The moonbat media's dime store god.

imagine my surprise

Aw, VH!!! Don't scare me like that!!! I saw ASME and just about freaked.

What's next? The SAE, ASTM? NIST? Will the Loopy, Loony, Lying, Lobotomized Lemming-Like Leftist Liberal Loser™ madness ever end?

When do I get to wake from this awful dream??

Oh that ASME.

@TonyD95B
When EVERYBODY else does. And it may just happen sooner than we think.

And I like the trademark remark, by the way!

Anyone for a game of darts? we got a good dart board

I'm with TonyD95B - thought this was the American Society of Mechanical Engineers!

RE: Posted by: Murff at June 5, 2009 1:40 PM
RE: Posted by: theblogprof at June 5, 2009 2:38 PM

Murff & Blogprof - as you may have guessed by now, I'm a big fan of Absolutely Audacious And Awesome Alliteration.....or something like that!

What I want to know is, with regards to the Obama presidency, do the ASME and ASTM standards call for a flat-tined D-handled pitchfork, or a round-tined straight-handle pitchfork? Are these standards the same if you are pro-Obama and using said pitchfork to facilitate implementation of administration policies, or if you are using said agricultural implement as a protest tool?

Will there be any applicable Mil-Specs? Will an NSN Number be assigned? Who is coordinating with the Dept. of Agriculture?

Do these pitchforks have to be used in conjunction with a suitable illumination device, i.e., a “torch”, after the hours of civil twilight and before civil dawn? Will the applicable illumination standards be governed by ASME, ASTM, or SAE? Will we need to get NFPA involved since torches are a fuel burning device? Are there EPA Standards?

My, my, my – so much bureaucratic meddling to be done, so little time!!!

As you can tell, it’s Friday afternoon, work is ending, beer call is coming up very soon, and I’m getting, how shall we say, just a wee bit “punchy?”

Anyone for a game of darts? we got a good dart board
Posted by: Spurwing Plover

I'm thinking more like pasting it to a paper plate to take down to the driving range. It would surely improve my game.

They should put that picture in the dictionary under the entry for "smug".

TonyD95B, since ASME, SAW et al are populated by academics who are 9-1 pro-Obama, there will no longer be standards for pitchforks. The only legal use for a pitchfork from now on is to gather hay for Obama's straw-men. That's all. Torches are furthermore banned for anti-global warming purposes.

Just thought you should know...

i see nothing wrong with this - he's the president, there was just an election, love him or hate him he's important, and surely one of the most important subjects to appear on the cover of magazines in the past year.

stop foaming at the mouth.

i see nothing wrong with this -
Posted by: Brandon at June 5, 2009 10:59 PM

HA!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!ha!

OMG - I'm dying here! I can't remember WHEN I've laughed so hard! That is RIPE! LOL! Silly liberal - of course you don't! LOL! If you saw something wrong with it, you wouldn't be a silly MOONBAT! HA!-ha! Too good! Oh, gawd...

Jesus - thank you - I'll go to bed with a smile on my face tonight!

i see nothing wrong with this -

Obviously, to some, abject worship of the Obamassiah is only right and proper.

i see nothing wrong with this - he's the president, there was just an election, love him or hate him he's important, and surely one of the most important subjects to appear on the cover of magazines in the past year.

Do you seriously think we're angry because Obama's picture is on magazine covers? We're angry because of the TYPE of pictures.

The sad thing is that you DON'T see anything wrong with this. A fawning media is fine with you. Obama isn't a mere president to them, he's a rock star. And you're cool with that.

Actually, Otto, I'm not even angry about it. I think the efforts of the media to portray Dear Leader as ... in the words of Newsweek's Evan Thomas... a "sort of God"... should be dissected to make thinking people aware of the manipulation the media is trying to subject them to; and to make them question the objectivity of publications that have become nothing but one-sided propaganda publications for the Dear Leader.

Skepticism of politicians is not only healthy, but necessary. But obviously, some members of the Cult of the One don't want to be woken up. They don't want their Dear Leader, their "sort of God" to be subject to scrutiny.

Liberals have denounced religion, yet BRANDON sees nothing wrong with the RELIGIOUS ferver of Hopey McChange's followers.

Brandon may not necessarily join in the Obama-worship... not fully, anyway. But I think he believes a cult of mindless followers and a fawning media propaganda apparatus is useful in imposing progressive socialist fascism.

Brandon, are you joking? Is Obama more important than any other President? Why? Because he's half black? I don't recall any other president ever being treated this way. However, I do remember a couple of instances from history where a leader was treated in a similar way--the Third Reich and Stalinist Russia.

However, I do remember a couple of instances from history where a leader was treated in a similar way--the Third Reich and Stalinist Russia.

Well, in the Third Reich and USSR, the media went along because of fear. Here, the media goes along because they genuinely LOVE The One. If they had done their jobs, Obama never would have made it out of the primaries.

