This is just one of those videos you want to play over and over, like my favorite Buddy Rich joke.
Buddy - may he rest in peace - was a pretty angry guy, and often spoke abusively to his band. Here's the joke:
Buddy Rich's agent gets a call from a guy out of the blue, asking if he can book the band at his venue. The agent says, "Oh, I'm terribly sorry - I guess you haven't heard. Buddy passed away recently."
The caller apologizes, and hangs up.
The next day, the agent gets a call from the same guy, with the same inquiry. Puzzled, he responds. "I believe I spoke with you yesterday. Maybe you misunderstood me, but Buddy isn't available, because he's dead."
Again, the caller apologizes, and hangs up.
The following day, the agent gets yet another call from the same man, inquiring the same thing, and this time, the agent loses his patience. Frustrated, he tells the guy, "Look - I TOLD you. Buddy Rich is DEAD. He's DEAD, DEAD, DEAD!! BUDDY RICH IS DEAD."
The caller says, "I know. I just wanted to hear it again."
Props to Squatch for finding me the Foam Finger Four - here's the very imperfect version of the idea we had in-thread:
First
ReplyDeleteSecond.
ReplyDeleteDid you watch the vid? It's hilarious! The guy sounds like he just got the wind knocked out of him!
ReplyDeleteDid you watch the vid? It's hilarious! The guy sounds like he just got the wind knocked out of him!
ReplyDeleteThat anchor is annoying.
Chicago is out ? Chicago is out ?
Yeah, what did he stutter, asshole ?
That clips is funny. I can't believe the arrogance on the left. Like they felt that the IOC owed it to Chicago and 44.
ReplyDeleteWAKE UP YOU DUMB FUCKS. The world owes us nothing and we owe the world nothing. Next time make a better bid and you may win.
Now can we get back to fixing the USA. Not that 44 is capable of doing that either.
Yeah, what did he stutter, asshole ?
ReplyDeleteLMAO - yeah, he just can't wrap his mind around a wholesale rejection of the Obamas. It's just not on his radar. Comedy gold!
Mark my words. The worst thing that has happened to South Africa, since 1994, is getting the Soccer World Cup. The taxpayers, which is less than 20% of the population, will be paying for it for 30 years plus. $700 million to build 1 new stadium. There is something like 10 being built. Just on the stadia. Africa can't afford that.
ReplyDeleteWAKE UP YOU DUMB FUCKS. The world owes us nothing and we owe the world nothing. Next time make a better bid and you may win.
ReplyDeleteWord.
Some screwed up priorities running the show right now.
ReplyDeleteErik The Red said...
ReplyDeleteHave the Olympics ever made money ?
Maybe that's why O had such a semi for 'em.
Running in the Red seems like his kind of thing.
Space Adventures’ Orbital Client Guy Laliberte Arrives at the International Space Station
ReplyDeleteSpace Adventures, Ltd., the only company currently providing human space mission opportunities to the world marketplace, announced today that its orbital client Guy Laliberte and his crew successfully arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) after launching onboard the Soyuz TMA-16 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on September 30.
Screw healthcare. Every American should have a right to a Space Odyssey !
I want my space oddyssey NOWNOWNOW!
Boy, this nails it (got there through AllahPundit):
ReplyDeleteI, for one, am exhausted by our new permanent campaign. That might sound strange coming from somebody who runs the Horse Race Blog, but it is true. The ominpresence of the Obama campaign apparatus is, frankly, wearing me down. I can't get away from him or it, even in my down times. Watching the Office on TBS used to be a real pleasure for me and the missus, but now we must be interrupted by the President of the United States cracking lame jokes at us in the promotion of a second-rate comedian. There is no escape.
Obama, we're tired of looking at your mug all the time. We're tired of your continuous presence in our lives. Put someone who has some idea what the hell they're doing in charge for a while, and go sit in a frigging hot tub somewhere, will you?
Republicans visit Honduras despite US coup policy
ReplyDeleteSouth Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint, the leader of the delegation, said before the trip that even calling Zelaya's overthrow a coup is "ill-informed and baseless."
Preach it.
NObama.
Maybe that's why O had such a semi for 'em.
ReplyDeleteRunning in the Red seems like his kind of thing.
I think he may have seen a personal enrichment scenario for his circle of insiders, frankly.
His motives may have been mixed (motives often are), but I have to wonder if that wasn't part of it. I guess he has a few friends in the real estate development business in that area - might have been good for them (CHA CHING!), I think.
I think he may have seen a personal enrichment scenario for his circle of insiders, frankly.
ReplyDeleteIn Chicago no less,serious bank to made and when you know the game inside out and sideways, well, you know...
