Comments on: Don’t light a match. http://nancynall.com/2008/10/15/dont-light-a-match/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dont-light-a-match one writer's daily download Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:59:49 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ricardo http://nancynall.com/2008/10/15/dont-light-a-match/comment-page-2/#comment-216979 Ricardo Sun, 19 Oct 2008 04:29:27 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2433#comment-216979 It was just about 1 year exactly since I posted my last Santa Ana wind report. This year it was short, only two days (so far). It was trash day so all of my recycle items, mostly boxes, were strewn all over my neighbor's yard. The tree that many branches blew into my other neighbor's yard was removed a few months ago. Also, my avocado tree that lost all of its fruit and blossoms last year, bore no fruit this year. I used to like Santa Ana winds, but they have become more fierce and destructive over the years. Chalk it up to global warming. It was just about 1 year exactly since I posted my last Santa Ana wind report. This year it was short, only two days (so far). It was trash day so all of my recycle items, mostly boxes, were strewn all over my neighbor’s yard. The tree that many branches blew into my other neighbor’s yard was removed a few months ago. Also, my avocado tree that lost all of its fruit and blossoms last year, bore no fruit this year. I used to like Santa Ana winds, but they have become more fierce and destructive over the years. Chalk it up to global warming.

]]> By: joodyb http://nancynall.com/2008/10/15/dont-light-a-match/comment-page-2/#comment-216374 joodyb Thu, 16 Oct 2008 21:34:52 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2433#comment-216374 good photo post, moe. i was afraid i'd get caught last night if i posted from AP - there's another hilarious similar one of him with Cindy. what's up with his tongue? good photo post, moe. i was afraid i’d get caught last night if i posted from AP — there’s another hilarious similar one of him with Cindy. what’s up with his tongue?

]]> By: brian stouders http://nancynall.com/2008/10/15/dont-light-a-match/comment-page-2/#comment-216295 brian stouders Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:10:31 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2433#comment-216295 <i>Those credentials are hereby forfeited.</i> True enough, as far as that goes. But these personages are archetypical American muckrakers and opinion leaders, and it would be a mistake to simply disregard what they're croaking about, I think. Those credentials are hereby forfeited.

True enough, as far as that goes. But these personages are archetypical American muckrakers and opinion leaders, and it would be a mistake to simply disregard what they’re croaking about, I think.

]]> By: Dwight http://nancynall.com/2008/10/15/dont-light-a-match/comment-page-2/#comment-216293 Dwight Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:02:50 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2433#comment-216293 Journos putting words in someone's mouth is one of my all time pet peeves, especially local tv news reporters trying to draw out a man-on-the street interview. "So, would you say this was the most terrifying fire you've ever witnessed?" Gah. Why don't you just interview yourself, Copernicus? I think about the story of Don Hewitt previewing one of Mike Wallace's 60 minutes pieces in the editing room. One of the B-roll shots was of a spinning revolving door on a NY building. "Was that door really spinning by itself when you shot the footage? Or did somebody on the crew spin it for effect?" Hewitt asks. "I spun it," says the producer. "Then cut that shot," says Hewitt. That said.... No sane person considers Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Rachel Maddow, or Keith Obermann a journalist. Those credentials are hereby forfeited. Journos putting words in someone’s mouth is one of my all time pet peeves, especially local tv news reporters trying to draw out a man-on-the street interview.

“So, would you say this was the most terrifying fire you’ve ever witnessed?”

Gah. Why don’t you just interview yourself, Copernicus?

I think about the story of Don Hewitt previewing one of Mike Wallace’s 60 minutes pieces in the editing room. One of the B-roll shots was of a spinning revolving door on a NY building.

“Was that door really spinning by itself when you shot the footage? Or did somebody on the crew spin it for effect?” Hewitt asks.

“I spun it,” says the producer.

“Then cut that shot,” says Hewitt.

That said.… No sane person considers Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Rachel Maddow, or Keith Obermann a journalist. Those credentials are hereby forfeited.

]]> By: coozledad http://nancynall.com/2008/10/15/dont-light-a-match/comment-page-2/#comment-216290 coozledad Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:46:42 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2433#comment-216290 I was trying to come up with a way to watch the debate last night that enabled me to see it through a more empathic lens for John McCain. The best strategy I could come up with was to try and cast it as a debate between Hugh Grant and myself about who gets more pussy. I still think I'd be a more amiable loser. Hugh Grant-99 Coozledad-.03 I was trying to come up with a way to watch the debate last night that enabled me to see it through a more empathic lens for John McCain. The best strategy I could come up with was to try and cast it as a debate between Hugh Grant and myself about who gets more pussy.
I still think I’d be a more amiable loser.

