No signs. Anyone with the First Amendment on a placard will be ...dis-invited.

He's chicken.

So, who's gonna volunteer to show up blasting this on a boom-box.

re: #1 abolitionist

you mean invited not to partisapate

Freedom of [censored]!

Funny hats optional.

Get a feeling that even Beck's starting to realize that these loonies are getting out of hand?

Glenn Beck's refudiation of signage deters from our rights under the constition.

Should we tell him that his fear of signs...is itself a sign? And i don't mean that in a good way. Hell, they let football crowds bring signs to the stadium...meaning that even Beck thinks his crowd is dumber than your average football crowd.

Bad sign...

How can I volunteer?
The best way is to help us spread the word about the rally. Please hand our flyer out to your family and friends, and make sure your community is aware—whether that’s your neighborhood, church, school, office, etc.

For more information email us at serve@glennbeck.com

Serve? They really couldn't think of a better address for that?

"How to Serve Wingnuts"

It's a pop-up book!

Are paper mache puppets allowed?

re: #8 JasonA
Well, I don't think he misunderestimates his audience.

It's going to be hot, bring a blanket.

re: #11 NJDhockeyfan

Are paper mache puppets allowed?

Just poop!

I'll bet money that we get to see some really interesting T-Shirts at this rally.

This event is taking place on public land on the Mall, right? Can Beck and Friends legally ban and/or enforce this?

I have a sign for glenn beck

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re: #17 ihateronpaul

my middle finger ascii did not work as planned :/

Jesus! That video is horribly disheartening. I couldn't finish watching it.

I got a laugh out of the fat boys with signs warning about revolution though. They'd be too slow to take cover and they'd have trouble finding cover big enough to hide behind. :D

re: #15 JasonA

I'll bet money that we get to see some really interesting T-Shirts at this rally.

"Miss, you'll have to remove your T-shirt immediately."

re: #16 mattand

This event is taking place on public land on the Mall, right? Can Beck and Friends legally ban and/or enforce this?

I don't think they care about the law. Only their quest for power interests them.

re: #16 mattand

This event is taking place on public land on the Mall, right? Can Beck and Friends legally ban and/or enforce this?

Some of this might be National Park Service rules, but a bunch of it comes down to Beck not being able to control the freak show he started.

It's to late too stop Marxist Joker NobamAlinsky!!! ACORN has already ordered the ovens with money from the Porkulus!1!!ty

I just love it when someone takes the time to search for the 2% "wacko contingent" that's part of any gathering/protest and presents them as the majority of that gathering/protest.

Of course, if they could just week out the religious-right-wing/moral-majority nutbags, things would be a lot better for them.

re: #24 FullRoller

2%, huh?

RUN! It's a beckian!

///

re: #18 ihateronpaul

my middle finger ascii did not work as planned :/

+1 for effort, though...

re: #19 Romantic Heretic

Jesus! That video is horribly disheartening. I couldn't finish watching it.

I got a laugh out of the fat boys with signs warning about revolution though. They'd be too slow to take cover and they'd have trouble finding cover big enough to hide behind. :D

The joke's on them...if things go poorly, we're using them for cover!

re: #24 FullRoller

I just love it when someone takes the time to search for the 2% "wacko contingent" that's part of any gathering/protest and presents them as the majority of that gathering/protest.

Of course, if they could just week out the religious-right-wing/moral-majority nutbags, things would be a lot better for them.

I just love it when a gathering doesn't have the moral nutsack to kick the wacko contingent out through the proverbial window. Follow?

re: #24 FullRoller
Waite for it…..
Waaaiiittteee for it…

now!

re: #24 FullRoller

I just love it when someone takes the time to search for the 2% "wacko contingent" that's part of any gathering/protest and presents them as the majority of that gathering/protest.

Of course, if they could just week out the religious-right-wing/moral-majority nutbags, things would be a lot better for them.

oh, and full disclosure: the -1 wasn't for a dissenting viewpoint...it was for the banality. bring a better game.

re: #4 spikester

you mean invited not to partisapate

re: #30 spikester

Waite for it…..
Waaaiiittteee for it…

Waiting for your vocabulary builder to arrive?

re: #24 FullRoller

ZZZ

re: #30 spikester

Waite for it…..
Waaaiiittteee for it…

would you say that FullRoller is a voice of descent...?

re: #33 JasonA

so pettie

re: #36 spikester

so pettie

Oh, do go on.

comeon guys
you like play ground bullys

re: #38 spikester

comeon guys
you like play ground bullys

Yeah, I like play ground bullies. Especially the female ones. They always got a rise out of me.

re: #39 JasonA

now we are down to sex
Whats next from such towering intellect

re: #39 JasonA

fights over you win

Nice column from Dick Cavett in today's NYT:

[Link: opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com...]

He's a classy, smart guy.

re: #40 spikester

now we are down to sex
Whats next from such towering intellect

Don't get your thong stuck...he's just trying to play slowly enough for you to keep up.

"Your son deserved to die in Iraq if he was stupid enough to go over there.”

Those were the chilling words yelled at Gold Star mother Debbie Lee by Jodie Evans and her Code Pink gang as they were trashing a recruiting station in Berkley, CA a few years ago. Lee had joined others in a counter-protest against the Code Pink action.

“Disgust” is a word that, while appropriate, doesn’t begin to carry the heft required to describe my feeling for anyone who would say that to any person who has lost a son or daughter in war – any war - whether I agreed with the war or not. And I couldn’t help but wonder if Evans ever said that to Cindy Sheehan.

Debbie Lee’s son, Marc Alan Lee, was the first Navy SEAL to lose his life in OIF. Lee has worked ceaselessly since then to honor her son’s memory by standing for our troops, thanking them personally – by the thousands – for what they’ve done and making sure “they have the funding, benefits, health care, respect, and support they need.”

To be confronted like she was by the absolute scum that people the Code Pink movement - who always claim to “support the troops but not the war”, makes me physically ill. As for their claim of “supporting the troops and not the war”, this is the same crew who raised and sent $600,000 to the insurgents in Fallujah during the battle there, calling the insurgents “freedom fighting heroes”.

I don’t know about you, but I consider such activity traitorous at the least. And now this traitor is engaged in fundraising for Jerry Brown, the Democratic candidate for Governor in California.

If I were Brown, and I wanted to win the election I’d disassociate myself with this traitorous pink scum as quickly as possible and donate all the money she’s raised to a charity of Debbie Lee’s choosing.

re: #38 spikester

Is it really that hard to take the five seconds to use spellcheck before posting?

And do you really consider it 'bullying' for people to point out that you constantly misspell words?

Were the bullies at your school also part of the forensic society or something?

re: #43 Aceofwhat?

Don't get your thong stuck...he's just trying to play slowly enough for you to keep up.

If I go any slower I'll stall and rapidly dissent.

How can this "Restoring Honor" rally possibly go wrong when it gets such a significant celebrity endorsement?
/

re: #44 NJDhockeyfan

Do you have any reputable source saying that he's going to a fundraiser at her house?

