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DEL.ICIO.USTop 10 blog, my study confirms
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Worst place to live in America? For a flash last summer, that was the tempest of the day, in three Georgia towns anyway, because they were included in a new pseudo-guidebook on worst places to live. There was no research behind the inclusion of Douglasville, College Park and Hinesville, so no defense of the three is or was necessary.
The point here, though, is not to offer commentary on worst this-or-that but on the recurring marketing ploy that dupes us all. Top 10 Endangered Rivers. Cities with the Worst Air. The 50 Best Colleges. On and on it goes. And why? Because it’s a marketing gimmick that works.
Marketers have discovered that our ranking on lists evokes response. Either we want to move up, get off, or act in some way consistent with their marketing aim. Special interest groups are notorious for cobbling together lists, often based on nothing more than hunches, agendas, ancedotes, as with the worst places to live list.
The same is true of the now ubiquitous “studies” that purport to document something — or do, but with an agenda, like this week’s revelation that most all Americans had engaged in sex at some point before marriage. It was an odd study answering questions not asked, or at least not that I’ve heard asked by anyone past junior high. Ah, but there was a reason, an agenda, and it became apparent in the 8th paragraph. “The data clearly show that the majority of older teens and adults have already had sex before marriage, which calls into question the federal government’s funding of abstinence-only-until-marriage programs,” said the author, Lawrence Finer, who is research director at the Guttmacher Institute, which opposes the Bush Administration on this issue.
Americans love Top 10 lists,no matter their validity. And we more readily believe assertions backed by “studies” no matter their purpose. We’ve become so inundated with meaningless or misleading agenda-driven studies and lists that none of them means much of anything of value anymore. I’ve spent the morning reviewing America’s blogs and, based on that study, can now assert that Thinking Right is one of America’s top 10. Take it to the bank
Comments
By Jim's a Distractor
December 21, 2006 08:19 AM | Link to this
Nice distraction Jim!
By Cash-n-Carry Croissants
December 21, 2006 08:26 AM | Link to this
From the top down, the Topless Top Ten are topped off here: Girls Gone Wild…..Gold Club……X-rated Hooters…..French Riveria…..Superbowl Halftimes….my dreams……the Louvre……pre silicon revolution playboy magazines……Rosanne Arquette in the movie, “The Wrong Man”. Rent that DVD. Wow! You will not believe your eyes. This might be the best on-screen performance by a duet in cinema history. Trust me, invest the 4 bucks.
By Redneck Convert
December 21, 2006 08:55 AM | Link to this
I sure hope north Forsyth County ain’t named in the Top Ten Best Places to Live. I’d hate to have a bunch of Those People up here crowding up Billy Bob’s, the bowling alley and the WalMart. It would put a big crimp on our lifestyle. Besides, Countryland Golf Course is already crowded enough, and trailer prices is out of sight.
Anyway, I’m against people having sex, unless it’s me or my family. My point of view is a southren tradition. I’m tired of paying taxes to support the outcome of other people having sex. So if my tax money is going to go to support other people having sex, I want it to be my sex.
The bible says and the Revrend Jim Bob Buice used to say (before he went to jail for getting caught nekkid with that boy) sex is only meant for married people. I’m tired of paying thru the nose for the single women amid Those People pushing out illigetamate babies every nine months. I say neuter all the men and sew up all the women.
Anyway, I got the Christmas spirit. So Merry Christmas, all, and I hope yours is in the Top Ten Best Christmases in the nation—unless you’re a librul or one of Those People.
By DebbieDoRight
December 21, 2006 08:57 AM | Link to this
We’ve become so inundated with meaningless or misleading agenda-driven studies and lists that none of them means much of anything of value anymore
that is so true. like the top ten reasons why Bush should not be impeached….here’s my list (done Letterman style):
If u impeach him, we couldn’t laugh at him anymore.
What would Jesus do?
We only impeach presidents who lie about BJ’s, not who lie about a war.
President Bush wants a constitutional ammendment to ban gay marriage. Like he knows what a constitutional ammendment is!
Because we’re not winning the Iraq war, BUT we’re not loosing either…
Bush said that the transfer of American jobs overseas is actually part of a positive transformation that will enrich the U.S. economy over time. So basically, losing your job to someone else can be a good thing - of course we’ll see how he feels about that in two years.
Looking for a Holiday Present for Bush? If you haven’t gotten him a gift yet, I know he’s still looking for an exit strategy for Iraq.
Lately Bush has been upbeat, cheerful, and optimistic about our chances in Iraq. Yea that’s right. He’s drinking again. …
At one time, Bush wanted an Arab company to run the US ports — That’s like letting Robert Blake take your wife to dinner.
And the NUMBER ONE REASON why we shouldn’t impeach Bush is…..
By Truth Serum
December 21, 2006 08:58 AM | Link to this
If Jim Wooten’s blog wasn’t so great, there wouldn’t be so many liberals and Democrats coming over to it trying to change the minds of conservative Republicans, or at the very least, attempt to one-up them in psuedo-intellect.
And now for the news you won’t see on Good Morning America or Blitzer’s Situation Room - Sandy Berger hid documents under contruction trailer.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20061221/D8M4TNQ80.html
This news is brought to you by the new Sandy-Stocking! Looking for that last minute gift for that special someone? Why not get them a Sandy-Stocking for their mantel! Stuff it with DVDs, books, and even spring spiral notebooks full of those ‘special notes’ from memories past. Already proof-tested in the real world, these stockings can be packed with more information and goodies than Bill Clinton’s boxers! And if ever questioned by that special someone on what the contents are, just fold it up and cram it under a sofa. They’ll never know it was missing because out of site is out of mind. Sandy Berger gives it ten fingers up!
By DebbieDoRight
December 21, 2006 09:10 AM | Link to this
hmmm they took out all my numbers!!! darn that cold conservatron wooten!!!!
By Buy Danish
December 21, 2006 09:13 AM | Link to this
You can take this to the bank -
Political Foreskin (aka cash-n-carry croissants and numerous other aliases) holds slots 1 through 10 in the World’s Worst Comedians category.
