Comments on: The Gaffer http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/the-gaffer/ Firedoglake weblog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:01:44 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ACitizen http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/the-gaffer/#comment-1467736 ACitizen Thu, 29 May 2008 13:51:40 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/the-gaffer/#comment-1467736 <p>What the commenter you respond to is trying to point out is that The Magic Man, as he has done in the past, is making things up.</p> <p>The only Uncle folks have been able to find who served was in the Navy.</p> <p>I watched the vid clip myself and guess what?</p> <p>We’ve had enough af an idiot as POTUS which is exactly how Obama comes off. Mumbling, rambling if he was white and a foot shorter you’d think it was Bush.</p> <p>Jewish voters will not be fooled by this sort of bullshitting.</p> What the commenter you respond to is trying to point out is that The Magic Man, as he has done in the past, is making things up.

The only Uncle folks have been able to find who served was in the Navy.

I watched the vid clip myself and guess what?

We’ve had enough af an idiot as POTUS which is exactly how Obama comes off. Mumbling, rambling if he was white and a foot shorter you’d think it was Bush.

Jewish voters will not be fooled by this sort of bullshitting.

]]> By: selise http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/the-gaffer/#comment-1467695 selise Thu, 29 May 2008 13:13:42 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/the-gaffer/#comment-1467695 <p>thanks SD - hope you have a great day.</p> thanks SD – hope you have a great day.

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/the-gaffer/#comment-1467681 SouthernDragon Thu, 29 May 2008 13:03:35 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/the-gaffer/#comment-1467681 <p>Gotta go to work. Later.</p> Gotta go to work. Later.

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/the-gaffer/#comment-1467677 SouthernDragon Thu, 29 May 2008 13:01:18 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/the-gaffer/#comment-1467677 <p>I was afraid you were going to ask that. Now we enter the group dynamic thing. Every blog has its “community” and within that cliques are formed. Based primarily on where one stands on a particular issue or set of issues. Thinking about it that way, clique is probably not the best description because cliques naturally exclude those who don’t fit into a preconceived mold. </p> <p>Wow, every other tune from my little radio station is a Utah bit. Mooseturd Pie. Too cool.</p> <p>Back to cliques. We have Obama supporters, Clinton supporters, folks who like neither but will go with the Dems, and a few who say they’d would vote for McCain. You get the idea. Not really cliques per se, just groups with strong feelings one way or the other.</p> <p>Would take more than the 10 minutes I’ve given it to really analyze it.</p> I was afraid you were going to ask that. Now we enter the group dynamic thing. Every blog has its “community” and within that cliques are formed. Based primarily on where one stands on a particular issue or set of issues. Thinking about it that way, clique is probably not the best description because cliques naturally exclude those who don’t fit into a preconceived mold.

Wow, every other tune from my little radio station is a Utah bit. Mooseturd Pie. Too cool.

Back to cliques. We have Obama supporters, Clinton supporters, folks who like neither but will go with the Dems, and a few who say they’d would vote for McCain. You get the idea. Not really cliques per se, just groups with strong feelings one way or the other.

Would take more than the 10 minutes I’ve given it to really analyze it.

]]> By: Elliott http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/the-gaffer/#comment-1467670 Elliott Thu, 29 May 2008 12:49:47 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/the-gaffer/#comment-1467670 <p>“faggot hassle” is in itself offensive to hear or read. The steps from where it is in your head and what came out on the page are not laid. Not even one, so it never occurred to me to ask you what you really meant using the word faggot.</p> “faggot hassle” is in itself offensive to hear or read. The steps from where it is in your head and what came out on the page are not laid. Not even one, so it never occurred to me to ask you what you really meant using the word faggot.

]]> By: selise http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/the-gaffer/#comment-1467668 selise Thu, 29 May 2008 12:47:42 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/the-gaffer/#comment-1467668 <p>any suggestions? i’d rather be part of a community than a clique.</p> any suggestions? i’d rather be part of a community than a clique.

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/the-gaffer/#comment-1467667 SouthernDragon Thu, 29 May 2008 12:45:11 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/the-gaffer/#comment-1467667 <p>In this not-so-little virtual world cliquish is probably a fair description.</p> In this not-so-little virtual world cliquish is probably a fair description.

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/the-gaffer/#comment-1467666 SouthernDragon Thu, 29 May 2008 12:44:06 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/the-gaffer/#comment-1467666 <p>I’ve been hoping that some pup would know her or someone close to her. It’s frustrating.</p> I’ve been hoping that some pup would know her or someone close to her. It’s frustrating.

]]> By: selise http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/the-gaffer/#comment-1467663 selise Thu, 29 May 2008 12:40:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/the-gaffer/#comment-1467663 <p>i don’t know… but regardless, she is in our thoughts.</p> i don’t know… but regardless, she is in our thoughts.

]]> By: selise http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/the-gaffer/#comment-1467661 selise Thu, 29 May 2008 12:40:18 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/29/the-gaffer/#comment-1467661 <p>i assumed so too. but you are right. mark hasn’t been a regular frequent commenter for several years and most people probably don’t know him… and none of us know really know his story since it’s just been bits in comments over the years.</p> <p>what do you think can be done to help?</p> <p>it’s not just a problem with mark’s visits. we make assumptions all the time about what people know because we think they’ve read a comment (or comments) when they haven’t. i worry sometimes that it’s off-putting to lurkers. makes us cliquish.</p> i assumed so too. but you are right. mark hasn’t been a regular frequent commenter for several years and most people probably don’t know him… and none of us know really know his story since it’s just been bits in comments over the years.

what do you think can be done to help?

it’s not just a problem with mark’s visits. we make assumptions all the time about what people know because we think they’ve read a comment (or comments) when they haven’t. i worry sometimes that it’s off-putting to lurkers. makes us cliquish.

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