Caption: Lunch hour for pundits.
Man in green shirt: Because it's fast, convenient, and makes it easy to stay on a fact-free diet.
Cart reads: TALKING POINTS
Sign reads: Today's Special: IMMIGRANTS!
I’m serious….I watch Fox news, just so I know exactly what my conservative friends will be saying the next day…It’s always the same. “Baaaa”, he said sheepishly…..
Ever seen cotton candy made? They dip the paper tube into the spinning tub of sugar and this big sweet sticky fluff of almost nothing but air, wraps itself around it… Conservative platform? Democratic platform? The only way to know which is which is to check the lead levels, I guess, eh?….Some people say republicans are trying to stop people from voting by shortening the voting hours, reducing the number of polling places in “certain neighborhoods”, etc……….But they could also poison the population with lead, because it makes people forgetful and slower with a lower intellect……Now that is brilliant!…It’s also a long term solution…Lead poisoning lasts forever….Republicans are brilliant! After all, until republicans come up with some ideas that make sense to educated people, there is no other way for conservatives to get votes. They have to cheat…They don’t have a choice…
On the opposite end of the spectrum, (which is exactly the same thing, these things being cyclical), we have the people who consume only the best and most perfected talking points, low on substance but high in presentation and 100% politically correct. Pundits have to go for volume.
Fact; all four of my grandparents came here as legal immigrants from Europe a century ago. Opinion: due to the terrible, really awful lives they faced in the countries they came from, if those countries had bordered the U.S. I would have hoped they’d have come here even if it were illegal.
Virtually everyone has an opinion on this…especially in light of western Europe’s problems. Unfortunately “political correctness” seems to be fogging up the issue. The media appears to be very careful not to step on toes so its hard to tell between what’s reality and what isn’t. I do know that a lot of people I never met say they want me dead.It will be interesting how it all works out (or doesn’t). Hopefully the Chinese curse "May you live in interesting times? won’t apply.I guess I fit in the “pundit” or “pseudo-pundit” column.
Sigh Al-Jazeera is going off the air. Ratings were too low. They didn’t carry the “Trump & Hillary Show” and spent far too little time on celebrity scandals. The only people who watched it were those who wanted news.
I guess it’s a comment on Americans wanting to remain ignorant.
Dtroutma over 8 years ago
Uh-huh.
jorgen Premium Member over 8 years ago
The facts are easy: within five years robots will do the jobs unskilled illegal aliens are doing. What then?
Varnes over 8 years ago
I’m serious….I watch Fox news, just so I know exactly what my conservative friends will be saying the next day…It’s always the same. “Baaaa”, he said sheepishly…..
braindead Premium Member over 8 years ago
Yet again:
If you want fewer illegals, prosecute businesses who hire them.
OTOH, if you want to keep importing cheap labor, fly into a (out)rage and firmly believe a wall will be paid for by Mexico — and will be effective.
Varnes over 8 years ago
Ever seen cotton candy made? They dip the paper tube into the spinning tub of sugar and this big sweet sticky fluff of almost nothing but air, wraps itself around it… Conservative platform? Democratic platform? The only way to know which is which is to check the lead levels, I guess, eh?….Some people say republicans are trying to stop people from voting by shortening the voting hours, reducing the number of polling places in “certain neighborhoods”, etc……….But they could also poison the population with lead, because it makes people forgetful and slower with a lower intellect……Now that is brilliant!…It’s also a long term solution…Lead poisoning lasts forever….Republicans are brilliant! After all, until republicans come up with some ideas that make sense to educated people, there is no other way for conservatives to get votes. They have to cheat…They don’t have a choice…
Brass Orchid Premium Member over 8 years ago
On the opposite end of the spectrum, (which is exactly the same thing, these things being cyclical), we have the people who consume only the best and most perfected talking points, low on substance but high in presentation and 100% politically correct. Pundits have to go for volume.
whiteheron over 8 years ago
See? Only conservatives do this….Yeah right, now there’s a real informed opinion.(please not that the sarcasm font is heavily on)
usafmsgt over 8 years ago
Today’s Pearls Before Swine is a perfect example of the lefts talking points.
SkyFisher over 8 years ago
I laughed out-loud when I heard this sound-bite from John Kasich:“You know why God invented pundits? Too make the astrologers seem more accurate.”
StCleve72 over 8 years ago
Fact; all four of my grandparents came here as legal immigrants from Europe a century ago. Opinion: due to the terrible, really awful lives they faced in the countries they came from, if those countries had bordered the U.S. I would have hoped they’d have come here even if it were illegal.
dabugger over 8 years ago
The thoughtless crowd.
Rarely528 over 8 years ago
Virtually everyone has an opinion on this…especially in light of western Europe’s problems. Unfortunately “political correctness” seems to be fogging up the issue. The media appears to be very careful not to step on toes so its hard to tell between what’s reality and what isn’t. I do know that a lot of people I never met say they want me dead.It will be interesting how it all works out (or doesn’t). Hopefully the Chinese curse "May you live in interesting times? won’t apply.I guess I fit in the “pundit” or “pseudo-pundit” column.
Jhixster over 8 years ago
In the guide for my TV service, Fox News is tagged as “Entertainment News”. hmmmmm….. no different the Access Hollywood!
billpat1 over 8 years ago
We obviously forgot what illegal means, as well as a lot of other words, like murder, gay, marriage etc.
tremblaydr over 8 years ago
I watch Fox News, but I treat it as one of my comedy channels.
The sh*t they say, with a straight face, makes me laugh my hiney off.
dflak over 8 years ago
Sigh Al-Jazeera is going off the air. Ratings were too low. They didn’t carry the “Trump & Hillary Show” and spent far too little time on celebrity scandals. The only people who watched it were those who wanted news.
I guess it’s a comment on Americans wanting to remain ignorant.
Brass Orchid Premium Member over 8 years ago
Maybe I can write my congress-critter and get a copy of his demographic chart.