What I"m seeing is that the story is sourced at Brietbart.

re: #47 Slumbering Behemoth

How can this "Restoring Honor" rally possibly go wrong when it gets such a significant celebrity endorsement?
/

I love how she says "hundreds of thousands of Americans" while the text just says "Thousands of Americans." Starting with the hazy numbers already, I see.

re: #48 Obdicut

Do you have any reputable source saying that he's going to a fundraiser at her house?

What I"m seeing is that the story is sourced at Brietbart.

Not my story. I found it at Blackfive through Memorandum. Why don't you ask them?

re: #42 garhighway

Nice column from Dick Cavett in today's NYT:

[Link: opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com...]

He's a classy, smart guy.

Good to see. I used to watch his show every night one summer when I had an overnight babysitting job. He got me through a tough summer.

re: #48 Obdicut

Do you have any reputable source saying that he's going to a fundraiser at her house?

What I"m seeing is that the story is sourced at Brietbart.

Old legal maxim:

"If the law is in your favor, argue the law. If the facts are in your favor, argue the facts. If neither the law nor the facts are in your favor, pound the table."

This is table pounding.

re: #49 JasonA

Oh, ye of little faith. Just you wait, there will be one million-thousand-and-elevnty True Patriots^TM there. You can count on it.
/

re: #50 NJDhockeyfan

Not my story. I found it at Blackfive through Memorandum. Why don't you ask them?

You found it in the gutter.

re: #45 Obdicut

Is it really that hard to take the five seconds to use spellcheck before posting?

And do you really consider it 'bullying' for people to point out that you constantly misspell words?

Were the bullies at your school also part of the forensic society or something?

It's so frequent that part of me wonders if the spelling isn't an attempt to troll...can any one really screw up that many simple words on accident, especially with the little red warning line warning them that the interwebs machine has no idea what word they recently attempted to type?

What about flags? Did he say anything about flags?

re: #53 Slumbering Behemoth

Oh, ye of little faith. Just you wait, there will be one million-thousand-and-elevnty True Patriots^TM there. You can count on it.
/

It's so hard to tell the true patriots from the wishy-washy ones without the signs.

re: #50 NJDhockeyfan

Not my story. I found it at Blackfive through Memorandum. Why don't you ask them?

That's weak, dude. You're the one posting it-- if you don't think it has any credibility, why post it? Why not factcheck it first?

I'll give his campaign a call, and see if they can confirm or deny it.

I looked around for what honor has been lost that needs to be restored. The event is to honor members of the military. I think it's insulting to imply they've lost their honor somehow.

re: #54 garhighway

You found it in the gutter.

What a classy statement. I bet you always say the same thing when someone posts links to HuffPo, DKos, or DU. I'm sure of it.

//

re: #58 Obdicut

That's weak, dude. You're the one posting it-- if you don't think it has any credibility, why post it? Why not factcheck it first?

I'll give his campaign a call, and see if they can confirm or deny it.

Please let us know what his office says. I'm curious.

re: #60 NJDhockeyfan

What a classy statement. I bet you always say the same thing when someone posts links to HuffPo, DKos, or DU. I'm sure of it.

//

You really haven't had enough of Breitbart? You really think he's a crediblele source?

re: #60 NJDhockeyfan

What a classy statement. I bet you always say the same thing when someone posts links to HuffPo, DKos, or DU. I'm sure of it.

//

For what it's worth, I usually will only link to one of those if there are links to an actual piece of journalism in the article or diary.

re: #44 NJDhockeyfan

"Your son deserved to die in Iraq if he was stupid enough to go over there.”

That low-life bitch.

re: #62 garhighway

You really haven't had enough of Breitbart? You really think he's a crediblele source?

Breitbart now owns Memorandum & Blackfive? That's news to me!

re: #1 abolitionist

No signs. Anyone with the First Amendment on a placard will be ...dis-invited.

Gotta love it, they all say they are trying to defend the constitution from the "evil socialists" then tell people they have no right to exercise their constitutional right to peacefully protest whatever the hell they choose to.

/Besides photo number 1 above always cracks me up, really? You can't even spell Ni**er correctly? I always want to ask "Are you new to the racist circles or just a really, really stupid racist?" :p

re: #57 JasonA

It's so hard to tell the true patriots from the wishy-washy ones without the signs.

Helps more than a little spotting the anarchists and assorted crazies, too.

re: #63 JasonA

For what it's worth, I usually will only link to one of those if there are links to an actual piece of journalism in the article or diary.

I rarely go to those sites. Whenever I do I feel sick from reading all the hateful posts. LGF is much better than any of those skanky blogs.

re: #65 NJDhockeyfan

Breitbart now owns Memorandum & Blackfive? That's news to me!

Did you notice that the money quote is a link? To Breitbart? He's your source.

re: #65 NJDhockeyfan

Breitbart now owns Memorandum & Blackfive? That's news to me!

Blackfive linked to Breitbart as the source of the story. Try to keep up at least with your own links.

It's Saturday, so they're not picking up.

I am seeing absolutely nothing about this fundraising event on CodePink's website, nor on Brown's.

I can find no source for the story other than Breitbart.

re: #71 Obdicut

Variety has it:

Others raising in the near future: Jerry Brown will be at the Venice home of Jodie Evans for a $500-per-person event on Saturday, with a host list that includes Frank Gehry, Sally Kellerman, Bill Press, Stanley Sheinbaum, Hope Warschaw and Gail Zappa.

Read more: [Link: www.wilshireandwashington.com...]

re: #69 garhighway

re: #70 wrenchwench

Someone on Blackfive posted Jerry Brown's email, address, and phone number if this story is really upsetting you.

re: #61 NJDhockeyfan

Please let us know what his office says. I'm curious.

They're off for the weekend, or at least, the operator is.

Given that this story just went out, that I can find nothing about it anywhere other than linking to Brietbart, it stinks to high heaven, to me.

The one quote that they supposedly have about it from Sterling Clifford, a spokesperson for Brown goes to a page without said quote.

re: #73 NJDhockeyfan

Do I seem upset?

re: #72 jaunte

Variety has it:

No way...Breitbart is somehow involved in making up that story! Conspiracy I say!

Have you phoned all the people associated with the story to make sure it's correct and Andrew Breitbart had nothing to do with it?

//

You know, you people ought to at least try to read the Constitution sometime.

This is about restoring Honor in a manner that is Constitutional. the Constitution says:

"Goeth thee who hath had honour offended and seek to bespoke at thine public squareth. Assembleth thee without signs so as to assemble thineselves peaceably. So commandeth we the founding fathers and bearers of the gold standard."

Right there in the Constitution. In the middle part. Right after "no sex with dogs" and above the numerology section that warns of a Kenyan born anti-Christ.

I searched for "Jerry Brown" at Code Pink.

Through my involvement in the McGovern campaign, I met Secretary of State Jerry Brown. At the time, Jerry was pushing to get money out of politics and fighting to end the death penalty—and I was naturally drawn to his work. I served in his administration when he was governor and later ran his presidential campaign in 1992--

re: #75 wrenchwench

Do I seem upset?

