ScrappleFace editor Scott Ott appeared on today’s CNN.com LIVE panel with an instant reaction discussion of President Barack Obama’s speech on Wall Street marking the anniversary of the Lehman Brothers collapse.
Note: Scott Ott is also candidate for Lehigh County Executive. Learn more at: http://www.VoteScottOtt.org
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1 boberinyetagain // Sep 14, 2009 at 7:56 pm
I wish I had audio…that would make the reaction much more meaningful I'll wager…
But I'm sure Scott isn't happy that zero has happened to change the "same old/same old"…that banks are conducting business much like they were 18 months ago…same shaky dealings, same suckers (you and I that can/will be affected (again? can't believe it) same pay structures (well, they "jiggled" those a little so that exhorbitant compensation is a tad harder to pick out of the crowd than it was…)
Am I close?
2 boberinyetagain // Sep 14, 2009 at 7:57 pm
I wish I had audio…that would make the reaction much more meaningful I'll wager…
But I'm sure Scott isn't happy that zero has happened to change the "same old/same old"…that banks are conducting business much like they were 18 months ago…same shaky dealings, same suckers…you and I that can/will be affected (again? I can't believe it)…same pay structures (well, they "jiggled" those a little so that exhorbitant compensation is a tad harder to pick out of the crowd than it was…)
Am I close?
3 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 14, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Regulate the regulations! Regulate the regulating agencies! Jobs! Jobs! We can all be commissars!
4 RAM1 // Sep 15, 2009 at 9:19 am
What I am getting sick of hearing is Conservative commentators say things like, "I don't agree with Obama BUT I will give him credit for giving a "smooth" speech." That is like saying I am a believer in GOD, but I will have to give Satan credit for DECEIVING people and sending them to HELL! (I am NOT saying this about Scott. I have not heard him say that. I HAVE heard others say similar things, even from pundits I respect "usually" like Krauthammer, and Fred Barnes!)
NO, I am NOT equating Obama to Satan, (I will let others do that), I AM equating his policies, (that if all are implemented), will send America to the scrape heap of history, just like Satan tries to send mankind to HELL!
5 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 15, 2009 at 12:16 pm
I consider "'smooth' speech" comments to be put-downs, not unlike "clean and articulate."
6 ScrappleFace // Sep 15, 2009 at 12:41 pm
We're shooting a Trifecta segment for PJTV today during which I'll make the case that President Obama is not, in fact, a great communicator. I'll post a link here when it's online later this week.
7 boberinyetagain // Sep 15, 2009 at 12:45 pm
See? Something we agree on…who'd have thunk it?
8 ChileSerrano // Sep 15, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Clearly, these comment-"taters" are a bunch of unreconstructed racists … (They're everywhere! They're everywhere!!)
9 ChileSerrano // Sep 15, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Yes, by God! that's just what we need! More regulation!
I personally believe that they'll probably use the SEC's oversight of Bernie Madoff as a template …
The Securities and Exchange Commission has now admitted what has been obvious to anyone paying attention over the past several months: Inspectors utterly failed to detect Bernard Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme despite numerous warnings over a sixteen year period that something was amiss.
10 boberinyetagain // Sep 15, 2009 at 2:23 pm
Idiots…every one…
WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives plan to condemn the Republican who yelled "You lie!" at President Barack Obama during a speech to Congress last week, a Democratic aide said on Monday.
Nothing better to do people? Nothing at all? Idiots!
11 boberinyetagain // Sep 15, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Allow me to digress just for a moment back to those heady days when most here insisted that health care was fine as is, leave it alone…
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the average premium for a company-provided family health insurance plan rose from $5,791 in 1999 to $13,375, a 131 percent jump.
Employees' portion of those costs have risen accordingly, from $1,543 on average a decade ago to $3,515 this year.
Employers, too, have see their costs shoot up from $4,247 in contributions in 1999 to $9,860 in 2009 on average.
I dunno, to my eye that isn't really "working" so much as "barely acceptable" but everyone has their own way of seeing things.
12 boberinyetagain // Sep 15, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Allow me to digress just for a moment back to those heady days when most here insisted that health care was fine as is, leave it alone…
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the average premium for a company-provided family health insurance plan rose from $5,791 in 1999 to $13,375, a 131 percent jump.
Employees' portion of those costs have risen accordingly, from $1,543 on average a decade ago to $3,515 this year.
Employers, too, have see their costs shoot up from $4,247 in contributions in 1999 to $9,860 in 2009 on average.
For 2010, companies said they also would shift more costs to workers, with 42 percent saying they would increase employees' premiums and 39 percent saying employees would pay more for doctor visits. Thirty-seven percent said workers would have to pay more for prescription medicines.
I dunno, to my eye that isn't really "working" so much as "barely acceptable" but everyone has their own way of seeing things.
13 RAM1 // Sep 15, 2009 at 11:18 am
What I am getting sick of hearing is Conservative commentators say things like, "I don't agree with Obama BUT I will give him credit for giving a "smooth" speech." That is like saying I am a believer in GOD, but I will have to give Satan credit for DECEIVING people and sending them to HELL! (I am NOT saying Scott said anything like this but, I HAVE heard others say similar things, even from pundits I respect "usually" like Krauthammer, and Fred Barnes!)
NO, I am NOT equating Obama to Satan, (I will let others do that), I AM equating his policies that, (if all are implemented), will send America to the scrap heap of history, just like Satan tries to send mankind to HELL!