Obama is not the first president to be admired.

Maybe you should work to rename the following places (courtesy of wikipedia):

Alabama

* Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway portion of Interstate 65 from Birmingham to Decatur)[1]
* Ronald Reagan Spirit of America Field, Decatur. (Reagan visited the field in 1984)[3]

[edit] Arizona

* The Ronald Reagan Fundamental School, Yuma, Arizona[3]
* Ronald Reagan Road, Kingman, Arizona[3]

[edit] California

[edit] Institutions

* The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Center for Public Affairs in Simi Valley[3]
* Ronald Reagan California Republican Center, Burbank, California (Headquarters of the California State Republican Party, renamed in 1996)[3]
* Ronald Reagan Community Center, El Cajon, California (Formerly named the "El Cajon Community Center", renamed in 2004)[3]
* Ronald Reagan State Office Building, Los Angeles (renamed in 1990)[3]
* The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles. (Dedicated in 2000, opening in 2008)[3]
* Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse in Santa Ana (renamed in 1999)[3]
* Reagan Center, Los Angeles (associated with Childhelp USA)[3]
* Reagan Ranch Leadership Academy, Santa Barbara (affiliated with the Young America's Foundation)[4]

[edit] Schools

* Ronald Reagan Elementary School, Bakersfield, California[3]
* Ronald Reagan Elementary School in Chowchilla, California[5]
* Ronald Reagan Sports Park, Temecula, California (Formerly named "Rancho California Sports Park", renamed in 2005)[6]
* Ronald Reagan Park, Diamond Bar, California[6]

[edit] Roads

* Ronald Reagan Freeway (State Route 118, previously named Simi Valley-San Fernando Valley Freeway, renamed in 1994)[3]

[edit] Other

* Ronald Reagan Distinguished American Award, presented annually since 1991 by the Jonathan Club, Los Angeles[3]
* Reagan Room at The Jonathan Club, Los Angeles[3]
* The Ronald Reagan Penthouse at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles (the suite is the entire 30th floor of the hotel, and was one of Reagan's favorites)[7]

[edit] Colorado

* The Ronald Reagan Highway (Interstate 25 throughout El Paso County)[3]

[edit] Florida

* Florida's Turnpike designated the Ronald Reagan Turnpike, though the existing name was not changed.[3]
* Ronald Reagan Post Office Building, West Melbourne, Florida[3]
* Ronald W. Reagan Doral High School, a high school in the suburbs of Miami[6]
* Ronald Reagan Avenue, Miami, Florida renamed from its numerical name a major corridor in Miami.[3]
* Ronald Reagan Parkway, Hillsborough County, Florida[3]
* Ronald Reagan Boulevard, Seminole County County Road 427, which kept the existing number but had all street signs changed[3]
* Ronald Reagan Parkway, formerly Polk County County Road 54[8]

[edit] Georgia

* Ronald Reagan Drive in Evans, Columbia County[3]
* Ronald Reagan Parkway in Gwinnett County[3]

[edit] Illinois

[edit] Institutions

* The Ronald and Nancy Reagan Research Center, Alzheimer's Association, Chicago[3]
* Birthplace of Ronald Reagan (111 S. Main St. Tampico, now a museum)[3]
* Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site (in Dixon, Illinois)[3]
* Reagan Park, Tampico (named 1985, formerly Railroad Park)[3]

[edit] Roads

* Ronald Reagan Highway (U.S. Highway 14)[3]
* Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway (Interstate 88)[9]
* Ronald Reagan Trail[3]
* Reagan Drive, Eureka, Illinois (named in 1979)[3]
* Reagan Way, Dixon, Illinois (A portion of Hennepin Avenue where Reagan walked from his home to the swimming hole as a youth)[3]
* Ronald Wilson Reagan Memorial Bridge, a proposed bridge connecting to St. Louis via I-70.

[edit] Schools

* Ronald W. Reagan Middle School in Dixon, formerly Madison School.[3]
* Reagan Physical Education Center, Eureka College renamed in 1970 (previously named for Reagan and his brother Neil.[3]
* Ronald Reagan Peace Garden, Eureka College (includes a piece of the Berlin Wall)[3]
* Ronald W. Reagan Exhibit, Eureka College[3]
* Ronald W. Reagan Leadership Program, Eureka College[3]

[edit] Indiana

* Ronald Reagan Expressway, (Interstate 469), Fort Wayne, Indiana[10]
* Ronald Reagan Corridor, Hendricks County, Indiana[11]

[edit] Louisiana

* Ronald Reagan Highway (US 190)[3]

[edit] Massachusetts

* The Annual Boston College Ronald Wilson Reagan Memorial Pig Roast[citation needed]

[edit] Mississippi

* The Reagan Hope Home[3]

