I got another one of those nasty emails yesterday warning me that there will be a price to pay for my “perfidy” (they get extra credit for vocabulary). Well, I hate to put off the inevitable, so as a public service to my self-appointed inquisitors, I thought I’d share my busy schedule for the coming week.
Saturday, May 21, 3:45pm — I’ll be at the Bellingham Grassroots & Independent Media Conference, joining a panel discussion on blogging. Other panelists include Natasha Chart of Pacific Views and fellow Drinking Liberally beer-buddy Lee Rosenberg of Blog Reload.
May 23-25 (Mon. thru Wed.), 3:15pm — I’ll be joining my good friend Stefan on the John Carlson Show (570-KVI), to discuss the day’s developments coming out of the election contest trial in Chelan County Superior Court. I expect we’ll both report positive developments for our respective sides… but my pronouncements will be made with greater conviction.
Tuesday, May 24, 6-8:30pm — “Is traditional media obsolete?” That’s the question they’ll be asking at the International Association of Business Communicators Seattle chapter’s annual Media Evening, at the Gordon-Biersch Brewpub (Pacific Place). Apart from dinner (and I assume, beer) the evening includes a kind of “media relations speed dating” in which media participants will switch tables with each dinner course to discuss “critical communication questions” with the attendees. “Media/Journalist” participants will include Ken Schram of KOMO-TV, George Erb of the Puget Sound Business Journal, and… me. Non-members are welcome to attend, but it will cost you $45.
I also expect I’ll be on the Kirby Wilbur Show again sometime next week to discuss the election contest trial. And Kirby’s promised me I’ll also get the opportunity to needle him about the gas tax recall initiative.
Gee, you must be honored to be able to participate in the MEDIA EVENING event with a “journalist” the stature of Ken Sham. Sham has done so many incredibly weak “commentary’s”, it’s no wonder MSM guys like Sham are becoming dinosaur’s (although he did want Logan to resign).
Sounds like a real exciting evening….Y A W N!!
I’m sure most of the attendees are obligated to go by employers or simply because they are the Low person on the totem pole at their place of work.
What’s for dinner? Oh, Mac & Cheese with hot dogs!
What a gala!
Actually Goldy, it’s good for you to get up and speak in front of new groups of people as often as you can. Try to get someone to tape your talk, if possible. It’s helpful to see yourself in action.
When Goldy’s a Celebrity
It’s adios Reality!!
Hmmm… I wonder where the survivalist got that word from?
Having just fought a war to get rid of a king, the framers had “the perfidy of the chief magistrate” clearly in their sights when they included broad grounds for impeachment.
–Ann H. Coulter, High Crimes and Misdemeanors
I wouldn’t worry about it, macho man is too busy dodging black helicopters to much of a threat. To email writer: You will forever be angry and frustrated with the world; enjoy that future.
Goldy, conservative talk radio seems to fit you. When you mature and your eyes open to the real world, KVI may offer you the old Art Bell time slot…
Just yesterday Ken Sham criticized the U.S. government for torturing an innocent Afgan taxi driver to death. What do you have to say about that, Mr. Cynical? Are you an apologist for a U.S. regime that tortures and murders innocents? Now Bush wants to give the FBI power to snoop in our mail. Doesn’t this bother you just a little bit? What’s next, rounding up liberals and “rendering” them to foreign countries for “reeducation?”
Maybe Goldy can meet a fake journalist at one of these events and arrange to have his stalker “rendered” to a foreign country for “attitude readjustment.” It wouldn’t surprise me if federal gumshoes posing as liberal bloggers are spying on: Liberal bloggers.
The only thing these right-wing scumbags are good at is arresting the wrong people. Meanwhile, Osama is laughing his ass off.
Their their Patrick–
A couple drinks of water…breathe deep…visit http://www.shantimai.com and everything will be ok. Really.
Ken Sham is a LEFTIST who pretends to be a Moderate (whatever that is…I think it’s someone who believes in nothing and has an identity crisis OR wants to put himself somehow ABOVE those who actually believe in something).
Ken Sham is a chronic knee-jerker who like any blind pig occassionally gets an acorn.
If Goldy wants to build his resume, this event with Ken Sham WON’T do it.
As far as apologizing if unacceptable actions…of course I won’t. LEFTIST PINHEADS like you want to put everyone in a convenient box some you demonize them, generalize and stereotype. I voted for 7 Dems in the last election a$$wipe…how many R’s did you vote for????
And you talk about people who disagree with you being narrow and shallow!
Which seven Democrats did you vote for, Cynical?
