posted on January 8, 2006 08:16:25 PM new
dbl; noone bugs me too! I haven't really corrected/edited/criticized Linda's writing style....just indicated that it bugs me. I find fenix' writing a whole lot more coherent as a general rule, and for that reason her editorial pecadillos are easier to overlook. She rarely rants, whereas ranting is Linda's first choice. That and she calls everybody Imo, who the f*&K is Imo???
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posted on January 8, 2006 08:48:05 PM new
OK here's the story on my typing. I can't touch type, I can't type at the same speed that I think, aand my proofreading skills suck.
Now you know why you often fin some rather confusing letter combinations, entire words missing from sentences and in the rare case where you find none of these things... an edit or two.
Personally, I don't sweat it. I figure everyone has to have one imperfection
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posted on January 8, 2006 09:01:17 PM new
::This isn't the first time you want to argue with someone who posts even one word of Spanish.::
Not neccessarily true. I tell people to "muerdame" all the time and he never corrects me even though I leave the accent out every time (mainly because I have no idea where it is on my keyboard).
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posted on January 8, 2006 09:01:17 PM new
fenix, I was just kidding you. I hope you know that. Not everyone is a great typist, writer or speller. Typos happen even to the best of them now and then, too. Particularly when you are going on too little sleep, or have too many windows going on. I usually dont look at imperfect spelling or typing in chats because it's meant to be conversational.
posted on January 8, 2006 09:10:01 PM new
Dbl - I know - that's why I added that last line.
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posted on January 8, 2006 09:19:01 PM new
NewsMax.com
Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006 4:58 p.m. EST
Many Ready to Spar With Bill O'Reilly
If Bill O'Reilly truly loves a good fight, then he's had quite a week.
The Fox News Channel personality's confrontation with David Letterman Tuesday night made for some gripping television. The cranky "Late Show" host told his guest: "I have the feeling about 60 percent of what you say is crap."
That same night, nemesis Keith Olbermann on MSNBC once again named O'Reilly his "Worst Person in the World," this time for battling with two people at The New York Times. That's the 15th time O'Reilly has been cited since Olbermann began his half-facetious, half-serious nightly "award" to wag his finger at bad behavior.
For whatever reason, it seems more people are willing to step into the ring with the host of cable TV news' No. 1 program. But they'd better beware. Combat may be as essential as oxygen to him.
O'Reilly has already logged many minutes on his TV and radio shows to talk about what he called his "shootout" with Letterman, and posted a video clip on his Web site. He gave a telephone interview to "The View" to say that he didn't feel ambushed.
"I had no problem with the interview," O'Reilly said. "I enjoyed it."
The interview began poorly — with an uncomfortable silence after O'Reilly said he had "a nice winter solstice" — and went downhill. Letterman disagreed with O'Reilly's contention that de-emphasizing religion during the Christmas season was an example of political correctness eroding tradition.
"I don't think this is an actual threat," Letterman said. "I think that this is something that happened here and it happened there. And so people like you are trying to make us think that it's a threat."
They jousted over peace activist Cindy Sheehan, who O'Reilly said has referred to Iraqi insurgents as freedom fighters.
"It is a vitally important time in American history," O'Reilly said. "And we should all take it very seriously, and be very careful with what we say."
Responded Letterman: "Well, and you should be very careful with what you say also."
Letterman said he was "very concerned about people like yourself who don't have nothing but endless sympathy for a woman like Cindy Sheehan." That's where he issued his content analysis of "The O'Reilly Factor," although he admitted he didn't watch it.
On O'Reilly's TV show the next night, Fox News analyst Juan Williams likened the segment to a knife fight. "In some sense, it's like someone inviting you into their house and you find out you've been invited by, you know, John Wayne Gacy," he said.
A high-profile confrontation like this solidifies O'Reilly's relationship with his fans, said Martin Kaplan, an associate dean of the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California.
"He lives and breathes attention and combat," Kaplan said. "If he were to go on a friendly venue, there would be no story. It's made in heaven for him to be in a fight with Letterman."
