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VoxPopuli
07/16/09

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It's hilarious to see Bill Keller and Perez Hilton in the same category.
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Diziet_Sma
07/15/09

In reply to Did Barack Obama Blow His All-Star Game First Pitch?
I can't even believe that how a president throws a ball is regarded as important in this country. I mean, I know it is, it's just that. . . oh, nevermind.
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resipsaloquacious
07/15/09

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Eeesshh, I love him. But the whiteman overbite coupled with the moonball toss equates to his worst PR outing since the gutterball. Although he did acquit himself well later in the broadcast when dropping enough -- but not too much -- MLB knowledge with Buck and McCarver in the booth. Obama also deftly handled Buck's crack about bailing out the Nationals. All things considered, I'll take it. 1000x -- I will take it.
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onebadclam
07/14/09

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Free Republic posters are saying Obama's goons ordered the bad camera angle to save face in case he doofed the pitch. Then they started bitching about spineless MSM pussies folding under White House pressure, including Fox just this one time, apparently. Then a reddish goo started seeping out of my eyes and ears and I had to stop reading Free Republic.
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rahelio
07/15/09

@onebadclam: your desire to read FR, mirrors my own need to watch fox news' preeminent philosophers hannity/o reilly. More often than not, I'm cursing at the screen or flipping channels but one must keep abreast of the enemy's innermost thoughts even if they barely make sense.
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onebadclam
07/15/09

@rahelio: I find Glenn Beck epitomizes the Fox experience, though Hannity has his moments

Personally, I don't consider Freepers my enemy, but that doesn't mean they don't dream of putting a bullet through my liberal skull.
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finite_elephant
07/15/09

@onebadclam: Really? That's all we're getting out of FR on this? I was expecting a campaign to have Selig throw out the result of the game on grounds that Obama's not really president.
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Agador Spartacus
07/14/09

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Whatever, he looks damn good in that jacket.
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phlox✔
07/14/09

@are friends electric?: This is one of those photos that leave me almost breathless when I realize that this man is our president. *sigh*
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Pinekatz
07/15/09

@phlox✔: Oh yes. He's a rock star and he looks good throwing a ball. The heart flutters wildly.
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phlox✔
07/14/09

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The Cajun Boy
07/14/09

@phlox✔: I don't know why exactly, but this picture really cracks me the fuck up.
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phlox✔
07/14/09

@The Cajun Boy: The head-to-toe awkwardness?

The hilarious stench of FAIL that still exudes from every photo he's ever been in?

His sartorial stupidity?
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Lizawithazee
07/15/09

@phlox✔: And he OWNED a freaking MLB baseball team.
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EasyEVG
07/15/09

@phlox✔: Are you kidding? With that motion, he could be the Yankees' fifth starter.
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phlox✔
07/15/09

@Notre Shame: The ever-present stench of FAIL has absolutely nothing to do with the quality of his pitching.

Besides, wasn't his 'high water mark' as president 'that big fish he caught that one time'?
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Mediahohoho
07/14/09

In reply to Did Barack Obama Blow His All-Star Game First Pitch?
The sad thing is, Bush trained for this. Because he basically fucked around for eight years in office, practicing his ceremonial first pitches, mountain biking, Segwaying, invading countries he knew nothing about and groping other world leaders. Barry should have flipped the ball to Pujols from about five feet away, told all those steroid babies to get off the juice and motored.
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Anna
07/14/09

@Mediahohoho: I'm sure you'll appreciate this:

http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/07/obama_no_better_at_the_windup.asp

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Anna
07/14/09

@Anna: I love how the writer managed to turn a ceremonial first pitch into...an example of Obama's Continental elitism. (???)
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Mediahohoho
07/14/09

@Anna: She should be investigated for torturing her metaphors. Also, is there more than a little bit of wistfulness in all that masculinity baiting? I'm betting her conservative lover leaves more than a little to be desired in the man dept.
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Anna
07/14/09

@Mediahohoho: Absolutely. I'm surprised "jumbo [Jumboesque?] hot dogs" and "Polish sausage" didn't merit some sort of mention.
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sarrible
07/15/09

@Anna: Yeah, soccer? When has Obama said two words about soccer? I guess someone should remind the writer that they play basketball in Europe, too. Kind of a lot.
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Claire Buoyant
07/15/09

@Mediahohoho: invading countries he knew nothing about

Hey, be fair. He didn't invade the entire rest of the world, you know.
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Lazy Susan
07/15/09

@Claire Buoyant: How many countries would you consider to be fair?
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Claire Buoyant
07/15/09

@Lazy Susan: None. But I was riffing on Bush's apparent lack of international knowledge (an issue in the 2000 campaign, as I recall). .So the syllogism would be:

Bush invades countries he knows nothing about.

Bush knows nothing about any foreign country.

Therefore, Bush invades the rest of the world.

Ahem, so now I have to explain my jokes.
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zoethebitch
07/15/09

@sarrible:

Excerpt from Obama's letter to FIFA endorsing the U.S. bid for the World Cup:

"Hosting another successful World Cup is important for the continued growth of the sport in the United States. And it is important to me personally," President Obama wrote in his letter. "As a child, I played soccer on a dirt road in Jakarta, and the game brought the children of my neighborhood together. As a father, I saw that same spirit of unity alive on the fields and sidelines of my own daughters’ soccer games in Chicago."

"Soccer is truly the world’s sport, and the World Cup promotes camaraderie and friendly competition across the globe," President Obama added. "That is why this bid is about much more than a game. It is about the United States of America inviting the world to gather all across our great country in celebration of our common hopes and dreams."

