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My Comments (1761 so far…)

Brittle Obama Thrashes Wall Street: All Form, No Substance, by Liz Peek

Gee, Phyllis…Do you think they had something in 55 B.C. called Factus Checkus?

In Defense of My Favorite 'Sick Puppy' – Rachel Maddow, by Mr. wOw

Hi Helen…yes…my anklets are now knee highs….another thing I love about Dr. Maddow is her laugh….and the childlike delight in human foibles..including her own. The PhD is fine and dandy, of course, but her  native curiosity and sense of wonder (some might call it "adolescent fawning") are perfect creds to me. Total aside: an educator in the 70’s said, "Give every student the degree they want on the first day of freshman year…the ones who want to learn will stay…"

I know this is not about Beck, et. al., really, but things have a way of sliding on/off topic…and it’s really hard not to draw what might be an odious comparison…can’t help it…When he hit my radar, it sort of went from jaw-dropping disbelief to something akin to fury (when he started in on the art in Rockefeller Center) to numb horror…..to…..oh,……(Ba-romp-bomp….)… I get it…..this guy is a hoot!

Makes me want to see what’s next for him…..channeling Che G through the fillings in my molars? News at eleven…

In Defense of My Favorite 'Sick Puppy' – Rachel Maddow, by Mr. wOw

Dear gg….Dittoheads tend to be anathematized, huh? How ‘bout if I just send a heartfelt "bingo!" to you ?

In Defense of My Favorite 'Sick Puppy' – Rachel Maddow, by Mr. wOw

Hi z…might just be plain ol’ fear…old white guys backed into a corner heretofore reserved for the "other"

In Defense of My Favorite 'Sick Puppy' – Rachel Maddow, by Mr. wOw

Dear Helen…I am an unabashed fan of Dr. Maddow’s….This will come as no surprise to some folks. Speaking of humor….seems that when you’re mongering epic fear and doom, it’s hard to feel jokey-fenokey about anything….hard to giggle when one’s panties are in a perpetual wad…lemon-sucking demeanor…..So I think your observations are funny…Here’s one for you….turn on Hannity with the sound off….and while you have a quiet moment, look up "lowbrow" in the dictionary. 

In Defense of My Favorite 'Sick Puppy' – Rachel Maddow, by Mr. wOw

Dear BB…welcome to wow…So sorry that you are being slammed for taking time to express yourself at length…I notice that you have 26 long (relatively long) posts and when I can sit a bit, I will read them. There was a time on this site when earnest, honest self-revelation was the coin of the realm…..and we learned a lot from each other. I applaud your effort and hope that you continue putting forth your views on this forum. Much of what you have to say resonates with me and, I trust, will with others. To your detractors, I would point out that the scroll button (among other things) goes both ways….and thirty+ pirated cut and paste paragraphs dropped in day after day makes for fairly tedious reading….

In Defense of My Favorite 'Sick Puppy' – Rachel Maddow, by Mr. wOw

Dear LR..nicely done…and thanks for pointing out the PhD…..calling her Dr. Maddow has a nice little ring to it….hate to point out the glaringly obvious, but can’t resist mentioning that it ain’t Dr. Beck, now is it?  

In Defense of My Favorite 'Sick Puppy' – Rachel Maddow, by Mr. wOw

Mighty good to hear from you….I’m not here much either but I feel so strongly about Rachel Maddow….the intellectual curiosity, the animated debate, the civility, the wit…Thanks for putting in backup. I keep running through this thread (not for nothing that this avatar is a scroll…scroll…..!) and it seems to me that Rachel herself is faring pretty well…I think she is almost unassailable but I’m a bit biased…and that the debate about the relative demerits of Fox/MSNBC, real and/or imagined transgressions, is just another whistle stop on The Everlovin’ Red Herring Tour….Please write macwoof and say hi to the chickens for everybody! Folks have been inquiring after you. 

In Defense of My Favorite 'Sick Puppy' – Rachel Maddow, by Mr. wOw

Hi MM…I missed the whole Meet The Press bit…I’m guessing it could be fished out for re-run? Another thing I find so engaging/appealing about RM is that she is such an "active listener"….not just waiting for the guest to wind it up….Isn’t it something that we have not seen the likes of her before? If we have…who? And certainly not in the days of Sevareid/Murrow…."Mad Men" anyone?..!

In Defense of My Favorite 'Sick Puppy' – Rachel Maddow, by Mr. wOw

Dear PS..you are certainly welcome…It was in defense of simple civility….which seems to be in rather short supply this century….Having grown up listening to the calming, well-modulated voices of Eric Sevareid and Edward R. Murrow, I find any of the so-called journalists who routinely foam at the mouth to be unworthy of my prolonged attention. Dr. Maddow is in a league of her own. My only minor complaint is that she talks too fast for me to process! Not her fault that I’m challenged…. 

In Defense of My Favorite 'Sick Puppy' – Rachel Maddow, by Mr. wOw

FP…"the devil made me do it" department: I caught a bit o’ Beck yesterday…he was taking Hollywood to task for touting volunteerism…that’s the capsule report…About RM…I find her to be somewhat old-fashioned in that sees fit to be unfailingly polite….funny word these days, huh? "Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person"—-Samuel Clemens  "Good manners consist of doing precisely what everyone thinks should be done, especially when no one knows quite what that is.."—-Modern Manners by P.J. O’Rourke 

'Whatever' and More Communication Offenses That Annoy People, by Sybil Adelman Sage

I can’t find that word….maybe, if you’re so inclined, you’ll ‘splain it…..thank you…

'Whatever' and More Communication Offenses That Annoy People, by Sybil Adelman Sage

Hello again, Ms. Snooks…there is a funny collection of modern day proverbs in Latin under Henry Beard at wikiquote…..when you drop them into polite conversation, they sound perfectly grand. ("Latin For All Occasions"…Henry Beard) Some of them are a hoot in translation….

 

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