- No Recommendations yet - go add some!
- Way to bury the Washington's Post's hatchet job "Romney's pranks could go too far".
An uncorroborated story about what Romney did when he was still a minor is somehow relevant?
No "B.S. headline" there... no, it's the entire story.
- What a catastrophe that Organized Labor would have a balancing (and opposing) force in the form of the companies that employ them!
- @Chris Gray:
"Though not currently an Occupier, as a member of the 99% it seems to me that both of these 1%ers (Murdoch or Corzine) are the type who paid people to write their academic papers and took their tests for them. So not fully reading emails that they each signed off on, totally believable but something for which they are still responsible."
Not quite. A CEO can claim to take a "hands-off"/delegated approach to an individual newspaper in a media empire and while not 'wise', it doesn't rise to the level of criminal.
The CEO of an investment company, however, who literally 'signs off' on all of the financial reporting to certify that they are accurate and correct, is committing a felony if he knowingly certifies reports that he knows to be inaccurate or incorrect.
There is no equivalence between Murdoch and Corzine.
More to the point, Murdoch's behavior didn't affect Americans; Corzine's did.
But when it comes to relevant or severity, that's apparently unimportant when OTM picks their bogeyman.
Conservatives always trump liberals.
- @flyover:
"I think you should read accounts of Hamburg and Dresden bombings."
That's a bit of a drive-by comment, Flyover.
Dresden was an industrial city much as Coventry had been when it was bombed by the Luftwaffe 5 years earlier in the war.
Neither had any strictly military assets that were targeted: both just happened to have factories producing war-time materiel.
Hamburg, on the other hand, was a major naval port with substantial U-boat pens.
- Your guest confuses General Charles Yeager with the astronauts.
He was not an astronaut; he is a WW2 ace and decorated combat veteran.
In "The Right Stuff" it's Chuck Yeager that takes off on horseback through the Mojave Desert after his wife Glennis, not any of the astronauts. And those who knew Chuck Yeager will affirm that he had no shortage of bravado even before the space program came into existence.
As for being religious: some were, some weren't. Like any other population. John Glenn was guided by his faith and let his religious values dictate his comportment.
And the most popular trope of astronauts going crazy? Hardly David Bowie's Major Tom... "Silent Running", Hal and Frank Poole in "2001: A Space Odyssey", and the ill-fated crew of the scout ship "Dark Star" would be more prominent examples.
- @TEB 33:
"When Fox starts portraying Obama or any other democrat as something other than a 'socialist' then I'll believe they are becoming moderate."
Of course, it could be the case that he IS a socialist and you're unable to see it. I've lived in 4 socialist countries and I'm hard pressed to see the difference between those countries and what Obama's grand design is.
- @Katherine Jackson:
"But it's mainly money. NOT democracy."
True. What the Right needs is a shining example of money not being used as a megaphone to promote an agenda that its promulgator doesn't even abide by himself, like George Soros and progressive taxes... oh, wait. Bad example.
Ok, Jeff Immelt and reducing corporate influence in politics... no, wait... Corporate tax reform... no, that's not it either...
Oh, I know! Like John Kerry marrying Teresa Heinz so her deep pockets could bankroll his political aspirations... no, not that...
"[...] money, celebrity status"
Like Oprah throwing her support behind Obama in 2008?
"Only a small percentage of voters would prefer any of these candidates even anyone of quality appeared with a fighting chance."
You've seen the numerous polls that show "generic GOP candidate beats Obama" by at least 10% points, right?
Where are you getting your facts?
"And can you actually imagine the most powerful country in the world, whose actions have an enormous impact on billions of people, being "led" by Newt Gingrich???"
You mean "led again", right? Gingrich managed to get President Clinton to completely adopt the Contract with America and get it passed within 2 years of his taking office...
"Why doesn't On the Media cover the true relation of democracy to presidential politics in this day & age???"
Why would they need to become propagandists when a lot of people voluntarily chose to remain blissfully oblivious of the facts... And who's 'truth'? Yours?
Inform yourself and learn to examine your own political party with a bit of healthy skepticism... your blind loyalty to it does them a disservice.
- @Drew:
"It just strikes me that "wealthy" is more accurate, so I was wondering if the media used the word "rich" intentionally."
Well, into Spanish, "rich" would translate to "rico", but "rico" also translates back from Spanish as "tasty" or "delicious".
The media is clearly trying to suggest to us that we should eat the rich (they're delicious!)...
- @MNMoose:
"Oh, yeah, right."
Great rebuttal. Eloquent, concise, factually grounded, demonstrative examples, straightforward logical exposition... Oh, wait. I was thinking of someone else.
- @mik:
"Yes, the people on Fox are asking (for them) relatively tough questions of the various GOP candidates. So what? A network with a blatant conservative bias will obviously want to delve into the conservative credentials of each candidate."
Have you forgotten that when the rest of the press was fawning over Obama and throwing him softball questions, Fox was asking him challenging but respectful ones?
It's not just GOP credentials that they want the bona fides on, but proof of the ability to lead, good governance, and fiduciary responsibility with taxpayer money.
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