Comments on: Sara Benincasa Has Joined Huffington Post! http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/ Free Minds, Free Markets, Free Booze Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:55:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Olly http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101849 Olly Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:36:04 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101849 Dubya: "Well good, I lured Olly out of hiding. Its your fault I started reading this thing anyway." You're welcome? Dubya: "What is the use of public comment boards <b>if not to troll</b> and drone on incessantly about the glaring flaws of our elected representatives?" (emph. added) This is actually a completely valid point. Dubya: “Well good, I lured Olly out of hiding. Its your fault I started reading this thing anyway.”

You’re welcome?

Dubya: “What is the use of public comment boards if not to troll and drone on incessantly about the glaring flaws of our elected representatives?” (emph. added)

This is actually a completely valid point.

]]> By: Sakaki http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101845 Sakaki Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:32:55 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101845 Dubya, go here: http://tinyurl.com/5nx7te This is the Fairbanks News-Miner, dated August 18th, 2008, showing Ron Paul endorsed Don Young. The other thing, the funneling of money to family members, comes in the form of paying off for fundraisers, etc. as per such: http://tinyurl.com/56mbsg Dubya, go here: http://tinyurl.com/5nx7te

This is the Fairbanks News-Miner, dated August 18th, 2008, showing Ron Paul endorsed Don Young.

The other thing, the funneling of money to family members, comes in the form of paying off for fundraisers, etc. as per such:

http://tinyurl.com/56mbsg

]]> By: Dubya http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101835 Dubya Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:17:55 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101835 Sakaki, you must have Ron Paul confused with Ted Stevens. May I direct you to that the internet is a series of tubes and your argument got detoured to the bathroom Larry Craig is "wide stancing" in. This got off point (obviously)... no idea what CJ and Vincent are off spinning about... My argument was that I am glad that no one on the staff is an “out of control nutcase religious right winger”... if anyone wants that they can hang out with the campus Republicans, turn on Michael Savage and go protest an abortion clinic or something. The fact remains that on the top of this page on the masthead... the Commentator is billed as a "CONSERVATIVE Journal of Opinion", not a "Trendy Tina-Fey wannabe hipster liberal journal of opinion, also known as Newsweek". And the "dubya" is not a reference to wubba wubba although I'm getting the distinct feeling this posting is heading that way Sakaki, you must have Ron Paul confused with Ted Stevens. May I direct you to that the internet is a series of tubes and your argument got detoured to the bathroom Larry Craig is “wide stancing” in.

This got off point (obviously)… no idea what CJ and Vincent are off spinning about… My argument was that I am glad that no one on the staff is an “out of control nutcase religious right winger”… if anyone wants that they can hang out with the campus Republicans, turn on Michael Savage and go protest an abortion clinic or something. The fact remains that on the top of this page on the masthead… the Commentator is billed as a “CONSERVATIVE Journal of Opinion”, not a “Trendy Tina-Fey wannabe hipster liberal journal of opinion, also known as Newsweek”.

And the “dubya” is not a reference to wubba wubba although I’m getting the distinct feeling this posting is heading that way

]]> By: Vincent http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101830 Vincent Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:21:28 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101830 They totally sold out, dude. They totally sold out, dude.

]]> By: Sho http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101829 Sho Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:54:51 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101829 [Name of magazine/band/TV show] is not as good as it was [# of years] ago. [Name of magazine/band/TV show] is not as good as it was [# of years] ago.

]]> By: Vincent http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101828 Vincent Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:09:46 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101828 CJ is now our official Out of Control Nutcase Religious Right-Winger. I'm not sure if that goes in the masthead or not. CJ is now our official Out of Control Nutcase Religious Right-Winger. I’m not sure if that goes in the masthead or not.

]]> By: CJ Ciaramella http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101826 CJ Ciaramella Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:18:13 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101826 Vincent wrote: "I’m not sure who on the staff currently qualifies as being party of the “out of control nutcase religious right”, but as you were… as you were." Ooh, can that be me? Please? Did I tell you much I hate sodomites and mussulmen? P.S. Jesus rode dinosaurs. Vincent wrote: “I’m not sure who on the staff currently qualifies as being party of the “out of control nutcase religious right”, but as you were… as you were.”

