Comments on: Flacks and Hacks http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/13/flacks-and-hacks/ Making the World Safe for Liberalism Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:31:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: CF http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/13/flacks-and-hacks/comment-page-1/#comment-1231 CF Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:47:00 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=225#comment-1231 Personally, I've taken to calling 'em 'Repubicans.' I like to hide my pejoratives out in plain sight. Personally, I’ve taken to calling ‘em ‘Repubicans.’ I like to hide my pejoratives out in plain sight.

]]> By: paradoctor http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/13/flacks-and-hacks/comment-page-1/#comment-1228 paradoctor Wed, 14 Dec 2005 08:49:39 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=225#comment-1228 I like "ring wing". It reminds me of the One Ring in Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" triology. The Ring Wing, like Gollum and the Ring Wraiths, have been seduced and enslaved by the Ring of Power, and are now mere shadows of their former selves. I like “ring wing”. It reminds me of the One Ring in Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” triology. The Ring Wing, like Gollum and the Ring Wraiths, have been seduced and enslaved by the Ring of Power, and are now mere shadows of their former selves.

]]> By: Bonnie http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/13/flacks-and-hacks/comment-page-1/#comment-1217 Bonnie Wed, 14 Dec 2005 04:34:59 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=225#comment-1217 Make that "right wing" megaphone. Make that “right wing” megaphone.

]]> By: Bonnie http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/13/flacks-and-hacks/comment-page-1/#comment-1216 Bonnie Wed, 14 Dec 2005 04:33:17 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=225#comment-1216 Something that may or may not be interesting is at the bottom of John Harris's column (?) you linked to is a note that says "File: Journalism". Harris is one of the reporters that caused me to cancel my subscription in July 2004 and why I refer to it as Pravda on the Potomac. I came across two quotes I thought were apropos of the times. The first one for Bush and his thugs: "Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing." --Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) American inventor, patented more than 1,000 inventions And, the second is for the ring wing megaphone: "The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd." --Utterly Russell Something that may or may not be interesting is at the bottom of John Harris’s column (?) you linked to is a note that says “File: Journalism”. Harris is one of the reporters that caused me to cancel my subscription in July 2004 and why I refer to it as Pravda on the Potomac.

I came across two quotes I thought were apropos of the times. The first one for Bush and his thugs:

“Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.”
–Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) American inventor, patented more than 1,000 inventions

And, the second is for the ring wing megaphone:

“The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.”
–Utterly Russell

]]> By: Ken Melvin http://www.mahablog.com/2005/12/13/flacks-and-hacks/comment-page-1/#comment-1214 Ken Melvin Wed, 14 Dec 2005 04:01:28 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/?p=225#comment-1214 Bad, but with Downiue, Hiatt et al, what did you expect? Isn't ABC evening news just as bad as? And Schieffer? Bad, but with Downiue, Hiatt et al, what did you expect? Isn’t ABC evening news just as bad as? And Schieffer?

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