Comments on: Missing The Point http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/07/14/missing-the-point-3/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:38:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Story of the Day http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/07/14/missing-the-point-3/comment-page-1/#comment-38043 Story of the Day Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:18:13 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=4418#comment-38043 [...] Why Now? - Missing the Point [...] [...] Why Now? – Missing the Point [...]

]]> By: Bryan http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/07/14/missing-the-point-3/comment-page-1/#comment-38039 Bryan Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:04:33 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=4418#comment-38039 I thought it was a damning indictment of the media which could have been used effectively to forestall a lot of the crap that has flowed towards the Obamas, but they would rather be outraged than smart. One solid interview built around the cover, and a whole lot of things would be defused. I thought it was a damning indictment of the media which could have been used effectively to forestall a lot of the crap that has flowed towards the Obamas, but they would rather be outraged than smart.

One solid interview built around the cover, and a whole lot of things would be defused.

]]> By: Kryten42 http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/07/14/missing-the-point-3/comment-page-1/#comment-38035 Kryten42 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:32:52 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=4418#comment-38035 LadyMin told me a lot of that stuff about Obama. So, yeah, not much surprise. And I agree with you about the 'toon. :) You know my sense of humor by now, I liked it! LOL LadyMin told me a lot of that stuff about Obama. So, yeah, not much surprise.

And I agree with you about the ‘toon. :) You know my sense of humor by now, I liked it! LOL

]]> By: hipparchia http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/07/14/missing-the-point-3/comment-page-1/#comment-38032 hipparchia Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:28:17 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=4418#comment-38032 i knew most of what was in the article, except for the redistricting. nice to have it all in one place, even if it does play down a lot of his moves [including the alice palmer stuff]. i knew most of what was in the article, except for the redistricting. nice to have it all in one place, even if it does play down a lot of his moves [including the alice palmer stuff].

]]> By: Bryan http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/07/14/missing-the-point-3/comment-page-1/#comment-38030 Bryan Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:05:19 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=4418#comment-38030 That's just a compilation of things I was already aware of when I decided to go with Edwards. I told people he was a Chicago machine pol, but they were deluded by the kool-aid. You are right though, I doubt they want people noticing the article. FISA broke the trance, and it isn't coming back. That’s just a compilation of things I was already aware of when I decided to go with Edwards. I told people he was a Chicago machine pol, but they were deluded by the kool-aid. You are right though, I doubt they want people noticing the article.

FISA broke the trance, and it isn’t coming back.

]]> By: hipparchia http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/07/14/missing-the-point-3/comment-page-1/#comment-38027 hipparchia Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:52:11 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=4418#comment-38027 satire is supposed to be scathing. if it's also scathingly funny, then that's just frosting on the cake. nice little <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/07/21/080721fa_fact_lizza?currentPage=all" rel="nofollow">article</a> about obama's rise through the ranks of chicago politics inside that issue of the new yorker. something maybe the obama campaign would rather the rest of us didn't read? satire is supposed to be scathing. if it’s also scathingly funny, then that’s just frosting on the cake.

nice little article about obama’s rise through the ranks of chicago politics inside that issue of the new yorker. something maybe the obama campaign would rather the rest of us didn’t read?

]]> By: Bryan http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/07/14/missing-the-point-3/comment-page-1/#comment-38025 Bryan Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:23:20 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=4418#comment-38025 John, I truly believe that most of these people don't understand that <i>Gulliver's Travels</i> is a biting political satire, and they surely would form a lynch mob over that essay. They assume that to be effective it has to make people laugh, but there were several writers during the Soviet era who received free government vacations in the Far East for their work. Reading their work makes you wince, not laugh. John, I truly believe that most of these people don’t understand that Gulliver’s Travels is a biting political satire, and they surely would form a lynch mob over that essay.

They assume that to be effective it has to make people laugh, but there were several writers during the Soviet era who received free government vacations in the Far East for their work. Reading their work makes you wince, not laugh.

]]> By: John B. http://whynow.dumka.us/2008/07/14/missing-the-point-3/comment-page-1/#comment-38024 John B. Tue, 15 Jul 2008 01:14:44 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=4418#comment-38024 Hey, Bryan! What about a <a href="http://art-bin.com/art/omodest.html" rel="nofollow"> Modest Proposal for Solving the Problem of Too Many Poor Children</a>? How would the media handle that, do you think? Hey, Bryan! What about a Modest Proposal for Solving the Problem of Too Many Poor Children? How would the media handle that, do you think?

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