Comments for WriteChic Press http://writechic.wordpress.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:14:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Father of the Year, He Ain’t by writechic http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/father-of-the-year-he-aint/#comment-7038 writechic Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:14:37 +0000 http://writechic.wordpress.com/?p=5514#comment-7038 Maybe we should have an yearend MOTY and FOTY, Cookie. Have a poll on the worst. :-) Maybe we should have an yearend MOTY and FOTY, Cookie. Have a poll on the worst. :-)

]]> Comment on Father of the Year, He Ain’t by writechic http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/father-of-the-year-he-aint/#comment-7037 writechic Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:11:23 +0000 http://writechic.wordpress.com/?p=5514#comment-7037 Al! Do not drop off the planet. Are you starting a fresh blog or what? Enjoy your holiday, too! I'm on the coast and the weather was gorgeous today! A lot to be thankful for. :-) Melissa Al! Do not drop off the planet. Are you starting a fresh blog or what?

Enjoy your holiday, too! I’m on the coast and the weather was gorgeous today! A lot to be thankful for. :-)

Melissa

]]> Comment on Father of the Year, He Ain’t by thecookie http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/father-of-the-year-he-aint/#comment-7036 thecookie Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:14:46 +0000 http://writechic.wordpress.com/?p=5514#comment-7036 Now that there is one fine FOTY candidate! I can't say what the over/under is but I'm guessing he may just have this year's award lock up! Now that there is one fine FOTY candidate!
I can’t say what the over/under is but I’m guessing he may just have this year’s award lock up!

]]> Comment on Father of the Year, He Ain’t by Al http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/father-of-the-year-he-aint/#comment-7035 Al Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:20:26 +0000 http://writechic.wordpress.com/?p=5514#comment-7035 Hello Melissa, Here's wishing you and yours a safe and wonderful holiday celebration. HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Hello Melissa,

Here’s wishing you and yours a safe and wonderful holiday celebration. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

]]> Comment on Father of the Year, He Ain’t by nonnie9999 http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/father-of-the-year-he-aint/#comment-7034 nonnie9999 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:48:39 +0000 http://writechic.wordpress.com/?p=5514#comment-7034 :lol: :lol:

]]> Comment on Father of the Year, He Ain’t by writechic http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/father-of-the-year-he-aint/#comment-7033 writechic Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:25:08 +0000 http://writechic.wordpress.com/?p=5514#comment-7033 Ya know, I didn't even blingee this creep. Darwin's already got him by the balls. There's nothing more I could do. Ya know, I didn’t even blingee this creep. Darwin’s already got him by the balls. There’s nothing more I could do.

]]> Comment on Father of the Year, He Ain’t by nonnie9999 http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/father-of-the-year-he-aint/#comment-7032 nonnie9999 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:18:24 +0000 http://writechic.wordpress.com/?p=5514#comment-7032 balloon boy's father has a brother? :shock: balloon boy’s father has a brother? :shock:

]]> Comment on Still We Live Meanly Like Teabaggers by thecookie http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/still-we-live-meanly-like-teabaggers/#comment-7031 thecookie Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:13:23 +0000 http://writechic.wordpress.com/?p=5508#comment-7031 Disgusting. Absolutely horrifying that THIS kind of display is considered 'the way to go' by these idiots. They are so stupid they don't even realize they are placing the very power they say want to take away squarely into the hands of the insurance companies and the corrupt lobbyists who are paid generously to keep 'the other half' at bay. Not one of them has an IQ higher than a retaining wall ... Disgusting. Absolutely horrifying that THIS kind of display is considered ‘the way to go’ by these idiots.

They are so stupid they don’t even realize they are placing the very power they say want to take away squarely into the hands of the insurance companies and the corrupt lobbyists who are paid generously to keep ‘the other half’ at bay.