Met with McChrystal today
General McChrystal flew here from London, where he was on business, and joined Mr. Obama in the forward cabin of Air Force One on the tarmac of the Copenhagen airport for 25 minutes after the president finished his presentation to the International Olympic Committee on behalf of Chicago’s bid to host the 2016 Games.
The fact that Mr. Obama had not talked with General McChrystal since his report was submitted at the end of August generated criticism from some who thought he was too distant from his own top commander. The White House argued that the president did not want to regularly bypass the chain of command and got plenty of information through weekly meetings with Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Weekly meetings. Yeah, he's engaged....
He's spending more time on the putting green at the White House than on Afghanistan.
The world is not impressed with The Wee Won.
ReplyDeleteThe Mad Mullahs have even lower opinion.
I am a bit bummed. My business acquisition has just about been blown out the water. I can't come to terms on the lease. The landlords numbers do not work for me. I have owned business property for lease before, and know were he is coming from. But he is not being realistic.
ReplyDeleteOh well. Carry on looking, I guess.
This sort of thing tends to spread, too. The Loser Meme could start to catch on.
ReplyDeleteIt didn't take long, either. Ouch.
ETR,
ReplyDeleteBetter to find out now.
Good hunting.
Sorry to hear that, ETR. Looks like the landlord will be sitting on his property for a while, I take it.
ReplyDeleteCorrespondence Committee said...
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that, ETR. Looks like the landlord will be sitting on his property for a while, I take it.
I doubt it. The business has changed hands 3 times in the last 15 months. It is profitable. Just not a good enough return for me. He will find someone else. The question is will it be what he envisions it to be. The location is good. He sees it as great. We are only talking about a difference of $1500.00 per month.
Taiwan must boost defence against China: Ma
ReplyDeleteTaiwan's Mainland Affairs Office on Thursday rejected a call by Chinese President Hu Jintao to move towards reunification by stating that the island is an "independent sovereign state".
But the council, the island's top China policy-making body, also called for setting aside disputes that have split Taiwan and the mainland for six decades.
Republicans visit Honduras despite US coup policy
ReplyDeleteSen Kerry tried to block his trip by refusing funds and transportation. Sen. Mitch McConnell contacted the defense department behind his back and they agreed to provide an aircraft.
The Congressional Research Service has determined the so-called "coup" was in fact, completely legal under Honduran law but the left refuses to accept that fact.
Second place to Brazil!
ReplyDeleteWe rule!
Lincoln (HI, by the way!) - I thought we finished fourth...or do I need more coffee?
ReplyDeleteLincoln, here's the way the votes went down (Pinkie posted them on another thread):
ReplyDeleteFirst round: Madrid 28 votes; Rio de Janeiro 26; Tokyo 22; Chicago 18 (Chicago eliminated).
Second round: Rio 46; Madrid 29; Tokyo 20 (Tokyo eliminated)
Final round: Rio 66; Madrid 32 (Rio to host 2016 Games)
So it was like 76 against Chicago, 18 for in the first round. Team Obamoprah didn't even bring home the bronze! Ouch.
Lincoln (HI, by the way!) - I thought we finished fourth...or do I need more coffee?
ReplyDeleteYou're right.
And now Obama has to look up at someone else standing on the podium.
That must be disconcerting for him.
Hey, that's my pedestal, dammit.
Yes, we came in dead last with a grand total of 18 votes.
ReplyDeleteTeam Obamoprah
ReplyDeleteLOL.
Fourth!
ReplyDeleteLincoln, here's the way the votes went down (Pinkie posted them on another thread):
ReplyDeleteYeah, I know. But in the real world, every contestant City came in second to Rio.
Will we now all enter a new thread and say "Forth" ? ;-)
ReplyDeleteGood Afternoon/Evening C2ers.
Or, we could always say fourth!
ReplyDeleteHalt !
ReplyDeleteEvening, Cal.
ReplyDeleteCallahan23 said.Good Afternoon/Evening C2ers.
ReplyDeleteGuter Abend der Cal. Ich vertraue, dass Sie Ihren Urlaub genießen werden. Ich werde Ihnen ein Getränk kaufen, wenn die Kneipe öffnet.
Does that sound anything like it should.
Hi Callahan! (And hi to everyone I've missed thus far!)
ReplyDeleteWe're number four! We're number four!
I got it. We could get one of those foam finger things with four digits up, with the Obama logo on it.
ReplyDeleteI got it. We could get one of those foam finger things with four digits up, with the Obama logo on it.
ReplyDeleteROFLMAO.
The possibilities are endless.
ReplyDelete"I flew all the way to Copenhagen for an IOC meeting, and all I got was this T-shirt"
ReplyDeleteWe're number four! We're number four!
