tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post3316079706068645103..comments2023-10-25T17:56:55.769-04:00Comments on DemWit: The trouble with KrugmanB.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12004309077511856506noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-38299701999782038532009-01-09T23:26:00.000-05:002009-01-09T23:26:00.000-05:00Tiny agrees with airth10 concerning Miers and Pali...Tiny agrees with airth10 concerning Miers and Palin. She listens to Gupta now and then. Sometimes she agrees with him, sometimes she doesn't. But then she didn't go to medical school. She is in complete agreement with the preventive medicine concept. That's better than a lot of the dreadful and sometimes deadly remedies foisted on us by for-profit pharmaceuticals. Thus the old axiom: An ounce ofAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-75875110077614122252009-01-09T19:35:00.000-05:002009-01-09T19:35:00.000-05:00Communication is transmitting, receiving and under...Communication is transmitting, receiving and understanding. The POINT of this post is (and I have stated it in the two earlier posts which I cite): the far left is rumbling louder about Obama’s choices than the far right. Olbermann stated it clearly: Obama is freezing out the “crazy wingnuts” on both sides of the political spectrum – and good for him!<BR/><BR/>For the record, I have purchased allB.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12004309077511856506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-48420912585871666562009-01-09T13:55:00.000-05:002009-01-09T13:55:00.000-05:00The Gupta nomination is nothing as dreadful as the...The Gupta nomination is nothing as dreadful as the nomination of Harriet Mires for the Supreme Court or Sarah Palin for vice-president. At least he has substance.<BR/><BR/>It is interesting how pop-culture has become part of politics, that you have a Michael Moore effecting policy decisions.airth10https://www.blogger.com/profile/14169039975338089997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-82848723023132988332009-01-09T13:30:00.000-05:002009-01-09T13:30:00.000-05:00Krugman's characterization of CNN's and Gupta's mi...Krugman's characterization of CNN's and Gupta's misstatements and innacuracies are right on. The statistics that Moore states in Sicko are each cited and listed on his Web site. These citations were even sent to CNN and Gupta before the interview, yet Gupta wrongly accuses Moore of "fudging the facts". Gupta then goes on to missquote one of the statistics used (and cited) by Moore. So whose Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-90551757446986541802009-01-09T13:00:00.000-05:002009-01-09T13:00:00.000-05:00From the perspective of the Hobbit, it seems appro...From the perspective of the Hobbit, it seems appropriate to note that at least three Surgeon Generals of the US of A in a row have been black. Is that merely a coincidence as it befits the "single-payer" dialogue with Rep. Conyers? <BR/>Frodo doesn't mean to "poo-poo" anything, but the Judge Judy reference was a joke, pure and simple.<BR/>Gupta is young, a Michigan grad, who lives in Atlanta, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-11416484051436540052009-01-09T12:04:00.000-05:002009-01-09T12:04:00.000-05:00Expect more "buyer's remorse" and "gotta get our s...Expect more "buyer's remorse" and "gotta get our street cred back" comments from Keith Olbermann and others in the media who took to heart Dave Barry's year-end wrap-up joke (I'm paraphrasing) that Obama's election was cause for massive celebration ... inside the New York Times newsroom. <BR/>To also paraphrase Shakespeare, methinks they in the media do protest too much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173973315363181140.post-55865724930513543382009-01-09T08:45:00.000-05:002009-01-09T08:45:00.000-05:00Krugman seems to have more of a problem with CNN a...Krugman seems to have more of a problem with CNN and with Gupta as CNN's representative. I do not know Gupta but I know that an opinion about the facts of a Hollywood documentary means nothing in relation to the position as Surgeon General. I have heard many conflicting arguments as to the validity of this movie and it really makes no difference whether they were right or wrong. I liked the Good Southern Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00275534329889742939noreply@blogger.com