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“worst part of this line so far is that I need to per ;)”
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Rush Limbaugh: The man who's always Right - Telegraph
Rush Limbaugh: The man who's always Right - Telegraph
November 1 at 2:58 am - via Bookmarklet - Link
"That's some confession, even for a thick-skinned man. He seems to know himself well, knows he can be selfish and that he cuts quite a lonely figure – just him and his remaining cat rattling around in that big house. He also knows he is easily bored. 'I don't have guests on my show because I don't care what other people think,' he tells me. 'Most guests are boring.' But it's not only others he is bored with, it is also, perhaps, himself. This may be what explains his recklessness, his bravado, his determination to say the unsayable. And perhaps it also explains why he never misses a beat, until you draw him out about himself — how he is difficult to live with, how he cried when his cat died, how, to his surprise, he found it helpful talking to a therapist. Only then does he hesitate. As we part he bets me a cigar from Desmond Sautter's of Mayfair that Obama won't win. I'd better go and choose one." - Paul Buchheit via Bookmarklet
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I love getting this 'inside' info on my HERO, Rush. To me he is Abe Lincoln, Patrick Henry, and Ben Franklin all in one; a modern day King Solomon. Rush has been in my life since I first heard him in Sacramento in the '80s. He is the sexiest man I've ever seen or heard (since I believe intelligence and insight are what makes a man most desirable). I thank God for him and pray for him. Rush is the best thing that has happened in this country in the last 100 years! He speaks MY language. I hate to think of where we'd be without him. - Gregory Lent
quoting from a letter to the editor for that article - Gregory Lent
Gregory, I was starting to worry when I read your comment, LOL. - Trish R
Same here. Phew! - Abby Martin
Love him or hate him, he's consistent... - Mark VandenBerg
Hitler loved his dog. - Sean McBride
so rush is like Hitler ? - Matt Craven
In his bombastic demagogery, groveling before powerful financial interests, and crude exploitation of the most ignorant and xenophonic tendencies in American culture, Limbaugh has Hitlerian tendencies. He is closely allied with Judeo-Christian fascism (neoconservatism) and generally promotes their propaganda themes. He's an embarrassment to any authentic conservative movement. I pay little attention to him -- there is little substance there to pay attention to. - Sean McBride
@Sean McBride Which conservative movements are authentic in 2008? - Michael Markman
I don't see any authentic conservative "movements" in play at the moment (perhaps Ron Paul's organization comes close) -- just a collection of independent minds who are trying to think through the mess that neoconservatism has wrought and to develop new models. Writers at American Conservative and Antiwar.com are often thinking in interesting and original ways about these issues. The terms "conservatism" and "liberalism" are increasingly bereft of much meaningful content as an ideological dichotomy. We're on the verge of something entirely new, I think. - Sean McBride
The main trend I am noticing: anti-authoritarian members of the right and left seem to be converging on similar positions. Perhaps that is going to be next wave, one that is neither strictly conservative nor liberal. - Sean McBride
Rush has been a major contributor to sheepware that keeps our populace from actual critical thought. It's not really his fault, it's those who seek to replace their own ideas with someone else's. Rush is simply good and persuading people to do that. - AJ Kohn
I bracket Rush Limbaugh in my mind with Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck, Jay Severin, Laura Ingraham, Michael Savage, Michelle Malkin and Sean Hannity. Stupid bullies. Lots of aggression, fear and violence. Little brainpower and zero analytical skills. They promoted every disastrous policy promoted by the Bush 43 administration (especially the Iraq War) without a moment's thought or effort at independent critical analysis. Low-grade agitprop artists. Much of this mess has been engineered by Rupert Murdoch and a handful of other mainstream media owners -- they provided the paychecks and suppressed or censored opposing views. - Sean McBride
OMG Gregory you had me going there... however, as we get old and cranky we become more susceptible to this sort of appeal to the reptilian brain, IMO :-) - Richard Walker
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Barack Obama published a video on YouTube
Blueprint for Change: Fiscal
Blueprint for Change: Fiscal
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October 27 at 9:10 pm - Link
More redistribution of wealth? - Matt Craven
Matt, have you seen the McCain video where he says the exact same thing? - anna
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Alex Scoble CISSP posted a message
“Do people not realize that if you have a million dollars in the bank that you make (at least when the economy isn't having real problems) $40k a year doing nothing? How is that accumulation of wealth without adding to productivity into the system good for society?”
