Comments on: The Beast With No Name http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/11/16/the-beast-with-no-name/ Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:07:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: stodgie http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/11/16/the-beast-with-no-name/#comment-1042500 stodgie Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:05:13 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=6114#comment-1042500 sara reminds me of nora the piano playing cat. both are just adorable! when i want to smile, i go watch nora play the piano. sara reminds me of nora the piano playing cat. both are just adorable! when i want to smile, i go watch nora play the piano.

]]> By: Lurker http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/11/16/the-beast-with-no-name/#comment-1041539 Lurker Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:55:47 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=6114#comment-1041539 Grumpy Old Guy OMG, that was one funny video! Thanks for laugh, and laugh, and laugh...... The very best part; of course, was Sara. :D Cheers! Grumpy Old Guy

OMG, that was one funny video! Thanks for laugh, and laugh, and laugh…… The very best part; of course, was Sara. :D

Cheers!

]]> By: Old Grumpy Guy http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/11/16/the-beast-with-no-name/#comment-1041510 Old Grumpy Guy Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:38:30 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=6114#comment-1041510 I apologize profusely if I've opened up traumatic wounds for you Diana. But one has to wade through a lot of yucky stuff in our efforts to beat the smuggites and the pod people. I apologize profusely if I’ve opened up traumatic wounds for you Diana. But one has to wade through a lot of yucky stuff in our efforts to beat the smuggites and the pod people.

]]> By: socalannie http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/11/16/the-beast-with-no-name/#comment-1041453 socalannie Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:07:41 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=6114#comment-1041453 If he's Ted Baxter, then he's Ted Baxter on bad crack. If he’s Ted Baxter, then he’s Ted Baxter on bad crack.

]]> By: Tuppence411 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/11/16/the-beast-with-no-name/#comment-1041403 Tuppence411 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:45:03 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=6114#comment-1041403 Hold up.... I will poke fun of her on screen appearance because I have seen Maddow out and about in downtown Northampton. She looks NOTHING like how she appears on TV. She is totally made over. A creation for our viewing. MSNBC must have a stylist for her wardrobe, make-up, and hair(!?) Yet, she totally lampooned Sarah. Oh hell no. http://www.maddowfans.com/media/photos/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=219 Hold up…. I will poke fun of her on screen appearance because I have seen Maddow out and about in downtown Northampton. She looks NOTHING like how she appears on TV. She is totally made over. A creation for our viewing.
MSNBC must have a stylist for her wardrobe, make-up, and hair(!?) Yet, she totally lampooned Sarah. Oh hell no.
http://www.maddowfans.com/media/photos/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=219

]]> By: Diana L. C. http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/11/16/the-beast-with-no-name/#comment-1041395 Diana L. C. Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:37:35 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=6114#comment-1041395 Old Grumpy Guy, I can't stand the beast with no name either, but unfortunaely your video brought her back into my conciousness. I had just completed the difficult task of repressing memories of the beast and her snotty sidekick. Oh, well, Sara really conducts (yes, pun intended) herself far more admirably on video and I am currently repressing memories that were let out for a moment. Old Grumpy Guy,

I can’t stand the beast with no name either, but unfortunaely your video brought her back into my conciousness. I had just completed the difficult task of repressing memories of the beast and her snotty sidekick.

Oh, well, Sara really conducts (yes, pun intended) herself far more admirably on video and I am currently repressing memories that were let out for a moment.

]]> By: noproblama http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/11/16/the-beast-with-no-name/#comment-1041322 noproblama Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:01:00 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=6114#comment-1041322 Oh, don't worry, both she and the Olberbeast get it, although it doesn't make them any less foul. KO is a raging misogynist so he had to jump on the barky express because there was no way in hell he'd support Hillary. Maddow's reasons? Maybe it started with the "Hillary voted for the war" thing and with so much encouragement at MSNBC, blossomed in to a full blown and conveniently career facilitating bias. After all, she did get her own show out of it. I'm sure the irony of forsaking the first viable female presidential candidate and in doing so aiding the defeat of Prop 8, is not lost on her. Oh, don’t worry, both she and the Olberbeast get it, although it doesn’t make them any less foul.

KO is a raging misogynist so he had to jump on the barky express because there was no way in hell he’d support Hillary.

Maddow’s reasons? Maybe it started with the “Hillary voted for the war” thing and with so much encouragement at MSNBC, blossomed in to a full blown and conveniently career facilitating bias. After all, she did get her own show out of it.

I’m sure the irony of forsaking the first viable female presidential candidate and in doing so aiding the defeat of Prop 8, is not lost on her.

]]> By: bert http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/11/16/the-beast-with-no-name/#comment-1041111 bert Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:18:45 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=6114#comment-1041111 My gosh, Old Grumpy Guy, you do make me laugh so. Thanks for the wonderful rants. Sara is precious as well as cute as a button. I used to have a parakeet who could dance like that, believe it or not! My gosh, Old Grumpy Guy, you do make me laugh so. Thanks for the wonderful rants. Sara is precious as well as cute as a button. I used to have a parakeet who could dance like that, believe it or not!

