tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post103067443908958002..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: We Are Still Good FriendsJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-3466785141084376262011-01-13T19:27:38.200-06:002011-01-13T19:27:38.200-06:00being a citizen has become a whole lot more enjoya...<i>being a citizen has become a whole lot more enjoyable for me ever since I started turning off the TV immediately following any major speech like this.</i><br /><br />Yup. Well, we switched to "Top Chef All-Stars" but it's the same idea. In fact, I will take this idea one step further and recommend everyone go on a news fast for 24 hours once a week. That means no blogs, no Twitter, no talk radio etc. And of course no TV. <br /><br />I took a month off a while ago and it was so peaceful and wonderful. I stopped being so angry and agitated and ceased to be engrossed in the latest little kerfuffle. It reminded me that life before the internet was a lot less stressful. I think the entire nation's blood pressure was drop substanitally if everyone turned the noise off. A month is hard but one day a week is certainly doable. Or maybe try one week a month. You'll survive, I promise you.Litzz11@yahoo.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843479112124843471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-92018772768759834172011-01-13T15:26:13.561-06:002011-01-13T15:26:13.561-06:00The talking heads have, I think, gotten the Americ...The talking heads have, I think, gotten the American people's impressions of an Obama speech wrong just about every time. Like Jonathan, I prefer to watch on C-span, or not watch at all, and get it later on the internet. And I simply don't watch the cable news at all, anymore. PBS-News Hour and the internet news aggregators/blogs. Occasional Daily Snow or Colbert Report, even though they're not news. Even limiting myself to these sources, it's easy to see how the nabobs miss it in their instant response.zicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-1451644802814377192011-01-13T15:19:59.268-06:002011-01-13T15:19:59.268-06:00well, if 3 is a trend, I also ran off immediately ...well, if 3 is a trend, I also ran off immediately before the talking heads started in last night, and Fallows indicated swift impatient rejection of the chatter he heard during or after.Andrew Sprunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-14935890277769702332011-01-13T15:00:20.343-06:002011-01-13T15:00:20.343-06:00It probably doesn't help that the people who t...It probably doesn't help that the people who talk after these major events are...well, often seriously WRONG.<br /><br />Even last night, there was so much talk of Obama's speech vs. Palin's speech and while most of them were correct about which one was better...is that really necessary? Even if we put aside the crassness of talking pure electoral politics at this point, I can't believe the 2012 election is going to turn on who gave a better speech on Jan. 12, 2011.Colbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14262426400735202537noreply@blogger.com