October 25 at 10:33 pm - Link
This is exactly why we have a progressive tax system. - Alex Scoble CISSP
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It's good for society only if you're spending that money. - Tad, better than boredom
Do you understand the reason why interest is paid? Time value of money? - Morton Fox
Do you understand the point of my statement, Morton? That earning money for nothing isn't good for society? - Alex Scoble CISSP
Interest is NOT earning money for nothing. Savings provides capital, which is an important factor of production. - Morton Fox
uh, first, someone gives the money to the bank, and the money is used by the bank - thus the bank pays him. - Michael J. Cohen (mjc)
What Morton said. - Kamath ॐ
Aren't banks paying interest on accounts because they are borrowing against/loaning out their patrons monies? Also as an incentive to keep people from burying greenbacks in the yard or in a mattress, safety deposit box etc? - J. Abdul-Qahhar
Alex, that's called interest and capital gains. WTF. You're saying nobody deserves a return on investment or interest for letting the bank use your money to reinvest which helps the economy? - David Ward
Sorry Alex, have to agree with Morton. That money provides capital for borrowing. The idea that it's not productive is false, it's the lack of savings that has contributed to America's foreign debt crisis - Duncan Riley
Well, we all know who to get loans from now... - Thomas B
What's wrong with "living off the interest"? Always been a dream of mine. And not because i don't like to work. I would go crazy if I didn't work. Just maybe the type of work could be different. - Josh Haley
Yes, of course, Alex, I see it clearly now: if we penalize those people who have been successful, then maybe we can stop others from being successful in the future, and oh! what a happy world it will be! - Glen Campbell
Morton & MJ Cohen are correct. Money in the bank gets used. But also, there's inflation, which generally causes your savings to lose value, despite interest. - Tanath
Seriously, Alex, you have a logical fallacy there where you imply that it's "doing nothing." Your $1 million is not just sitting in a vault somewhere, it's helping construction companies purchase lumber, paying the salaries of consultants, and otherwise providing capital for businesses and individuals to do things with. Money doesn't just grow on trees, you know; it actually has to come from somewhere. And taking something from someone who's earned it to give to someone who hasn't is morally reprehensible. - Glen Campbell
The fallacy to all thee arguments is that the more money you have the *easier* it becomes to make more money. Of course it's never guaranteed, but having greater capital at your disposal gives you power for higher interest rates and the ability to risk-manage investments for even greater returns (what the whole VC game is based on). "earned" evokes the mental image of linear returns for effort, but once you exceed a tipping point great wealth is a huge multiplier in "earned" returns - mikepk
The basic wealth distribution of the United States bears out this argument, from wikipedia: "at the end of 2001, 10% of the population owned 71% of the wealth, and the top 1% controlled 38%. On the other hand, the bottom 40% owned less than 1% of the nation's wealth" Do you think human potential in "earned" results follows this sharp an exponential? - mikepk
One example: Bill Gates has created jobs for far more people that I expect to in my lifetime, and vastly improved those people's standards of living. Your argument, Michael, also has its fallacy: that $1 million in the bank is available to others, making it *easier* for them to make money. It's not just sitting there doing nothing. - Glen Campbell
I'm going to guess that Alex means *literally* productive. Asin, adding actual value to the economy as opposed to just being shifted around. Interest paid to a savings account is just money taken fron another savings account or from interest taken on a loan. Just guessing, of course. It's not like they taught this stuff in high school. - thepete
I'm not arguing that it's doing nothing, I'm arguing that success creates a wealth multiplier that is non linear in nature. It takes money to make money, as the old adage goes. Getting 10x the return for the same amount of effort and skill makes "earned" mean something slightly different. - mikepk
I guess I was discussing the rationale for progressive taxation, rather than the "money in the bank is doing nothing" point. I think we're talking past each other a bit. - mikepk
His argument was that wealth without adding to productivity is not good for society. My argument is that weath IS adding to productivity by taking the same financial multiplier that you specified, Michael, and making it available to others. - Glen Campbell
Having a lot of family members who are immigrants, their experience of poverty isn't really that remote to me. I guess there's just something that feels wrong when you realize some people are earning way more money doing absolutely nothing while your relatives are out there busting their asses 16 hours a day working two jobs, sometimes literally wiping people's asses and cleaning up shit. I'm not saying that it's necessarily unjust, but it certainly gives you a different perspective on things. - Victor Ganata
