Sunday Roundup

This week, "outs" were in. In politics, Chris Christie and Sarah Palin announced they were officially out of the running for 2012. In Italy, Amanda Knox was finally out of prison after an appeals court jury overturned her conviction for murdering her roommate. Knox quickly flew home to Seattle amid rampant speculation about how much money she could make for selling her story. Also out: Hank Williams, Jr., whose signature intro song will no longer be a part of Monday Night Football. The country singer had told Fox News that the president hitting the links with John Boehner was "like Hitler playing golf with Netanyahu." (Note to rhetorical extremists on both sides: Nazi comparisons never help make your case.) Tragically, this week also saw the way-before-his-time passing of Steve Jobs, a towering example of an American businessman whose vision, creativity, and entrepreneurial spirit benefited both Apple and the world. Take note, Wall Street. RIP, Steve.

 

 

 

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Comments

[brianfromohio]

09:51 AM on 10/10/2011

Ms. Huffington

I consider you to be a serious person and would like you to discuss my question to other serious minded people.
Is it time for a 50 year bond with strong lock boxes to deal with the nations long and short term fiscal problems?
If so then lets debate the social and economic gains we want as a nation. Everything (government reforms, education, infrastructure, etc. etc.) should be respectfully discussed. Compounding investment in America requires time to solve big and complex problems.

Thank You
brianfromohio

[whatislife]

11:30 PM on 10/09/2011

I guess, the final note is what the world is doing with love., http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyp0f8L5nd4

[whatislife]

11:20 PM on 10/09/2011

Sunday roundup, Steve had the right attitude and talent to express him self. Now how do regular men express themselves in everyday life. The bits and parts of life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnwOr4zRLeA

[whatislife]

11:08 PM on 10/09/2011

Anyway, there is what your right is. Then there is what wrong is. Now, there is what feels good, without reservation. Why should people feel miserable. Then there is both sides of the story.

[Cyclone]

08:46 PM on 10/09/2011

I am not clear on why it was necessary to give a "note to both sides" when criticizing Hank Williams' actions. There is NO equivalence between the two political parties when it comes to "extreme rhetoric".
No matter what one may think of his of his political performance, Barack Obama has been called every vile name imaginable and treated with not only disrespect but loathsome contempt. This is all done without the denouncement of Republican party officials or their publicly elected leaders. To make "both sides do it" the focal point minimizes and consequently dismisses the kind of insidious hatred that seems to be infecting the Republican party.

[whatislife]

10:59 PM on 10/09/2011

What??, The saints making comments on here are truly angels. LOL.

[peter sfikas]

08:19 PM on 10/09/2011

I have a sense that a lot of people want to say much, much more, express themselves more freely, but, they pull their punches. They play it safe ? you know, wink wink, nudge nudge. What are they afraid of ? Our new, changing, kind of, "Democracy" ? .... am I 100 % wrong here, or what ? Will someone who is not afraid please, Enlighten me ?

[Sanity Inspector]

07:31 PM on 10/09/2011

"(Note to rhetorical extremists on both sides: Nazi comparisons never help make your case.)"

That never occurred to nor stopped nearly every liberal commentator during the Bush years.

[Cyclone]

09:04 PM on 10/09/2011

What liberal commentators are you speaking of? Please provide names or inks.

[LMPE]

07:25 PM on 10/09/2011

Let's not forget the clergyman and Rick Perry ally who called Mormonism a cult.

[yogini4]

08:19 PM on 10/09/2011

Many therapists consider LDS a cult.

[Mack777]

03:06 PM on 10/09/2011

Thanks,nomoredead,for writing what I have thought - no response from Ah about OWS in 4wks.

R. Maddow hasn't ever started her show w mention of OWS so I turn it off and don't watch anymore.

I hope she gives it a couple sentences. HP blacked it too the first week or so.

It brings clarity doesn't it?

[PunxatawnyPhil]

04:29 PM on 10/09/2011

Time, time, time.... is on our side.... yes it is.

[BigBearcatBill]

02:07 PM on 10/09/2011

A very good discussion by a medical leader with some shocking facts explaining why we are not a very healthy country for all the money we spend on medical care (more than any other country including the healthier ones), and you will see that another part of uncontrolled capitalism is getting people "addicted to" or craving unhealthy foods, in some places partially because of lack of better access to healthier foods:
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/10/09/3968627/social-factors-play-huge-role.html

[OneFluOverTheWooWoosNest]

02:05 PM on 10/09/2011

Unless you are in the business of genocide and world domination, I agree, you don't compare with Hitler.

[LMPE]

07:26 PM on 10/09/2011

Definitely true. The question is how to explain it to whack-jobs.

[NewAmericanCenturySucks]

12:34 PM on 10/09/2011

It's so true, Arianna - Nazi references are grotesquely over-used.

Strictly speaking, a Nazi Germany comparison would only be valid if a world super-power started invading other nations, and suppressing opposition through intimidation (detention camps, execution without trial, unmanned bombing campaigns) and propaganda (systematic dehumanization via tightly controlled mass-media).

What're the chances of THAT ever happening again?

[OneFluOverTheWooWoosNest]

02:11 PM on 10/09/2011

Do you really believe the US is comparable with Nazi Germany?

We may not be on the right path, but comparable to Nazi Germany?

[giftsthatpurr]

04:49 PM on 10/09/2011

We aren't even close.

[yogini4]

08:20 PM on 10/09/2011

If you knew what I know , the answer to that question would be a resounding Yes.

[nomoredead]

12:03 PM on 10/09/2011

Still no mention of OWS by AH going into the 4th week.

[theeconomicfractalist]

11:02 AM on 10/09/2011

On a different level...

Out the political parties

Fox commentators bemoan the muddled ragtag protesters without a clear goal....

What would be a crystallizing consensus political statement/goal for the Occupy Wall Streeters?

Out em... Form a new party of the 99 .....

with candidates in every municipal, county, state, and federal election for the 2012 elections ... plenty of time get organized via the internet ....

[Craig Bovia]

10:57 AM on 10/09/2011

Great Job, Arianna. Thanks for all you do.