ReplyDeleteWhen was the last time we came in dead last on an Olympic bid?
Squatch, we're a Foam Finger Four!
ReplyDeleteErik,
ReplyDeleteGuter Abend Cal. Ich vertraue, dass Sie Ihren Urlaub genießen werden. Ich werde Ihnen ein Getränk kaufen, wenn die Kneipe öffnet.
Does that sound anything like it should?
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A very fine German you spoke there Erik and thanks for the drink.
"I flew all the way to Copenhagen for an IOC meeting, and all I got was this T-shirt"
ReplyDeleteLMAO
A very fine German you spoke there Erik and thanks for the drink.
ReplyDeleteThat wasn't about hookers ?
I could have sworn that was about hookers.
Wendy, that's a good question. Add to that a custom presidential lobbying effort.
ReplyDeleteCorrespondence Committee,
ReplyDeleteThe possibilities are endless
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You are a true design goddess.
Callahan23 said... A very fine German you spoke there Erik and thanks for the drink.
ReplyDeleteI have been learning the whole day. :)))
Here you go CC
ReplyDeletethis one's better
ReplyDeleteSquatch,
ReplyDeleteThat wasn't about hookers ?
I could have sworn that was about hookers.
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He voiced his trust in me having a nice vacation.
Erik,
I have been learning the whole day. :)))
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I am not worthy. /
An interesting perspective from a "progressive" Chicagoan:
ReplyDeleteIt's perfectly fine to comment on the right's politicization of this issue and its shifting stances based only on scoring points against Obama.
However, another political issue here, much more important to those of us living in Chicago, is the extent to which Chicagoans strongly opposed the bid. The city's revenue projections were, by all outside groups' reckoning, wildly inflated. The Daley-obeisant City Council guaranteed that taxpayers would foot the bill for unfunded portions of the Olympics. Plans to tear up the waterfront, city parks and other public land (much of which -- for just one example, the boat marinas -- provide critical funding for Park District and other city programs that primarily benefit low-income families) were not matched with any post-Olympic planning, and eminent domain was considered a likely possibility to obtain other land.
Mayor Daley is fundamentally incapable of stepping outside of cronyism to ensure that Olympic profits extend past his own plutocracy or that key positions go to competent individuals (one example: he wants Terry Peterson, an epic failure as head of the CHA, to run the CTA, whose infrastructure and service improvements were vital to functioning Olympics). This simply was going to cost ordinary Chicagoans billions while further eroding our city.
The Olympics can be a good thing in a city with honest or marginally honest government. In Chicago, they were going to be an unmitigated disaster. This is not a conservative opinion. This is a strongly prevailing progressive view in a city full of Democrats.
All this doesn't change the fact that the criticism on the right is based on sniping at Obama rather than on genuine concern for the Olympics' economic and social costs, But it's an equally important piece of the politics of this bid, and other progressives who don't live her and may not be aware of it should know about it.
LOL Squatch - I just found that second one myself. Back as soon as I can make something out of it. : ) (If anyone is faster than me - have at it! I'm not that great at stuff like this.)
ReplyDeleteCallahan23 said...
ReplyDeleteWell I hope you have a fine vacation,too.
Lots of relaxing.
Hi all! How's everyone doing today?
ReplyDeleteCallahan, I'm a czar! : ) (Thank you. That was sweet.)
ReplyDeleteThank you Squatch for the assist - if I can pull this off.
Add to that a custom presidential lobbying effort.
ReplyDeleteObama was the first and, of course, failed spectacularly. Maybe I'm old school but I thought it was exceptionally inappropriate.
Pink Freud said...
ReplyDeleteAfternoon!
Just having a little fun.
Pink Freud,
ReplyDeleteHi all! How's everyone doing today?
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Fine than you Pink, sarting my 2 week vacation, wheeee. How is my favorite psych? {Pink}
Just having a little fun.
ReplyDeleteThis is surely the place to do it, Squatch! I wonder if Helen will show up again today .....?
Awright Callahan! Does this mean we'll be seeing more of you?
ReplyDeleteShoot, missed this one
ReplyDeletePhotoshop "I'm not interested" in the palm and it's a hit!
No work tomorrow Cal. You can have the mother of all hangovers and it does not matter. :)))
ReplyDeleteI'm with you, Wendy.
ReplyDeletePink Freud,
ReplyDeleteAwright Callahan! Does this mean we'll be seeing more of you?
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At least on those days on which I'll have an internet connection I'll be on longer. I will be traveling the country-side. Not all hotels have a connection.
This is surely the place to do it, Squatch! I wonder if Helen will show up again today .....?
