tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post7250958235250145914..comments2024-03-29T00:04:32.434-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Inside the West Wing, where junior researchers monitor Twitter and other social media, officials knew the political controversy had moved beyond the broken website."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67742277205406827122013-12-02T10:16:03.928-06:002013-12-02T10:16:03.928-06:00A man can fail many times, but he isn't a fail...A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.<br /><br />John Burroughscreeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10294051493643451620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83150480352500622002013-12-02T00:54:04.399-06:002013-12-02T00:54:04.399-06:00Dear Barack Obama,
You are a lying sack of shit. ...Dear Barack Obama,<br /><br />You are a lying sack of shit. It was despicable and disgraceful of you to tell people "if you like your [insurance] plan, you can keep your plan", when you knew you were doing everything in your power to make that impossible.<br /><br />If you take this personally? you should. Because you, personally, ar a scum bag.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21843832037990125782013-12-01T23:57:51.451-06:002013-12-01T23:57:51.451-06:00Amateurs.Amateurs.NotWhoIUsedtoBehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14568355742926021406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23075656544939665362013-12-01T20:10:09.909-06:002013-12-01T20:10:09.909-06:00Not even the B team house
lefties are showing up ...Not even the B team house <br />lefties are showing up to defend this stinkburger. What does that tell us?gk1https://www.blogger.com/profile/16278316547833399451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65728635280571701922013-12-01T18:00:44.173-06:002013-12-01T18:00:44.173-06:00But, but, but, sp what if it felt personal? He...But, but, but, sp what if it felt personal? He's got a "first-class temperament"! He can handle it with grace!Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05138730966226244399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51668773322332925672013-12-01T17:50:12.735-06:002013-12-01T17:50:12.735-06:00"So in the context of Apollo 13, "failur...<i>"So in the context of Apollo 13, "failure is not an option" means "we will spend huge amounts of time planning ways to contain and work around failure, in order to protect the ultimate mission,"</i><br /><br />Bingo.Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18784596698218268542013-12-01T17:03:49.877-06:002013-12-01T17:03:49.877-06:00"Failure is not an option" is getting a ...<i> "Failure is not an option" is getting a bad rap here. It is associated with the Flight Ops team for Apollo 13.<br /></i><br /><br />It works in the context of the screenplay, but it wasn't a contemporary quote. (Even in the screenplay, it's a rallying cry by someone who's *part* of the team, rather than someone *overseeing* the team.)<br /><br />More to the point, the idea that failure was not an option was not the way that Apollo was structured. A large number of the Apollo mission parameters (such as orbiting the moon before separating the lander from the command module, etc) were chosen because they gave mission command more options in the case of a critical failure. Reading accounts, a large majority of the practice runs were devoted to the possibility that things would go wrong, so that controllers would have to make a call on whether or not to scrub the mission and how to do it. Among other things, the idea of using the lunar module as a lifeboat had already been worked out as a possibility before Apollo 13 ever launched.<br /><br />So in the context of Apollo 13, "failure is not an option" means "we will spend huge amounts of time planning ways to contain and work around failure, in order to protect the ultimate mission," while in the context of Obamacare, "failure is not an option" means "we will spend no time planning for alternatives to the main plan, despite evidence that the plan is currently not working out."Zachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284350648793830503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-19778932161736446892013-12-01T15:56:48.640-06:002013-12-01T15:56:48.640-06:00Sounds like Biden was channeling Artie Fufkin from...Sounds like Biden was channeling Artie Fufkin from <i>This Is Spinal Tap</i>.<br /><br />From IMDb.com:<br /><br />Artie Fufkin: [after nobody turns up, at an album-signing promotion] You know what I want you to do? Will you do something for me? <br /><br />David St. Hubbins: What? <br /><br />Artie Fufkin: Do me a favor. Just kick my ass, okay? Kick this ass for a man, that's all. Kick my ass. Enjoy. Come on. I'm not asking, I'm telling with this. Kick my ass. <br />Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16736461252925227611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35620911712349360422013-12-01T14:11:39.640-06:002013-12-01T14:11:39.640-06:00> "Failure is not an option" is getti...> "Failure is not an option" is getting a bad rap here. It is associated with the Flight Ops team for Apollo 13.<br /><br />It's "associated" by virtue of being in a screenplay and then a book. It isn't something that engineers say; it's something that non-engineers think motivates engineers. (Hint: false sayings don't motivate engineers. Good beer works for most.)<br /><br />Gene Kranz used that saying in his book about Apollo 13 because the movie made it famous but he didn't say it at the time.<br /><br />There's a movie about this sort of error ("print the legend") The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.Andy Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15102824539405027612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82997080654014470652013-12-01T13:59:38.965-06:002013-12-01T13:59:38.965-06:00Intelligent design practiced by mortal beings has ...Intelligent design practiced by mortal beings has a well-earned notoriety for causing gross misalignments in economic, cultural, etc. development. The same people who gave us Obamacare, are the people who "resolved" the "breeder" problem with normalized abortion. These people offer no solutions which do not consolidate capital and control in their hands. The indulgence is purchased at the highest cost to individuals, society, and humanity.<br /><br />Oh, well. People wanted the appearance of a quick fix. Many are incapable of self-moderating, responsible behavior. While others are happy to exploit libertine or base behaviors to profitable ends. History does indeed repeat itself.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46059375390250849632013-12-01T13:56:03.349-06:002013-12-01T13:56:03.349-06:00If you want to tell the difference between a legit...