Tremendously. I see stories posted on here all the time I disagree with and don't lose it like you all did. Goodness, get a hold of yourself.

re: #77 That's Glenn Beck to you

You know, you people ought to at least try to read the Constitution sometime.

This is about restoring Honor in a manner that is Constitutional. the Constitution says:

"Goeth thee who hath had honour offended and seek to bespoke at thine public squareth. Assembleth thee without signs so as to assemble thineselves peaceably. So commandeth we the founding fathers and bearers of the gold standard."

Right there in the Constitution. In the middle part. Right after "no sex with dogs" and above the numerology section that warns of a Kenyan born anti-Christ.

Dang. You sprinkled too much PCP on your joint, dude.

re: #78 MandyManners

I searched for "Jerry Brown" at Code Pink.

Through my involvement in the McGovern campaign, I met Secretary of State Jerry Brown. At the time, Jerry was pushing to get money out of politics and fighting to end the death penalty—and I was naturally drawn to his work. I served in his administration when he was governor and later ran his presidential campaign in 1992--

Oh no, more Andrew Breitbart conspiracies planted at Code Pink!

re: #57 JasonA

It's so hard to tell the true patriots from the wishy-washy ones without the signs.

No worries, the "true patriots" will have on the tricorne hats...

re: #72 jaunte

Thanks. I'm still dubious, given that nobody else has reported on this other than Brietbart, but the Variety tag does make it seem likely.

However, that story in Variety doesn't say that Brown will be there, unlike some of the other ones. But, looking into Jodie Evans-- she used to be Brown's campaign manager, back in the day, and says they're personal friends.

That alone is pretty crappy, though of course she wasn't Code Pink back then.

re: #79 NJDhockeyfan

Tremendously. I see stories posted on here all the time I disagree with and don't lose it like you all did. Goodness, get a hold of yourself.

All I suggested was that you could strive to be aware of who the link you posted links to. I did not address the content. I guess you're feeling piled upon? I didn't mean to pile, but if you're putting links out there, you're gonna get comments.

No signs allowed?! Well this just proves that Beck is a secret Muslim socialist infiltrator who wants to crush our first amendment rights.

re: #71 Obdicut

It's Saturday, so they're not picking up.

I am seeing absolutely nothing about this fundraising event on CodePink's website, nor on Brown's.

I can find no source for the story other than Breitbart.

+1 for actually calling, though. awesome.

re: #80 MandyManners

Dang. You sprinkled too much PCP on your joint, dude.

Who knew Glenn likes to get wet?

/Training Day

Not sure if this thought has been posted, but what do ya think the people's signs who will be protesting will say?

re: #78 MandyManners

Moonbeam has zero chance of becoming governor of CA again.

re: #68 NJDhockeyfan

I rarely go to those sites. Whenever I do I feel sick from reading all the hateful posts.

Gotcha. Well, I guess Blackfive is much more peaceful, then...

re: #86 Aceofwhat?

+1 for actually calling, though. awesome.

Well, I hadn't know that she used to be his campaign manager back in the day-- that gives the story a lot more credibility.

I really want Brown for governor-- he's extremely solid on science, and he actually knows how the state works-- but if this is true he's being an ass and a half.

re: #90 JasonA

Gotcha. Well, I guess Blackfive is much more peaceful, then...

It's a military blog. You have something against military blogs of something?

re: #91 Obdicut

It's rare for a politician to turn down campaign cash, no matter where it comes from.

re: #89 Racer X

Moonbeam has zero chance of becoming governor of CA again.

A) He got nicknamed "Moonbeam" by Ryoko, who later said he wished he'd never said it. He got nicknamed that because he wanted to get a satellite for emergency communications-- something that eventually happened and has been a good thing.

B) Are you nuts? He's got an excellent chance of winning the governorship. Certainly not zero.

[Link: www.rasmussenreports.com...]

re: #94 Obdicut

Satellites?

A liberal plot! :D

I can't find anything about it at Brown's site.

It was my understanding that Beck was going to be speaking from the Lincoln Memorial. I don't see how he expects to enforce his own rules on people in an open-air public space. This ought to be interesting.

re: #94 Obdicut

A) He got nicknamed "Moonbeam" by Ryoko, who later said he wished he'd never said it. He got nicknamed that because he wanted to get a satellite for emergency communications-- something that eventually happened and has been a good thing.

B) Are you nuts? He's got an excellent chance of winning the governorship. Certainly not zero.

[Link: www.rasmussenreports.com...]

Apparently being down by 1% means you can't win. Who knew?

re: #98 Fozzie Bear

Apparently being down by 1% means you can't win. Who knew?

hahahahahaha

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE

re: #97 elbruce

It was my understanding that Beck was going to be speaking from the Lincoln Memorial. I don't see how he expects to enforce his own rules on people in an open-air public space. This ought to be interesting.

He has rented X amount of space. Put up barriers.

Found this at the SFGate Blg site.

Not one, but TWO conservative protests of Jerry Brown

"A bigger throwdown may happen Saturday in L.A. where Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans is throwing a fundraiser for Jerry at her home. Evans ran Jerry's 1992 presidential campaign, and we know how that turned out."

They cite Melanie Morgan as their source.

I searched for Jodie Evans at CP's site.

Share your voice during the week of August 25 to 31 — the week that most of the US troops will return from Iraq.

Read the article on Alternet: [Link: www.alternet.org...]

I don't know if I should.

re: #91 Obdicut

Obdicut
Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:06:20am

What a travesty that man is. From lying about whether US Presidents have ever met with dictators (they have, numerous times) in order to smear Obama, to pandering to the religious right, to hypocritically going after Clinton while himself having an affair, he is like a portrait of what's wrong with politics today. No integrity, no real ideas, nothing but the desire for power.

the bold statement sounds like something the anti-Glen Beck would say
Turds on the rug
could you or your poesy back that up?
my search engs come up with nothing

Stargazer Jack Horkheimer has died. RIP.

re: #101 Bubblehead II

IIRC, Morgan either writes for WND or has a link there.

re: #92 NJDhockeyfan

It's a military blog. You have something against military blogs of something?

Not necessarily. I might not like some of the things they say, though.

I'm heading to NYC tomorrow to be there for the rally at Ground Zero against the mosque-asaurus on Sunday at noon.

That's a new one.

re: #92 NJDhockeyfan

It's a military blog. You have something against military blogs of something?

When a dude associates with Breitbart, they deserve some measure of suspicion

his name's right there in the heading next to BB, dude

but you just keep on keeping on with your false equivalency, with your tu quoque, with your trying to call Kos a hate site because you don't actually understand how diaries on Kos work

re: #101 Bubblehead II

Found this at the SFGate Blg site.

Not one, but TWO conservative protests of Jerry Brown

"A bigger throwdown may happen Saturday in L.A. where Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans is throwing a fundraiser for Jerry at her home. Evans ran Jerry's 1992 presidential campaign, and we know how that turned out."

