Slog - Comments on Sigh http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2 It's been a really annoying day. First, My HRC post gets chastised for failing to note that Obama was doing well in key states like New Hampshire, even though my Slog post actually bolded that point. Then, Joel Connelly calls me a bigot. Then there's the screw up in our primary endorsement cheat sheet. And finally, there's this comment on Slog: "Oh, and you're an asshole too." Posted by Pot? Meet kettle. | August 1, 2007 7:00 PM. Charlie Brown, me. I am now having a drink. Watching this gem: And then going out with two friends who are cooler... Copyright 2008 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:49:50 -0800 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:10:57 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by matthew fisher wilder Josh, I didn't even get a chance to read Slog today, but I saw this at the bottom of your post:

"And then going out with two friends who are cooler and smarter (GRE smart, even) than anyone in Seattle."

Despite how innocent you could be today, all I can say is GET OFF THE FUCKING PEDESTAL, THE WOOD IS NEEDED.

You're really embarrassing.

]]> matthew fisher wilder http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774015 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774015 Life Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:16:24 -0800 Comment by Notta Biggot This has nothing to do with Seattle's wishy-washy racism. The US electorate, the same morons that gave GW Bush a whole lot of votes TWICE, are not going to elect a black man. Sorry, this is just the truth. Come back in 50 years, maybe then it'll be different.

Hillary is another problem. I think the right woman could win. She's not it. The 'conservatives' hate her by definition, and as a bitch who voted for EVERY enabling resolution for this Iraq disaster, and voted for EVERY bill creating, perpetuating, and expanding that constitution-fucking PATRIOT ACT. Thanks a whole fucking bunch, Hillary! You too, Maria Cantwell!

Oh Lord, let it be Dennis Kucinich (oh yeah!) or Ron Paul. Please please I can't stand this slow-motion train wreck!

]]> Notta Biggot http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774017 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774017 Life Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:19:57 -0800 Comment by Jensen Interceptor FEIT Wrote:
"I am now having a drink......
and then going out with two friends who are cooler and smarter (GRE smart, even) than anyone in Seattle."

Ohhhh Boy, sounds like there is going to be some ax grinding tonight.

Feit, if your friends are truly smarter and cooler than anyone in Seattle, they will surely make sure YOU buy the drinks tonight.

--- Jensen

]]> Jensen Interceptor http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774021 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774021 Life Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:26:57 -0800 Comment by chris Smarter than anyone is Seattle? Hey jerkwad, move if we're too dumb for you. We don't like you either.

]]> chris http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774027 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774027 Life Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:53:18 -0800 Comment by Your Feit Stink Oh please. You're just happy you got noticed by the legitimate press and are going out to celebrate it.

]]> Your Feit Stink http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774032 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774032 Life Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:59:01 -0800 Comment by dogfighting is BOXING The news team loves the SENSATIONALISM.
When you're told crime is going to SKYROCKET after reading about the BEST song ever, you know it's going to be a REALLY AMAZING night.

]]> dogfighting is BOXING http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774034 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774034 Life Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:01:12 -0800 Comment by Sam Josh, please take solace in the fact that the major reason why I began reading Slog was because of you - despite how olllllld you are and all that ;)

*runs*

]]> Sam http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774036 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774036 Life Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:04:14 -0800 Comment by Gomez Josh, if you can't stand the heat....

C'mon, dude, you get paid to do this. Getting rebuttals is part of the job.

]]> Gomez http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774038 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774038 Life Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:08:02 -0800 Comment by Andy I didn't screw up your cheat sheet. And the GREs were not that hard.

]]> Andy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774049 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774049 Life Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:27:59 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Agreed with Gomez, Josh. You can only give a considered shit about the noise.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774050 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774050 Life Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:32:31 -0800 Comment by Gomez Clydesdale Wilder from Podunk Montana Poor Josh! His most avid reader Joel Connelly criticized him today. Have a drink Josh. Allow your cool friends to tel you how cool you are. After awhile you\'ll believe them. Another thing of note that happened today is Iraqi family members are busily scraping off the streets of Baghdad body parts of their seventy relatives who were blown to fuckan pieces today.

