For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: the Internet is running out of bandwidth!
Internet users face regular "brownouts" that will freeze their computers as capacity runs out in cyberspace, according to research to be published later this year. Experts predict that consumer demand, already growing at 60 percent a year, will start to exceed supply as early as 2010 because of more people working online and the soaring popularity of bandwidth-hungry Web sites such as YouTube and services such as the BBC's iPlayer. It will initially lead to computers being disrupted and going offline for several minutes at a time. Beginning in 2012, however, PCs and laptops are likely to operate at a much reduced speed, rendering the Internet an "unreliable toy."
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Wait, you mean that FIoS
April 30, 2009 - 10:08 ET by Mike SargentWait, you mean that FIoS isn't a major technological breakthrough, and that satellites will not become more widely used, and that capitalistic technology pushes will not force bandwidth innovation just like it always has?
All of history is not an indicator of the future? Well then, let's start the panic!
Mike - yes, all that, plus,
April 30, 2009 - 10:42 ET by SickofLibsMike - yes, all that, plus, equally alarming is...
- Moore's Law is now actually running in reverse
- and storage device capacity is shrinking, and we'll be back to floppies soon
I2
April 30, 2009 - 10:10 ET by Doc_NavyThe internet 2 is coming.
It's faster.
With WAAY more bandwidth.
This is why a free market approach is best. Consumers demand it, business and industry create it and serve it up.
Doc
"Wikipedia, the first resource of the lazy mind"-me, 2009
Technology will adapt and
April 30, 2009 - 10:43 ET by Dan The Man 2Technology will adapt and users will adapt. I remember in teh 80's using IRR 250 baud modems over phone lines. It was slow and cumbersome and it was not the net. Anything you wanted to send was compressed like crazy and pictures took forever. So many schemes and upgrades later and we have 10 mps downloads and wonder why the net is taking 10 seconds instead of teh 2 or 3 we are used to.
Wusses all of us and using bloat ware and sending bloated info over the net. But, dont take my high speed net away, you will pry it off my cold dead hands.
This is why a free market
April 30, 2009 - 11:31 ET by mattmThis is why a free market approach is best... EXACTLY!
This is only alarming to people who don't understand capitalism.
Fear
April 30, 2009 - 10:19 ET by KC MulvilleI'm afraid if I answer the question about bandwidth, mine will be the final straw, and then -------- no bandwidth available -----
I for one am sick to death
April 30, 2009 - 10:19 ET by QueenMumI for one am sick to death of animated pop-ups. Can't we just criminalize those? Seriously. Is there any reason YouTube et al can't be required to cull their content periodically? IMO there are plenty of things individual websites could do to "clean up" the Internet environment. As is often the case, we take things for granted until there's a problem. But I'm no I.T. expert.
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of the tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. - Ayn Rand
Popups?
April 30, 2009 - 10:35 ET by slickwillie2001I've been using Firefox with Scriptblocker and Adblocker for a couple of years. I was not aware that popups still existed.
slick: I also use Firefox
April 30, 2009 - 10:42 ET by QueenMumslick: I also use Firefox and the RC - a retired I.T. professional - has all the appropriate blocks installed. Perhaps I used the wrong terminology. I'm talking about animated ads such as those on Yahoo Mail and other sites that I regularly visit.
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of the tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. - Ayn Rand
Qm, I'm like slick, I thought they (pop ups) went away,
April 30, 2009 - 12:03 ET by upcountrywaterI have ad blocker plus, on my firefox, I just checked the list, man oh man its loooong. All them blinky ads and pop ups gone.
The EPA just denied a coal plant... COAL..
So some other Gov blob, can deny..... ELECTRONS
'We must share the electrons..and share them we will...'
Reagan VS 0bama
LOL-Its a government plot
April 30, 2009 - 10:22 ET by R D HelmAnd it fits in to the plans of the Obamanistas just perfectly.
I bet Cass Sunstein, Obama nominee to head the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, and an internet censorship advocate extroadinaire, is beside himself with joy:
http://worldnetdaily...
-Dave
This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.
Why am I reminded of this?
April 30, 2009 - 10:25 ET by ladderlesshttp://laughingsquid.com/man-crashes-entire-internet-all-online-data-lost/
Heck, maybe it will cause some of the spam to stop(!)