Congratulations Polly!
By Brian Curtis
December 21, 2006 09:16 AM | Link to this
So there’s an “agenda” underlying the reporting of facts; nothing new here from the science- and media-hating right, who are always running away from reality at top speed.
The study on premarital sex may have an agenda, but it’s a valid one: the FACTS bear out the reality that abstinence-only education is worthless. Should the research be examined for biased analysis and data collection? Of course; always, in fact. But speculating about the motives doesn’t invalidate the findings… and once they’re confirmed, as these are, you’re stuck with that nasty ol’ reality again.
Which, as usual, isn’t turning out the way the Religious Reich would prefer.
By CJ
December 21, 2006 09:24 AM | Link to this
Jim Wooten “We’ve become so inundated with meaningless or misleading agenda-driven studies and lists that none of them means much of anything of value anymore.”
Jim has a point with regard to lists generated by consumer publications. When publishers and editors collect data for such lists with subjective and/or haphazard methods, then they are meaningless. This is especially true when the publication doesn’t provide the criteria used to generate the rankings.
However, it isn’t correct to lump scientific studies with a magazine editor’s “Worst Places to Live” article. Despite overwhelming consensus in the scientific community, the Bush administration, many Republicans and some in the media are determined to undermine meaningful studies indicating the climate change is caused by human activity. In the case of people trying to reduce our impact on global warming, first came the studies — then the results — then came the agenda. Despite overwhelming scientific consensus to the contrary, one of the posters on this blog wrote yesterday that the theory of evolution is a myth. I suspect this person isn’t the only one who believes that. And finally, despite the Republican movement for sex education classes that only teach abstinence to prevent unwanted pregnancies, scientifically conducted studies continue to indicate that comprehensive sex education that includes abstinence as one of several options is significantly more effective.
In short, not liking the results of a scientific study doesn’t render the study meaningless, misleading or agenda-driven.
By Buy Danish
December 21, 2006 09:24 AM | Link to this
It would be easier to just give him a pretzel, watch him knock himself out, and not revive him. That way he can die a national hero……
DebbieCrackPot,
Leave it to you to find that funny. Great job demonstrating what a congenital boor you are.
By Jim Wooten
December 21, 2006 09:26 AM | Link to this
Clever top 10, Debbie. Twisted, but clever.
By Barter Berliners
December 21, 2006 09:28 AM | Link to this
Well!
By DebbieDoRight
December 21, 2006 09:30 AM | Link to this
DebbieCrackPot,Leave it to you to find that funny. Great job demonstrating what a congenital boor you are.
why thank u Danish Cow!!! Happy Holidays to you and all your Lemming friends!!!
By RW-(the original)
December 21, 2006 09:31 AM | Link to this
I bet the same people that did the study that counts a lingering embrace as a form of sex were right there with Billy Jeff claiming that getting or giving a Monica wasn’t sex just a few years ago. Once again it’s all about the agenda.
By DebbieDoRight
December 21, 2006 09:34 AM | Link to this
ok well how about this: give him a pretzel, LEAVE THE ROOM, and let nature, or Dubya, take its course! is that better?
By Pope rednecks - Amerikkka's Al Qaeda I
December 21, 2006 09:34 AM | Link to this
Don’t blame the pretzel - it was the fifth of bourbon and Jeff Gannon that he swallowed along with it.
By RW-(the original)
December 21, 2006 09:39 AM | Link to this
Jim Wooten,
Do you happen to double as a mentor for the mentally challenged? If so it’s admirable and it’s the only possible explanation for your constant fawning over the likes of Debbie and Polly.
By E-trade Eclairs
December 21, 2006 09:46 AM | Link to this
Top Ten First Ladies: Tipper Gore. Jackie O. Princess Di. Theresa Heinz. Eleanor Roosevelt. Mary Lincoln. Mamie Eisenhower. Abigail Adams. Martha Washington. Yo, Adrianne!
I really got it bad for Tipper.
By Purchase Pastry
December 21, 2006 09:54 AM | Link to this
Debbie did get in a few funny lines, and the effort was very creative. It was a fun, quick read, unlike RW (the urinal)’s furiously detailed tirades.
He’s quite mad, you know.
By Buy Danish
December 21, 2006 09:59 AM | Link to this
CJ the Marxist parrot,
If global warming is caused by “human activity”, please explain for us how it is that Greenland and Iceland were fairly toasty places during the Medieval Warming Period
Note that there is no mention of SUVs and greedy capitalists with big carbon footprints here.
By Jim's a Distractor
December 21, 2006 10:01 AM | Link to this
For Truth Serum:
That’s just more conservative bias in the media…looking to use the tactics of personal destruction to carry out their lopsided agenda of defaming and destroying the Clinton administration.
When will it end?
By Janine
December 21, 2006 10:02 AM | Link to this
Morning Mr. W. The field of Education is the most obvious example that one can find a research study…so called scientific, so called valid,[ because it follows established procedures, meets certain established criteria,includes standard deviations, etc.]..to support almost any position one wishes to take. The school systems in Ga. embrace a new one every 2 to 3 years.
By DebbieDoRight
December 21, 2006 10:04 AM | Link to this
Do you happen to double as a mentor for the mentally challenged? If so it’s admirable and it’s the only possible explanation for your constant fawning over the likes of Debbie and Polly
oh don’t be mad RW(TOT): it’s not our fault that we, (me and 4skin) know what it’s like to have real $ex with a real human being and not those little male blow up doll thingys that you use all the time. don’t hate RWTOT, don’t hate.
By The Truth
December 21, 2006 10:06 AM | Link to this
Top ten reasons to kill yourself ….
and the number one reason is..
By Truth Serum
December 21, 2006 10:07 AM | Link to this
Tipper Gore was never a first lady, nor was Theresa Heinz. In fact, I don’t even consider Theresa a lady. Now that everyone in Midtown is all upset over Johns Creek closing down a sex maniac shop in outie-ville, I wonder why those same people never raised a stink about Tipper Gore’s censorship ideology with family values in forming the ParentsMusicResource_Group? I suppose it just depends on which side of the political fence you belong to.
