Topic: Rant about the news. Witty title not found.
Daniel Butler
I'm a Singapore where is my boat
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MSNBC, in another show of media buffoonery, interrupted election coverage during a war when the economy is tanking and the stock market is recovering wildly...
...to tell us that a polar bear had fallen in a moat...
...and was unhurt....
...in Milwaukee.
Who, the fuck, cares about a uninjured polar bear that fell over in Wisconsin?? This is the national news for God's sake. For some reason this really appalls me.
Registered: Jul 2005
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Well, I'm a tad appaled that there is almost NOTHING on Palin's little "abuse of power" report. Seriously, it might be just me (or my local papers) but the story was page two or three with zero follow-up. If it'd been Obama's sister's consin's hairdresser it would be 24/7 coverage.
It also pisses me off that, while you can tell they know, the media are not pointing out how full of shit McCain is this week as he calls "for clear and transparant regulation of Wall Street" after he's spent the last 20 years trying to abolish such oversight.
Also amusing are the people at McCain's rallys that show their ignorance by screaming "terrorist!" and "kill him" when Obama's name is mentioned...it's becoming a very scary bunch of ill-informed people with a mob mentality. McCain actually got booed by his own supporters when he tried to correct some lady who said she "could not vote for Obama because he's a muslim" . Booed at his own rally- his own supporters demand he attack his rival: they want blood...er...action!
Registered: Aug 2002
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-------------------- Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering. -Aeschylus, Agamemnon
Registered: Aug 2002
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"McCain actually got booed by his own supporters when he tried to correct some lady who said she 'could not vote for Obama because he's a muslim' ."
Arab, not Muslim. And, as I recall, they didn't boo after that one. It was when he corrected the guy who said he was scared of raising a child under an Obama presidency.
Registered: Mar 1999
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Daniel Butler
I'm a Singapore where is my boat
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Mm. Mob mentalities, rampant ignorance and fear, violence, hate, too much government regulation of private matters, too much power in the hands of one man and one branch...isn't this usually the point where empires fall or begin to decline? End of the road folks, everybody off... )
Registered: Jul 2005
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Da_bang80
A few sectors short of an Empire
Member # 528
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Don't worry guys, when the Canadians finally step up and annex the US there will be a Caribou in every garage and bi-level igloos to keep the homeless out of the cold. I just hope you don't mind that your taxes will go to the nearest indian reserve so they can buy a new Ford van after they trash the old (2 years) one.
Welcome to Canada, bitches.
-------------------- Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. The courage to change the things I cannot accept. And the wisdom to hide the bodies of all the people I had to kill today because they pissed me off.
quote: After a court fight to block the report failed, the panel of lawmakers voted to release it -- though not without dissension. The panel did not vote on whether to endorse its findings.
quote: ''I think there are some problems in this report,'' said Republican state Sen. Gary Stevens, a member of the panel. ''I would encourage people to be very cautious, to look at this with a jaundiced eye.''
quote: Under Alaska law, it is up to the state's Personnel Board -- which is conducting its own investigation into the matter -- to decide whether Palin violated state law and, if so, must refer it to the Senate president for disciplinary action. Violations also carry a possible fine of up to $5,000.
Hopefully the Personnel Board will get her.
Registered: Jun 1999
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More charges added to Palin investigation The second charge, that state trooper Mike Wooten’s personnel file was illegally breached by state officials is a doozie- considering how Todd Palin harassed him from the govonor's office. Not that 'ol Todd is in any way an elected official of Alaska or has any fucking right to pressure anyone or to make such calls from Gov. Palin's office (documented calls here).
I wonder who this Personnel Board answers to and who appointed them? Probably political suicide to go after the Palin or her husband....which is likely why palin wanted them to be the only ones investigating the matter. And, of course, that their report will be released looong after the election.
-------------------- Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering. -Aeschylus, Agamemnon
Registered: Aug 2002
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End of the road folks, everybody off... ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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