Tea Party Report
April 30, 2009 - 10:25 ET by slickwillie2001Great article from Reason magazine on the stages of denial we see in the old media reporting on the Tea Party movement: Stages of Denial: http://reason.com
And in case you missed it, there was a reason that in St. Louis yesterday the Bamster went on a smartass rant about tea bags and Fox News, and it's because there were hundreds of tea party protesters there in St. Louis to greet him: Tea Party Fun Outside: http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com
This went largely unreported in the liberal media.
Thanks, slick
April 30, 2009 - 10:32 ET by BlondeOf course we'd never know about the protest (great pics)...Obama's little temper tantrum was an indication, to me anyway, that he's worried.
I hope he fails, too.
Excellent
April 30, 2009 - 11:21 ET by Scuba DudeObviously, Bambi does not like it if he does not receive constant adulation from everyone 24/7. There should be Tea Party protesters everywhere he goes. His poor little head will explode and he will throw a tantrum like the child he is.
"The wrOng ONE was elected"
Norks respond to the wussified West
April 30, 2009 - 10:30 ET by R D HelmThey are basically telling us to go pound sand:
http://edition.cnn.c...
They are also threatening to test a nuke, which our brain-dead lib trolls have been telling us here at NB for over three years the Norks weren't actually pursuing.
Right.
Thank you bill Clinton and Maddy All-wrong.
-Dave
This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.
Dave: I believe the correct
April 30, 2009 - 10:51 ET by SickofLibsDave: I believe the correct diplomatic term is "pound rice."
Pound sand is for Iranian launches.
SoL,
April 30, 2009 - 11:13 ET by R D HelmLOL-I'll try to keep that straight from now on.
Kinda hard, ya know, as so much is happening all at once.
-Dave
This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.
I hope this is not a leading
April 30, 2009 - 10:46 ET by SickofLibsI hope this is not a leading indicator, but the NB site HAS been slowing down in the afternoon lately to the speed of slug crawling over crushed glass.
At least where I am.
Not just in the afternoon
April 30, 2009 - 11:00 ET by ChaitealoverLately, NB is taking forever to load. It's the only site I visit that seems to have this problem. What's up?
Chai
“...Bury me on my face,” said Diogenes; and when he was asked why, he replied, “Because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.”
You Ain't Dreaming
April 30, 2009 - 11:39 ET by JDWOften server transfer is very slow.
I am working at home this week, using a T2, and have experienced similar problems.
JDW
DAILY WAVE
When people fear their government there is tyranny. When government fears the people there is liberty.
The internet won't run out
April 30, 2009 - 10:47 ET by HockeyKidThe internet won't run out of bandwidth until the advertisers on it run out of revenue from it.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
another scare tactic like
April 30, 2009 - 10:47 ET by NonArabOmaranother scare tactic like global warming to get the governments of the world to pour a ton of dough into research for a replacement to the current internet.
scare the people... politicans think the scared masses will support spending on these issues.
Universities and tech companies that will conduct this research will smile.
Can someone please explain the flu hysteria to me
April 30, 2009 - 10:54 ET by IgnatzJFahrquarI swear I'm gonna bust a vein here. 236 deaths worldwide from the Napolitano Flu and the WHO, as in WHO gives a sh!t, raise the threat level???
How many deaths from regular flu during the same time period? It is just unbelievable the fear-mongering coming from the media and incompetents in the White House.
As far as the media goes, sometimes I wish I were Billy Mumy from the Twilight Zone's "It's a good life" episode.
"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt." Mark Twain
IgnatzJ
April 30, 2009 - 11:04 ET by BlondeWell....a few thoughts. First, the controversial Sebilius' nomination just sailed through Congress yesterday, yes? Because everyone's eye was off the ball.
Secondly....HHS is about to reverse the Concious Clause (right, no one's aware of this because it hasn't been reported on...go figure), which will essentially force health care providers to perform abortions, regardless of their own personal views on the matter. The swine flu "panic" serves as perfect top cover for this stealth maneuver, which would surely outrage half the population if reported on. (Note the main-stream usage of "extremist" for those of us who are anti-abortion by the advocates of "women's health", um abortion).
Even more sinister is the "softening up" of the populace to the notion that the federal government can somehow "manage" this crisis. Hello nationalized health care.
Does that about answer it?