And if you are not a moderate, why did you vote for any Dems at all? The dogmatic tirade against people who can see two sides to the story is best left to Limbaugh; you don’t do it well enough.
Hargrove, Murphy, Sonntag, Brad Owen, Kessler, and 2 Dem County Commissioners===7
How many R’s did you vote for and who MOH??
I focus on the character of the individual in my voting choices. That’s #1 for me. Not always easy to ascertain but…
I didn’t vote for ANY R’s in the last election. I don’t vote for torturers and murderers.
How about it, Mr. Cynical? What is your response to Ken Schram’s editorial criticizing the American torture and murder of an innocent Afghan? Do you have one? What do you think of a U.S. president on whose watch such things occur? Are you content to look the other way and pretend these horrors aren’t occurring?
Have you no decency, sir?
Patrick–
You are a mindless political hack by your own admission you vote straight party lines.
Lifes a bitch Patrick.
How about the millions of Africans murdered while Clinton turned his back.
Gimmee a break.
Mr C. @ 5
“LEFTIST PINHEADS like you want to put everyone in a convenient box”
Oh, the Irony!!
Patrick,
Junior High School is hard enough with trying to keep with political blogs. Right now, it’s far more important for you to focus on arithmetic, science, language arts, and developing a realistic world-view tempered with experience.
Of course, if you’re not all that motivated and are unwilling to take the harder classes, there will always likely be a high-paid position for you in the King County elections department.
Good luck with your studies!
zap–
That was a darn good burn!
Patrick is the type of LEFTIST PINHEAD who thinks he is all grown up but puberty hasn’t enveloped him yet.
Patrick is the type of PINHEAD you want to encourage to keep talking. He is also the reason I will likely never vote for another Democrat. If the R candidate sucks…I can just leave it blank and let Dean Logan try to “devine” my intent.
I thought he was a freshman in the UW dept of atmostpheric science (give him more credit than Logan)
Reply to Mr. Cynical and Zapparo: You two are a pair of rightist pinheads! (I’m giving you the benefit of the doubt by not calling you evil.) What does millions of Africans killing each other have to do with U.S. troops torturing and murdering an innocent man in Asia? Nothing!!! We’re not responsible for what Africans do to each other. We ARE responsible for what OUR troops do to people IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY. American soldiers are torturing and murdering people, and you have nothing to say. That speaks for itself. Shame on both of you.
Patrick, I would just sit back amused at the trolls. You’ve asked them a question. They responded with Ad Hominem attacks. You win!
This is why they are called TROLLS.
Don,
That’s the nicest thing you’ve ever said about me.
A single tear rolls down my face.
You are not doing Patrick any favors by being his Mamma.
So, here – let’s try reality for a change…..
Patrick, Are we also responsible for the actions of American tourists in Italy? Or even muggers in major eastern cities? How many murders happened today within a 100 mile radius of your home? Because you said nothing about those murders, doesn’t that make you culpable for the loss of innocent lives? You pathetic murderer!
So, yes, what you are whining about is abhorent, is inexcusable, but it is the actions of someone who didn’t do the right thing. It happens everywhere, not just in the military, and really has nothing to do with a truly noble mission or the fine job overall our military has been doing in Afghanistan. Making the world a safer place from terrorism is a laudable goal, wouldn’t you agree? Well then, stop whining, and start doing something.
Oh, and Patrick, eat your vegetables, especially the cruciferous ones. They’re beneficial for a growing mind. You’ll need all you can get.
zapporo @ 18 in a fiendish attempt to not answer an honest question said “Are we also responsible for the actions of American tourists in Italy? Or even muggers in major eastern cities?”
Hmmm, lets analyze this.
American tourist = under no ones authority receiving no ones orders or code of conduct.
Muggers = oddly enough, same as above.
US troops = under the authority and control of the Commander in Chief G W Bush, Sec. Of Defense Rummy, and the Military chain of command.
Equivilant examples or Right Wing Hogwash?
I leave it to the reader to decide.
P.S. Zapporo, don’t drink the Kool Aid, I hear it makes you stupid.
14: “If the R candidate sucks…I can just leave it blank”
Don’t let ‘Amused by liberals’ hear you say that; he’ll have a stroke.
Dear Patrick’s Momma,
Here are some instructions for your benefit, all provided in words with one syl-a-ble, split as needed for your comp-re-hen-sion:
1. Take the staw out of your Kool Aid.
2. Ditch the head-phones.
3. Wake up.
4. Re-ad-just your sand-als.
5. Pull the wad out of your pant-ies.
6. Re-read my post.
Based on the sheer inanity of your response, I think that I will recommend some advanced reading for you and your boy Patrick. Enjoy, it’s definitely you.