Of course wealth (in a bank or invested) is adding productivity to society, I thought that point had been clearly made by others already. :) I was reacting more to the notion that progressive taxation is a penalty for hard work or earned success, where I view it more as drag on the exponential multiplication of wealth that can occur. I think radical wealth inequality is *very* unhealthy for a society, and that's what occurs unless there's some amount of 'braking' applied to this multiplier. - mikepk
Victor, that's the other "fairness" argument that can be made. People often decry progressive taxation as not being fair, but if viewed through the lens of amount of earnings per amount of effort, education and skill, often times the primary difference is starting from a higher wealth base, acting as an earnings multiplier. We like to think of ourselves as purely a meritocracy. - mikepk
progressive is not you deciding what I do with my money - ⓃⓄⒶⒽ ⒹⒶⓋⒾⒹ ⓈⒾⓂⓄⓃ
Noah: I'm curious, what would you envision as a perfect government and/or tax system? - mikepk
Well if I work my ass off to earn that million and then park it in the bank - what's wrong with that? It's *my* money - I earned it. - Matt Craven
And if you have 100 million in the bank? What about a billion? A billion dollars sitting in banks or money market funds will get you about 40 MILLION dollars a year. At some point your "right" to accumulate wealth is superseded by the dangers that your wealth can wreak on the system. I'm not saying that people shouldn't allowed to be wealthy...I'm saying that the system needs to make it harder for people to make more money the more money they make. That's progressive taxation. - Alex Scoble CISSP
This is why Alex has a special place in my heart. - W!cKeD
Hehe, thanks Wicked. - Alex Scoble CISSP
Oh and I should point out that there is no guaranteed right in the constitution for making money or having money. Wealth is a privilege, not a right. - Alex Scoble CISSP
Darn right it's a privilege, Alex. That's why I wouldn't want you deciding what happens to my money or the interest derived from it. I grew up in a communist country, and let me tell you, you're veering awfully close to those disgusting principles of wealth re-distribution. Why the heck does it bother you if someone's got a fat bank account?! If they earned it ethically, let them enjoy it in peace. Go work for your money. - Raoul Pop
Alex there is such thing as Risk. You could lose all your money if a bank goes under! Are you advocating communism and redistribution of assets? - Igor The Troll
Alex, I think this is one argument you can't win. Money in the bank IS put to work for society's benefit, and the Constitution DOES certainly provide for strong property rights (with money being recognized as one of many forms of property). You raise several issues with your comment, each of which is a complex debate... * progressive taxation va. alternatives... * earned income vs. capital gains... * moral/ethical obligations of the wealthy... * relative importance of various rights in our society... etc. - Logical Extremes
It kind of amazes me that the same people who despise mythical "welfare queens" and oppose any form of a social safety net as "redistribution" will nevertheless defend to the hilt the right of a billionaire to get a check for millions of dollars for doing nothing. - Eric P
Originally I read this post as a subtle dig at those that suggest all money by the wealthy is "hard earned" And with that point I agree. Money earned by interest is not hard earned, but I agree with Morton on this one. Earning interest off of savings and investments is a fundamental principle and definitely adds to our society. It *is* income though and should be taxed appropriately though. - Lindsey
It's not helpful to talk in extremes though (e.g., "socialism" vs. "capitalist pigs"), the answer is almost always in the middle somewhere. Few would disagree that the wealthier have a higher burden to support the commons, it's a matter of degree. Tweaking tax rates and thresholds within our progressive structure is a minor thing in the big scheme of things. - Logical Extremes
While I agree morally you should be doing more with 100 million dollars than accumulating wealth and living poshly, in this country you have every right to do so. It's nobody's business what you decide to do with your money as long as you're living within the law. - Lindsey
forget about a million in the bank, what about one billion that transfers from one generation to another. Why only tax this at 50%? Tax any estate over $50 million at 90% and you could give working people everywhere a nice income tax reduction. At a certain point, say north of $50 million, taxing estates aggressively makes enormous sense. - Thomas Hawk
I have a million dollars. I buy a farm. A farmer comes along, does back breaking labor for a year to grow and sell crops for a profit. I sit on my ass the whole time. How big a check do I deserve? - Eric P
@Eric: Isn't that between you and the farmer? Why should anyone else have a say? - Brian Newman
This whole concept of "get what you deserve" is getting out of hand. We live in America, or has everyone forgotten that? - Lindsey
