Fox's fair and balanced asses.
At the risk of sounding pedantic, it's "Fox's fair, balanced and fat arse" ;P Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.
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At the risk of sounding pedantic, it's "Fox's fair, balanced and fat arse" ;P Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.
Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:
fat arse
only "over there"[^] Mike "We ain't stuck on stupid." badass Lt. General Russel Honore **"Remember - live bunnies are a great source of nourishment"**silly-assed cartoon A vegan is someone who never heard a carrot cry! I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
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the koolaid Mike "We ain't stuck on stupid." badass Lt. General Russel Honore **"Remember - live bunnies are a great source of nourishment"**silly-assed cartoon A vegan is someone who never heard a carrot cry! I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
At least the left still has a tiny shred of intellectual honesty. The Republican party tries to convince people that they're the religious conservative response to an increasingly liberal and secular America, when they're less conservative in every respect -- but especially fiscally -- and more corrupt than any administration in my memory. Enjoy yours as well.
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At the risk of sounding pedantic, it's "Fox's fair, balanced and fat arse" ;P Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.
Actually, I was referring to the individual asses that Fox News tries to pass off as journalists, not all of whom are fat. But my statement was ambiguous, so I accept and enjoy your pedantry :).
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Bull shit. All the networks, all the major newpapers and all the major web news sites are leading with every negative report they can dredge up. I had CNN on for an hour and heard one 30 second spot on the Iraq elections but plenty of bullshit about how we have been liberated from the patriot act and how Bush 'secretly' spied on Americans. http://www.yahoo.com/[^] http://www.msn.com/[^] http://abcnews.go.com/[^] http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/home/main100.shtml[^] I don't give a shit about Bush one way or another. You won't find a single post where I have defended the man, beyond responding to the most ludicrous propaganda. But enough is enough, you fucking Marxist sons of whores. "Patriotism is the first refuge of a patriot."
Reverend Satan wrote:
I don't give a sh*t about Bush one way or another. You won't find a single post where I have defended the man, beyond responding to the most ludicrous propaganda. But enough is enough, you f***ing Marxist sons of whores.
Deep breaths Stan, deep breaths. Nothing written on an internet forum board is worth getting worked up for.
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A.A. wrote:
In what way do you think it was successful for the administration?
The election in Iraq is one more step towards Iraqi self governance. Frankly we're watching something historic, if it continues. 1) the toppling of a dictator, 2) creation of a democratic form of government, 3) hand over of the country, giving it back to the citizens. I doubt there is any historic parallel. Mike "We ain't stuck on stupid." badass Lt. General Russel Honore **"Remember - live bunnies are a great source of nourishment"**silly-assed cartoon A vegan is someone who never heard a carrot cry! I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
And at the cost of only a few lives (well, only a few - 2,154 - of ours, anyway, and those are the only ones that count), and some inventory depletion. And the trust of the rest of the world. And the loss of civil liberties here at home. And a skyrocketing deficit. Oh, and that's a new democratic Muslim government (I guess we've at least stopped that secularism in its tracks, right Stan?). So, with the Iraqis self-governing, we can move on and do the rest of the world now.
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Actually, I was referring to the individual asses that Fox News tries to pass off as journalists, not all of whom are fat. But my statement was ambiguous, so I accept and enjoy your pedantry :).
B y "fat" I was referring to the corporate arse, rather than the individual. ;) Anna :rose: Currently working mostly on: Visual Lint :cool: Anna's Place | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work.
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Bull shit. All the networks, all the major newpapers and all the major web news sites are leading with every negative report they can dredge up. I had CNN on for an hour and heard one 30 second spot on the Iraq elections but plenty of bullshit about how we have been liberated from the patriot act and how Bush 'secretly' spied on Americans. http://www.yahoo.com/[^] http://www.msn.com/[^] http://abcnews.go.com/[^] http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/home/main100.shtml[^] I don't give a shit about Bush one way or another. You won't find a single post where I have defended the man, beyond responding to the most ludicrous propaganda. But enough is enough, you fucking Marxist sons of whores. "Patriotism is the first refuge of a patriot."
