Comments on: The Current State Of Intellectual Conversation On The Right http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/04/30/the-current-state-of-intellectual-conversation-on-the-right/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:43:52 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Michael Over Here http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/04/30/the-current-state-of-intellectual-conversation-on-the-right/#comment-150828 Michael Over Here Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:02:15 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=14464#comment-150828 You know, conservatives talk about how Fox News gets okay ratings in the States so it must be doing something right and that CNN must be jealous, etc. But CNN has a worldwide network that is watched in nearly every country. Fox News is available over here but I don't know of anyone who respects or watches it. Murdoch may have managed to get a news network that is watched a bit in the states but has so thoroughly discredited the NewsCorp empire and his own name abroad that I would mark it all down as a loss. You know, conservatives talk about how Fox News gets okay ratings in the States so it must be doing something right and that CNN must be jealous, etc.

But CNN has a worldwide network that is watched in nearly every country. Fox News is available over here but I don’t know of anyone who respects or watches it. Murdoch may have managed to get a news network that is watched a bit in the states but has so thoroughly discredited the NewsCorp empire and his own name abroad that I would mark it all down as a loss.

]]> By: justadood http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/04/30/the-current-state-of-intellectual-conversation-on-the-right/#comment-150825 justadood Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:48:35 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=14464#comment-150825 Parthenon...I think our conservative colleagues are trying to ignore the Panama Canal statement like they're trying to forget that John McCain was born there, making his birth cert/location of birth somewhat more questionable than that of our President's (who was born in a State Capital, no less, as compared to a military base in a foreign country) Parthenon…I think our conservative colleagues are trying to ignore the Panama Canal statement like they’re trying to forget that John McCain was born there, making his birth cert/location of birth somewhat more questionable than that of our President’s (who was born in a State Capital, no less, as compared to a military base in a foreign country)

]]> By: ed http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/04/30/the-current-state-of-intellectual-conversation-on-the-right/#comment-150797 ed Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:52:35 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=14464#comment-150797 What do you expect from a lot which <a href="http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/schmaht-as-whip-by-digby-right-over.html" rel="nofollow">doesn't get the Colbert Report's (brilliantly executed) central joke</a>. What do you expect from a lot which doesn’t get the Colbert Report’s (brilliantly executed) central joke.

]]> By: Eric Sipple http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/04/30/the-current-state-of-intellectual-conversation-on-the-right/#comment-150795 Eric Sipple Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:30:41 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=14464#comment-150795 <I>Well, the Obama Administration only lets the Vice President off his leash every couple months.</I> And you're basing this off of what evidence, exactly? My guess is nothing, but if this isn't just something else pulled out of the ether you can feel free to back yourself up. Or keep make not funny jokes. That's always an option. Well, the Obama Administration only lets the Vice President off his leash every couple months.

And you’re basing this off of what evidence, exactly?

My guess is nothing, but if this isn’t just something else pulled out of the ether you can feel free to back yourself up.

Or keep make not funny jokes. That’s always an option.

]]> By: Parthenon http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/04/30/the-current-state-of-intellectual-conversation-on-the-right/#comment-150794 Parthenon Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:20:39 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=14464#comment-150794 So since nobody's commenting on the actual post, I take it none of our conservative friends agree that we should take back the Panama Canal. That's good, at least. So since nobody’s commenting on the actual post, I take it none of our conservative friends agree that we should take back the Panama Canal. That’s good, at least.

]]> By: SFC B http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/04/30/the-current-state-of-intellectual-conversation-on-the-right/#comment-150793 SFC B Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:18:00 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=14464#comment-150793 <blockquote>...only said a regrettable thing once every couple of months.</blockquote>Well, the Obama Administration only lets the Vice President off his leash every couple months. Is the "undisclosed location" for storing the VP yet <i>another</i> Bush Administration policy the Obama Administration decided to keep? /sarc

…only said a regrettable thing once every couple of months.

Well, the Obama Administration only lets the Vice President off his leash every couple months.

Is the “undisclosed location” for storing the VP yet another Bush Administration policy the Obama Administration decided to keep? /sarc

]]> By: Eric Sipple http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/04/30/the-current-state-of-intellectual-conversation-on-the-right/#comment-150790 Eric Sipple Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:45:16 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=14464#comment-150790 <I>If only the right were as intelligent as Brilliant Joe…</I> I know. If only the worst thing about the majority of the Republican party was that they only said a regrettable thing once every couple of months. Sadly it's hard to find time for saying simply regrettable things when they're spending so much time outright lying or shouting to defend those lies. If only the right were as intelligent as Brilliant Joe…

I know. If only the worst thing about the majority of the Republican party was that they only said a regrettable thing once every couple of months.

Sadly it’s hard to find time for saying simply regrettable things when they’re spending so much time outright lying or shouting to defend those lies.

]]> By: SaveFarris http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/04/30/the-current-state-of-intellectual-conversation-on-the-right/#comment-150789 SaveFarris Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:39:22 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=14464#comment-150789 If only the right were as intelligent as <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/30494440#30494440" rel="nofollow">Brilliant Joe</a>... If only the right were as intelligent as Brilliant Joe…

]]> By: Yvette http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/04/30/the-current-state-of-intellectual-conversation-on-the-right/#comment-150785 Yvette Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:12:13 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=14464#comment-150785 I saw this last night,,,couldn't be upset bc I was laughing too d@mn hard. And did anyone else notice that the cook in the middle was wearing a suit that was waaaaay too tight? I saw this last night,,,couldn’t be upset bc I was laughing too d@mn hard. And did anyone else notice that the cook in the middle was wearing a suit that was waaaaay too tight?

]]> By: jrfunkenstein http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/04/30/the-current-state-of-intellectual-conversation-on-the-right/#comment-150779 jrfunkenstein Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:20:59 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=14464#comment-150779 You might just as well ask the cat as any of these fuckwits. You might just as well ask the cat as any of these fuckwits.

]]> By: rat_bastard http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/04/30/the-current-state-of-intellectual-conversation-on-the-right/#comment-150777 rat_bastard Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:29:54 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=14464#comment-150777 How did these people control our discourse? How did these people control our discourse?

]]> By: Leota2 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/04/30/the-current-state-of-intellectual-conversation-on-the-right/#comment-150776 Leota2 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:49:41 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=14464#comment-150776 Jeez, Hannity and his nonsensical guest came close to exploding republican (brain?) matter all over the place. Sadly, it would only have spread stupid. Jeez, Hannity and his nonsensical guest came close to exploding republican (brain?) matter all over the place. Sadly, it would only have spread stupid.

]]> By: jr http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/04/30/the-current-state-of-intellectual-conversation-on-the-right/#comment-150769 jr Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:42:11 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=14464#comment-150769 Bill Cunningham talks like klansman Daniel Carver from Howard Stern Bill Cunningham talks like klansman Daniel Carver from Howard Stern

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