[edit] Missouri

* Ronald Reagan Parkway, Lake St. Louis, Missouri[3]

[edit] Nebraska

* Ronald W. Reagan Elementary School, Omaha, Nebraska[12]

[edit] New Hampshire

* Mount Reagan - (NH legislature changed name in 2003, but it conflicts with "Mount Clay", still recognized by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names)[3]

[edit] New Jersey

* Ronald Reagan School #30 - Elizabeth, New Jersey[13]

[edit] New York

* Ronald Reagan Boulevard - Warwick, New York[3]

[edit] North Carolina

* Ronald Wilson Reagan High School, Pfafftown, Forsyth County[14]

[edit] Ohio

* Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway (State Route 126 north of Cincinnati), 1997[3]
* Reagan Parkway (East-West Thoroughfare on the north side of town) Medina, Ohio[15]
* Reagan Park, Medina, Ohio[16]
* Ronald Reagan Voice of Freedom Park, West Chester, Ohio[6]

[edit] Pennsylvania

* Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse, in Harrisburg (named on March 9, 2004)[3]
* Ronald Reagan Drive, in the Philadelphia suburb of Richland Township (2002)[3]

[edit] Texas

* Ronald Regan Avenue, Hickory Creek, Texas[17]
* Ronald Reagan High School, San Antonio[3]
* Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway, Arlington, Texas[6]
* Ronald Reagan Middle School, Grand Prairie, Texas[6]
* Ronald Reagan Building, Harris County Department of Education, Houston, Texas[18]

[edit] Virginia

* Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (formerly Washington National Airport)
* Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Metro Station (formerly National Airport Metro Station) On April 19, 2001 the WMATA Board voted to not rename the station. However, subsequent Republican Party Congressional threats to withhold funding caused the renaming over the objection of local leaders and residents.[19]
* Ronald Wilson Reagan Memorial Highway (State Route 234, dedicated to Reagan in 2005), Prince William County
* The Reagan Building (Richmond City)[6]

[edit] Washington, DC

* Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
* Ronald Reagan Chair in Public Policy at the Heritage Foundation
* Ronald Reagan Institute of Emergency Medicine at George Washington University Hospital (the hospital to which Ronald Reagan was taken immediately after the March 30, 1981 assassination attempt on him and named after him on the tenth anniversary of the assassination attempt.)
* The Ronald Wilson Reagan Republican Center of the National Republican Senatorial Committee

[edit] Wisconsin

* Ronald Wilson Reagan College Preparatory High School, Milwaukee

[edit] Ships

* USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier — one of the few U.S. Navy ships that had been named after a living person.[3]

[edit] Outside of the United States

* Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Marshall Islands, a United States missile range
* Ronald Reagan Square, formerly Central Square, in Kraków, Poland
* Ronald Reagan Park, in Gdańsk, Poland
* Ronald Reagan Roundabout, in Wrocław, Poland
* Ronald Reagan Monument, in Wrocław, Poland[20]
* Grenada Salutes Ronald Reagan, Leader of Freedom Commemorative Stamp Collection (proceeds to Ronald Reagan Scholarship Fund)
* The Ronald Reagan Scholarship Fund, Grenada

[edit] Proposals for things to be named for Reagan or feature his likeness

* The Pentagon
* International Space Station
* U.S. Highway 14 in Wisconsin (already called "Ronald Reagan Highway" in Illinois)[2]
* Ronald Reagan's Birthday, (February 6)
* Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway (New Jersey Route 15) [3]
* 16th Street in Washington, DC

Nice try, Brando. But Reagan was hated by the media throughout his term. He never got magazine covers with halos around his head. He didn't have schoolchildren singing hymns to him. He didn't have magazine editors declaring that he was "sort of God." News anchors did not bow in his presence.

Also, Reagan was not honored until he had actual achievements.

There's a big difference between showing respect for an accomplished political figure, and mindless worship of a figurehead. Are you aware of that? Your recent comments suggest that you are not.

Even Jon Stewart is making fun of you ridiculous Obama cultists.

One's accomplished political figure is another's figurehead.

To me, that is precisely what they all are - figurehead's using their position to sell ideas.

Brandon,

Do you even understand the meaning of the word "figurehead?" A PRESIDENT is not a figurehead. He's literally the most powerful man on the planet. His words change things, his actions alter history. Even a nothing like Obama gets to put his stamp on history. And the idea Obama is "selling" is socialism.

Brandon,

How many of the items you listed as being named after Reagan happened while he was in office? None you say? You mean we waited until after he was President and accomplished many things?

Color me shocked.

Doesn't matter to me if it happened before or after. During the campaign, Obama stood for something new, something that many people desired. He embodied that, just as Reagan embodied something else. Thus he becomes a figurehead, or a symbol.

You don't have to be president to be a symbol.

Personally I prefer to let facts and philosophies stand on their own without symbols.