ReplyDeleteMaybe so,maybe so.
She was pretty trashed last night.
If Bush hadn't started that stoopid war on terror the world would love us and O would have had no problem getting Chicago selected for the olympics.
ReplyDelete/hell somebody had to blame it on Bush
Good afternoon everyone, about ready to bail for the weekend. My neighbor wes from tex is taking me and turnspawn2 trap shooting tomorrow. I've like shot trap once in my life, wonder how I will do. I hope I don't pull a Cheney on turnspawn2!
I will be traveling the country-side
ReplyDeleteTake some pictures for us !
She was pretty trashed last night.
ReplyDeleteROFL!
She did fall off of her stool, didn't she? LMAO!
re: Erik
ReplyDeleteTomorrow is not only my first vacation day it is also Germanys national holiday the "Unification Day" so all shopping is off.
My hangover is gonna start right there with that first drink you've offered. ;-)
23 gets a two week vacation? dang, have fun ..
ReplyDeleteShe did fall off of her stool, didn't she? LMAO!
ReplyDeleteROFLMAO!!
Thanks turn!
ReplyDeleteHey Turn. That is a great sport. You will have fun. Just don't jerk the trigger. Imagine the shotgun as an extension of your arm. Do you need a extra person?
ReplyDeleteDo you need a extra person?
ReplyDeleteYeah Eric, we are low on targets :.)
I'm the type of aimer that holds the gun down and then snaps it up to quickly aim and shoot. Thanks for the tip about the extension. I'll let you know how I did (if I survive) haha
Erik turn
ReplyDeleteLater C2's, time to go walk the lab along the American. You all take care ...
ReplyDeleteJust watched that video again. Real comedy gold.
ReplyDelete"Chicago is out ? ... Chicago is out ? ... Wait a minute! ... Chicago is out ?"
As entertaining as watching Obama do a face plant in Copenhagen is, the failure has real world ramifications.
ReplyDeleteFirst in previous administrations lower level functionaries did the grunt work of a deal. When it was all in the bag POTUS would go to and "close" the deal and reap the reward. Or as in the case of Reykjavik, walking a away from table with a position of strength while seeming a failure was in reality a win.
Second, Obama is already perceived as weak. Such a high profile loss, in such a trivial venue will only validate the perception.
The first point speaks to Obama's inexperience, and second to his weakness. Both exacerbated by his narcissim, which renders him incapable of learning from the Olympic FAIL.
On deck is Iran who no doubt is watching and taking notes. Obama invested the credibility of the United States, embodied in the Office of The President in the Olympic bid, for personal reasons.
That narcissistic misuse of the Office is going to bite and bite hard.
Later turn!
ReplyDeleteCBS employee pleads not guilty in Letterman plot
ReplyDeleteThe district attorney's office said Halderman left a letter and other material for Letterman early Sept. 9. He wrote that he needed "to make a large chunk of money" by selling Letterman a screenplay treatment — an entertainment-business term for a synopsis used to pitch a screenplay.
See? He's not an extortionist. He's just a really pushy salesman.....
/put down the crack pipe.
Turn. I tend to wave, up and across. Fine for long skeet, not great for the short stuff. I have a big problem with the clays running along the ground. I have a good eye and that lets me get away with the lack of style.
ReplyDeleteJCM,
ReplyDeletewell stated!
Obama invested the credibility of the United States, embodied in the Office of The President in the Olympic bid, for personal reasons.
ReplyDeleteWhich is why he was the first. Generally when a man (or woman) ascends to the Presidency, they've acquired the maturity to understand such concepts as 'credibility' and 'responsibility'. Not in this case.
I was drinking my lunch when the news came through. The sound was down in the bar, so I couldn't hear it, but a little bit of me sort of chuckled.
ReplyDeleteHearing this guy's response does make it EVEN BETTER.
Now mind you, I'm a native of the Chicago area. I love Chicago. Four generations of my family's history is bound up at various locales along LaSalle Street. I carried a subscription to the Tribune for more than a decade after I left. But the news that Chicago didn't get the bid elicited a certain degree of Schadenfreude in this displaced denizen of that toddlin' town.
The first image that came to my mind was Little Richey, the lesser and more corrupt son of the long passed tyrant king of Chicago. Oh the delicious irony that he finally didn't get something he wanted. I bet he cried like a little girl.
Then there was Aunt Esther. She made such huge sacrifices going off to Copenhagen. She goes shopping, buys new outfits, gets on a plane, does her pitch and they reject it -- the least number of votes. Somebody need to round up them Danes and put a beatdown on they cracker asses.
