Comments on: From Tweet to Blog to Lie: Palin’s Laughs

By: Tim LeVier

Tim LeVier — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:01:58 +0000

It seems to me that rumors are a double edged sword. If I were interested in making a tweet into a bona-fide article, I’d make sure it wasn’t a trap. The Daily-Kos was lucky that this guy was just a rumor mill, not a guy setting them up to take the bait.

By: Ethics Bob

Ethics Bob — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:45:58 +0000

Thanks, Jack, for posting this. I had seen the report (I don’t remember where) and had mentally assimilated it–careless me. Glad you straightened us out.
Just yesterday the LA Times reported about the rumor that Chief Justice Roberts was contemplating retirement. A Georgetown law professor had unintentionally started the rumor as a lesson in the importance of checking out stories. NBC (Pete Williams) comes across as the hero of the short-lived event.

By: Chase Martinez

Chase Martinez — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:49:43 +0000

From the Skeptic’s Dictionary:

” Dominionism is the view that the goal of Christian ultra-fundamentalism should be world dominion, that is, ‘to bring all societies, around the world, under the rule of the Word of God.’

Its most common form, Dominionism, represents one of the most extreme forms of Fundamentalist Christianity thought. Its followers, called Dominionists, are attempting to peacefully convert the laws of United States so that they match those of the Hebrew Scriptures. They intend to achieve this by using the freedom of religion in the US to train a generation of children in private Christian religious schools. Later, their graduates will be charged with the responsibility of creating a new Bible-based political, religious and social order. One of the first tasks of this order will be to eliminate religious choice and freedom. Their eventual goal is to achieve the “Kingdom of God” in which much of the world is converted to Christianity. They feel that the power of God’s word will bring about this conversion. No armed force or insurrection will be needed; in fact, they believe that there will be little opposition to their plan. People will willingly accept it. All that needs to be done is to properly explain it to them. (ReligiousTolerance.org)”

By: Jack Marshall

Jack Marshall — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:29:29 +0000

Congratulations! That speaks well of you. (What the heck IS a “dominionist?)

By: policedynamics

policedynamics — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:45:35 +0000

The Daily Kos actually wrote a series of articles on little ol’ me! I had never heard of them before but was amazed at the conclusions they would jump to with no evidence whatsoever. They accused me of being things I didn’t even know the definition of (a dominionist)… So I lost any thought of credibility relating to them.

A wise man once told me you can tell a lot about a man (or a woman) by the enemies they make. I once had the KKK mad at me and I was proud of it. I feel much the same about the Daily Kos…

Sheriff Ray
http://www.PoliceDynamicsMedia.com

By: Chase Martinez

Chase Martinez — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:36:35 +0000

I’m no fan of Palin (She seems at turns overly vacuous, and at others a cunning liar), but this seems inherently unfair. It’s like a visitor to a photo blog saying that the image is shopped, and giving nothing to back up his claim but some vagueness about “I’ve done shops before, and the pixels look shopped”. If you’re going to make claims, give something concrete..