If you are giving Obama 'props' for being 'good' at telling lies, then YOU are part of the problem in helping him to deceive others and futher his 'agenda'!
14 onlineanalyst // Sep 15, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Do Obamao's suggested policies punish Main Street and ignore the meltdown problems that Washington itself created, particularly Fannie and Freddie? Yes, says this piece:
http://www.openmarket.org/2009/09/15/obama-scolds...
15 ChileSerrano // Sep 15, 2009 at 4:25 pm
boberin: I bet you believe this -
“Reducing the waste and inefficiency in Medicare and Medicaid will pay for most of this plan.” ~ Barack Obama, Speech to Joint Session of Congress, September 9, 2009
And, I bet you believe his plan will "bend the cost curve down."
And, I bet you'd just love the ocean-front property in Arizona I'm putting up for sale next week! Put your bid in quickly, 'cause it won't be on the market long …
16 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 15, 2009 at 4:30 pm
"Most here" did not "insist[ed] that health care was fine as is [sic], leave it alone…"
Also, I would like to point out that the rest of your comment was about employee health insurance plans and not even about health care at all.
Sorry to hear about your eye that isn't really "working."
17 ChileSerrano // Sep 15, 2009 at 5:37 pm
boberin: OMG!
According to IntenseDebate, your last comment has 4,294,967,295 replies!
( I put the commas in … )
At this rate, you'll be in Federal Budget Deficit territory before you know it …
18 boberinyetagain // Sep 15, 2009 at 1:59 pm
He talks good but doesn't say much…is that what you're saying?
Now who would take the time to give this and my other comment a "thumbs down"?
Let's think real hard about that…
And then wonder why that'd be…one comment agreed completely with what they'd said and I'd think this one would be, at worst, neutral…
Seems we're going out of our way to be spiteful today people. Is it worth the effort?
I hope so…I love it when I can brighten someones day
19 NurMahal // Sep 15, 2009 at 6:11 pm
"[W]hen the president says he welcomes substantive new ideas, he means that if you have the nerve to offer any ideas — as Whole Foods' CEO, John Mackey, did in The Wall Street Journal last month — his allies will attempt to destroy your business and reputation.
When the president says everyone must chip in and sacrifice, he means more than 95 percent of small businesses won't have to chip in and sacrifice. That's good. But consider his plan a small-business generator, because larger businesses are sure to be small in no time (and many small businesses have a new incentive to stay that way)."
More.
20 boberinyetagain // Sep 15, 2009 at 6:48 pm
I guess that one touched a nerve as that is one impressive list of replies!
Wee ha!
21 boberinyetagain // Sep 15, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Then I get dibs on the property? Thanks! You heard him folks…back off, it's mine!
22 boberinyetagain // Sep 15, 2009 at 6:52 pm
Then I get dibs on the property? I love the ocean, thanks! You heard him folks…back off, it's mine! And with global warming…soon enough…
23 gafisher // Sep 15, 2009 at 6:59 pm
The increases are real, Bober, but they're not "Health Care" increases, they're legal system increases. Repair our out-of-control tort system and you'll have fixed 95% of the problem with U.S. health insurance costs.
24 gafisher // Sep 15, 2009 at 7:04 pm
We all know the old saw about repeating history. [Here] is a place to see it happen.
"The economy is showing unquestionable signs of life," says the Labor Secretary on September 12 …
"We have passed the low point …" — Sept. 13 …
"Brokers, businessmen and even the general public are more optimistic." — Sept. 14 …
“While the recovery in business will undoubtedly be gradual, and characterized by confusing uncertainties, the fact remains that all indices that have pointed to revival in the past are now existent. As the stock market is usually some months ahead of trade, observers … think there is a good chance that Wall Street will be the outstanding bright spot of the country during the winter months.” — Sept. 15 …
All those quotes are from 1930. By December the economy had dropped by 37%; over the next three years unemployment went above 25% while the economy dropped by 89%. The record shows that much more money was lost in the aftershocks than in the 1929 crash, in large part because of federal policies now being duplicated and expanded.
Let's see — other than organized crime, what made money in the '30s?
.
25 boberinyetagain // Sep 15, 2009 at 7:09 pm
It's gonna be a bumpy ride…that much is sure! We ain't seen nothing yet!
26 boberinyetagain // Sep 15, 2009 at 7:23 pm
That is some link you have there…seriously!
27 boberinyetagain // Sep 15, 2009 at 7:48 pm
Those contribute to be certain but they aren't 95% of the problem. The current system needs something…that's certain!
28 gafisher // Sep 15, 2009 at 8:38 pm
I think it's fascinating, Bober, though sometimes it's like watching a film of a tragedy.
29 gafisher // Sep 15, 2009 at 8:47 pm
From Drudge:
It's not known how this was passed or whether it's constitutional, but more than half the seats are suddenly vacant …
30 onlineanalyst // Sep 15, 2009 at 9:26 pm
You are correct, boberin.
Another issue that needs to be addressed is the ability of insurance buyers to have the choice of products across state lines. State regulatory agencies determine which products clients may choose, and these products must meet mandates of coverage.
Real competition would allow insurance buyers to choose the coverage that they want — as limited or as fully as they as consumers desire- and to access coverage from any company, not just the ones that their state limits them to choose.
National health insurance, a public plan, does not allow choice, nor is it a real competitor to private insurers.