Hugh Grant-99
Coozledad-.03

]]> By: brian stouder http://nancynall.com/2008/10/15/dont-light-a-match/comment-page-2/#comment-216289 brian stouder Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:43:21 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2433#comment-216289 Jolene, your observation about the right has the ring of truth. As an aside to last night’s debate, I was very impressed by….Walmart’s commercials! Say what you will about that enterprise in general, but their ads struck me as laser-like; they make an unadorned and unambiguous economic pitch (one-stop shopping for many different things, and low prices at that), and they look to me to be just spot-on with our current, turbulent times. Even if you think WalMart is a weed-like corporation, still one has to recognize the heartiness and adaptability of weeds! Jolene, your observation about the right has the ring of truth.

As an aside to last night’s debate, I was very impressed by….Walmart’s commercials! Say what you will about that enterprise in general, but their ads struck me as laser-like; they make an unadorned and unambiguous economic pitch (one-stop shopping for many different things, and low prices at that), and they look to me to be just spot-on with our current, turbulent times.

Even if you think WalMart is a weed-like corporation, still one has to recognize the heartiness and adaptability of weeds!

]]> By: Kirk http://nancynall.com/2008/10/15/dont-light-a-match/comment-page-2/#comment-216288 Kirk Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:36:27 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2433#comment-216288 Jolene, don't forget to mention that those non-white people have smaller brains that prevent them from knowing that they're buying something they can't afford. Jolene, don’t forget to mention that those non-white people have smaller brains that prevent them from knowing that they’re buying something they can’t afford.

]]> By: Jolene http://nancynall.com/2008/10/15/dont-light-a-match/comment-page-2/#comment-216287 Jolene Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:22:09 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2433#comment-216287 Brian, clearly you lack the imagination to be a true right-wing crank. Were you such a visionary, you'd realize that the sell-off in the market is occurring because people recognize that Obama is going to nationalize all our industries, impose confiscatory tax laws, and send capitalists to re-education camps. As for the past, well, all those problems in the housing market are a consequence of left-wing senators legislators who forced banks to issue loans to poor black people who couldn't afford to pay them back. Brian, clearly you lack the imagination to be a true right-wing crank. Were you such a visionary, you’d realize that the sell-off in the market is occurring because people recognize that Obama is going to nationalize all our industries, impose confiscatory tax laws, and send capitalists to re-education camps. As for the past, well, all those problems in the housing market are a consequence of left-wing senators legislators who forced banks to issue loans to poor black people who couldn’t afford to pay them back.

]]> By: moe99 http://nancynall.com/2008/10/15/dont-light-a-match/comment-page-2/#comment-216286 moe99 Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:15:59 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2433#comment-216286 http://hellotxt.com/l/b0fS apparently not photoshopped post debate pic http://hellotxt.com/l/b0fS

apparently not photoshopped post debate pic

]]> By: brian stouder http://nancynall.com/2008/10/15/dont-light-a-match/comment-page-2/#comment-216285 brian stouder Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:08:09 +0000 http://nancynall.com/?p=2433#comment-216285 Well, on the subject of timing, one bit of cosmic justice is that this crash/meltdown/recession canNOT be blamed on 'President Obama's woeful mismanagement and out-moded leftist dogma' (etc etc). The rightwing lip flappers would have instantly and intractably proclaimed and reiterated (forever and always) that this crash was ENTIRELY the fault of Obama's sorry-assed leadership, if it occurred on January 22, 2009 ....whereas, in actual fact, they are all muted at the moment, with dark references to 'the late unpleasantness' and how it is all so unfair to McCain's chances - as if this crisis fell out of the sky the way Dorothy's Kansas farmhouse smashed the Wicked Witch of the East (well, maybe they <i>wouldn't</i> compare McCain to the Wicked Witch of the West's sister, but <b>I</b> will!!). The only question is, how many seconds after President Obama completes his inaugural address before Uncle Rush/Human Events/Weekly Standard/Sh*t-for-brains-Sean/NRO/etc etc <b></i>retroactively</b></i> and ex post facto blame IT ALL on Obama? My opening bet is - 34.5 seconds Well, on the subject of timing, one bit of cosmic justice is that this crash/meltdown/recession canNOT be blamed on ‘President Obama’s woeful mismanagement and out-moded leftist dogma’ (etc etc).

The rightwing lip flappers would have instantly and intractably proclaimed and reiterated (forever and always) that this crash was ENTIRELY the fault of Obama’s sorry-assed leadership, if it occurred on January 22, 2009 .…whereas, in actual fact, they are all muted at the moment, with dark references to ‘the late unpleasantness’ and how it is all so unfair to McCain’s chances — as if this crisis fell out of the sky the way Dorothy’s Kansas farmhouse smashed the Wicked Witch of the East (well, maybe they wouldn’t compare McCain to the Wicked Witch of the West’s sister, but I will!!).

The only question is, how many seconds after President Obama completes his inaugural address before Uncle Rush/Human Events/Weekly Standard/Sh*t-for-brains-Sean/NRO/etc etc retroactively and ex post facto blame IT ALL on Obama?

My opening bet is — 34.5 seconds

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