The Real American Taliban


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Hume's first thought (not 2nd, 3rd or 4th thought) upon hearing of the attack was, "Hmmm, time to buy." I fail to see how context matters in this case.

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Most of those quotes are pretty bad, but this one I actually saw in context.  They were all discussing the economy and stocks, not the personal tragedies of the attacks.  There was nothing at all wrong, when discussing economoics during an economic themed show, to make this statement.  The entire panel was discussing the economic ramifications of the attacks - how is this then innapprporiate?

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When you watch it in context, he may be right about his assessment. That doesn't change the fact that he stated "the first thing I thought of." I am sorry, but regardless of what they are talking about around the quote, you DONT say the first thing you thought of after the bombing was your portfolio. You can say it as an aside, but the first thing? that is beyond heartless.

The quote even made it to the top of Jerk of Today list on Countdown with Keith Olbermann, sounds about right to me.

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When you watch it in context, he may be right about his assessment. That doesn't change the fact that he stated "the first thing I thought of." I am sorry, but regardless of what they are talking about around the quote, you DONT say the first thing you thought of after the bombing was your portfolio. You can say it as an aside, but the first thing? that is beyond heartless.

The quote even made it to the top of Jerk of Today list on Countdown with Keith Olbermann, sounds about right to me.

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I'm going to have to agree. He should have chosen his words more carefully.

It also made the Daily Show's Moment of Zen.

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Hume's first thought (not 2nd, 3rd or 4th thought) upon hearing of the attack was,  "Hmmm, time to buy." I fail to see how context matters in this case.

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When you watch it in context, he may be right about his assessment. That doesn't change the fact that he stated "the first thing I thought of." I am sorry, but regardless of what they are talking about around the quote, you DONT say the first thing you thought of after the bombing was your portfolio. You can say it as an aside, but the first thing? that is beyond heartless.

The quote even made it to the top of Jerk of Today list on Countdown with Keith Olbermann, sounds about right to me.

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Ok, I can't quote verbatim the converstaion so let just be creative and make it up to show how, in spirit at least, the convo went.

"Brit, when you thought about the impact his might have on global economies what were your first thoughts?"

"Well, the first thing I thought of was 'it's time to buy'."

Does that still sound as callous as when it stands alone?

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I agree and the critics want to pick out the sentence and try to imply that.  But I saw the entire converstion about 5 minutes before and after, and I can say assuredly that it was not a "Oh, awesome!  Disasters like this are killer for my portfolio".  It was much more along the lines of, "In the wake of these tragedies how do you see the markets responding?"

It is just a case of one side trying to find fault in anything the other does.

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I'm sorry, dude, you can't defend this. If Michael Moore or somebody had said something along those lines, you would be using the same exact statement I'm going to use. Context is irrelevant. That sentence, uttered no matter what the situation, about the London bombings should NEVER be said, by either the right or left. :no:

If he had said, "Well I did think the economy was going to go down the tube" THEN it wouldnt be so callous, but he said it in a manner where you kinda knew the loss of life probably didnt matter to him as much as the economic impact.

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I'm sorry, dude, you can't defend this. If Michael Moore or somebody had said something along those lines, you would be using the same exact statement I'm going to use. Context is irrelevant. That sentence, uttered no matter what the situation, about the London bombings should NEVER be said, by either the right or left.  :no:

If he had said, "Well I did think the economy was going to go down the tube" THEN it wouldnt be so callous, but he said it in a manner where you kinda knew the loss of life probably didnt matter to him as much as the economic impact.

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Did you watch the segment in which the comments were made or are you basing this solely on this pulled sentence alone?

Context is always relevant.

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Did you watch the segment in which the comments were made or are you basing this solely on this pulled sentence alone?

Context is always relevant.

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Yep. I did. Its still a ****** up thing to say no matter what the context.

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Yep. I did. Its still a ****** up thing to say no matter what the context.

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hardly, but we must always be politically correct. right? :rolleyes:

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lmao Henry Morris...his face... :rofl: sorry i just thought it was funny :p

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And how any of you can find any of those quotes ok, it just sickens me.

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Though I don't agree with the statements made by the individuals on the site, I find the title of the site to be horribly mistaken. "The American Taliban"? A thousand times no.

To even attempt to equate some far right (and yes, goofy) statements people have made with that of the extreme radical actions of the Taliban is utter and complete stupidity at best. There's no comparison whatsoever, and to try to make it is to trivialise what REAL terror is. :no:

Yeah, the comments were stupid, but let's be clear. They're NOT anywhere even comparable to that of some of the Anti-American and other statements and actions made by a radical group of murderers. There is a real Taliban, yes, but it certainly isn't these guys.

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Well, although i think i agree with you, i wouldn't be so absolutely adamant that they're not the same thing. The only difference, as i see it, between these guys and the Taliban is that the Taliban managed to take control of their country... and these guys didn't.

(That doesn't apply to ALL of them, but probably many of them.)

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hardly, but we must always be politically correct.  right? :rolleyes:

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I'm the most politically incorrect person in this thread, but worrying about money when people die is something I dont condone.

Though I don't agree with the statements made by the individuals on the site, I find the title of the site to be horribly mistaken. "The American Taliban"? A thousand times no.

To even attempt to equate some far right (and yes, goofy) statements people have made with that of the extreme radical actions of the Taliban is utter and complete stupidity at best. There's no comparison whatsoever, and to try to make it is to trivialise what REAL terror is. no.gif

Yeah, the comments were stupid, but let's be clear. They're NOT anywhere even comparable to that of some of the Anti-American and other statements and actions made by a radical group of murderers. There is a real Taliban, yes, but it certainly isn't these guys.

Wow...ok...no cookie for you. Wow.

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While I don't share adonai's enthusiasm for these quotes, that whole site does stink of propaganda.

I'm sure more than one of those quotes are taken a little out of context.

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:yes: Exactly. I know for a fact that some of them were taken very out of context, and the site is very biased. I guess that's why there are other sites pointing out the idiocy that emerges from the other side. :whistle:

Like, for example, US Senator Robert Byrd (D - West Virginia), who is a former KKK member.

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Fox's John Gibson: By the way, just wanted to tell you people, we missed -- the International Olympic Committee missed a golden opportunity today. If they had picked France, if they had picked France instead of London to hold the Olympics, it would have been the one time we could look forward to where we didn't worry about terrorism. They'd blow up Paris, and who cares?

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I don't have a problem with that statement. Do you? :rofl:

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Hey, Aaron McGrudger is cool, man. The people I bolded up are on my list as being good for the country.

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Franken, Dean, and Stern are good for the country? :blink: Which country are we talking about, exactly?

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George W. Bush

    "I don't think that witchcraft is a religion. I wish the military would rethink this decision."*

    "God told me to strike at al Qaida and I struck them, and then he instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am determined to solve the problem in the Middle East. If you help me I will act, and if not, the elections will come and I will have to focus on them."

    "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists."

    "This crusade, this war on terrorism is going to take a while."

God told him to kill innocent civillians? Interesting indeed.

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God told him to kill innocent civillians? Interesting indeed.

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I see Al-queda and Saddam there. Did someone else say an "innocent civilians" there?

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