We do not have the health-care personnel to adequately meet the needs of all. Rationing is a given under such a plan.
31 boberinyetagain // Sep 15, 2009 at 7:46 pm
He's so well spoken…
C'mon folks…I keep telling you to focus/apply yourselves. I'm truly shocked that this comment, and this comment alone, is the last one with any "+" points…every other one has been "thumbed down"…
Get with it, you're slipping!
32 alexiakunkle // Sep 16, 2009 at 1:21 am
Oh boy, talk about finance reform………….do you guys think Scott wil actually reach his fundraising goal (cause' that's what this is really about………..isn't is?) of $27, 000 by Sept. 27???? Oh and that is sooooo cute, by the way,…I get it, 27 by 27
!! Looks like your patron " saint " Scott (I'm referencing religion here, so you guys should really like this.) won't even come close to $1,978.08 per day for the next 12 days. Belly up to the bar boys or Scottys going down in flames.
Looks like even people who get face time on the prestigious "CNN.com" can't actually raise money……………so sad.
33 RAM1 // Sep 16, 2009 at 10:30 am
gafisher: Interesting link BUT, a more important message for America is at: http://www.voe.org/index.php?option=com_content&a... where Perry Stone, (using GOD's Word), relates how America is on the same path that Pharoh's ancient Egypt went down and caused their destruction!
The MOST important thing we ALL need to realize is, fighting with each other over which party is right or best, is what Satan, (and these politicians), want us to do. The ROOT problem is SIN, and ALL of us are equally guilty!
Until, (maybe I should say UNLESS), America returns to GOD, "She" is doomed!!!
34 Beerme // Sep 16, 2009 at 10:33 am
Wow!
Got issues?
35 RAM1 // Sep 16, 2009 at 10:47 am
Scott, I hope you understood I was NOT including you, I was talking about other people that I normally agree with and respect their honesty, that seem to do a dance, afraid to state the OBVIOUS about Obama, probably because they are afraid of the "race card" being played against them!
Obama was supposed to be the President that would bring us together racially, instead, anything and EVERYTHING that is said about him is a racial statement with these REAL RACISTS!!!
Maybe what is needed is the next time the "race card" is played, we should say, "That is used so much that you are going to believe it, so just go ahead and consider yourself right, EVEN if you are not, so we can get some ACTUAL answers to some ACTUAL questions,—-OK??? Now answer the question without the 'slight of hand' tricks!!!
36 RAM1 // Sep 16, 2009 at 10:47 am
Scott, I hope you understood I was NOT including you, I was talking about other people that I normally agree with and respect their honesty, that seem to do a dance, afraid to state the OBVIOUS about Obama, probably because they are afraid of the "race card" being played against them!
Obama was supposed to be the President that would bring us together racially, instead, anything and EVERYTHING that is said about him is a racial statement with these REAL RACISTS!!!
Maybe what is needed is the next time the "race card" is played, we should say, "That is used so much that you are going to believe it, so just go ahead and consider yourself right, EVEN if you are not, so we can get some ACTUAL answers to some ACTUAL questions,—-OK??? Now answer the question without the 'slight of hand' tricks!!!
37 boberinyetagain // Sep 16, 2009 at 1:05 pm
I'm ok with your suggestion…competition is a fine idea.
38 boberinyetagain // Sep 16, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Deer in the headlights/train wreck kinda thing? I agree…
39 boberinyetagain // Sep 16, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Half? I'd think more like 80%
40 boberinyetagain // Sep 16, 2009 at 2:47 pm
I'm betting most folks have or are about to give up attempting to post given the determination it takes these days to make intense debate load correctly…about a 1 in 5 chance by my count.
Too bad, the format is nice..observations with rebuttals or agreement in line with that comment alone. but, in the 4 in 5 chances that the old format loads you can't follow the thread, even a little. Appears to be nealy random thoughts that make little or no sense. Heaven forbid you try to post in that one…
Too bad!
41 ChileSerrano // Sep 16, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Why Can't We All Just Get Along?
"C'mon, everyone knows the hullabaloo surrounding President Barack Obama is bigotry in action. The administration's policy initiatives couldn't possibly provoke any authentic anger or protest."
Even ex-President Carter sees it that way.
Jimmy Carter plays the race card.
George Bush was reviled in the most blood-curdling terms by large sections of the American population: did anyone ever claim that this was because he was a Texan?
I'm waiting now for someone to make the accusation that the Acorn sting video operation is racist …
42 boberinyetagain // Sep 16, 2009 at 3:35 pm
George was a Texan? That explains why I didn't see eye to eye with the man on many things. I've never much liked Texans…somewhat less now I suppose
43 boberinyetagain // Sep 16, 2009 at 3:37 pm
ah, the amazing reappearing post…I swear it was gone…not "hidden"…until I posted it again 1/2 hour later
sigh…
44 boberinyetagain // Sep 16, 2009 at 4:11 pm
You know what I hear? I hear that the Acorn sting video operation is racist.
45 ChileSerrano // Sep 16, 2009 at 4:17 pm
So, boberin … I guess that makes you a statist.
An admitted statist, for that matter …
Thank you for confirming what we've always suspected !
46 onlineanalyst // Sep 16, 2009 at 4:24 pm
The TEA parties definitely arose from grassroots objections to the spiraling debt/deficit imposed by the federal government, going all the way back to TARP I. Every bill since that point has put us into exponentially higher debt and has devalued our currency.