I hope he fails, too.
too important to fail
April 30, 2009 - 11:28 ET by candanceGlenn Beck illustrated that point very well yesterday.
It's A Virus
April 30, 2009 - 11:42 ET by JDWAs of today, 7 deaths.
JDW
DAILY WAVE
When people fear their government there is tyranny. When government fears the people there is liberty.
nine
April 30, 2009 - 11:48 ET by katainkentall in Mexico (the one that died in the US came to the US looking for medical help). All from things like dysentery and pneumonia. Complications from the flu. Not even MSNBC has freak out mode going if you just look at the map.
I love to help the helpless but I'm not gonna help the clueless ~Dennis Miller
I'm not putting any faith
April 30, 2009 - 11:50 ET by BruzillaI'm not putting any faith into anything that anyone is saying about this flu outbreak. There are too many interests at work. Last night, a doc from WHO claimed there were only seven "confirmed" deaths, "confirmed" meaning the WHO had received blood/tissues samples, analyzed them, and made the call. With this logic, the current death toll could be dozens of times higher than what the WHO has confirmed using their stringent data.
Me, I would rather believe the statements of the docs in Mexico, who are seeing this disease first hand and everyday, than take the word of some the WHO, is seems to be more concerned with supporting exonomic issues that protecting global health.
Ignatz,
April 30, 2009 - 12:10 ET by R D HelmThe feds are in the process of taking over the American auto manufacturers and are quietly to snatch the U.S. healthcare system.
They would prefer that the attention of the DumbMasses was elsewhere while they do so.
-Dave
This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.
To the Rescue
April 30, 2009 - 11:04 ET by AgnosticBut the government can save the internet by taxation and regulation - might as well throw in some type of fairness in blogging doctrine as well since we know it is all those evil conservatives eating up the bandwidth trying to discredit the Obama administration.
A person may be won over with logic and reason but the masses must be bought with spectacle and platitudes. - 2008 Elections
Obama says Chrysler is about to file for bankruptcy
April 30, 2009 - 11:08 ET by R D HelmHow exactly this comes within the perview of the job description of POTUS is beyond me, but it is happening nonetheless:
http://money.cnn.com...
They Obamanistas are also working behind the scenes to get their claws deep into GM, despite the fact that Obama claims the feds aren't interested in running the auto companies.
-Right.
Obama also said they weren't going to nationalize the banks.
-Right.
I expect at some point they are going to find a way to screw up Ford, too, and before you know it, the "Big Three" are going to be known as the "Big One."
-Dave
This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.
If you want to save the
April 30, 2009 - 11:16 ET by NonArabOmarIf you want to save the american auto industry you have to dissolve the unions and let these companies fire everyone and rehire them at lower rates.
Clean slate start.
I guess he wants to take over some to save some of these unions and have the auto industry subsidized like the post office and amtrak?
Only way to preserve overpaid jobs.
Re Chrysler
April 30, 2009 - 11:12 ET by slickwillie2001News on Chrysler is as good as we can expect, bondholders have rejected the Bamster's bad deal and are forcing a traditional bankruptcy court proceeding. That way the investors come first, instead of a sloppy second after the UAW as in the Bamster's stinker of a deal. I hope this is a done deal and the Doofus doesn't try to bulldoze his way into the deal.
A real slap in the face to the Doofus; too bad (as I understand it) that can't also be done at GM because their bonds are unsecured vs Chrysler's secured. Can anyone confirm?
Re Chrysler
April 30, 2009 - 11:26 ET by slickwillie2001Watching the Bamster's speech on Chrysler and GM right now. It's so full of BS that it's not clear to me whether he is going to allow the traditional bankruptcy to go through or not. Either way he will pose it as a great victory for himself. He looks angry, so I take that possibly as a sign of personal defeat.
He is attacking the bondholders as 'investors' and 'speculators' for not accepting his deal and 'making sacrifices' as the other stakeholders have. What he is not telling us is that he dictated the terms of the 'sacrifices' that the unions made, and those sacrifices were paltry compared to what he wanted of the bondholders.
Can he interfere with the bankruptcy court and judge? Is that legal? If not can he get away with it anyway?
I am rereading "Atlas
April 30, 2009 - 11:45 ET by Scuba DudeI am rereading "Atlas Shrugged" and I am seeing quite a few parallels between the book and what Bambi and his minions are trying to do.