By Truth Serum
December 21, 2006 10:21 AM | Link to this
Distractor -
So it’s just Conservative media bias when the clowns running in the Clinton administration are exposed, eh? I suppose it’s never bias when stories like Berger are ignored by the liberal media, huh? Sure. Ok.
By JK
December 21, 2006 10:37 AM | Link to this
Debbie, I almost peed myself it was so funny. I guess I’m a boor too. Happy ChristmaHannuKwanzika, Mr. Wooten!
By DebbieDoRight
December 21, 2006 10:38 AM | Link to this
RW(TOT) and Bi-Danish: Here is a song for your hero, (George W!) (as song to the lyrics No Respect by Rodney Dangerfield):
When I took office in 2000 I brought no joy (no respect, no respect) My old man said he voted for the other boy (no respect, no respect)
The White House Doctor, Dr. Zell (no respect, no respect) I said I wanted to stop aging he gave me a pretzel (no respect, no respect) I told Cheney I wanted to go hunting for fun He took my safety vest away and gave me a and pop gun (whatsamatter Dubya?) Ahhhh, It ain’t easy bein’ me
Nothin’ goes right I just can’t fight it (no respect, no respect) I started a war with Iraq and now all of the Middle East is United (no respect, no respect) I can’t take it no more I’m getting too old (no respect, no respect) I called to talk peace with Kim Jong Il and he put me on hold (no respect, no respect) North Korea, Iraq, Syria, and Iran i told them that the US would take them all on Now I’m begging Baker to get me outta this mess; by sweet talking them on the phone (whatsamatta Dubya?) Ahhh, I don’t get no respect at all
CHORUS: It’s just Rappin’ Dubya Ain’t wrapped too tight No, no Rappin’ Dubya With a pretzel he lost a fight It’s just Rappin’ Dubya Make no mistake Poor old Rappin’ Dubya Can’t get a break!
By getalife
December 21, 2006 10:39 AM | Link to this
Jim is delusional like w
Come to the light like Joe, Jim. Obviously, w needs to go.
Here are the top 10 blogs
This one is not even close.
By RW-(the original)
December 21, 2006 10:48 AM | Link to this
Maybe we could publish a top ten list of dishonest bloggers.
Like CJ, for instance.
By CJ December 21, 2006 09:24 AM | Link to this Despite overwhelming scientific consensus to the contrary, one of the posters on this blog wrote yesterday that the theory of evolution is a myth. I suspect this person isn’t the only one who believes that.
I was questioned about that comment yesterday.
Now I have a question for you. You wrote that Darwinism is a myth (you do know what a myth is, don’t you). You made that ridiculous assertion, so prove it.
And I responded.
There has never been any credible evidence of any species ever becoming another one. That probably doesn’t qualify as absolute proof of a myth, so I’ll give you partial credit for exposing a slightly hyperbolic statement. (You do know what hyperbole is don’t you Jessie?)
CJ,
We still have the blog post open for someone, anyone to bring ANY of this supposed overwhelming evidence.
The more I here about this overwhelming proof that not one single person can find, I’m starting to believe “myth” might not be that hyperbolic after all.
By Shoplift Canolis
December 21, 2006 10:50 AM | Link to this
Well, I never….!
By Scooter
December 21, 2006 10:55 AM | Link to this
Amen Jim, all the “media” have to say is “a study shows”. They don’t have to give study parameters or metrics and people who have preconceived notions in agreement with the “study” will promote the “facts”. I wish more people could see the humor in what we call an objective media.
By the way, abstinence only programs don’t and won’t work, so long as orgasms feel so good. Parents and mentors teach children morals not the republicrat party and it’s big government or the democrat party and its even bigger government.
By Trading Turnovers
December 21, 2006 11:05 AM | Link to this
Top Ten Words Houston Control uses right before a launch: …nine…eight…seven…six…five…four…three….two….one….Liftoff!
Top Ten words astronauts use when experiencing liftoff G forces: Help!….Oh Sheet!….I want my mommie!….. gurggleblubsplotchzspew.
By DebbieDoRight
December 21, 2006 11:07 AM | Link to this
Danish I went to your link that was referring to the study guide done by the guy from Suffolk County Community College — I clicked on the part that says “possible reasons for climatic changes….” and it gave some really good points.
However, by using this link as your basis for an argument, how can you discount the very real argument of man’s “fingerprint” on the landscape, climate, meterology, animal kingdom, and infrastructure of the earth?
When the Vikings were roaming around there were possibly less than 5 million people on the earth world wide — a city in China has that equivalent now — so how can you not factor in the human equation when discussing weather and the climate?
By Jim's a Distractor
December 21, 2006 11:08 AM | Link to this
Serum -
That’s called irony - it’s a literary device that employ from time to time. Usally the right hollers “liberal bias” every time there’s a negative news story about someone like Mark Foley. But when the very same media publish a negative story about a Democrat, the right doesn’t say “oh…they’re reporting on both sides…evidently everyone in Washington is corrupt”. They just hold it out as a sign that the left is corrupt while at the same time saying similar media reports against folks on the right are part of a larger agenda.
In reality, all politicians are bad. If you’re taking sides, you’re not paying attention. “Liberal bias” is something that people in power use to distract you. Cheney feels the same way as the muslims who are killing the reporters in Iraq - it’s just that he can’t get away with it. But he would if he could…just like uncle Putin over in the Kremlin. Talk bad about him and next thing you know you’ve got radioactive coffee.
By Diogenes
December 21, 2006 11:09 AM | Link to this
Happy Thor’s day, Jim,
You’ve made an interesting comment, “We’ve become so inundated with meaningless or misleading agenda-driven studies and lists that none of them means much of anything of value anymore.”
Am I to assume that you categorically dismiss all lists, or only those which you don’t agree?