Bills such as the debated health-care bonanza and cap and tax will put us further on the road to serfdom and reliance on a redistributive nanny government.
When the media and the Obamao supporters paint the 9/12 rally in Washington or any other TEA parties/townhall events as racist, they are guilty of at least two flaws in observation or logic. First, their observation skills are lacking. The objections are mounting, and the number of protesters represent tax payers citizens across the political spectrum and ethnicity.
Second, if the outraged protesters against more federal government intrusion and higher taxes are painted as white racists, then by implication the charge suggests that those other than white are not taxpayers or are dependent on the government dole. The bigotry of using the race card to smear opponents of an out-of-control federal government speaks for itself.
47 boberinyetagain // Sep 16, 2009 at 4:43 pm
partial to PAer's I guess, always have been
48 boberinyetagain // Sep 16, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Well, that and some pretty silly talk radio hosts who's real agenda is lost/meaningless in that it's to get ratings…no matter what they have to say/who they have to say it about. They want people to listen…and buy the stuff advertised on their program so that other mfg's will see that and clamor to buy time on said show thus pushing up the per minute rate, thus earning the host more money. And, of course, those of us that buy those things indirectly pay the host of those shows to rile us up some more.
It's a mother beautiful system…when it's working…for the host and the station…
49 rjmoeller // Sep 16, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Just came across this blog today, and really enjoyed it! Keep up the good work.
I posted a very funny YouTube video about Obama and the current debate over the size of government today on my site. Check it out:
http://rjmoeller.com/2009/09/obama-and-the-white-...
50 onlineanalyst // Sep 16, 2009 at 7:14 pm
I listen to enough of the talk-show hosts to know that the bulk of their programming consists of audio and video clips of actual remarks made by politicians, unedited or taken out of context to create distortions, and of sharing editorials/commentary by the media and leftists (but I repeat myself). Obviously, if sharing this information draws an audience because the public is not getting the information elsewhere, then the ad revenues will go up. The hosts are simply meeting a need.
The criticism against these hosts never refutes what they have said nor the facts that they use to buttress their arguments. The attacks against them are personal and superficial.
Any clips that I have seen of Olbermann and Matthews demonstrate a more inflammatory and dishonest style, and these two considers themselve newsmen. They have the curiosity and depth of toadstools. The talking heads of the major networks simply regurgiate pabulum approved by the WH.
Give me the investigative/legal/economic chops of Michelle Malkin, Mark Levin, Neil Cavuto, Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, or Glenn Beck any day of the week over the fluff presented on the alphabet networks.
51 gafisher // Sep 16, 2009 at 7:23 pm
Mea culpa, Bober; thanks for keeping me honest. You're right — at least 15-20% of the problem has to be illegal aliens.
52 gafisher // Sep 16, 2009 at 7:34 pm
"Unless the Lord builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord guards the city,
The watchman stays awake in vain."
53 gafisher // Sep 16, 2009 at 7:38 pm
I'm having fewer problems with ID since
completely
cleaning out my cache a few days ago, Bober. I suspect there may have been bits and pieces of of the various earlier versions Scott tried lurking beneath the surface.
54 gafisher // Sep 16, 2009 at 7:39 pm
I'm having fewer problems with ID since completely cleaning out my cache a few days ago, Bober. I suspect there may have been bits and pieces of of the various earlier versions Scott tried lurking beneath the surface.
55 gafisher // Sep 16, 2009 at 7:40 pm
I heard it was arborist.
56 marcy // Sep 16, 2009 at 3:40 pm
For national news I watch and hour of BBC America…but only when I think I can stand the truth…or at least news with far less spin/agenda. They actually have reporters everywhere and seem to actually report on things…how novel!
never watch listen to any on your list except these two…Rush Limbaugh, or Glenn Beck and both were years ago, Beck was a comedic host and Rush we Rush (entertaining, not all that truthful) but I’m guessing if you lumped them together then all are at least similar/comparable. And, having worked on the fringes of TV for 6 years (wrote a local show) even my limited knowledge/exposure showed me that no one in the game has any convictions of any sort and to suggest otherwise shows what is either willful ignorance or you just like to kid yourself. They are in it for the ratings. If killing puppies riles up enough people then puppy killing is the subject. Was Jerry Springer even exposing some deep truth for you? He’s an exaggeration of the genre but a completely valid example of the depth/character of all hosts. They have one question and one question only…”are you watching/listening”. If it’s “yes” they keep their job, if it’s “no” then guess what.
Kid yourself if you like but don’t try to kid me!
57 gafisher // Sep 16, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Watch your step, my friend. Don't make light of the only President in American history who single-handedly fought off an amphibious <a href="http://everything2.com/title/the+killer+rabbit+that+attacked+jimmy+carter">attack by a terrorist bunny AND saved the world from enslavement by personally <a href="http://www.cohenufo.org/Carter/carter_abvtopsec.htm">reporting a UFO encounter. This is not a man to be toyed with.
58 gafisher // Sep 16, 2009 at 7:49 pm
Watch your step, my friend. Don't make light of the only President in American history who single-handedly fought off an amphibious <a href="http://everything2.com/title/the+killer+rabbit+that+attacked+jimmy+carter"> attack by a terrorist bunny AND saved the world from enslavement by personally <a href="http://www.cohenufo.org/Carter/carter_abvtopsec.htm"> reporting a UFO encounter. This is not a man to be toyed with.
