The J-Walk Blog: Recent Comments

By Uncle on 12-Mar-2010 @11:58 am in This Is Not Me:

Spell Check! Do you want us to "stop" the pizzaria or "stop by".

Sorry John, I have been doing too much proof reading lately. Kind of strange since I am the worlds worst speller, (that's why I work in Excel).
By Dar on 12-Mar-2010 @11:50 am in Firefox 3.6 Annoyance:

Downloaded the same, and I'm a middle clicker too. Mine is fixed. What I don't like now is the website indicator thingy at the bottom is in white print and is hard to see.
By Uncle on 12-Mar-2010 @11:50 am in No Doggie Bags:

Spell check! "f you" is different than "If you".
By Dar on 12-Mar-2010 @11:40 am in Best Miracle Ever:

I see George too. I also see this guy ...
By Don Coyote on 12-Mar-2010 @11:37 am in RAS Syndrome?:

Spray-paint, if you're wondering. One guy used to think it showed that he had had a big day and high production the bluer he was when he showed up back at camp. "12-can day!" This led to the rest of the crew inserting his name into one of our work mottos: "we Troy harder."
By Don Coyote on 12-Mar-2010 @11:30 am in RAS Syndrome?:

NRFL. Not redundant--in fact, singular in purpose--but I just like the sound of it as pronounced nurf'l. A NRFL is a non-renewable forest license. When a rookie forest technician comes out of the woods after a day of painting boundary with blue paint and has his or her hands and face and clothes a light blue tint--because they don't have the common sense to stand upwind while painting--this is known as being Smurfl'd. Too many smurfls and one is suspected of being a tree-tard.

RAS syndrome has been directly linked to an even more troubling diagnosis: AFA syndrome. AFA meaning Another <expletive deleted> Acronym.
By Curtis on 12-Mar-2010 @11:28 am in Diamond-Studded iPad:

That looks like it would be too rough on Ms. Hilton's little hands.
By Mr. Pointer Outer on 12-Mar-2010 @11:17 am in RAS Syndrome?:

People who say "ATM Machine" probably got low scores on their SAT tests.
By cesar on 12-Mar-2010 @11:17 am in This Is Not Me:

need pic of the pony tail
By decibelcat on 12-Mar-2010 @11:10 am in Interspecies Cooperation:

I have often wondered if my pets think I am some kind of deity because I have acquired knowledge about the the secrets of the can opener and understand the mysteries of the doorknob.
By decibelcat on 12-Mar-2010 @11:02 am in RAS Syndrome?:

This should be reported to the Department of Redundancy Department.
By Don Coyote on 12-Mar-2010 @11:00 am in Look At This:

Three apples! But only if you squint a bit and look obliquely.
By Copyright Ranger on 12-Mar-2010 @10:57 am in Look At This:

I want my mommy.
By Gal Heathen on 12-Mar-2010 @10:57 am in RAS Syndrome?:

My hospital has a CAT Team. Or rather, a Critical Assessment Team Team.

They even call a pre-code that way. "CAT Team to 3 West".
By Curtis on 12-Mar-2010 @10:47 am in Interspecies Cooperation:

The most amazing interspecies cooperation remains poop-bagging (human to dog) and litter sifting (human to cat).

Supper dish-filling, also pretty amazing (human to both species).
By LaurenceB on 12-Mar-2010 @10:27 am in RAS Syndrome?:

My favorite TLA is DNA, which, of course, stands for National Dyslexics Association.

To make it a RAS, I guess you would say "the National DNA Association". Or maybe "the Association of DNA". Or something. I don't know.
By Paul on 12-Mar-2010 @10:27 am in RAS Syndrome?:

I have seen dot.com written quite often.
By Bisbonian on 12-Mar-2010 @10:21 am in I Agree With Glenn Beck:

it's baffling

Not to everyone:

"Equality in Sweden

Equality is a cornerstone in Swedish society. Sweden has, in effect, an almost single-class society. The government consists of nearly equal numbers of men and women, and almost everyone in the country is on a first-name basis.

In Swedish culture, there is a strong belief that a more just and democratic society results from women and men sharing power and influence equally. Women and men in Sweden have the same opportunities, rights and obligations in all areas of life. Equality is such a big part of Swedish society that there are two specific words for it in Swedish: jämställdhet, for gender equality, and jämlikhet, for equality in general.