I am sure he will do everything he can to subvert the process and make it look like he is only doing it because it needed to be done.
I hope he fails miserably
"The wrOng ONE was elected"
Goal
April 30, 2009 - 11:46 ET by JDWGovernment takeover.
JDW
DAILY WAVE
When people fear their government there is tyranny. When government fears the people there is liberty.
slick, Obama could not care less about Chrysler as a company
April 30, 2009 - 11:52 ET by R D Helm...he only cares about the votes of the UAW people employed there.
He'll find a way to interfere to make sure the union remains intact.
Count on it.
-Dave
This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.
let me guess what's coming next
April 30, 2009 - 11:21 ET by candanceThe government needs to get its claws in the internet to "invest" in better technology.
candance
April 30, 2009 - 11:24 ET by sherylsimsFrightning isn't it. What amazes me is how FAST all this has happened. It is as if he KNOWS he hasn't much time to get all this stuff done and wants to destroy as much as possible as quickly as possible. I wonder what kind of "crisis" will allow him access to the internet.
Sounds like "experts" are
April 30, 2009 - 11:47 ET by winston smithSounds like "experts" are trying to convince us that there's no other choice but to move to a "tiered" pricing scheme -- otherwise the internet will just come to a complete halt. Hey, it worked for Al Gore and his Earth In The Balance/ Global Warming scare stories, so maybe the same can work for the ISPs! The seas are rising so let's blame businesses and industy and create a confiscatory tax scheme designed to stifle business activity and investment.
And today it's, 'We're running out of bandwith, so it's time to moved to a tiered pricing structure.' There's been a lot of talk and some flatout paranoia about the ISPs wanting to go to a "tiered" pricing structure on internet accounts, you know, like your cable bill: Silver Plan, Gold Plan, Platinum Plan. In other words, no more pay-one-price. You want max bandwidth, you want quality interent, quality search engines, etc? You pay a higher monthly fee, plain and simple.
"Net Neutrality", as it's called, stands in opposition to this idea. Some feel that by breaking the interent into "tiers", you'll be preventing the "poor" and those with low finances from getting equal access to the net as those with the financial resources. So I guess we'll very soon be hearing that 'the debate is over, there's no more bandwith' we must immediately move to a multiple pricing scheme.
Or, it's altogether possible that if we are indeed running out of bandwith as the experts say, that new infrastructure will need to be built and the interent will have to move to a multiple pricing scheme in order to help finance it.
WS.Well algore tried to make the net like a long distance phone
April 30, 2009 - 12:19 ET by upcountrywatercall. Every website connection would be a "call" and billed accordingly.
That's what algore invented...i'm sure it's still in the works...
Reagan VS 0bama
Cessna Aircraft Co. cancels bizjet, lays off thousands
April 30, 2009 - 11:45 ET by R D HelmBut its okay, though, because Obama sure stuck it to those filthy-rich aircraft owners and showed them who was boss and that he is really for the "little" guy, didn't he?
http://www.kansascit...
Of course, that won't matter to the thousands who are losing their jobs at Cessna, none of whom are rich by any means.
-Dave
This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.
delete
April 30, 2009 - 12:16 ET by clinging to my guns and my religiondouble
why can't others see what is soooo painfully obvious to us?
April 30, 2009 - 12:12 ET by clinging to my guns and my religionwhen you don't let the big guys spend their money on what they want, the little guys don't get any money to spend on what they need!!
"i believe he will not stop until we are all jobless, homeless, hungry, and cold!"
When Harry Met Arlen
April 30, 2009 - 11:44 ET by slickwillie2001Everyone enjoys a love story. But it appears the rest of the dems might not be too happy with the deals and seniority that Harry promised Arlen: http://www.americanthinker.com
In the end the fool Specter is going to get rolled. Some lifelong democratics will run against him in the PA dem primary and may beat him. The lifelong democratics will have the support of the unions, the NEA, etc. From their point of view, why support a turncoat nouveau-democratic when the real thing is available? A sad end to an plausibly-arguably impressive career. But he led the news for a whole day didn't he?
Holy moly, slick
April 30, 2009 - 14:01 ET by BlondeYou had me at hello....I am really liking your links today.
That was a sublime piece....and the last para said everything I have to say about Benedict Arlen:
I hope he fails, too.