They cite Melanie Morgan as their source.

I read at CFP that one protest will be outside her house.

re: #103 spikester

what's a poesy?

re: #94 Obdicut

You're right. Probably not zero.

'Governor Whitman' has a nice ring to it.

re: #103 spikester

Obdicut
Sat, Aug 21, 2010 11:06:20am

What a travesty that man is. From lying about whether US Presidents have ever met with dictators (they have, numerous times) in order to smear Obama, to pandering to the religious right, to hypocritically going after Clinton while himself having an affair, he is like a portrait of what's wrong with politics today. No integrity, no real ideas, nothing but the desire for power.

the bold statement sounds like something the anti-Glen Beck would say
Turds on the rug
could you or your poesy back that up?
my search engs come up with nothing

A search engine can't teach you decades of political history.

Does Brown know about CP's support of the flotilla?

re: #109 WindUpBird

what's a poesy?

All I know is I went ring around the rosey and ended up with a pocket full of them.
/

re: #103 spikester

What on earth are you talking about, dude? Do you think Reagan never met with Gorbachev? That Bush didn't meet with Putin?

Gingrich's statement:

GINGRICH: But we didn’t rush over, smile, and greet Russian dictators. We understood who they were.

Reality:

Image: russian3.jpg

re: #111 Fozzie Bear

A search engine can't teach you decades of political history.

To lose one's mind it's uh...well it totally sucks

re: #109 WindUpBird

dont know
was just looking for something spell check would let thru

re: #110 Racer X

You're right. Probably not zero.

'Governor Whitman' has a nice ring to it.

Name one policy of hers that you like.

re: #116 spikester

dont know
was just looking for something spell check would let thru

I went to school!

I actually know how to spell!

re: #103 spikester

[Link: thinkprogress.org...]

[Link: www.politico.com...]

[Link: crooksandliars.com...]

re: #47 Slumbering Behemoth

How can this "Restoring Honor" rally possibly go wrong when it gets such a significant celebrity endorsement?
/

This one's a doozie, too:

Nineteen seconds of teh crazee. Who knew T. Paine was a Cassandra?

Heh.

She looks thirsty..

Image: 1307_popsign.jpg

re: #118 WindUpBird

public school?

Now, are we certain that spikester isn't YL92? :D seems sorta dumb in a suspiciously interesting way, if you get what I mean

re: #121 cliffster

Oh, my stars.

re: #121 cliffster

Heh.

re: #105 Cannadian Club Akbar

She does.

re: #121 cliffster

There's something for the Coke graphic artists little list of 'don'ts'.

re: #122 spikester

public school?

yeah, I also learned to program C++ in public school, learned how to network PCs in public school, learned how to use process cameras and QuarkXPress (this was the early 1990s) and paste up print ready mechanicals for newspapers and magazine covers in public achool

Any other questions, mister 92?

re: #107 WindUpBird

When a dude associates with Breitbart, they deserve some measure of suspicion

his name's right there in the heading next to BB, dude

The post at Breitbart's website was written by Gold Star Mom Debbie Lee herself. Does that make her a liar now?

but you just keep on keeping on with your false equivalency, with your tu quoque, with your trying to call Kos a hate site because you don't actually understand how diaries on Kos work

I've read enough shit on DKos to know what I'm talking about. In fact Charles has a load of posts right here at LGF showing the hate right there.

re: #129 NJDhockeyfan

The post at Breitbart's website was written by Gold Star Mom Debbie Lee herself. Does that make her a liar now?

I've read enough shit on DKos to know what I'm talking about. In fact Charles has a load of posts right here at LGF showing the hate right there.

You're sorta like Spare is about Islam, but you're about Kos

I'll leave you to your internet blogfeud hrrgl burrgls :)

re: #108 MandyManners

Yep, but it sounds like it will be a waste of time.

Anyways, the mere mention of the antiwar activists at Code Pink has Melanie Morgan -- former KSFO talk show host, Tea Party organizer and Chuck DeVore for Senate organizer -- hopping mad. Nay, "spitting mad." She is calling all conservative comers for a protest of the fundraiser.

Yes, you read that right: There will be a protest of a Code Pink organizer's event in LA by a Marin County conservative...oh, God, the room is spinning. Minimun contribution to get in: $250. Max: $25,900. Sounds more like a Code Green event.

re: #129 NJDhockeyfan

The post at Breitbart's website was written by Gold Star Mom Debbie Lee herself. Does that make her a liar now?

I've read enough shit on DKos to know what I'm talking about. In fact Charles has a load of posts right here at LGF showing the hate right there.

Markos "Screw 'em" Moulitsas?

re: #117 Obdicut

Name one policy of hers that you like.

Oh shit.

Though Whitman has contributed to a few Democrats, including Senator Barbara Boxer; donating $4,000 to her campaign and serving on the "Friends of Boxer" committee in 2004, she donated more than $225,000.00 during the same period to Republicans,

Forget it. She is dead to me.

re: #128 WindUpBird

yeah, I also learned to program C++ in public school, learned how to network PCs in public school, learned how to use process cameras and QuarkXPress (this was the early 1990s) and paste up print ready mechanicals for newspapers and magazine covers in public achool

Any other questions, mister 92?

I took every cooking class in skool. Always first period. On the days we actually cooked, 2 doobies beforehand. :)

re: #129 NJDhockeyfan

I'm more inclined to believe Debbie Lee than the Code Pink people, definitely. But posting at Brietbart shows a severe lack of judgement on her part. Or just total naiveté.

re: #131 Bubblehead II

Yep, but it sounds like it will be a waste of time.

Anyways, the mere mention of the antiwar activists at Code Pink has Melanie Morgan -- former KSFO talk show host, Tea Party organizer and Chuck DeVore for Senate organizer -- hopping mad. Nay, "spitting mad." She is calling all conservative comers for a protest of the fundraiser.

Yes, you read that right: There will be a protest of a Code Pink organizer's event in LA by a Marin County conservative...oh, God, the room is spinning. Minimun contribution to get in: $250. Max: $25,900. Sounds more like a Code Green event.

No protest is a waste of time.

re: #91 Obdicut

I really want Brown for governor-- he's extremely solid on science, and he actually knows how the state works-- but if this is true he's being an ass and a half.

eh. he's..."not opposed" to nuclear power. anyone who greatly desires to improve the environment and doesn't have some form of nuclear power front-and-center in their plan isn't "solid on science".

just sayin'.

re: #128 WindUpBird

"mister 92?"
don't get it...
I could tell from your really huge karma you were a...whats the word I'm looking for?
really smart guy...thats it

re: #129 NJDhockeyfan

The post at Breitbart's website was written by Gold Star Mom Debbie Lee herself. Does that make her a liar now?

It makes her someone who publishes at a site that has been totally discredited.

I wonder how many coordinated racist smears that get national media attention and reach millions of people via cable news, that one weirdo Code Pink woman is worth?

