Displaying 19,021 To 19,050 Of 19,504 Comments Definitely a “game changer”. And what could have been more amusing than Arianna all ready to star in the MSM spotlight for her grandstanding…then the spotlight being abruptly turned to the Baloon Boy? Hilarious! She spent two weeks fuming about it and writing multiple articles condemning the media for covering the fraud of balloon boy instead of the fraud of her Biden stunt. Loved it! » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 10:24 pm Thanks for the kind words, very appreciated! » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 10:10 pm I am the tyrannical admin here but actually, Kev7, Kalima and KQuark co-founded it with me. » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 10:04 pm I can understand when there’s no news, doing something as shallow and “interactive” as that meaningless poll but on a day like this when so many big things are going on? Vanity? She had a brainstorm that her nutty polls will get members excited? And as I mentioned above, since she’s the author, you can’t even comment on it in real time because it’s fully moderated (can’t let Arianna hear anyone say she has no clothes). It is bewildering. » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 10:02 pm Oh, a wiseguy! Hey James, great to see you, welcome to The Planet! » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 9:59 pm Short and to the point, indeed. Halfingtruth Post dost indeed sucketh. » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 9:57 pm Check out some of the articles here on HuffPo, it’s intentional. They get more clicks and time spent on the site by allowing hateful posts which outrage people and causes them to click and spend more time at the site. Very cynical and ultimately, they are passive collaborators with the racists and haters by allowing and encouraging them to write what they do. » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 9:56 pm Healthcare Reform Update: Historic Move by the House of Representatves XAVIEER!!! Great to see you here!!! Very cool indeed! The parade will be tomorrow night after the circus and before the fireworks. Really happy to see you here, pal! » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 9:46 pm See you then, Sue! » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 8:14 pm Yep, I saw him overreach and cringed. Hate to say it but he is playing this for all it’s worth and then some. I saw him on Bill Maher and KO last week and he had a glib put down for Repubs in every response…but was tossing them off as preplanned gags and not responding directly to many questions. I would caution against putting too much weight into Grayson, he’s already pushing the “I’m a tough talking Dem” past the point of effectiveness and into showboating mode. I’m sure it’s done wonders for his fund raising but he’s become too much of a performer lately IMO. Just talk tough but with substance, cheap shots are just that and are more the Republican way. I am rooting for Grayson, want him to sustain a backbone against Repubs without looking patronizing to Dems but when he hurls out one premeditated put down after another, it does seem that he’s too focused on patronizing his base. » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 8:12 pm Hey Bitsko! Great to see ya! Welcome to The Planet! » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 8:03 pm Mission Thursday! To the barricades, my brothers and sisters! It seems like the election was a release for her. After all the years of playing adversary to Republicans, she could revert back to playing adversary to Democrats. Water seeks its own level. Arianna is settling in where she’s comfortable, opposing a Democratic President and his progressive agenda. She just thinks she’s so clever to attack him for not being liberal enough but it seems just a ploy to be able to attack him period. We’ll expose her, it may take time but I hear that these tubes of the internets move things around to other people’s computers quite a bit. » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 11:16 pm Bingo! It does seem very much like members are the abused spouse looking to change HuffPo when the truth is that HuffPo doesn’t want to and won’t change it’s abusive ways. That’s why we are doing HuffNo Friday, as a kind of intervention and as a way to call attention to the toxic relationship over there. » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 11:11 pm Cool! Not too many people use it here yet (but that will change), we’re not accustomed to having that kind of control over our own words at HuffPo. Glad to hear that feature’s working well. » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 10:09 pm Dreamers101, FYI, we have a feature here that lets you edit your own comments. At the bottom of your own comments you should see an “Edit” icon, feel free to give it a whirl! » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 9:53 pm Fun waits for no one! » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 9:50 pm Hi BigDogMom! Yep, folks should be hanging out here who are on East Coast, West Coast, in Japan, France, Germany, so any time is fine. Don’t know when things will be getting into full swing or how many folks will be here but I think it should be fun whoever’s here. » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 12:41 pm Remember all those programmers working on Y2K? And only a few planes fell out of the sky. » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 11:54 am Just wanted to reiterate: I have set up a WordPress site to refer people here and you CAN post that link at HuffPo (email me immediately if you think that link has become blacklisted too and I » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 10:53 am I do remember Novell! You’ve seen for yourself, your account was banned but your IP wasn’t or you wouldn’t have been able to set up new accounts. I don’t know that they do this, Kev thought that’s why he couldn’t create a new account but it turned out to be an issue with cookies. I’ve never heard of a member saying his IP was banned, every member I’ve ever seen banned who wanted to come back and create a new ID has been able to. » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 10:07 am Hope I’m not sounding like a broken record but I’ve seen no evidence that they ban IPs there, as I said to Kevin, that would make you unable to provide clicks and web traffic to them and I think they’re too greedy to do that. » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 10:04 am Well…even you were able to pop back after many bannings after you cleared your cookies, they didn’t ban your IP…because they want your clicks at the site! I’m using my regular IP, I’m not concerned. » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 10:02 am Trolls are banned and reappear all the time. Even Kev7 was banned multiple times but when he cleared his cookies, he was back with a new ID. ANyone ever heard of a single case of HuffPo banning an IP? I haven’t. » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 9:51 am You said it, Kev! Let me add a few suggestions. As you say, best to create an extra account at HuffPo to use for inviting folks here for HuffNo Friday, very quick and easy to do and who cares if HuffPo bans it. I do suggest being tactful about inviting people so as to make it less likely that