Comments on: Maybe Seltzer belonged to the Galleria 818s? http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/ The world’s first, full-service conservative Internet broadcast network Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:46:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: leanright http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/comment-page-1/#comment-992702 leanright Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:41:23 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/#comment-992702 THE CHOSEN ONE Good posts, I like this side of you. THE CHOSEN ONE

Good posts, I like this side of you.

]]> By: hadsil http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/comment-page-1/#comment-991147 hadsil Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:38:24 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/#comment-991147 Fake But Accurate Plausibly True What's important is the Message Fake But Accurate
Plausibly True
What’s important is the Message

]]> By: Don Carne http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/comment-page-1/#comment-990820 Don Carne Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:39:35 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/#comment-990820 CHOSEN If Cronkite tells you the sky is blue go outside and check. CHOSEN If Cronkite tells you the sky is blue go outside and check.

]]> By: THE CHOSEN ONE http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/comment-page-1/#comment-990802 THE CHOSEN ONE Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:33:21 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/#comment-990802 I have seen footage concerning the Tet offensive. The Embassy being overrun from my understanding shot through America's television like a bolt of lightning. Meanwhile, every military engagement on the ground resulted in the VC getting housed. I hope to think that that many good soldiers who lost respect due to our withdrawal can take homage in that today's soldier's in Iraq learned something from that urban conflict. Maybe they can hold their heads a lil' higher today, because there always has to be a first. I have seen footage concerning the Tet offensive. The Embassy being overrun from my understanding shot through America’s television like a bolt of lightning. Meanwhile, every military engagement on the ground resulted in the VC getting housed. I hope to think that that many good soldiers who lost respect due to our withdrawal can take homage in that today’s soldier’s in Iraq learned something from that urban conflict. Maybe they can hold their heads a lil’ higher today, because there always has to be a first.

]]> By: The Race Card http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/comment-page-1/#comment-990797 The Race Card Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:32:53 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/#comment-990797 <blockquote>Don Carne on March 4, 2008 at 5:11 PM</blockquote> Jack Kelly, Jayson Blair too. Don't forget the countless editors who write headlines and cutlines that completely misrepresent their respective articles. Many stories are misconstrued in this way. Some people only read headlines, captions, etc.

Don Carne on March 4, 2008 at 5:11 PM

Jack Kelly, Jayson Blair too.

Don’t forget the countless editors who write headlines and cutlines that completely misrepresent their respective articles. Many stories are misconstrued in this way. Some people only read headlines, captions, etc.

]]> By: second digit http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/comment-page-1/#comment-990782 second digit Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:26:52 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/#comment-990782 CHOSEN, Uncle Walter was a cut and runner even when we had whipped the VC's tail during Tet. LBJ turned chickenshit, in part, because of Walter. Once the VC was beaten in Tet, that set them back for years and forced the NVA to fight conventionally. The NVA couldn't even manage that for several years, until the Easter Offensive. No, Walter played a major role in U.S. withdrawal and humiliation. I fart in his general direction. CHOSEN, Uncle Walter was a cut and runner even when we had whipped the VC’s tail during Tet. LBJ turned chickenshit, in part, because of Walter. Once the VC was beaten in Tet, that set them back for years and forced the NVA to fight conventionally. The NVA couldn’t even manage that for several years, until the Easter Offensive. No, Walter played a major role in U.S. withdrawal and humiliation. I fart in his general direction.

]]> By: second digit http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/comment-page-1/#comment-990766 second digit Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:21:37 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/#comment-990766 Don, you hit the nail on the head. There is a special place in Hell for ol' Walter. Maybe that lil' stinker Dan Rather can keep him company there. (...and Bill Moyer can rot with them). Don, you hit the nail on the head. There is a special place in Hell for ol’ Walter. Maybe that lil’ stinker Dan Rather can keep him company there. (…and Bill Moyer can rot with them).

]]> By: THE CHOSEN ONE http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/comment-page-1/#comment-990760 THE CHOSEN ONE Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:19:40 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/#comment-990760 Don’t forget the original fantasist, Walter Cronkite. He lied his way through Viet-Nam to the end of the Cold War. Don Carne on March 4, 2008 at 5:11 PM I'm 35 and too young to really remember the bulk of his work. Was Cronkite really a cut and run journalist or were you just having fun? Gasp, the Liberal media treats him like an icon, but even some on the right have shown kudos. Don’t forget the original fantasist, Walter Cronkite. He lied his way through Viet-Nam to the end of the Cold War.

Don Carne on March 4, 2008 at 5:11 PM

I’m 35 and too young to really remember the bulk of his work. Was Cronkite really a cut and run journalist or were you just having fun? Gasp, the Liberal media treats him like an icon, but even some on the right have shown kudos.