59 gafisher // Sep 16, 2009 at 7:51 pm
Watch your step, my friend. Don't make light of the only President in American history who single-handedly fought off an amphibious attack by a terrorist bunny AND saved the world from enslavement by personally reporting a UFO encounter. This is not a man to be toyed with. When he sees something one way or another, that's how he sees it!
60 boberinyetagain // Sep 16, 2009 at 7:54 pm
For national news I watch and hour of BBC America…but only when I think I can stand the truth…or at least news with far less spin/agenda. They actually have reporters everywhere and seem to actually report on things…how novel!
61 boberinyetagain // Sep 16, 2009 at 7:55 pm
part 2…
I never watch listen to any on your list except these two…Rush Limbaugh, or Glenn Beck and both were years ago, Beck was a comedic host and Rush was Rush (entertaining, not all that truthful) but I’m guessing if you lumped the rest of them together then all are at least similar/comparable. And, having worked on the fringes of TV for 6 years (wrote a local show) even my limited knowledge/exposure showed me that no one in the game has any convictions of any sort and to suggest otherwise shows what is either willful ignorance or you just like to kid yourself. They are in it for the ratings. If killing puppies riles up enough people then puppy killing is the subject. Was Jerry Springer ever exposing some deep truth for you? He’s an exaggeration of the genre but a completely valid example of the depth/character of all hosts. They have one question and one question only…”are you watching/listening”. If it’s “yes” they keep their job, if it’s “no” then guess what.
Kid yourself if you like but don’t try to kid me!
62 boberinyetagain // Sep 16, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Take Beck as a shining example. Go back 1-2 years to when he was operated on for this condition or that. He tore health care APART with a classic, long lasting rant. Now 1.5 years later the health care system is GOLDEN and to be protected at any cost.
Please, check my facts and then tell me you still believe…but I can hope/expect you won't, because you can see bull for what it is…when it's shown to you…which I just did
63 gafisher // Sep 16, 2009 at 8:01 pm
"… they are guilty of at least two flaws in observation or logic."
The word "flaws" implies mere incompetence, OLA. I'd use the Joe Wilson definition instead.
64 onlineanalyst // Sep 16, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Actually, boberin, I watch little to no television. The only times that the set is on are when my mother is staying with me. (I manage to slip in a little Fox News Channel then…to her chagrin and education.)
The general media are catching up to the Glenn Beck exposes. The LA Times even has an editorial up regarding the corruption of ACORN: http://hotair.com/archives/2009/09/16/la-times-ac...
Van Jones said goodbye to his sweet position as a Greem Commissar when his radical roots were exposed…though one would never know the reasons from the mainstream media.
ACORN and the SEIU were founded by two radical activist brothers. The local offices of these groups are often in the same building in various cities. Their handiwork is definitely worthy of federal defunding and a RICO investigation/prosecution.
Beck's work has been instrumental in exposing the corruption. He and Breitbart and Malkin have done much to unearth what our newsies should be doing. Beck. Malkin, and Limbaugh have given their licks to both parties with equal vigor.
65 onlineanalyst // Sep 16, 2009 at 8:19 pm
I wholeheartedly agree.
66 boberinyetagain // Sep 16, 2009 at 8:27 pm
If I post this will my "lost" posts come back? Bet they will
67 boberinyetagain // Sep 16, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Funny!
68 boberinyetagain // Sep 16, 2009 at 8:30 pm
What, behind the bunny? No fool it IS the bunny. Look at the fangs man…a vicious beast.
Japan's Prime Ministers wife rode on a UFO…so there!
69 onlineanalyst // Sep 16, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Your posts are all showing up, both here and in my email box.
I will grant you that Beck's style takes some getting used to, but his drama has caught the attention of more and more viewers. I usually only see excerpt clips over at HotAir. I tune in to his radio show when I am on the road. I;m never disappointed in either.
Believe me, he has done some mighty serious, in-depth research to back up his assertions. He has stuck his neck out pretty far these last several months. The threats of lawsuits and on his life are real, but he has covered himself with verifiable facts. He has gotten too close to the sewage not to take seriously.
70 onlineanalyst // Sep 16, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Trust me, I am not negatively affecting your ratings here.
BBC is very much a liberal network, very much afraid to touch issues about radical Islam.
71 onlineanalyst // Sep 16, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Beck still uses comedic schtick at times and sometimes melodrama. He does use melodrama to make a point. However, he is dead serious with the topics that he is investigating.
The ratings are rising because he is daring to tell what Paul Harvey used to call "the rest of the story."
You say that Rush is "not all that truthful." Could you give some examples?
Joe Wilson was correct when he said, "You lie" during Obama's address to Congress. What Obama had claimed was, indeed, a lie, and Congress hurried to amend the legislation afterward. Obama made several claims which were flat-out false in that speech, in addition to claiming that opponents to Obamacare did not tell the truth. Obamao sets up false choices and straw men in his rhetoric, and more people are catching on to the deceit.
72 onlineanalyst // Sep 17, 2009 at 2:45 am
Hey there, boberin. Check out this squib about why Maine has one of the highest health insurance rates and why Max Baucus's plan with get Maine's citizens coming and going:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=M2NlOTI1...
The do-gooders always create worse situations of unintended consequences. They simply do not think a problem through.
