Jay Bookman

By The BlogFather of Scroll

January 2, 2009 5:06 PM | Link to this

The Vikings blow.

By AJC/DNC Management

January 2, 2009 5:11 PM | Link to this

Yeah, any state that would have Al Franken The Klown in a runoff election is whacked.

By gttim

January 2, 2009 5:24 PM | Link to this

Yeah, ‘cause rich folks and wealthy large corporations do not get enough taxpayer money handed to them now! Lets give them some more! This time, and I really mean it, this time, it will fix the economy!

By The BlogFather of Scroll

January 2, 2009 5:29 PM | Link to this

AL Franken as a politician proves how ridiculous Bush as a politician is.

I have challenged the world to show me one iota of proof that W was on the planet in the years he served in the guard. even one piece of paper.

nothing. he was awol during a war (vietnam).

I think they shoot people for that.

I dont think we should shoot W.

do U?

By AJC/DNC Management

January 2, 2009 5:32 PM | Link to this

I was going to tie this article back into the topic but this paragraph has me laughing too hard-

Relying on government help raises ethical questions for the press, whose traditional role has been to operate free from government influence as it tries to hold politicians accountable to the people who elected them.-NEW YORK (Reuters)

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha, yeah, right.

geez

By getalife

January 2, 2009 5:34 PM | Link to this

The Dow is over 9000 so enough with the trickle up socialism for the greedy.

President Obama is on the right track with his stimulus plan.

By AJC/DNC Management

January 2, 2009 5:41 PM | Link to this

My goodness, that’s so funny, Oblahmasan thinks that “accountability” is what happens after his stooges bring by the envelopes full of cash.

By AJC/DNC Management

January 2, 2009 5:46 PM | Link to this

al-Gitmo- A word to the wise, a couple of days of gains and then whammo, the capitalists swoop in and snatch up all the excess money.

Be careful.

By david wayne osedach, san diego/ U.S.A.

January 2, 2009 5:52 PM | Link to this

Don’t forget BIG STEEL’s request for a cool trillion!

By catlady

January 2, 2009 5:55 PM | Link to this

It all goes to show there are more and more greedy entities than we ever thought. The newspapers think they should be “compensated” because of their lost income from auto ads. Some guy wants a government subsidy to build a pro FOOTBALL STADIUM. What next?

We bailed out Chrysler. We bailed out the airlines. Now we bail out Wall Street. Insurance companies, banks and quasi-banks, the Big 3. Large city mayors want help. Yada yada yada. Get in line.

Everyone has their hands out. No matter how far-fetched.

And someone wonders how we got in this mess?

Cascading stupid decisions. Increasing greed and sense of entitlement.

It seems to be the American way, and we have spread it around the world.

By Mrs.Godzilla

January 2, 2009 6:29 PM | Link to this

Nope. It must not be allowed.

Baseball stadium rip offs need to stop.

A little light reading on the subject.

By Mrs.Godzilla

January 2, 2009 6:33 PM | Link to this

oh corporal

Have you seen this?

I bet you could be dapper in dress.

By Mrs.Godzilla

January 2, 2009 6:36 PM | Link to this

OOOPS!

Baseball, Football, Motorized Bar Stool Racing….whatever!

You can understand Mr. G’s occasional bemused expression.

By The BlogFather of Scroll

January 2, 2009 6:41 PM | Link to this

hOGzilla. nobody’s going to risk their smart phone on your viral links, you idiot. just tell us what U think. If you’re a moron, then we’ll know.

That’s how RWtheoravaginal lost his way.

That’s U andy cant get a rise out of anyone except the blithe bookman who, as I have exposed, is a troll coddling nincompoop.

bwa haw.

morons.

By Mrs.Godzilla

January 2, 2009 6:51 PM | Link to this

BlogFather…

Hormonal tonight?

Try soy.

By Hillbilly Deluxe

January 2, 2009 7:17 PM | Link to this

Most every sports arena is built with public money in some form. The sham is nothing new. Everybody forgotten the Rankin Smith/Tom Murphy deal to build the Georgia Dome?

By The Corporal

January 2, 2009 7:18 PM | Link to this

To Mrs. Godzilla

No dress

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

George Orwell

By AJC/DNC Management

January 2, 2009 7:32 PM | Link to this

Hey, how come BlogMommy doesn’t have to stay “on topic?”

geez

By Taxpayer

January 2, 2009 7:40 PM | Link to this

Maybe Gwinnett County should be getting in line. After all, Go Braves.

By Bud Wiser

January 2, 2009 7:43 PM | Link to this

Just wait till Peggy Joesph and her extended ‘family’ get in line for their handouts.

