Comments on: Someone At TIME Magazine Has a Woody For Ace of Spades http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/someone-at-time-magazine-has-a-woody-for-ace-of-spades/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:20:17 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: jaango http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/someone-at-time-magazine-has-a-woody-for-ace-of-spades/#comment-1378311 jaango Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:05:55 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/someone-at-time-magazine-has-a-woody-for-ace-of-spades/#comment-1378311 <p>I truly am offended (snark/snark!!) that no Latino-oriented political blog was included on the Time’s list. Okay, I am not offended, so as one ’smarty’ among us suggested, I shoulda did it myself. Thus, please be advised:</p> <p>The Chicano Veterans Organization is going to establish its annual “Obscurity on the Internet” Award. Consequently, should you have any favorite Latino-oriented political blogs, send along to the info to our email address: <a href="mailto:info@chicanoveterans.org" rel="nofollow">info AT chicanoveterans.org</a>, and we will post it up on our “Cactus Juice Commentaries” page, and moreover, the FireDogLake, will get the credit.</p> <p>And lest we all tend to forget, this Lake has a wealth of excellent writing among its many, many readers. Needless to say, I am quite surprised that the Lake wasn’t included, but then Time has not been in pursuit of much “quality” for these past serveral years. </p> <p>As such, my thanks to Blue Texan. Ya’ did good!</p> I truly am offended (snark/snark!!) that no Latino-oriented political blog was included on the Time’s list. Okay, I am not offended, so as one ’smarty’ among us suggested, I shoulda did it myself. Thus, please be advised:

The Chicano Veterans Organization is going to establish its annual “Obscurity on the Internet” Award. Consequently, should you have any favorite Latino-oriented political blogs, send along to the info to our email address: info AT chicanoveterans.org, and we will post it up on our “Cactus Juice Commentaries” page, and moreover, the FireDogLake, will get the credit.

And lest we all tend to forget, this Lake has a wealth of excellent writing among its many, many readers. Needless to say, I am quite surprised that the Lake wasn’t included, but then Time has not been in pursuit of much “quality” for these past serveral years.

As such, my thanks to Blue Texan. Ya’ did good!

]]> By: wigwam http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/someone-at-time-magazine-has-a-woody-for-ace-of-spades/#comment-1377046 wigwam Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:21:42 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/someone-at-time-magazine-has-a-woody-for-ace-of-spades/#comment-1377046 <p>Hey PW, I think you nailed it; either that or they turned to Joe Klein.</p> Hey PW, I think you nailed it; either that or they turned to Joe Klein.

]]> By: tejanarusa http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/someone-at-time-magazine-has-a-woody-for-ace-of-spades/#comment-1376874 tejanarusa Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:49:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/someone-at-time-magazine-has-a-woody-for-ace-of-spades/#comment-1376874 <p>Hi, pups - doing a driveby - just checked out that list of blogs - what I’m outraged by is the inclusion on the list of “overrated blogs” of I Can Has Cheezburger!/s<br /> First, I don’t really think of it as a blog - it has comments, but come on! Besides, nothing else gives me a quick lift on a bad day as a few pages of ICHC. It truly makes me LOL, a thing that doesn’t happen that often these days.<br /> Sigh. Just another example of the un-kewl kids trying to pretend they’re kewl.</p> Hi, pups – doing a driveby – just checked out that list of blogs – what I’m outraged by is the inclusion on the list of “overrated blogs” of I Can Has Cheezburger!/s
First, I don’t really think of it as a blog – it has comments, but come on! Besides, nothing else gives me a quick lift on a bad day as a few pages of ICHC. It truly makes me LOL, a thing that doesn’t happen that often these days.
Sigh. Just another example of the un-kewl kids trying to pretend they’re kewl.

]]> By: Redshift http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/someone-at-time-magazine-has-a-woody-for-ace-of-spades/#comment-1376850 Redshift Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:55:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/someone-at-time-magazine-has-a-woody-for-ace-of-spades/#comment-1376850 <p>For me, the topper was their “sample post” quote for Floppy Ace — a pathetic attempt to create a “gotcha” out of Obama’s call for a dialogue about race, claiming that it was bogus because of course we couldn’t talk about anti-semitism in the black community.</p> <p>I don’t know whether the post in question was from before Obama’s MLK Day speech, or if Ace is just so woefully uninformed that he doesn’t know that Obama <em>talked about exactly that</em> in the speech, but either way it provides a perfect illustration of how unbelievably lame the blog is.</p> For me, the topper was their “sample post” quote for Floppy Ace — a pathetic attempt to create a “gotcha” out of Obama’s call for a dialogue about race, claiming that it was bogus because of course we couldn’t talk about anti-semitism in the black community.

I don’t know whether the post in question was from before Obama’s MLK Day speech, or if Ace is just so woefully uninformed that he doesn’t know that Obama talked about exactly that in the speech, but either way it provides a perfect illustration of how unbelievably lame the blog is.