You’re a conservative, so my guess is that you condemn all lists which don’t correspond to that fuzzy pink world you and your coherts inhabit, a world in which the poor are the bad guys, the President is Hopalong Cassidy, there’s cheap oil for generations to come, we’re (whoever “we” are) winning in Iraq, there is no global warming, and reality is resolutely locked outside.
Jim, I saw Patrick Stewart as Scrooge last night. Scrooge’s rejection of the poor and less fortunate reminded me of your essays. It’s pathetic.
By getalife
December 21, 2006 11:11 AM | Link to this
RW,
Show us proof of Creationism.
By Trafficking Tarts
December 21, 2006 11:17 AM | Link to this
Okay, I’m going to give you all some sociological data here. Since Wooten brought up the abstinence program for birth control.
My know a dance teacher. Four of her female students, aged 13, went to her house for a little xmas party in reward for learning a new dance routine. She went to the bathroom, and left them alone for maybe eight minutes. They raided her refrigerator for the two beers that were in there, and when the teacher emerged, the four 13 year olds were all acting drunk and crazy, saying stuff like, “Lets have a lesbian kissing party”. They began to strip their shirts off and say the most obscene sex talk that the teacher had ever heard.
Whoops my wife just looked over my shoulder. Gotta go. Finish this when the coast is clear.
“…nothing, dear!” It’s that conservative meanie, Jim Wooten, is all, Yes Dear, I’m giving it to him good. That’s right dear, you left wing fringe-fattie…..nothing dear!”
By RW-(the original)
December 21, 2006 11:29 AM | Link to this
getalife,
It isn’t possible to have proof of Creation that’s why it’s called faith, but I don’t base my skepticism of Darwin’s Origin of Species on a belief in Creation. As I’ve already stated, the fossil record clearly shows that the Biblical story of Genesis can’t possibly be true in a literal sense.
Your friends keep saying the proof that backs Darwin’s theory as fact is overwhelming, so where is it? Again, show me proof of one species EVER becoming another one.
BTW, you would think you would be a little nicer this morning, as you’re prominently mentioned in my latest post.
By Scooter
December 21, 2006 11:41 AM | Link to this
Wasn’t a whole universe created at the time of the big bang?
But, the big bang has not been proven like man’s affect’s on global warming.
By Harold
December 21, 2006 11:51 AM | Link to this
Harold’s list of top 10 numbers:
By Dusty
December 21, 2006 12:09 PM | Link to this
DebbieDoRite,
Your song was so impressive I have written one for you. The tune is from “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town”. Enjoy!!
*LIBERALS ARE COMIN’ TO TOWN*
You better watch out
You better beware
There’s Dems all about
And they don’t care
LIBERALS ARE COMIN’ TO TOWN
They’re making a list
Checking it twice
Calling Bush names that really aren’t nice
LIBERALS ARE COMIN’ TO TOWN
They seem to be still sleeping
They don’t know what’s at stake
They have no leader who is good
Just Hillary for goodness sake
With little cartoons and sad lil’ blogs
Rooty toots and poor retards
LIBERALS ARE COMIN’ TO TOWN
(Repeat)
By getalife
December 21, 2006 12:10 PM | Link to this
Exactly, it is a belief and there is no proof.
It is another intellectually dishonest argument when there is no winner because there is no proof.
Lets argue about what is real.
The Iraq war.
Why is w flip flopping on listening to the Generals on ground? There has been an election and an intervention by Daddy’s friends that has been ignored by w. Should the gop force him and cheney to resign?
By Shoplift Canolis
December 21, 2006 12:11 PM | Link to this
the coast is clear. Anyway, so the teacher starts yelling at the delinquents and reads them the riot act about stealing booze, underaged liabilities, and talking like sailors and where did you get any of this stuff from………
………myspace…….the whole myspace site is perverting our youth, man.
SO after about an hour of calming the phoney drunk acts down, one of them spews chunks all over the teacher’s small studio apt. She wasn’t drunk, she had gotten the stomach flu that’s going around Athens. Total disaster.
So, I swear that every word is true, and I wouldn’t make this up. Now i’ve made up a thing or two on this blog, but you can believe this data. It’s real. this is the world we live in.
Thirteen years old. Fact. It’s not even a little bit funny. The teacher has learned a hard lesson about leaving minors alone even for a moment. It’s no longer three year olds you have to watch like a hawk, it’s teenagers. Unbelievable.
By getalife
December 21, 2006 12:19 PM | Link to this
BTW RW,
I emailed your story to Charles. They busted me out over at kos.
Leaping lizards.
By getalife
December 21, 2006 12:26 PM | Link to this
Try this one Dusty:
“Let’s impeach the president for lying
And leading our country into war
Abusing all the power that we gave him
And shipping all our money out the door
He’s the man who hired all the criminals
The White House shadows who hide behind closed doors
And bend the facts to fit with their new stories
Of why we have to send our men to war
Let’s impeach the president for spying
On citizens inside their own homes
Breaking every law in the country
By tapping our computers and telephones
What if Al Qaeda blew up the levees
Would New Orleans have been safer that way
Sheltered by our government’s protection
Or was someone just not home that day?
Let’s impeach the president
For hijacking our religion and using it to get elected
Dividing our country into colors
And still leaving black people neglected
Thank god he’s racking down on steroids
Since he sold his old baseball team
There’s lot of people looking at big trouble
But of course the president is clean
Thank God”
Neil Young - original.
By Dusty
December 21, 2006 12:44 PM | Link to this
getalife,
Neil Young is a liberal just like you. So what’s new???
By Rod
December 21, 2006 12:49 PM | Link to this
Hey Jim, you said that Thinking Right is in America’s Top 10 blogs? I didn’t know there were only ten blogs in the country!
By getalife
December 21, 2006 12:53 PM | Link to this
Dusty,
What’s new?
Pay attention.
Rummy is gone, Abizaid will quit next year, the decider is undecided until next year. He said to shop more trying to stop a recession. “Freelance diplomacy”, gop turning on w, army is broken.
In other words, w is doing a heck of a job destroying our country. But keep cheering on the cheerleader.
Pathetic loser.