I'm guessing according to NJD, like a million

somewhere a weirdo code pink lady was a dick, it's totally worth associating with breitbart. ELL OH ELL

re: #132 MandyManners

Markos "Screw 'em" Moulitsas?

lolololol

Never stop Mandy

we love you so much

re: #129 NJDhockeyfan

The post at Breitbart's website was written by Gold Star Mom Debbie Lee herself. Does that make her a liar now?

I've read enough shit on DKos to know what I'm talking about. In fact Charles has a load of posts right here at LGF showing the hate right there.

If what she has to say has any validity at all, she can find somewhere besides Breitbart's site to post it.

Meg Whitman

I'm voting for Meg.

Pfffttthh!

re: #138 spikester

"mister 92?"
don't get it...
I could tell from your really huge karma you were a...whats the word I'm looking for?
really smart guy...thats it

Wow, he DOES have huge Karma...

re: #143 Racer X

Whitman has received numerous awards and accolades. On more than one occasion, named among the Top Five most powerful women by Fortune Magazine .[61] Harvard Business Review has named her the eighth-best-performing CEO of the past decade[62] as well as having the Financial Times name her as one the 50 faces that shaped the decade.[63]

Any Californians here paying an AT&T phone bill?

On June 1, the day the AT&T PAC gave Whitman $25,900, the PAC gave the same amount to Brown. Poizner didn’t receive a contribution.[Link: californiawatch.org...]

re: #144 wrenchwench

Wow, he DOES have huge Karma...

I'm always dinging WUB and I'm a conservative. OH NOES!!

Beer run. bbiab

0re: #132 MandyManners

Markos "Screw 'em" Moulitsas?

Yes, that the asshole. Some here are very fond of him though.

re: #148 Bubblehead II

Beer run. bbiab

Grab me a 1.75, please.:)

re: #141 WindUpBird

lolololol

Never stop Mandy

we love you so much

You think a bunch of dead men are funny?

re: #145 Racer X

Whitman has received numerous awards and accolades. On more than one occasion, named among the Top Five most powerful women by Fortune Magazine .[61] Harvard Business Review has named her the eighth-best-performing CEO of the past decade[62] as well as having the Financial Times name her as one the 50 faces that shaped the decade.[63]

This matters more than her business acumen:

Education

In an interview with John and Ken, talk show hosts in the LA area, Whitman said she wanted the Latino children (illegals included) to get a "good K-12 education." However, "As governor, Meg will support policies that will not allow undocumented immigrants admission to state-funded institutions of higher education, such as UC, CSU and community colleges."[36]

The former statement created controversy when Whitman launched a Spanish-language television ad campaign in June 2010 during the World Cup Soccer Games. One advertisement is quoted by the LA times that "The Latino kids attending public schools in California today will be tomorrow's doctors, engineers, businessmen and teachers."[37]
[edit] Environment

She has said that if elected, on her first day[38] she would suspend AB 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, to study its potential economic implications.[39] At the state GOP Convention in March 2010, Whitman described California Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's climate change bill as a "job-killer."[40] On water issues, Whitman opposes water conservation measures in the Central Valley and has suggested President Obama should overturn a federal judge's ruling under provisions in the Endangered Species Act.[41]
[edit] Marriage

Whitman supported California's Proposition 8 in 2008, which reversed In re Marriage Cases and defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman in the state. Whitman believes that the same-sex marriages that took place before the ban should be recognized, and that gay and lesbian couples should be permitted to adopt children.[42] Whitman has criticized Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown for not defending Proposition 8 in the federal judicial system.[43] Whitman is a supporter of civil unions.[42]
[edit] Abortion

She voted in favor of California Proposition 4, an initiative that requires minors to notify a parent prior to requesting an abortion, except in certain cases. Whitman supports abortion rights, but not late-term abortion.[44]

Yeah, that's the kind of policy we clearly need. /

re: #129 NJDhockeyfan

I've read enough shit on DKos to know what I'm talking about.

This made me actually laugh. That should be a bumper sticker, right here.

re: #148 Bubblehead II

Beer run. bbiab

I'll try the Mothership Wit on WUB's recommendation. It sounds tasty.

re: #144 wrenchwench
More than you in less than a year

re: #109 WindUpBird

what's a poesy?

A flower?

re: #148 Bubblehead II

Beer run. bbiab

re: #151 MandyManners

You think a bunch of dead men are funny?

Frankly, Mandy, you have said more offensive things than that.

re: #156 prairiefire

A flower?

[Link: www.proflowers.com...]

re: #152 Fozzie Bear

She has my vote.

re: #153 elbruce

This made me actually laugh. That should be a bumper sticker, right here.

Oh, I see the shithead from HuffPo has arrived. You have some nerve posting bullshit about Charles. Who the fuck do you think you are asshole?

The will all gather without signs to hear Glenn Beck's "Been to the Mountain Top Speech for White People" speech.

re: #162 Gus 802

They will all gather without signs to hear Glenn Beck's "Been to the Mountain Top Speech for White People" speech.

They.

re: #160 Racer X

She has my vote.

We don't really have the luxury of humoring the delusions of AGW deniers, and knee jerk anti-environmental types. But hey, whatever, it's just science!

re: #158 Fozzie Bear

Frankly, Mandy, you have said more offensive things than that.

Really? Lets see the proof then.

That's a very shitty comment.

re: #163 Gus 802

had to ding yo on the typo then had to give it back

re: #163 Gus 802

You also said "speech" twice.
/

re: #166 spikester

had to ding yo on the typo then had to give it back

Heh.

re: #165 NJDhockeyfan

Really? Lets see the proof then.

That's a very shitty comment.

I would, but they have all been deleted.

There is no such thing as a perfect politician. I will disagree on some issues, and agree with others. Heck, I even agree with Obama occasionally.

re: #167 Cannadian Club Akbar

You also said "speech" twice.
/

Yeah. Fuck it. Just got up from a nap.

re: #170 Racer X

There is no such thing as a perfect politician. I will disagree on some issues, and agree with others. Heck, I even agree with Obama occasionally.

I think we all give props to Obama when he does the right thing.

Feisty thread for a Saturday afternoon.

re: #169 Fozzie Bear

I would, but they have all been deleted.

Mandy, have you been a bad girl the last 4 months since this bear became a lizard? What American victims of murder have you been making fun of?

re: #173 prairiefire

Feisty thread for a Saturday afternoon.

LGF is full of descent.

re: #173 prairiefire

Feisty thread for a Saturday afternoon.

We've been drinking.
/

re: #155 spikester

More than you in less than a year

Hell, it took me five and a half years to hit 10,000 comments, and he's past that. He must type a lot faster than I do.

re: #172 Cannadian Club Akbar

I think we all give props to Obama when he does the right thing.

Absolutely! He is the president.

re: #175 JasonA

LGF is full of descent.

how many times you gonna use that dissent descent joke?? ;)

re: #177 wrenchwench

Hell, it took me five and a half years to hit 10,000 comments, and he's past that. He must type a lot faster than I do.

