Tom95134's Comments (112)

“Secret Service is in DHS now.”

“Aren't they union?”

“Do you have evidence to back up that claim?

I could say video games cause ADHD, cure herpes, and prevent masturbation, but I have absolutely no proof to back those claims up either...”

“co-sign.”

“Yep, remember years ago when JFK was our president the leader of Russia at the time was pounding on the table screaming "We will bury you". We sure didn't have to weight for Russia, China or even the middle east to do it. We are eating our own.”

“One big difference: Michelle Bachman wins her elections.

Don't ask me how, but she does. :-(”

“Good call Capt Obvious.”

“I'm sure they have. But would a really dangerous person do this kind of thing. Probably not.”

“It's only a "Free Market" if they are making unfettered profits, at the expense of others, when their bill comes due, they shriek and cry about "Intervent­ion"....”

“Thank you for bringing this up, i am sure this something most senior don`t know or understand­,personall­y i think it`s very misleading and egregious that the private health care industry can use Medicare in it` s name but then again this is what we all expect from these greedy bastards that work in the private H,C industry,profits over people and pay or die. This is not then America I remember as a kid.”

“Nicely said.”

“It was a Republican gift to private insurance because they lost a huge segment of customers with Medicare. It was a way for them to "stay in the market", making money. Pure and simple.”

“"Obama dangled tort reform in front of the Republicans during his address"

That's just speechifying.

Meanwhile, those actually charged with writing legislation, the Democrats in the House and Senate have made it clear that Tort reform is off the table.

Republicans have been shut out of the debate since April”

“A picture is worth a thousand words. Who doesn't remember these:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/in_pictures_the_vietnam_war_/html/5.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/05/in_pictures_the_vietnam_war_/html/6.stm”

“It will take a lot more, but it's an innovative step in the right direction, and the fact that it came not from scientists but from brothers pooling their resources, all the more impressive.”

“Need to take a good, hard look at Monsanto.”

“He's John Kerry. Interpret that anyway you like.

While he's busy formulating egalitarian intellectual arrangements in his head the far right is ready to run him over with a tank.”

“My take is that Obama is a hardball pol, but he didn't sell himself as that. He's having an identity problem -- one of his own making. So many think he doesn't know what's going on. That's what I meant by my intelligence being insulted. He knows how things go in politics and in D.C. He's got Rahn E. on his right elbow, for X's sake! So, please don't see him as some innocent caught in a na sty machine. He's no such thing.

But he was given the opportunity to operate from that persona he sold us. He just couldn't get the gist of it, could he?”

“The media couldn't be bothered to cover any of the protests against the Bush War and couldn't be bothered to cover the large rally in favor of health care reform but it can cover what two or three psychopathically misinformed clowns rant about and it can always find time for a few minutes of Sarah drivel.”

“This is not about "personal responsibility, or integrity" as you state. This is about newspapers that have promised through years and years of reporting to be unbiased and objective while reporting news. Instead, much news now wears the mantle of reporting false innuendo, outright lies and deception, and do not differentiate between editorial or lay opinions and legitimate facts in news. In reality, Americans are fed false and malicious lies and because of 1st A. rights which protect speech against public figures if no malice can be attached we do not know what the truth is. Personally, I vote to throw out the "Times v Sullivan" and Gertz USSCT decisions which have benefited the news media for years in Tort actions brought by individuals. News papers, and other media purporting to be news should be fully accountable for any statements that they make to the public. That means they must do their investigatory homework. Hiding behind statements that individuals have stated the news (as in the cases of Palin and the birthers) and not necessarily the media is misleading. Just how stupid does the media think we readers and listeners are?”

“Its the media's fault for providing the crazies with legitimacy.

Crazies used to just stand on the street corner, yelling at the cars driving by. Then someone in the media decided that they could make a buck by putting them on TV. Now instead of talking about real issues, the Pres. has to spend about 5 minutes of every speech rebutting the insane claims.

i.e. NO death panels, no secret government plan to steal your money, etc

This is where we've gotten, and its entirely because the media treats anything anyone says as legitimate. Every opinion, no matter how stupid or crazy is valid. If they call a lie a lie or a crazy crazy, they're biased. so instead of being respectable , they've become a joke.”

“It isn't the fault of the media that the cr@zies are cr@zy

It IS their fault for giving these people a podium to spread their lunacy while treating their lunacy as sane and factual.

That's the difference between the coverage of Sarah Palin and the Birthers. At least were countering the Bither nonsense with facts.”

“Baker anticipated and addressed your comment in the first paragraph of his piece.”

“The two aren't mutually exclusive. I think the point of the article is to highlight the fact that the media, who in times such as now, should be removed enough to give an honest assessment of the situation and not get caught up in the emotion thus facilitating it.”

“These people are looney just for lunacy's sake, but allowing them to get away with telling a debunked lie that started with a bill that they slipped into the bill is disingenuous and when the media doesn't call them on this, they're not doing their jobs.”

“No, It IS the Media's Fault that THIS discussion is happening. IF the Media Cared About Factual reporting, This latest round of BS would have NEVER gotten a single line of type printed.
Instead and Rather than "good old fashioned Investigative Journalism" WE get this!

The Media is "For Entertainment Only" and Should Never be taken Seriously.
"The News" has been Long Gone. Dumbing Down exercises are Still implemented and WE are eating it up, lol”

“The media is responsible for constantly rerunning the scream fests that happen and the constant chattering of the talking heads touting the lies.
The media has crossed that 'invisible' line and need to be held accountable for their actions.”

“Are you suggesting those who watch his show don't get his sarcasm? Do you think conservatives watch his show?

Now if you're referring to the recent study released saying that conservatives who do happen to catch his show don't get him, that's another thing.”

“Oh great...no­w we have a problem with methane from windmills!”

“Seriously? DC transmission systems? Have they gotten superconductivity working on that scale now?”