By Dusty
December 21, 2006 12:57 PM | Link to this
Rod,
There are a lot of things you don’t know.
By Buy Danish
December 21, 2006 12:57 PM | Link to this
DebbieDR,
Man’s effect on the planet is insignificant compared to the Sun, volcanoes or other forces that effect cyclical “climate change”.
That is not to say that man has no effect on the environment, particularly locally, and should carelessly poison the water,land and air that we rely on to live by dumping chemicals into rivers, use poor farming practices, et cetera.
There are far greater and more imminent threats to mankind and civilization than the minuscule effect that man has had or ever will have on the Earth’s climate.
It is an expensive if not potentially catastrophic endeavor to give Global Warming such undeserved attention.
Gotta wrap, shop and pack…later.
By Rod
December 21, 2006 12:59 PM | Link to this
Got your top ten list here:
Top ten comments time for the truth has ever made:
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Whew, that does it!
By Dusty
December 21, 2006 01:01 PM | Link to this
Cheer up, getalife,
Maybe Santa will put a tranquilizer in your stocking.
By RW-(the original)
December 21, 2006 01:02 PM | Link to this
getalife,
What do you mean by them busting you out at Kos? Did you manage to get kicked out of there too?
By Truth Serum
December 21, 2006 01:28 PM | Link to this
Nice try Distractor at 11:08 -
That’s called irony - it’s a literary device that employ from time to time. Usally the right hollers “liberal bias” every time there’s a negative news story about someone like Mark Foley. But when the very same media publish a negative story about a Democrat, the right doesn’t say “oh…they’re reporting on both sides
You miss the point. Scooter Libby was hanged for dropping a no-name into a non-spy issue. It was front page news for months. Now Mr. Berger steals documents, admits it, pays the fine, and gets off scott free. You even have some out there on the left saying he’s innocent and was set up by Republicans even when the man himself plead guilty. Go to CNN right now and see if they have this latest Berger story there. I mean, we aren’t talking about IMs to a minor here. We are talking about national security matters during the Clinton administration. Specifically, those matters pertaining to how that administration did and did not do it’s job in dealing with terrorism and threats for eight years. I consider that pretty damned important.
By getalife
December 21, 2006 01:30 PM | Link to this
RW,
Nah, kos did not ban me.
crusty,
Figures, you would still believe in Santa.
Let me break it to you gently since you are mentally unstable.
Santa is not real.
The tooth fairy is not real.
w is a real disaster.
By ICEMAN
December 21, 2006 01:40 PM | Link to this
getalife,
Now I now why you’re so critical and angry. A wise philosopher once stated that, “a cynical person is someone who got dissappointed when they found out there was no Santa Claus and never got over it.” That is you.
By ICEMAN
December 21, 2006 01:41 PM | Link to this
Today is the Iceman’s birthday.
By DebbieDoRight
December 21, 2006 01:42 PM | Link to this
Dusty: thank u so much for that entertaining ditty. I thought I’d return the favor with one for you. Enjoy!! (As song to the rhythmn of “Who’s Watching Me” by Rockwell:
I was just an average man with an average life They made me become president, now I’ve got to pay the price All ever I wanted was to be left alone, in my white house home But since that silly Iraq War, I feel like I’m in the Twilight Zone
People call me on the phone I’m trying to avoid (Like: Reporters, Pelosi, and My Dad - the other George) Are they’re all out to get me or am I just paranoid? When I’m in the shower, I’m afraid to wash my hair Cause I might open my eyes and find a Democrat standing there! People say I’m mad with power, or just a little touched But maybe showers remind me of “WMD’s” too much That’s why…
I always feel like somebody’s laughing at me And I have no privacy, whoa-oa-oa I always feel like somebody’s laughing at me Who’s playing tricks on me?
Who’s laughing at me I don’t know anymore! Are the folks at Comedy Central watching me? Laughing at my mistakes? Is Laura snickering behind my back while watching their out takes? If I could, I’d put on a dress and do it Michael style But I’m afraid if I do I’d be on the next issue of Girls’ Gone Wild! And I don’t feel safe anymore, oh what a mess I wonder who’s laughing at me now Who? The IRS?!
By Pope rednecks - Amerikkka's Al Qaeda I
December 21, 2006 01:46 PM | Link to this
PoFo, may I suggest instead of Trading Turnovers, how about Turdburgle Turnovers - it is much more in the spirit of Bi Danish!
By Dusty
December 21, 2006 01:51 PM | Link to this
getalife,
Are you for real? or the Grinch??
By getalife
December 21, 2006 01:53 PM | Link to this
Icehead,
There was an idiot who spewed this
By DebbieDoRight
December 21, 2006 02:03 PM | Link to this
Again, with different formatting…..
I was just an average man with an average life
They made me become president, now I’ve got to pay the price
All ever I wanted was to be left alone, in my white house home
But since that silly Iraq War, I feel like I’m in the Twilight Zone
I always feel like somebody’s laughing at me
And I have no privacy, whoa-oa-oa
I always feel like somebody’s laughing at me
Tell me, is it just a dream
People call me on the phone I’m trying to avoid
(Like: Reporters, Pelosi, Washington Post - and my dad the other George)
Are They all out to get me or am I just paranoid?
When I’m in the shower, I’m afraid to wash my hair
Cause I might open my eyes and find a Democrat standing there!
People say I’m mad with power, or just a little touched
But maybe showers remind me of “WMD’s” too much That’s why…
Who’s laughing at me
I don’t know anymore!
Are the folks at Comedy Central watching me? Laughing at my mistakes?
Is Laura snickering behind my back while watching their out takes?
If I could, I’d put on a dress and do it Michael style
But I’m afraid if I do I’d be on the next issue of Girls’ Gone Wild!
And I don’t feel safe anymore, oh what a mess
I wonder who’s laughing at me now
Who?
The IRS?!
By Dusty
December 21, 2006 02:06 PM | Link to this
Well, DebbieDoRite,
A most inspiring day we have today. Your lyrics were a bit expected and didn’t seem quite poetical, melodious, symphonical, etc. And unfortunately, I never heard of “Who’s watching me” by Rockwell. That’s not Norman Rockwell, for sure.