Not one of them has an IQ higher than a retaining wall …

]]> Comment on Still We Live Meanly Like Teabaggers by writechic http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/still-we-live-meanly-like-teabaggers/#comment-7028 writechic Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:11:19 +0000 http://writechic.wordpress.com/?p=5508#comment-7028 I noted as I wrote this up the woman telling the story has the same last name as the youtube id. I imagine a family member put the video together. You'd obviously have to use two cameras to get the speaker and the crowd faces reacting. We heard the first heckle, WHY DIDN'T SHE HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE? WHY? Later Hough calls out audience members laughing at her. More scoffs follow. She gives up the mike and it fades to black. Presumably the photographer then shows the people who were laughing when he brings up the still shots. Teabaggers have orchestrated an effort accusing the Houghs of not having a daughter-in-law named Jenny. The Houghs have been questioned about the veracity of Jenny's pregnancy. They've been accused of being Obama operatives sent to distract from a real dialogue. However, news reporters in Chicago have verified the Houghs story. Since I've seen insanely vituperative comments directed at the sick and those trying to make the case that the U.S. health care system is broken, I had no problem with the Houghs' POV. In fact, I like seeing that SOB with the tan stripes being singled out and held up as a symbol of depravity. Just last week, I read page after page of comments saying a sick person was genetically defective, it wasn't hospital or insurance company's fault they got sick and died. Or they didn't have a proper diet and that's why the patient got cancer and had a bad heart. I noted as I wrote this up the woman telling the story has the same last name as the youtube id. I imagine a family member put the video together. You’d obviously have to use two cameras to get the speaker and the crowd faces reacting.

We heard the first heckle, WHY DIDN’T SHE HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE? WHY?

Later Hough calls out audience members laughing at her. More scoffs follow. She gives up the mike and it fades to black. Presumably the photographer then shows the people who were laughing when he brings up the still shots.

Teabaggers have orchestrated an effort accusing the Houghs of not having a daughter-in-law named Jenny. The Houghs have been questioned about the veracity of Jenny’s pregnancy. They’ve been accused of being Obama operatives sent to distract from a real dialogue. However, news reporters in Chicago have verified the Houghs story.

Since I’ve seen insanely vituperative comments directed at the sick and those trying to make the case that the U.S. health care system is broken, I had no problem with the Houghs’ POV. In fact, I like seeing that SOB with the tan stripes being singled out and held up as a symbol of depravity.

Just last week, I read page after page of comments saying a sick person was genetically defective, it wasn’t hospital or insurance company’s fault they got sick and died. Or they didn’t have a proper diet and that’s why the patient got cancer and had a bad heart.

]]> Comment on Still We Live Meanly Like Teabaggers by 0whole1 http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/still-we-live-meanly-like-teabaggers/#comment-7027 0whole1 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:48:13 +0000 http://writechic.wordpress.com/?p=5508#comment-7027 They make it hard to give them slack, though, because their own lies are so egregious, getting as close to *literally* p*ssing on your head and telling you it's raining without actually, you know, whipping it out and thinking of England. I'd say "a very damp England," but *England* is a very damp England, so there you go. They make it hard to give them slack, though, because their own lies are so egregious, getting as close to *literally* p*ssing on your head and telling you it’s raining without actually, you know, whipping it out and thinking of England.

I’d say “a very damp England,” but *England* is a very damp England, so there you go.

]]> Comment on Still We Live Meanly Like Teabaggers by ian in hamburg http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/still-we-live-meanly-like-teabaggers/#comment-7026 ian in hamburg Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:57:28 +0000 http://writechic.wordpress.com/?p=5508#comment-7026 I'm on your side, don't get me wrong or anything, but the editing of that video is very suspect. She was heckled once, but then the room went silent. At the end we see a cutaway to a photo of some guy smiling, but it could just as well be any photo inserted at the right moment to make it look like he's laughing at the death of her daughter and grand-daughter... so could the photos of the people standing up and cheering. Sure, I wouldn't put it past these people, but if the video had showed the presentation in real time, it would be more believable. As it is, it looks manipulated to make a point. I’m on your side, don’t get me wrong or anything, but the editing of that video is very suspect. She was heckled once, but then the room went silent. At the end we see a cutaway to a photo of some guy smiling, but it could just as well be any photo inserted at the right moment to make it look like he’s laughing at the death of her daughter and grand-daughter… so could the photos of the people standing up and cheering. Sure, I wouldn’t put it past these people, but if the video had showed the presentation in real time, it would be more believable. As it is, it looks manipulated to make a point.

