What MSM stalking looks like
Since the reporter is Hispanic and arrogantly anti-gun, though, you’re not likely to hear a peep from the army of left-wing Concern Trolls.
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Glenn Reynolds observes:
I was struck by reporter Rebecca Aguilar’s body-language, literally standing over him in judgment with tailored suit and umbrella. The way she looked down, literally and figuratively, on an old man who had defended his life, entirely legally, and reduced him to tears seems to me to be representative of the worst stereotypes of Old Media. Then, when she belatedly realizes that she’s coming across like a bully — because, you know, she is — she retreats into faux-sympathy and the laughable claim that she’s just helping him get his side of the story out. It’s like something out of a local-tv parody on The Simpsons. Yet her webpage suggests that she’s on the side of the “little guy.”
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With other people’s do, do, do.
Dough, my dear,
Just give it here,
Ray, that’s why the tinfoil hat,
Mi, that’s what it’s all about
Fa, buy mi some chicken soup
Sol, that’s not why it’s so hot
La, la-la just drowns you out
Ti, those things you cannot sell,
and that will bring us back to dough.
(please someone get the chicken soup line..:)
Watershed. Getting to the point of you feel we all are less than entirely civil to you (and apparently therefore - all liberals). I will ask again. Please tell us what level of sacrifice you think they should make. What level should be expected of anybody. As far as I can tell, you haven’t asked this very simple question. Not only have I asked it, many others have. Only speaking for myself, I asked the question in good faith. It was meant to give us a place to start discussing more than what they shouldn’t do. We know “they shouldn’t have to sell the house”….our question is what SHOULD they do.
Answering “they have already sacrificed enough…they have four children…” (admittedly I didn’t go back to check the exact words you used - sorry - time constraints here) seems to indicate you believe they shouldn’t have to make any sacrifice.
If that is the case, then it should be fair to ask what you think will be the consequences to that policy as it applies across the entire society. Should anybody purchase insurance?
Discussing such is called debate and is healthy. It tends to work out the best policies. Only saying what shouldn’t be done, and then not offering a what should be done is nothing more than whining.
#201 AlohaGuy,
I wish I hadn’t read that post. Now it will be hearing that all day in my head!
As for waterboard, I think he has a major misunderstanding of sacrifice and responsibility. He expresses himself like a minor, dude. I wish he would tone down the rhetoric.
#202
I guess the problem is that I am astonished that when a family with four kids says that insurance was too expensive for them, and in fact was one of the main reasons their business shut down, that the immediate response is what should they do. How about “what can we do for them”?
I think a serious look at the exorbitant prices the insurance companies burden working class Americans is essential. Even MM (who yes, ultimately did buy costly insurance, good thing she could afford it), is quoted on this site as saying that “with health insurance choices like that, no wonder so many people opt to go uninsured.” I agree.
Again, I think the Frosts tried to live the American dream, got into trouble, and needed a bail-out. Given their circumstances, I have no issue with their asking for and receiving Schip.
watershed,
Thanks for proving one of my points:
Not all libs, watershed - except in your eyes. Unfortunately, you seem determined to join that small group of libs that have earned the title “moonbat”. In a way, I hope I’m wrong, though I fear I’m not.
BTW, nice tactic. Evade the question yet again, and get the shot in at Rush Limbaugh. Nice. But unlike YOU, I’ll answer YOUR question.
No, Rush’s - nor ANYBODY’s draft status, choice to serve, to not serve, etc. - should NOT preclude them from talking about war or the military in general OR about the war on terror or it’s current front-line of Iraq.
Now, the reason your personal insurance situation has anything to do with the whole SCHIP/Frost mess is this: Others here, myself included, would like to know simply where you stand on this in terms of your own personal responsibility. Several of us here have volunteered the information that we find it a vital part of our lives to look at insurance coverage as a necessity, not a luxury. Shoot, I’ve gone so far as to volunteer the information that I carry $1,000,000.00 worth of medical on my AUTO insurance - JUST IN CASE.
We’d like to know what type of “insurance credentials” you bring to the table in this argument. Are you the type who is personally responsible and provides for yourself and your family, or are you the type who feels that the government should do this for you? Your answer to that very simple question could clear up a lot of your stances on things.
That’s why we ask.
Why won’t you answer?
#205
I seriously answered your question. I get no help from the govt with my school;I am an entreprenuer who started it from scratch.
Even if I did, how would my credibility be affected again? As you say, the personal information of Rush Limbaugh’s deferment past means nothing in his assesment of Iraq (which I actually agree with), but my personal information somehow matters when talking insurance? If I took grants and loans for my school, if I was uninsured, I would have no credibility in this discussion?
Strange double standard.
#205
Only people who can afford to pay for insurance and do should discuss insurance.
Only people who have been to war can discuss war.
What’s wrong with these two statements?
watershed:
#206 - You finally answered the question about any government funding you might or might not receive for your school. Thank you. However, you still haven’t answered the question about whether or not you carry insurance.
Perhaps you didn’t read what I posted clearly enough (gee what a shocker there!) I said nothing about it having anything to do with your “credibility”. I said it would help clear up your stances on a lot of issues. Please quit projecting your own thoughts/insecurities into the questions.