But who knows? Maybe Carnegie Hall will call and I can say I know you. Here’s hoping you will be rich and famous by Christmas. (If that happens, send presents.)
By getalife
December 21, 2006 02:08 PM | Link to this
Dusty,
Bah humbug.
Lets see you show some patriotism.
w is asking for more Army and Marines.
Don’t you think you should be asking people to enlist?
How about your kids, your friends kids, people from your church?
Was your patriotism fake?
By DebbieDoRight
December 21, 2006 02:10 PM | Link to this
Iceman— Confuscious say, “He who belives in Santa Claus and flying reindeer, also believe in WMD’s, The US is still searching for, (and can’t find) Osama Bin Laden, Enron was set up, Dick Cheney is good looking (while person looking at him is sober), and Dubya is smart. If he believes in these things, Confuscious has wall in China he needs to sell…..cheap.”
By Jim's a Distractor
December 21, 2006 02:12 PM | Link to this
Serum:
Sandy Berger; head hung low
What’s your point?
By RW-(the original)
December 21, 2006 02:12 PM | Link to this
DDA,
Thanks for the new formatting, now could you come up a tune anyone has ever heard of? And this time get the name of the song right or you’ll have to change your name.
By ICEMAN
December 21, 2006 02:15 PM | Link to this
need2getalife,
I couldn’t download whatever it is you’re sending me. What does it say? Aren’t you going to wish the Iceman a happy birthday?
By Dusty
December 21, 2006 02:19 PM | Link to this
Dear Scrooge-alife.
I will enlist if you will. My husband and son have already served. While you call the recruiting officer I shall be decorating my Christmas tree. Call me when you finish your sign-up papers.
By getalife
December 21, 2006 02:28 PM | Link to this
Icehead,
Happy Birthday, now get off the dope and you may make it to another one.
crusty,
You will not see the wingnuts calling out for enlisting to serve in w’s disaster. It is all bs. Rangel and Murtha are the only ones talking about serving.
Speaking of Murtha, looks like he was right again about the Haditha coverup.
By DebbieDoRight
December 21, 2006 02:32 PM | Link to this
you guys never heard of Rockwell?!?!? either you guys are REALLY old, or maybe because he was a one hit wonder, (even though it was a huge hit), he just never made your radar screen. (this song is the ONLY song that Michael Jackson ever song a hook for anyone else [besides Janet]!! It’s music history dudes!)
OK here’s the link if you wish to listen to him.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-myr2X56n24
By ICEMAN
December 21, 2006 02:34 PM | Link to this
DebbieDoRight,
What I wanna know is, does your man do right? If not, the Iceman is in the house.
By getalife
December 21, 2006 02:41 PM | Link to this
DebbieDoRight,
I think you and Icehead should hook up. You two would make a nice couple.
By RW-(the original)
December 21, 2006 02:44 PM | Link to this
DDA,
It’s easy to see why he was a one hit wonder, it’s not so easy to see how that was a hit, let alone a huge one. Besides, I was only making a snarky reference to you getting the song title wrong when you you first mentioned it.
By DebbieDoRight
December 21, 2006 02:48 PM | Link to this
Ok here’s one for the over 30 crowd; one of my favorite frank sinatra songs of all time (I think he was thinking about Ava Gardner when he co-wrote this one), Fool to want you. Now, while reading these lyrics, please think about Dubya and conservatrons for everytime you see the word “fool”.
I’m a fool to want you
I’m a fool to want you
To want a love that can’t be true; A love that’s there for others too
I’m a fool to hold you; Such a fool to hold you
To seek a kiss not mine alone; To share a kiss the Devil has known
Time and time again I said I’d leave you
Time and time again I went away; But then would come the time when I would need you
And once again these words I’d have to say
I’m a fool to want you; Pity me, I need you; I know it’s wrong, it must be wrong But right or wrong I can’t get along Without you
Time and time again I said I’d leave you; Time and time again I went away
But then would come the time when I would need you; And once again these words I’d have to say
Take me back, I love you; Pity me, I need you; I know it’s wrong, it must be wrong; But right or wrong I can’t get along; Without you
RWTOT(in case you think i made this one up too…)
http://sinatrasonglyrics.com/getsong.php?songid=513
By Dusty
December 21, 2006 02:48 PM | Link to this
DebbieDoRite,
Your history book is outdated. If you want to hear something great, try Andre Bocelli. Now there’s a man who can sing.
Is Michael Jackson singing in Arabic now? Oh nevermind. I ‘m trying to decorate my Christmas tree. Still….
By time for the truth
December 21, 2006 03:01 PM | Link to this
I see snivelling turdburglar rod is back, abusing the mental hospital library PC … and still with SOD ALL to say.
Nice to see how easy it is to effortlesly keep getting under the scabies ridden skin of witless scum like you rod.
My fave black bigot Vic baby is predicktably still missing in hippety hop action, must be busy doing the rounds of the S Fulton Co food banks again with its stolen supermarket shopping trolley.
great to see rednekkks NAMBLA has seemingly almost spewed itself dry of its obsessive anti-southern hate speech bile.
now if we can just get deranged foreskin and maggot brain (tenderly holding their pig trotters) to jump together off the top of spaghetti junction tonite around 6pm we can all have a great Xmas.
cheers to you crackpipe dennis/debbie, would you be so kind as to stand right under Father Christmas’ sleigh when it goes over your rusting tin hovel Sunday Night … Rudolph and the lads won’t miss dropping reindeer droppings on your ultradumblardarse this year!!
Merry Xmas to most folks on here, especially the ones who don’t have an irrational treasonous envious hatred of President Bush.
By time for the truth
December 21, 2006 03:06 PM | Link to this
I see snivelling turdburglar rod is back, abusing the mental hospital library PC … and still with SOD ALL to say.
Nice to see how easy it is to effortlesly keep getting under the scabies ridden skin of witless scum like you rod.
