Alterion's Comments (301)

“Agreed, an honest mistake. This is the type of things republitans would try to make a big deal out of if a left winger said it,

but you might say trying to overplay this gaff would be like trying to put lipstick on a pig.”

“I really can't believe the tea party protesters, many from the poor and middle class, fighting tooth and nail so the rich don't have to pay even a tiny bit more.

The same people who would downsize their jobs, foreclose their homes, deny their children health care, plunder their retirements and put their grandmothers out on the street if they could get away with it.


Its like Jews driving the Nazi trains to the concentration camps.

( I know, that analogy showed a lack of class and sensitivity on my part - but Nazi analogies are so in vogue these days, who am I to argue with pop culture? )”

“Yo Chris! I feel sorry for you, and Imma let you finish,

but if you had taken this opportunity to show that you can deal with disapointment in a
constructive and non-hostile manner, I would have said it was the best twitter post of all time!

Of all tyme!!!”

“came out swinging at Romo. She tells the magazine, "No. I would never immortalize a guy that did me wrong. I would never give him that much credit."

I don't interpret that as a jab at Romo... I think she's referring to the guy in the video, who she's saying is not a real person, I think the above statement means, "If Romo HAD done me wrong I wouldn't write a song about him."”

“You are correct, they will be slammed for every move they make. I think crashing the entire world fianancial system was a big enough booboo that half assed measures such as this one will indeed go unappreciated. People want to see big sweeping change and accountibility.”

“They just had to give them something! How about gold plated pacifiers so they'll stop crying like big babies?

Good post, I don't think anyone outside those who want to be duped are fooled by this - they have some market manipulation plan in place to make sure those stock bonuses are worth more than cash - and the plan also ensures that the taxpayer will end up paying for it.”

“If most of the issues with the e-readers in this review are a slow interface, that doesn't seem like a big deal.

It would never fly for web-surfing, where its constant click and scroll through options, but what's the big deal about an extra 2 or 3 minutes in the menus if, once your book is selected, you get 9 or so hours of comfortable reading out of the selected book?”

“Reason #1,594,698,549 that you can't own a football team.”

“Oh I misinterpreted the headline when I clicked it... by 'On' , you meant 'talking about them'.

moving along...”

“This should be the deciding factor. Find the wireless company and cell phone company execs and track down their underlings and try this experiment:

When the exec calls, the person will not asnwer. They will call back an hour later and say, "I'm sorry sir, I was driving."

How well do you think that would go over?”

“EW is right about everything.

Its interesting how some people try to blame irresponible behavior on the middle class for their problems, but in reality the luxuries have become surprisingly affordable. Top of the line Digital Cameras, TVs, Game Consoles, etc. can be had for $300-$600.

Its the neccessities, House, Car, Health Care, that have become abusively expensive, and are crushing the middle class.”

“This is an interesting article, and there are some interesting legal, as well as philosophical points here. Who should be paid for content, and when is it ok to aggregate it?

Let me take Murdock's point one step further and present a point not often though about. He seems to say if Newscore does a story on Tiger Wood's current problems, for example, that Newscore should be paid if that story is aggregated.

But shouldn't Tiger Woods be paid?

The media itself is basically an 'agregator' of the lives of others, many who don't want their name on TV or in print.”

“One of the greatest coups in business history was Apple and music. The recording industry was presented with a huge problem - people copying music online, costing them a lot of money. While the recording industry had the brilliant idea to sue 13 year olds, Apple created the innovative iTunes, that catered to customers so well they began to PAY for music they were getting for free. (no, I don't work for Apple, or even own an iPod).

Media is now presented with a similar problem. The message to the big shots in the news media these days, who will you be? The innovators who come up with a new, great idea? Or the petulant, snarling whiners who threaten to sue loyal customers who actually LIKE your product?”

“Kirk would have knocked him out with one punch then ran off with one of his concubines.”

“Don't drop the blame on the SecServ right away before more info is out. VIPs can cause untold problems for security when they get annoyed with inconvenient security measures. John Stewart had a former secserv guy on who talked about the kids of VIPs who would run redlights to try to escape the security following them

This will undoubtedly be investigated, but its curious how it happened. You get a list of guests.