He has no job. Shhh...
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Perseid Storm

Image: PerseidStorm_arn.jpg

Nice!

re: #129 NJDhockeyfan

The post at Breitbart's website was written by Gold Star Mom Debbie Lee herself. Does that make her a liar now?

No, it shows extremely poor judgment on her part by associating and writing this for Breitbart, a man who has a track record of being a hyperpartisan hack who wouldn't know journalistic integrity or honesty if it bit him on the ass.

I've read enough shit on DKos to know what I'm talking about. In fact Charles has a load of posts right here at LGF showing the hate right there.

He's also given DKos credit when credit is due, when they're something based on solid, incontrovertible facts...you do realize that DKos diaries, as repulsive as some have been, are like LGF Pages in that they don't necessarily represent the opinions of the management.

re: #179 cliffster

how many times you gonna use that dissent descent joke?? ;)

You're right. It totally deters from the discourse here.

re: #137 Aceofwhat?

I'm sorry, Ace, but that's not accurate. You're now engaging in a nuclear power litmus test for 'science', which isn't a very good one. Nuclear power is one arrow in the quiver; it's not the only thing that's going to solve the problem. Furthermore, it's not something that's within the purview of a Governor to really drive forwards.

There are a host of issues with attempting to build nuclear power plants-- the Thorium ones you've talked about definitely seem promising, but building traditional nuclear power plants (though 'traditional' is a bit of a lie, since they're essentially all prototypes) is probably not feasible. No construction of a nuclear power plant has ever come close to being on time or on budget-- only France has gotten anywhere close, with their highly-standardized design.

Have I already recommended this book to you?

Ten Technologies To Fix Energy and Climate

re: #184 Obdicut

How the hell did an AGW debate break out in this thread?

re: #143 Racer X

Can you name a policy of hers that you like?

How do you feel about her support of Prop 8?

re: #164 Fozzie Bear

We don't really have the luxury of humoring the delusions of AGW deniers, and knee jerk anti-environmental types. But hey, whatever, it's just science!

Que? Asking about the economic impacts of a climate change bill is "anti-environmental"? Or is there more to her policy than you posted?

Oh my goodness... if Beck doesn't allow signs, then what in the world are we going to have to talk about? Let me look at my list. Hmmm... there's this thing about unemployment and the economy... nope... not really important... I'm stumped.

re: #182 talon_262

No, it shows extremely poor judgment on her part by associating and writing this for Breitbart, a man who has a track record of being a hyperpartisan hack who wouldn't know journalistic integrity or honesty if it bit him on the ass.

He's also given DKos credit when credit is due, when they're something based on solid, incontrovertible facts...you do realize that DKos diaries, as repulsive as some have been, are like LGF Pages in that they don't necessarily represent the opinions of the management.

Charles gets rid of the assholes, anti-Semites, and racists. HuffPo & DKos let them stay. Big difference.

re: #185 JasonA

How the hell did an AGW debate break out in this thread?

Because somebody implied that a candidate that is "not opposed to nuclear power" is somehow anti-science compared to a flat-out AGW denier.

re: #185 JasonA

How the hell did an AGW debate break out in this thread?

It's hot outside.

re: #185 JasonA

How the hell did an AGW debate break out in this thread?

I said that Brown is good on science, which he is. However, since he's only 'not opposed' to nuclear power, and Ace is of the opinion that nuclear power is the magic bullet solution to AGW, he considers him not solid on science.

Brown came up by means of the link to the maybe-maybenot Code Pink fundraiser for him.

re: #185 JasonA

How the hell did an AGW debate break out in this thread?

Yeah, and Ludwig isn't even here...

I think it has something to do with Whitman, who is trying her best to appeal to as many little pockets of the GOP "base" as she can here in California.

re: #186 Obdicut

I like Meg a lot more than I like Brown. I do not agree with her on every issue.

re: #189 NJDhockeyfan

Charles gets rid of the assholes, anti-Semites, and racists. HuffPo & DKos let them stay. Big difference.

Racists and anti-Semites, yes. Assholes have been known to have very long runs here.

re: #193 freetoken

Yeah, and Ludwig isn't even here...

I think it has something to do with Whitman, who is trying her best to appeal to as many little pockets of the GOP "base" as she can here in California.

That is funny!!

re: #161 NJDhockeyfan

Oh, I see the shithead from HuffPo has arrived. You have some nerve posting bullshit about Charles. Who the fuck do you think you are asshole?

Hey elbruce...well, we're waiting!

re: #194 Racer X

I like Meg a lot more than I like Brown. I do not agree with her on every issue.

I assumed you don't. That's why I asked you to name one policy of hers you do like. You haven't done that yet.

I can assume, then, that you don't like her support for Prop 8?

re: #187 Aceofwhat?

Que? Asking about the economic impacts of a climate change bill is "anti-environmental"? Or is there more to her policy than you posted?

[Link: www.governing.com...]

Whitman responded, "I do think the scientists say that the earth is getting warmer. Whether it is manmade or not, I don't know. I'm not a scientist."

re: #198 Obdicut

I assumed you don't. That's why I asked you to name one policy of hers you do like. You haven't done that yet.

I can assume, then, that you don't like her support for Prop 8?

Correct.

re: #189 NJDhockeyfan

Charles gets rid of the assholes, anti-Semites, and racists. HuffPo & DKos let them stay. Big difference.

That's because this is Charles' blog. Kos and HuffPo have different community standards. One can get banned from those places, but it takes a lot more work. That's because every Tom, Dick and Harry plays a role in someone getting banned.

re: #177 wrenchwench

Hell, it took me five and a half years to hit 10,000 comments, and he's past that. He must type a lot faster than I do.

"The older I grow the more I listen to people who don't talk much."

-- Germain G. Glien

re: #195 wrenchwench

Racists and anti-Semites, yes. Assholes have been known to have very long runs here.

OK, I stand corrected. Some assholes have stayed a while. The others get busted as trolls and deleted after we have our fun grilling them. :)

re: #200 Racer X

Correct.

Now, can you name a policy or position of hers that you do like?

re: #184 Obdicut

I'm sorry, Ace, but that's not accurate. You're now engaging in a nuclear power litmus test for 'science', which isn't a very good one. Nuclear power is one arrow in the quiver; it's not the only thing that's going to solve the problem. Furthermore, it's not something that's within the purview of a Governor to really drive forwards.

Have I already recommended this book to you?

Ten Technologies To Fix Energy and Climate

Woah, hang on a second. It's within the purview of a governor to push for wind or solar energy but not for nuclear energy? I need help with that one.

and no, i haven't seen that link yet. i'll click and preview while you respond, because either dude has an energy plan that includes nuclear power or dude doesn't.

ps - sure, we may need to make a little progress with a next-generation reactor design before we can just pop them out like mobile homes...but silly me, i thought that "investing in clean tech" was part of the stump speech? how is investing in awesome, safer nuke designs not "investing in clean tech"?

unproven wind tech = cool, whereas proven but unwieldy nuclear tech = uncool? help me out here. even LVQ and i agree fully on this point...

re: #189 NJDhockeyfan

Charles gets rid of the assholes, anti-Semites, and racists. HuffPo & DKos let them stay. Big difference.

