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- Jordan117, on 04/29/2009, -51/+169Wow, yet *another* editorial from the Murdoch-owned WSJ bashing Obama. Who could have guessed?
- lazyink, on 04/29/2009, -34/+147'For now, we are living in another era of unchecked liberal government.'
As apposed to the era unchecked conservative government.. which worked so well for the last 8 years.. - Jordan117, on 04/29/2009, -23/+65Um, no? I'd rather all media be as evenhanded and objective as possible. When a given publication (the WSJ) is so tenaciously one-sided, that's not good for anybody. If their editorial page would take a more measured and reasonable view, they would be much more credible. As it is, they're little more than a GOP mouthpiece, just like the Drudge Report and Fox News.
- DevinWatson, on 04/29/2009, -31/+73I always love this cartoon
http://blogs.venturacountystar.com/greenberg/qqxsg ...
It baffles me why people continue to vote for the GOP - youareretarded, on 04/30/2009, -3/+41You are right, they were unchecked for 6 years.
- labmouse42, on 04/29/2009, -34/+71This article is a joke, just a piece of partisan garbage.
The writer of this article would rather see an uneducated, sickly America wasting resources on fuel and letting corporations waste our taxpayer dollars.
FTA :
"He wants to make a college education a new entitlement, regardless of the cost. "
"He wants state-financed health-care available to all"
"(He wants a) nationwide, high-speed rail network"
"(He wants to) run the auto industry"
"And on the seventh day, he rested." - dtr300, on 04/29/2009, -12/+45Obama's "desire to be liked" doesn't seem to be the dominant factor in the actual decisions he's making, such as the pressure he is putting on Pakistan to stand up to the Taliban, the decision not to attend the Durban conference, etc. I'm not a fan of either Castro or Chavez, but isn't it more healthy to have at least a minimally civil relationship with people in the same hemisphere, instead of an openly hostile one in which no effective negotiating can be done and nothing positive will ever happen? Bottom line is what's in the interests of the U.S., and I think Obama understands that perfectly well.
- labmouse42, on 04/29/2009, -5/+37"I suppose you'd rather the media was one-sided, with no diversity of opinion"
How about a media that is not heavy balanced at all, but instead acts to inform people of facts and not opinions? - greatcaffeine, on 04/30/2009, -16/+47Is "liberal" supposed to be some kind of insult? And besides, Obama is really pretty conservative if you look at his policies on a global scale - the US is pretty far behind on a lot of issues when compared to most other Western countries.
- stonedgeek, on 04/30/2009, -3/+33They were unchecked for 6 years. Democrats have had it for 100 days and the Republicans are already bitching.
- seltaeb4, on 04/30/2009, -24/+53Again with the whiny, pissy WSJ editorial page...
These were the same freaks who told us how Hillary had Vince Foster murdered, how Bill ran cocaine from Nicaragua to Arkansas, and how their White House Christmas tree was festooned with coke spoons...
Really reliable crowd of writers. - Suricou, on 04/30/2009, -5/+31Political story! You know the drill everyone: I want to see liberals hating conservatives, conservatives hating liberals, and both accusing the other of trying to destroy the country. Labels are mandatory, insults encouraged, and extra points awarded for death threats or accusations of socialism. Remember, the other side of the great political divide is The Enemy, and all measure can be justified in destroying them.
- phyzixphairy, on 04/30/2009, -9/+31First, the WSJ editorial page was conservative long before Rupert Murdoch owned a single share.
Second, the article doesn't "bash" Obama. At least half of the article is talking about his accomplishing things they consider favorable.
Here in the real world, any policy and any politician has both good and bad points. It's only in partisan-delusion land where the least criticism of Obama must always imply some sinister third party at work. - IADTatami, on 04/30/2009, -8/+30I noticed that the writer used the word "liberal" six times over the course of one article.
That's about twice as many times as it takes for me to stop taking an article or person seriously. - inactive, on 04/30/2009, -12/+33"The reckoning will come when Americans discover how much it costs."
Ha.. I'm sorry. I just can't take this ***** seriously. Does anyone realize how much Bush's "greet us with flowers", "over in 6 months" Iraq Adventure is costing us? Does anyone not understand that Bush had 8 long years and excessive warning that the housing market would implode and bring the economy to its knees--yet did nothing? The reckoning is here now you clueless tool. It arrived with Bush back in September when our economy almost had cardiac arrest.
