Your tax dollars at work . . .
Forwarding a press release from a GOP Senate candidate to his Dem opponent, an NPR News Director called the Republican a "nimrod." Roll Call's "Heard on the Hill" column has the [subscription-required] story, which it describes as "another tale of e-mail forwarding gone wrong" [emphasis added]:
Army Col. Conrad Reynolds is one of several Republicans vying to take on Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D) for Arkansas’ Senate seat in 2010. Reynolds’ campaign issued a press release last week blasting Lincoln for a vote, and among those who received it was Greg Chance, the news director of an NPR affiliate based at Arkansas State University.It seems Chance attempted to forward the e-mail to Katie Laning Niebaum, Lincoln’s Washington-based communications director. In his forward, which HOH obtained, Chance mocked the press release and even the campaign’s logo, which features the Army colonel insignia.
“There was another one from this nimrod earlier today which I lost. I just love his logo. That ought to go over really well with the enlisted people. (ha ha),” he writes.
One problem: Chance must have hit the “reply” button instead, because his message went straight to Kenneth Ryan James, the campaign’s spokesman.
D’oh!
So Chance thinks Col. Reynolds [campaign website here], who commanded troops in Iraq, is a "nimrod," and gleefully shares his opinion with the colonel's Dem political opponent. And to think some accuse NPR of liberal political bias!
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October 7, 2009 - 07:56 ET by theduck6Why is it liberal opinion is so often subsidized by EVERYONE'S tax money?
Unbiased media my arse
liberal civility?...well you know.
~Because
October 7, 2009 - 07:59 ET by choselife3xSo few people willingly pay to hear liberal opinions.
Kossacks hate me. And yes, it does feel good.
It always comes down to
October 7, 2009 - 08:02 ET by rockyracoonIt always comes down to name calling, doesn't it!!
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Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
Just more of the same
October 7, 2009 - 08:05 ET by richb313Just more of the same stuff from our friends at NPR. Back in the early 80's I was a regular listener of NPR. It was still liberal but not as bad as it is today. Every year the left keeps moving further away from normalcy to the absurd. I can no longer listen to NPR because they no longer even try to report they only preach to us on how bad conservatives are and how great liberals are. If I want a sermon I will go to church.
An NPR news director from a state school....?
October 7, 2009 - 08:05 ET by superconIs their any room he stands in where he isn't convinced he is the smartest guy there ? NPR has been such a positive and motivating force in this country. How could we live without them ?
" if Republicans are able to stop Barack Obama on health care, 'it will be his Waterloo, it will break him...." -Sen. Jim DeMint
Our Tax Dollars Hard at Work
October 7, 2009 - 08:11 ET by KimnotaWhy can't we stop subsidizing NPR?
THAT is a very good
October 7, 2009 - 08:17 ET by rockyracoonTHAT is a very good question!!!
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Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
Why not file an official
October 7, 2009 - 08:29 ET by mattmWhy not file an official complaint and get this person fired? It's fine to talk about this stuff and expose it, but if nothing is ever done about anything, what good is there to it?
He would never get fired.
October 7, 2009 - 08:46 ET by motherbeltHe would never get fired. "Free speech" you know.
He's now a hero, along with those who ridicule the physical disability of a Republican candidate, and who fantasize about punching out a Republican president.
However, woe be to those who offend (or even legitimately criticize) the leftist arbiters of good taste....
Free Speech is not at
October 7, 2009 - 08:56 ET by mattmFree Speech is not at issue. This is an improper use of taxpayer money. If a civil service worker used his agency's budget for partisan political purposes he'd be fired. NPR is at least a quasi-government agency - this guy has proven that all he does is partisan political adcvocacy - which ought to be, at minimum, a violation of the code of conduct for a taxpayer-funded entity.
The trouble with conservatives is we talk more than we do.
Well, NPR had its Chance,
October 7, 2009 - 08:53 ET by HockeyKidWell, NPR had its Chance, and he blew it.
Why does this moron think enlisted personnel would have any problem with a colonel's eagle? Chance probably thinks of officers and enlisted as management vs. labor. What a boob. I'm sure he had no objections at all to Uhbama's "pre-presidential" seal.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Because, the liberals ...
October 7, 2009 - 09:01 ET by SentryDanBecause, the liberals won't let that happen. It's one thing for the money to dry up from donors to liberal outlets like Air America but quite another when they can get it from the government.
"We the People" should demand that the government stop pumping money into this organization as long as they keep putting out their liberal BS. Just think of the hell that would have been raised had it been conservatives running NPR.
Remember folks, Freedom isn't Free. It was bought with the blood and sacrifice of the men and women who are serving and who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
For those who fought for it, Freedom has a flavor that the protected will never know.
Also remember folks, that the way to SUPPORT THE TROOPS is to support their mission. Anyone who says that they support the troops but don't support their mission is lying about supporting the troops. And if you want to know, yes I do have a dog in the fight, he is a United States Marine.
How ironic!
October 7, 2009 - 10:11 ET by CobraMan"So Chance thinks Col. Reynolds who commanded troops in Iraq, is a "nimrod," and gleefully shares his opinion with the colonel's Dem political opponent."
How ironic! I wonder if this liberal idiot even knows who Nimrod was?This idiot, unwittingly I'm sure, just described a retired Colonel who's running for office as a mighty hunter and a King. HAH!