Ooh, can that be me? Please? Did I tell you much I hate sodomites and mussulmen?

P.S. Jesus rode dinosaurs.

]]> By: Sakaki http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101825 Sakaki Sun, 05 Oct 2008 09:14:47 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101825 Dubya, are we talking about the same Ron Paul who endorsed and gave money to one of the greatest pork-men of Alaska, a man named Don Young? The same Ron Paul who gave his money from fundraising for campaigns to his family members? If that is the same Ron Paul, I want America to have nothing to do with him. He is nothing but a two-bit congressional thief who likes to load up his district with pork. He's no better than the rest of the arseholes up there on Capitol Hill. But now we're getting off on tangents. Dubya, are we talking about the same Ron Paul who endorsed and gave money to one of the greatest pork-men of Alaska, a man named Don Young? The same Ron Paul who gave his money from fundraising for campaigns to his family members?

If that is the same Ron Paul, I want America to have nothing to do with him. He is nothing but a two-bit congressional thief who likes to load up his district with pork.

He’s no better than the rest of the arseholes up there on Capitol Hill.

But now we’re getting off on tangents.

]]> By: Dubya http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101824 Dubya Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:30:59 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101824 More importantly... this article was SO BAD, that after four years of reading the Commentator and the comment posts.. even the ones starring Deb Frisch.. I had to finally make some snarky asinine comments on this fine website. Have you no decency madame? More importantly… this article was SO BAD, that after four years of reading the Commentator and the comment posts.. even the ones starring Deb Frisch.. I had to finally make some snarky asinine comments on this fine website. Have you no decency madame?

]]> By: Dubya http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101823 Dubya Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:25:50 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101823 Well good, I lured Olly out of hiding. Its your fault I started reading this thing anyway. What is the use of public comment boards if not to troll and drone on incessantly about the glaring flaws of our elected representatives? Type "Obama" into Microsoft outlook... it tries to correct the spelling to Osama... conspiracy? I think not. On to the more important point... conservatives secretly cringe when we see Palin do... anything.. but that merely outlines how fundamentally worse the alternative choice is. If only Ron Paul had been an attractive 40 year old woman... oh how things would have been... Well good, I lured Olly out of hiding. Its your fault I started reading this thing anyway. What is the use of public comment boards if not to troll and drone on incessantly about the glaring flaws of our elected representatives? Type “Obama” into Microsoft outlook… it tries to correct the spelling to Osama… conspiracy? I think not.

On to the more important point… conservatives secretly cringe when we see Palin do… anything.. but that merely outlines how fundamentally worse the alternative choice is. If only Ron Paul had been an attractive 40 year old woman… oh how things would have been…

]]> By: Vincent http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101822 Vincent Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:51:50 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101822 I'm not sure who on the staff currently qualifies as being party of the "out of control nutcase religious right", but as you were... as you were. I’m not sure who on the staff currently qualifies as being party of the “out of control nutcase religious right”, but as you were… as you were.

]]> By: T http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101821 T Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:02:09 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101821 Olly, DON'T PANIC!!! My phone died and my charger is at work. This shall be our new means of communication -- until it pisses everyone off. Communique out. Olly, DON’T PANIC!!! My phone died and my charger is at work. This shall be our new means of communication — until it pisses everyone off.

Communique out.

]]> By: Olly http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101820 Olly Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:40:25 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101820 "The Commentator USED to be a place where readers could be safe from the insane - social/communist left and the out of control nutcase religious right." Four years ago, back when reasonable people (like, uh, me) were posting. And during that time if anyone on staff posted the term "Obama-bin-Biden" unironically they would have spent the next several weeks being pelted with fruit. "...it might seem like I am trolling." No shit. “The Commentator USED to be a place where readers could be safe from the insane - social/communist left and the out of control nutcase religious right.”