Have you considered making the switch to decaf?
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And at the cost of only a few lives (well, only a few - 2,154 - of ours, anyway, and those are the only ones that count), and some inventory depletion. And the trust of the rest of the world. And the loss of civil liberties here at home. And a skyrocketing deficit. Oh, and that's a new democratic Muslim government (I guess we've at least stopped that secularism in its tracks, right Stan?). So, with the Iraqis self-governing, we can move on and do the rest of the world now.
vincent.reynolds wrote:
at the cost of only a few lives
a volunteer army, doing their job.
vincent.reynolds wrote:
the trust of the rest of the world
I don't give a flying fuck.
vincent.reynolds wrote:
the loss of civil liberties here at home
name one.
vincent.reynolds wrote:
skyrocketing deficit
exhibited by the rampant inflation. the deficit is only a problem in the context of the GNP. the ratio is just fine, that is why you see no inflation.
vincent.reynolds wrote:
that's a new democratic Muslim government
so you think it sad that we've given 25 million people the right to govern themselves as they see fit.
vincent.reynolds wrote:
we can move on and do the rest of the world now.
"We?" nah, you'd rather love the next terrorist to death. Mike "We ain't stuck on stupid." badass Lt. General Russel Honore **"Remember - live bunnies are a great source of nourishment"**silly-assed cartoon A vegan is someone who never heard a carrot cry! I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
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At least the left still has a tiny shred of intellectual honesty. The Republican party tries to convince people that they're the religious conservative response to an increasingly liberal and secular America, when they're less conservative in every respect -- but especially fiscally -- and more corrupt than any administration in my memory. Enjoy yours as well.
vincent.reynolds wrote:
more corrupt than any administration in my memory.
get off the chronic and you'll remember the Clinton administration.
vincent.reynolds wrote:
At least the left still has a tiny shred of intellectual honesty
an oxymoron (left and intellectual honesty). Comrade Pelosi, hic Teddy the murderer, Hillary I can't find my billing records, Bill I never had sex with that woman and Bush is wrong on Kyoto although I did the same thing, Carter validating every fucked up election held anywhere. The list is too long and far too funny. Mike "We ain't stuck on stupid." badass Lt. General Russel Honore **"Remember - live bunnies are a great source of nourishment"**silly-assed cartoon A vegan is someone who never heard a carrot cry! I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
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vincent.reynolds wrote:
more corrupt than any administration in my memory.
get off the chronic and you'll remember the Clinton administration.
vincent.reynolds wrote:
At least the left still has a tiny shred of intellectual honesty
an oxymoron (left and intellectual honesty). Comrade Pelosi, hic Teddy the murderer, Hillary I can't find my billing records, Bill I never had sex with that woman and Bush is wrong on Kyoto although I did the same thing, Carter validating every fucked up election held anywhere. The list is too long and far too funny. Mike "We ain't stuck on stupid." badass Lt. General Russel Honore **"Remember - live bunnies are a great source of nourishment"**silly-assed cartoon A vegan is someone who never heard a carrot cry! I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Mike Gaskey wrote:
an oxymoron (left and intellectual honesty). Comrade Pelosi, hic Teddy the murderer, Hillary I can't find my billing records, Bill I never had sex with that woman and Bush is wrong on Kyoto although I did the same thing, Carter validating every f***ed up election held anywhere.
The best you can come up with is billing records and BJs? On the Republican side, let's start with the draft-dodging, illiterate, inarticulate, bumbling dumb-ass at the top lying us into an unnecessary war, continue with a list of actual, verifiable, not-just-accusations, legally indicted members of his staff, congress, and the rest of the party, and end with the kind of jackass that is *still* fighting the commies. I will give you Ted Kennedy, however. The man is a tribute to riding on name recognition, and an embarrassment to the Democratic party. Also, thank you for providing me, through your stellar comparisons, with a contrast between an oxymoron and a regular moron.