Comments on: Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Standard

By: Duke N.

Duke N. — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:21:21 +0000

I was really surprised about Edwards tryst when I learned that it was with a woman.
As far as McCain’s alleged affair, that’s a no brainer. I mean she’s 25, has something like a 100 million bucks and owns a beer factory. Give the guy a break.

By: Shorebreak

Shorebreak — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:58:35 +0000

Interesting topic. At least one US soldier has been captured by Russia while operatin in Georgia, US airplanes have become potential targets of Russia as they are used to transport Georgian troops to the front lines, and the crass media is focusing on water cooler conversation. This kind of news is the reason I don’t tune into FOX or CNN. Their only usefulness is to measure how hard the media is working to distract us from reality.

By: confused

confused — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:50:22 +0000

off the topic abdul…read a topic of 12 hr shifts for impd. what are they thinking. they are trying to do away with part time for officers. that 12 hr day just went to 16. I thought they were trying to save gas money-isnt it nice to know, if hunter gets the police to pay for gas, it will be for the 12 hr shifts(we will have no time to drive it off duty). Fatigue will be a certainty. I would like to see a 10 hr shift…roll into a 12 hr shift. How about this–get the brass/stats, that wont have to work it, look at a winter 12 hrs/summer 10 hrs. its nice to know that newman, owensby, and mahone are playing with officers lives, and will not be in the trenches. Tried to post on star, but, now you need fbi, top secret.

By: Nail

Nail — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:59:37 +0000

Sorry Abdul, this should have been a comment in another topic.

“Have you checked to see how many contracts Aaron Haith’s firm has?

By: Old Sarge

Old Sarge — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:53:28 +0000

An old warrant officer once told me that one should not dip one’s pen in company ink.

Then, if you are stupid as a box of slippery river rocks and ignore the first rule, don’t compound dumb by lying until you can lie no more. That goes to character. It is not about sex. It is about accepting responsibility for what we do.

By: Nail

Nail — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:52:14 +0000

Abdul, have you checked to see how many contracts Aaron Haith’s firm has?

That would be interesting to know.

By: Rico

Rico — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:49:43 +0000

I don’t complain about what you write, Abdul, I only disagree with (some of) it.

Am I disappointed with your support of Obama? Absolutely! Am I curious why a self-proclaimed conservative would back the most liberal member of the U.S. senate? Not anymore. I, along with many others, have figured that one out.

I enjoy your show–at least before Chris started co-hosting–and I enjoy this blog. Perhaps, like your hero, your skin is a bit too thin.

The mainstream media is actively campaigning for your boy.(…Sorry, Barry would claim I’m a racist at this point. I hope you know better.) The people responsible for “informing” us will do whatever is in their power to get Obama elected. For you to imply that these same folks deal even-handedly with those on both sides of the aisle is laughable.

It appears to me that you’re pulling an “Arianna Huffington” on your listeners/readers. You’ve realized that you will get significantly more media coverage if you support their guy. And you are right! Imagine the possibilities for your career if you simply fall in step with the vast majority of your colleagues in journalism. The sky’s the limit.

How much is a man’s integrity worth these days?

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:05:37 +0000

Abdul, I was sorry to see your response to Rico. You and your site should welcome, indeed encourage, debate and counterpoints. I read several sites. There are posts that I don’t agree with, but they cause me to think. And in this case, I think you are more thoughtful than your post (unless you and Rico have a history). Regarding this Wilson post, he only surfaces when he can poke at someone. He never, but never surfaces when challenged to respond to specific charges leveled at local politicians. I can only assume that is because there is no alternative point. Too bad because it is a forum for exchange and learning.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:21:41 +0000

I agree with Abdul’s take on this one aspect of media coverage, but you can’t use just sex scandals as proof that there is no double standard or liberal bias in the media. Pretty silly argument really, or accidently taken too far.

By: Really

Really — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:40:23 +0000

Really “As the old adage goes, “Democrats get in trouble over sex, Republicans get in trouble over money.” I don’t think so…

REPUBLICANS- Look into Newt Gingrich affair with congressional aide Callista Bisek while Newts wife battled cancer. Or John McCain who was still married and living with his wife in 1979 while, courting a 25-year-old woman who was as beautiful as she was rich. McCain divorced his wife, who had raised their three children while he was imprisoned in Vietnam, then launched his political career with his new wife’s family money. DEMOCRATS-Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu turned himself in to authorities on Friday on a 16-year-old grand theft charge. A major fundraiser for Hillary. Or Rep. William Jefferson, D-Louisiana, received from a Kentucky businessman paying more than $400,000 to him in bribes for contracts.