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2010-09-04 Home Front: Culture Wars

Liberals Ask: Did BP Just Blow Up The Obama Presidency?

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Posted by Uncle Phester 2010-09-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Want a great insight into the small and tawdry mind of the Huffpo leftist?

They find the need to put in place an echo-chamber automatic validation system in their comment section. People can essentially stroke another poster simply by pressing a button to indicate agreement, and the number of times a reader does this is tallied and posted along with the comment. At the same time, there is no place for people who disagree to voice their disapproval.

Worse, they refer to those who agree with any particular comment as "fans".

"Fans."

The dysfunction of that is pretty lurid, and on many levels.

Posted by no mo uro 2010-09-04 05:15|| 2010-09-04 05:15|| Front Page Top

#2 And people wonder why I don't like cats or leftists.

Posted by msicellaneous 2010-09-04 08:27|| 2010-09-04 08:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Huh, I thought HuffPo just did movie reviews anymore...should stick to movies, cannot make the distinction between net and gross profit the article is worthless.

I do like the sprockets, "Yarrrgh! I'm a level 2 boat captain!"

Posted by swksvolFF 2010-09-04 11:13|| 2010-09-04 11:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Shits in msicellaneous cheep shoes.

Posted by Lizzy Borden 2010-09-04 11:39|| 2010-09-04 11:39|| Front Page Top

#5 Obama, or more passionately "H" blew up his own presidency. Besides, with the left lunatics, there is never enough oppression and misery. sae la vie.

Posted by newc 2010-09-04 11:51|| 2010-09-04 11:51|| Front Page Top

#6 OK, OpEd and should be approached as such and is a gem for understanding..when author throws numbers like "They (BP) made $33 bln last year so why can't they come up with $20 bln?" I cannot tell it it is wine or drool dripping off of the goblet. It is interesting watching the die hards attempt to wrap their ego around whether Obama is incompetent or in cahoots with the enemies of their own storyline...like watching the movie Truman but without as much wit or suspense.

Posted by swksvolFF 2010-09-04 11:53|| 2010-09-04 11:53|| Front Page Top

#7 The liberals have spent the last four months pointedly not noticing that the Obama Administration has spent the time since the spill protecting BP from the consequences of their errors by limiting drilling for _everyone_, because it fit in with their long-running fantasies of making sure the only gas Americans could buy would come from Judenfrei countries, and of wrecking whatever small fraction of economic sovereignity the US has left.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-09-04 13:06|| 2010-09-04 13:06|| Front Page Top

#8 "And people wonder why I don't like cats or leftists."

I don't see why you don't like cats, msicellaneous. It's in their very nature to be indifferent to your suffering. It's part of their charm.

It's in the leftists' nature, too. The problem with them is they physically resemble humans, so, unlike cats, most people expect them to act human - hence the problem.

I ridicule leftists rather than hate them. Try it sometime - it's very liberating. ;-p

(And I love cats because they're, well, cats.)

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-09-04 14:02|| 2010-09-04 14:02|| Front Page Top

#9 Funny how you can bash, bash, bash a President for going golfing and then when your guy is President the people notice when he golfs alot. They notice without constant harping and have a very negative opinion of the fact.

Posted by rjschwarz 2010-09-04 14:52|| 2010-09-04 14:52|| Front Page Top

#10 doGs are loyal.

Posted by newc 2010-09-04 15:08|| 2010-09-04 15:08|| Front Page Top

#11 "Did BP Just Blow Up The Obama Presidency?"

No. Bambi did that all by himself.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-09-04 18:42|| 2010-09-04 18:42|| Front Page Top

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