Lindsay, it is in society's interest to point people in a desired direction. This is why we have laws, regulations, taxes and specific tax breaks for specific things (like tax breaks for solar panels, hybrid cars, more efficient appliances, etc.). Again, I'm not saying that interest or any capital gains is a bad thing. What I am saying is that the unfettered accumulation of wealth is a bad thing and that's why we have progressive taxation. - Alex Scoble CISSP
Thomas, estate taxes are an interesting debate. Let's say you have your entire wealth tied up in private heirloom (e.g., a Picaso). Is it right for your heirs to have to sell it to pay the taxes? How about if you spend your whole life building up a private company, and your kids work there and helped build it too. When you die, should they have to sell it to pay the taxes? - Logical Extremes
I finally have $1 million. I buy into a hedge fund which deals in highly leveraged hedges which bet *against* the entire economy (the uncapitalized hedges are worth more than 30 times the entire value of the stock market) -- the economy tanks due to other uncapitalized hedges, my fund position makes me close to $1 billion -- how much of that "should" I be able to keep? - AaronTheLibrarian
I think giving incentives to point them in that direction is more effective than punishing the "wrong" direction. I uphold anyone's right as an American to accumulate wealth even to extremes. They should pay an appropriate tax but in the case of 90% inheritance as Thomas suggested that's just wrong. - Lindsey
The answer to that question depends entirely on your moral/ethical constitution. Are you for burying everyone and living the high life off your gains or are you for lifting as many others as you can so there will be more money available for earning/spending/acquiring in the future? - AaronTheLibrarian
You have to have both carrots and sticks. - Alex Scoble CISSP
Alex, we have progressive taxation not because accumulation of wealth is considered evil, but because it's a relatively efficient way to fund the commons. - Logical Extremes
BTW the notion that this is a discussion that needs to be won is also what's wrong with politics these days...This isn't about winning. This is about learning and showing respect to those with other viewpoints. - Alex Scoble CISSP
Sticks are for lawbreakers and evildoers. Carrots are the way to go to create incentives for desirable behavior. - Logical Extremes
And is someone who gains wealth only for the sake of gaining wealth not an evildoer? When Microsoft did that sort of thing, they eventually got targeted by the US and EU governments for abusing their monopoly status. - Alex Scoble CISSP
Alex -- Your statement implies that people who are millionaires spend most of their time "doing nothing", and are not "adding to productivity". Do you have statistics to back that up? Knowing a few millionaires, my experience is that they are extremely active, both in non-profit sectors (foundation/endowment founders) and in entrepreneurial sectors (angel investors). And even that million in the bank is doing something -- it's bolstering and stabilizing the stock market. - Robert Fischer
Who's saying this is a discussion that needs to be won? We're hashing things out and if anyone can be swayed by a viewpoint, it is me. You seem to be hanging in the extremes whereas Logical and I are hanging toward the middle both agreeing in progressive taxation but also an individual's right to accumulate wealth. In order to respect someone's stance you need to understand it and concede points. - Lindsey
But Alex, Microsoft broke the law. They abused their power. Every individual and every company has a right to maximize their wealth (if that's what they choose to do), WITHIN the law. - Logical Extremes
My statement implies nothing of the sort. You are reading into it. The implication is simply that the wealthy have a lot more ability to accumulate wealth than the middle class or the poor do. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, I'm sure, work their asses off as they are both driven men. This isn't about laziness. - Alex Scoble CISSP
And for the record Logical Extremes said that this was an argument that I cannot win. - Alex Scoble CISSP
Yeah, the first million is the hardest ;-) - Logical Extremes
Guilty as charged, and I stand corrected Alex. Your post asked questions, and I responded as if you were putting up a concrete wall. - Logical Extremes
Unless you already have a million. - Alex Scoble CISSP
And there's the point that we are going to have to agree to disagree...the accumulation of wealth is not a right in this country...It is a privilege. - Alex Scoble CISSP
Alex, just a final note. I'll set the individual right vs. privilege issue aside for the moment. But realize that public corporations have a duty, not just a right, to maximize shareholder value (legally, of course). There are legal consequences if executives act contrary to this objective. - Logical Extremes
They also have a duty to obey all applicable laws and regulations. - Alex Scoble CISSP
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Alex Scoble CISSP posted a message
“Duncan Riley: Calling me stupid on your blog won't get you friends or help you to prove a point, particularly when you DIDN'T EVEN EFFIN' READ WHAT I SAID.”