Ref: http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_13828103.html
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Natasha VC
07/14/09

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OMG What about Barry's MOM JEANS!?
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DaveDavies
07/14/09

@NatashaVC: Yes, I noticed that too. That and the dude at the wheel of the golf cart looked really pissed at having to shake Obama's hand.
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Claire Buoyant
07/15/09

@NatashaVC: It's in his genes.
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Foster Kamer
07/15/09

@NatashaVC: Oy. 7even For All Mankind is gonna take this mufuh all the way to the UN Sec. Gen for his grievances against the Denim Nation (now sovereign from the Rhythm Nation; it's an East Berlin/West Berlin thing).
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Scott Kidder
07/14/09

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Does anyone else hear booing, or is that just me?
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CaptainFantastic
07/14/09

@Scott Kidder: If there was booing, it was likely for the non-Cards jacket. St. Louis is a very blue city.
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The Cajun Boy
07/14/09

@Scott Kidder: I'm pretty sure that Fox's audio people were pumping in the boos.
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SynicVance2.0
07/14/09

@Scott Kidder: Yeah there was boing, and I doubt it was for the White Sox jacket. After all, the entire American League line-up was announced and there wasn't one boo-bird.
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ClickClickThud
07/14/09

@Scott Kidder: I thought I heard it, too. The ChiSox jacket might have been a factor.
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jasonelias
07/14/09

@Scott Kidder: They weren't booing they were just screaming, "Barryoooooo."
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Better to Eat You With
07/14/09

@Scott Kidder: When I watched it live, you really couldn't tell.
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shorty63136
07/14/09

@Scott Kidder: I heard booing as well. I'm born and raised in St. Louis (hence the 63136) but I can recall going to baseball games in the late 80s, all the way through the 90s (I'm 25) and recalling that booing, no matter the reason, was RATHER frowned upon and seen as unsportsman-like. My father was most DEFINITELY not having it. St. Louis disappoints me in this aspect - as well as others. :(
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puhsitch
07/15/09

@Scott Kidder:

"Are they booing me?"

"Uh, no sir, they're saying "Boo-rack! Boo-rack!"
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DeadFred
07/15/09

@Scott Kidder: It's just you. I checked on the TiVo just for you, and I couldn't make out any boos.

Except from the owners boxes.
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CaptainFantastic
07/15/09

@SynicVance2.0: Nobody in the stadium would expect that the players would not wear their own uniforms. Some of the local fans were likely disappointed that he didn't wear a Cardinals jacket or jersey.
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HurtsSoGood
07/15/09

@DeadFred:Well, I didn't watch the game, but it wouldn't surprise me to hear some yahoos booing any President of the United States, no matter who it was. That's the state of the nation we live in. Sad.

These same morons were probably calling people America-hating commies for booing President Cheney just last year. Why not just golf-clap the people you don't like, and see how that works out.
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CumaeanSibyl
07/15/09

@puhsitch: I was saying Boo-rack...
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DeadliestSin
07/08/09

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Still think Jeanne Moos is awesome, wish she was higher in the list of tv reporters.
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Foster Kamer
07/08/09

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You're not on it, and neither am I. I feel like we lived through the first invasion of Austria.
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karion
09/19/09

@Foster Kamer: Tad too butch, the both of you.
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RollsRoyceRevenge
07/08/09

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Cajun Boy, I can only assume that you have never worked in the New York art gallery world. I see your self important a-holes and raise you 6,000 anorexic, alcoholic, black-clad medusas (medusi?) of both sexes, give or take a thousand once Larry Gagosian gets done killing and eating what remains of his staff.
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The Cajun Boy
07/08/09

@RollsRoyceRevenge: You got me there. I can only imagine.
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Spy from the Land of Rainpeople
07/08/09

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I was always wondering: why US-ians are so obsessed about one-dimensional linear numerical orderings? No other culture that I'm aware of spends so much time compiling and discussing linearly ordered rankings.

Lattices FTW!

[en.wikipedia.org])
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contains_hot_liquid
07/08/09

@Spy from the Land of Rainpeople: Americans are connoisseurs of abstraction.
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Spy from the Land of Rainpeople
07/08/09

@contains_hot_liquid: The terseness of your reply tells me that you weren't successfull in your personal struggle with abstraholism.
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contains_hot_liquid
07/08/09

@Spy from the Land of Rainpeople:

I am now a connoisseur of brevity.

No it's funny you say that; I had a longer response written, but somehow in the midst of typing I closed the comment window. Heh.
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MisterHippity
07/08/09

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It's like the "tumblrity" index on Tumblr: The more they suck up to other people and repeat their ideas, the higher their ranking goes.
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croush1211
07/08/09

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Bill O'Reilly is ranked higher on the "Power Grid" than Ann Curry. An unabashed racist and intolerant ratings-grabber with an incredibly dangerous view of the world around him, ranked higher than Ann Curry.

Yes, this thing is busted.
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kimsama
07/08/09

@croush1211: This is the sort of thing that pisses me off about the media in general and web 2.0 specifically: the conflation of the popular with the good. Just because a lot of people are watching Bill O'Reilly, it doesn't make him worth listening to. Why can't mediaite supply the context in which these ratings occur? Oh, because that would take effort, and passion, and would likely render all of the rankings as ridiculous as the ones you pointed out.

"Buzz" is just the sound of the flies circling the cooling corpse of traditional media.
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