In order to support these ideals, a well-developed welfare system is in place that makes it easier for both genders to balance their work and family life."
By J-Walk on 12-Mar-2010 @10:03 am in Check Out Paris:

Oh, you want a link, eh? OK, fixed.
By bdn2004 on 12-Mar-2010 @10:02 am in I Agree With Glenn Beck:

And another thing… The Communist Party USA is fully onboard with government control of car companies, the banks and your health. And the Nazis did indeed have a lot of the same ideas as the commies. I find it hard to find something in his statement not to agree with.

Totalitarian regimes through history have promised "social and economic justice". But instead have brought social injustice, death and poverty...Nazi Germany, Cuba, USSR, France after the French Revolution, Pol Pot's Cambodia, Mao's China. But the leaders lived very well. While the millions starved Mao and Pol Pot both both put on 50 lbs.

The only society in history that has ever come close to achieving equality, is the USA where the poor have an obesity problem, tv's, cell phones, computers, minivans... But our poor, unlike all others have the potential to be rich if they go down a tried and true path. But leftists try to make us more and more like the commies - its baffling.
By rodent on 12-Mar-2010 @09:54 am in Check Out Paris:

I seem to be missing the link.
By Bisbonian on 12-Mar-2010 @09:53 am in This Is Not Me:

Pizzeria La Lombardia
1434 Southwest Park Avenue
Portland, OR

Right around the block from the Portland art museum, and a couple blocks off the Green Line of the trolley. I'll be there.

"I'm lucky to live in the same building as this pizza place. The guy that runs it is very nice. The pizza may take a little longer than usual to get ready, but its excellent! Best pizza place in town!‎" --Adam
By J-Walk on 12-Mar-2010 @09:53 am in Check Out Paris:

Found another guy eating breakfast.
By ...pat. on 12-Mar-2010 @09:51 am in Look At This:

Wow. feel like i'm going to have a seizure of some kind.
By bdn2004 on 12-Mar-2010 @09:51 am in I Agree With Glenn Beck:

Glenn Beck is right about the churches. If you are attending a church spewing social and economic justice…you must be attending a church like Barack attended for 20 years pastored by Jeremiah Wright…Are you saying J-Walk that that is a GOOD thing? God D America!! ? You people are scary, my lord why do you hate our country so much?
By Uncle on 12-Mar-2010 @09:47 am in RAS Syndrome?:

Working here on IB, AKA BPP, AKA BSPP.
By kaszubia on 12-Mar-2010 @09:43 am in Film Noir Tribute:

The editing was stellar. The perfect song. Loved it!
By dylanfan on 12-Mar-2010 @09:41 am in RAS Syndrome?:

TLA is a TLA for a TLA.
By Jon Anderson on 12-Mar-2010 @09:39 am in Look At This:

That was crazy - after the switch, one square shaped section started to vibrate, but the rest stayed normal. It was sort of like those peripheral vision tests.

1:45 - looks like you're getting better at this. You could have done that meat cut animation in 2 minutes, 38 seconds.
By Bisbonian on 12-Mar-2010 @09:37 am in Look At This:

Ow. My head violently rotated 90 degrees and hit the desk.
By Bisbonian on 12-Mar-2010 @09:35 am in Diamond-Studded iPad:

Consumerism, Con, Crooked, and Crock?
By Bisbonian on 12-Mar-2010 @09:33 am in Interspecies Cooperation:

From the Anthology of American Folk Music, edited by Harry Smith; his take on "Froggy Went a'Courtin' ": ZOOLOGIC MISCEGENY ACHIEVED MOUSE FROG NUPTALS [sic], RELATIVES APPROVE.

It was a more innocent time then. Pretty sure some Fred Phelps type would put an end to this, now.
By Righteously Indignant on 12-Mar-2010 @09:29 am in Look At This:

Good god, it's migraine time!
By Bisbonian on 12-Mar-2010 @09:27 am in Best Miracle Ever:

My first thought, exactly, wormpicker. Incredible likeness...most of these things are a croc to be able to see anything.

“There's high, and there's high, and to get really high--I mean so high that you can walk on the water, that high-that's where I'm going'.”
By J-Walk on 12-Mar-2010 @09:23 am in Look At This:

Here you go. 1 minute, 45 seconds.

Animated Version
By Bisbonian on 12-Mar-2010 @09:22 am in RAS Syndrome?:

A variant of this occurs when people refer to "the" Magna Carta.