]]> Comment on Still We Live Meanly Like Teabaggers by nonnie9999 http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/still-we-live-meanly-like-teabaggers/#comment-7025 nonnie9999 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:59:24 +0000 http://writechic.wordpress.com/?p=5508#comment-7025 i saw this earlier today, and i thought it was one of the most disgusting displays the teabaggers have ever put on (which is saying a lot). to heckle a woman who lost her daughter-in-law at such a young age and her grandchild is beyond the pale. i saw this earlier today, and i thought it was one of the most disgusting displays the teabaggers have ever put on (which is saying a lot). to heckle a woman who lost her daughter-in-law at such a young age and her grandchild is beyond the pale.

]]> Comment on SnowWhitey and the Seven Klansmen by writechic http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/snowwhitey-and-the-seven-klansmen/#comment-7024 writechic Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:10:33 +0000 http://writechic.wordpress.com/?p=5502#comment-7024 And that's why they won't distance themselves. Teabaggers are the only they voice they have right now. And that’s why they won’t distance themselves. Teabaggers are the only they voice they have right now.

]]> Comment on SnowWhitey and the Seven Klansmen by nonnie9999 http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/snowwhitey-and-the-seven-klansmen/#comment-7023 nonnie9999 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:07:29 +0000 http://writechic.wordpress.com/?p=5502#comment-7023 an uptick in racism was inevitable, but they would not feel as comfortable coming out into the open with it (and by "they", i mean the teabaggers as well as the kkk), if not for the red meat those on the right are waving in front of their faces, aided and abetted by faux news and hate radio, which acts as their megaphones and their cheerleaders. an uptick in racism was inevitable, but they would not feel as comfortable coming out into the open with it (and by “they”, i mean the teabaggers as well as the kkk), if not for the red meat those on the right are waving in front of their faces, aided and abetted by faux news and hate radio, which acts as their megaphones and their cheerleaders.

]]> Comment on SnowWhitey and the Seven Klansmen by writechic http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/snowwhitey-and-the-seven-klansmen/#comment-7022 writechic Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:06:53 +0000 http://writechic.wordpress.com/?p=5502#comment-7022 They really are creepers in those get-ups, eh? They really are creepers in those get-ups, eh?

]]> Comment on SnowWhitey and the Seven Klansmen by writechic http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/snowwhitey-and-the-seven-klansmen/#comment-7021 writechic Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:06:11 +0000 http://writechic.wordpress.com/?p=5502#comment-7021 Yes, the leaders should distance themselves from the mofos, but I'd bet a bowl full of cheesy grits there were some Republicans in that anti-protester crowd. Yes, the leaders should distance themselves from the mofos, but I’d bet a bowl full of cheesy grits there were some Republicans in that anti-protester crowd.

]]> Comment on SnowWhitey and the Seven Klansmen by 0whole1 http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/snowwhitey-and-the-seven-klansmen/#comment-7020 0whole1 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:36:16 +0000 http://writechic.wordpress.com/?p=5502#comment-7020 They certainly enable it, but it was going to happen anyway, once Obama was elected. That said, it'd be nice for the GOP to start upbraiding, oh, I dunno, folks like what posted those racist/insurrectionist billboards in Missouri. They certainly enable it, but it was going to happen anyway, once Obama was elected.

That said, it’d be nice for the GOP to start upbraiding, oh, I dunno, folks like what posted those racist/insurrectionist billboards in Missouri.

]]> Comment on SnowWhitey and the Seven Klansmen by thecookie http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/snowwhitey-and-the-seven-klansmen/#comment-7019 thecookie Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:28:40 +0000 http://writechic.wordpress.com/?p=5502#comment-7019 Fuckkking whiterobed whackjobs! Way to go ANTI-haters!! Fuckkking whiterobed whackjobs!

Way to go ANTI-haters!!

]]> Comment on SnowWhitey and the Seven Klansmen by writechic http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/snowwhitey-and-the-seven-klansmen/#comment-7018 writechic Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:13:43 +0000 http://writechic.wordpress.com/?p=5502#comment-7018 But Hannity, Rush, and Beck all look quite fetching in their pointy hats, doncha think? ;-) The crowd really shined in this. Whatever fear and terror the KKK means to inspire was completely extinguished by the spirit of the people participating in the anti-hate rally. Really cool. But Hannity, Rush, and Beck all look quite fetching in their pointy hats, doncha think? ;-)

The crowd really shined in this. Whatever fear and terror the KKK means to inspire was completely extinguished by the spirit of the people participating in the anti-hate rally. Really cool.