I answered your questions. Why won’t you answer ours?
Watershed…your answer in 204 to my question (again) in 202…you didn’t answer. You only answered in the negative.
If I were designing a bridge. The issue is - how big should the beam be to hold up the bridge and the vehicles and any other loads. If I were to answer like you - “well it’s not a 2×4 made of wood” is in fact not a real answer.
Or maybe you think “well we should ask another firm to do the work” is your answer. That’s not an answer either.
ANSWER the question about what sacrifice they should make or I will HAVE to conclude you are incapable of doing so.
At the risk of you thinking I’m calling you childish, when I ask a 5 year old - “what would you like for breakfast?, they do not answer the question with - “Well I don’t want xxxxx”….even they understand the question - What level of sacrifice would you say people should make.
watershed:
#207 - The only person who ever said anything remotely like this is . . .
YOU!
Again, nobody ever said that whether or not you have or pay for insurance is a qualifier as to whether or not you should be able to discuss it.
Please, no more diversions. No more twisting of questions or answers.
Simply answer the question:
Do you carry insurance on yourself/family, or do you depend on the government to take care of your needs? Please note that a choice simply not to carry insurance most likely puts you in the latter category, unless you are choosing to pay cash for your health care.
A lack of a simple, straightforward answer will force me to proceed from the assumption that you do NOT carry insurance, and that you do indeed see this as a function of government.
#208
Please look at #169 and tell me again about credibility.
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/10/18/what-msm-stalking-looks-like/#comment-149144
#210
WRONG. Again, please refer to #169.
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/10/18/what-msm-stalking-looks-like/#comment-149144
watershed:
I have tried and tried.
No more.
You have, in my eyes, finally crossed the line from a liberal whom I most likely disagree with to certified troll.
You, quite frankly, are hopeless.
What I haven’t figured out yet - yet - is whether you are doing these things on purpose, or if you are what my grandpappy would have referred to as “teched in the head”.
Be careful or you are going to earn that title of KOOK MOONBAT that you seem to see as something of a badge of honor.
Before I go however, I would note that you once again refused to answer the question. I am forced to operate under the assumption that you do not carry insurance and you see it as a function of government to take care of your needs. Strange thing for an “entrepreneur” in this country to do.
And now, since you seem to be entirely incapable of engaging in rational discourse, I’m afraid that until such time as you prove otherwise, I must
/ignore watershed
Concerning “pursuing the American dream”. Would you feel the same if I decided to pursue the American dream and since I love sailing and in fact am at least decent at it, I quit my job and headed off sailing. Funny thing is I can’t get anybody to pay me to go sailing. Now I don’t have any money. Should I have “everybody else” pay for my expenses? Should I have to sell anything? Should I have to get a different job?
#213
Are you serious? You are flat out going to ignore run from the “credibility” pwn? And do so with a flourishy grand exit?
Someone with a little more class would have stuck around and have said, “you know, you’re right. These questions we demand you answer have been for some reason linked to your ‘credibility’, in fact I missed the direct quote as such, and I for one, disagree with and apologize for my fellow posters for making that incorrect assumption.”
Too much to expect, I guess.
(PS- Not that it has anything to do with anything, but I’m insured. Good Lord.)
#214
I hardly think this family of six on 45K a year goes sailing much. They probably worry about their next meal, or if their kids will awaken from their coma.
Why in God’s name would you make such an absurd comparison?
Scratch the “next meal” part. Too hyperbolic. Apologies. I am still kind of reeling frrom Govtdrone’s really classy denoument.
Watershed - I wasn’t saying the Frosts - I was suggesting I do that. Do you see where I said the Frosts are going sailing? And then you wonder why we question if you actually want to discuss the issue or just turn things.
Just answer the question - what level of sacrifice should they make.
I find the comparison absurd. Sailing is a luxury. That’s what you do after you’ve acheived the dream.
Watershed - forget the comparison…
Answer the question.
watershed:
Amazing what it took to get you to answer that one simple little question.
As for the rest of it:
I said nothing about your “credibility” - me. I NEVER vouched for what someone else may have said, so take that tired little argument of yours and stick it!
AND
I don’t think anybody ever told you that not having insurance should preclude you from the discussion. You were the one who brought that up.
One last thing. The word “pwn” is neither hip, nor cool, nor very mature. It’s simply slang used by gamers - and this blog isn’t a game. Outside of gaming, it’s use is simply either sloppy typing or a sloppy mind.
And given the facts in this case, you may wish to reconsider the idea that you “pwned” anyone.
On the KOOK MOONBAT clock, your hands are now at 2 minutes ’til midnight.
#220
Actaully, as absurd as it is, I think the “sailing” comparison is pretty telling as to your take on schip families! (I know you won’t understand how. I am almost talking to myself at this point.)
A family of six on 45K a year makes many sacrifices; they probably can’t enjoy many of the wonderful things that this country has to offer people like you and I. (They certainly can’t go sailing, like some posters I know.
)I am sure they work their asses off for little return. It’s a shame that skyrocketing insurance costs are one of the reasons they can’t come out on top. Again, I say they needed the help.
