Comments on: Hey, everyone! It’s Backwards Day!

By: Marc

Marc — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:01:29 +0000

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot….. classic.

By: Q

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:53:39 +0000

@Thoughtful: I thought that’s what I said. You, on the other hand, seemed to be saying that people shouldn’t disagree with Eric. Indeed, you said that they should find another blog, or immediately stop reading a post if they felt they disagreed with Eric. If that’s not what you mean, than yes, we agree. My bottom line is that having a right to your own opinion doesn’t mean people can’t disagree with you–even if you have a fancy website.

By: Thoughtful Observer

Thoughtful Observer — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:40:34 +0000

@Q: I’m not saying there shouldn’t be discussion in the comments about the issue. I’m just getting tired of reading the same “Eric is too liberal, should bash liberals more, isn’t balanced” vs “it’s his blog to do with as he pleases” discussion. If the discussion were limited to the topic on hand – namely the statement quoted in the blog, I wouldn’t care. I just am tired of reading the same discussion every time Eric posts a political blog. That is my real point, not that discussing the topic is bad, but that discussing whether or not Eric should be posting anything liberal-leaning or political has been done to death.

By: Judy S

Judy S — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:50:47 +0000

I’m not surprised that Obama made no comment to Kacznski about the missles. How many times did he make a basically “no comment” by voting “present” in the Senate? I’m afraid Obama has no real opinions of his own- that he will be swayed by whomever has the strongest opinion of those that are advising him. I hope I am wrong.
McCain didn’t have a prayer. Obama was a great speaker. He was the media darling. He’s young, black and ultra liberal. So many young people voted for him without even knowing what he stood for. Everyone got caught up in the “Obama Wave.” The blacks and ultra liberals thought we had to show how far we had come as a nation. If you didn’t vote for Obama you were a bigot. Add to all that the hate so many people have for Bush. Ok- Ok, I know not everyone voted for Obama fot these reasons-but many did. Race should not have been a issue -pro or con.
He may be a great president. He came a little more to the center at the end of the campaign. If he stays there, there’s hope. He’s got to do a lot more than just be “present.”
Yes Eric can write what he wants but isn’t a blog there for dicussion? Can’t you agree to disagree?

By: Steve S

Steve S — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:45:48 +0000

Here in Philly the local NPR station carries a show called News & Notes. There was a segment on “multiracialism” (Click Here) on November 12 where one of the commentators felt that Obama’s use of the word “mutts” to describe people of his own racial background “wasn’t helpful” and DID go on to say that Obama needed to be careful & think two or three times before he says something now that the whole world is listening. But that advice could probably be given to any president-elect. . . (and not a few presidents).

Unfortunately, most people who offer advice like that tend to do so in such an arrogant way that it’s no wonder nobody takes it. . .(the breathy & “outraged” “Well. . .HE. . .needs to REALIZE. . .that. . .he. . . JUST. . .CAN’T . .SAY. . .the first thing. . .that. . .POPS. . .into his HEAD.”)

By: Ian M. Cook

Ian M. Cook — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:57:33 +0000

To be fair, here is a rather lengthy list of Obamaisms…

http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/barackobama/a/obama-isms.htm

By: Ian M. Cook

Ian M. Cook — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:36:36 +0000

Ha!

It’s clear that John Hinderaker is smoking crack, or something like it.

By: Q

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:15:31 +0000

@Thoughtful: You’re missing the point. Eric is free to write whatever he wants. Poeple are free to agree or disagree with him. It seems like you are saying that only the poeple who agree with what Eric writes should read his blog and comment on it. Should there really be no discussion in the comments?

The ‘balance’ issue is done to death–the people calling for it are wrong. But like Eric said about the SSM issue: you are entitled to take a stand on something, but not entitled to decide what other people’s reactions to that stand will be. I think Eric understands that and does a pretty good job allowing all opinions, no matter how stupid (except for the Obama victory post).

When I disagree with someone, I don’t do it because I want them to change. I do it to express my opinion, and discuss.

By: Thoughtful Observer

Thoughtful Observer — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:40:22 +0000

I can say I’m firmly in the “it’s Eric’s blog for him to do with as he please” camp. Seriously people, as many have said before, if you don’t like it, don’t read the blog, especially if it’s obvious early on that it is a political/liberal post. Just a reminder, blogs are spaces for personal thoughts and reactions to the world. This is not a news site. It is not meant to be balanced. I can understand complaining if this was CNN.com and this was listed as a news story, but it is a blog and thus subject to Eric’s outlook on life. If you are upset that he is not conservative enough for you, please feel free to read one of the many conservative blogs out there to get your “unbiased” reaction to the world around you. Or if you choose to keep reading this blog, if you see that the subject is liberal leaning, please stop reading (no one requires you to keep reading after you’ve started) and move on with life. Continuing to read the blog and then hijack the comments to complain about how liberal Eric has become and bash Obama is kind of… juvenile. We get it, you don’t agree. I’m not saying you can’t agree, but it seems silly to keep posting the same comments on every political blog entry about how terrible Obama is and how he’s going to destroy our country, etc, especially when the topic isn’t even supposed to be devisive. Please calm yourselves and realize that you aren’t going to make Eric a conservative pundit by constantly attacking his blog either telling him not to talk about politics, or that he should make fun of other people that you don’t like. You are entitled to your opinions and your free speech, but I don’t see the purpose of continuing these arguments on someone’s personal blog. He is allowed to post whatever he wants, and while you are free to disagree, I don’t think that telling him not to post these topics or that he should spend equal amounts of time with anti-liberal posts is fair to him or the other readers of this blog who still find him amusing and, perhaps, even agree with him. So please think about that before you go ripping on the author because he has different political leanings than you do.

By: Kaydria

Kaydria — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:07:49 +0000

Okay okay okay. Lots of people here have brought up the oil crisis, for whatever completely random and off topic reason. I have one thing to say to those people.

DRAAAAAAINAAAAGE.

That is all.