]]> Comment on SnowWhitey and the Seven Klansmen by nonnie9999 http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/snowwhitey-and-the-seven-klansmen/#comment-7017 nonnie9999 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:10:50 +0000 http://writechic.wordpress.com/?p=5502#comment-7017 what happened? glenn beck forgot his sunscreen, so he had to wear his sheet? or did the scumbags dress up to wait for the princess sarah book tour bus? i hope john mccain is proud that he started this shit so that racists once again feel comfortable coming out from under their rocks. what happened? glenn beck forgot his sunscreen, so he had to wear his sheet? or did the scumbags dress up to wait for the princess sarah book tour bus?

i hope john mccain is proud that he started this shit so that racists once again feel comfortable coming out from under their rocks.

]]> Comment on SnowWhitey and the Seven Klansmen by writechic http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/snowwhitey-and-the-seven-klansmen/#comment-7015 writechic Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:51:12 +0000 http://writechic.wordpress.com/?p=5502#comment-7015 Yep and yep. I was raised in New Orleans, college at UAB, saw America then back to Alabama. The camera was new and I hadn't figured it all out. The video quality could be better, but I was happy with the content. I thought if documentary studies was your bag, you'd dig it. That was a moment. :-) Yep and yep. I was raised in New Orleans, college at UAB, saw America then back to Alabama. The camera was new and I hadn’t figured it all out. The video quality could be better, but I was happy with the content.

I thought if documentary studies was your bag, you’d dig it. That was a moment. :-)

]]> Comment on SnowWhitey and the Seven Klansmen by e g http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/snowwhitey-and-the-seven-klansmen/#comment-7014 e g Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:14:13 +0000 http://writechic.wordpress.com/?p=5502#comment-7014 you shot that video? that is awesome. are you from alabama or did you go there just to cover the story? you shot that video? that is awesome. are you from alabama or did you go there just to cover the story?

]]> Comment on SnowWhitey and the Seven Klansmen by writechic http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/snowwhitey-and-the-seven-klansmen/#comment-7013 writechic Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:18:24 +0000 http://writechic.wordpress.com/?p=5502#comment-7013 Wow, Southern Studies. Who knew! Sounds like a blast. You'd love this video I shot in Selma this year: http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/aint-gonna-let-rush-limbaugh-turn-me-around/ I subscribed to you on youtube; so, I'm gonna keep watching. :-) Wow, Southern Studies. Who knew! Sounds like a blast. You’d love this video I shot in Selma this year:

http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/aint-gonna-let-rush-limbaugh-turn-me-around/

I subscribed to you on youtube; so, I’m gonna keep watching. :-)

]]> Comment on SnowWhitey and the Seven Klansmen by e g http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/snowwhitey-and-the-seven-klansmen/#comment-7012 e g Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:13:04 +0000 http://writechic.wordpress.com/?p=5502#comment-7012 thanks. well, i am a southern studies grad student. that is an interdisciplinary program, but i am concentrating in their documentary studies track. so i guess i just have the soul of a journalist. i was supposed to be taking photos that day for a class, but i can't resist taking video. if i tried to describe the stuff that was in the video to people after it happened, they wouldn't believe it. i have a ton of video of that campus yesterday that gives an interesting context for that rally, but youtube videos are limited to 10 minutes. thanks. well, i am a southern studies grad student. that is an interdisciplinary program, but i am concentrating in their documentary studies track. so i guess i just have the soul of a journalist. i was supposed to be taking photos that day for a class, but i can’t resist taking video. if i tried to describe the stuff that was in the video to people after it happened, they wouldn’t believe it. i have a ton of video of that campus yesterday that gives an interesting context for that rally, but youtube videos are limited to 10 minutes.

]]> Comment on SnowWhitey and the Seven Klansmen by writechic http://writechic.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/snowwhitey-and-the-seven-klansmen/#comment-7011 writechic Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:59:26 +0000 http://writechic.wordpress.com/?p=5502#comment-7011 Great work, eg. Are you a journalist major or do you just have the soul of one? :-) I'll put up your Huffpo link. Great work, eg. Are you a journalist major or do you just have the soul of one? :-)

I’ll put up your Huffpo link.

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