tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post8715331083201497264..comments2024-03-28T07:29:56.201-05:00Comments on Althouse: Bill Clinton: "We cannot be unaware of the fact that, particularly with the internet, there's this huge echo-chamber out there, and anything any of us says falls on the unhinged and the hinged alike, and we just have to be sensitive to it."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71859619421945579032011-01-12T08:30:45.624-06:002011-01-12T08:30:45.624-06:00Yes. Lets not forget that he went ahead with the t...Yes. Lets not forget that he went ahead with the tear gas even AFTER being warned that normal doses would be lethal to children with smaller lung capacity.<br /><br />All because the siege was dragging on and making him look impotent.<br /><br />I don't approve of the OKC bombing, but I understand why it happened. Especially when I learned that the perp deliberately inquired if there was day care in the building.Fenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16734571593963330215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49751866072233023862011-01-12T08:12:39.339-06:002011-01-12T08:12:39.339-06:00Ah yes, Bill Clinton, guru of sensitivity, fountai...Ah yes, Bill Clinton, guru of sensitivity, fountain of non-violent enlightenment. Perhaps an opportune moment to remember the 25 children killed at WACO.<br /><br />1. Chanel Andrade, 1, American<br />2. Shari Doyle, 18, American<br />3. Cyrus Koresh, 8, American<br />4. Star Koresh, 6, American<br />5. Bobbie Lane Koresh, 2, American<br />6. Dayland Gent, 3, American<br />7. Page Gent, 1, American<br />8. Lisa Martin, 13, American<br />9. Sheila Martin, Jr., 15, American<br />10.Anita Martin, 18, American<br />11.Crystal Martinez, 3, American<br />12.Isaiah Martinez, 4, American<br />13.Joseph Martinez, 8, American<br />14.Abigail Martinez, 11, American<br />15.Audrey Martinez, 13, American<br />16.Melissa Morrison, 6, British<br />17.Mayanah Schneider, 2, American<br />18.Aisha Gyrfas Summers, 17, Australian, pregnant<br />19.Startle Summers, 1, American<br />20.Rachel Sylvia, 12, American<br />21.Hollywood Sylvia, 1, American<br />22.Michelle Jones Thibodeau, 18, American<br />23.Serenity Jones, 4, American<br />24.Chica Jones, 2, American<br />25.Little One Jones, 2, AmericanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21184898221565496992011-01-12T01:42:50.122-06:002011-01-12T01:42:50.122-06:00The only echo chamber Bubba the wonder fuck hears ...The only echo chamber Bubba the wonder fuck hears is the one in his empty skull.Methadrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07828014989470539375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-61832731932314855962011-01-12T00:10:45.055-06:002011-01-12T00:10:45.055-06:00@AJLynch
Let me pretend I am Bill Clinton by maki...@AJLynch<br /><br /><i>Let me pretend I am Bill Clinton by making a big prediction: in 2012, more Congress critters will be retired by the TEA party than ever before.</i><br /><br />FIFYBJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04447134335568803085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33252904693526250372011-01-11T21:37:40.034-06:002011-01-11T21:37:40.034-06:00Bill's statement is funny when you consider th...Bill's statement is funny when you consider that ABC (echo-chamber) was sitting on the intern abuse story. <br /><br />It was Drudge (internet) that broke it.<br /><br />Maybe he's still bitter about it. Maybe he should beat down Algore for inventing it.Fenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16734571593963330215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-60388489818792570742011-01-11T21:34:38.006-06:002011-01-11T21:34:38.006-06:00"The rain it raineth on the hinged,
And also ..."The rain it raineth on the hinged,<br />And also on the unhinged fella.<br />But chiefly on the hinged, because<br />The unhinged steals the hinged's umbrella."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89891986883656537982011-01-11T21:31:18.644-06:002011-01-11T21:31:18.644-06:00Between John Nash and Paul Krugman, it's clear...Between John Nash and Paul Krugman, it's clear that the Nobel for economics has a set aside for people with a history of mental illness.Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80450301594398015402011-01-11T21:20:24.173-06:002011-01-11T21:20:24.173-06:00coup de tat
That's the groan caused by sticki...<i>coup de tat <br /></i>That's the groan caused by sticking with needles. You want coup d'etat.Ralph Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915708905660273961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70023083562846620262011-01-11T21:16:58.450-06:002011-01-11T21:16:58.450-06:00Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Only libs are so hysteric...Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Only libs are so hysterical that they think people become unhinged with fiery rhetoric. THEY become unhinged, but they needn't project their insanity onto independents and conservatives.dave in bocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10164227301361227792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4211496082769104782011-01-11T21:00:13.552-06:002011-01-11T21:00:13.552-06:00Death to violent metaphors!!!Death to violent metaphors!!!Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20419810660902247092011-01-11T20:46:09.491-06:002011-01-11T20:46:09.491-06:00Yeah, Bill. It is a giant echo chamber. And your l...Yeah, Bill. It is a giant echo chamber. And your lyin' words are still resonating plenty.<br /><br />"I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms Lewinsky"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-1804466257399508772011-01-11T20:41:10.325-06:002011-01-11T20:41:10.325-06:00April -- Excellent point.