Oops. Guilty.
By Bisbonian on 12-Mar-2010 @09:20 am in This Is Not Me:

Next time in Portland, I will. I'll ask him if God and Adam are engaged in a tickle fight in that painting on his wall. Might be an historic precedent, you know.
By Redcrosse on 12-Mar-2010 @09:19 am in RAS Syndrome?:

A variant of this occurs when people refer to "the" Magna Carta.

Definite articles are not used in Latin. You'd think some people hadn't learned the language.
By Bisbonian on 12-Mar-2010 @09:17 am in TV News Breakdown:

Only 2:10 of teasers? I would have guessed five minutes devoted to telling you to stay tuned for something else.

Or more. They probably measured by segment. If a thirty second bit between commercials was all teaser, it went into the teaser pile. If they spent a third of another "news" segment on hyping what was coming up, and two thirds on "news", then it went into the news pile.
By Jon Anderson on 12-Mar-2010 @09:16 am in Look At This:

You should make an animated GIF to do it for us. My calculations indicate that it would take you 2 minutes and 40 seconds.
By J-Walk on 12-Mar-2010 @09:15 am in Interspecies Cooperation:

Yep, that's the same photographer. The dog's wearing the same suit.
By J-Walk on 12-Mar-2010 @09:13 am in Look At This:

For an added treat, download a copy and rotate it 90 degrees. Stare at the first one for 20 seconds, and then look at the other one.
By scot on 12-Mar-2010 @09:08 am in Ban Salt In Restaurants:

Chris. It doesn't match my Asshat.
By Uncle on 12-Mar-2010 @09:07 am in RAS Syndrome?:

The company I work or is RAS happy. excuse me while I get back to reporting on COG that supports DMG, CFDT, & OCG.
By kashmarek on 12-Mar-2010 @09:07 am in This Is Not Me:

That's not you. Otherwise, it would be an Excel 2010 book.
By Uncle on 12-Mar-2010 @09:05 am in Look At This:

uhm, thanks. now i have to call the eye-doc.
By Miss Cellania on 12-Mar-2010 @09:04 am in Interspecies Cooperation:

Looks like the work of Harry Whittier Frees.

http://www.neatorama.com/2007/04/19/harry-whittier-frees/
By Halford on 12-Mar-2010 @09:02 am in Look At This:

Ow, ow, ow
By RobertSeattle on 12-Mar-2010 @09:01 am in Look At This:

I'm making that my screen saver.
By Brent on 12-Mar-2010 @09:01 am in Look At This:

I'm baffled. Gobsmacked, even. Zooming in and out seems to alter the picture.

This is not right.
By Keithuk on 12-Mar-2010 @08:58 am in Look At This:

Woah....er, thanks for that.
By concertinist on 12-Mar-2010 @08:33 am in This Is Not Me:

You used to live in Portland. How old is this guy?
By scot on 12-Mar-2010 @08:30 am in I Agree With Glenn Beck:

Is that a duck?
By k8 on 12-Mar-2010 @08:29 am in Best Miracle Ever:

The only reason you fall asleep while cooking bacon is because you're drunk.
By concertinist on 12-Mar-2010 @08:17 am in Best Miracle Ever:

It's not a miracle unless it's in high definition.
By wormpicker on 12-Mar-2010 @08:14 am in Best Miracle Ever:

Is he sure that's not George Harrison, ca 1970?
By Geez on 12-Mar-2010 @08:13 am in Best Miracle Ever:

If he had been eating more potatoes he would have only had a nasty starchy boil over to deal with (and a few burnt potatoes in the bottom of his pot).
By TimS on 12-Mar-2010 @08:11 am in Interspecies Cooperation:

There must be a bunny in there too. Otherwise that puppy has some awfully cute hind feet.
By Mean Jean on 12-Mar-2010 @07:57 am in Best Miracle Ever:

This explains why Jesus wanted to revamp and give Judaism a make-over. It's all about the bacon.
By sekirt on 12-Mar-2010 @07:55 am in Interspecies Cooperation:

Anjana is very helpful, taking care of other animals.

Anjana The Chimp Adopts Yet Another 'Kitty Cat':
http://www.dogonews.com/2009/09/03/anjana-the-chimp-adopts-yet-another-kitty-cat

Anjana has a book and a website.
Anjana The Chimp:
http://www.anjanathechimp.com/
By Snag on 12-Mar-2010 @06:49 am in Popular Science Archives:

Thanks for the link. This mag has been a lifetime favourite since, as a young boy, I used to sit on the floor near the storage cupboard in our laundry and read Dad's collection for hours at a time.