]]> By: Don Carne http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/comment-page-1/#comment-990746 Don Carne Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:11:20 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/#comment-990746 "...Stephen Glass, Scott Beauchamp, Margaret Seltzer — they all told stories people wanted to hear" Don't forget the original fantasist, Walter Cronkite. He lied his way through Viet-Nam to the end of the Cold War. “…Stephen Glass, Scott Beauchamp, Margaret Seltzer — they all told stories people wanted to hear”
Don’t forget the original fantasist, Walter Cronkite. He lied his way through Viet-Nam to the end of the Cold War.

]]> By: second digit http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/comment-page-1/#comment-990736 second digit Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:05:00 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/#comment-990736 ...and the point is? This is what happens when one's value system is one of moral relativism. Fiction/non-fiction--it all really depends on your point of view doesn't it? Who are we to criticize another human being? She is entitled to her reality as much as we are to ours. OT--Mr. Morrissey, I also welcome you aboard. While Bryan will be missed, I am a HotAir reader constantly and have been following your posts (as well as having read your Captain's Quarters). You do an excellent job and are a terrific compliment to AP and MM. …and the point is? This is what happens when one’s value system is one of moral relativism. Fiction/non-fiction–it all really depends on your point of view doesn’t it? Who are we to criticize another human being? She is entitled to her reality as much as we are to ours.

OT–Mr. Morrissey, I also welcome you aboard. While Bryan will be missed, I am a HotAir reader constantly and have been following your posts (as well as having read your Captain’s Quarters). You do an excellent job and are a terrific compliment to AP and MM.

]]> By: The Race Card http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/comment-page-1/#comment-990704 The Race Card Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:53:55 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/#comment-990704 <em>Galleria 818s</em> Welcome aboard Mr. Morrissey. That is some funny ish. Galleria 818s

Welcome aboard Mr. Morrissey. That is some funny ish.

]]> By: tommylotto http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/comment-page-1/#comment-990701 tommylotto Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:52:47 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/#comment-990701 As the resident expert on Sherman Oaks, their description is only half right. The part I live (the hills south of Ventura Blvd.) is well to do, but it falls off real fast as you go north, and English becomes a second language before you even get to Van Nuys. So, she definitely could have been exposed to the seedier parts of LA's sub-culture if she had gone to school in the LAUSD, but she went to hoitie toitie Campbell Hall, a private school. The only grit she was likely to see was through the window of her parent's Mercedes SUV. This story is just another example of how the superior educational opportunities afforded to the rich kids give them an advantage over the poor kids -- even in writing "poor kid victory over victimhood" books. There is just no substitute for that top notch education. As the resident expert on Sherman Oaks, their description is only half right. The part I live (the hills south of Ventura Blvd.) is well to do, but it falls off real fast as you go north, and English becomes a second language before you even get to Van Nuys. So, she definitely could have been exposed to the seedier parts of LA’s sub-culture if she had gone to school in the LAUSD, but she went to hoitie toitie Campbell Hall, a private school. The only grit she was likely to see was through the window of her parent’s Mercedes SUV.

This story is just another example of how the superior educational opportunities afforded to the rich kids give them an advantage over the poor kids — even in writing “poor kid victory over victimhood” books. There is just no substitute for that top notch education.

]]> By: wildweasel http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/comment-page-1/#comment-990696 wildweasel Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:49:25 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/#comment-990696 Those pajamas feel so good right now..... Those pajamas feel so good right now…..

]]> By: Alden Pyle http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/comment-page-1/#comment-990692 Alden Pyle Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:48:54 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/#comment-990692 She definitely has all the qualifications to be Editor in Chief for the NYTs, hire her quick! She definitely has all the qualifications to be Editor in Chief for the NYTs, hire her quick!

]]> By: THE CHOSEN ONE http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/comment-page-1/#comment-990689 THE CHOSEN ONE Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:48:23 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/#comment-990689 Maybe the writer is a graduate of Dan Rather University and the Jason Blair School of Journalism. Maybe the writer is a graduate of Dan Rather University and the Jason Blair School of Journalism.

]]> By: RMR http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/comment-page-1/#comment-990667 RMR Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:41:27 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/#comment-990667 In the case of James Frey and Margaret Seltzer the publishers saw what they thought were two "white" individuals who dwelled in the "jungles" and lived to tell about. They knew that liberals will eat that stuff up like tofu. Tells more about the thinking of those publishers more than anything else. In the case of James Frey and Margaret Seltzer the publishers saw what they thought were two “white” individuals who dwelled in the “jungles” and lived to tell about. They knew that liberals will eat that stuff up like tofu.
Tells more about the thinking of those publishers more than anything else.

