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Back in a Bit » Blog Archive » Dumb show — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:18:54 +0000

[…] And Bush’s reaction? Of course, he’s delighted. […]

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 17:35:18 +0000

Idiot.

By: john b

john b — Sun, 31 Oct 2004 16:45:29 +0000

I’d actually read the Aaronovitch article before making the comment linked above. I’ve long respected and admired his writing.

The column linked to is accurate and reasonable - I don’t see how it contradicts my belief that Islamic terror groups exist, pose a major threat to law and order in areas of the developing world, and are likely to cause some civilian casualties in the developed world, but that these groups aren’t a co-ordinated attempt to destroy life as we know it.

By: www.perfect.co.uk

www.perfect.co.uk — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 12:27:09 +0000

Operation Clark County - your chance to save the world
This is possibly the most important thing I’ve ever done at work* - in the last few days I’ve been helping** the Guardian set up Operation Clark County. Here’s a chance for you to influence the result of the US…

By: PooterGeek

PooterGeek — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 07:40:30 +0000

Timbeaux, I wrote that you should check out Aaronovitch's "columns", not just the most recent one that is the main content of the page I linked to, but all the others listed down the left hand side of that page. This one about the reality of the terror threat to Western states, for example, could profitably read by our friend john b.

By: Timbeaux

Timbeaux — Tue, 26 Oct 2004 00:44:19 +0000

Damian, the column is….interesting….but not exactly political. Well maybe it is to the morality police, but not in some meaningful way to the rest of us. The Right in the States is not defined by the morality police, it is distinctive for holding any morality whatsoever (compared to the alternative), although that situation is in flux. I suppose you can limit my Guardian comment to the front-page news and editorials.

Art is opinion. News is dogma (at least for the Guardian, for whom all news is politics).

By: greasy-spoon.org

greasy-spoon.org — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:43:59 +0000

Dear Limey assholes…
The Guardian have misguidedly waded into the American election. They have launched Operation Clark County encouraging people outside American to email registered voters in this knife-edge swing district in Ohio. The idea is to lobby them to vote for a…

By: greasy-spoon.org

greasy-spoon.org — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:29:23 +0000

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By: PooterGeek

PooterGeek — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 07:39:16 +0000

Timbeaux wrote:

“The Guardian shows a curious uniformity of opinion from day to day, writer to writer.”

The stuff that gets ranted about in ‘Blogs is not completely representative of the paper. “Uniformity of opinion” isn’t what drove me away from buying The Guardian by any means. Read David Aaronovitch’s columns and see how they fit into the standard Right wing view of what the paper stands for. I’d certainly agree that many of its writers share a depressing set of unquestioned assumptions about the way the World works, though.

By: Harry's Place

Harry's Place — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 06:22:18 +0000

Dear Guardian Readers
You remember the ill advised Guardian campaign to swing the vote in Clark County, Ohio ? PooterGeek’s had a letter about it. Remember to swallow…

By: T.S

T.S — Mon, 25 Oct 2004 01:01:30 +0000

Are we still being ironic? * holds hands in head* This is so hard!

By: Timbeaux

Timbeaux — Sun, 24 Oct 2004 23:56:19 +0000

I thought it was Katz, but I was mistaken (they pulled the column, as I said). But does it really matter? The Guardian shows a curious uniformity of opinion from day to day, writer to writer. You’d almost think they were reading the same talking points. Andropov would be proud.

By: Michael Brooke

Michael Brooke — Sun, 24 Oct 2004 22:24:09 +0000

Sorry, I’m confused - are you saying that Guardian features editor Ian Katz (who was responsible for the Clark County campaign) and their Saturday listings guide TV critic Charlie Brooker (the author of the offending Bush piece) are one and the same?

If so, this is a major scoop, as “Charlie Brooker” is also credited as co-author of the notorious Brass Eye paedophile special. Tell the Daily Mail that he’s really a senior Guardian features editor and you’ve got a guaranteed front-page splash on your hands!

By: Timbeaux

Timbeaux — Sun, 24 Oct 2004 19:44:22 +0000

The same editor that started the ~~misbegotten~~ brilliant letter campaign, wrote another superb opinion piece a few days after its successful conclusion, wondering where our modern day John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald were hiding. Do the world a favor, get his drift? This British irony thing is some powerful stuff, I never realised what a force it could be! Unfortunately, the article can’t be found on The Guardian’s website any longer, must be a computer glitch, I’m sure…

By: T.S

T.S — Sun, 24 Oct 2004 18:30:48 +0000

I have no doubt that “The Guardian“‘s well thought out and sensible plan to sway the Ohio vote will result in the american voters listening to left wing britain, as they always do, and voting for Kerry.
Of course… maybe… perhaps.

By: jenner

jenner — Sun, 24 Oct 2004 15:25:48 +0000

Bloody brilliant! *clapclapclap…* Oh wait, irony, right then. *ahem* Utter rubbish. Pooter, you should be ashamed.