The 'fantastic' articles even have their value, in stimulating the imagination.
By Snag on 12-Mar-2010 @06:41 am in Stock Questions:

Wally the wise, as always ! There is no safe-haven, so don't even waste time looking.

One thing you should consider, though, is to invest something in "yourself". That great American dream (which isn't restricted to Americans) of running your own business can generate returns well in excess of the stock market. On its most basic level you can simply buy and sell things (remembering that you make your margin when you buy). On a higher level you can add-value before resale, sell your own skills and creativity or employ or franchise people and sell their skills.

Of course you will need to run the twin gauntlets of taxation and regulation, but you can learn to manage these artefacts of doing business on the government's turf.

Whatever you do ... know why you are doing that (as opposed to other options), diversify into at least one relatively unrelated area and work towards the business running without your presence.
By Broccoli on 12-Mar-2010 @06:27 am in Color Test:

I'm the MASTER! But it kind of melted my brain a bit.
By GreenBoy on 12-Mar-2010 @06:20 am in Congressional Horse Play:

Somebody needs to attend a seminar on 'Innapropriate Touching in the Work Place- how to do it properly in a responsible and supportive manner'

or read a pamplet on 'Say please before molesting the staff'
or 'Just because you you can sack em dont mean you can smack em'
By GreenBoy on 12-Mar-2010 @06:15 am in Ban Salt In Restaurants:

it will lead the opening of speak easy's for salt adicts - or people will just start sneaking the stuff in.

This will lead to mandatory frisking at the door of restaurants.... its just going to get messy.
By GreenBoy on 12-Mar-2010 @06:11 am in Hocus Pocus Origins:

I am sure if you ask nicely you can get 'Hot for Words' to do a piece on this.

You may learn something between the air head self promotions... or not.
By GreenBoy on 12-Mar-2010 @06:07 am in Movie Titles:

some of the greatest films sure had boring opening credits - The Third Man from 1949 is a prime example...

mind you now days you can be 15 minutes into a film before the credits start to roll... well it feels like it.
By wombat on 12-Mar-2010 @05:48 am in Meat Thermometer Stabbing:

I have no qualms about watching pirated movies

You know that's illegal, right?
You know you can also do that legally, right?

How come your first solution is to break the law as some form of protest? It sounds to me like you fancy yourself as some kind of Robin Hood or something. You're not. You're just a crook.
By David on 12-Mar-2010 @05:38 am in Ban Salt In Restaurants:

is that a butt on his chin?
By Evil Klown on 12-Mar-2010 @05:32 am in Soap:

As long as we're talking about obscure/old shows, I enjoyed Martin Mull and Fred Willard in Fernwood 2 Night, Forever Fernwood, and America 2-Night where they parodied small town talk shows.
By Evil Klown on 12-Mar-2010 @04:56 am in Ban Salt In Restaurants:

Sounds to me like some people don't know what's in their own best interests. These are the people Mr. Ortiz is trying to help ... the ignorant people.
By wombat on 12-Mar-2010 @04:51 am in I Agree With Glenn Beck:

Ok, but I'm not going to spend a lot of time on this so I'll just talk about his first point.

He said, "I said those cats are on the airwaves solely because they bring in sponsors for their bosses. check"

But his original point was, "Beck, Limbaugh, Savage, FOX, the first order of business is to sell soap, and that they do, the same way a speck of sand creates a pearl, through irritation."

Sure, he says "they bring in sponsor for their bosses"... sorta, but he also says they do it "through irritation". I'm sure countless people who watch their shows don't think they're irritating at all.

I don't actually believe that Minderbender's list dominates the ratings because they're irritating.

I said that he was trying to make himself look right because he changed the essence of what he said when he defended his positions. His "check" list is clearly stronger than his initial list.
By Candidus on 12-Mar-2010 @03:06 am in ATF Seizes Toys:

The point is simply that the ATF official was the only one out of the lot of you who has any knowledge of why the shipment was confiscated... Your argument - the ATF dude must be an idiot. Mary's argument - most people aren't idiots, so presumably the ATF dude had a reason other than being stupid.

That was not my argument. Reread what I wrote, this time while paying attention.

