Comments on: Popularity

By: SimplerDave

SimplerDave — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:19:41 +0000

@ scav Just watched the video, and yes, yes it is

By: Cassidy

Cassidy — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:28:23 +0000

test

By: oscarbob

oscarbob — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:55:50 +0000

Test comment to see if it allows me back on main page.

By: Li

Li — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:30:05 +0000

What I love is how ‘fringe’ beliefs are defined.

Some 60% or more of the American people, and most of the 9/11 commission members, want a new investigation into 9/11 because of all of the unanswered questions and outright lies we have been told about that day. And that belief is treated by the media as a fringe and crazy belief.

30% of the American people think that Obama is secretly a Kenyan, and that belief is covered extensively and the people that hold it are bound together into a ‘movement’ largely by the efforts of our ‘news’ organizations.

The first step to healing this nation is getting news sources that don’t act as if mind control and manipulation of the populace are their primary mission.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:02:02 +0000

@Mike Kay: My first horror movie ever! I watched it with my dad when I was 5. I remember I was terrified. Now, of course, the most terrifying thing about it is 35-year-old McQueen playing a high schooler. Truly frightening.

By: MagicPanda

MagicPanda — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:37:00 +0000

Fwiw, my favorite press secretary of recent memory is Joe Lockhart. I thought he was funny, smart, sincere and effective.

By: Cheryl from Maryland

Cheryl from Maryland — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:23:34 +0000

A kind neighbor explained to me that even though the fed has closed the SI museums and I have another day at home, I am still working because I provide him with an object about which to complain. It’s good to have a purpose.

How come no one mentioned Le Mans as the best of Mr. McQueen’s films? Hot cars, fabulous direction, fascinating POV and “cinema verite”. It’s a fabulous movie.

By: rachel

rachel — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:44:02 +0000

@SpotWeld: Republicans are furries? No wai, they can't all be furries.

By: SpotWeld

SpotWeld — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:40:51 +0000

If teabaggers are a valid political movement, then furries are the shadow goverment.

By: NobodySpecial

NobodySpecial — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:33:32 +0000

@SiubhanDuinne: It's about an hour southeast of us.

By: demo woman

demo woman — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:29:22 +0000

@SiubhanDuinne: Wake me up when we have reached peak wing nut! So far our state reps have enacted a law that makes it illegal to implant a microchip in your brain without your permission and now they are discussing the possibility of rewarding counties for turning in illegals.

By: geg6

geg6 — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:16:03 +0000

Another free vacation day due to blizzard conditions. So I’m cruising the Net on the BlackBerry and see a very intriguing Mike Madden post on Salon re: Murtha’s seat and names being floated. The one that most set my bells ringing (and Mike’s too) was that of former Leutenant Gov. (under Bob Casey Sr.) Mark Singel. He lost a US Senate primary bid in a bizarre turn of events and kinda dropped out of electoral politics (of course, he’s a lobbyist). But his name still resonates and many machine Dems in the state think he got screwed by the Dem electorate in that race and that he had a real chance to have won the general had he gotten through the primary. My initial reaction is that he is the Dems best hope to hold that seat, a seat in a very socially conservative, rural and working class district. Like Murtha, he’s a proud son of Johnstown and he has a ton of name recognition. I have to think about this some more, but this could be inspired.

By: SiubhanDuinne

SiubhanDuinne — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:12:21 +0000

@geg6 #117: We are surrounded by wacko wingnut xenophobic teabagging ranting racist redstate religionist secessionist southerners. Isn’t that punishment enough?

By: 2th&nayle

2th&nayle — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:06:53 +0000

@Martin:

Anything with Steve McQueen holds up well.

Excuse please, but if you don't mention "The War Lover" and "Nevada Smith" in the same breath with McQueen, then you don't qualify as a fan. "The Great Escape", not so much. Just sayin!

By: New Yorker

New Yorker — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:38:49 +0000

How about the number of Americans who believe the King of Sweden is using his penis as a radio transmitter to send anti-semitic lesbian meatloaf recipes to Soupy Sales and Marvin Hamlisch?

Believing such a thing is more reasonable than believing Sarah Palin is qualified to be President.