A lot of bloggers here will be queuing up as well, right Midori? Mrs G? Getalife? Bosch? Chad? Jay?

By Cherokee

January 2, 2009 7:44 PM | Link to this

Sorry - off topic, but Corporal Sir let me respond to one of your posts from yesterday.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200901020001?f=h_latest

Turns out the Military Times poll was voluntary, similar to ones you see on the front page of the AJC website. Not statistically accurate at all.

By getalife

January 2, 2009 7:48 PM | Link to this

Sure bud.

I will take a billion dollar bailout.

Why not?

The getalife bank is open for business not will not make any loans.

By getalife

January 2, 2009 7:58 PM | Link to this

What’s up pf?

Experimenting with the a new drug and text?

By Bud Wiser

January 2, 2009 7:58 PM | Link to this

What was that Penn State-USC score again???

By JAY BOOKMAN

January 2, 2009 7:59 PM | Link to this

Way too many against way too few, Bud.

Thanks for asking though.

By Midori

January 2, 2009 8:21 PM | Link to this

By AJC/DNC Management

January 2, 2009 8:26 PM | Link to this

Aahhh, yes, the handout Deluxe-

The governors of New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio and Wisconsin — all Democrats — said the initiative for the two-year aid package was backed by other governors and follows a meeting in December where governors called on President-elect Barack Obama to help them maintain services in the face of slumping revenues.-PHILADELPHIA (Reuters)

I wonder what’s for sale?

Oh well, it ain’t like we got a future or anything.

But it does raise an interesting question, when the time comes and you can believe it will, who will Oblahmasan ask for his bailout?

By getalife

January 2, 2009 8:39 PM | Link to this

Andy,

Good question since w tapped out China, Japan, Dubia, and Saudia Arabia.

I guess he will ask future generations to pay for w’s economic disaster.

By AJC/DNC Management

January 2, 2009 9:20 PM | Link to this

al-Gitmo: w is a lib same as Oblahmasan is, or is it Oblahmasan is a Con same as w is?

Shoulda elected the woman…………………….Palin.

She will have a big hole to “bail” us out of in 2013.

And she’ll look damn good doing it!

By Midori

January 2, 2009 9:30 PM | Link to this

great idea there - reward incompetence with even more incompetence.

that’s the problem with wingnuts - they are not very demanding of their leaders. leadership criteria and questions of competency are only reserved for democrats.

compassionate conservative.

a reformer with results.

return honor and dignity.

all empty, meaningless cliches. and the wingnuts rammed them down our collective throats ad naseum.

it would have been easier for them to just click their heels 3 times as they repeated them. would have gotten the same results.

By The Corporal

January 2, 2009 9:34 PM | Link to this

To Cherokee

Good grief! This is the third time I have had to do this (first, Mrs. Godzilla, then Taxpayer) and now you.

However, one more time - just for your benefit:

1) If you read my original post I attached the article and encouraged everyone to read the whole thing stating that it had some flaws.

2) That said, the fact that a high percentage of careerists feel that way is sobering.

3) What I would really like to see is a secret survey (so their careers wouldn’t be hampered by politically correct appointees and members of Congress) of all current flag ranks in all the services. I believe that would be an eye-opener but only if by secret ballot.

By Dusty

January 2, 2009 9:47 PM | Link to this

Handouts? This blog is about rich people wanting to build rich “things” that will bring in money to them. Let this Zigy build his own monumental stadium. This country needs another stadium like it needs a new Disney world. More play toys for big girls and boys.

I will tell you what a real handout is about. Take the homeless. They NEED a handout. My church is almost sixten miles from downtown Atlanta. But we have a homeless man who has come the last two Sundays because he is hungry. He carries all his belongings in a big shopping bag. He is a quiet little man with dirty hands, clothes and black nubs for teeth.

We give him food. We have no facilities for sleeping and bathing. Some may give him money yet he has not asked for any, just a little something to eat. He seems well educated, reads well (in SS class), raises quiet discussion questions and shows no signs of drugs or alcohol.

I thought of him because of the subject of handouts. What should be done for this homeless man? I don’t really know. That is what bothers me. I do not know what to do when faced with a homeless man whom I know nothing about except he seems a mild, helpless human being. Money, food, clothes, transportation??

So think about “handouts” of another kind. Not stadiums, bridges or industries but a little man with rotten teeth and no home. Are we ready for REAL handouts? I wish I knew some REAL answers. Right now, I only know about good intentions which don’t amount to a hill of beans when we come face to face with a real “need”.