We know why the property was confiscated because the BATF has told us. Furthermore, they are not claiming that these are anything other than what the importer says they are:

"Agents...determined they were tooled to shoot plastic balls. However, ATF also found that the internal components could easily be refitted with original machine gun components, making the rifles capable of firing live ammunition. ATF lab results indicated the rifle to be a WE-Tech, Model AWSS M4CQBR, Airsoft M-4 copy."
By Daniel FR, Germany on 12-Mar-2010 @02:50 am in Color Test:

That was quite stressful. Now i need a nap.
By Blue on 12-Mar-2010 @12:45 am in ATF Seizes Toys:

From the safety of the other side of the world, I'd have to say that if I were to take a pick between the average ATF agent and jc for the title of dumbass thug (I'm assuming you meant a dumb ass, jc, as in a stupid posterior, and weren't making a subtle reference to Alexander Dumas?) jc'd get my vote.

And CandiGT, you might like beating up on Mary, but she does have a point that you haven't really refuted.

The point is simply that the ATF official was the only one out of the lot of you who has any knowledge of why the shipment was confiscated, and they did so knowing that the decision could be reviewed. Your argument - the ATF dude must be an idiot. Mary's argument - most people aren't idiots, so presumably the ATF dude had a reason other than being stupid.

Again, my experience lines up with Mary's. Most people aren't idiots, even though there are many lazy intolerant people who think they are the only smart ones around.
By Blue on 12-Mar-2010 @12:35 am in Baghdad Children:

Well I'm not "hooked" on banjo music per se, but this is a good one.

And a great link thanks Curtis.

Thanks to you, I've ended up listening to Cassandra Wilson for the last couple of hours. Weekend is off to a good start.
By Jimbo on 12-Mar-2010 @12:04 am in Wii-Related Death:

Semi automatic, so the gun was cocked with one in the hole? That is stupid. Criminally stupid.
By LPS on 11-Mar-2010 @11:35 pm in Color Test:

"the old left-right brain struggle" - that is scientifically incorrect. there are no scientific evidence that support the old myth that one half of the brain controls emotions and the other half logic or whatever. there are sections in the brain that control hearing, vision, etc. but the left-right is only a myth. pity so many people still believe this crap
By Danno on 11-Mar-2010 @11:28 pm in Baghdad Children:

Fantastic.
By David on 11-Mar-2010 @11:19 pm in I Agree With Glenn Beck:

wombat

explain: to buttress your declaration with supportive argument. i.e. "make yourself look right."

It's what we do with our opinions. That's why we have them because we believe them to be right. you can agree or not. If you don't, you're wrong.

Minderbinder makes very strong points, and I believe America is worse off today because of it (FOX, rush, beck, savage, and their ilk)
By David on 11-Mar-2010 @11:13 pm in I Agree With Glenn Beck:

For I believe that after we die there is no human time, but that we can continue to emanate from our living times like the light from a long extinguished star.

Volt, that is poetry. I don't think I've ever heard those notions put so well, so succinctly, and so beautifully at the same time.

I bet you can rally tell a story.
By Jeff Campbell on 11-Mar-2010 @10:40 pm in Film Noir Tribute:

The nihilism of the post-war married to the despair of unemployed, commercialist 90's Brit. The more things change, the more they are still nothing.
By ron raygun on 11-Mar-2010 @10:33 pm in Color Test:

Oddly enough you do better at this if you are fundamentally illiterate and/or handicapped.
By MAPLE LEAF on 11-Mar-2010 @10:09 pm in Color Test:

0 the first time. I am going to say that I misunderstood the directions and performed perfectly according to my confusion.
By cartersville dude on 11-Mar-2010 @10:08 pm in Against Sin:

Sam Jones, from Cartersville GA, said it first:

"I will fight the liquor traffic as long as I have fists, kick it as long as I have a foot, bite it as long as I have a tooth, and then gum 'em till I die."

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1606

Always reminded me of a scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
By jc on 11-Mar-2010 @09:38 pm in ATF Seizes Toys:

spokan mary you are as stupid as that dumass atf agent just keep your stupid opinions to yourelf or basically shut the #### up !!!!!!!!!!!and to that agent what about waco and the children they shot and burned to death these agents are thugs and should be held for treason!!!!!!!!!!!
By Dar on 11-Mar-2010 @09:35 pm in Magnet Guru:

Finally figured out the ball ...
By wombat on 11-Mar-2010 @09:16 pm in I Agree With Glenn Beck:

Minderbender- You're not explaining. You're trying to make yourself look right. That's okay with me. I'm not going to "cross-examine" you but only because I can't help thinking it would somehow, mysteriously end up in a halfhearted argument.
By wombat on 11-Mar-2010 @09:14 pm in I Agree With Glenn Beck:

Volt- I don't know if you did it intentionally or not but you've touched on one of the most fascinating ideas of the afterlife. Supposedly, once we leave this life, time is irrelevant. It's been attempted to express it as "forever" but really, it just means that time doesn't pass.