My fave black bigot Vic baby is predicktably still missing in hippety hop action, must be busy doing the rounds of the S Fulton Co food banks again with its stolen supermarket shopping trolley.
great to see rednekkks NAMBLA has seemingly almost spewed itself dry of its obsessive anti-southern hate speech bile.
now if we can just get deranged foreskin and maggot brain (tenderly holding their pig trotters) to jump together off the top of spaghetti junction tonite around 6pm we can all have a great Xmas.
cheers to you crackpipe dennis/debbie, would you be so kind as to stand right under Father Christmas’ sleigh when it goes over your rusting tin hovel Sunday Night … Rudolph and the lads won’t miss dropping reindeer droppings on your ultradumblardarse this year!!
Merry Xmas to most folks on here, especially the ones who don’t have an irrational treasonous envious hatred of President Bush.
By DebbieDoRight
December 21, 2006 03:12 PM | Link to this
It’s easy to see why he was a one hit wonder, it’s not so easy to see how that was a hit, let alone a huge one
it was the 80s….
By DebbieDoRight
December 21, 2006 03:15 PM | Link to this
Is Michael Jackson singing in Arabic now
LMAO!! Good one!!!
By Buy Danish
December 21, 2006 03:15 PM | Link to this
RW,
I think DDA is fishing for more compliments from Wooten.
By getalife
December 21, 2006 03:27 PM | Link to this
By getalife
December 21, 2006 02:41 PM | Link to this
DebbieDoRight,
I think you and Icehead should hook up. You two would make a nice couple.
Sigh, not mine.
Stop wanking names.
By DebbieDoRight
December 21, 2006 03:28 PM | Link to this
Oh Twisted Sister Truth!! Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanaukkah (i probably spelled it wrong), and Happy Kwanza!!! It’s so good to read your bellowing again!! Even YOU can’t trip me up today — it’s too nice a day to be filled with vinegar!
Did u miss me boo?!(Boo is an endearment used by the under 30 generation, sort of like doll-face, the endearments you used back in the 20s and 30s). I see you just can’t stop thinking about me!!! Am I always on your mind?, (that’s a plug for one of my favorite Country singers, Willie Nelson — he wrote your theme song, Crazy, which Patsy Kline [another favorite] can sing like nobody else).
who’re your favorite singers? do u have them in genres, (like me), or do you have them all lumped together?
By DebbieDoRight
December 21, 2006 03:31 PM | Link to this
Danish: Good you’re back. I want to continue your original discussion about humans/climatic changes. it’s after 3 now so that will probably have to wait until you bring it up again; but if you have any more web links on your theory, could you please post them?
By RW-(the original)
December 21, 2006 03:36 PM | Link to this
DDA,
Good point about the 80’s, especially 1984 when Jump and thriller alternated in every bar you ever walked into.
Buy Danish,
That’s the problem with Pavlovian liberals, once you feed them you’re stuck with them.
By DebbieDoRight
December 21, 2006 04:02 PM | Link to this
That’s the problem with Pavlovian liberals, once you feed them you’re stuck with them.
tsk, tsk, tsk…. RWTOT: unlike you i LIKE to learn new things and explore new ideas. Danish brought up something none of the other conserv bloggers brought up before, (before they were just posting stuff that they heard on Hannity & Homeboy), so I would like to explore her theories and see if they have merit.
i know old people don’t like to learn new tricks….or is that old dogs…? whatever, i’m just interested in her ORIGINAL theory. i know the word original is something you’re not used to! :)
By Buy Danish
December 21, 2006 04:12 PM | Link to this
RW,
It doesn’t help that Wooten keeps handing out treats.
DDA,
Try this from junkscience.com
Here’s the home page where you can learn how banning DDT has cost nearly 5 million lives, a catastrophe the enviro movement has wrought.
Since you are into comedy rock, here’s a little “music” which has your name on it to entertain you while you slog through this stuff. Scroll down to “Debbie” song #16.
You’re welcome!
By Buy Danish
December 21, 2006 04:14 PM | Link to this
RW,
Re her 4:02 - I breathlessly await DDA’s end of day punchline.
By Pope rednecks - Amerikkka's Al Qaeda I
December 21, 2006 04:25 PM | Link to this
Yes, tommy/troof, the Pope is feeling mellow - my departure for bluer pastures has been moved up from the end of February to mid January - to Vermont - one of the bluest of the blue states. Leaving the red(neck) states in my rear view mirror, far from the Mason-Dixon line, almost Canada…
This damn yankee redeems himself by returning to the land of his birth, from this gawd forsaken hellhole of inbred arrogant racist filth and stupidity.
By DebbieDoRight
December 21, 2006 04:30 PM | Link to this
Happy Holidays Bloggers!!!
Well, it’s Christmas time pretty baby; And the snow is falling on the ground
Well, it’s Christmas time pretty baby; And the snow is falling down
Well you be a real good little girl; Santa Claus is back in town
Got no sleigh with reindeer; No sack on my back
You’re gonna see me comin’ in a big; black caddilac
Oh, it’s Christmas time pretty baby; And the snow is falling on the ground
Well you be a real good little baby Santa Claus is back in town
By Buy Danish
December 21, 2006 04:32 PM | Link to this
DDA,
Forget about those Global Warming Sites - I almost forgot! Tomorrow is Global Orgasm Day.
The Global Consciousness Project is another link you might enjoy. Who says that Leftists who promote Global Warming Hysteria are a bunch of kooks?
By Jessie
December 21, 2006 04:45 PM | Link to this
RW @10:39 “There has never been any credible evidence of any species ever becoming another one…”
RW,
I saw you caved yesterday on the “Darwinism is a myth” BS, conveniently, two hours after Wooten closed the store. You must leave extra browsers open so you can be sure to get the last word. How childlike of you.
You said in your belated mea culpa that your myth comment was “slightly hyperbolic”? A bit of an understatement, but I guess anything else would be too much to expect from an idiot.
By RW-(the original)
December 21, 2006 05:05 PM | Link to this
Buy Danish,
The global orgasm countdown clock says it’s 17 hours until the 22nd. Do I have to waste the extra ten hours or is it OK to get a jump on them?