Moderators give it too much attention. BTW, don’t worry about trolls reading your posts and coming here, there’s a zero tolerance here for hateful troll behavior and the site is set up so they can be shut down and out quickly. To be clear, all points of view are welcome here, Progressive, conservative, Dem, Repub, Blue Dog, Independents, etc., as long as they join in as a good citizen of The Planet with respect for all other members. Lastly, HuffPo has added the link to PlanetPov to their “no-no” list of words (heh, we’re up there with “9/11”, “gay” and “Ted Kennedy”) so an easy way to provide a link to here is to put a space between “planet” and “pov” like this: “http://planet pov.com” and mention that they should remove the space or just tell them to google “Planetpov”. Should be a bit of fun here on Friday Night! » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 8:58 am Senate Ethics Review Needed Now to Assist Public Option That is outrageous! How can an elected official, whose spouse or immediate family member is working for an entity which is specifically a target of legislation, be permitted to affect the outcome of that legislation? This isn’t covered by ethic laws? So fucking corrupt. » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 1:29 am Corporate Main Stream Media Determined to Kill Public Option Bullseye, KQuarks!!! All of the points you make strike at the heart of what’s going on, the one that infuriates me the most each day is your first point. How can the Public Option be “liberal” and not mainstream when up to 70% of the public wants it…despite the slanted news they hear from the MSM?!!! And as you point out, “moderates” want to kill true reform? That’s a “moderate” position? Meanwhile “liberal extremists” are the ones trying to deliver what the majority of Americans want. What they’re actually saying is that 70% of Americans are extremists and the 30% that includes teabaggers, birthers and dittoheads are the moderates. Everytime I see a report calling the Blue Dogs “moderates” (don’t newspeople know that Blue Dog MEANS conservative Dems?!) I get plasma burns from strangling my HD tv. » Posted By AdLib On October 28, 2009 @ 6:04 pm I do think that there is importance in exposing that the Empress has no clothes though. HuffPo and its staff and contributors are all over the MSM every day, HuffPo is becoming a substantial force politically in swaying opinion and I think it’s a valuable contribution to this situation to spread the word that she is not earnest nor is she or should she speak for genuine Progressives. The danger is that more and more followers elevate Arianna’s and HuffPo’s influence and if people don’t know better, they will look up to her and the site and follow even though it could help lead the Progressive movement off a cliff. And BTW, I too have had a number of favorite bloggers at HuffPo and what’s very cool is that most are now here…including you! Very happy about that and to hear such kind words from you about The Planet. » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 12:26 am A big warm welcome to The Planet, SueInCa! It seems that trying to work with HuffPo on actually caring about how they treat bloggers is like trying to use logical arguments to keep the Titanic from sinking. Your props about The Planet are very appreciated! As for trolls, as is explained as a basic rule of this site, all members need to show a modicum of respect to every other member. Republicans are as welcome here as Progressives, everyone is welcome as long as they aren’t hateful or nasty towards other members or try to use the site to provoke and upset and manipulate. That leaves out trolls. They’ll always have HuffPo though. » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 12:15 am Thanks for hanging in on the site, KK, there is a little learning curve but hopefully the FAQs can help make it quicker and easier. I was such an avid HuffPo blogger up until the election, then I had to take a break from “the wars” over there. With some time for reflection, I considered what my initial goal was in seeking a political blog to participate on…thoughtful, passionate and (hopefully) witty conversations with people who shared my passion for what’s happening in the world around us. The positive thing is that I met, conversed and became friends with many remarkable people who I felt connected to. The negative thing is that as time went by, I had devolved into approaching participation at HuffPo as a psychological battle. Trolls to the left of me, trolls to right of me, into the valley of dead brain cells rode the Army of the Progressives. When I would talk to my friends and describe what I did at HuffPo, stomping trolls and proving their lies to be just that…I felt like a nerd describing a role playing game he was really, really into. I bought into the bullshit, I became emotionally vested in a game that didn’t and still doesn’t matter. Honestly, are undecided people flocking to HuffPo by the millions and being convinced by one loony post by a troll, suddenly opposing health care reform because Flossy says they should? I think the real truth is that the majority of people who read the comment blogs at HuffPo are opinionated people who are already on one side or another of the political fence and are not coming there wide eyed and wanting to be convinced…especially by trolls. So, fighting trolls and their bullshit is just a role playing game that can indeed be challenging and satisfying but it doesn’t have any resonance outside of HuffPo, out in the real world. With that in mind, I don’t see anything wrong with playing that game as long as one knows that’s what it is and that the true purpose of it is to use your outrage and conflict to increase quarterly profits for HuffPo and its hedge fund ownership. Personally, I feel a bit embarrassed that I bought into that for as long as I did, I think much more constructive things can be accomplished by having conversations and debates of substance with a community of concerned people…who could spread good ideas around and take action. I think that’s one big reason why we’re all here on The Planet. » Posted By AdLib On October 29, 2009 @ 12:07 am Welcome carolj47au! It became increasingly difficult to have anything resembling a substantial or meaningful discussion at HuffPo last year…and that’s what many of us went there seeking in the first place. For me, the comment blogs serve no purpose other than say hi to friends and invite them here to have real discussions without censorship or snide back and forths with hateful people. They do have a decent collection of news but now they slant headlines and stories so much and mix them along with legit stories and propaganda stories from the likes of the WSJ that one really needs to be discerning about just using the site to catch up on news. As for the xenophobic nature of some at HuffPo, you won’t find that small mindedness here. There are members at this site from around the country and the world which is how it should be…after all, this is The Planet! We’re seeking as much diversity in views and perspectives as possible and a modicum of respect for all members is pretty much all we ask. In other words, welcome to The Planet! Very happy to have you here! » Posted By AdLib On October 28, 2009 @ 11:25 pmComments Posted By AdLib
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