Don’s
New-est Fav-or-ite Book
Zapporo, thank you for your response.
Let the reader decide.
Zap–
I’m sure Don and his little buttboy Patrick will find a book about butts fascinating!
Who in the hell calls themself Patrick if they aren’t gay??
May 21, 2005
Dear Goldy,
How is the puppy? Hopefully doing well and not chewing on too much?
I really wish I could write to only convey pleasantries, but I fear that this thread is in dire need of a generous dose of reality.
I would like to request a lame-ass poll.
The question would be along the lines as to who is the most out of wack with reality. In effect who is the biggest “winger” regular poster on your blog. Also, it would be helpful to note whether that person is also the most humorless.
This will be a very easy poll to create because, in all likelyhood, Don’s name is the only one you will need to list.
Very Warmest Regards,
Z
“Who in the hell calls themself Patrick if they aren’t gay??”
One of the more interesting fixations of the TROLLS here is their fetish with “butts”.
There is PuddyBuddy’s use of BUTT rather than “But”, and now Mr C is telling “BUtt”
stories.
I almost think there is a Mayor West story brewing right here on Horsesass.org.
PuddyBud and Mr. C? Do you have an announcement?
I am sure we will all congratulate you for your engagement!
Donnageddon; enough of your hypocritical homophobia
Donnageddon at 17, I wish I could agree with you, but we all lose when these kinds of things go on (Americans torturing and murdering innocent Afghans). The wingos who turn their backs on the horrors they’ve created, or lie about what’s happening, or attack the news media for reporting it, or simply pretend it isn’t happening, have slimed our country, our flag, and our values. In a flash, the Republican Party and its neonut followers have destroyed America’s once-proud standing in the world.
Reply to 18, no we are not responsible for what American tourists do in Italy, or crimes committed in our cities.
If you don’t understand the difference between tourists and criminals, and soldiers sent to a foreign country by the U.S. government, I can’t help you.
Our government IS responsible for what our soldiers do. Those who voted for the politicians running our government ARE responsible for putting them in power.
More directly, many right wingers — I’m not saying you, I’m specifically excluding you from this accusation — have attacked soldiers, journalists, and others who exposed these horrors. These folks are complicit in the atrocities, because by trying to cover up what is happening, they enable its continuation.
I don’t see anyone on the left threatening Sgt. Joseph Darby’s life because he came forward with the photos and evidence, or criticizing the media for publishing reports of torture and abuse, or trying to minimize what occurred, or justify the beatings, rapes, and murders of (mostly innocent) Iraqis and Afghans. All of this shit comes from the Far Right.
Mr. Zapporo, where is your sense of outrage? At the fact American soldiers did (and apparently are still doing) these things? At the administration’s attempts to cover it up? At the official scapegoating of low-ranking soldiers and a Reserve general while Gonzalez (who authored the memo arguing torture is legal) gets promoted to Attorney General (and may someday be nominated for the Supreme Court), Gen. Sanchez goes unpunished, and no heads roll in DoD? It’s obvious this wasn’t the rogue actions of a few private and corporals. It’s too widespread, the abuses in Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, and Bagram are too similar in nature, for this not to be orchestrated, not to be an official policy, implemented from on high.
WHY do you continue to defend this administration, while saying nothing critical of those responsible for allowing these things to happen on their watch (if not ordering them)?
Have you no decency, sir?
I’m glad you think it’s abhorrent. But aren’t you just a LITTLE suspicious this goes higher than a few privates and corporals, or private contractors?
Reply to 25, are you saying all Irishmen are gay?
thatPrick@32akaDon/CynicalSucks/over a dozen other ID’s–
No, I’m saying all gay Irishmen are gay.
M–
by the way…thatPrick was a 30 year guv’mint lawyer who spent 10 years trying to make it in the real world but couldn’t earn more than $1000/yr. so he turned to suckling off the big tit.
He even admitted his job was meaningless and he stayed in for the salary and pension…because he couldn’t survive any other way.
Don/Alan/CyncialSucks/thatPrick et al is a bitter loser….typical of PINHEADED LEFTISTS who suck on the taxpayers tit and then bitch & moan.
My government job may have been meaningless (because public service consists of trying to serve people like you) but at least I didn’t lower myself to sucking up to BIAW.
Public service means dragging innocent people thru the legal system for DSHS????? Making their lives a living hell???
That’s your idea of public service??
Patrick? Government job? Too perfect