Comments on: Wrong answer, John http://blog.stevious.com/?p=1796 Steve's Weblog Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:22:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: damnedyankee http://blog.stevious.com/?p=1796&cpage=1#comment-25231 damnedyankee Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:20:00 +0000 http://blog.stevious.com/?p=1796#comment-25231 John: [nelsonmuntz]HA-HA![/nelsonmuntz] John:

[nelsonmuntz]HA-HA![/nelsonmuntz]

]]> By: Graham Shevlin http://blog.stevious.com/?p=1796&cpage=1#comment-25230 Graham Shevlin Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:37:02 +0000 http://blog.stevious.com/?p=1796#comment-25230 John, not posting anonymously does not qualify as making no attempts to hide your identity. The absence of a last name and any attempt to identify yourself as working for Rep. Carter is a large sin of omission. It marks you out as a duplicitous weasel. Attempting to BS your way out of it in subsequent postings, shows that you do not understand or have decided to ignore the First Law Of Holes. All you have succeeded in doing is showing that you are a bullshitting duplicitous weasel. John, not posting anonymously does not qualify as making no attempts to hide your identity. The absence of a last name and any attempt to identify yourself as working for Rep. Carter is a large sin of omission. It marks you out as a duplicitous weasel. Attempting to BS your way out of it in subsequent postings, shows that you do not understand or have decided to ignore the First Law Of Holes. All you have succeeded in doing is showing that you are a bullshitting duplicitous weasel.

]]> By: ice weasel http://blog.stevious.com/?p=1796&cpage=1#comment-25229 ice weasel Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:57:24 +0000 http://blog.stevious.com/?p=1796#comment-25229 Congratulations on becoming a national fool "John". Astroturfing on the public dime. Now that's something to be proud of. Congratulations on becoming a national fool “John”. Astroturfing on the public dime. Now that’s something to be proud of.

]]> By: Zifnab http://blog.stevious.com/?p=1796&cpage=1#comment-25228 Zifnab Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:53:36 +0000 http://blog.stevious.com/?p=1796#comment-25228 <blockquote>your comment was a welcome tip on another issue in which Rep Carter has demonstrated he is right on target with representing the majority of his district, while your opinion remains in the ozone.</blockquote> Could that sound any more mechanical? Now I'm not sure if John is an astroturfing troll or a full blown autonomous net surfing 'bot.

your comment was a welcome tip on another issue in which Rep Carter has demonstrated he is right on target with representing the majority of his district, while your opinion remains in the ozone.

Could that sound any more mechanical?
Now I’m not sure if John is an astroturfing troll or a full blown autonomous net surfing ‘bot.

]]> By: ArmyVet http://blog.stevious.com/?p=1796&cpage=1#comment-25227 ArmyVet Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:45:55 +0000 http://blog.stevious.com/?p=1796#comment-25227 If John was being truthful why didn't he just walk up to Carter and tell him what he thought in person? Is he trying to tell us a Comm Director is best able to communicate with his boss via a third party adversarial website? If that is not the case then why is he here reading and commenting on this from a work address on state time? Is he using the computer for personal work? Or is this action part of his job? He was wasting public money doing personal stuff, or he was engaging in deceptive commenting on an adversarial website. Is that part of his job? To make internet comments in support of his boss? If it is than why doesn't he do it while disclosing his name and title? The fact that he used "John" instead of his title sounds like he was wasting public money doing personal stuff, OR his boss encourages him to fake constituent support. If John was being truthful why didn’t he just walk up to Carter and tell him what he thought in person? Is he trying to tell us a Comm Director is best able to communicate with his boss via a third party adversarial website?

If that is not the case then why is he here reading and commenting on this from a work address on state time? Is he using the computer for personal work? Or is this action part of his job? He was wasting public money doing personal stuff, or he was engaging in deceptive commenting on an adversarial website. Is that part of his job? To make internet comments in support of his boss? If it is than why doesn’t he do it while disclosing his name and title?

The fact that he used “John” instead of his title sounds like he was wasting public money doing personal stuff, OR his boss encourages him to fake constituent support.

]]> By: Evan http://blog.stevious.com/?p=1796&cpage=1#comment-25226 Evan Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:36:03 +0000 http://blog.stevious.com/?p=1796#comment-25226 How sad that there are still such dead-end morons still allowed to hold public office in these United States. We should start requiring them to establish that they have solid relationships with reason and ethics before they take the oath of office. Newsflash: Corporations (BIG ones, the ones that set the standard) have non-discrimination policies toward gay people, not because they're pandering to some "gay agenda," but simply because it's "good bid'ness." Being from Texas, I would have thought the congressman would be more savvy to the practice of letting "good bid'ness" dictate policy. I mean...for a company to compete in the marketplace for the attention of savvy, intelligent consumers, one of many things they must do is treat/protect their employees equally. Isn't the market always right, Congressman? Isn't it?! Moron. How sad that there are still such dead-end morons still allowed to hold public office in these United States. We should start requiring them to establish that they have solid relationships with reason and ethics before they take the oath of office.