I know you're pissed about Bush. He was a do-nothing ***** that, when he finally did something, completely ***** it up. Everything he touched turned to *****. But putting that on Obama? That's just pettiness. I don't even like Obama or his policies, but it's clear as day that the republicans are just a tad bitter over the whole Bush thing. Maybe it's time they realized that its their party that allowed that colossal asshat to do as he pleased without consequence. - jmorganthall, on 04/30/2009, -6/+27Buried for the implied shot at socialism...socialism, in and of itself, is greatly misunderstood and inaccurately assumed to be a negative trait of any other government.
It's not. :) - labmouse42, on 04/29/2009, -8/+29It's all about the hypocrisy.
The GOP has very little to do with conservatism, and its ironic to see them make claims about wasteful spending. - labmouse42, on 04/29/2009, -8/+29Given that more Americans are now willing to admit they have seen a ghost than are willing to identify themselves as members of the Republican party....
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/30442274#3 ...
Good luck with that hoping. - Jericho6, on 04/29/2009, -14/+34Almost every administration in the last 30 years ( except Clinton) has ran up a big deficit, not sure anything different will change with this one.
- labmouse42, on 04/29/2009, -5/+25@rbiii
Name calling gets you no points in debates. In fact, when your stuck resorting to name calling you've pretty much lost the argument. - delrin500, on 04/29/2009, -1/+19Have you noticed that almost all "news" now a days are editorials and commentary??
The point is that information should just be provided without some a$$hole's opinion. 24hr news channels should be banned or at least be required to tell the truth. I know it is unrealistic and impossible but if people had to form their own opinions America wouldn't be so divided. - Exhibitionist, on 04/30/2009, -7/+25Well, it is the WSJ. They've always been way off to the right of popular American opinion and write to appeal to, well, Wall Street. For the rest of us, it's best to group them in with Fox News and other ultra right-wing drivel.
- michaelpinto, on 04/29/2009, -7/+25Obama wouldn't have come this far if he wasn't a pragmatist at heart - which is currently my favorite "ideology" (if you could call it that)...
- SisyphusFragmnt, on 04/30/2009, -4/+21You lost the election. It's time to come to terms with it. You ***** up our country, now sit down and shut the ***** up while we try to fix your mess.
- pensivewombat, on 04/30/2009, -5/+22The problem is that nothing in this article amounts to reasoned criticism. Also, the "compliments" he pays Obama are clearly backhanded ("He is a likable man who seems open to other arguments, even if he really isn't." etc) His foreign policy claims are misguided. If North Korea is going to kick out the inspectors whether we offer negotiations or not, then the only sane move is to offer negotiations so that when we need to put international pressure on the Koreans they can't play the American imperialist card. Failure to recognize this is what got us into Iraq without an exit strategy.
As for the economic critiques, which is where things really go off track, he rants about spending without paying any damn attention to what that spending is for. Each of the policies that are increasing our debt are specifically targeted investments and citing the costs without citing the returns is ludicrous. State financed health care keeps people employed. Ensuring that smart kids get into college regardless of their economic situation maximizes the earning potential of our workforce (and thus taxbase)
Also, cap and trade systems aren't a tax in the way we usually think of taxes as they don't really generate all that much revenue. What they do instead is create a new commodity market that makes clean energy and manufacturing processes more profitable. The companies that are polluting don't pay their taxes to the government, (unless they're dumb) they trade down to other companies that manage to operate underneath the cap.
Diversity of opinion doesn't mean ***** unless there is a diversity of VALID opinions. - inactive, on 04/30/2009, -6/+23Such sour grapes from you poor sad *****. How about you just get over your loss and move on with your lives? The Republican party had its way for a good long time, they ***** up and the public want a different approach. Tough it out like men inside of whiny little babies.
Trying to convince yourselves and others that Obama will be the worst failure ever - at this juncture - is purely your attempt to make yourselves feel better, it is so pathetic. - Kosh, on 04/29/2009, -11/+27@rbiii Not that I"m defending Jordan or anything, but the fact that he hasn't condemned HuffPo et alia doesn't necessarily means he approves of them.
- Rally603, on 04/30/2009, -4/+20I don't know why you're getting dugg down, you're completely right. The article is pretty biased.
Not only that, but good education, healthcare, and transportation are things every first world country needs if it wants to progress. These are the things you should be happy to be taxed for, the things that all of society benefits from. I don't think taxes are all that bad as long as they're going towards things like this instead of squandering them on empire building and bailouts. - omarbonilla, on 04/30/2009, -2/+18His point is that Diggers are much less likely to harp on about bias when it tickles their fancy.
- labmouse42, on 04/29/2009, -6/+22This article is an editorial, it does not have to be unbiased.
- delrin500, on 04/29/2009, -30/+44The Wall Street Journal is about as unbiased as Fox News.
