Comments on: Hyannis Port: The Scene http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/08/26/hyannis-port-the-scene/ A blog about politics. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:45:49 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: omgamike http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/08/26/hyannis-port-the-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-90592 omgamike Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:08:35 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=15654#comment-90592 "Rustyreturns" must have a memory block somewhere in that tired, worn out thing he calls a brain. "Pork" seems to originate from both sides of the political aisle. I seem to recall that during arguments for and against the recent federal stimulus, that it was pointed out that there were billions of dollars of "pork" projects from both democrats and republicans. And during the six years that republicans controlled the white house, the senate and the house, that they added billions and billions of "pork" projects into almost every piece of legislation that wound it's way through Congress. So, stop throwing rocks at your house of glass! "Rustyreturns" must have a memory block somewhere in that tired, worn out thing he calls a brain. "Pork" seems to originate from both sides of the political aisle. I seem to recall that during arguments for and against the recent federal stimulus, that it was pointed out that there were billions of dollars of "pork" projects from both democrats and republicans. And during the six years that republicans controlled the white house, the senate and the house, that they added billions and billions of "pork" projects into almost every piece of legislation that wound it's way through Congress. So, stop throwing rocks at your house of glass!

]]> By: sacredh http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/08/26/hyannis-port-the-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-90543 sacredh Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:11:44 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=15654#comment-90543 The psychic in me says today. Pay no attention to the timeline. The psychic in me says today. Pay no attention to the timeline.

]]> By: stuartzechman http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/08/26/hyannis-port-the-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-90539 stuartzechman Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:46:01 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=15654#comment-90539 Jay Newton-Small: . Thank you very much for responding to commentary; it is always greatly appreciated. Jay Newton-Small:
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Thank you very much for responding to commentary; it is always greatly appreciated.

]]> By: billiecat http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/08/26/hyannis-port-the-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-90538 billiecat Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:21:02 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=15654#comment-90538 Not disagreeing with you, gunny, but there are some good stories among the dross. JNS's own story on Kerry. This CNN story is pretty good, too: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/27/kennedy.senate.clout/ So there's some substance among the weeds. Not disagreeing with you, gunny, but there are some good stories among the dross. JNS's own story on Kerry. This CNN story is pretty good, too:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/27/kennedy.senate.clout/

So there's some substance among the weeds.

]]> By: sacredh http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/08/26/hyannis-port-the-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-90536 sacredh Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:19:15 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=15654#comment-90536 Seconded. Seconded.

]]> By: billiecat http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/08/26/hyannis-port-the-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-90535 billiecat Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:11:20 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=15654#comment-90535 JNS and Agent Cooper: . While the vigil at Hyannis Port is typical August doldrums pack reportage (no offense, JNS), the analysis of Kennedy's legacy and the effect of his loss on the debates going on in the Senate right now make this a little more important than, say, helicopter shots of the hearse taking Jackson's body to the autopsy. . Still, the better articles are those like the Kerry profile that explore Kennedy's legacy and effect on his collegues, and how that may play out in the future (did that make up for the "pack reportage" crack, JNS?). JNS and Agent Cooper:
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While the vigil at Hyannis Port is typical August doldrums pack reportage (no offense, JNS), the analysis of Kennedy's legacy and the effect of his loss on the debates going on in the Senate right now make this a little more important than, say, helicopter shots of the hearse taking Jackson's body to the autopsy.
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Still, the better articles are those like the Kerry profile that explore Kennedy's legacy and effect on his collegues, and how that may play out in the future (did that make up for the "pack reportage" crack, JNS?).