I'm also not saying that Obama is more important than any other president. What I'm saying is that he was more important than any other president in 2008.

Brandon, you're missing the point. I fully expect that some individuals will find Obama "adorable".
However, I don't like people who are responsible for reporting the news showing clear evidence of subjectivity when it comes to Obama. If they can't be objective, they need to find a field where objectivity is not an essential virtue for doing the job properly. And it's not objective to put Obama on the cover of every magazine cover in the country even though he hasn't done anything of note.

Ah, perception=reality. Got it, Brandon.

To me, that is precisely what they all are - figurehead's using their position to sell ideas.

Typical stupid lefty equivalence... comparing Reagan being honored after actual achievements to Obama being worshiped for being half black and reading a Teleprompter.

The only purpose of this guy's comment is to remind us how shallow is the mind and how poor is the reasoning of the progressive leftist.

I made the assumption that all idolatry is presumed to be childish. I guess you like idolatry when you agree with the idol.

My first comment here though has nothing to do with these arguments. It simply relies on the fact that this cover competition is not about honoring obama, but honoring whoever made the best cover with obama on it. I would think that an apropriate topic no matter who won the election. It would be like having a contest for the best Iraq War cover - it's a topic that is relevant to all of us.

As for your last comment, I can easily see several moves ahead if we follow that line of reasoning:

"You're stupid!"

"No, you're stupid!"

"No, you're stupid!"

"No, you're stupid!"

there, now we can skip that part

A whole category for Obama covers, Brandon? Don't you see there is something awry that there are so many covers of Obama that they created a whole category just for those? He's one guy, for God's sakes, and not a very impressive one, at that!

Magazine covers are designed to sell magazines.

Obama's image was great at selling magazines.

Now that the country is used to him, you won't see the same thing in the next election.

What has Hopey McChange done to deserve this adoration, BRANDON? All you said was that he had "new ideas". THAT'S IT? THAT'S WHY YOU WORSHIP THIS NOTHING?

Come on, list some of his accomplishments.

And being half black doesn't count.

This 'Brandon' guy is a real flake. What alternate universe does he claim to come from? He's certainly not normal. His alternate history and everything is all pretty weird. Twighlight Zone stuff.

I think Brandon's drunk way-too-much Kool-Aid to think the abject worship of Obama by the media is in any way improper.

Did ASME ever have a contest to decide the most flattering cover of GW Bush? I think not.

When the press ceases to become skeptical of politicians, and become their cheerleaders and priesthood, they're nothing more than propaganda organs and not to be trusted. And that is why we call them out on it.

When has the press unbiased? As I've said before, you can purchase whatever news you like. You can be spoon fed Fox or MSNBC you can listen to Rush or that Amy what's her name.

if you think the press is unbiased, or can be, your the fool. If you elect a predident based on a magazine cover, your the fool. If you think there is some conspiracy putting obama on the cover of magazines, show some proof, or your a fool.

In case you didn't know, we still have a free market in the magazine industry. There are magazines that span the entire range of the political spectrum. The magazines that show up on news stands are the ones that people buy.

I guess I am a fool, Brandon, because I believe it is humanly possible to write objectively regardless of your personal preferences. Of course, accomplishing that feat requires self restraint. It is this self restraint that is so obviously lacking within the MSM at this time. They can't even give the APPEARANCE of objectivity.

You have not answered my question, BRANDON. Are you afraid, or do you just not know the answer? If it is the later, then why do you support Hopey McChange?

So, Brandon admits the press is biased, but he still cries like a little bitch when the bias of the press is pointed out.

I don't get it. (But at least it's progress from his original "i see nothing wonrg with this" denial of bias.)

The magazines that show up on news stands are the ones that people buy.

Posted by: Brandon at June 7, 2009 8:41 AM

There's a reason that Time and Newsweek are losing circulation (and money). There's a reason why the Wall Street Journal is the only major newspaper increasing its circulation.

See if you can figure out what those reasons are.

I'm the one complaining about the press being biased? No, this post is a complaint. Both the left and the right complain about press bias. I see it as a fact of life, something to deal with.

Maybe it's possible to be unbiased, but I don't see how. We all have foundational beleifs and biases. Just as one example, compare how any country reports on it's internal affairs vs. its external affairs. Newspapers are always colder and harsher when reporting about events occuring in other countries, and much more sympathetic to events occuring within the country, as a generalization.

I still see nothing wrong with the contest.

One way to write fairly is to admit what your biases are and to be particularly cautious when covering issues that are hot buttons for you to fight against your natural inclinations and to do your best to see things from the other side and to include that perspective to the best of your ability. But the idea that the left and the right suffer equally from media bias is nonsense. About 90% of the MSM is rabidly liberal, so conservatives are outnumbered 9 to 1 in terms of representation in the media and it shows.