Bill Clinton may not ha...April -- Excellent point.<br /><br />Bill Clinton may not have figured it out, but it is "particularly with the internet" that "we cannot be unaware of the fact [that] ... there's this huge echo-chamber out there."<br /><br />It's no wonder that folks like Paul Krugman have become so unhinged.Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14480329783749187372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40661111655990183622011-01-11T20:07:10.176-06:002011-01-11T20:07:10.176-06:00Yeah - and the echo-chamber is--- that the shooter...Yeah - and the echo-chamber is--- that the shooter was reacting to "rhetoric".Joe Biden, America's Putinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05802605309593881825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73098777631929082812011-01-11T19:31:30.739-06:002011-01-11T19:31:30.739-06:00Back when the libs were speaking truth to power th...Back when the libs were speaking truth to power they used those huge echo chambers to feed raw meet to the unhinged foaming at the mouth crazies solely to get democrats elected. You can look at any commentary on DU or Kos or even Move On to see. Maybe if they handn't been so quick to suggest that 9/11 was an inside job, their rabble wouldn't be so bat shit crazy espousing scenarios that wouldn't even make sense to crazy people. <br />Those who were sensitive to this phenomenon also saw how much it galvanized the dems, so went along with it. Ad now they find that their own people are similarly victimized by insane talk. Like the french revolution, eventually they too get their heads chopped of by the giulotine (rhetorically).<br /><br />Back when Clinton was being impeached I supported him becuase I thought the conservatives were acting crazy and while Clinton did commit perjury i thought the conservatives used that incident to go way beyond the bounds out of a need to seize power. Fast forward to the 2000 elections and 9/11 and the libs took the bat shit craziness of the conservatives and put it into overdrive, the likes of which I've never seen in my lifetime. For all the talk about how the truthers are crazy and irrational, do you understand, liberals, the depths of insanity you delived into when a great number of you actually were arguing that the govt took down 7 WTC or that it wasn't a plane that hit the Pentagon, or that the 2000 election was a coup de tat. Do you not understand the degree to which you lowered the bar on debate and that those accusations are incendiary and actual calls to arms? If there is a coup de tat going on in this country, then perhaps it is warranted to kill your leaders, because they, after all, are engaged in a coup de tat. if they are blowing up buildings, then they in fact are as bad as Timothy Mcveigh and we executed him. No wonder the libs hate Bush so much. He's guilty of crimes unimaginable to humanity in their eyes. Only they are rabid dogs, and their reality is out of hte bizzaro world.<br />So libs, since we had to listen to you howling at the moon for 8 years, you should realize that you should NEVER AGAIN EVER suggest that people are engaging in wild rhetoric. You had that cake and ate it too. You won grand prize on seditious, outrageous slanderous blood libels that could cause a crazy person to lash out. You made militias sound like the PTA.jr565https://www.blogger.com/profile/07630491937904835553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76091907071645608692011-01-11T19:21:21.738-06:002011-01-11T19:21:21.738-06:00Violent metaphors are out. Door-frame metaphors ar...<i>Violent metaphors are out. Door-frame metaphors are in.</i><br /><br />There are people who believe we can fix society by passing laws that curtail our freedom; while ignoring the reality that you can't legislate away stupidity or insanity. They need to ask themselves, what good is a lock on an unhinged door?<br /><br />(Hey, I tried.)Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11577584676839171856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68893499216725081812011-01-11T19:10:44.085-06:002011-01-11T19:10:44.085-06:00I don't know. Being someone who spends a bit o...I don't know. Being someone who spends a bit of time on the internet and picks up the memes and chatter that pass through the tubes, I'm always a bit surprised when the vast number of people around me have no idea what I'm talking about. The echo chamber is a fair bit smaller than the general population, with the hinged and non-hinged occupying both spheres. <br /><br />Better just to keep chattering freely. Kooks can be inspired by taxi-cab movies just as much as by internet charts and trolls.Paddy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10442537362540160512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63592050436626945902011-01-11T18:52:42.725-06:002011-01-11T18:52:42.725-06:00Pingree wrote on The Huffington Post website.
