Comments on: This Seems Like A Bad Idea http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/20/this-seems-like-a-bad-idea/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: jrfunkenstein http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/20/this-seems-like-a-bad-idea/#comment-173198 jrfunkenstein Sat, 22 Aug 2009 04:39:44 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16272#comment-173198 'Gee, this is SO much easier than making arguments…' It is when your opinion is completely without merit. Did your grandparents die in hospital? Did their insurance companies treat them with courtesy and respect? Were their expenses covered due to years of paying into a policy that was supposed to do just that? Or are you making yet another bullshit analogy? ‘Gee, this is SO much easier than making arguments…’

It is when your opinion is completely without merit.

Did your grandparents die in hospital? Did their insurance companies treat them with courtesy and respect? Were their expenses covered due to years of paying into a policy that was supposed to do just that?

Or are you making yet another bullshit analogy?

]]> By: Jay Tea http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/20/this-seems-like-a-bad-idea/#comment-173044 Jay Tea Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:28:59 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16272#comment-173044 Funk, I've lost both parents and all four grandparents. I was also an adult when my parents died. Further, I have been hospitalized with a major illness. So, by your standards, I'm more of an expert on the matter than Obama is -- and as an expert, I say Obama's wrong and you're all wet. Gee, this is SO much easier than making arguments... J. Funk, I’ve lost both parents and all four grandparents. I was also an adult when my parents died. Further, I have been hospitalized with a major illness. So, by your standards, I’m more of an expert on the matter than Obama is — and as an expert, I say Obama’s wrong and you’re all wet.

Gee, this is SO much easier than making arguments…

J.

]]> By: jrfunkenstein http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/20/this-seems-like-a-bad-idea/#comment-173041 jrfunkenstein Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:54:07 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16272#comment-173041 'Also, she has a talent that Obama and Sec. Clinton do not. She knows how to emotionally connect with people.' Yeah, the President only won a landslide victory in November; what would he know about connecting emotionally with people. 'From a personal perspective, she intimately knows how a family illness can impact a family. RE: Her father' President Obama lost his mother to cancer, and lost his grandmother last year after a prolonged illness; I think he has plenty of personal experience on this issue. ‘Also, she has a talent that Obama and Sec. Clinton do not. She knows how to emotionally connect with people.’

Yeah, the President only won a landslide victory in November; what would he know about connecting emotionally with people.

‘From a personal perspective, she intimately knows how a family illness can impact a family. RE: Her father’

President Obama lost his mother to cancer, and lost his grandmother last year after a prolonged illness; I think he has plenty of personal experience on this issue.

]]> By: jrfunkenstein http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/20/this-seems-like-a-bad-idea/#comment-173040 jrfunkenstein Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:50:19 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16272#comment-173040 '“Oh, no, health care financing reform is tanking. Quick, get Hillary on it so we can blame it on her!”' The only thing continuing to tank is Right wing credibility on any damn issue under the sun. ‘“Oh, no, health care financing reform is tanking. Quick, get Hillary on it so we can blame it on her!”’

The only thing continuing to tank is Right wing credibility on any damn issue under the sun.

]]> By: jrfunkenstein http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/20/this-seems-like-a-bad-idea/#comment-173039 jrfunkenstein Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:48:11 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16272#comment-173039 'No wonder she snapped at that bobbled question in Africa.' The guy who asked the question said he meant to say President Obama, not Clinton, but he was misquoted. If Hilary doesn't like the gig, she can always resign, but I don't think that's going to happen. She will continue to play an increasingly important role as the administration looks to repair the endless damage done by 8 years of ignorant policy isolation at the hands of Dumbya. ‘No wonder she snapped at that bobbled question in Africa.’

The guy who asked the question said he meant to say President Obama, not Clinton, but he was misquoted.

If Hilary doesn’t like the gig, she can always resign, but I don’t think that’s going to happen. She will continue to play an increasingly important role as the administration looks to repair the endless damage done by 8 years of ignorant policy isolation at the hands of Dumbya.

]]> By: jrfunkenstein http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/20/this-seems-like-a-bad-idea/#comment-173038 jrfunkenstein Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:45:46 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16272#comment-173038 'Indeed. As bumbling and incompetent as Team Obama may be, it will be dang near impossible to top the previous crew.' You've got pretty loose interpretations of 'bumbling and incompetent.' President Obama has been cleaning up the Bush bed wetting since he was inaugurated; the difference is he admits his missteps, whereas Bush only admitted everything he fucked up was ordained by God. ‘Indeed. As bumbling and incompetent as Team Obama may be, it will be dang near impossible to top the previous crew.’

You’ve got pretty loose interpretations of ‘bumbling and incompetent.’