73 RAM1 // Sep 17, 2009 at 5:44 am
If not for Glenn Beck, Americans would know little or nothing about the scandal that ACORN is involved in that reaches all the way to Obama. Please tell me there was a report about it on BBC? Since, as you said you watch them, "-only when I think I can stand the truth-".
That's pretty funny, even if you didn't mean it as a joke.
Obama and the "Lame Stream Media", transparency in action.
74 RAM1 // Sep 17, 2009 at 5:48 am
bober says Beck was a "comedic host" as a subtle slam on Beck as if this is the ONLY thing he is/was. My bet is he wouldn't do the same about Al Franken, but probably because Franken was/is no good at EITHER!
75 RAM1 // Sep 17, 2009 at 5:57 am
Please do not "spin" what Beck says. He has NEVER said the health care system is GOLDEN, as YOU state, nor do I, or probably ANYONE here on either side think! That does NOT mean we should jump off a cliff for the ObamaCare boondoggel that he wants to shove down our throats. What is it with Obama and his supporters that think it is either, "My way or the Highway"???
Ironic that you say "check my facts" while stating a flat out lie about what Beck has said on his program!
My bet is you are NOT watching him but are getting your info about him from other liberal sites. If I am wrong, then you are just lying because Beck has said over and over healthcare is broken and needs fixing, so where did you get that, "-the health care system is GOLDEN and to be protected at any cost." that you attribute to him?
76 RAM1 // Sep 17, 2009 at 6:10 am
OLA: Please do not let bober get away with false accusations about Beck. See my reply to him. Bober says to check out "his facts" yet he states false claims about Beck thinking the current healthcare system is "golden". He is NOT watching Beck, or maybe the "audio" doesn't work on his TV either? lol
"Me thinks" Bober watches MORE than an hour of "news" a day, and MORE than just the "LIB slanted" BBC!!!
As I asked him in my reply above, (or below, not sure where my reply will post, or IF it will at all :O), about the ACORN scandal, "Please tell me there was a report about it on BBC? Since, as you said you watch them, "-only when I think I can stand the truth-". "
77 RAM1 // Sep 17, 2009 at 7:13 am
A.C.O.R.N. workers help out another "honest businessman":
http://blogs.indystar.com/varvelblog/
78 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 17, 2009 at 12:56 pm
I wish you all a Happy Constitution Day!
79 boberinyetagain // Sep 17, 2009 at 1:01 pm
RAM/OLA, doing a new post to make it easier to find.
Please check Glenn Beck's…
"The nightmare that is our health care system." - Jan. '08 for CNN
"The best health care system in the world." - Aug. '09 for Fox "News"
Look around, not that hard to find. Night and day/360 degree switcheroo. Now, if you find that to be a genuine change of heart, bully for you. Me? I see it for what it is, pure entertainment, meant to do one thing and one thing only…draw a crowd (audience) and that's for one thing and one thing only, to sell product. They are not convictions, they are not the "truth" (either point of view) they are a sideshow barker drawing in a crowd…to sell things. I weep for you both if you believe otherwise.
I'm a Philly boy and you can look this up too…years ago Beck had a show that was 99% humor (and it was funny) in town here.
80 boberinyetagain // Sep 17, 2009 at 1:02 pm
So the BBC is in bed with Obama too? I'm guessing that everyone, the "vast left wing conspiracy" so to speak. Wonderful. And no, I do not watch every night, not by a long shot…because I can't take that much truth. Again, I reads the Philly Inquirer (every day, nearly entirely whilst at lunch) but I find that, oddly I guess, they report the news. I've cited one writer, Trudy Rubin who unfailingly tells it like it is on foreign affairs. She has/will continue to slam both/either "side", cites what's being done right or wrong by either party and explains why in no uncertain terms. Read some of her stuff. It borders on paranoid to think that everyone/everything reporting the news is biased (and always against "your side"…sometimes they truly are just reporting what's going on…
81 boberinyetagain // Sep 17, 2009 at 1:04 pm
And I don't know squat about Acorn (admittedly) but if there's lawlessness afoot then point it out to the authorities (who I'm sure are all in collusion with Obama so, why bother?)
Paranoia is not attractive
82 boberinyetagain // Sep 17, 2009 at 1:11 pm
If you care…
http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/?p=71792
83 boberinyetagain // Sep 17, 2009 at 1:13 pm
or this…
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/PainManagement/story?id...
84 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 17, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Is it really necessary for us to have to put up with spam [because that's what this boberinyetagain is doing] here on Scrappleface?
85 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 17, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Is it really necessary for us to have to put up with spam [because that's what this "boberinyetagain" person is doing] here on Scrappleface?
86 boberinyetagain // Sep 17, 2009 at 1:25 pm
and none of this lessens my respect for Glenn one iota. He's a funny guy..but he's hardly sincere…which is my entire point…no one being paid to entertain is…no one
87 ChileSerrano // Sep 17, 2009 at 2:56 pm
boberin: You seem quite enthusiastic about the BBC. I think it's worth mentioning that the BBC has been criticised for left-wing bias for years. Even by former employees.
The Beeb's Bias by Robin Aitken (25-year BBC reporter)
All these biases arise naturally from the type of organization the BBC is and the sort of people who work there. The BBC is a public-sector entity, paid for by what is essentially a universal poll tax levied on everyone with a television, and thus has an instinctive suspicion of the private sector. This colors its judgment in debates about, for instance, public health care and education. The general view is that the public sector is always superior, at least in intention, to the private.