Excerpt from \"Say Yes To War\" by Dan Savage October 2002

\"In the meantime, invading and rebuilding Iraq will not only free the Iraqi people, it will also make the Saudis aware of the consequences they face if they continue to oppress their own people while exporting terrorism and terrorists. The War on Iraq will make it clear to our friends and enemies in the Middle East (and elsewhere) that we mean business: Free your people, reform your societies, liberalize, and democratize... or we\'re going to come over there, remove you from power, free your people, and reform your societies for ourselves\"

(July 2007 Bush wants to sell the Saudis $20 billion in new weapons)

]]> Gomez Clydesdale Wilder from Podunk Montana http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774055 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774055 Life Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:57:05 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave GREs wont show how smart someone is if they are taking them for philosophy or english or any other non analytic subject. It will just show how incapable they are of leaving the academic world to make a living.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774066 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774066 Life Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:33:23 -0800 Comment by It's Mark Mitchell Leave Josh alone. He had a hard day, right? So just leave him the fuck alone.

Jeez.

]]> It's Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774082 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774082 Life Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:13:43 -0800 Comment by Bill LaBorde Hey Josh,

Great clip. I always loved the dynamic between Cosell and Ali. For years, Cosell was the only white media guy that ever truly appreciated Ali beyond his boxing skills.

If you get a chance, check out the PBS documentary on Stax Records that aired tonight. Lots of awesome segments of Otis Redding, Booker T & the MGs, Sam & Dave, Isaac Hayes, and some interesting history too.

]]> Bill LaBorde http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774087 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774087 Life Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:21:41 -0800 Comment by Teedogg Josh has a learning problem, he writes like a sheltered boy. I'm sorry you had a tough day Josh, but you really do suck.

Josh Feit, worst stranger writer ever.

]]> Teedogg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774089 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774089 Life Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:25:06 -0800 Comment by Blastah From the stranger blurb: Josh supports the WTO.

Whatever. Read a book.

]]> Blastah http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774098 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774098 Life Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:41:05 -0800 Comment by Katelyn Josh Feit, take heart! There's always beer!

]]> Katelyn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774099 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774099 Life Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:03:49 -0800 Comment by Essex got bleeped - oh well

]]> Essex http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774121 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774121 Life Thu, 02 Aug 2007 06:05:23 -0800 Comment by Sean I'll bet my GRE scores were higher.

]]> Sean http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774127 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774127 Life Thu, 02 Aug 2007 06:43:59 -0800 Comment by Gabriel God help us if the GRE is now considered the benchmark for genius.

]]> Gabriel http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774140 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774140 Life Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:07:33 -0800 Comment by Diana @16: Yeah, what is that "Josh supports the WTO" thing about? I assumed it was a joke I didn't get. I guess I still don't get it.


@1: I've also heard that phrase as "Get off the cross, we need the wood," invoking the vision of unnecessary and showy maudlin suffering. Which reminds me of a phrase I made up in high school when my friends and I were trying to come up with quotes: "You can't be a martyr and bitch about it, too."

]]> Diana http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774150 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774150 Life Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:29:36 -0800 Comment by Objective Reader Josh is on the cutting edge. He often scoops the other "news sources" in this town and isn't afraid to write a stinging critique of the "progressive" establishment that calls the shots. If you want bland unthinking journalism, then go elsewhere.
Ultimately, it is the writer's responsibility to write hard hitting and thought provoking pieces that stir the pot... which Josh does VERY well. However, it is the reader's responsibility to interpret, process and disseminate his writings. If you can't handle that, and you only want a writer to present what you want to read, then enjoy your Seattle Times.

]]> Objective Reader http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774162 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774162 Life Thu, 02 Aug 2007 08:44:49 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV When are you going to learn, Josh?

If you want to look smart, hang out with dumb people.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774172 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774172 Life Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:16:54 -0800 Comment by matthew fisher wilder @22: I don't doubt Josh's reporting skills. Not Pullitzer-prize winning, but Josh *does* have the ability to write good local political articles, and has often. So it's really disappointing when he regresses back to "whiney I'm-smarter-than-all-of-you-I'm-calling-the-Waaaahmbulance" mode.

]]> matthew fisher wilder http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774185 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774185 Life Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:31:15 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave it's because people who think they are smarter than everyone else are dissapointed when it doesn't factor in to their job or happiness in general.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774244 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/sigh_2#c774244 Life Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:37:00 -0800 Comment by hrexsypg qvnju cvabu mlewcho ditrbhlk wmpbkdrug uaeklf trve wlxq

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