President Obama has been cleaning up the Bush bed wetting since he was inaugurated; the difference is he admits his missteps, whereas Bush only admitted everything he fucked up was ordained by God.

]]> By: Oliver Willis http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/20/this-seems-like-a-bad-idea/#comment-172979 Oliver Willis Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:58:43 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16272#comment-172979 Its whistling past the graveyard to say these Forbes list are irrelevant? Give me a break. Its whistling past the graveyard to say these Forbes list are irrelevant? Give me a break.

]]> By: d.walker http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/20/this-seems-like-a-bad-idea/#comment-172968 d.walker Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:15:36 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16272#comment-172968 I agree. But I do think inserting Michelle might help. From a personal perspective, she intimately knows how a family illness can impact a family. RE: Her father. Also, she has a talent that Obama and Sec. Clinton do not. She knows how to emotionally connect with people. I agree. But I do think inserting Michelle might help.
From a personal perspective, she intimately knows how a family illness can impact a family. RE: Her father. Also, she has a talent that Obama and Sec. Clinton do not. She knows how to emotionally connect with people.

]]> By: Frank DiSalle http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/20/this-seems-like-a-bad-idea/#comment-172938 Frank DiSalle Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:40:05 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16272#comment-172938 Jay Tea; There will not be enough contortionists in all the land to put the blame outside the White House. Pres Obama ran on it, he promised it, he claimed he was elected because the people wanted it. Now, when the people have seen that his idea of "reform" is like a mechanic 'fixing' your car, by replacing its engine, drive shaft and transmission, they are more than hesitant, they are downright pissed. Unless this ObamaCare gets watered down to expanded Medicaid, his goose is cooked. Jay Tea; There will not be enough contortionists in all the land to put the blame outside the White House. Pres Obama ran on it, he promised it, he claimed he was elected because the people wanted it. Now, when the people have seen that his idea of “reform” is like a mechanic ‘fixing’ your car, by replacing its engine, drive shaft and transmission, they are more than hesitant, they are downright pissed.
Unless this ObamaCare gets watered down to expanded Medicaid, his goose is cooked.

]]> By: Jay Tea http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/20/this-seems-like-a-bad-idea/#comment-172930 Jay Tea Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:09:55 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16272#comment-172930 Here's a theory... "Oh, no, health care financing reform is tanking. Quick, get Hillary on it so we can blame it on her!" Too bad Hillary's too canny to fall for that one... again... J. Here’s a theory…

“Oh, no, health care financing reform is tanking. Quick, get Hillary on it so we can blame it on her!”

Too bad Hillary’s too canny to fall for that one…

again…

J.

]]> By: Indeed http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/20/this-seems-like-a-bad-idea/#comment-172929 Indeed Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:08:52 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16272#comment-172929 <i>Nope. Peddling bullshit mushroom cloud scenarios or calling the flattening of Lebanon “the birth pangs of a new Middle East”.</i> No one could have predicted that. Shoe shopping. Also. Nope. Peddling bullshit mushroom cloud scenarios or calling the flattening of Lebanon “the birth pangs of a new Middle East”.

No one could have predicted that. Shoe shopping. Also.

]]> By: PD100 http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/20/this-seems-like-a-bad-idea/#comment-172928 PD100 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:02:59 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16272#comment-172928 <i>If I remember correctly, isn’t it the Secretary of State’s job to be handling hurricanes around this time of year?</i> Nope. Peddling bullshit mushroom cloud scenarios or calling the flattening of Lebanon "the birth pangs of a new Middle East". If I remember correctly, isn’t it the Secretary of State’s job to be handling hurricanes around this time of year?

Nope. Peddling bullshit mushroom cloud scenarios or calling the flattening of Lebanon “the birth pangs of a new Middle East”.

]]> By: Parthenon http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/20/this-seems-like-a-bad-idea/#comment-172925 Parthenon Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:56:02 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16272#comment-172925 Forbes uses the highly scientific, super-statistical methodology of 'influence.' Which includes mentions in the press. I seem to recall something happening over the course of 2008 that put Sec. Clinton in the news an awful lot... Forbes uses the highly scientific, super-statistical methodology of ‘influence.’ Which includes mentions in the press. I seem to recall something happening over the course of 2008 that put Sec. Clinton in the news an awful lot…

]]> By: joaquin http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/20/this-seems-like-a-bad-idea/#comment-172923 joaquin Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:53:21 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16272#comment-172923 Oh Oliver, you are so predictable. How's that whistling by the grave yard working out for you? Oh Oliver, you are so predictable. How’s that whistling by the grave yard working out for you?