By CommunistAJC

January 2, 2009 10:07 PM | Link to this

Bookman, You’re newspaper will be asking for a bailout soon. Anyway, what a great weekend. Penn State gets beaten up by the Trojans, Bama is getting killed by Utah and GT gets beaten BADLY by LSU. Oh, and the Falcons are playing in the playoffs without the race baiting Mike Vick! What a weekend!!!!!!

By Taxpayer

January 2, 2009 10:14 PM | Link to this

Corporal,

There are those of us that actually care about you. So, we ask you to “explain” some things with the hope that you will catch on. I see we still have our hope to cling to.

By getalife

January 2, 2009 10:26 PM | Link to this

Who was that Dusty writing like a bleeding heart liberal.

Good for you Dusty.

Commie,

Bama just scored and taking over that game.

SEC rules.

By JAY BOOKMAN

January 2, 2009 10:26 PM | Link to this

Yeah, Dusty. I know. I see people like that all the time downtown. Some are addicts, but you can usually tell which ones are like that and even they are still our fellow human beings, only with problems bigger than they are. We could all be in their shoes; none of us should be so foolish as to tell ourselves otherwise. Others are like the man you describe, and I don’t know how to help them either.

As to Commie, I hope our paper and our industry don’t ask for government bailouts. This job is my livelihood and all I ever wanted to do, and it’s how I support my family. But if it can’t be supported in the marketplace then I’m willing to see it die and I’ll move on to whatever else I can do. Because among other reasons, newspapers simply cannot do their job while beholden to politicians.

By The Corporal

January 2, 2009 11:04 PM | Link to this

To Taxpayer

And you know I don’t mind for the same reason ……… :o)

Repetition is philosophical mucilage - it’s sticks

By The Corporal

January 2, 2009 11:12 PM | Link to this

Jay

Because among other reasons, newspapers simply cannot do their job while beholden to politicians.

Jay, I hope you don’t lose your job either but please don’t say things about not being beholden to politicians this late at night.

ROFL ! My side is hurting I laughed so hard ….

That’s like saying the NRA is not beholden to hunters.

Most newspapers are siamese twins to liberal politicians and the Democrat party ………

By The Corporal

January 2, 2009 11:13 PM | Link to this

P.S.

………… and the liberal politicians are sure beholden to you guys!

By The Corporal

January 2, 2009 11:58 PM | Link to this

P.S.S.

……… I’m still having trouble getting my breath.

What percentage of candidates endorsed during this past election (local, state and federal) by the AJC were Democrats? 90%? 95%?

And you guys are not beholden to each other?

By spankmonkey

January 3, 2009 7:46 AM | Link to this

Well… I guess somebody needs to decide what, exactly, “accountability” means. the GOP and W sure don’t know.

The NRA isn’t beholden to hunters at all, the NRA is beholden to the GOP or maybe it’s the other way around. Your average hunter don’t give a flip about radical politics.

By AJC/DNC Management

January 3, 2009 7:54 AM | Link to this

By JAY BOOKMAN January 2, 2009 10:26 PM Because among other reasons, newspapers simply cannot do their job while beholden to politicians.

Man, you could have given some sort of warning of that, so I didn’t have to blow coffee all out of my nose.

What was your New Year’s resolution, to be more ridiculous?

By Bud Wiser

January 3, 2009 7:57 AM | Link to this

Just for you Midori, a genteel reminder of a typical Obama supporter and what they will be expecting for the next four yeras

By Bud Wiser

January 3, 2009 8:07 AM | Link to this

By JAY BOOKMAN

January 2, 2009 10:26 PM | Link to this

…Because among other reasons, newspapers simply cannot do their job while beholden to politicians.

Nice quote there Jay. Maybe you should send a copy of it to the NY Times, as well as your own bosses.

I believe that you have stumbled upon one of the primary reasons print edition (former) news sources are facing ever dwindling subscribers, and that reason is that even in spite of the collective ignorance of many Americans(primarily Obama voters), there are still many of us others that can differentiate between news reporting, and a shill, and we used to be the ones that bought your papers.

By GodHatesTrash

January 3, 2009 9:10 AM | Link to this

Well, you’ve got the RightWingnuts rolling on the floor and blowing coffee out their noses, Bookman.

All while they spew their usual hate-filled idiotic whiny vomit.

It’s like watching a dumbed-down version of the Special Olympics.

ew

By The Corporal

January 3, 2009 9:50 AM | Link to this

To GodHatesTrash

Sorry sir. You’re the one I have to constantly caution to be polite and less hateful. Look in the mirror.

And the following was very unkind. You owe “someone” an apology.

It’s like watching a dumbed-down version of the Special Olympics.