Comments on: Local Blogging 07.09.08

By: kurtis

kurtis — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:22:03 +0000

Speaking of the Strib's featured comments, I find it funny that right now the featured comment looks like it's being spoken by the sales operator pictured in the ad. Some examples are captured here for posterity.

By: Rat

Rat — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:21:45 +0000

Bush didn't sit in the same room and have a meeting with Kim Jong il, did he?

That's what they're talking about. The President of the United States doesn't sit face to face with little bitches like Kim Jong il.

And especially if the outcome isn't set in stone months before the meeting.

By: mnblrmkr

mnblrmkr — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:44:35 +0000

Kevin: What? Who says he's taking credit for anything?

Obama was catching all kinds of grief for saying he'd talk to our enemies.
Bush finally does it, and he actually makes some progress.

By: Rat

Rat — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:27:40 +0000

Once they find oil, they'd still have to actually build the wells, extract and refine the oil. That isn't done overnight.

So, in your estimation is it a signal to start now, or just forget it?

By: kwatt

kwatt — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:33:35 +0000

I thought making his own presidential seal was presumputious, but taking credit for foreign policy acocmplishments before he’s even in office – now that takes the cake!

By: kurtis

kurtis — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:31:50 +0000

Replace once with if/when.

By: kurtis

kurtis — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:29:55 +0000

It’s exploratory drilling. Once they find oil, they’d still have to actually build the wells, extract and refine the oil. That isn’t done overnight.

If people don’t understand that offshore drilling isn’t going to bring down gas prices by the end of the summer, they have no business calling other people morons.

By: mazasapa

mazasapa — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:13:34 +0000

Then Obama would tell people that drilling for oil doesn't mean finding oil and that even if they found it, it wouldn't equate to cheaper gas for maybe ten years, and they would say "oh."

More likely they'd say, "what are you, a moron?"

By: mnblrmkr

mnblrmkr — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:06:34 +0000

Actually, we got there by doing what Obama has been calling for: talking to our adversaries.

It only took Bush 7 years to get us back to where we were 8 years ago.

By: Rat

Rat — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:56:32 +0000

We've craftily employed them like that.

Well, I hope they get some compensation. Hate to think they're doing it on the cheap.