Amalek's Comments (244)

“In response to Amalek:

I have worked in non-profit arts, the public sector, and corporate America. The area that uses its resources the best is the non-profit arts sector by a wide margin, followed distantly by Government, with Corporate America not even in sight. If anyone needs to get additional training, it is the MBA's who have run so many corporations into the ground while they themselves have reaped personal profit. Ask any accountant who deals with non-profits and for-profits and they will tell you that the non-profit managers have far more skills in managing money and meeting their communities needs. If the non-profit sector were subsidized to a tiny fraction in the manner that the for-profit sector was, it would be healthy. While there are some poor non-profit managers out there, the vast majority of them are smart, hard-working and have dedicated themselves to serving the public, rather than lining their own pockets. Let's see what happens when the Government stops subsidizing Con-Agra, Shell Oil, General Electric etc... .

Most civilized countries have determined that a healthy and affordable arts community is good for the well-being of their citizens. America gives about fifty cents per-capita to the arts on a federal level. This is exponentially smaller than every other developed country in the world. What is amazing is not that the arts are in trouble here, but that they survive and continue to sometimes produce great work.”

“No. No one in AZ I believe wants to run for McCain's seat. He is a lifer.”

“Yes, it is!”

“bob scheiffer was simplying parroting what many were already saying. There was nothing about his statement that added anything to the conversation. Everyone understands that, but, what makes it ok? Do we still live in a society that has anyone who has been unfaithful walk around town with a big red letter A on their chest, just so we know who they are? Yes, apparently, we do still live in that archaic mode.

All these people look like fools now because Tiger has taken all responsibility for it and now aims to heal the wounds he (and the mistresses) have inflicted on his family. but, he alone! No one else can help him undo the damage. It's a tall order and I challenge ANYONE to go through what he is going through without throwin their hands up and saying EFF it! It would have been much easier for him to say, I'm just gonna keep playin golf and making millions and forget my family. that isn't Tiger Woods. He's manning up and my hope is that he can do it.”

“Only if you yell loud enough to drown out the other hundred-plus people already shouting the same thing.”

“Why wouldn't a conservative support a sales tax? It's recessive.”

“I like Olbermann purely as the anti-O'Reilly but I pity anyone who thinks Countdown is a news program. I find Olbermann has more in common with Jon Stewart - and I mean that as a compliment.

O'Reilly brings on people who disagree with him because his audience wants their news analysis as a blood sport. O'Reilly's occasionally heretical positions (nice description) are, I believe, a set up so he can claim he's independent. And he always keeps them off to one side, he has never taken a clear stand against Republican talking points the way Shepherd Smith has.

While Olbermann likes to get embarrassingly sanctimonious, he does seem to genuinely believe everything he says. With the O'Reillys and Hannitys, they know what's expected of them. Letterman put it best when he said to O'Reilly, "You're too smart to believe this."”

“The point I was trying to make was not so much stylistic differences between the two, but substance. I would rather listen to Olbermann speak to like-minded reporters and keep it honest than listen to O'Reilly lie to the like-minded. Also, I do not want to hear O'Reilly shout down and interrupt ideological incompatabile guests like he did with the journalist who called him to task for his repeated accusations that the murdered abortion doctor, Dr. Tiller, was himself a mass murderer. O'Reilly is a school-yard bully!

O'Reilly lies and Olbermann does not. O'Reilly said there was no question that Bush defeated the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan. Does he think he is talking to kindergarteners? Also, O'Reilly calls anyone a fascist who wants to tax the rich and then he calls for a 2% federal sales tax which disportionately falls on the poor. It is a joke! His tax burden is less than it was when Bush the first was in office. If O'Reilly wants war after war let him pay for it.”

“Amalek, you've been fanned.”

“Yes, Fox has a fiercely dedicated audience who are likely on the margins of society.”