Check ID, check list.

But what if someone is 'too good' to show their ID? Remember Rep. Cynthia McKinley tried the 'Do you know who I am???' routine in DC with a guard.

Does the SecServ have the right to demand that EVERYONE show ID? Would they get in trouble if they didn't recognize someone and asked the wrong VIP for ID?

Still too many variables to make a judgement at this point.”

“All these years lowering taxes on the rich, I thought they were out there 'creating jobs' with the extra money.

Supply side economics... EPIC FAIL.”

“When you realise that, to some people, God = Money, this statement makes sense.”

“Just beacuse something is a 'zinger' doesn't mean its a good idea to say it. Yeah, I get it, a 'Rhino' is an animal, and a RINO, which sounds the same, is a moderate republican.

A person screws the Rinos. ( A person acts in a way that politicaly harms moderate republicans) A person screws the Rhinos. ( A person has sex with animals. )

I'm not going to critisize at this point, just offer a bit of advice. I heard Rush trying to backtrack when he was turned down for the NFL. He honestly thought it was because of a single comment he made, saying the 'crips and bloods', and thought it was a valid idea with a 'bad choice of words'.

No Rush. This is the reason you can't own a football team, no matter how much money you have. Statements like this, day after day for years on end. And just last week you told someone to 'go sit on a fire hydrant.'. I might have used that one in 3rd grade. Then again, probably not.”

“I don't think what I suggested is communism, I'm not suggesting the company be evenly distributed in ownership or profit. To scale back my point a little, I just think Employees should have SOME say in how a company is run, if employees could do a vote of no confidence in a CEO, I think the way a company was run would vastly improve.

Also forget the term 'sweat equity'. I just think a lot of investors buy a stock because all they care about is making money in the short term. People who have worked at a company for years have a better idea how that company should be run, rather than an investor who just throws lots of money into a business and says, 'make me a profit NOW.'. Frankly, employees also more emotionally invested in seeing the company do well, and career invested ( if they work at a company for years, they want it to be there when someone calls for a reference. )

I've been an investor too, and I admit I've felt this way. A companys stock dragging for a long time had me occasionally thinking, "I dont care WHAT they do, just make me some dang money!".

But hey, its never been tried. What we got doesn't work, might be time for some radical ideas.”

“This is better than what we have now, but it gives too much power to those with money. An ultra rich person can just buy up 51% of the shares and replace the board with his cronies.

Maybe an upper limit on voting shares would correct this.”

“I have an idea ( for PUBLIC companies only ) - why not give the Employees a vote?

I know it sounds radical, but let the people who put their 'sweat equity' into a company get something out of it. Whats to prevent an exec from buying up shares ( or awarding themself shares as a bonus ) and dominating the majority vote anyway? Heck, that happens now.”

“Tip for CNN,:Offer this trade to Fox: Sheppard Smith for Brown and Dobbs.

Throw in a Charazar to sweeten the deal.”

“You're right, I would say MSNBC nowadays is hard left, and Fox News is hard right and routinely distorts the news.

CB is frankly wrong about one thing, she said, "Fox news leans right and is up front about it."

They are not up front about it whatsoever, they frequently deny that fact and claim to be fair and balanced.”

“Awww... poor baby... jealous of the attention Sarah and Lynn have been getting? Need to say something outrageous again to get back in the spotlight?

There there... the media's paying attention to you too again! Feel better now?”

“" GM's board of directors was "utterly docile in the face of mounting evidence of a looming disaster" "

Well, who wouldn't be? If you're still pulling down a multi-million dollar bonus while the company is losing billions a year, why would you think anything was wrong?

But my absolute favorite is 'Planned Obsolescence", an innocuous sounding name for one of the funniest business ideas of all time:

"Hey, lets reward our loyal customers by purposely making our products LOWER quality so they'll have to buy more!"

Then they have the audacity to call themselves the 'Heartbeat of America", because nothing says 'American Pride' like purposely making a product of lower quality?

This is what happens when the 'money people' get in charge. They don't care about the industry or the quality of the product, just money money money. You see it happening in Journalism ( look how pathetic the national 'news' has been over the last several years... same problem, money men in charge who don't care about journalism)”