October 27 at 3:32 pm - Link
Who do you think is more stupid? The guy who sees a situation in society and tries to explain/talk about it, or the guy who sees what the other guy writes and doesn't even get what they wrote? - Alex Scoble CISSP
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I dunno, Alex. Calling you stupid is the QUICKEST way to earn my friendship! LOL???????????????????? :( - Akiva Moskovitz
Coming from you, Akiva, that really hurts. I'm taking back what I said about you earlier today. :p - Alex Scoble CISSP
At least he didn't call you a c*nt. :) - Cyndy
Hrm...now I guess I gotta go read what Duncan wrote about what you wrote so I can write what I think about what I read - ♫ Rahsheen™
Damn...off to delete blog post - Alan Simpson
TBH, I've said much worse about certain folks here on my blog. Usually after they started up with me first, though. +1 Cyndy, though I've used that word to describe certain bloggers, myself. - Helen Sventitsky
Helen, I never use it, but one of Duncan's most notorious bitch fights happened when he called Louis that. :D - Cyndy
Duncan Riley didn't call you stupid. He called the "hate the rich" meme stupid. There's a difference. - Morton Fox
If he had said I say some stupid stuff and actually paraphrased what I said instead of a lame-ass parody of what I said, that would be fine. But to turn what I said into a stupid parody of what I said to make his point that I'm stupid...that's over the top. It shows a complete and utter lack of respect when the same level of disrespect was never shown towards him. - Alex Scoble CISSP
Alan won this thread. - ♣genieyclo♣
Alex, you dumb SOB. - Geoff Schultz
See, Geoff has the right idea...just say it to my face. :) - Alex Scoble CISSP
And just for the record, I reread what I wrote and it's just as true today as it was when I wrote it. http://friendfeed.com/e/10ac10... If stating an obvious fact makes me stupid, then so be it. - Alex Scoble CISSP
is this real or is this one of those Alist staged fights that Loren Feldman does with Jason Calacanis, Michael Arrington and Loic Lemeur? - ⓃⓄⒶⒽ ⒹⒶⓋⒾⒹ ⓈⒾⓂⓄⓃ
You blog? :) - Roger Kondrat
This is definitely real Noah. Oh and while I'm at it, I apologize to anyone if I've ever called you names. - Alex Scoble CISSP
Alex, I propose you end every sentence with 'Pew Pew Pew' just to cover yourself in the future :) - Johnny Worthington
Pew pew pew! - Alex Scoble CISSP
Inside voices please ! :) - Patricia
JEEZ O PEET I take a couple days off from teh interwebs and the whole place goes straight to heckins! So, What else did I miss? - Mark VandenBerg
<small_voice pew pew pew </small_voice - Alex Scoble CISSP
Pew pew pew! http://icanhascheezburger.com/... - Cecily
big things, Mark, big...oh, yeah, while we're at it...friendfeed is now officially the staging zone for wars on other sites in the interwebs, most notably blogs...to defend your self, end all posts with a short Pew!Pew!Pew!--like so: Pew!Pew!Pew! - ♣genieyclo♣
Duncan who? - Josh Haley
LOL, Josh. - Alex Scoble CISSP
Thanks for the update babe-aliciousness. Now, who to start a war against... *eyes the entire Scoble quartet...* - Mark VandenBerg
quartet? i thought there were only 2 of them, plus their millions of bots..hmm, i smell something fishy...no clones here, are there? - ♣genieyclo♣
Clones? If I had clones I'd be #1 in activity instead of just #5 :) - Alex Scoble CISSP
+1 for Noah's question. All the manufactured controversy and drama that ensures A-listers lots of hits gets really old, lame and tiresome. Like this "DON'T REPRINT THIS EMAIL" crap from Calacanis. YAWN - Dawn
Well, we got team captain Robert, his lovely wife Maryam, their prodigy son, Patrick, and Patrick's weird uncle Alex. So, yup, that's four. Pew, Pew, Pew! - Mark VandenBerg
When did I get placed into the A-List...I'm the brother of an alleged "A-lister"...that does not mean that I am A-List...I'm C or D-List at best. At worst I'm rated F Grade (mostly hoofs and snouts). - Alex Scoble CISSP
Alex, you're on my A-list ;) - Dawn
thanks Dawn and Alex... I'm not always right, and I'm a big fan of Andy Kaufman and inside jokes... but it happens too much (it is all promotion) and when you go in to break up an Alist fight they all bark or laugh at you. - ⓃⓄⒶⒽ ⒹⒶⓋⒾⒹ ⓈⒾⓂⓄⓃ