Not to make excuses for HuffPoo and DKos, but they also don't have Charles' kickass toolkit to keep the creeps away.

re: #201 JasonA

That's because this is Charles' blog. Kos and HuffPo have different community standards. One can get banned from those places, but it takes a lot more work. That's because every Tom, Dick and Harry plays a role in someone getting banned.

Charles keeps his blog cleaned up all by himself. Those others have many more than one person there to clean up the nasty shit. Why can't they do it? Maybe it's because they don't care.

re: #206 talon_262

Not to make excuses for HuffPoo and DKos, but they also don't have Charles' kickass toolkit to keep the creeps away.

And, they have waaay more readers. LGF is kept small, on purpose. It's not possible to police comments as well on DKos and HuffPo.

re: #192 Obdicut

I said that Brown is good on science, which he is. However, since he's only 'not opposed' to nuclear power, and Ace is of the opinion that nuclear power is the magic bullet solution to AGW, he considers him not solid on science.

Brown came up by means of the link to the maybe-maybenot Code Pink fundraiser for him.

nuclear power is the short-term magic bullet to emissions-free electricity. period. fin. das ist alles. thank you and goodnight.

try the lamb...and tip your webhost/

re: #206 talon_262

Not to make excuses for HuffPoo and DKos, but they also don't have Charles' kickass toolkit to keep the creeps away.

I've visited a couple other bogs and I can say they suck ass compared to this place.

re: #207 NJDhockeyfan

Charles keeps his blog cleaned up all by himself. Those others have many more than one person there to clean up the nasty shit. Why can't they do it? Maybe it's because they don't care.

Because they have thousands of times more commenters, for starters.

re: #199 Fozzie Bear

[Link: www.governing.com...]

ok. thanks. it just wasn't in your original post.

re: #210 Cannadian Club Akbar

bogs=blogs, pimf. Think I just made my own point.:)

Bogs suck in general. Too much mud.

re: #208 Fozzie Bear

And, they have waaay more readers. LGF is kept small, on purpose. It's not possible to police comments as well on DKos and HuffPo.

Oh, please...that's a pathetic excuse for a blog to allow racist & anti-Semite posts. If they wanted their blogs to be cleaned up, they would clean them up.

re: #211 Fozzie Bear

Because they have thousands of times more commenters, for starters.

Because they allow anyone to say anything.

re: #205 Aceofwhat?

Woah, hang on a second. It's within the purview of a governor to push for wind or solar energy but not for nuclear energy? I need help with that one.

It'll take a federal-level mandate to get nuclear power going, especially with California's restrictions on public power. Sure, he can do some about lowering cost through lowering regulation, but then you're lowering regulation on nuclear plants, something which a lot of people are understandably leery of.

and no, i haven't seen that link yet. i'll click and preview while you respond, because either dude has an energy plan that includes nuclear power or dude doesn't.

As I said: Litmus test is a bad idea. No, nuclear power is not one of the ten technologies in the book-- and he explains why, in the epilogue. Perhaps you'd like to read that, instead of dismissing people a priori.

ps - sure, we may need to make a little progress with a next-generation reactor design before we can just pop them out like mobile homes...but silly me, i thought that "investing in clean tech" was part of the stump speech? how is investing in awesome, safer nuke designs not "investing in clean tech"?

It is. That's why I said the Thorium reactors are pretty cool. If we standardize that, they would be a great thing to move forwards on.

unproven wind tech = cool, whereas proven but unwieldy nuclear tech = uncool? help me out here. even LVQ and i agree fully on this point...

I would let Ludwig speak for himself. Wind tech is really not unproven, given how much it's already been deployed in Europe. I also haven't mentioned wind once, so I'm not sure why you've suddenly latched onto it. Can you explain?

re: #182 talon_262

No, it shows extremely poor judgment on her part by associating and writing this for Breitbart, a man who has a track record of being a hyperpartisan hack who wouldn't know journalistic integrity or honesty if it bit him on the ass.

He's also given DKos credit when credit is due, when they're something based on solid, incontrovertible facts...you do realize that DKos diaries, as repulsive as some have been, are like LGF Pages in that they don't necessarily represent the opinions of the management.

Show me where the raging anti-semite pages are at LGF.

re: #214 prairiefire

Bogs suck in general. Too much mud.

Oh, poo.
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Seriously, does anybody really think that LGF's comments would be anything but a cesspool of hate if registration was perpetually open, and the readership was hundreds of times larger?

I wonder if Glenn Beck is trying to mitigate this kind of trouble...

I will certainly be toting my camera with me as well as my phone so I can videotape and hopefully post in real time some of the, what I am sure will be, brilliant rhetoric espoused by Duh Furor Mr. Beck and entourage.

I am hoping for some new signs though. The Obama as The Joker signs and the Hitler mustache are so 2009. I am expecting numerous signs with the word Muslim at the very least. I am giddy at the thought of the opportunity to rub elbows with some of our nation's thought leaders. It's too bad their thoughts range from "Damn Mexicans are stealin' my jerb!" to "Libruls want to blow up the Pentagon!".

So who wants to join me for a day of gawking? Better yet, does anyone have any advice as to what I should do while I am there. I am not going to cause trouble. I want to observe the Teabaggers in the wild, much like Jane Goodall did with the chimps. But I do want to maximize my experience.

Update: Not that anyone is still around this discussion anymore, but I deleted some info I shouldn't have published.

Beck is no dummy. (This is from KOS, I don't know if there is a preference on KOS linking. You can find it if you want).

Jerry Brown's website has a clean energy plan but doesn't mention nuclear power within the plan:
[Link: www.jerrybrown.org...]

re: #211 Fozzie Bear

Because they have thousands of times more commenters, for starters.

Also doesn't Huffington post run like a hundred... or at least several dozen threads a day as opposed to the half a dozen here?

re: #197 NJDhockeyfan

Hey elbruce...well, we're waiting!

How do you know it's from Huffpo?

re: #220 Fozzie Bear

Seriously, does anybody really think that LGF's comments would be anything but a cesspool of hate if registration was perpetually open, and the readership was hundreds of times larger?

Please don't give excuses as to how LGF is similar to those others. That's baloney and you know it.

re: #206 talon_262

Not to make excuses for HuffPoo and DKos, but they also don't have Charles' kickass toolkit to keep the creeps away.

All it takes is a DELETE button.

re: #223 jamesfirecat

Also doesn't Huffington post run like a hundred... or at least several dozen threads a day as opposed to the half a dozen here?

And we ALWAYS stick to the subject.
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re: #223 jamesfirecat

Also doesn't Huffington post run like a hundred... or at least several dozen threads a day as opposed to the half a dozen here?

Yeah, it's kind of loony to try to compare LGF to sites like that. It's like comparing my living room with a small city, and concluding that the people who run the city must be assholes because nobody got mugged ever in my living room.

re: #188 Walter L. Newton

Oh my goodness... if Beck doesn't allow signs, then what in the world are we going to have to talk about? Let me look at my list. Hmmm... there's this thing about unemployment and the economy... nope... not really important... I'm stumped.

