Comments on: Brave New World

By: RebeccaH

RebeccaH — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:15:10 +0000

Sorry you had to do away with the click-begging, Jules. Consider my clicks restored.

Moqtada, baby. Have you met Farouk?

By: Cliff Clavin

Cliff Clavin — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:17:17 +0000

Roast stomachs. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

By: Moqtada al-Sadr

Moqtada al-Sadr — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:59:07 +0000

What are you trying to infer upon me, Worthless Infidel? Many of the Faithful are wearing of the garter belts and the silky stockings under their burkhas – it is meaningless I tell you! MEANINGLESS! Moqtada is of the manliest, always!

By the Beard of the Prophet, Unclean One! You are all alike! May your stomachs roast in Hell for all Eternity!

By: Luther McLeod

Luther McLeod — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:24:33 +0000

Sorry, but if bloggers need a revenue steam, it is not from ad’s, at least from me. I detest them, I ignore them and I never ever click on them. I would prefer the “micro payment’ type thing I was reading about several years ago, which evidently went no where. I would even prefer a subscription kind of thing, price point unknown. No argument that you deserve recompense, just how you get it.

By: Cliff Clavin

Cliff Clavin — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:23:55 +0000

And yes, I clicked on the ads Crittenden.

How’s things at the mosque, Moqtada? Damn nice legs for a Shiite….:)

By: Moqtada al-Sadr

Moqtada al-Sadr — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 01:48:27 +0000

You want Moqtada to click on your ADS?

Moqtada was not born yesterday. He knows what results from unprotected clicking on ADS on blogs of filthy Infidels. This reminds Moqtada of famous joke told to him by unclean female of the Marine persuasion:

Two boys were tossing a ball in a vacant lot when one of them was attacked by a Rottweiler. The other boy, thinking quickly, grabbed a sturdy stick, wedged it under the dog’s collar and twisted mightily breaking the animal’s neck and freeing his buddy.

A reporter from the Boston Herald was cruising by and witnessed the scene. Thinking it would make a great human interest story, he began to interview the boys, focusing on the quick-thinking rescuer. Whipping out his laptop he entered the heading: “Brave Young Red Sox Fan Saves Friend from Jaws of Vicious Animal.”

Looking over the reporter’s shoulder, the lad said, “But I’m not a Red Sox fan.”

“Sorry,” said the reporter, “I guess I just assumed everyone in Boston is a Red Sox fan.” Hitting the delete key, the reporter typed in “Young Kennedy Loyalist Rescues Friend from Horrific Dog Attack.”

“I’m not much for the Kennedys either,” said the boy.

“Well, this is Massachusetts ,” said the reporter, “and most folks here are pretty big on the Kennedys. Well, what person do you admire? What team do you root for?”

“I’m a Texas Ranger Fan,” said the boy, “and I really like George W. Bush a lot.”

Hitting the delete key a second time, the reporter typed, “Arrogant Little Conservative Bastard Kills Beloved Family Pet.”

By: garys

garys — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:35:37 +0000

The print media is dying off, but not as quickly as we’d like to think. Or if it is dying off, reading blogs doesn’t appear to be it’s replacement. Most people I know either still read the paper or get their news from TV broadcasts.

The state of of your newspaper is particularly sad. As a subscriber I find the quality of local reporting mostly sub standard. Most stories are 24 or more hours behind what events at best. Everything outside of the Boston area is an AP or other wire service story served up at face value. Again, I’ve read them 24 or more hours before.

Spot news has ceased to exist. I don’t think I can stand to look at one more picture of someone holding up a picture of their now deceased loved one.

The problem is that man people don’t notice and take everything in your paper and the Globe at face value.

At least you have a decent sports section.

Gary

By: Cliff Clavin

Cliff Clavin — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:22:33 +0000

“How is this all going to end up? I don’t know”, either.

BUT, as I bloviated to my friend Norm

“Well you see, Norm, it’s like this… A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members.

In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Now, as we know, excessive intake of alcohol kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine.

And that, Norm, is why you always feel smarter after a few beers….”

Have the ‘media’ consume “a few beers” (ok, since they do now) then a LOT of beers.

OR continue in the words of Don Henley

“I make my living off the Evening News
Just give me something-something I can use
People love it when you lose,
They love dirty laundry

Well, I coulda been an actor, but I wound up here
I just have to look good, I don’t have to be clear
Come and whisper in my ear
Give us dirty laundry

Kick ‘em when they’re up
Kick ‘em when they’re down
Kick ‘em when they’re up
Kick ‘em when they’re down
Kick ‘em when they’re up
Kick ‘em when they’re down
Kick ‘em when they’re up
Kick ‘em all around

We got the bubble-headed-bleach-blonde who
comes on at five
She can tell you ’bout the plane crash with a gleam
in her eye
It’s interesting when people die-
Give us dirty laundry

Can we film the operation?
Is the head dead yet?
You know, the boys in the newsroom got a
running bet
Get the widow on the set!
We need dirty laundry

You don’t really need to find out what’s going on
You don’t really want to know just how far it’s gone
Just leave well enough love
Eat your dirty laundry

Kick ‘em when they’re up
Kick ‘em when they’re down
Kick ‘em when they’re up
Kick ‘em when they’re down

Kick ‘em when they’re up
Kick ‘em when they’re down
Kick ‘em when they’re stiff
Kick ‘em all around

Dirty little secrets
Dirty little lies
We got our dirty little fingers in everybody’s pie
We love to cut you down to size
We love dirty laundry

We can do “The Innuendo”
We can dance and sing
When it’s said and done we haven’t told you a thing
We all know that Crap is King
Give us dirty laundry!

Nice Blog, Crittenden. I want you to “make money doing it”, too.

By: Fritz

Fritz — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:35:47 +0000

I only clicked on part of the ads. Does that mean I can only read part of your posts?
Anyhow, the poor quality of reporting is why I no longer subscribe to a newspaper and instead get my news from the net. I was stuck with a very biased paper. It is not that I have a problem with their editorial positions, but they allowed it to color how they presented the news. If I could find a relatively unbiased paper I would still subscribe to one. At least on the net I can check several sources for a story and see if I think it accurate. So I am probably one of those who are driving the layoffs in the news industry, but I would rather that not be so. Yet I refuse to pay good money to a paper when some of it needs to be checked out to see if it is accurate, and part of the rest is so obviously biased that anyone with an ounce of intelligence can quickly figure out it’s inaccurate. All I ask is that stories be presented in a factual way and let me make up my own mind as to what they mean. And I fully understand that sometimes deadlines make it impossible to check everything out, but that only accounts for a small part of the problem. To use a rather well known example, simple logic, if used, would tell anyone that flushing a Koran down the toilet needs to be checked out further before running with such a story. Simple logic would have told anyone, in a much older story on TV, that the Audi could not have suffered from the unintended acceleration in the way the story was presented, and 60 Minutes couldn’t claim deadlines as an excuse. But then CBS has not been noted for accuracy for many years. I could go on, but that seems pointless.

By: dwneylonsr

dwneylonsr — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:29:31 +0000

Gotta love Firefox. Right clicked on every ad, open in new tab, close tab without reading.

Good luck… :)