]]> By: AZCoyote http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/comment-page-1/#comment-990622 AZCoyote Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:29:45 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/#comment-990622 Curious, isn't it, that so many people seem to want to portray themselves as some type of victim -- and it isn't always people who need money. The Daily Mail ran an interesting article on Michelle Obama recently, pointing out that the poor, working-class upbringing she "overcame" was really the same type of middle-class lifestyle that millions of other Americans her age have experienced (nice-sized brick house with a shady fenced yard in a well-kept neighborhood, a father with a decent-paying job, a stay-at-home mom who made sure the two kids did their homework, etc.). Not much to "overcome" there -- except perhaps Michelle's own sense of victimization (which she still seems not to have conquered). Curious, isn’t it, that so many people seem to want to portray themselves as some type of victim — and it isn’t always people who need money. The Daily Mail ran an interesting article on Michelle Obama recently, pointing out that the poor, working-class upbringing she “overcame” was really the same type of middle-class lifestyle that millions of other Americans her age have experienced (nice-sized brick house with a shady fenced yard in a well-kept neighborhood, a father with a decent-paying job, a stay-at-home mom who made sure the two kids did their homework, etc.). Not much to “overcome” there — except perhaps Michelle’s own sense of victimization (which she still seems not to have conquered).

]]> By: THE CHOSEN ONE http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/comment-page-1/#comment-990618 THE CHOSEN ONE Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:28:55 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/#comment-990618 For some reason, this story doesn’t seem to be a story. THE CHOSEN ONE on March 4, 2008 at 3:27 PM That’s because it’s happening more and more often. Journalism is no longer held to a high standard and falsehoods like these are expected. TooTall on March 4, 2008 at 3:31 PM Agreed. Some journalist though at least did some legit research in exposing this faux. That is unless there was a journalistic conspiracy between the writer and the investigative reporter? Hmmmmm. Naaaahh. For some reason, this story doesn’t seem to be a story.

THE CHOSEN ONE on March 4, 2008 at 3:27 PM

That’s because it’s happening more and more often. Journalism is no longer held to a high standard and falsehoods like these are expected.

TooTall on March 4, 2008 at 3:31 PM

Agreed. Some journalist though at least did some legit research in exposing this faux. That is unless there was a journalistic conspiracy between the writer and the investigative reporter? Hmmmmm. Naaaahh.

]]> By: Hening http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/comment-page-1/#comment-990614 Hening Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:27:25 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/#comment-990614 Postmodern interpretive reality. Postmodern interpretive reality.

]]> By: Mike Honcho http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/comment-page-1/#comment-990591 Mike Honcho Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:18:12 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/#comment-990591 Cashing in on the "meta-narrative" worked pretty well for <a href="http://www.salon.com/news/1999/02/12newsa.html" rel="nofollow">Rigoberta Menchu</a>. Cashing in on the “meta-narrative” worked pretty well for Rigoberta Menchu.

]]> By: landlines http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/comment-page-1/#comment-990590 landlines Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:16:35 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/#comment-990590 I guess Al Gore's coming biography: "I Know How to Control the Weather and You Don't" ...will give those fact-checkers something to chew on. It will be interesting to see whether they reject it outright and send it to the "fiction" section, or whether they hide under their desks or call in sick that day. I guess Al Gore’s coming biography:

“I Know How to Control the Weather and You Don’t”

…will give those fact-checkers something to chew on. It will be interesting to see whether they reject it outright and send it to the “fiction” section, or whether they hide under their desks or call in sick that day.

]]> By: scalleywag http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/comment-page-1/#comment-990545 scalleywag Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:55:28 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/#comment-990545 Maybe editors are just so naive they assumed anyone who has written a book like that is telling the truth...why would they lie? Now that we know people DO lie, and they do it more frequently, perhaps they will start checking manuscripts a little more carefully. hah, talk about naive! Maybe editors are just so naive they assumed anyone who has written a book like that is telling the truth…why would they lie? Now that we know people DO lie, and they do it more frequently, perhaps they will start checking manuscripts a little more carefully. hah, talk about naive!

]]> By: ihasurnominashun http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/comment-page-1/#comment-990531 ihasurnominashun Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:51:08 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/#comment-990531 Reality TV finds its place in Literature....lovely. Reality TV finds its place in Literature….lovely.

]]> By: snaggletoothie http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/comment-page-1/#comment-990512 snaggletoothie Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:44:08 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/#comment-990512 Why not a whole new genre: We Thought It Was Fact, Found Out It Is Fiction and You Can Have It For Seventy-five Cents on the Dollar. Why not a whole new genre: We Thought It Was Fact, Found Out It Is Fiction and You Can Have It For Seventy-five Cents on the Dollar.

]]> By: jaime http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/comment-page-1/#comment-990510 jaime Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:44:03 +0000 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/03/04/maybe-seltzer-belonged-to-the-galleria-818s/#comment-990510 Not just fake autobiographies. Any lie that supports the left's agenda. Michael Bellesiles is a good example. Not just fake autobiographies. Any lie that supports the left’s agenda. Michael Bellesiles is a good example.

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