]]> By: gysgt213 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/08/26/hyannis-port-the-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-90533 gysgt213 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:58:42 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=15654#comment-90533 "I think that in this case it's a combination of editors' horde mentality of 'Huge breaking news! Must throw all available bodies into the the breach!' and the fact that it's August and there's literally nothing else going on. JNS." Just maybe I am being a little too picky, but there is the health care debate and we just received confirmation in the form of the CIA Inspector General's report of major misconduct by the previous administration involving detainees under our custody and control. A report so damning that it has major political implications for the previous administration, the current one and the United States. It has practical implications for our intelligence agents station around the world as well has our military men and women. While Michael and Joe and others have written about this report I see no evidence of your editors or anyone else's editor throwing every available body into the breach to get to the bottom of this story. A story, in my opinion that is just a tad more complex and deserving of more coverage than any single person's death. Don't get me wrong Ted Kennedy's death deserves attention, but camping out side the Kennedy compound? Invading the town? Really? What do your editors expect you to see and report that is news worthy? That his love ones and friends are grieving his loss? Do they not think that even people who could not stand Ted when he was alive do not get the process that the Kennedy camp is going through right now? Cooper is not the first to complain about the media's very short attention span and need to over cover easy stories and the expense of complex ones and he or she won't be the last. Let's hope your editors finally get a clue. "I think that in this case it's a combination of editors' horde mentality of 'Huge breaking news! Must throw all available bodies into the the breach!' and the fact that it's August and there's literally nothing else going on.
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Just maybe I am being a little too picky, but there is the health care debate and we just received confirmation in the form of the CIA Inspector General's report of major misconduct by the previous administration involving detainees under our custody and control. A report so damning that it has major political implications for the previous administration, the current one and the United States. It has practical implications for our intelligence agents station around the world as well has our military men and women.

While Michael and Joe and others have written about this report I see no evidence of your editors or anyone else's editor throwing every available body into the breach to get to the bottom of this story. A story, in my opinion that is just a tad more complex and deserving of more coverage than any single person's death.

Don't get me wrong Ted Kennedy's death deserves attention, but camping out side the Kennedy compound? Invading the town? Really? What do your editors expect you to see and report that is news worthy? That his love ones and friends are grieving his loss? Do they not think that even people who could not stand Ted when he was alive do not get the process that the Kennedy camp is going through right now?

Cooper is not the first to complain about the media's very short attention span and need to over cover easy stories and the expense of complex ones and he or she won't be the last. Let's hope your editors finally get a clue.

]]> By: Paul Dirks http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/08/26/hyannis-port-the-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-90532 Paul Dirks Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:53:43 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=15654#comment-90532 Rusty has a point. In a just system, Park trails and such would come out of State taxes. Politics being what it is though, everyone seems to prefer paying into a larger Federal pool in the hopes of extracting more than they pay in. . But since Republicans seem to oppose State taxes as vehemently as they oppose the Federal variety however, they actually make necessary the very games they pretend to oppose. . If you don't like 'pork' then you need to start paying your fair share at the local level. Either that or STFU! Rusty has a point. In a just system, Park trails and such would come out of State taxes. Politics being what it is though, everyone seems to prefer paying into a larger Federal pool in the hopes of extracting more than they pay in.
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But since Republicans seem to oppose State taxes as vehemently as they oppose the Federal variety however, they actually make necessary the very games they pretend to oppose.
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If you don't like 'pork' then you need to start paying your fair share at the local level. Either that or STFU!

]]> By: Dee in Columbia MD http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/08/26/hyannis-port-the-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-90531 Dee in Columbia MD Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:42:54 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=15654#comment-90531 Rusty sorry to break this to you but 80% of your tax dollars were used to pay for that huge tax cut for the rich and the rest went to pay for those no bid contracts to Halliburton, KBR and Xe, you know that zealot anti-muslim, pseudo-Christian outfit formerly known as Blackwater. As far as any tax dollars used to for health care, those would be mine. Rusty sorry to break this to you but 80% of your tax dollars were used to pay for that huge tax cut for the rich and the rest went to pay for those no bid contracts to Halliburton, KBR and Xe, you know that zealot anti-muslim, pseudo-Christian outfit formerly known as Blackwater. As far as any tax dollars used to for health care, those would be mine.

]]> By: Dee in Columbia MD http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2009/08/26/hyannis-port-the-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-90530 Dee in Columbia MD Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:35:42 +0000 http://swampland.blogs.time.com/?p=15654#comment-90530 It's my country too you idiot and she's got my permission to stay in writing. It's my country too you idiot and she's got my permission to stay in writing.

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