]]> By: bert http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/11/16/the-beast-with-no-name/#comment-1041076 bert Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:05:05 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=6114#comment-1041076 That is an insult to Ted Baxter. At least he was a loveable fool. That is an insult to Ted Baxter. At least he was a loveable fool.

]]> By: annie uh-oh oakley http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/11/16/the-beast-with-no-name/#comment-1040932 annie uh-oh oakley Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:55:18 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=6114#comment-1040932 Grumpy Guy - the problem is we women are SICK of having our looks dissected - be it our bodies, our facial features, our accessories, hair - what have you. That said, I love the title : "the Beast With No Name" and do hope it sticks!! And I think the Beast is a sell-out, a traitor to her gender and a traitor to lesbians. But she's rich & famous now so unless her ratings dive (which I hope they do) she will never realize what a shallow, vicious and blind Beast she has become... Now, I really would like to see Olbermann with a dead squirrel on his head...would you photoshop that for us?? Grumpy Guy - the problem is we women are SICK of having our looks dissected - be it our bodies, our facial features, our accessories, hair - what have you.

That said, I love the title : “the Beast With No Name” and do hope it sticks!! And I think the Beast is a sell-out, a traitor to her gender and a traitor to lesbians. But she’s rich & famous now so unless her ratings dive (which I hope they do) she will never realize what a shallow, vicious and blind Beast she has become…

Now, I really would like to see Olbermann with a dead squirrel on his head…would you photoshop that for us??

]]> By: ritamary http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/11/16/the-beast-with-no-name/#comment-1040840 ritamary Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:13:10 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=6114#comment-1040840 Long, long ago in my previous incarnation as a hard-core Democrat, I listened to Air America all day every day. The one Air America host I really did not much care for was Rachel Maddow. Why didn't you like Rachel Maddow, you may ask? Well, she was just boring. So pedantic, arrogant and self-righteous. I thought she was one of the Air America hosts least likely to succeed. And now she's on television, with Keith Obamaman no less! Long, long ago in my previous incarnation as a hard-core Democrat, I listened to Air America all day every day. The one Air America host I really did not much care for was Rachel Maddow.

Why didn’t you like Rachel Maddow, you may ask? Well, she was just boring. So pedantic, arrogant and self-righteous. I thought she was one of the Air America hosts least likely to succeed. And now she’s on television, with Keith Obamaman no less!

]]> By: Too many Linda's have my name :) http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/11/16/the-beast-with-no-name/#comment-1040837 Too many Linda's have my name :) Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:09:59 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=6114#comment-1040837 Sorry, I used the beasts name. It seems I wasn't awake enough. :( Sorry, I used the beasts name. It seems I wasn’t awake enough. :(

]]> By: AnninCA http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/11/16/the-beast-with-no-name/#comment-1040835 AnninCA Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:09:28 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=6114#comment-1040835 Ditto for me, Tess. The blogs are the same. I said repeatedly in the primaries that about 90% of Huffpo's articles were from people rushing on their way to soccer games. Thoughtful? Hardly. Ditto for me, Tess. The blogs are the same.

I said repeatedly in the primaries that about 90% of Huffpo’s articles were from people rushing on their way to soccer games.

Thoughtful? Hardly.

]]> By: section9 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/11/16/the-beast-with-no-name/#comment-1040831 section9 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:06:19 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=6114#comment-1040831 Rachel was a columnist for <em>The Nation</em>, so she wears her Left opinions on her sleeve. The notion that she should have been given an anchor chair makes as much sense as giving Michael Savage an anchor chair. Bear in mind, this is MSNBC catering to its Bush hating Base. The problem is, Bush and the Republicans are leaving town (all to the good, btw, and I say this as a Republican who believes that turnover in power is good for the country). Rachel Maddow and Olbermann are symptomatic of a general problem with the MSM: they've made a decision to become Cheerleaders for the New Order. This will lead to greater distrust of the MSM in the long run, as Americans don't like being force fed propaganda, despite with the news media thinks. This should be the takeaway: Maddow and Ted Baxter are, in and of themselves, not important. They are symptoms of a deeply corrupt and partisan news media that cheeleads for one set of politicians over the other. This is good for Democrats, but bad for democracy and good government. Rachel was a columnist for The Nation, so she wears her Left opinions on her sleeve. The notion that she should have been given an anchor chair makes as much sense as giving Michael Savage an anchor chair.

Bear in mind, this is MSNBC catering to its Bush hating Base. The problem is, Bush and the Republicans are leaving town (all to the good, btw, and I say this as a Republican who believes that turnover in power is good for the country).

Rachel Maddow and Olbermann are symptomatic of a general problem with the MSM: they’ve made a decision to become Cheerleaders for the New Order. This will lead to greater distrust of the MSM in the long run, as Americans don’t like being force fed propaganda, despite with the news media thinks.