]]> By: Phoenix Woman http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/someone-at-time-magazine-has-a-woody-for-ace-of-spades/#comment-1376825 Phoenix Woman Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:28:36 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/someone-at-time-magazine-has-a-woody-for-ace-of-spades/#comment-1376825 <p>They’re trolling for clicks. It’s the “Ha-ha! Made ya loooook!” principle.</p> They’re trolling for clicks. It’s the “Ha-ha! Made ya loooook!” principle.

]]> By: juslin http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/someone-at-time-magazine-has-a-woody-for-ace-of-spades/#comment-1376813 juslin Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:20:30 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/someone-at-time-magazine-has-a-woody-for-ace-of-spades/#comment-1376813 <p>continues to amaze me that americans dont realize how gov’t will do what they will to see how far they can do harmful things to citizens - gas into the nyc subway system… allowing syphillus to ravage black men to gauge the damage … just check history sometimes</p> continues to amaze me that americans dont realize how gov’t will do what they will to see how far they can do harmful things to citizens – gas into the nyc subway system… allowing syphillus to ravage black men to gauge the damage … just check history sometimes

]]> By: selise http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/someone-at-time-magazine-has-a-woody-for-ace-of-spades/#comment-1376811 selise Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:17:46 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/someone-at-time-magazine-has-a-woody-for-ace-of-spades/#comment-1376811 <p>having been religious, i think part of the outrage is over the idea that a person could attend a church and not be in lock step with the “Teachings of the Church.” especially if the teachings of the church were to think for oneself (not saying this is true of wright’s church - just don’t know, but UCC is certainly more open minded than some of the churches i have been a member of (UCC is way too close minded for me now-a-days, but i’m trying to put it in context).</p> having been religious, i think part of the outrage is over the idea that a person could attend a church and not be in lock step with the “Teachings of the Church.” especially if the teachings of the church were to think for oneself (not saying this is true of wright’s church – just don’t know, but UCC is certainly more open minded than some of the churches i have been a member of (UCC is way too close minded for me now-a-days, but i’m trying to put it in context).

]]> By: Juno http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/someone-at-time-magazine-has-a-woody-for-ace-of-spades/#comment-1376809 Juno Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:17:12 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/someone-at-time-magazine-has-a-woody-for-ace-of-spades/#comment-1376809 <p>Well, this is they kind of hyperbole that I think is unhelpful and unnecessary.</p> <p>Indeed, there is a news article out now - you can see it on Yahoo News - by the AP noting that what Clinton said about the poor woman dying and being refused medical care was actually predominantly true but that it had some confusion to the story.</p> <p>No, I don’t think Sen. Clinton is a pathological liar (that is a clinical term). I think all candidates exaggerate and even lie on occasion and try to add color to their experiences and resumes. Obama does too. People need to calm down, I think.</p> Well, this is they kind of hyperbole that I think is unhelpful and unnecessary.

Indeed, there is a news article out now – you can see it on Yahoo News – by the AP noting that what Clinton said about the poor woman dying and being refused medical care was actually predominantly true but that it had some confusion to the story.

No, I don’t think Sen. Clinton is a pathological liar (that is a clinical term). I think all candidates exaggerate and even lie on occasion and try to add color to their experiences and resumes. Obama does too. People need to calm down, I think.

]]> By: jackie http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/someone-at-time-magazine-has-a-woody-for-ace-of-spades/#comment-1376806 jackie Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:14:06 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/someone-at-time-magazine-has-a-woody-for-ace-of-spades/#comment-1376806 <p>‘Saying the US Gov’t. created AIDS to kill black people is pretty horrible, esp. when it isn’t backed up with any credible evidence.’</p> <p>There are still questions about it though.</p> <p>Hepatitis B Vaccine and the Origin of HIV/AIDS:<br /> Perspectives on a Possible Vaccine Induced Pandemic<br /> <a href="http://educate-yourself.org/vcd/vcshepbvaccineoriginofhivaids18jul02.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://educate-yourself.org/vc.....ul02.shtml</a></p> ‘Saying the US Gov’t. created AIDS to kill black people is pretty horrible, esp. when it isn’t backed up with any credible evidence.’

There are still questions about it though.

Hepatitis B Vaccine and the Origin of HIV/AIDS:
Perspectives on a Possible Vaccine Induced Pandemic
http://educate-yourself.org/vc…..ul02.shtml

]]> By: KayInMaine http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/someone-at-time-magazine-has-a-woody-for-ace-of-spades/#comment-1376805 KayInMaine Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:13:54 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/someone-at-time-magazine-has-a-woody-for-ace-of-spades/#comment-1376805 <p>The last few weeks have proven Hillary is a pathological liar. Are you not seeing that? Wow. It’s stunning how she’s making up fake stories to make her points.</p> The last few weeks have proven Hillary is a pathological liar. Are you not seeing that? Wow. It’s stunning how she’s making up fake stories to make her points.

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