And then "the ONE." I thought the world would love us now? They rejected this charming, literate, cultured, articulat, well-groomed black man? They must be racists. That and they still hate us because of George W. Bush. It's all his fault.
Finally my thoughts turned to the great mass of American liberals. For years they have spouted bile about how horrible America is, about how much they hate "Amerikkka," about how the world hates us. And they elected a president who would change that. We are a different country now. Like Aunt Esther, they now can love America again. And here, in their first full flush of patriotism, they get a right hosing from the court of world opinion.
My drink tasted better the more I thought about it.
Official: Iraqi forces lead crackdown in Mosul
ReplyDeleteAn Iraqi security official says the crackdown is expected to end Saturday in the northern city, which is considered the last stronghold for al-Qaida in Iraq and other Sunni insurgents.
The official says the suspects detained include alleged senior insurgent commanders and financiers. The official says U.S. forces were involved, but mostly in a support role.
“I don’t expect to actually read the legislative language because reading the legislative language is among the more confusing things I’ve ever read in my life,”
ReplyDeleteSen. Thomas Carper (D.-Del.), a member of the Senate Finance Committee
Okay, Sen. Carper if you won't do you damn job, well just fire your worthless ass.
You just can't make shit like this up:
ReplyDeleteSyria's Blogosphere Explodes with Competing Campaigns For and Against Masturbation
"Apparently our Syrian youth is obsessed with playing with itself," wrote Abu Fares, an influential blogger from Tartous who started the backlash. "Boys are unable to concentrate on their studies and are looking very pale before prematurely ejaculating and losing consciousness in schools. Their balls are blue and sore as hell and when they sneeze or cough they are allegedly pissing in their pants. They are falling on their backs after bleeding to death from their weenies."
"Girls, Lord Have Mercy on us all, are doing this despicable, blinding and atrocious act secretly without the written consent of their male pimp," Fares continued. "They, someone hold me please before I pass out, are losing their virginity to their fingers out of wedlock."
"You see why we're a little disappointed with Obama here in Syria," he added. "We expected him to help, in particular with the rampant problem of masturbation."
And then "the ONE." I thought the world would love us now? They rejected this charming, literate, cultured, articulate, well-groomed black man? They must be racists.
ReplyDeleteThe planet is racist.
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The planet is racist.
ReplyDeleteDamn straight -- ever look at it from space? All them white clouds covering Africa? All them could make it look like the "white planet" when we know it is really a planet of color.
Seeing the disappointed faces of the Obamas, wow.
ReplyDeleteIf looks could kill, I wouldn’t want to stand in the way of Michelle!
How do you spell wealth redistribution? Tax-increment financing
ReplyDeleteThese “public-private partnership” scams inevitably involve tax-increment financing gimmickry to siphon off tax dollars to subsidize developers/builders/contractors who then reward politicians with big campaign donations. (See here for how it works.)
The Chicago Olympics bid involves TIFs at a massive level.
She doesn't look disappointed -- she looks like she's looking for someone's ass to kick.
ReplyDeleteLMAO
ReplyDeleteHooray for Rio
Oh, no question, JCM -- this whole bid was intended to be a huge patronage deal for their buddies.
ReplyDeleteIf looks could kill, I wouldn’t want to stand in the way of Michelle!
ReplyDeleteShe wraps up perturbed, petulant, and arrogant so well.
Great pic, btw, Callahan. Thanks! :-)
ReplyDeleteIf looks could kill, I wouldn’t want to stand in the way of Michelle!
ReplyDeleteThe Bitter is strong in this one.
Hi Cal! Wow, she needs to get those facial expressions under control. No poker face there!LOL
ReplyDeletePink,
ReplyDeleteCaption....
Don't you know WHO I AM!
She wraps up so many bad attributes! Least kind of attractive humans they are.
ReplyDeleteValerie Jarrett stood to make a killing on this Chicago deal. I am glad that The teleprompter Jesus did a face flop in Denmark. That being said, I can't believe that he went over there if it wasn't a done deal. Another $1.2 million down the crap hole. If W. would have done this you wouldn't have needed electronics to hear the shrieking of the chattering class. Patheric.
ReplyDelete"Powerful have you become -- the Dark Side I sense in you Aunt Esther"
ReplyDelete"More powerful than any Jedi, you little green cracker
ReplyDeleteAnd while Team Forf Place was busy doing such important work for the country...
ReplyDeleteSaved or created,my ass
No kidding, JCM!
ReplyDeleteI'd swear they write these headlines on purpose.