(cont.)
88 ChileSerrano // Sep 17, 2009 at 2:57 pm
In terms of staffing, BBC editorial people are overwhelmingly university graduates, usually in the liberal arts, and young; the official retirement age is 60, but the ranks of the over-50s are very thin. Not surprisingly there is a strong "group think" mechanism at work. It is striking how quickly the "BBC position" on any news story emerges. I know from personal experience that expressing dissent in BBC editorial meetings can be an intimidating and uncomfortable experience.
(cont.)
89 ChileSerrano // Sep 17, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Another personal story I found interesting:
Confessions of a BBC liberal.
But we were not just anti-Macmil-lan; we were antiindustry, anti-capital-ism, antiadvertising, antiselling, antiprofit, antipatriotism, antimonarchy, antiempire, antipolice, antiarmed forces, antibomb, antiauthority. Almost anything that made the world a freer, safer and more prosperous place – you name it, we were anti it.
(cont.)
90 ChileSerrano // Sep 17, 2009 at 3:10 pm
And some analysis :
Newsflash: BBC Biased; Sky Blue
It’s not clear whether the far more serious charges: knee-jerk anti-Americanism, anti-Christian sentiment, anti-Israel sentiment and general left wing bias on every social issue under the sun are really mentioned in the current report.
Much, much more material is available out there (Google …).
91 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 17, 2009 at 9:43 pm
The Fringe Media can be absolutely hilarious when they are trying to be hateful.
92 onlineanalyst // Sep 17, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Heh, boberin, I found out who Trudy Rubin is just now and have to laugh along with James Taranto at WSJ's "Best of the Web" about her specious reasoning. Rubin claims that Obama's domestic policies must pass in order to give him foreign policy credibility.
Head on over to http://www.onlinejournal.com to read how Taranto points out the ludicrousness of Rubin's point.
Heckuva job, ole Barry-boy is doing in foreign policiy BTW. Dropping that missile shield on the 70th anniversary of the invasion of Poland is mighty tone deaf, as well as foolish. Iran and Russia are laughing at fool we have in the WH.
93 onlineanalyst // Sep 17, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Heh, boberin, I found out who Trudy Rubin is just now and have to laugh along with James Taranto at WSJ's "Best of the Web" about her specious reasoning. Rubin claims that Obama's domestic policies must pass in order to give him foreign policy credibility.
Head on over to http://www.onlinejournal.com to read how Taranto points out the ludicrousness of Rubin's point.
Heckuva job, ole Barry-boy is doing in foreign policiy BTW. Dropping that missile shield on the 70th anniversary of the invasion of Poland is mighty tone deaf, as well as foolish. Iran and Russia are laughing at fool we have in the WH.
94 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 17, 2009 at 11:09 pm
It was so touching: The way Pelosi got choked up as she threatened horrific violence in San Francisco worse than the murder of Moscone and Milk in the 80's if the "public
optionmandate" is not passed."I wish that we would all, again, curb our enthusiasm in some of the statements that are made, understanding that some of the people, the ears it is falling on are not as balanced as the person making the statement might assume," said Pelosi.
95 JamesonLewis3rd // Sep 17, 2009 at 11:09 pm
It was so touching: The way Pelosi got choked up as she threatened horrific violence in San Francisco worse than the murder of Moscone and Milk in the 80's if the "public
optionmandate" is not passed."I wish that we would all, again, curb our enthusiasm in some of the statements that are made, understanding that some of the people, the ears it is falling on are not as balanced as the person making the statement might assume," said Pelosi.
96 RAM1 // Sep 17, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Boberin says, "So the BBC is in bed with Obama too?" and shortly after says he doesn't know squat about ACORN. GEE, he seems to have answered his own question, now didn't he?
ANYONE who can watch a video, (oh sorry, that HAS audio working
), can see Obama addressing ACORN/SEIU PRE-ELECTION and telling them they will have a big part in shaping his White House, and then watch the, (4 videos at last count), of different ACORN offices that WILLINGLY agree to help with prostitution, child porn/trafficing, income tax evasion, among other things, to KNOW that they are "in bed" with Obama. Then the FACT that NONE of the MSM, (INCLUDING the BBC), have reported on it, even though ACORN has already fired 4 people, and Congress already has proposed bills to cut off any more funding to ACORN, PROVES they, (Left Stream Media/BBC). are ALL "in bed" with "O"!
Otherwise, you wouldn't be so ignorant of the CONTINUING Acorn scandal, would you bober? Here is just ONE video. Seeing is believeing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaTq319weiw
97 RAM1 // Sep 17, 2009 at 11:15 pm
Boberin says, "So the BBC is in bed with Obama too?" and shortly after says he doesn't know squat about ACORN. GEE, he seems to have answered his own question, now didn't he?
ANYONE who can watch a video, (oh sorry, that HAS audio working
), can see Obama addressing ACORN/SEIU PRE-ELECTION and telling them they will have a big part in shaping his White House, and then watch the, (4 videos at last count), of different ACORN offices that WILLINGLY agree to help with prostitution, child porn/trafficing, income tax evasion, among other things, to KNOW that they are "in bed" with Obama. Then the FACT that NONE of the MSM, (INCLUDING the BBC), have reported on it, even though ACORN has already fired 4 people, and Congress already has proposed bills to cut off any more funding to ACORN, PROVES they, (Left Stream Media/BBC). are ALL "in bed" with "O"!
