Comments on: Ultimate Dog-Bites-Man Year End Story

By: Peter Hughes

Peter Hughes — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:58:13 +0000

#21 – RIGHT ON, TGC.

I don’t doubt you and never will. You go, girl!

Regards,
Peter H.

By: American Elephant

American Elephant — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:08:14 +0000

Something conservatives CAN do in the next four years is finish off rags like TIME and the NYT once and for all. The NYT having a junk bond rating and having to mortgage their building to pay the bills has one foot in the grave already, TIME isnt far behind. If you still subscribe, stop, if you have a blog or website, don’t link to them, it only helps pay their bills, and encourage others to follow suit. It would bring me great joy to see those propagandists go out of business.

By: ThatGayConservative

ThatGayConservative — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:06:58 +0000

His arrival on the scene feels like a step into the next century

Soooo…..we’re just gonna skip ahead about 92 years?

how awful the lefties are for fighting for your right to marry,

A few questions for ya:

1. Like who?

2. Why fight? Why not sit down for talks without pre-conditions?

3. Wouldn’t it make more sense for the so-called “fighters” to strategically “redeploy” to, say, Okinawa followed by the segregation of the “gay community”?

4. If I camped out in a ditch in Texas, would they stop fighting?

5. How about if I asked them nicely?

6. Shall I go on?

Besides, we all KNOW the so-called “fighters” are poor, uneducated morons who have no chance of doing anything better with their lives.

P.S. Do NOT doubt me.

By: North Dallas Thirty

North Dallas Thirty — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:20:39 +0000

Truth is, there are problems with both parties, but ~~the apologist-line I read here for the right, and the vitriol with which you write against the left~~I only say that in an attempt to look moderate when the rest of my post makes obvious that I’m a hypocrite who is only interested in attacking Republicans for things that I would never attack a Democrat for doing.

Fixed it for you.

By: V the K

V the K — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:47:48 +0000

Where have you been for the last eight years, CR? Don’t you know that dissent is the highest form of patriotism? Attacking Obama means we’re the most patrioticest people of all.

By: CR

CR — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:19:43 +0000

The amount of time y’all spend kvetching about how the media is in the tank, how shallow Obama is, how the dems are stealing votes, how awful the lefties are for fighting for your right to marry, and on, and on, and on… Wow. I mean, wow. Truth is, there are problems with both parties, but the apologist-line I read here for the right, and the vitriol with which you write against the left… Meanwhile, Obama has picked two republicans to serve in his cabinet, and an anti-gay marriage preacher (Rick Warren) to do the invocation for the inauguration. You’re totally addicted to just ripping on Democrats and the left. Cue V the K, American Elephant, and the rest of the crew telling me how I’m being a hypocrit, the Democrats are far worse, and all the rest that just proves the point.

By: heliotrope

heliotrope — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:21:25 +0000

B. Obama (D-Chicago machine) is the first BLACK president of the US. Of course he is man of the year. He is there because he is BLACK. Same reason General Powell chose to support him. The first WOMAN president will also be, er, a-a-a-a, woMan of the Year. The first HISPANIC president will be Man of the Year. The first ASIAN president will be totally ignored.

Time magazine has no standards and its whole Man of Year theme died before Obama finished smoking his first joint. (Shouldn’t Caroline Kennedy have been chosen for her bang-up job on vetting Biden in her V-P search committee job?)

By: Jeb

Jeb — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:02:45 +0000

MICHAEL PHELPS

As for Man of the Year. Michael Phelps achieved what no other had done till now and all due to his OWN hard work.

He didn’t need lobbyist or spin doctors to do it.

And he represented the entire United States with pride and dignity.

jeb

By: Jeb

Jeb — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:59:40 +0000

Julie,

You have hit on one of my pet peeves.

Thank you for getting the correct info out….at least some of us were paying attention during Catechism.

jeb

By: V the K

V the K — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:59:36 +0000

Someone suggested Hank Paulson for ‘Person of the Year.’ They have a point.

By: Obi-Wandreas

Obi-Wandreas — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:57:01 +0000

Keep in mind, however, that person of the year is simply a determinant of who was the biggest driving force in the news. It’s not an accolade per se. It’s not even an acknowledgement of accomplishment. It’s simply a question of what individual person drove the news the most.

Petraeus pretty much drove Iraq out of the news, since he calmed it. What news there has been was pretty much “Obama, Obama…” It was therefore the sensible choice. It’s an acknowledgement of the media’s preoccupation with him.

By: V the K

V the K — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:56:44 +0000

Were it not for the media’s constant cheerleading, complete failure to investigate Comrade 0’s background, utter disinterest in the ACORN and fundraising fraud, and total balls-to-the-wall hatchet job on McCain/Palin; Chairman 0 might not have been elected president.

Maybe the media should have named themselves ‘Persons of the Year?’

By: LCRW

LCRW — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:52:49 +0000

Read a online snippet that the choices were between France’s Sarkozy, Sarah Palin andd Barack Obama.

George Bush was Time’s man of the year in 2000 and 2004 so perhaps its a new trend for Time, the President elected or re-elected becomes Man of the Year.

It would be a surprise if it were not Barack Obama

By: V the K

V the K — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:46:45 +0000

Interesting: Jay Carney of Time Magazine to join Obama Administration. The cute quarterback just invited the gushing cheerleader to the prom.

By: Gene in Pennsylvania

Gene in Pennsylvania — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:36:55 +0000

Why didn’t Bush 43 think of limiting press conferences to THREE questions from the media?? I suspect his poll numbers may be better. Comrade Obama is settling in nicely don’t we think?

By: Bruce (GayPatriot)

Bruce (GayPatriot) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:31:39 +0000

Actually, Phelps and Petraeus would have been at the top of my list. Obama would have been too, of course.

By: Julie the Jarhead

Julie the Jarhead — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:15:14 +0000

One of my pet peeves is people using the phrase “Immaculate Conception” to describe the Virgin Birth. Here’s Wikipedia (surprisingly accurate) entry:

“The Immaculate Conception is, according to Roman Catholic Dogma, the conception of the Virgin Mary without any stain (“macula” in Latin) of original sin. It is sometimes also called the Immaculata, particularly in artistic contexts. The dogma thus says that, from the first moment of her existence, she was preserved by God from the lack of sanctifying grace that afflicts mankind, and that she was instead filled with divine grace. It is further believed that she lived a life completely free from sin. Her immaculate conception in the womb of her mother, by sexual intercourse, should not be confused with the doctrine of the virginal conception of her son Jesus.” (Emphasis added.)

Thank you all for letting me rant.

By: V the K

V the K — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:07:48 +0000

David Petraeus.

By: Michigan-Matt

Michigan-Matt — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:02:34 +0000

PS> fellow Wolverine Michael Phelps would have been my choice for Time’s MOTY

By: Michigan-Matt

Michigan-Matt — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:58:08 +0000

Hey Bruce, if you had been a Time editor, who would YOU have picked for MOTY (yeah, I still think of it as man of the year)?