Plenty.

A) August 28th is the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech.

B) That speech was given at the Lincoln Memorial.

C) Glenn Beck has compared himself to Martin Luther King in the past.

D) Glenn Beck is a race baiter.

re: #209 Aceofwhat?

nuclear power is the short-term magic bullet to emissions-free electricity. period. fin. das ist alles. thank you and goodnight.

try the lamb...and tip your webhost/

Why do you think that you understand the issue well enough to make a proclomation like that? I've been studying this for a long, long, long time, and the huge numbers of factors involved means that I think saying something like that is deeply foolish.

How many nuclear power plants could actually be built per year, given the expertise needed to do so? I don't know the answer to that question. Do you?

re: #225 NJDhockeyfan

Please don't give excuses as to how LGF is similar to those others. That's baloney and you know it.

Actually, if you read my comment, you would know that I was saying that they aren't comparable.

re: #208 Fozzie Bear

And, they have waaay more readers. LGF is kept small, on purpose. It's not possible to police comments as well on DKos and HuffPo.

Kept small on purpose. Unless I'm missing something, LGF registration has been OPEN for months, 24 hours a day, and I have never heard of Charles denying a person access just for signing up, except when he notices their IP matches pervious trolls and stalkers.

So, what/who is keeping LGF small.

re: #232 Walter L. Newton

Kept small on purpose. Unless I'm missing something, LGF registration has been OPEN for months, 24 hours a day, and I have never heard of Charles denying a person access just for signing up, except when he notices their IP matches pervious trolls and stalkers.

So, what/who is keeping LGF small.

The outflow of "members" by which I mean trolls.

re: #220 Fozzie Bear

Seriously, does anybody really think that LGF's comments would be anything but a cesspool of hate if registration was perpetually open, and the readership was hundreds of times larger?

Unless I'm missing something, registration has been perpetually open for a long while now.

re: #207 NJDhockeyfan

Charles keeps his blog cleaned up all by himself. Those others have many more than one person there to clean up the nasty shit. Why can't they do it? Maybe it's because they don't care.

Because they give the readers the power to ban, by downrating a user enough times. They've decided to give the power to the people, so to speak. The downside is that there is a really high bar for that to happen.

Oh, and for every horrible comment you see at Kos there are five or six that you don't see because those have been hidden due to getting enough "downdings," so to speak.

re: #224 MandyManners

How do you know it's from Huffpo?

I found it's page on HuffPo yesterday.

re: #233 jamesfirecat

The outflow of "members" by which I mean trolls.

James... read... Fozzie said "if registration was perpetually open" and guess what... it has been for a while now... people leaving is not the point.

re: #232 Walter L. Newton

Kept small on purpose. Unless I'm missing something, LGF registration has been OPEN for months, 24 hours a day, and I have never heard of Charles denying a person access just for signing up, except when he notices their IP matches pervious trolls and stalkers.

So, what/who is keeping LGF small.

A strict moderation process, a limited scope of subject material, a lack of search engine tie-ins and offsite promotions, a different format, and the fact that every single article is written by one person.

re: #232 Walter L. Newton

So, what/who is keeping LGF small.

Generally the relatively small volume of key posts compared to news sites (HuffPo). If Charles posted hundreds of entries covering every conceivable subject then no doubt there would be many more comments.

As for DKos - I chalk that up to elections and the role DKos played in grassroots Democratic party movements.

re: #234 Walter L. Newton

Unless I'm missing something, registration has been perpetually open for a long while now.

And unless you missed the second half of the sentence you quoted, LGF's readership remains much, much larger than DKos and HuffPo. That's not a judgement, btw, I prefer it here.

re: #239 freetoken

Generally the relatively small volume of key posts compared to news sites (HuffPo). If Charles posted hundreds of entries covering every conceivable subject then no doubt there would be many more comments.

As for DKos - I chalk that up to elections and the role DKos played in grassroots Democratic party movements.

But it's not registration, that's my point. Certain comments above are indicating that registration is not open, it is and has been for 24 hours a day for a good while now.

That was my only point.

re: #238 Fozzie Bear

It should be noted that LGF is very well placed in Google searches. If you put up a Pages entry on a topic, and then go search Google for that topic, you'll likely find your entry on the first page of the Google searches.

re: #241 Walter L. Newton

I hadn't realized that, as it was mostly closed for months prior to me joining. It took me 6 months of reading to finally stumble upon a day where registration was open.

Regardless, LGF has a much smaller audience. That's the bulk of my point.

re: #242 freetoken

It should be noted that LGF is very well placed in Google searches. If you put up a Pages entry on a topic, and then go search Google for that topic, you'll likely find your entry on the first page of the Google searches.

I was going to make that point too.

For example, if you search on "Daghestani", Mandy's page shows up on the first page of Google searches!

re: #243 Fozzie Bear

It took me a year to join.

re: #222 jaunte

Jerry Brown's website has a clean energy plan but doesn't mention nuclear power within the plan:
[Link: www.jerrybrown.org...]

Seismically, Cali is a problematical state for nukes. But it is Killer Bee for solar, wind, and geothermal. If we can get a 4G thorium cycle reactor going, nukes would very suitable in Cali, and everywhere else, for that matter.

And we could build them where we presently site coal and gas-fired power stations. Plenty of cooling water (heat is heat!), transmission infrastructure (power is power!), and a lot less worries about the NIMBY crowd.

re: #243 Fozzie Bear

I hadn't realized that, as it was mostly closed for months prior to me joining. It took me 6 months of reading to finally stumble upon a day where registration was open.

Regardless, LGF has a much smaller audience. That's the bulk of my point.

Ok... I still love you.

re: #238 Fozzie Bear

A strict moderation process, a limited scope of subject material, a lack of search engine tie-ins and offsite promotions, a different format, and the fact that every single article is written by one person.

That's the significant one, I think. A lot of people don't go online to be moderate.

re: #204 Obdicut

Now, can you name a policy or position of hers that you do like?

Sure.

I agree with most of her stance on immigration.

Good luck with the no signs rule. There will be lots of people showing up with signs, hello, its a rally. These people are typically very proud of their signs and they aren't going to just toss them in the garbage can. Clusterbleep alarm.

I want to go with a sign that says "down with signs!" on it.

re: #247 austin_blue

Seismically, Cali is a problematical state for nukes. But it is Killer Bee for solar, wind, and geothermal. If we can get a 4G thorium cycle reactor going, nukes would very suitable in Cali, and everywhere else, for that matter.

And we could build them where we presently site coal and gas-fired power stations. Plenty of cooling water (heat is heat!), transmission infrastructure (power is power!), and a lot less worries about the NIMBY crowd.

Even IRAN is ahead of us on putting new nuclear reactors online. It's a shame we can't get in step with the rest of the world. France has just upped their nuclear power production.

re: #251 mich-again

Disagree. Usually people are very respectful of their host.