O'Reilly has been atop the cable news ratings for four years. His average nightly audience increased from 2.42 million in 2004 to 2.49 million last year, although his ratings dropped among viewers younger than 55.
Kaplan said he believes O'Reilly's Christmas campaign may have backfired on him. "In TV sitcoms," he said, "they call that `jumping the shark.´"
During an interview with Newsday's Verne Gay in October, O'Reilly sounded weary about the scrutiny of his critics and their attacks. He even mused about retiring in a couple of years.
For the past 18 months, the liberal Web site Media Matters for America has assigned a monitor to O'Reilly's radio and TV shows, and alerts critics to alleged misstatements. And Olbermann regularly tweaks his time slot competitor, particularly since starting the "Worst Person in the World" segment last June.
"He's writing this material for me," Olbermann said. "I'm thinking of sending him a check. Day after day he just gets weirder and weirder and weirder."
Olbermann said he's thinking of holding fire a bit lest it seem like an obsession. While he's not a watchdog in a serious sense, Olbermann said that "it's important to me that you provide an alternate perspective to whatever the elite is in a given field.
"I look at them — they're clearly the popular clique, led by the bullies in the school — so if you get an opportunity to point out what stupid thing has been said or what moronic action has been encouraged by them or simply when they have fallen all over themselves in relation to the facts, you should do it," he said.
Olbermann pleads innocent to being holier-than-thou because of his show's willingness to point out its own mistakes. "I'm sure I will eventually make the list," he said. "I will be one of the worst people in the world."
He may already be, at least at Fox News Channel's office.
O'Reilly, who didn't want to talk for this article, has referred to Olbermann — although not by name — as a "notorious smear merchant" and pointed out his low ratings. (Olbermann's typical audience is about one-sixth of O'Reilly's.)
Network spokesman Brian Lewis was even more pointed. "Perhaps (NBC Universal chief) Jeff Zucker should think twice about tying his future, not to mention the reputation of (parent company) General Electric, to an unstable ratings-killer like Keith, who uses an NBC property for his personal attacks," he said.
Who will have the last laugh?
It's worth noting that nearly 2.7 million people — about 200,000 above last year's average — tuned in to watch "The O'Reilly Factor" the night after he went toe-to-toe with Letterman, according to Nielsen Media Research. O'Reilly's younger viewership was up 20 percent over his December numbers.
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Associated Press.
posted on January 8, 2006 09:31:05 PM new
Only in America can a sexual predator become governor or radio talk show host..are we proud?
Well it looks like someone is
I don't think Letterman is worried about Sexual Predator O'Reilly taking his place real soon
Of course people tuned in to S.P. O'Reilly the next day....to hear how distorted the story would be coming out of his phone-foul mouth. I bet it was hilarious compared to what really happened !
You just keep supporting those hate mongering sexual predators....like attracts
posted on January 8, 2006 09:45:17 PM new
Instead of insipid left wing sing song phrases, why not just do a "O'Riley said THIS, it is wrong"?
Anybody that doubts, for example, that the ACLU, etc, does not have the "controversial" organised attack on Christmas, is not playing with a full deck.
As I said, I don't watch, so the next time O'Riley says something "controversial", give me a head's up.
posted on January 8, 2006 09:57:58 PM new
OK, here's the questions the neoconjobs REFUSE to answer. In regards to the "war on Christmas" which IS on the level of the movement to put diapers on horses,
Was your little Xmas ruined???
Did someone forbid YOU to say Merry Christmas?
Did someone forbid you to have a nativity scene on YOUR property ?
Did anyone forbid you to go to church on Christmas?
Sing whatever carols you liked ?
Anyone keep you from the christian practices of getting drunk and watching football for Christmas?
YOu couldn't give anyone gifts?
Eat too much?
How DID the phony "war on Christmas" affect YOUR life?
posted on January 9, 2006 09:00:25 PM new
How nice you enjoyed yourself Colin. But I'm sorry, it didn't get my balls in a twitch. I just figured I'd set you straight, that's all. If you'd been to a school in recent memory that required actual learning, as opposed to self-ordination, you'd know there's no such thing as a free teacher's college.
Jessica Alba gets my balls in a twitch, Not you
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