ReplyDeleteNude man accused of pounding on cars on a highway
anyone read the Diana West article?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/1050/-Losing-Our-Way-to-Victory.aspx
"But we would "lose face" in leaving Afghanistan, supporters say. News flash: We lose face every day in Afghanistan executing a costly, impotent policy based on massive state bribery, the public devaluation of American life ("population protection" trumps "force protection"), and deference to Islamic custom, as when women Marines are ordered to wind head scarves under their helmets for missions. And the point of this mass American supplication? To win a local popularity contest in which the only competition is the Taliban. Earth to military geniuses: The people are already with you, or they're against you.
In other words, it's time to toss the policy of standing up Sharia states such as Iraq and Afghanistan onto that ash heap of history. It's time to shore up liberty in the West, which, while we are stretched and distracted by Eastern adventures, is currently contracting in its accommodations of Sharia, a legal system best described as sacralized totalitarianism.
Such a war -- to block Sharia in the West -- requires more than military solutions. For starters, it requires an unflinching assessment of Sharia's incompatibility with the U.S. Constitution, and legal bars to Sharia-compliant petro-dollars now flowing into banking and business centers, into universities and media. It absolutely requires weaning ourselves from Islamic oil -- what a concept -- and drilling far and widely for our own."
Speaking of unemployment, there was this little gem from today's BotW:
ReplyDeleteThe networks "were 13 times more negative in their treatment of Reagan than Obama." Twenty of 22 stories mentioning the Reagan administration portrayed it negatively, versus 1 out of 15 that mentioned the Obama administration. Most telling is the comparison of how the nets--and, in one case, the same newsman--treated identical unemployment rates during the two recessions:
In 1982, Dan Rather reported the rate as "9.4 percent and rising." Dan Cordtz called it "rising steadily" on ABC, while Ray Brady warned that "job loss is still spreading." NBC found lines at food banks "four times what they were six months ago."
In 2009, ABC found "glimmers of improvement" for an identical unemployment rate. CBS's own economic "grim reaper," Anthony Mason said the "economy's showed signs of improving." NBC also found "positive trends" to discuss--specifically mentioning "2,100 new reasons" to be "hopeful" in Georgia.
But Charles Gibson illustrated how dramatically different the network coverage of Reagan and Obama really were.
Gibson, who was a Capitol Hill correspondent for ABC in 1982, told viewers May 7, 1982, "There really isn't any good news in the statistics. All the numbers are bad." He then quoted two Democratic attacks on Reagan including Rep. Henry S. Reuss, D-Wis., who charged that Reagan's "policies aren't just mistaken, they're wicked."
But as an ABC anchor in 2009, Gibson was full of hope. He introduced that night's story saying "sometimes a bad jobs report can look good."
"345,000 Americans lost their jobs in May, a big number to be sure. Traumatic if you are one of the 345,000. But the number was smaller than economists had predicted, and that's good news," Gibson said before admitting that the unemployment rate of 9.4 percent was "pretty bad." Neither Gibson, nor reporter Betsy Stark mentioned President Obama at all that night.
On Aug. 7, 2009, Gibson suggested "the economy may be finally turning the corner."
sasquatchonsteroids said...
ReplyDeleteThe Bitter is strong in this one.
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And in this one, very strong bitter ;-)
/ Probably a better pic for the Pub threads.
Thanks for posting that, Ploome, and also for the introduction to her blog. Her book is on my to-read list.
ReplyDelete:D
ReplyDelete{pinky}
Such a war -- to block Sharia in the West -- requires more than military solutions. For starters, it requires an unflinching assessment of Sharia's incompatibility with the U.S. Constitution, and legal bars to Sharia-compliant petro-dollars now flowing into banking and business centers, into universities and media. It absolutely requires weaning ourselves from Islamic oil -- what a concept -- and drilling far and widely for our own."
ReplyDeleteCoherent, well-reasoned, and consistent with facts. And therefore no liberal could possibly accept one word of it. Their response would have to be the complete opposite:
"Such a peaceful means of engagement and reconciliation -- to achieve a greater understanding of and appreciation for Sharia in the West -- requires more than military solutions. For starters, it requires an unflinching assessment of Sharia's commonalities with the U.S. Constitution which is, like Sharia, a living tradition, not fixed in stone, and eliminate racistlegal bars to Sharia-compliant petro-dollars now flowing into banking and business centers so long as those are run by Leftists, into universities and media. It absolutely requires weaning ourselves from big oil -- what a concept -- and seeking alternative energy sources and dreaming of a world where we have no need of oil."
/ Probably a better pic for the Pub threads.
ReplyDeleteNo, we could use that now.
To FORF PLACE !
Absinthe -- rots the brain -- the appropriate drink for the Nu-Better-Obama-world.
ReplyDeleteis there a secret way to reload the page and see any followup posts?
ReplyDeletebtw - Hi Ploomie -- very happy to see you here. Hope life is treating you well.