Th...<i>Pingree wrote on The Huffington Post website. </i><br /><br />That's a joke, right? Because it's gotten to the point where I just don't know. I feel like freeman....twilight zone. <br /><br />In what universe is actual blood libel not considered dangerous rhetoric? Because, not to go all godwin on you, but haven't there been some problems with that kind of thing before?<br /><br />We have freedom here in this country, and that has to be freedom for people to say things you might not like. Crazy people are going to do crazy things and no amount, or lack of, dangerous rhetoric is going to stop that. SheeshShannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15709594638793030086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8672721758470320042011-01-11T17:58:41.189-06:002011-01-11T17:58:41.189-06:00Cited by John and Ken (KFI)
Rep. Chellie Pingree ...Cited by John and Ken (KFI)<br /><br />Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) urged Republicans to change the name of the repeal bill, which is titled the “Repeal the Job-Killing Healthcare Law Act.” “I’m not suggesting that the name of that one piece of legislation somehow led to the horror of this weekend — but is it really necessary to put the word ‘killing’ in the title of a major piece of legislation?” Pingree wrote on The Huffington Post website.rhhardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901742898653890646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46330174525582212852011-01-11T17:58:23.872-06:002011-01-11T17:58:23.872-06:00We must not be unaware of this from Longfellow:
...We must <i>not be unaware</i> of this from Longfellow: <br /><br />"Behind the clouds the sun is shining, <br />Thy fate is the common fate of all, <br />Into each life a little unhinginess must fall."<br /><br />And echo chambering Paul Zrimsek's hilarious 4:46 comment, I <i>just have to be sensitive</i> to that famous verse from Ecclesiastes 1:5: <br /><br />"The knob also ariseth, and the knob goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he aroseth."Meadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00117933390338651739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-26882403957631755792011-01-11T17:43:26.087-06:002011-01-11T17:43:26.087-06:00Freeman,
I was curious, so I turned to Google:
P...Freeman,<br /><br />I was curious, so I turned to Google:<br /><br /><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/137161-poll-rhetoric-shooting-unrelated" rel="nofollow"><b>Poll: Rhetoric, Arizona shooting unrelated</b></a><br /><br />It doesn't look like America's buying it.The Scythianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838229397619055117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20643649627560487662011-01-11T17:37:59.347-06:002011-01-11T17:37:59.347-06:00In truth I think Mr. Clinton is paraphrasing the b...In truth I think Mr. Clinton is paraphrasing the bible.<br /><br />44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;<br /><br />45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14480329783749187372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-13860743022901029012011-01-11T17:34:34.898-06:002011-01-11T17:34:34.898-06:00The post title may be a mashup of two different qu...The post title may be a mashup of two different quotes. At least they were split up at the link. I hope the Althouse version is correct. The mixed metaphor is a wonderful poetic juxtaposition. How do echoes fall? What are hinged people hinged to?Henryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14480329783749187372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77718240300225384402011-01-11T17:33:43.448-06:002011-01-11T17:33:43.448-06:00Freeman Hunt wrote:
"How can this absurd pos...<b>Freeman Hunt wrote:</b><br /><br />"<i>How can this absurd posturing be allowed to stand?</i>"<br /><br />Is it standing, though? People like Clinton are putting this shit out for sale, but are people buying?The Scythianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838229397619055117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79668403669852712712011-01-11T17:32:37.229-06:002011-01-11T17:32:37.229-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.The Scythianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10838229397619055117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5757929208433694682011-01-11T17:22:15.432-06:002011-01-11T17:22:15.432-06:00"Why do modern US politicians seem hellbent o..."Why do modern US politicians seem hellbent on doing precisely the wrong thing at the wrong time?"<br /><br />The pols ate battening down their hatches [can I still say that?] which feels right to them as they are under siege from us dumb American voters.<br /><br />Let me pretend I am Bill Clinton by making a big prediction: in 2012, more Congress critters will decide to retire than ever before.I'm Full of Souphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00241724007440718575noreply@blogger.com