This is really at the edge of my capacity for understanding which brings me to your next idea- the possibility that this other reality (physical or otherwise) is beyond our imagination. I fully expect that to be the case. I don't think that we as humans were built to be able to understand the universe let alone what's beyond it.

Lastly, I've suspected that part of the concept of immortality in the physical sense is also elusive. The DaVinci Code touched on this idea (badly, in my opinion) but I've seen my grandmother in my children even though they never met. They'll say things or make gestures that are her signatures. In that way, she lives on in a way that I can see her directly.
By Volt on 11-Mar-2010 @09:11 pm in Serious Sainthood Setback:

You should make "Hagiology" a category of blog posts.
By Bisbonian on 11-Mar-2010 @09:04 pm in I Agree With Glenn Beck:

For I believe that after we die there is no human time, but that we can continue to emanate from our living times like the light from a long extinguished star.

Well, for what it's worth, that makes a heck of a lot more sense than most of the religious offerings.
By Volt on 11-Mar-2010 @09:01 pm in I Agree With Glenn Beck:

Words like "after," "always" and "eternal" are expressions of our concept of time.

Time is linear for people so we experience it in concordance and share it isochronally with our contemporaries. This we just know. All spoken languages have words like these that punctuate time.

We live chained to our times and celebrate life tethered by them to our contemporaries. But, the physical reality of time ebbs and flows in ways that transcend the passage of our years in life. The physics of this hints that there is more than we can know in life.

Can you believe in the possibility of a physical reality you cannot imagine?

I hope we get to dance with those we seek in the past and also those that seek us from the future. For I believe that after we die there is no human time, but that we can continue to emanate from our living times like the light from a long extinguished star.
By Toad on 11-Mar-2010 @08:55 pm in Baghdad Children:

For some reason, Baghdad Children sounds kinda like a Skip James blues to me. Maybe Good Road Camp Blues. But not.
By Curtis on 11-Mar-2010 @08:40 pm in Baghdad Children:

Even if you hate banjo music

No, this is what those who hate banjo "music" might like.
By Don Coyote on 11-Mar-2010 @08:38 pm in Baghdad Children:

Two great tunes. See what you mean about the banjo style of second one. Liked that a lot but aren't Old Time musicians restricted to 55 mph for their own sake and the safety of the general public? As well, sure would appreciate some tips on how to tell one Old Time song from another. There still must be some subtleties eluding me.

Precious memories, how they linger. I was just recalling how much I liked I've Been Working on the Railroad when I was a little kid. There was something about the 'old banjo' and 'Dinah' that tweaked my early musical curiosity. Not to mention the smoldering sexual innuendo of the chorus. Later on in life, I worked on the railroad all the live-long night and day--well, in the train station, actually--for 12 years, too. When I get my new banjo that song is going be one of the first songs I learn to play.
By wally the duck on 11-Mar-2010 @08:33 pm in Ban Salt In Restaurants:

.
pas sale
By Anagram on 11-Mar-2010 @08:22 pm in Popular Science Archives:

I'm only getting the "snippet view" from my birth month. I wonder what was happening that month that was so important. Besides my birth, I mean.
By Minderbinder on 11-Mar-2010 @08:14 pm in I Agree With Glenn Beck:

So wombat, let me 'splain...

I said those cats are on the airwaves solely because they bring in sponsors for their bosses. check

I said playing to the lowest common denominator drives good shows from the airwaves (counterfeit vs. real money). Talk/reality shows are extremely cheap to produce which makes more money for the bosses. Quality programs can't compete. Most channels used to carry content; AMC showed movies 24/7; now much of their programming is infomercials. If idiots will sit through a half-hour advertisement, why produce anything but ads? check

The bar for what constitutes truth has been lowered. When Rush or Beck (taken as sole sources of truth) can sway what half the public believes about global warming, then average intelligence drops, making the country dumber as a whole. To borrow a line, think about how stupid the average guy is; well half the country is dumber than him. check Care to cross-examine?
By Toad on 11-Mar-2010 @08:06 pm in Soap:

Mmm, Tuesday Weld.
By Ely on 11-Mar-2010 @08:06 pm in Baghdad Children:

Excellent! Thanks for sharing!

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