NFD*

*No Frikkin’ Doubt

Wow. I thought Yglesias had it bad. The line’s not even visible from the place you’ve gone to.

Well Tbogg, what is THAT supposed to mean?

Oh, and trickster @ 2 - What is THAT supposed to mean?

Pudding!!! Yay!!!

What is the point of the outrage machine? When Obama quickly distanced himself from whatsherface Powers, he seemed to be making a smart tactical move. But when you reward the outrage machine, it just gets hungrier.

And then of course, there’s the media. For them the outrage machine is all they can wrap their feeble little brains around.

I’d love for people to start mocking the easily offended, but that what just offend people.

Still, the lack of measureable fallout from bittergate might suggest that a candidate who suggests that the offended be tougher than a wet paper towel and grow up might get a bounce from ending the ceaseless obsession with who said what.

I ain’t a-holdin’ my breath.

Hey, ya know balance? Well, FUCK fucking balance. Fuck it, piss on it. And don’t be calling me fucking oversensitive, either or I’ll really fucking harsh yer goddam mellow.

Keep yer fucking kids off my fucking lawn, too.

Whatever happened to “Bah Humbug”? Awww fuck it.

Oh, that language from the Mr. tbogg! This is not a good man!

Came within maybe an inch of having a brand new shiny black car take out the side panel and fender of my car yesterday - because the black car driver was outraged by my presence behind her when she wanted to back up. Outrage in the pursuit of personal ambition is no sin!

What kind of pudding? Can I haz nesslerode?

You got that fuckin’ right Mr.T! make mine ‘nilla puddin.

I deeply resent your insinuation that I’m thin-skinned.

does this mean we can say ‘cunt’ now?

Off the cuff things that people claim are offensive are sometimes actually kinda offensive and can be a big red flag for unfortunate attitudes that the speaker has previously been able to publicly keep in check (e.g. Macacca).

This one, however… hmmm. Nah. Reminds me of the 2000 NY senate race during a debate with Clinton and her sacrificial goomba that year when he made some quip about public concern with something or other was just “being hysterical”. In context, it was mildly smirk inducing, and she was on camera at the time and it, in fact, induced a smirk. However, after a second her expression changed when it clearly occurred to her that it could be twisted to mean that he had called her hysterical. She hopped forward and denounced his misogyny, knocking him back on his heels making him backpedal. Score - Hillary 1, goomba 0.

“You say I’m a bitch like it’s a bad thing” (button I found online)

L’affair Samantha Power is an excellent example of why candidates should ignore the outrage machine. Yes, she said something stupid - find me someone who’s never misspoken, or said something they’d later wish they hadn’t.

The proper response for Obama would have been “I don’t consult Ms. Power for her opinion of Senator Clinton. I consult her for her expert and valuable opinions on some of the most dangerous places in the world.” Why it’s so hard for candidates to figure that out, I have no idea.

The link Tboog provides here is just more proof to me that the bread and circuses tactics of the media are working exactly as planned, and someone needs to get a few of those Huffpo commentators back on their meds.

Who the fuck are you talkin’ to tbogg? Are you talkin’ ta me? Fuck you and the horse you rode in on!

You know where you can stuff that fucking pudding, dontcha?

The problem, once again, is television. Americans are addicted to their televisions and every little thing that is said gets magnified to some insane importance. The solution, is to turn off your fucking televisions. Unfortunately, this suggestion is about as useful as telling heroin addicts to just say no.
I gave up on television when I moved back to the U.S. a couple of years ago (it was kind of a condition for me moving back here without going insane). I still own a television set, but it is only set up to play DVD’s. I missed television for about 1 month, but now I am much more productive and I never even think about it. When I’m at the gym and I see the 6 television screens, with O’Reilly and CNN on closed captions, I can hardly believe people are still watching the shit. It feels Orwellian to me.
TURN OFF YOUR TELEVISIONS!

Nice to know there are others. I got rid of the boob tube, as we called it back when we wore onions on our belts, 3 years ago. Never missed it all. Do catch Countdown and Daily Show clips online. Now for pudding.

Well, fuck all of you who think I shouldn’t be allowed to watch Monk just because you hate TV. That really offends me that a bunch of you are implying that I’m somehow not a worthy citizen because I like some TV.

That is what you’re doing, right? I mean, when you say you don’t like TV, you really mean that you wish I would die. I hear it in your snark.

And I think Tbogg should reject and denounce all of you who make me feel bad because you insist on saying you don’t like TV.

Mmmmm, pudding.

Xpurg8d,
I know I didn’t say explicitly that you deserve to die because you watch Monk, but yes, I certainly implied it. If you continue to watch Monk, then I think the onus is on you to give the anti-television conspiracy a reason to spare your sad life.

Agree with general point that there’s too much hair-trigger huffing and puffing.

However I do believe that if a teevee bloviator of note said that some Person in Political Authority should sequester themselves in a room with Obama, and later only the PIPA should come out, it would not be well received. I don’t think it’s necessary to elaborate on why.

Li’l Innocent

Fuck fucking television, too. It fucking sucks.

YOU TAKE THAT BACK!

Television - teacher. Mother. Secret lover.

Get ur fucking teebee offa my lawn, bitch or we GO.

Just like Hugh Grant and Colin Firth in “Bridget Jones’ Diary.” I’m not fucking around here.

You can all borrow my outrage meter.

My TV will crush you, then display all six hours of Pride and Prejudice atop your moldering bones. Stuff your Bridget Jones’ Diary”.

I took this — like the response to George and Charlie’s “debate” a few media cycles back — as the collective snapping of public patience. On it’s own, Olbermann’s only-one-comes-out-of-the-room imagery probably isn’t that bad. But people, people, people — this kind of nonsense had been going on for the six weeks between primaries (note to primary schedulers: never schedule primaries more than one week apart). And because a good deal of the commentary was gibberish about why won’t Hillary give up/drop out/just go away, a good deal of the commentary’s rub-out metaphors applied to Hillary. Swear to god: I actually heard one pundit wondering why Obama hadn’t strangled Clinton yet!

So, in a classroom filled with naughty, naughty kids, Olbermann was the only one who got detention. I blame Chris Matthews, a very bad influence. I also blame the executive producers of these programs. Time to tell the talent to give up using the same old war, sports, and Mafia references, or they’ll be sleeping with the fishes.