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court
That's what happens when
October 7, 2009 - 10:24 ET by HockeyKidThat's what happens when one's education comes from Looney Tunes. Bugs Bunny referred to Elmer Fudd as "poor little Nimrod" on occasion. Twits like Chance misinterpreted the context and took it to mean "fool" instead of a mocking reference to a great hunter (which Elmer was not).
So much for the intelligentsia at NPR!
Sadly, so widespread is the influence of such twits in academia that many dictionaries now list the incorrect definition as an alternate that has made its way into the language.
You'll often hear these "educated" people misuse terms like "hoi polloi" and "nonplussed". My wife and I were watching a show the other day that featured a guy with "Dr." preceding his name, supposedly an MIT researcher. He used the phrase "for all intensive purposes" as he stroked his beard and tried to look wise. We just laughed and laughed.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
I've always wondered about the origin of that slang term
October 7, 2009 - 13:53 ET by CobraManI've always wondered about the origin of that slang term.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court
HockeyKid, I'm curious -
October 7, 2009 - 14:19 ET by hydrodynDMHockeyKid,
I'm curious - does stereotyping people like that make you feel better about yourself?
If not, it should
October 7, 2009 - 14:57 ET by BlondeFor all intensive purposes?
Bawahahaha.
I hope he fails, too.
Hey Blonde, Are you
October 7, 2009 - 15:01 ET by hydrodynDMHey Blonde,
Are you trying to undermine my point ?? :)
Yep!!!!
October 7, 2009 - 15:07 ET by Blonde:) But hey.....irregardless!!!!
I hope he fails, too.
Blonde, Just between you
October 7, 2009 - 15:12 ET by hydrodynDMBlonde,
Just between you and me, up until about two years ago, I thought those large bucket shaped objects that you used to haul dirt around where called "wheelbarrels".
And then, you got to the South, right?
October 7, 2009 - 15:16 ET by BlondeWhere everythang is prunownced perfectly, raaaaht?
I hope he fails, too.
Blonde, If I make fun of
October 7, 2009 - 15:33 ET by hydrodynDMBlonde,
If I make fun of them, they can just make fun of my nasally Western NY accent.
Be proud of that WNY accent.
October 7, 2009 - 15:44 ET by Another Dead KennedyBe proud of that WNY accent.
xoxo - Ted
Ted, Oh, I am. You
October 7, 2009 - 16:00 ET by hydrodynDMTed,
Oh, I am.
You might even say I'm Talking Proud.
Most know me here as a
October 7, 2009 - 16:03 ET by Another Dead KennedyMost know me here as a Californian, but I was in fact born and raised outside of amazing Buffalo, NY. Go Bills!
xoxo - Ted
Ted, Same here. I'm
October 7, 2009 - 16:09 ET by hydrodynDMTed,
Same here.
I'm going back for a visit in a few weeks. First thing on list of things to do: eat a beef-on-weck and a ton of wings (made the way their supposed to).
Stop it! My mouth is
October 7, 2009 - 16:19 ET by Another Dead KennedyStop it! My mouth is watering. I can accept that wings don't taste the same outside of Buffalo. I don't understand it, but I accept it. But I least I can find something close out here. Beef on weck doesn't exist outside of Buffalo, and that just plain sucks. The rest of the country has no idea what it's like to get your entire week's allowance of sodium out of one single sandwich roll. Oh, Schwabl's...
xoxo - Ted
Ted, Years ago I lived
October 7, 2009 - 16:24 ET by hydrodynDMTed,
Years ago I lived about two blocks from Schwabl's - that was about the time I went from being a tall skinny guy to just a tall guy.
I lived in Pittsburgh for a while - that's like 200 miles from Buffalo - and they never heard of beef-on-weck. I think it's a conspiracy of some sort.
But it was well worth it,
October 7, 2009 - 17:27 ET by Another Dead KennedyBut it was well worth it, right?
xoxo - Ted
Ted, Oh, yea.
October 7, 2009 - 17:40 ET by hydrodynDMTed,
Oh, yea.
NPR
October 7, 2009 - 10:22 ET by R D HelmNimrod
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Hey Jer, Tell us again
October 7, 2009 - 14:14 ET by hydrodynDMHey Jer,
Tell us again about how hatred of the military isn't pervasive among the left.
Having served 20 years as
October 7, 2009 - 14:42 ET by G. MayHaving served 20 years as an enlisted Marine, I have no problem with a colonel's insignia as a logo. I'm wondering what makes Chance think that enlisted folk would have a problem with it.
Clearly, NPR is in touch with the military as usual. /sarc
I have no problem with
October 7, 2009 - 14:55 ET by bassndudeI have no problem with anyone using their rank insignia or their service insignia on their letter head or email, as long as they attained that rank, or served in that service. Why heck, even their unit patch of choice is ok with me.
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
...
October 7, 2009 - 15:04 ET by EugeniaI think we need to let the real nimrod know a thing or two about respect for our military heroes. Here's his email:
gchance@astate.edu<gchance@astate.edu>;
"When people stop believing in God, they don't believe in nothing -- they believe in anything."
-- GK Chesterton
what's NPR stand for ?????
October 7, 2009 - 17:54 ET by LibertydudeNEVER PROVEN RIGHT
What are you, a wise guy - Curley, the three stooges