This should be the takeaway: Maddow and Ted Baxter are, in and of themselves, not important. They are symptoms of a deeply corrupt and partisan news media that cheeleads for one set of politicians over the other. This is good for Democrats, but bad for democracy and good government.

]]> By: Old Grumpy Guy http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/11/16/the-beast-with-no-name/#comment-1040824 Old Grumpy Guy Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:04:26 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=6114#comment-1040824 Yes, Tess, it's not very gentlemanly of me to attack Maddow on her looks, but then her looks are part of the total unpleasant package and what I said was pretty mild compared to the attacks on Palin, McCain and even Hillary by the rabid dogs of the left. Yes, Tess, it’s not very gentlemanly of me to attack Maddow on her looks, but then her looks are part of the total unpleasant package and what I said was pretty mild compared to the attacks on Palin, McCain and even Hillary by the rabid dogs of the left.

]]> By: Tess http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/11/16/the-beast-with-no-name/#comment-1040820 Tess Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:00:43 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=6114#comment-1040820 I'm not much for snark on peoples' looks, especially women's. I suppose media personalities could be different, but it's still bothersome. We saw way too much of that with first Hillary, then Sarah Palin. I do think most of these newsreaders, "pundits", commentators come to us from a sports meme: the air has to be filled constantly with words, much of it "color". Olberman comes from sports (their loss is our gain???) and I think much of the TV world grew up with that, which is another reason why so much of what passes for news is vacuous and trivial. I’m not much for snark on peoples’ looks, especially women’s. I suppose media personalities could be different, but it’s still bothersome. We saw way too much of that with first Hillary, then Sarah Palin.
I do think most of these newsreaders, “pundits”, commentators come to us from a sports meme: the air has to be filled constantly with words, much of it “color”. Olberman comes from sports (their loss is our gain???) and I think much of the TV world grew up with that, which is another reason why so much of what passes for news is vacuous and trivial.

]]> By: Too many Linda's have my name :) http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/11/16/the-beast-with-no-name/#comment-1040811 Too many Linda's have my name :) Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:56:55 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=6114#comment-1040811 So right you are. In a simple example of this. My brother in law, a VERY academically smart man, with many social and common sense problems, came out to us for a visit. We gave him our old Espresso machine and instructed the use and the very first, to prime the machine. Weeks went by and we didn't hear from him. Gave him a call and asked how he was enjoying the Espresso at home. He answered, it wouldn't work when I got it home, no water came out. Hubby asked if he primed it like we advised. His reply, "no, forgot". Hubby told him he'll walk him through it again, and b-i-l responded "I can't. I threw it away already". ??? He didn't call to ask what may be wrong, he didn't remember how to work the machine, so he threw away a perfectly good espresso machine. OK So right you are.

In a simple example of this. My brother in law, a VERY academically smart man, with many social and common sense problems, came out to us for a visit. We gave him our old Espresso machine and instructed the use and the very first, to prime the machine.

Weeks went by and we didn’t hear from him. Gave him a call and asked how he was enjoying the Espresso at home. He answered, it wouldn’t work when I got it home, no water came out. Hubby asked if he primed it like we advised. His reply, “no, forgot”. Hubby told him he’ll walk him through it again, and b-i-l responded “I can’t. I threw it away already”.

???

He didn’t call to ask what may be wrong, he didn’t remember how to work the machine, so he threw away a perfectly good espresso machine. OK

]]> By: AnninCA http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/11/16/the-beast-with-no-name/#comment-1040788 AnninCA Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:45:01 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=6114#comment-1040788 You know, these people have been placed in positions far, far beyond their skill level. Ego is probably the biggest issue that anyone who succeeds in life must deal with effectively, or you WILL be a flash in the pan. The media has turned these people, not really prepared, into stars. I think many of them will fall to the Earth. You know, these people have been placed in positions far, far beyond their skill level.

Ego is probably the biggest issue that anyone who succeeds in life must deal with effectively, or you WILL be a flash in the pan.

The media has turned these people, not really prepared, into stars.

I think many of them will fall to the Earth.

]]> By: AnninCA http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/11/16/the-beast-with-no-name/#comment-1040781 AnninCA Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:42:21 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=6114#comment-1040781 Omigosh......SOMEONE who gets that! *haha I post constantly on this. Good golly, but people are overly impressed with these academic credentials. If they only knew....... Omigosh……SOMEONE who gets that! *haha

I post constantly on this. Good golly, but people are overly impressed with these academic credentials.

If they only knew…….

]]> By: Old Grumpy Guy http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/11/16/the-beast-with-no-name/#comment-1040779 Old Grumpy Guy Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:42:02 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=6114#comment-1040779 After the Biden-Palin debate you could see her facial muscles straining in her effort to crow that Biden had overwhelmingly trounced Palin, when any unbiased observer could have seen that Palin gave a very good account of herself and was more polished and straghtfoward than Biden. After the Biden-Palin debate you could see her facial muscles straining in her effort to crow that Biden had overwhelmingly trounced Palin, when any unbiased observer could have seen that Palin gave a very good account of herself and was more polished and straghtfoward than Biden.

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