For the record, I blocked Duncan Riley a long time ago. He reminds me of those fish that suck onto sharks so they can feed off the crumbs of their stronger, more capable hosts, all the while thinking that makes them equal. - Dawn
Thanks, Dawn. :) - Alex Scoble CISSP
Dawn, you blocked me so well I can still see your comments...lol :-) Alex, see what Morton said. I've got a lot of time for you, but your hate the rich stuff is beyond me. If you can't separate the two, that's your issue, and I wouldn't expect you to agree with me all the time either. That you've responded in this way now really just proves the general meme of the post: civility is lost. - Duncan Riley
Duncan, when someone blocks you, you can't see their posts but you can still see their comments. - Akiva Moskovitz
I always though it was both...least it has been for me. Oh well. No great loss either way - Duncan Riley
The fact that you used me as an example while misquoting what I said in your personal blog, instead of by making an intelligent dismissal of my ideas proves your point and makes you a hypocrite to boot. And nowhere have I ever said that I hate the rich. Next thing you are going to tell me that Teddy Roosevelt hated the rich. What I do not like are people who use all that society has to give and then do not want to pay taxes appropriately. - Alex Scoble CISSP
Alex, I've responded on some of your previous threads, for example in relation to your idea that people shouldn't earn interest, I pointed out at the time that the money was used to makes loans etc... I don't have to repeat myself every time because you can't remember my line from the avalanche of people who disagreed with you. I'm sorry you feel this way, we disagree on tax, nothing more, but you're the one making this more - Duncan Riley
My idea wasn't that people shouldn't earn interest. My point was that when you have large sums of money, the mere fact have having that money gains you more wealth. This is an advantage that rich people have over the poor and much of the middle class. It's like a katamari ball. The bigger your ball the more stuff it pulls in...it's not in anyone's interest to have people out there with so much money that they can corrupt governments. That is why we have a progressive tax system... - Alex Scoble CISSP
To prevent the UNFETTERED accumulation of wealth. - Alex Scoble CISSP
And I'm not the one making this bigger than it is...you did this by using my name on your blog and misconstruing my comments in an inflammatory way. You are doing the exact thing that Mark Hopkins quit friendfeed over. - Alex Scoble CISSP
So I earn money - I get taxed on that - I save it - I save like a fiend, and now I'm relatively well off. So I should get taxed *more* because I've worked my ass off to get to where I am? Sorry, I don't buy that. - Matt Craven
Speaking of "rich" in web terms please don't forget to LINK. I found it curious that neither Duncan or you, Alex, linked up the source so readers could easily draw their own opinions. He didn't link this FriendFeed comment in his blog post and you didn't link his blog post here. Accidental? Intentional? This seems like a classic case of: "I disagree with XYZ and won't link to them but believe me ___ is what they meant." Wrong. - TDavid
And for others who don't want to sleuth the link. Duncan's post that Alex is talking about is here: http://www.duncanriley.com/200... - his exact quote begins with: "...stupid hate the rich meme that’s come up of late, driven in part by Alex Scoble. If you ever wanted to prove that Obama supporters are socialists, read Alex’s stuff." - TDavid
The full quote is "If you ever wanted to prove that Obama supporters are socialists, read Alex’s stuff. Dumb stuff, like the rich are only rich because they already have money, and should be taxed so they are equal, or people shouldn’t be allowed to make interest on money because that’s not a productive use of money." Which is just a lame parody of what I've said...and by the way, if you think this stuff is socialist...then you are calling Teddy Roosevelt a socialist and that makes your opinion... - Alex Scoble CISSP
on this matter very suspect. - Alex Scoble CISSP
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“Scoble, accept my friendfeed friend request ;) I'm missing your content!”