ReplyDeleteNice avatar,ploome
ReplyDeletethanks Sasq
ReplyDeleteit is from Hubble
"What is this in my celestial bed? OMG! It's the Horsehead Nebula!! AAGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!"
ReplyDelete{Ploomie!}
ReplyDeletePloome, just hit the refresh button on your browser. Cool avater. :-)
Or you can just hit "F5"
ReplyDeletehere it is
ReplyDeletehttp://apod.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081126.html
Time, methinks, for a G&T. My lunch drunk seems to have worn off.
ReplyDeletePolly want a Cracker!
ReplyDeleteTime, methinks, for a G&T. My lunch drunk seems to have worn off.
ReplyDeleteheh.
"Felt like a wet Q-tip"
ReplyDeleteOh how funny, Squatch! LOL!
ReplyDeletesasquatchonsteroids said...
ReplyDeletePolly want a Cracker!
LMFAO. That is hilarious. :))) And Polly looked like he was have a great time. Been a long time for him if there are only 19 left in the wild.
sasq
ReplyDeletehilarious
Chicago lost?
ReplyDelete/how the hell did Chicago get outbribed?
Killian,
ReplyDeleteIOC is racist......
/how the hell did Chicago get outbribed?
ReplyDeleteNot enough dead people on the IOC.
Killian, the planet is racist.
ReplyDeleteNice avatar!
/how the hell did Chicago get outbribed?
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't the bribes, it was the gifts.
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ReplyDeleteActually, I initially typed "mating" instead of "matching" which would have been funnier, thought it would have required serious brain bleach afterwards.
ReplyDeleteActually, I initially typed "mating" instead of "matching" which would have been funnier, thought it would have required serious brain bleach afterwards.
ReplyDeleteI like this one more, too.
OK, let me try again ....
ReplyDeleteit wasn't the bribes, it was the gifts
You mean the life-time membership in the Oprah book club and the autographed matching Barack and Michelle bobble-head dolls weren't enough.
Jeez -- trying to mistake a mistake around here is rough -- I had to log back on like three times.
ReplyDeleteFrigging racists. That must be the problem. That or the booze.
correct.
ReplyDeleteOk. Obiviously I'm not drunk enough yet.
Lucius,
ReplyDeleteWell, dang this would have sealed the deal.
Well, dang this would have sealed the deal.
ReplyDeleteAww,Hell, I'm reporting you directly to the White House Mister !
DID YOU SEE MICHELLE SITTING ON SOME DIAS DRINKING WATER (I assume)
ReplyDeleteFROM THE BOTTLE
CHUGGING IT
AAAAAAAAAAARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
JCM said...
ReplyDeleteWell, dang this would have sealed the deal.
/or a couple cases of these
ploome said...
ReplyDeleteDID YOU SEE MICHELLE SITTING ON SOME DIAS DRINKING WATER (I assume)
FROM THE BOTTLE
CHUGGING IT
WAB my be the President's wife, but she is not a First Lady.
OK, Big Holiday question.
ReplyDeleteWould you rather receive :
a)A gift from the Obamas'
b)A fruitcake
c)An enema performed by Station #4253
c)An enema performed by Station #4253
ReplyDeleteOh how you all do know my weaknesses.
WAB my be the President's wife, but she is not a Fourth Lady.
ReplyDeleteHad to repair that..
WAB my be the President's wife, but she is not a First Lady.
ReplyDeleteThat's the truth.
Did DEZ return to the Mother Planet? It has been a few days. Any word Sas?
ReplyDeleteFROM THE BOTTLE
ReplyDeleteCHUGGING IT
Sure it wasn't "Olde English 800"?
c)An enema performed by Station #4253
ReplyDeleteHave you discussed this with DEZ?
oops -- battery about to die. Must log off and power down. Have a nice night, kids.
ReplyDeleteBye Lucius!
ReplyDeleteDid DEZ return to the Mother Planet? It has been a few days. Any word Sas?
ReplyDeleteI don't know.
I linked Indian Love Call during one of the threads.
I fear the worst.
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I don't have his e-mail.
http://whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com/files/2009/10/obama-olympic-2-238x300.jpg
ReplyDeletebottle to our left, her right
sasquatchonsteroids said... I don't have his e-mail.
ReplyDeleteOK I do. Will shoot him one.
STOP THE PRESSES NEW YORK TIMES CATCHES A CLUE?
ReplyDeleteBut hey it has to happen once every 100 years or so.
U.S. Wonders if Iran Is Playing for Time or Is Serious on Deal
WASHINGTON — President Obama got what he said he wanted when United States negotiators met with their Iranian counterparts this week in Geneva: direct engagement, without preconditions, with Iran.
