Displaying 601 To 630 Of 1,116 Comments I’m glad you made it over here. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 16, 2011 @ 1:50 pm Good to see you! I’m glad you found us here. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 12, 2011 @ 6:20 am “Not political?” I’m not saying that I don’t believe you, but it’s hard to believe she actually said that! As if there were no evidence to the contrary. Arianna Huffington is a regular guest on KCRW’s “Left, Right and Center” (which is a really good show BTW; I listen to it via podcast.) Robert Scheer is there, and he is introduced as representing the Left. Tony Blankley is introduced as the Right, and Arianna Huffington is always introduced as “representing the Progressive/Independent blogosphere.” She is not introduced like that sometimes, but EVERY time on this weekly show. What do the words “progressive” and “independent” mean? Are they or are they not political labels? You are absolutely right; Arianna Huffington is acting like a hypocrite. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 12, 2011 @ 5:37 am Andy Borowitz explains the true meaning of this picture: “In an effort to show that they are serious about reducing the size of the Federal deficit, a group of House Republicans announced today that they would totally eliminate shirts from this year’s Congressional budget…” You can read the rest of the article here: » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 10, 2011 @ 9:28 am I would, if I ever get around to figuring out how Twitter works! You’re right though. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 10, 2011 @ 7:41 am Thanks, it’s good to BE here! I think I’m gonna like it. BTW, I notice that “Huff & Puff It Down” is also being carried by Current News: And Common Dreams as well: Apparently the word is getting around. *** EDIT *** Yes, thanks for pointing that out, Boomer. I should have said “No excessive and irrational moderation.” The Terms of Use are important to maintain civility. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 10, 2011 @ 6:24 am I wanted to point out that Adbusters has just published a short article about The Huffington Post’s sellout called “Huff & Puff It Down.” There’s a comment section there where some people are recommending other places to go as an alternative to the HuffPost. I did a quick search of the page and found that Planet POV was not mentioned yet, so I did that. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 10, 2011 @ 5:19 am Badges? We don’t need no stinking badges… (I know; it’s clichéd, but I wanted to say it before anybody else did.) » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 9, 2011 @ 9:56 am I hope you continue to evade their notice. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 9, 2011 @ 9:54 am Incredible. I can even type the name of Arianna Huffington without having to get cute with formatting tricks like inserting spaces between letters and such. This is great. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 9, 2011 @ 9:38 am That move just seemed spiteful to me. The attitude seemed like: “The Democrats aren’t acting like democrats so I’ll just stay home! That’ll show ’em!” And then, after the election was over, the mainstream media (predictably) drew the conclusion that the general public is actually more conservative than anyone suspected, and that President Obama MUST see this as a command from the people to “move to the center.” As though he were some kind of radical before, and must “move to the center” to reflect the wishes of the people. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 9, 2011 @ 9:31 am You’re right about those inconsistencies, and I would have enjoyed seeing that conversation you two had! Not that it matters, but I could have sworn she mentioned being female at least once a long time ago (and even what she did for a living.) She never brought it up again, and even took that Col. Sanders avatar. I guess she decided to be a little bit more anonymous. Sometimes female writers deliberately keep their gender somewhat secret by using initials instead of a first name, or even taking a masculine pseudonym. I assumed the Col. Sanders avatar was another example of that sort of thing. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 9, 2011 @ 8:00 am I like dissenting opinions too. One of the reasons why I liked the HP was that it gave me an opportunity to argue with conservatives. I work in a shop that is filled with Rush Limbaugh listeners who get under my skin with their views, but I don’t like to argue politics at work. It’s a small shop, and I try to leave religion and politics at home so that we can work together harmoniously. So when I get frustrated, I like to log in to the HP to find someone to argue with. I know it’s petty, but it’s a way for me to vent frustrations. I do appreciate the civility around here, and intend to stick around for reading and discussing issues, but I don’t think I’ll delete my HP account just yet. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 9, 2011 @ 7:49 am I like it too. I like a lot of things around here, like the fact that commenters can embed pictures and even video. I’ll have to learn how to do that myself. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 9, 2011 @ 6:51 am Me either. I hope she never finds this place. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 9, 2011 @ 6:49 am She probably got so many fans because she was more articulate than the other Rightwingers, and could express her disdain for progressive better than most of the others could. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 9, 2011 @ 6:49 am Floss got under my skin like no one else ever did. I always got the feeling that it was all a game to her. She had mentioned before that she was raised by liberals, and lived in a Blue area. My impression was that she had developed a contrary personality. It seemed to be most important to her to irritate progressives, and that superseded any other concern. I wonder if she even believes half the stuff she says. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 9, 2011 @ 6:47 am Thank you. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 8, 2011 @ 9:56 am No doubt! Thanks for the welcome. It’s gonna take me a little time to get used to how this new place works. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 8, 2011 @ 9:32 am Nice to see you PocketWatch. I’d always been curious to read what you have to say over there at HP. It’s good to see some familiar people over here. Glad I came over. You might remember me; I was a regular poster as “BMcCue7.” » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 8, 2011 @ 9:30 am I’m a longtime regular over there, but I thought I’d come here to check this place out instead. I don’t like the AOL universe, and I’m sorry to see AH sell out to them. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 8, 2011 @ 9:12 am Thanks for the link; I’ll go and look at that. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 12, 2011 @ 5:08 am I’ve been able to get around the “Mod Squad” just by putting spaces in the name of P l a n e t P O V. I figure that people can Google it without me providing an actual link. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 11, 2011 @ 3:02 pm I managed to recruit a couple of people this morning. They haven’t caught onto me yet! » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 11, 2011 @ 10:33 am That’s been my experience too. I was working at a sign shop that did tradeshow graphics for an exhibition company, which was bought by Dial soap, which was then bought by Greyhound… it seemed strange to us lowly workers. We joked about maybe getting free soap in the deal. You’re exactly right about the new execs and what they say and do. Loyal workers who have been working with the same company for years are treated as expendable. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 9, 2011 @ 5:47 am Me too. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 8, 2011 @ 9:35 am As if we needed even more media consolidation! I had already been getting a little bit irked by HP and they way they do things, but selling out to AOL is the last straw. I just registered here a few minutes ago, and I’m still poking around and trying things out. Nice place y’all got here. I think I’m going to like it. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 8, 2011 @ 9:19 am Mubarak: Half sunk, a shattered visage lies Maybe that reporting is incorrect then. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 13, 2011 @ 7:52 am It’s like the difference between night and day. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 13, 2011 @ 7:26 am Mubarak in Life/Death State in German Hospital Apparently, he’s in a coma and clinging to life. I just read this a few minutes ago. Thought I’d provide a link for anyone who hadn’t heard. » Posted By Buddy McCue On February 13, 2011 @ 7:25 amComments Posted By Buddy McCue
http://www.borowitzreport.com/
http://current.com/news/92973255_huffing-it-down-because-its-not-hers-to-sell.htm?xid=PTNiGoog
http://www.commondreams.org/further/2011/02/09-0
http://www.adbusters.org/blogs/adbusters-blog/huff-puff-it-down.html#comment-28869
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