Pirates and Obama

Posted: April 14, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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There is going to be a very good side effect of president Obama’s pirate speech.

The president is now publicly committed to suppressing piracy. Since the president has publicly done this he has put his prestige on the line. If I’m right that means he will actually do it.

This is a good thing, good for the country and good for the world. I know Rush had a lot of fun tweaking the president on this but I’m with Jonah on this one, suppressing piracy is good. If the president decides he will do this, that is good and I support it.

Morning Joe start at 7

Posted: April 14, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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6:55 a.m. They start with the Glen Beck pass out thing.

6:57 a.m. The guy with the hand in the pockets is a great reflection of society.

6:59 a.m. Maria is there, handsome is not anywhere near a strong enough word to describe her. What an Italian look.

7:00 a.m. I read a lot on the net, but I’ve never heard this concentration camp nonsense, I think it is insulting to try to paint conservatives in this fashion. Show me a leading conservative who says this.

7:02 a.m. If Ms. Brown has noticed the performance of our military over the last 6 years she would have been just as optimistic about our country and our troops as many of us already were.

7:04 a.m. The teleprompter business comes up, they are giving him a break but would Tina have given president Bush the same?

7:21 a.m. Is it just me or does Christina Romer reminds me of an aunt telling everyone that everything is going to be ok. She is a much better spokesperson because she oozes optimism even when she has nothing optimistic to say. Had an English teacher like that I saw her give a kid a F with a big smile.

7:29 a.m. How dare anyone make fun of Obama, kill the unbeliever!

7:31 a.m. Boy he really put Harold Ford on the spot, he was trying to make a joke but boy Ford saw the Neutron Bomb ready to explode.

7:44 a.m. The Doc’s remark reminded me of the Yes Minister episode where you have the hospital with 500 administrators and no doctors or patients.

7:46 a.m. I’m sorry the but the mortality rate is 100% It always has been 100%, until the end of time it will end at 100%. There are less that 8 exceptions since the begining of time.

7:47 a.m. They blow away the autism myth in vaccination.

8:05 a.m. It’s time to let Cubans see their families does that mean Castro should allow freedom?

8:07 a.m. Todd point out that they didn’t want a picture of Obama doing this.

8:09 a.m. Would Eugene Robinson have made the same argument concerning South Africa during the 80’s and before?

8:31 a.m. Erin Burnett notes a little bit of financial shell games with Goldman.

8:40 a.m. The government giving contradictory instructions? amazing!

8:44 a.m. Ed Schultz seems to be making the Bush 2000 argument. I’m wondering if he made the same argument 9 years ago?

8:46 a.m. Schultz is trying very hard to not point out what Cuba actually is. He is in full Michael Moore mode.

8:57 a.m. Not shy about her weight or her age. Mika rules!

And now the other side

Posted: April 13, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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Yesterday I highlighted how a post on Talkleft expressing some regret that it was necessary to kill the pirates produced some rather…interesting comments. Now lets look at the other side of the coin.

Gateway Pundit points to this post at Kos where the Captain of the vessel is derided for his resistance. As the newly re-designed (not bad) GP points out the post is outrageous, but I want to tip my hat to most of the commentators.

The commentators are almost unanimous in their disdain for the post, quite a few are calling for it to come down. Some may in fact agree with the line of argument but think it reflects poorly on liberalism but I prefer to think that these people get it.

This is why I think that a post like this shouldn’t come down. The commentators on this diary do much more credit to the left than the diary does against it. Plus the image in this comment is worth the price of admission.

Morning Joe 7-3 in favor of the pirates…

Posted: April 13, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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…well maybe not in FAVOR but in sympathy to the slain pirates. These aren’t my numbers that’s their numbers. That very much explains the coverage of yesterday.

6:43 a.m. The environment is poisoned politically. I don’t see how it will be a burden on the republicans since they don’t have the votes and the democrats do.

6:53 a.m. I’ve never seen a grounder go between two people legs at once. Of course they are Yankees so it makes it sweeter.

6:58 a.m. Honor the Messiah or else Arizona!

7:01 a.m. It’s pretty sad when SNL is the only TV show that actually even pretends to ask Biden if what he said was actually true.

7:06 a.m. The Darwin awards were made for that woman with the bears.

7:08 a.m. Very good point on the image stuff.

7:27 a.m. Instead of talk like a pirate day we need apparently Hug a pirate day.

7:29 a.m. Pat had the best line: “The terrorist’s were misguided when they stuck their head out of the porthole.”

7:31 a.m. The Somalia point is a good one, but China is protecting them due to oil contracts Todd should have mentioned that.

7:33 a.m. Only MSNBC could have asked what if the sailors missed their shots.

8:03 a.m. My mother and aunt are visiting that trumps joe.

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