Comments on: Sierra Club op-ed in TNT - a ‘field of dreams’ fantasy

By: Republican By Default

Republican By Default — Thu, 01 May 2008 21:44:45 +0000

I never had any intention of banning him.

The only person I’ve banned was someone who was warned repeatedly to stick to the subject, refrain from name calling (I didn’t ban him until the third time he posted comments that focused on name-calling) and stop the repeated personal attacks (I didn’t ban him until he had made several personal attacks). It appeared to me that he was intentionally disruptive so I banned him.

But in the comment above, I had some of that coming. Dana Perino didn’t, but I did. I don’t think I was being hypocritical because I never claimed that I wouldn’t post comments about people in the public eye and because I realized that I went too far and corrected it. That’s not hypocrisy, that’s humanity. I gave the guy I banned several opportunities to change his tune, so why shouldn’t I give myself some leeway?

I still haven’t had time to re-read this post to see if I need to reign it in a little more. I stand by all the points that I made about the issues, but the personal part about the authors of the op-ed needs to be revisited. Busy day.

By: CA

CA — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:55:51 +0000

“Don’t bother banning me. I won’t be back. You’re a waste of my time and pixels. Hypocrites, phony Christians and fascists bore me.”

It always fascinates me that people who claim to dislike a blog actually take the time to click on it and read it. Silly people.

By: Republican By Default

Republican By Default — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:10:07 +0000

You’re right. I wrote this late at night when I was tired and cranky. I went to bed and started feeling guilty about it and came and removed a couple of names I called the Sierra Club op-ed authors. I didn’t change the first one because I figured it was out there already. I’ll read it again later to see if I need to change anything else. At the moment I don’t have time.

I apologize for the name calling. I’ll try not to do that again, but sometimes I get a little bit frustrated with this stuff.

I do link to Michelle Malkin a lot. I’ve never met her though we have exchanged a few e-mails. I like her blog because she addresses issues that are important to me, I generally agree with her, I like her style and she posts a lot, keeping it all fresh. However, there have been times that I’ve disagreed with her.

But if I could point out, inferring that Dana Perino is a liar isn’t much better than what you just blasted me for. Think about it.

By: Don Izenman

Don Izenman — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:46:44 +0000

I’ve seen you ban people for what you consider to be personal attacks on you.

You couldn’t even get past one sentence without name-calling of anyone who might disagree with you.

What’s the word I’m looking for? Oh yeah, HYPOCRITE.

Don’t bother banning me. I won’t be back. You’re a waste of my time and pixels. Hypocrites, phony Christians and fascists bore me.

When Dana Perino’s nose gets too long to fit on the TV screen (that’s what happened to all the previous press secretaries, you know …. I found a secret laptop with the whole story on it), you should apply for the job. You’ve done such a good job as Michelle Malkin’s poodle, you deserve a promotion.