Comments on: I don’t understand… https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/25/i-dont-understand/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/25/i-dont-understand/#comment-6272 ER Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:46:41 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=3894#comment-6272 When I lived in Port Charlotte, I used to buy my ammo at a little gunshop run by a real 2nd Amendment type who was a real Limbaugh fan. One day, driving to his store, I heard Rush on my car radio do a complete 180 on the foreign trade negotiations (all of sudden, he was all for it, "Down with Protectionism, it's bad for free enterprise"). I knew my NRA friend was of the opposite opinion, (as had been Rush a few days earlier) so as I paid for my box of FMJ .45 ACP I couldn't resist bringing up Limbaugh's sudden and unexpected tack to starboard. The patriot behind the counter looked at me sadly and said "Someone must have gotten to him." I guess someone just got to Roger, too. When I lived in Port Charlotte, I used to buy my ammo at a little gunshop run by a real 2nd Amendment type who was a real Limbaugh fan.

One day, driving to his store, I heard Rush on my car radio do a complete 180 on the foreign trade negotiations (all of sudden, he was all for it, “Down with Protectionism, it’s bad for free enterprise”). I knew my NRA friend was of the opposite opinion, (as had been Rush a few days earlier) so as I paid for my box of FMJ .45 ACP I couldn’t resist bringing up Limbaugh’s sudden and unexpected tack to starboard.

The patriot behind the counter looked at me sadly and said “Someone must have gotten to him.”

I guess someone just got to Roger, too.

]]> By: BuckGalaxy https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/25/i-dont-understand/#comment-6241 BuckGalaxy Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:08:39 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=3894#comment-6241 Fox News CEO Roger Ailes is repositioning the network away from the extreme nut cases on the far right. They're still right wingers but they had moved significantly further right after Obama was elected and now are moving back to where they were before then. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/26/roger-ailes-fox-news-course-correction_n_980850.html “I like Bloomberg, he’s a friend. But fuck him and the salt. I like salt. It’s not his business.” Fox News CEO Roger Ailes is repositioning the network away from the extreme nut cases on the far right. They’re still right wingers but they had moved significantly further right after Obama was elected and now are moving back to where they were before then.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/26/roger-ailes-fox-news-course-correction_n_980850.html

“I like Bloomberg, he’s a friend. But fuck him and the salt. I like salt. It’s not his business.”

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/25/i-dont-understand/#comment-6230 Jody Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:38:48 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=3894#comment-6230 Thanks Tom. Thanks Tom.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/25/i-dont-understand/#comment-6221 TB Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:16:41 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=3894#comment-6221 If you have a powerful social network setup (and many famous people and organizations do, not just politicians), it's pretty easy to get a shitload of "votes" for online polls. You don't even have to hack them. It's sort of like a distributed denial-of-service attack, but a slower one that doesn't actually take down the server. Just loads it with one poll answer. If you have a powerful social network setup (and many famous people and organizations do, not just politicians), it’s pretty easy to get a shitload of “votes” for online polls. You don’t even have to hack them. It’s sort of like a distributed denial-of-service attack, but a slower one that doesn’t actually take down the server. Just loads it with one poll answer.

]]> By: Jody https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/25/i-dont-understand/#comment-6220 Jody Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:10:32 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=3894#comment-6220 Just what does bombing online polls mean? Just what does bombing online polls mean?

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/25/i-dont-understand/#comment-6218 TB Mon, 26 Sep 2011 03:59:13 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=3894#comment-6218 Ron Paul has a very dedicated group of followers (of which I am definitely not a member) who have a long history of bombing online polls. Things like <a href="http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?308134-New-FOx-News-Debate-poll-out-this-morning" rel="nofollow">this</a> are legion. All online polls are crap. This is just one reason. Ron Paul has a very dedicated group of followers (of which I am definitely not a member) who have a long history of bombing online polls. Things like this are legion.

All online polls are crap. This is just one reason.

]]> By: Eri https://habitablezone.com/2011/09/25/i-dont-understand/#comment-6216 Eri Mon, 26 Sep 2011 03:47:58 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=3894#comment-6216 Something fishy in GOP land but, hey, this is Fox news. If the owner of Fox likes Romney, he'll do everything he can to help give him the upper hand including falsify polls and information. You may not believe this, but I'm praying the Republicans nominate someone is good, someone who, though I may disagree with a lot of his policies (none of their GOP women impress me), I can at least be comfortable with his tenure should he win. IOW, I want someone who can give Obama a close race. If they don't come up with a viable candidate, and we end up with a Michelle Bachmann or Sara Palin, God help us all. Something fishy in GOP land but, hey, this is Fox news. If the owner of Fox likes Romney, he’ll do everything he can to help give him the upper hand including falsify polls and information.

You may not believe this, but I’m praying the Republicans nominate someone is good, someone who, though I may disagree with a lot of his policies (none of their GOP women impress me), I can at least be comfortable with his tenure should he win. IOW, I want someone who can give Obama a close race. If they don’t come up with a viable candidate, and we end up with a Michelle Bachmann or Sara Palin, God help us all.

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