The problem I see-
April 30, 2009 - 11:49 ET by misterbill-- is the possible lag between reaching over-capacity and the implementation of I2. As a long term (50 year), retired IT network professional, I find that my cursive writing skills have deteriorated so badly, (they were never good), that I use the net for just about everything--so do our kids. I seldom go to the library. I look it up on line. When I enter the blogosphere, I keep two tabs open, one for reference. But to ask users to cut back or to think in terms of bandwidth conservation is futile. So I2-bring it on.
I was aound in the "old days" whem 2400 baud was "fast". Now I sit and moan, too, when I have to wait for a multi-meg file to download. Ain't life grand???
PS If braking software were ever introduced to reduce usage, Obama and company would use for political affiliation to assign priorities.
PPS-- I am active
April 30, 2009 - 11:54 ET by misterbillPPS-- I am active on four (average) sites each day where I post. Am I a conspiracy freak to wonder why I get fast RT Response Time on three but NB is slow?? (Almost always!)
Or sis it because there are so many like minded conservatives in the web world that come here????
misterbill, its probably the spyware the government has...
April 30, 2009 - 12:39 ET by R D Helm...installed on the NB server.
LOL-Remember, according to Janet (Reno II) Napolitano, we are all right-wing "extremists" and therefore potential terrorists, and have to be "observed" by our own government.
Remember also, we also have a fair number of former military people who are members here at NB. According to Napolitano, these guys are nothing but walking powder kegs who can't wait to hook up with a white supremacist group and do something rash.
-Dave
This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.
don't panic, government will save internet. LOL.
April 30, 2009 - 12:06 ET by Jack BauerDON'T PANIC. (note the big friendly letters!)
Clearly the government should step in and save us all from Twitter twilight and Blog Death.
Bureaucrats are so good at innovation and "smart" ideas. In fact, everything the Obamaparatchiks do is so so smart.
Obama need to appoint a Web Czar and a committee to save the day. NOW.
It should be called the Web And Networks Key Enterprise Research Sub-committee -- or WANKERS for short.
Panic
April 30, 2009 - 12:12 ET by JDWEMERGENCY!
What has not been passed without an emergency?
Fix it NOW!
JDW
DAILY WAVE
When people fear their government there is tyranny. When government fears the people there is liberty.
well he's looking for a
April 30, 2009 - 12:13 ET by katainkent...wanker.... lol - but just can't seem to find one yet. People on the left are worried.
Obama's Chief Technology Officer - where'd 'e go?
Just in case anyone cares : Obama does have an internet agenda.
I love to help the helpless but I'm not gonna help the clueless ~Dennis Miller
kat -- crikey -- you have
April 30, 2009 - 12:18 ET by Jack Bauerkat -- crikey -- you have to be au fait with Brit slang to be gobsmacked by that gag!
Needless to say you can't be a wanker if you have a missing member, as detailed in your mothejones links!
Bandwidth
April 30, 2009 - 11:59 ET by RukusYeah, it's gonna go bye bye alright./sarc
Kinda like all the compurters crashing and planes falling out of the sky etc. at 12:01AM 1/1/2000. Just another scarey senario to justify taxes, regulations etc. They said telecommunications wouldn't get over 1200 baud on land-lines either. Sheesh!
Gary
All the oil is in Texas and the dipsticks are in D.C.!
Is this why my newsbusters
April 30, 2009 - 12:05 ET by StewMcKinIs this why my newsbusters page takes 10 minutes to load sometimes, even when I'm on a T-1 line?
stew--
April 30, 2009 - 12:12 ET by misterbillSee my response time comment above-- NB is the only site where I experience a slowdown and WOW--I just logged back in after a msg popped up on my screen that IE had experienced an error and shut down on me. Been doing this for years and that never happened before. It went Click and back to desktop--wow!
What's an old conspiracy freak to do???
The conspiracy driven mind
April 30, 2009 - 13:12 ET by StewMcKinThe conspiracy driven mind should never give up! Sometimes it's the only way we find out the truth. I think in NBs case it's either a case of slow servers being overloaded or simply a poor web build. Any idea who designed the site and how the designers other sites function? In truth it's the only site I tend to have problems with.
