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Posted Friday, September 18, 2009 2:22 PM

Weekly Obsession: Outbursts and Apologies

Katie Connolly

Edmund Burke famously once said that manners were more important than laws: "Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in". This week will likely be remembered as the week America forgot its manners. From Wilson to Kanye, incivility has been rife. Our talented video team has put together an homage to those who just couldn't keep their mouths shut in a new feature, Weekly Obsession. Enjoy.

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Posted By: teddyo (September 21, 2009 at 3:43 PM)

been watching this Wilson for the past couple of days after his outburst at the president and I have to wounder if he needs psychiatric help.


Posted By: NewsWkDickG (September 20, 2009 at 1:52 PM)

Today it seems quite common for dishonesty to be accepted wherever it can be rationalized as serving people's personal interests.  The problems with that should be obvious but, like in politics, the rationalizing has just become too easy.  George W. Bush's sociopathic personality, including his gross dishonesty, arrogance and lack of any conscience, should have been quickly recognized but instead the subterfuge was accepted and the costly problems then occurred.  Now those same people who so strongly backed and aggressively supported Bush are trying to have their way once again.  Should they once more be successful in grooming and selling the public the likes of Sarah Palin, Jon Kyl or any other of their 'puppets in waiting', who again have no conscience and are totally motivated by self-interests making them ideal for Special Interests and the select few to control, we may then just be in for 'more of the same'.  Even the drastic efforts to be obstructionists, protecting their excessive financial advantages, reek of gross dishonesty aimed to manipulate public opinion.  If the people can't be conscientious themselves, putting aside their biases, prejudices and emotional attachments to be honestly objective and rational, and instead once again buy into the deceptive efforts, the scare tactics and the manipulative appeals, then we shouldn't expect anything other than 'more of the same'!  BS just stinks and recognizing the bull's presence, before stepping in it, should be fair warning!


Posted By: thehappyamerican (September 19, 2009 at 5:48 PM)

But Obama don't learn, he's showing us. The next speech he gives before congress will unIt was the YOU LIE heard around the world, and brought campaign contributions to an honest public servant for the American people!

    It's stands apart from other clowns in the public who have tantrums over issues of no ultimate import to the American people.

  Obama had better prepare future speeches before the  Congress to be more in line with the facts and understand he's not talking to a gaggle of groupie lose-stream reporters who won't only give every lie a free pass, but they also run to research data,  "studies" and"facts" to put together SUPPORTING LIES to share, so Obama's lie wont be one!