Oh God, I just realized my little sailing wink will be most likely taken seriously and used back at me.
“You mean the level of sacrifice is that they can’t go SAILING?!!11!!?”
watershed:
One other thing.
Who are you to lecture someone about class?
Frankly that is a quality that you have NEVER exhibited.
Tick tock. Tick tock. Moonbat clock keeps ticking.
#221
You actually quoted the question that was so desperate I answer.
See post #189
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/10/18/what-msm-stalking-looks-like/#comment-149238
That quote of yours is the from the very same person who said it went to my credibility. Again, full post, #169.
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/10/18/what-msm-stalking-looks-like/#comment-149144
Then see #210 where you say NO-ONE has questioned my credibility. (And that I’m a troll, whiner, twister of facts, etc)
http://michellemalkin.com/2007/10/18/what-msm-stalking-looks-like/#comment-149788
Why don’t you just say you were wrong, and I’m being kinda unfairly questioned here?
govdrone, conrus,
you two are wasting your time with this yo-yo. He is clearly here to bait us. He really didn’t tell you he has bought insurance, only that is insured (By whom, his parents?). His claim to run a music acadamy are dubious, at best. Does he ever spend any time with his students, considering the vast amount of time he spneds bloging (not thatthere is anything wrong with that.)
Pwn is funny, and applicable.
And no need to lecture me any further on any slang or vocabulary, thanks.
Watershed….I said if I go sailing and try to call that my job..
Two steps I’d like you to do now.
1) As I have already requested, forget the analogy (since you completely missed the point of it). 2) Answer the question. They already make lots of sacrifices is not an answer.
We’ve asked questions here like “should they get a 2nd job/change jobs” or “sell vehicle(s)” or (heaven forbid) “their house”
You have now successfully evaded answering this simple question for many days.
#226
(This is one of the guys that only comes at me with agression and insults. He/she is a peach!)
PS- it’s “academy”, with an E, not that I call it that. And dubious apparently only applies to your spelling skills.
#228
NO-one goes and tries to make sailing their job (?!) without having a lot of dough first. its a (very) rich person’s activity. Its pretty telling that its your choice of analogy. And it has literally NOTHING to do with the families involved with schip.
I’ve also already said that schip prevents people from having to make sacrifices like slling off assets.
And exactly how would you know they don’t also go sailing in addition to their new vehicles and larger than average home? I’m glad you know these things.
But as is lost on you - I never ever was talking about them going sailing….Reading comprehension my friend. It’ll do a person good.
watershed - you are ignorant on this…NO-one goes and tries to make sailing their job (?!) without having a lot of dough first. its a (very) rich person’s activity. Its pretty telling that its your choice of analogy. And it has literally NOTHING to do with the families involved with schip.
watershed:
Post #210 says nothing of the sort. In fact, here’s #210 IN IT’S ENTIRETY: (and if you’d like to follow that thread back up to #207 and #205, you’ll see that you were the one who brought up the use of the words “nutroots” and “moonbat” - so don’t even go there)
Not a word in there about credibility. Nor is there even the slightest suggestion in that post of the words troll, whiner, etc., although later events did convince me to use the word troll (something which you now richly deserve) and I have told you that you are coming dangerously close to entering the territory of KOOK MOONBAT, which for some reason you seem to see as a point of honor (I’m not sure why).
Dude (and I think that word is the right one here - your previous use of “pwn” and “!!!11!!!” seem to justify that), I think you’re the one who just got “pwned”.
How old are you? 15? 16? 17? Or are you one of those geeks that lives in your parent’s basement?
Tick Tock. KOOK MOONBAT clock is now at 1 minute till midnight.
Now, let’s have the snappy comeback post wherein you play the poor, aggrieved party whom everybody hates for no reason.
Buh bye watershed. Hurl as many insults as you like now. I, for one, won’t be playing with you any more.
#233
Let’s look at this quote-
“Again, nobody ever said that whether or not you have or pay for insurance is a qualifier as to whether or not you should be able to discuss it.”
But my credibility was questioned, right?
As if a lack of credibility doesn’t automatically disqualify me from discussion?
Seriously, THINK about that, rather than just automatically gainsay everything I put out.
I know you throw out that “reading comprehension” nonsense a lot, and I hate to do it back, but in this case the charge can be thrown your way.
#232
Oh my God, you sail. You have enough money to think that maybe you want to sail for a JOB.
And you think your sailing comparison really does somehow carry weight in your arguments about schip and the Frosts.
And NO-ONE here sees the disconnect?!
watershed - I’m not sure how many times I have to say it - forget the comparison. I wasn’t talking about the Frosts.
You will not answer the basic question - therefore I conclude you can not.
I appreciate your “I feel” as an answer - but who are you to say your “feel” is any more valid than mine?
My position is backed up by observation of history and human behavior, logic, a moral underpinning that in fact (although you choose not to see it) is compassionate and a cohesive world view (and others).
As far as you have demonstrated here - your position is “I feel”.
When you actually want to have a discussion - feel free. In the meantime, please go back to your music and leave debate and discussion to the intellectually capable.
Jim M., you in particular should keep your day job.