- SisyphusFragmnt, on 04/30/2009, -1/+15MCCAIN TOLD ME SOCIALISM IS BAD SO I THINK IT'S BAD. WHAT ELSE SHOULD I THINK OH GREAT RUSH LIMBAUGH?
- idontlikeyou2, on 04/30/2009, -5/+19WSJ ? They still have the audacity to show their face when they completely missed the financial crisis. If they didn't suck up to the last conservative government maybe they can do their job properly
- sodade, on 04/30/2009, -1/+15That's because the bill is due on the last 8 years.
- greatcaffeine, on 04/30/2009, -2/+16There are plenty of socialized programs in the US. I guess we could get rid of all socialized programs, but I'm pretty sure that you would miss having cops, a post office, Social Security, and all that fun stuff.
- labmouse42, on 04/29/2009, -13/+26Having a republican congress pressuring Clinton to balance the budget had something to do with it, I'm sure.
I wish that those same fiscal conservatives where there to protect us from the wasteful spending of the Bush era. Somehow they seemed to forget everything they stood for when Clinton was in office. - DankBuddz, on 04/30/2009, -1/+14I can't get over how liberal they think Obama is. He's not even close to being far left, and his policies thus far are not very liberal.
- labmouse42, on 04/30/2009, -1/+13Education is a priority if we want to compete in the world market. Call the Europeans socialist if you want -- their still more educated than us. How are we expected to compete with India, China, etc... Higher education means a higher GDP.
Transportation is vital to progress. The stimulus plan has a provision to build a train from LA to Vegas (I knew neo-cons were shortsighted, but to think that distance is nationwide!) That rail will result in more money being spent and improve commerce -- and improve GDP.
Finally heathcare. Simply put, people who are sick cannot work productively.
Its ironic that these conservative "In the name of business" want to prevent infrastructure that will improve capitalism. - BlackJackJester, on 04/30/2009, -1/+12simple. when republicans are in congress with a democrat president, they have to be fiscally conservative, grassroots, small government. When it's the other way around, democrats must be socially progressive while pushing smaller programs. Danger strikes when it's R/R or D/D, because then they just unload their whims among the country - for better or (usually) for worse.
- morninglorii, on 04/30/2009, -5/+16If you voted for Obama and expected the war to end within the first 100 days, or the deficit to decrease, or government to get smaller, you obviously weren't paying attention. And have your taxes really gone up? I would be very surprised if they did.
- inactive, on 04/30/2009, -3/+14"I guess the "red scare" was just nothing"
Yes, it was. Hysterical fearful *****. - fugazied, on 04/30/2009, -10/+21and you think the American public is stupid enough to vote in the republicans who created the mess and wrote up 5.7 trillion in debt, taking the US from a surplus under Clinton to the largest debt in US history. Facts are NOT on the republicans side, luckily for them, half of their vote is from evangelicals who only care about keeping muslims out and voting anti-abortion.
- c010rb1indusa, on 04/30/2009, -3/+13It's in our long term benefit to build relationships between countries that we don't always agree with. While talking won't always immediately resolve some of the major problems between countries such as Cuba, or Iran it's important to show that we can cooperate because countries, societies, and cultures are always changing, look how far we've come in 30 years? Having an open conversation with the rest of the world is vital in order for America to compete in a world where globalization is a reality.
- WasabiBomb, on 04/30/2009, -0/+10@geekee: "No one's being taxed for them. He expects our children to pay for it."
Every one of those things listed will more than pay for themselves in the long run. None of those is an expenditure- they're all investments.
Unnecessary wars, on the other hand... - MakanGuru, on 04/30/2009, -7/+17fear mongering much?
is that the only trick left in the GOP book? - PhilliesBlunt, on 04/30/2009, -4/+14Actually, they wanted to capture Bin Laden, and not go into Iraq in the first place.
- WasabiBomb, on 04/30/2009, -0/+9As @sodade pointed out, that's what happens when you expect the next administration to pick up your tab.
- exspasticcomics, on 04/30/2009, -4/+13...do you think they even know what a liberal is? he's a moderate if there's ever been one- look...
http://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2008
can you say 'middle of the damn road?' he's a democrat- let him be happy with that.
corporate media would probably fall over themselves if we ever actually elected a real liberal to office... - inactive, on 04/30/2009, -5/+14American Liberalism founded the golden age of 20th century USA and the enviable dominance of the Western world. The GOP's alternative views were the same as those behind the Salem *****, the great depression, the civil war and the 21st century depression.
- WasabiBomb, on 04/30/2009, -0/+9Why don't you come back and crow about it when it happens? 'Cause, until then, you're just talking big.
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