Four years ago, back when reasonable people (like, uh, me) were posting. And during that time if anyone on staff posted the term “Obama-bin-Biden” unironically they would have spent the next several weeks being pelted with fruit.

“…it might seem like I am trolling.”

No shit.

]]> By: Sara Benincasa http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101819 Sara Benincasa Sun, 05 Oct 2008 05:37:10 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101819 Oh mah goodness! Michelle! Thank you so much for putting this up! Oh mah goodness! Michelle! Thank you so much for putting this up!

]]> By: Timothy http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101818 Timothy Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:44:08 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101818 I am not sure if the Mission Statement condones reading Huffington Post. I am not sure if the Mission Statement condones reading Huffington Post.

]]> By: Michelle Haley http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101817 Michelle Haley Sun, 05 Oct 2008 02:54:57 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101817 I suppose I should clarify that the intent of this post was to celebrate the fact that one of my favorite comedians is now getting paid for her work, not that any one side is better than another. Seems like a slight overreaction. . . I suppose I should clarify that the intent of this post was to celebrate the fact that one of my favorite comedians is now getting paid for her work, not that any one side is better than another. Seems like a slight overreaction. . .

]]> By: Dubya http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101816 Dubya Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:20:27 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101816 I forgot to add, because it might seem like I am trolling. Please raise my taxes because I do not pay my "FAIR" share. The ~40% of my salary that goes to pay for terrible programs, wars in useless faraway countries that hate us, 6-figure salaries for public employees, aid for countries that the people hate us, ineffective social programs, ineffective financial trickery ripe with moral hazzard - "bailouts/ toxic asset purchases", subsidies for millionaire farmers when grain and commodity prices are at historic highs... etc. The Commentator USED to be a place where readers could be safe from the insane - social/communist left and the out of control nutcase religious right. Might as well drink the Kool-aid and go hang out with the Obama-bin-Biden camp. I forgot to add, because it might seem like I am trolling. Please raise my taxes because I do not pay my “FAIR” share. The ~40% of my salary that goes to pay for terrible programs, wars in useless faraway countries that hate us, 6-figure salaries for public employees, aid for countries that the people hate us, ineffective social programs, ineffective financial trickery ripe with moral hazzard - “bailouts/ toxic asset purchases”, subsidies for millionaire farmers when grain and commodity prices are at historic highs… etc.

The Commentator USED to be a place where readers could be safe from the insane - social/communist left and the out of control nutcase religious right. Might as well drink the Kool-aid and go hang out with the Obama-bin-Biden camp.

]]> By: Dubya http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101815 Dubya Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:04:33 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2008/10/03/sara-benincasa-has-joined-huffington-post/#comment-101815 Wow.... Thanks for this informative advertisement/ "article". I've been reading the Commentator for a good four years now. I must have missed the bulletin about changing to format to mirror Daily Kos. I was under the mistaken impression that this was the Libertarian/Conservative campus newspaper. Apparently the old dirty has been pulled so far left that the Commentator had to as well. If I wanted to read a bunch of left-wing propaganda I could turn on a variety of cable news channels (all except FNC) or open any newspaper (except the WSJ). I guess there is no reason to impersonate Obamba/Biden... one can just close their eyes and imagine any cookie-cutter liberal from the last 20 years... what a "change"! Wow…. Thanks for this informative advertisement/ “article”. I’ve been reading the Commentator for a good four years now. I must have missed the bulletin about changing to format to mirror Daily Kos. I was under the mistaken impression that this was the Libertarian/Conservative campus newspaper. Apparently the old dirty has been pulled so far left that the Commentator had to as well. If I wanted to read a bunch of left-wing propaganda I could turn on a variety of cable news channels (all except FNC) or open any newspaper (except the WSJ).

I guess there is no reason to impersonate Obamba/Biden… one can just close their eyes and imagine any cookie-cutter liberal from the last 20 years… what a “change”!

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