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The Spectacle Blog
1. London did have questions leading into start of Olympics.
2. Palestinian culture has indeed shown deficiencies, as have other cultures — while Israeli culture is a testament to the power of freedom and hard work.
3. Chick-fil-A’s owner said not a word about homosexuals.
3a. It is not “bigoted” to oppose the policy of having government provide legal “marriage” status to homosexual relationships.
3b. People making a point of happily eating at a restaurant in defense of said restaurant from bullying by government officials is not “hate.” But “kiss ins” as “in your face” moves are just bad manners. This isn’t an anti-homosexual thing; it’s a matter of public mores. Whatever happened to the respect for others inherent in the avoidance of PDAs (public displays of affection)?
3c. It is the Left, not the right, that is obsessed with sex. Go to a Netroots nation convention and you’ll all but be assaulted by people giving away condoms and talking about sex. Go to a Tea Party rally and sex usually isn’t even mentioned, in any way.
4. Barack Obama is trampling over restraints on executive power in ways the media would absolutely go bonkers over if a Republican did it. His administration also radically tramples over its own pledges of transparency. Media hypocrites yawn.
More later…..
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ggoblue| 8.1.12 @ 7:28PM
the short sightedness of left wingers is amazing.
i look forward to their reaction when right to life "occupies" planned parenthood and a republican president says "we will not enforce the access to abortion laws".
then they'll be all about rule of law. all about it.
dangerous left wing facism must be confronted this year. 97 days to go.
Kingofthenet| 8.1.12 @ 7:29PM
INRI=Eat Mor Chikin!
Kingofthenet| 8.1.12 @ 8:49PM
Cathy said. "We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that." FIRST WIVES? Now divorced people are less than desirable at Chick-Fil-A?
mike 3/505| 8.1.12 @ 9:11PM
King,
Why are you so intolerant? Why does your intolerance lead you to write manifestly untrue things? Mr Cathy states positive things about the the manner he believes in living his life and the corporate culture he wishes to foster. He did not, in any way disparage anyone ore any thing else.
mike 3/505| 8.1.12 @ 9:11PM
Edit Button Please.
squalis| 8.2.12 @ 9:10AM
Seems to me King was using sarcasm.
Juli| 8.1.12 @ 9:49PM
big·ot [big-uht]
noun: a person who is utterly intolerant of any differing creed, belief, or opinion.
You are a bigot.
spike59| 8.2.12 @ 6:26AM
AMEN and AMEN
jpmccn| 8.2.12 @ 10:37AM
Amen again..
FETOAU| 8.1.12 @ 9:53PM
So the God fearing, gun toting, bible thumping, A.K.A. tea party folks are gone and no longer a factor in American politics? OH, and culture doesn't matter.
I don't think so.
Today's CF turnout combined with the Texas vote verify that the TEA party is alive and well and the participants are just using their powder judicially .
JimH| 8.2.12 @ 7:51AM
Did the London press overreact? Sure. That is their nature. Did London have issues? Most certainly. Mitt’s comments however were as if a guest in one’s home is invited to view and admire pictures of your grandkids and helpfully points out that they are cross-eyed and have bad acne.
Fiscal| 8.2.12 @ 9:01AM
This whole topic is nonsense. The media is a BUSINESS. Each media outlet has a target audience who they have researched. Thus, they look at the entertainment value of an item and there is no "intolerance" or for that matter "truth" filter. Furthermore, they no longer research a news story since they no longer have the staff to do that function. They just report what will give them the highest ratings. Therefore, there is no such thing as "intolerance" -- just profits.
Fox News caters to the right and misstates a great many things so they will make money. MSNBC does the exact same thing on the left. If the bosses at MSNBC believed they could make more money by catering to those on the right, they would. Assigning more of a motive than profits to them is simply being paranoid.
Furthermore, there is a reason most CEO's don't get into politics -- they aren't very good politicians. Romney is no different and his lack of understanding of how to deal with other countries is certainly on stage here. Fortunately for him, Obama lacks any assemblance of leadership ability. Otherwise, he would be toast.
George S| 8.2.12 @ 10:52AM
Wake up... the NYT, MSNBC, WaPo, et al, do not care about money. What they care about is the power to influence and alter events. The revenue from commercials, classifieds, web clicks and department store ads is just candy. Besides, they know that as long as Democrats exist their operating losses will one day be reimbursed by the taxpayers. Just wait.
Fiscal| 8.2.12 @ 11:07AM
You've got to be kidding. Comcast and GE own NBCUniversal and they are run by diehard Republicans. If they wanted to influence events in their political direction they are certainly doing a poor job at it. If any media outlet has a political agenda, it is Fox News run by Roger Ailes. NBC hired Phil Griffin AFTER they decided to be a place for "progressives", not before. It was a strategic decision because Fox News tied up the conservative right and the folks at NBC News division would not agree to make the misstatements normally found on Fox News because of the backlash you would have at GE. Fox is run by Murdoch and Ailes. Murdoch made his money with tabloids so he doesn't care about facts -- just profits.
Kingofthenet| 8.2.12 @ 1:56PM
The Chick-fil-A Cows NEW Job:
http://0.media.todaysbigthing......baaecd.jpg
Oldefarte| 8.2.12 @ 7:49PM
That was QUEER!!!!!!!!
Oldefarte| 8.2.12 @ 7:54PM
Eat this:
http://youtu.be/jvnPOU_UCu8
spike59| 8.3.12 @ 5:50AM
still passing off that PhotoShop as genuine????
how sad for you
Tom Kyba| 8.2.12 @ 4:18PM
Hi fiscal. let's have a discussion on your level. Lalalalalalala conservatives run the media lalalala Only Fox has an agenda lalalalalala. Your posts are only for you to convince yourself of your own biases.
Note: you can argue about Romney's ability to run the country, you can argue about conservative issues vs. liberal ideas, all well and good. However, you stated plainly that only Fox has an agenda. This is the utterance of either a spoiled brat or someone whose foundation lacks a few bricks.
If my comment seems a bit snotty, it is. In all seriousness however, your assessment re Fox vs. NBC is literally delusional and I refuse to believe that you believe it.
Fiscal| 8.2.12 @ 8:20PM
Do you think you could rise to a competent level? There is no question that Fox has an agenda with all Conservative commentators in the evening. There is no question that MSNBC is trying to appeal to progressives -- Phil Griffin has stated that fact. The difference is that Murdoch is a tabloid king with an agenda and Roger Ailes has never had a problem with misstatements. Neither are news people. NBC cannot have misstatements because it casts a shadow on GE. The bosses of GE and Comcast are clearly Republican. When the bosses have a different ideology than their divisions, it is NOT an agenda.
As for my personal views, I think Obama lacks any leadership abilities which is why I supported Romney in 2008 and today. I also think that conservatives have traded in their ability to think for a religious ideology. That's too bad since from an analytical and intellectual perspective, conservatism is much more defensible than progressivism. You can't be intellectually honest and do your homework and believe that Fox is truthful. You also can't be intellectually honest and believe that MSNBC isn't skewed towards liberals.
We aren't going to solve our country's problems by arguing ideology and making up facts. I consider myself to be a moderate Libertarian -- i.e., I value liberty and keeping the government out of our lives as much as possible whether that is the nanny state of Obama or the abortion/marriage incursion into what individuals are allowed to do.
Tom Kyba| 8.2.12 @ 4:21PM
Kingofthenet however, is merely a pretentious pre-pubescent little chihuahua-boy. Yap yap little doggie(kingofthenet...please!)
spike59| 8.3.12 @ 5:49AM
that's 'queenofthenuts'