October 27 at 8:52 pm - Link
LOL - y'all are funny. I haven't been able to read Scoble's feed in quite some time. Maybe I'm blocked! - Matt Craven
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Jason - I hope everything turns out fine - looks like the treatment is working from your last post. I know how important pets are to each of us. - Matt Craven
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We have a problem Dave.
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Entertainment fail. Also, learn to use a trash can lid. - Omar Gallaga
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lol wtf is that? ha - Matt Craven
Oh, great. Dave "Where Charisma Goes to Die" Winer has a video camera. God save us all. - Art Lindsey III
Well, Lucas did a much better job of using garbage as an escape mechanism in Star Wars Episode IV and but he used a Princess... not a King. In Empire, Lucas used garbage as a means to avoid detection but this was for a mercenary... not a King. I am left wondering: Will the King rise from the great trash heap (Fraggle Rock?) to his rightful ascension as ruler of all social media? This could be fascinating. - qthrul
Could this be the start of a "Puppets in the garbage" meme? - Omar Gallaga
Oscar the Grouch was the definitive puppet in the garbage. That would be a really hard act to follow. The bigger draw might be a series on going through the trash of a blog-o-sphere personality to see what vices or proclivities are unearthed. - qthrul
How about social media "experts" in the garbage? - Omar Gallaga
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Two things are required additions: #1) Inquisitr onesies featuring the Q and #2) T-shirts that read "Duncan Riley Fan Club" on the front, with the Inquisitr URL on the back. - Louis Gray
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I think the arrington one really needs to read "Mike Arrington blocked me and all I got was this t-shirt" ;) - Lucretia Pruitt
I promise this will be my only back-seat t-shirt idea: "I'd rather be on TechMeme" - Mark Trapp
sweet .... I must order now ;) - Matt Craven
Interesting timing, just decided today to have 2 t-shirts of my own made :) - Jennifer Van Grove via twhirl
♥ Zazzle :) - Bwana
Well I know which one I am buying..... - Erin Kotecki Vest
@Duncan - that's not nice. - Dennis Howlett via twhirl
hmmm you need a Scoble one his head on a sheep as in social media sheep - Fred Grott
Dennis, which part? - Duncan Riley
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loren feldman posted an entry on 1938 Media
We’re Getting Hitched
July 28 at 9:20 pm - Link
Congrats... and love the video! - SarahChambers
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Awesome video, and again, congratulations. The puppets were great but I was a little distracted by the fabulous Michelle waving around that serious chunk of ice. - Donna Mugavero
Congratulations! - Lon Harris via twhirl
Loren - congratulations to both of you! - Matt Craven
Congrats funny vid - Jaimie
That is a very funny video btw....congrats! - evonne
Congratulations! Love the vid. I'm Robert Scoble... Too funny - Eban Crawford
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loren feldman posted a message
“Officially in new house today. I will be terrorizing the suburbs with Michelle.”