Jessie,
Did you see what time you left what you thought would be the final word, clown?
I addressed a whole lot more than the word myth which I see you are incapable of rebutting so you go to the only thing you’re capable of, which is of course juvenile name calling. Isn’t there a kindergarten blog you could hone your skills on?
BTW, the 3rd definition of “myth” in the American Heritage Dictionary says that I wasn’t at all wrong in my usage of the word.
By Buy Danish
December 21, 2006 05:12 PM | Link to this
Jessie,
RW created a whole blog thread just for you (that has no closing time)and all you can do is come here an mewl like a toddler who dropped his icecream cone?
By Think Tank Timmy
December 21, 2006 05:24 PM | Link to this
RW+BD: How many times today have U2 morons posted? 50? 75?
RW (the aboriginal) and Rent Scandinavian are totally out of control. Once again, mr wooten, you’ve got to curb these two blog-hounds. I mean, it’s unamerican!
I’d still rather explore the epistemological potential of a grape than read even one more word from either of these two stunt wits.
By RW-(the original)
December 21, 2006 05:25 PM | Link to this
Where is FEMA? Where is George W. Bush? Where are my free debit cards? Where’s Sean Penn’s boat so I can loot my Christmas presents?
The preceding has been reported by some to be an actual man on the street conversation with a typical New Orleans resident.
By Buy Danish
December 21, 2006 05:25 PM | Link to this
RW,
By all means, be my guest! Or something like that.
By RW-(the original)
December 21, 2006 05:28 PM | Link to this
Polly Prepuce,
How many names have you used today? 50? 75?
By Think Tank Timmy
December 21, 2006 05:42 PM | Link to this
RW. I dont try to hide that it’s me, Political Foreskin, who is posting under different aliases. EVERYONE SPOTS IT. That’s part of the gag, moron. But only RW thinks that it makes him some sort of uber-blogger when actually by swinging at the bait over and over, well, you are challenged young man, you are challenged.
“Duh, I think that Think Tank Timmy is Political Foreskin, and I spotted it furst, duhhhh….”
RETARD!!!!
By Markus
December 21, 2006 05:46 PM | Link to this
It’s hilarious sitting back and watching BD and RW b*** polyliberal_ID all over the place. Then, in closing time with the final nail in the coffin of inferior blogging, she wails about “how many times did you post today?”
Typical candyassed bedwetting liberal crybaby that didn’t get her way of blog domination. What a loser.
By Jessie
December 21, 2006 05:47 PM | Link to this
RW “…I wasn’t at all wrong in my usage of the word”
RW,
Earlier today, you said that CJ is dishonest for highlighting the idiocy of your myth claim, even though it’s likely that he missed your late night boo-hooing. Now, you make another 180 degree turn and argue that your moronic “myth” claim was “not at all wrong”.
You’re not only an idiot. You’re also a snake.
By Markus
December 21, 2006 05:47 PM | Link to this
Best news item of the day: Trump threatening that fatassed libopig Rosie O’Donnell. It’s about time someone shut that liberal hog the hell up.
By Kelly
December 21, 2006 05:58 PM | Link to this
Isn’t that sweet the way that Danish takes up for RW? Danish is upset that Jessie won’t go to the special blog that RW made just for her. Poor RW. That Jessie is so mean to him. At least RW has Danish to hold his hand. Awwww.
By Buy Danish
December 21, 2006 06:02 PM | Link to this
PoFo,
Do you think that Wooten knows that “Think Tank Timmy” blah blah blah and Political Foreskin are one and the same? I don’t.
Jessie,
I would suggest that you show us the freaking fossil evidence or choose another subject to discuss.
By RW-(the original)
December 21, 2006 06:25 PM | Link to this
Jessie,
Why did you truncate the sentence?
Here’s what I said to you as an aside:
BTW, the 3rd definition of “myth” in the American Heritage Dictionary says that I wasn’t at all wrong in my usage of the word.
An honest person uses ellipses when it doesn’t change the meaning of the quote, obviously you aren’t one of those.
That doesn’t change the fact that I still think I was overly hyperbolic, but since have chosen to completely ignore what you said you were going to provide and focus on the word myth does show how pathetic you are.
Show us any species that evolved into a different species or STFU about it.
By Jessie
December 21, 2006 08:49 PM | Link to this
Snake,
Thanks for conceding, taking it back, and then conceding again.
Now, link to the post where I said I was going to provide something or STFU.
(Thanks for teaching me your technique for breaking in to Wooten’s blog after hours).
By RW-(the original)
December 21, 2006 10:42 PM | Link to this
Jessie,
It’s not pretty when you post after all the egg nog. Again we’ll go point by point.
Thanks for conceding, taking it back, and then conceding again.
Your inability to comprehend the written word is not my problem. It seems to be a trait with you libs to claim to be the nuanced ones and not be able to process the slightest bit of straight forward information.
Now, link to the post where I said I was going to provide something or STFU.
It’s a fact that you haven’t promised or given any information even after two days of bleating. You picked up the mantle of Diogenes and are carrying the burden of fulfilling her promises until you tell her to finally produce on her own. It was you that said she was right about everything and I suspect you don’t have any idea what kind of wild claims she’s made that you are now responsible for proving. If you want to weasel out of it either tell her to provide her proof, admit that you’re an ignorant fool, or both.
(Thanks for teaching me your technique for breaking in to Wooten’s blog after hours).
Obviously you’re confusing me with the bottom of the page. Alcoholics have a habit a dropping their eyes while reading so I can see how you may be confused if that’s what you suffer from. When you see the button that says “Post” it was provided by the blog operator, not some magical entrance to the blog. Sleep it off and I’ll look forward to more of your foolish drivel tomorrow.
By th south ga
December 26, 2006 02:52 PM | Link to this
Real and personal property is not where today’s wealth is “stored”. $100,000 in a financial instrument generates virtually no ad valorem taxes while the same $100,000 in real and personal property generates considerable taxes.