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And Our Bikini Pictures results (no it’s not about Hannah Giles)

Posted: September 29, 2009 by datechguy in oddities
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You might recall this post that I made in a silly mood last week:

Are people more interested in Mika Brzezinski bikini pics, or Joe Scarborough Speedo pics? Can either compare with the public’s need for Willie Geist Speedo pics or even to International Superstar Erin Burnett Bikini Pics? Will Savannah Guthrie Bikini pics rule the roost or will they all be helpless against the juggernaut of Mike Barnicle Speedo pics fans? (Hey the guy has 6 kids he must be doing SOMETHING right).

Ok a week is up lets look at the numbers:

There was not a single hit for my blog for any search for Joe Scarborough, Mike Barnicle, Willie Geist, or surprisingly Erin Burnett, in a Bikini or a speedo.

There was a single hit or someone looking for hot pics of Savannah Guthrie. Although that is better than everyone else I just listed I also had one hit for “Rush Limbaugh Bikini” which is a very scary thing.

But the winner was Mika with a total of 6 hits for people looking for Mika Brzezinski bikini pictures.

To put this in perspective during the same period the blog had 41 hits for people looking for Hannah Giles bikini pictures or Hannah giles hot pics and etc.

Hannah giles is young enough to be Mika’s daughter and her fame comes from an undercover film posing as a hooker. for Mika to have 1/7th of her hits is no disgrace and in my opinion establishes a basic truth:

Mika Brzezinski is a handsome woman and would be a worthy Rule 5 subject if such photos existed.

I don’t know if Erin or Savannah should be embarrassed or relieved. I know if I was Rush I’d be worried.

Yeah I know it’s silly but it’s good for my heart.

Something that people forget about reporters…

Posted: September 29, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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…they will put themselves at risk:

So I spent nearly an hour talking to Mr. Miller, a 56-year-old native of Manchester who was quite helpful in understanding the community, the people and what little can be learned about the Sparkman murder investigation.

After we’d done talking, Mr. Miller introduced me to one of his young advertising reps, who lives in the vicinity of the cemetery where Sparkman’s body was found. Would she lead me up there? No way. Uh-uh. Too scary up there.

I suspect that this person isn’t just afraid of a cemetery.

Think about it, a native of the region is afraid to go to the area where he was murdered and yet Robert Stacy is looking to go. That is the difference between a stringer and going yourself.

He also asks some questions that are interesting:

If you want to speculate about anything, ponder this: Sparkman lived in London, Ky., in neighboring Laurel County, more than 30 miles east of where his body was found, with his truck parked near the end of the the dead-end road leading up to that cemetery.

Did Sparkman arrange a meeting up there with the person who killed him? If so, why? And if not . . .?

Of course if he was killed by more than one person one of the killers could have driven the truck, but that’s what a good reporter does, sees for himself, asks probing questions and presents what he sees. That’s more constructive than other things.

Is that worth a ten spot? I think so.

I do have one question for Robert Stacy: Any Sign of the MSM over there doing any shoe-leather work?

Some memories from Jan 20th on Afghanistan

Posted: September 29, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news, war
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From a post on Jan 20th:

I remember Glenn Reynolds saying that the best part of the Democrats taking power is they will suddenly be willing to support the war on terror. Lets hope he is right.

I guess this was wrong as we see the cut and run left of the Bush administration suddenly deciding that Afghanistan is no longer the “good war”.

We are seeing posts like this:

No problem! The policy makers will find some way to get them there. Why at all send them to Afghanistan to die, why not recreate some ops. in mid-Manhattan and send them to their grave Mr. McChrystal? Or would that not be considered as dying for honor?

The title of that post was Wanted 40,000 more to die in Afghanistan is itself dishonest, but I don’t expect better.

It’s is just a bunch of Neo-cons:

Ignoring the overwhelming Democratic-voter opposition to the Afghanistan war threatens to cost Barack Obama the support of young people and anti-war voters who helped make him president. It could destroy any possibility of achieving his robust domestic agenda as well. President Obama needs an exit strategy instead of an escalation strategy.

It’s a graveyard I tell you:

From the time of Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan to the British, Soviets and now the US and NATO, Afghanistan’s poppy fields, barren plains and rugged mountains are filled with the ghosts and treasuries of would-be conquerors. Sooner or later, America, Canada and NATO will meet the same dismal fate as everyone who went before them.

On Morning Joe they are united in calling it Vietnam.

And of course there is Newsweek:

One of history’s enduring lessons is that Afghans don’t appreciate it when outsiders tell them how to govern their affairs—just ask the British or the Soviets. U.S. success in overthrowing the Taliban seemed to suggest this lesson no longer applied, at least to Americans. That quickly proved an illusion.

I remember when liberal blogs were even insulted by the suggestion that they advocated withdrawal:

Yesterday on The O’Reilly Factor, former administration official Dan Senor told guest host John Kasich that “many leftist centered activists, political activists” — such as MoveOn.org — believe “we would be better off” if the United States withdrew from Afghanistan.

But when pressed by Kasich, Senor couldn’t name any progressives who have advocated pulling out from Afghanistan and admitted that MoveOn.org has called for withdrawal from Iraq, not Afghanistan.

Doesn’t anyone remember what democrats were saying just one year ago?

Al Qaeda in Afghanistan:

Obama on Afghanistan

During the Debates:

Ya think we (as in the country) might have bought a candidate and a party that might not have meant what they said?

We always get the government we deserve

Morning Joe: OMG the people actualy love Palin!

Posted: September 29, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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Apparently the Politico asked local republicans and figured out that republicans outside of Washington actually LOVE Sarah Palin. This is being reported on Morning Joe.

Willie can’t believe it, Mika can’t understand it, Barnicle points out that the ability to raise money is the biggest draw for her at the local level, that is exactly right.

Mika thinks she is risking a “National Embarrassment”. This is the one real blind spot on this show, but I must admit they are treating this story fairly.

Remember that she was willing to take on the president before anyone else was.

This is the story they are talking about:

As part of an effort to gauge Palin’s popularity with the rank and file beyond the Beltway, where the GOP establishment is lukewarm toward the charismatic former governor, POLITICO surveyed nearly 50 prominent Republican Party officials and politicians, representing every region of the country and ranging from statewide-elected officeholders to state legislators to state and county party chairs.

Some refused to talk about her at all. Others, mostly her critics, would do so only off the record. (emphasis mine) But taken as a whole, the body of interviews revealed that despite Palin’s high negative ratings in recent national polls, Republicans at the grass-roots level and their leaders still hold a very favorable impression of the former Alaska governor.

Westerners have a particular affinity for Palin, with many noting that she embodied the values of freedom and self-reliance.

Why are those opposed unwilling to say so? If you think she is bad for the party say so. I think because those same critics will want her to come for fundraisers and Barnicle mentioned.

Oh and they are going to have the ultimate anti-Palin (David Frum) on, what a coincidence. This should be fun.

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