July 26 at 6:25 am - Link
Congratulations on the new house. I'll be moving myself in three weeks. - Rob Safuto
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Congratulations! - Joe Dawson (beta)
Congrats Rob, I read it on your site, so do these key parties really happen? - loren feldman
Thanks Loren. All kinds of weird stuff happens in the burbs. I'll be building a concrete block wall around my house to keep out the undesirables. - Rob Safuto
Thats what Im thinking as well. Building a bunker. - loren feldman
Congrats, build a pyre fire it keeps away the damn strange locals :) - Fred Grott
Loren, I'll be looking for some garden photos. - Cliff Gerrish
You got it Cliff, the Daisies are my best performers so far. - loren feldman
which burn? - Matt Craven
burb rather? - Matt Craven
matt on LI can't get too specific for security reasons. Not just me anymore, I have a fiancée now and I've been meeting some interesting folks online lately - loren feldman
fair enough. Li has some great towns, golf, food... I'll always think of you as a NYC guy though.. - Matt Craven
Congratulations to you two. Result! - Eban Crawford via Alert Thingy
I spent a lot of time on LI as a kid.Good portion of my youth in fact. It is very nice indeed. - loren feldman
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loren feldman posted a message
“4 burly Russian movers. 3k, moving pays more than blogging I bet.”
July 26 at 11:42 am - Link
my last move was 8k... Boston to mn.... 5k sqft house full of shit - Matt Craven
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Мы крупных перевозчиках вы знаете большой slongs - Fred Grott
Pan Grott, vybachte, sh'o vy skazaly? Ya ne znayu "slongs." - Donna Mugavero
My non English is not good, I tend to better in German and french than Russian - Fred Grott
Well, mine was a rather mangled hybrid of Russian and 40-year-old Ukrainian. - Donna Mugavero
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loren feldman posted an entry on 1938 Media
Shel Gets Served…Again
July 25 at 4:06 pm - Link
I don't get this guy anymore - this was over for him before he started up again. - Matt Craven
Matt me neither, all he had to do was say nothing and leave me alone. - loren feldman
I don't think he's learned a single thing in the last 4 months. - fac287
He hasnt his arrogance is simply astounding. - loren feldman
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Shel's Empty Threat
Shel's Empty Threat
July 24 at 11:34 pm - Link
he back to threatening again? - Matt Craven
can you believe this shit? He's truly an idiot. Now I will never back off of him till he's finished forever. - loren feldman
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loren feldman posted a message
“Stats - 5 Death Threats, 3 "Friends" who don't talk to me anymore, 5 new clients.”
July 19 at 8:26 am - Link
I still love ya man. - Matt Craven
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5 Death Threats: how do you like the "tolerance" of the PC crowd? The "Friends" were vaporware anyway. Good news about the new clients. Keep on truckin'. - William, CPU Media
Thanks - loren feldman
those numbers sound symmetrical - Duncan Riley
Death threats? Seriously? - Steve Spalding
you think you got problems? scoble blocked me here for commenting/liking you posts - sean percival
Someone who throws out "Death Threats" on the internet needs a serious life. - Helen Sventitsky
Wait, which one are you again? - Akiva Moskovitz
If everyone likes you, and all you say and do, chances are you are either a pussy or have been totally whipped. You, my friend, do not fit that image. - Eban Crawford
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loren feldman posted a message
“Had enough with the drama, time to start making fun of people again. Boycott away motherfuckers.”
July 15 at 6:52 am - Link
bring it on! - Jonathan Greene via Alert Thingy
finally! - Franz via Alert Thingy
YES! - Matt Craven
Huh, what drama? - Daniel Spisak via twhirl
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Lynne d Johnson posted a message
“Liar? I mistakenly recalled him wearing a wig. In fact, he was wearing a do-rag, wore a long earring, sunglasses, spoke in fake ghetto slang, and called himself "TechNigga." I apologize that my recollection of his portrayal of black people was cloudy. As for blackface, it was figurative.”
July 9 at 9:19 pm - Link
So this doesn't exist in a bubble, I'm referring to this http://www.1938media.com/npr-a... - Lynne d Johnson
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Loren Feldman is an extreme racist. Unbelievable that any media company would associate themselves with him. \ - michaeledwards
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