Newsflash: Corporations (BIG ones, the ones that set the standard) have non-discrimination policies toward gay people, not because they’re pandering to some “gay agenda,” but simply because it’s “good bid’ness.” Being from Texas, I would have thought the congressman would be more savvy to the practice of letting “good bid’ness” dictate policy. I mean…for a company to compete in the marketplace for the attention of savvy, intelligent consumers, one of many things they must do is treat/protect their employees equally. Isn’t the market always right, Congressman? Isn’t it?!

Moron.

]]> By: Gracchus http://blog.stevious.com/?p=1796&cpage=1#comment-25225 Gracchus Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:35:27 +0000 http://blog.stevious.com/?p=1796#comment-25225 Sorry, John, but you can't spin this one away. Man up and take your licks instead of trying to weasel out of this (and, honestly, you botched that, too). Even if you're not a former journalist, a Sidney Falco type like yourself should understand the concept of full disclosure of affiliations in a public forum. Not identifying yourself in that post was both unethical and unprofessional by most standards, even the low ones of PR flackery and spin-doctoring. Fortunately for you, the nature of your walking haircut of a boss means that the only consequences you'll suffer are some scorn and mockery in the liberal blogosphere and some good-natured ribbing in the corridors for getting owned by one of those lowly bloggers. And, hey, even if that bigoted empty suit lets you go, you have a great future with FreedomWorks, the Koch family astroturf racket that brought us the TeaBaggers. So ya got that goin' for you... Sorry, John, but you can’t spin this one away. Man up and take your licks instead of trying to weasel out of this (and, honestly, you botched that, too).

Even if you’re not a former journalist, a Sidney Falco type like yourself should understand the concept of full disclosure of affiliations in a public forum. Not identifying yourself in that post was both unethical and unprofessional by most standards, even the low ones of PR flackery and spin-doctoring.

Fortunately for you, the nature of your walking haircut of a boss means that the only consequences you’ll suffer are some scorn and mockery in the liberal blogosphere and some good-natured ribbing in the corridors for getting owned by one of those lowly bloggers.

And, hey, even if that bigoted empty suit lets you go, you have a great future with FreedomWorks, the Koch family astroturf racket that brought us the TeaBaggers. So ya got that goin’ for you…

]]> By: Pandagon Reader http://blog.stevious.com/?p=1796&cpage=1#comment-25224 Pandagon Reader Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:25:56 +0000 http://blog.stevious.com/?p=1796#comment-25224 A communications director who doesn't know how his boss voted on a particularly contentious issue? John E. Stone is either a liar, or an incompetent idiot. Of course, since he's a Republican, it's a case of six of one, half dozen of the other. A communications director who doesn’t know how his boss voted on a particularly contentious issue? John E. Stone is either a liar, or an incompetent idiot. Of course, since he’s a Republican, it’s a case of six of one, half dozen of the other.

]]> By: Bronco http://blog.stevious.com/?p=1796&cpage=1#comment-25223 Bronco Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:06:29 +0000 http://blog.stevious.com/?p=1796#comment-25223 I learned something by reading these postings. I learned that the title "Judge Carter" was preferred by his professional Comms Director, more than "Representative Carter". He had a choice on what to call his boss. I surmise that there is more clout in being a Judge than being a Representative. My marketing friends tell me all the time "it's all about image", and since the US polls are very low on legislators it must poll better to be a Judge. I learned something by reading these postings. I learned that the title “Judge Carter” was preferred by his professional Comms Director, more than “Representative Carter”. He had a choice on what to call his boss. I surmise that there is more clout in being a Judge than being a Representative. My marketing friends tell me all the time “it’s all about image”, and since the US polls are very low on legislators it must poll better to be a Judge.

]]> By: Rebecca http://blog.stevious.com/?p=1796&cpage=1#comment-25222 Rebecca Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:54:37 +0000 http://blog.stevious.com/?p=1796#comment-25222 I love how he ends his defense by saying that "Transparency is obviously becoming the sole domain of conservatives." It makes absolutely no sense. It seems to me that the far right just insults the left whenever they're caught being hypocrites or in an outright lie. I don't think this works on anyone but the people on the far right with them. I love how he ends his defense by saying that “Transparency is obviously becoming the sole domain of conservatives.” It makes absolutely no sense. It seems to me that the far right just insults the left whenever they’re caught being hypocrites or in an outright lie. I don’t think this works on anyone but the people on the far right with them.

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