<i>If you want to tell the difference between a legitimate news story and slanted opinion masquerading as news,just count the number of adverbs and loaded verbs and loaded adjectives in the news story.</i><br /><br />This applies equally to other parts of speech with soft meaning, oft used by the administration and the media, like 'struggling' and 'dramatic'.rehajmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554135440560051175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72190994597473355962013-12-01T13:18:56.259-06:002013-12-01T13:18:56.259-06:00“And if I have to fight for another three years to...“And if I have to fight for another three years to make sure that happens, I will do so.”<br /><br />Who exactly is he fighting? It's his own bad law and dysfunctional website that are not working. Obama's made a career out of fighting imagined enemies; in this statement he simply implies there is some enemy preventing him from fulfilling his promise. An enemy other than his own incompetence and the incompetence of the people he' surrounded himself with.the wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733198163180642859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-36971400027507220222013-12-01T13:00:38.502-06:002013-12-01T13:00:38.502-06:00Obama (and other politicians) live in such a dream...Obama (and other politicians) live in such a dream world. He says:<br /><br />"I’m absolutely sure we’re going to make sure this country provides affordable health care for every single American."<br /><br />First, as democrats are allowed to do, he conflated "health care" with the subject of Obamacare - "health insurance." He desribes a goal that Obamacare does not even pretend to achieve - affordable health care for every single American. Even promoters of Obamacare say that there would be about 30 Million Americans without health insurance. And, since prior to Obamacare we provided free health care to anyone who could not afford it, he is talking about something that for many people is less than what they were receiving (if necessary) prior to Obamacare. <br /><br />And the crowd no doubt cheered wildly in their shared dreamworld. Oh well.Kansas Cityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16630367629067743935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44886299495133778292013-12-01T12:28:23.799-06:002013-12-01T12:28:23.799-06:00Glenn Reynolds: "Obama’s a putz."
I hop...Glenn Reynolds: "Obama’s a putz."<br /><br />I hope Glenn can stand up to an IRS audit.Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74017852310755005632013-12-01T12:22:35.463-06:002013-12-01T12:22:35.463-06:00By golly, we never did mean to hurt the poor man&#...By golly, we never did mean to hurt the poor man's feelings. Shucks.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-34226922357869628602013-12-01T11:57:44.648-06:002013-12-01T11:57:44.648-06:00Bill,
How many of those 195,000 have paid?
If the ...Bill,<br />How many of those 195,000 have paid?<br />If the answer is zero everything that has followed is a lie.<br />Given the number of lies demonstrated so far I challenge you or anybody else to provide verifiable facts.<br /><br />The presumption is on the liar to prove an assertion.Birkelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14205292523499913507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5652710164271603292013-12-01T11:56:42.488-06:002013-12-01T11:56:42.488-06:00St. George said...
The President says he wants to ...St. George said...<br />The President says he wants to provide "affordable" health care to every American.<br /><br /><br />He has failed.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-9672527478220877482013-12-01T11:51:37.672-06:002013-12-01T11:51:37.672-06:00Inside the Race to Rescue a Health Care Site, and ...<b>Inside the Race to Rescue a Health Care Site, and Obama</b><br /><br />It's always about race.Tyrone Slothrophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12304508836038921013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77927945517247915132013-12-01T11:44:53.071-06:002013-12-01T11:44:53.071-06:00The lying bastards have run a shuck that crossed t...The lying bastards have run a shuck that crossed the death line. They came to believe it themselves. Obamacare will never work but it will lurch along doing incalculable harm before it is completely extinguished. We are on a death watch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91599027274355668552013-12-01T11:40:33.549-06:002013-12-01T11:40:33.549-06:00"If you don't answer the question, young ..."If you don't answer the question, young man, we're going to have to gag you."Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23901452927160369742013-12-01T11:36:25.743-06:002013-12-01T11:36:25.743-06:00When someone says he's sure he'll make sur...<i>When someone says he's sure he'll make sure and make sure I'm sure he's not so sure.</i><br /><br />"If promise to covet property, propriety, plurality, surety, security, and not hurt the state, say what.<br /><br />> <b><a href="http://www.splicd.com/xBiOJc7KgI0/112/120" rel="nofollow">What?</a></b><br /><br />Ah-hem, take your stand."Wincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15002449963597087316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64526620791621301152013-12-01T11:21:24.309-06:002013-12-01T11:21:24.309-06:00"Failure is not an option" is getting a ..."Failure is not an option" is getting a bad rap here. It is associated with the Flight Ops team for Apollo 13. James Lovell's Lost Moon describes what he and his crew were up against and the success of the true MacGyver lash-ups created by Mission Control that brought them back.<br />But then, NASA had already proven several times over that they could put men on the moon, while Obama's confederacy of dunces can't make a functional website. How's that unwritten 40% going?chuckRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11116989548864110362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77469299120670043162013-12-01T11:14:27.508-06:002013-12-01T11:14:27.508-06:00"The plan she proposed during 2008 was not an...<i>"The plan she proposed during 2008 was not anything like Obamacare."</i><br /><br />If anything, it was even more statist; like the criminalization of doctors providing care outside the plan.Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64340462599683862212013-12-01T11:11:11.161-06:002013-12-01T11:11:11.161-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63894375903390029302013-12-01T11:08:49.230-06:002013-12-01T11:08:49.230-06:00"But for Mr. Obama, the mounting criticism wa...<i>"But for Mr. Obama, the mounting criticism was more than political. It felt personal."</i><br /><br />When it's personal for Obama, it's at least somewhat racial.Sorunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01024561849195222416noreply@blogger.com