Otherwise, you wouldn't be so ignorant of the CONTINUING Acorn scandal, would you bober? Here is just ONE video. Seeing is believeing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaTq319weiw
98 onlineanalyst // Sep 18, 2009 at 12:07 am
For a Philly boy, you are not too tuned in to the philosophy of Eric Holder's DoJ. Consider the case of the New Black Panthers…
99 RAM1 // Sep 18, 2009 at 12:07 am
Yes Jameson, just like in the CNN video Scott is in, the liberals "claim" that the tea party people are "angry" yet the ONLY anger I see is when a ObamaCare supporter yanks a sign from a protestors hands!
They "stupidly", (to quote that great, clean, articulate orator Master "O"), call Beck "angry" but never said the same thing about Al Gore foaming at the mouth yelling, "He betrayed us—", or Jeanean Garafalo, Al Franken, Howard Dean, etc.
The "Left Stream Media" is where we need to direct our GENUINE ANGER towards, now that they are complicit in covering ACORN breaking any number of laws including underage child sex trafficing.
Read this. A VERY good idea!!! http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pag...
100 RAM1 // Sep 18, 2009 at 12:07 am
Yes Jameson, just like in the CNN video Scott is in, the liberals "claim" that the tea party people are "angry" yet the ONLY anger I see is when a ObamaCare supporter yanks a sign from a protestors hands!
They "stupidly", (to quote that great, clean, articulate orator Master "O"), call Beck "angry" but never said the same thing about Al Gore foaming at the mouth yelling, "He betrayed us—", or Jeanean Garafalo, Al Franken, Howard Dean, etc.
The "Left Stream Media" is where we need to direct our GENUINE ANGER towards, now that they are complicit in covering ACORN breaking any number of laws including underage child sex trafficing.
Read this. A VERY good idea!!! http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pag...
101 onlineanalyst // Sep 18, 2009 at 12:10 am
Ahem, how "balanced" is Miss Pelosi? And how much inflammatory language has come from her lips?
102 boberinyetagain // Sep 18, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Found someone that doesn't agree with Rubin eh? I'm betting there are many. Did you note that she's equally likely to tear Obama apart as she is to praise him? That's what surprises me, that "conservatives" fail to note that many "media" outlets report both sides of most issues…at least the ones I see/read/watch. It seems that you only "see" what you disagree with and assume that's all that's ever said. Not cut from the same cloth of course but Jon
103 boberinyetagain // Sep 18, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Stewart is another example. You'll watch the show one time, see him ripping a conservative for this or that and conclude that the show is entirely one sided. Worse yet, most won't watch at all, they believe what someone elst told them about it and assume (never good, about anything) and then say with conviction…"he's biased" when, in fact, he will slam a liberal with equal enthusiasm…but you wouldn't know that/believe that…would you? Nope, you've already decided how he "is". BTW, it's not his fault that conservatives more often do/say humorous things. With that in mind, he is slanted…towards the most ludicrous statements/actions. Can't help it if your side offers a richer vein to mine
How sad
104 boberinyetagain // Sep 18, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Found someone that doesn't agree with Rubin eh? I'm betting there are many. Did you note that she's equally likely to tear Obama apart as she is to praise him? That's what surprises me, that "conservatives" fail to note that many "media" outlets report both sides of most issues…at least the ones I see/read/watch. It seems that you only "see" what you disagree with and assume that's all that's ever said.
105 boberinyetagain // Sep 18, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Not cut from the same cloth of course but Jon Stewart is another example. You'll watch the show one time, see him ripping a conservative for this or that and conclude that the show is entirely one sided. Worse yet, most won't watch at all, they believe what someone elst told them about it and assume (never good, about anything) and then say with conviction…"he's biased" when, in fact, he will slam a liberal with equal enthusiasm…but you wouldn't know that/believe that…would you? Nope, you've already decided how he "is". BTW, it's not his fault that conservatives more often do/say humorous things. With that in mind, he is slanted…towards the most ludicrous statements/actions. Can't help it if your side offers a richer vein to mine
How sad
106 boberinyetagain // Sep 18, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Not cut from the same cloth of course but Jon Stewart is another example. You'll watch the show one time, see him ripping a conservative for this or that and conclude that the show is entirely one sided. Worse yet, most won't watch at all, they believe what someone else told them about it and assume (never good, about anything) and then say with conviction…"he's biased" when, in fact, he will slam a liberal with equal enthusiasm…but you wouldn't know that/believe that…would you? Nope, you've already decided how he "is". BTW, it's not his fault that conservatives more often do/say humorous things. With that in mind, he is slanted…towards the most ludicrous statements/actions. Can't help it if your side offers a richer vein to mine
How sad
107 boberinyetagain // Sep 18, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Whats that you say, you've discovered corruption/questionable practices somewhere? Amazing, I was sure we'd have eliminated all idiots/ne'r do wells by now.
Since that hasn't happend it's obvious that Obama is a near total failure and that he should be removed from office.
Corruption? I just had to type it again because I still can't believe it…golly!
108 boberinyetagain // Sep 18, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Asked this on the next thread, really don't know…they found 4 instances of lunacy but…be honest now…out of how many attempts? I know for a fact they were thrown out of the office in Philly. How many times did they try, how many di the suceeed?
Can we/will we see the video of them being thrown out? I'd like to watch that…as for the other 4…string em up.
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