]]> By: Frank DiSalle http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/20/this-seems-like-a-bad-idea/#comment-172920 Frank DiSalle Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:45:48 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16272#comment-172920 If I remember correctly, isn't it the Secretary of State's job to be <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ms2fxg" rel="nofollow">handling hurricanes</a> around this time of year? If I remember correctly, isn’t it the Secretary of State’s job to be handling hurricanes around this time of year?

]]> By: Oliver Willis http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/20/this-seems-like-a-bad-idea/#comment-172911 Oliver Willis Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:04:35 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16272#comment-172911 Nobody takes those Forbes lists seriously, not even Forbes. Well, maybe one person. Nobody takes those Forbes lists seriously, not even Forbes. Well, maybe one person.

]]> By: Dennis http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/20/this-seems-like-a-bad-idea/#comment-172882 Dennis Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:48:36 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16272#comment-172882 <a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100006996/hillary-clinton%E2%80%99s-relentless-decline-continues/" rel="nofollow">Hillary Clinton’s relentless decline continues </a> <i>Fresh from her seven nation tour of Africa – highlighted by an immensely embarrassing boogie dance in Kenya and an alligator–like snap at a defenceless Congolese student – the almost invisible secretary of state has been given a demotion in the Forbes Magazine annual list of the 100 most powerful women in the world. Hillary Clinton has slipped eight places from 28 to 36, despite being elevated to the second most powerful position in the US government in January. How she actually achieved that drop in these circumstances would confuse even Sir Isaac Newton, but can be explained by a less than stellar performance in Foggy Bottom...... </i> ------ She could use the undoubtedly positive press the US media would heap on her, but I agree with Oliver, a bad idea. But then again, if it fails, they have a familiar face to blame again this time. Hillary Clinton’s relentless decline continues

Fresh from her seven nation tour of Africa – highlighted by an immensely embarrassing boogie dance in Kenya and an alligator–like snap at a defenceless Congolese student – the almost invisible secretary of state has been given a demotion in the Forbes Magazine annual list of the 100 most powerful women in the world.

Hillary Clinton has slipped eight places from 28 to 36, despite being elevated to the second most powerful position in the US government in January. How she actually achieved that drop in these circumstances would confuse even Sir Isaac Newton, but can be explained by a less than stellar performance in Foggy Bottom……


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She could use the undoubtedly positive press the US media would heap on her, but I agree with Oliver, a bad idea.

But then again, if it fails, they have a familiar face to blame again this time.

]]> By: Jay Tea http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/20/this-seems-like-a-bad-idea/#comment-172878 Jay Tea Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:31:50 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16272#comment-172878 But Indeed, they certainly seem to be giving it the old college try. Obama must really detest Hillary. He makes her Sec State, then takes away key regions for "special envoys," makes the UN Ambassador her peer instead of her subordinate, and now is floating the idea of rubbing her face in her own previous failure to bring about "health care financing reform" because she obviously doesn't have enough on her plate already. No wonder she snapped at that bobbled question in Africa. J. But Indeed, they certainly seem to be giving it the old college try.

Obama must really detest Hillary. He makes her Sec State, then takes away key regions for “special envoys,” makes the UN Ambassador her peer instead of her subordinate, and now is floating the idea of rubbing her face in her own previous failure to bring about “health care financing reform” because she obviously doesn’t have enough on her plate already.

No wonder she snapped at that bobbled question in Africa.

J.

]]> By: Indeed http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/20/this-seems-like-a-bad-idea/#comment-172875 Indeed Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:02:12 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16272#comment-172875 <i>Oh….wait a minute…that was YOUR guy….</i> Indeed. As bumbling and incompetent as Team Obama may be, it will be dang near impossible to top the previous crew. Oh….wait a minute…that was YOUR guy….

Indeed. As bumbling and incompetent as Team Obama may be, it will be dang near impossible to top the previous crew.

]]> By: jrfunkenstein http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/08/20/this-seems-like-a-bad-idea/#comment-172872 jrfunkenstein Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:56:04 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=16272#comment-172872 'Everyday, it’s something new with this administration. What a bunch of incompetent clowns.' No kidding; imagine starting a war based on lies, fucking it up, draining the economy, alienating allies the world over, torturing people in secret prisons, allowing a major US city to be destroyed, cooking the books so two failed wars don't appear in the budget, pissing all over the Constitution, hiring mercenaries to kill your enemies..... Oh....wait a minute...that was YOUR guy.... ‘Everyday, it’s something new with this administration. What a bunch of incompetent clowns.’

No kidding; imagine starting a war based on lies, fucking it up, draining the economy, alienating allies the world over, torturing people in secret prisons, allowing a major US city to be destroyed, cooking the books so two failed wars don’t appear in the budget, pissing all over the Constitution, hiring mercenaries to kill your enemies…..

Oh….wait a minute…that was YOUR guy….

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