The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by Kevy Baby

This is the stupidest "issue" I have seen come forth in some time.

And yet, there are several pages of discussion here. I'm changing the name of the thread to the WTF2 Thread.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

The "prove Hawai'i was a state" meme seems to be a joke generated by the left, as far as I can tell.

On the other hand, expect to hear more about Bill Ayers. There is a notion going around (courtesy of World Net Daily) that Ayers was the actual author of Obama's autobiography. This idea is gaining some traction, with recent public statements about it from Trump and Palin, if I recall correctly. Get ready to roll your eyes some more.

A joke from the left, ok, that I can handle.

Yeah, I'm afraid Ayers is going to resurface. Wish they would just deal with the present instead of the past.

Originally Posted by BarTopDancer

I'm waiting for Trump Palin 2012!

Hahahha!!! Circus time! Could be fun! Except that some people would actually vote for them .... I think the safest course of action would be for the nutjobs to get a lot of attention during the primary, so we can laugh at them, and then lose. If people are going to vote conservative, please let the candidate be viable and not crazy. I can understand a difference of opinion, but please don't let us get stuck with a crazy person.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Let me get this straight, Sarah Palin. The $4 billion dollars in subsidies to the oil companies is too small of a percentage of the federal budget to worry our pretty little heads about, but the $50 million that NPR receives is bringing us to our fiscal knees? Riiiiiiiight.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Yeah, to oil companies that are making obscene profits. They don't exactly need the subsidies.

[Strangler Lewis]

First he killed pirates. Then he killed terrorists.

And now . . .

Barack Obama: wolfkiller

I don't have a thought on it one way or the other. The idea just struck me as funny.

[Betty]

What's with the news and their total lack of accurate reporting. First on obl and just this morning, I've heard them contradict themselves about a plane that hasn't been flown in 6 years, or is it 10 years. This on the same news station on the same morning. (local vs national though).

I really don't think I can trust the news to get anything specifically correct... more like - here's some vague idea of something that happened and their opnion injected into it.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Betty

I really don't think I can trust the news to get anything specifically correct... more like - here's some vague idea of something that happened and their opnion injected into it.

Welcome to 21st century corporate infotainment journalism!

[cirquelover]

I'd prefer to have real journalism back. I'm tired of infotainment, although I do like that word! " Just give me the facts Ma'am"

[alphabassettgrrl]

I'm tired of infotainment, too. Facts, please.

Real reporting is expensive, and they claim people don't want it anyway, that they get more calls requesting coverage of the meaningless stuff. I don't know that I believe that. I think it's more the expense, and potential for embarrassing their parent corporations.

It's easier to just get your headlines from AP and report on Lindsay Lohan's recent escapades.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Ben Stein is a piece of sh*t.