But the trick now for Mr. Obama, administration officials concede, will be to avoid getting rolled. In other words, is the Iranian government serious this time?
The clearest risk is that the Iranians may play for time, as they often have been accused of doing in the past, making promises and encouraging more meetings, while waiting for political currents to change or the closed ranks among the Western allies to break.
It's not really a risk, it's what is happening. Play for time while the centrifuges spin.
Squatch, I worked with the foam finger you found (don't look too closely at it - LOL) - just posted it as an update. : )
ReplyDeleteLooks fine to me, CC. :-)
ReplyDelete/Team Obamoprah
Correspondence Committee said...
ReplyDeleteROFLMAO!
Nice job !
Hey y'all - It's REALWEST HERE!! I don't have much time to play I'm afraid but I did want to thank PROFUSELY whomever it was that did the artwork of "TEAM OBAMA - WE'RE NUMBER FOUR" Just absolutely BRILLIANT!
ReplyDeleteAnd of course I wanted to say hi to all y'all and I was just wondering if El Barardi has had anything to say lately about Iran and the IAEA,
hmmmmm??
Poll: Afghanistan Important to War on Terrorism
ReplyDeleteSix in 10 Americans think the U.S. military action in Afghanistan is "extremely" (25 percent) or "very" (35 percent) important to stopping terrorist attacks against the U.S., and another 27 percent think it is "somewhat" important.
Few Americans -- 9 percent -- think the military action in Afghanistan is not at all important to fighting terrorism at home.
Poll: 61% Say Use Force To Stop Iran
According to a new FOX News poll released Thursday, a sizable 69 percent majority of Americans thinks President Obama has not been tough enough on Iran. That includes over half of Democrats (55 percent), two-thirds of independents (67 percent) and almost all Republicans (88 percent).
Some 16 percent of Americans think the president's actions have been "about right" and hardly any -- 6 percent -- say he has been "too tough" on Iran.
By a two-to-one margin the public thinks the U.S. will eventually need to use military force to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons -- 59 percent think so, while 29 percent think Iran can be stopped without the use of force.
Oh, thanks you guys!
ReplyDeleteRealwest, it was hatched from the collective minds of Squatch and yours truly, and I just did the sorta-quick and very dirty version...it's perfectly available for theft, so feel free to grab a copy if you want it. : )
Got another one for you if you're interested.
ReplyDeleteLink
"Not Interested" in the Palm.
CC did all of the work, all I did was link a finger !
ReplyDeleteReal, Elbaradei is reported to be meeting in Iran this weekend with Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization.
ReplyDeleteReal,
ReplyDeleteHe has things well in hand...
IAEA's Mohammed ElBaradei due in Tehran as Iran prepares to open nuclear plant
Mr ElBaradei is expected to push the Iranian government into allowing international inspectors access to the enrichment facility, near the holy city of Qom, within a fortnight.
His visit comes less than 48 hours after talks in Geneva raised cautious hopes that the prolonged impasse over Iran's nuclear programme could be settled diplomatically.
Three card monte and El Baradei is the shill.
sas,
ReplyDeletePull my finger?
Pull my finger?
ReplyDeleteSome bad ones in there.
Check yer pants.
Almost bar time. Almost.
ReplyDeleteNo trampling sas tonight!
ReplyDeleteI kid you not:
ReplyDeleteCongress to Hold Hearing on N.F.L. Head Injuries
As debate over football’s long-term effects on players’ cognitive function continues among doctors and the National Football League, the discussion will soon move to Congress.
Representative John Conyers Jr., a Michigan Democrat and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, announced in a statement late Friday afternoon that the committee planned to hold hearings on the impact of head injuries sustained by N.F.L. players, “and what can be done to limit them and compensate the players and their families.”
I get the feeling there's 42 people hitting refresh every 2 seconds.....
ReplyDeletethree-point stance.
Well CC (and SoS) it was GREAT! Just absolutley perfect for this thread!
ReplyDeleteAs for El Baradei I was kinda thinking of all the pure, unadulterated BULLSHIT he's been passing around about how Iran couldn't possibly be doing what we all NOW know they are doing. If an employee of mine (the UN)did such a poor (read: corrupt) job he'd be out pounding the street. So I was kinda hoping SOMEONE,SOMEWHERE would have commented on his "work". Rats.
Anyway, y'all, I've now had a chance to go throught the thread, albeit quickly and wish I'd been here from the beginning - y'all are GREAT!
But I gotta go eat some dinner now. Hope y'all have a great evening and that I get the chance to see you all down the road later tonight!
See you down the road, realwest!
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