Patting the wrists, rolling the eyes.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Nice! An informed electorate is really important to a functioning democracy. Bush lied!!!!

I'm thinking the electorate informed itself by reading newspapers over the course of the year, rather than waiting to look only at the 20 pictures in the Pulitzer-winning portfolio. Not least because they wouldn't know which pictures to look at until five months after the election. But your theory has some real promise. Put some more work into it, and I bet you can find a rich conservative -- a Scaife, say -- to back you with some $$$.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Gattigap
On the plus side, recent legislative developments may make this incredibly biased selection of photos "indecent" and subject to criminal prosecution. God knows that'll produce an informed electorate. Regards!

Well, once the government controls the media, at least we won't have to worry about that pesky liberal bias.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I'm thinking the electorate informed itself by reading newspapers over the course of the year, rather than waiting to look only at the 20 pictures in the Pulitzer-winning portfolio. Not least because they wouldn't know which pictures to look at until five months after the election. But your theory has some real promise. Put some more work into it, and I bet you can find a rich conservative -- a Scaife, say -- to back you with some $$$.

Oh, i'm sorry. You thought I was troubled by the "win" awarded by a leftist organization, for an orginazation i contend is biased. That wasn't my point, that would be similar to arguing about whether the Academy awards to Mike mean that the Academy has some liberal leaning. No my point was that the AP can't come up with 1 photo that was not anti-american. You say maybe it was a theme- I guess i agree, maybe where we differ is on what the theme is.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Like a wheelbarrow, they just keep getting rolled.

Only since the dems lost 4 seats last fall. Before that they put some check on the wanton tax cuts.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Oh, i'm sorry. You thought I was troubled by the "win" awarded by a leftist organization, for an orginazation i contend is biased. That wasn't my point, that would be similar to arguing about whether the Academy awards to Mike mean that the Academy has some liberal leaning. No my point was that the AP can't come up with 1 photo that was not anti-american. You say maybe it was a theme- I guess i agree, maybe where we differ is on what the theme is.

Some of the photos from the conservatives were actually pretty good.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Well, once the government controls the media, at least we won't have to worry about that pesky liberal bias.

did florida Coastal have any legal analysis courses?

[Anntila the Hun]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Oh, i'm sorry. You thought I was troubled by the "win" awarded by a leftist organization, for an orginazation i contend is biased. That wasn't my point, that would be similar to arguing about whether the Academy awards to Mike mean that the Academy has some liberal leaning. No my point was that the AP can't come up with 1 photo that was not anti-american. You say maybe it was a theme- I guess i agree, maybe where we differ is on what the theme is.

You're my new crush. Who needs that megaloman anyway? Besides, he was dirty and hairy and probably not a real American man, like you.

I'll be in Detroit in a couple of weeks. Wanna get together?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
No my point was that the AP can't come up with 1 photo that was not anti-american.

How about this one, or this one, or this one, or this one? Your blogger's categorizations of these photos are tendentious and hacktacular. When you say "the AP can't come up with 1 photo that was not ant-American," you're just full of shit. Did you look at them?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Only since the dems lost 4 seats last fall. Before that they put some check on the wanton tax cuts.

They didn't do that much last term, either. Maybe their press was a little better.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
How about this one, or this one, or this one, or this one? Your blogger's categorizations of these photos are tendentious and hacktacular. When you say "the AP can't come up with 1 photo that was not ant-American," you're just full of shit. Did you look at them?

these are pro-american how?

The random violence in our cities has been adopted by the Iraqis?

Our Humvees are so well made they can be burned up, and yet the frame can still support a man dancing on top?

How removed from real life is San Fransisco- I know sidd made partner there, but do none of the normal rules of civilization apply?

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
They didn't do that much last term, either. Maybe their press was a little better.

Although such measures are substantially symbolic, they did block the adoption of a budget resolution when they refused to go along with the massive tax cuts.

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
How about this one, or this one, or this one, or this one? Your blogger's categorizations of these photos are tendentious and hacktacular. When you say "the AP can't come up with 1 photo that was not ant-American," you're just full of shit. Did you look at them?

You misunderstand. If the AP can't include pictures of GIs handing out candy to Iraqi kids as part of its Pulitzer submission, clearly these guys hate America.


Hank's preferred Pulitzer winners would inlude:



See that? NO ONE catches him in the light like that! Genius!

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
these are pro-american how?

The random violence in our cities has been adopted by the Iraqis?

When you see dead Iraqis killed by a car bomber, do you not understand a little better what we are trying to do over there?

If you want to argue that those photos are somehow anti-American, you're going to have to do just a little bit better. (Many of them were taken during combat, and there is (rightly) a long tradition of recognizing journalists who put themselves in harm's way to get those pictures.)

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Although such measures are substantially symbolic, they did block the adoption of a budget resolution when they refused to go along with the massive tax cuts.

Exactly. Lip service.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Were there any young characters in the novel?

You can't be that dense- can you?

AP submits 20 (that's 20) photos- they win! the 20 had the mentioned breakdown. You think your little fiction story means anything? Keep your head in the sand, but unless you change your outlook you may have to pull it out someday soon so you can dob at Mecca 3 times a day.

I'm irritated that the Knight Ridder stuff coming out of Iraq was dissed. They have a fairly small staff and little access, so they actually have to talk to people instead of getting briefings to regurgitate.