You may be interested to know that McCain is regularly presented on Aussie showing a “Brown Shirt-esque” flurry where he brings up the ol’ cartoon show. “We will chase Osama Bin Laden to the gates of hell”. Lovingly a local chicken farmer, conveniently placed close to the mic, hollas, “yeahhhh, I believe he has done it. I believe he has done enough”.

I am not sure if he is refering to the capture of long dead Osama Bin Laden or winning the election. Either way I am wary of one who makes claims of the nature of chasing someone to the Gates of Hell. If you chase someone to a place, there is an underlying presumption that you know where that place is. If not, why make the claim? Therefore is Senator McCain saying he is evil, for how does he know the whereabouts of the Gates of Hell. He surely can’t be a LIAR and President?

Clearly he has borrowed Bush’s speech writer. I think the American people will quickly work out it is the same old trot from a rusty old hulk with more leaks than buckets for the salvage team.

Kaplan has reported it ad naseum, recruiting standards are down, the promotion criteria are fubar, yada yada yada.

But you don’t see it in high profile news, do you?

Pew gave us a wee bit of an answer in November of 2007. The media conglomerates have ratcheted down the coverage of the war.

Don’t worry, be happy.

He’s a wonderful post modern author, with heart, as opposed to all that tech writing.

Aren’t you familiar with ANY of the modernists, even?

Where do you think you are, cbear?

Old techniques and ad hominem attacks, casting aspersions in an attempt to discredit, so simplistically, through the content of a post, are real old school.

Dangerous to use technique that old.

Don’t you read?

We’re done, we aren’t going to disrupt the site because you feel entitled to throw a tantrum with another misguided attack.

yawn, it’s so boring, isnt it?

Are you even familiar with Faulkner, and his literary technique, the use of stream of consciousness to break the subconscious?

And it is very easy to turn a discussion away from a truth, for some, anyway, without the group really being aware, burying it.

Aw fer Chrissakes… what are you, the self-elected hall monitor, or the No Quarter commissar?

there’s a lot of bubble gum, so to speak, things I know are trolls, either deliberate, or socked, the same method, or language pattern I see in other newsgroups, or blogs. It’s like recognizing written music, in the same way a written pattern can be recognized.

What the Fuck???
Bro, you need to get that tinfoil off your head before you totally fry your few remaining brain cells.

Better yet, why don’t you start your own blog called Simon Sez, then you can blather on incessantly without disturbing the rest of us.

I give up. Have a nice day.

I do respect others views.

At times, it would appear, though, dude, there’s a lot of bubble gum, so to speak, things I know are trolls, either deliberate, or socked, the same method, or language pattern I see in other newsgroups, or blogs. It’s like recognizing written music, in the same way a written pattern can be recognized.

And it is very easy to turn a discussion away from a truth, for some, anyway, without the group really being aware, burying it.

In this instance, I would question where the discussion on Auchi went, fact, no conspiracy needed. Why arent people researching it, especially as it relates to Obama, it’s as if it’s being avoided, or the dicussion being directed away. Why isnt’ the American press writing, who is trying to CONTROL the discussion?

Maybe an innocent reason, discussion dynamics, truly, but, WHY?

And I guess I would ask you the same, to really READ what I write, as opposed to a superficial dip, dismissing it as stream of consciousness.

Faulkner was able to give a new dimension to the narrative using that technique, though I certainly am no real writer, and would never claim the same, I’m simply not that good.

But again, I apologize to you, but, until LARRY tells me differently, I will post as I do.

I trust my instincts.

You will not give me direction.

ban you???

But it is not your place to call it.????

Jeebus dude, learn to freaking read. Where in the hell do you see me calling for you to be banned in my comment?

How bout’ just shutting the fuck up every once in awhile, and truly reading and perhaps contemplating other people’s points of view, instead of trying to dominate every single thread with your views?

You’re obviously an intelligent person, but a lot of the crap you write is so poorly written and dis-jointed as to be almost unintelligible.

Slow down for crap’s sake. You don’t have to respond to every single comment or thought someone else might express.

Get it???

And I have every right to post on these discussion boards, until Larry tells me differently.

And if he chooses to ban me, obviously, I respect his decision.

But it is not your place to call it.

I was pointing out I saw many posts of the type you wrote, perhaps it is an angry populace.

Again, all apologies, I promise to be more careful in the future.

You are, of course, a very educated, erudite man, I was out of line.

cbear’s post just reads of a certain hopelessness

No Simon, cbear’s post reads of a very angry American citizen who is sick and fucking tired of watching the press abdicate its every duty and responsibility to our society, and felt like expressing that anger in a comment, rather than taking a baseball bat to the nearest gooper.

Cbear also felt like it might be worthwhile pointing out that the referenced articles were in the foreign press, and unlikely to receive much coverage in our domestic media, because cbear thinks the consolidation of American media in the hands of a few corporations and right-wing assholes is an extremely important issue that does not receive as much attention as it should. Cbear feels as if this issue is of paramount importance in the fight to take back our country from the treasonous cretins now in power.

Please forgive cbear for giving vent to his anger without penning an extra five goddamn paragraphs explaining his every thought and motivation, and his grand plan for reversing the decades-long consolidation of the media, so that simpleminded assholes like simon would not have to expend so much energy in deconstructing cbear’s simple comment.

Cbear would also note that every blog he has ever read has a world-weary “I’ve seen it all” arse-kissing dipshit like simon who attempts to dominate every single thread with his endless stream-of-consciousness comments that add very little to any discussion– other than to parrot the thoughts of the blogger and join in the consensus of the echo chamber.
Additionally, cbear would point out that those afore-mentioned asswipes, like simon— discourage otherwise engaged, educated, and intelligent readers from joining the discussion and, perhaps, adding to the discourse—by attempting to solidify their status within the group by childlishly scapegoating the outsider.

But hey, that’s just cbear’s opinion. Your mileage may vary.