Re Slow
April 30, 2009 - 13:47 ET by slickwillie2001It's easily the slowest loading website I have ever been to. Using Firefox tools Firebug and YSlow, this site gets either a D or F rating for efficiency, but that's not unusual. There's just a lot of stuff packed onto each page, even a thread page.
PS Why on Earth would anyone still be using IE?
I think people use IE
April 30, 2009 - 14:14 ET by StewMcKinI think people use IE because it comes pre-installed on all PCs running Windows. In the business environment PCs are normally locked up by the system admin, so the option of downloading an alternative browser doesn't exist without the admin unlocking each individual computer (they don't like to do that ever, even if it helps). Also, there are quite a few people who still lack even the most basic computer skills, and most likely don't know Firefox, Safari, or Opera even exist.
Stew, try pedaling faster
April 30, 2009 - 12:18 ET by R D Helm:-)
-Dave
This coup has gone on long enough. The time to put it down is NOW.
RD -- it's a precursor of
April 30, 2009 - 12:24 ET by Jack BauerRD -- it's a precursor of Obama's Fannie Mae National Heathcare system when you'll be waiting months for treatment as it's "rationed".
But Apple says Safari is the
April 30, 2009 - 13:23 ET by StewMcKinBut Apple says Safari is the fastest browser!
I'm not concerned.
April 30, 2009 - 13:38 ET by balboaI'm not concerned. Technology will find a way. If you read a lot of the comments on the original article, many people are already saying this is a non-issue.
I received two responses
April 30, 2009 - 15:02 ET by ThisnThatI received two responses from my Congressmen regarding AIG bonuse.
I pointed out Congress was violating the Constitution in taxing a specific group;
And wanted to know my Congressmen's position. One response is from a Dem congressman. The second is from a Rep Senator.
Want to guess which is which?
Response 1: I voted in favor of H.R. 1586 to impose a 90% tax on bonuses for recipients of TARP
funds in excess of $5 billion, and for employees of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
The additional tax is only imposed on employees who earn more than $250,000 a year.
I do not believe that these bonuses should be paid at the taxpayer's expense.
Response 2: While I share the concerns of many Americans about AIG's decision to award bonuses,
I believe the passage of a punitive tax law could set a far more dangerous precedent
of allowing the government to use the tax code to target what it considers to be an undesirable group.
___________________________________
The challenge is to follow a consistent plan despite inconsistent prices - Sarah Palin, State of the State of Alaska speech
The answer is obvious, but ...
April 30, 2009 - 15:04 ET by QueenMumCare to name names, TnT?
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of the tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. - Ayn Rand
Response Number 1 reads like my "representative"'s e-mail
April 30, 2009 - 15:39 ET by Jeff StoneCould it be that all the Democrats sent out the same response ?
chrysler going bankrupt
April 30, 2009 - 17:57 ET by candanceI am so glad the government gave them 5 billion dollars. Looks like "too big to fail" really means "you'll fail when we say so."
Smell the hope and change.
**candance
April 30, 2009 - 18:08 ET by pelicanmarshI'm sure you were also screaming, back a few months ago, to Let Them Fail and Let Capitalism Rule the Day!!, weren't you? I know I was.
Unbelievable, isn't it? 5 billion buckaroos, GONE, simply because the man who holds the station of President is too dim to see the forest for the trees.
Smelly hope and change, indeed.
Can 2012 get here any sooner?!
mastercard commercial
April 30, 2009 - 18:20 ET by candancePutting your children in debt for a company that doesn't exist anymore: 5 billion dollars
Saying I told you so: Priceless
Bring back 'Yellow Journalism'!
April 30, 2009 - 21:52 ET by Tailgunner'Yellow Journalism' exemplifies today's 'reporting' as just as agenda-driven and dishonest as it was in 1900.
"Frank Luther Mott (1941) defines Yellow Journalism in terms of five characteristics:
-scare headlines in huge print, often of minor news
-lavish use of pictures, or imaginary drawings
-use of faked interviews, misleading headlines, pseudo-science, and a parade of false learning from so-called experts
-emphasis on full-color Sunday supplements, usually with comic strips (which is now normal in the U.S.)
-dramatic sympathy with the "underdog" against the system."
http://en.wikipedia....
Plus it's an emotionally loaded and accurate phrase that will surely enrage the left and energize the right.
NOLO PUGNARE ME OCCIDERE