Comments on: From NASCAR to Notre Dame http://likethedew.com/2009/05/18/from-nascar-to-notre-dame/ A journal of progressive Southern culture and politics Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:02:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: Oxycodone morphine abuse. http://likethedew.com/2009/05/18/from-nascar-to-notre-dame/comment-page-1/#comment-2753 Oxycodone morphine abuse. Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:05:03 +0000 http://likethedew.com/?p=2527#comment-2753 <strong>Drug oxycodone....</strong> Free oxycodone. Oxycodone reactions. Oxycodone controlled releasse. Oxycodone stomach problems. Oxycodone online. Oxycodone.... Drug oxycodone….

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]]> By: Doug Monroe http://likethedew.com/2009/05/18/from-nascar-to-notre-dame/comment-page-1/#comment-925 Doug Monroe Wed, 20 May 2009 20:59:46 +0000 http://likethedew.com/?p=2527#comment-925 Keith, I used to cover NASCAR races quite a bit for UPI in my youth and recall Richard Petty as a man of few words. One time, after rain delayed a race, I asked him what he did during the delay. "Sat in the pit and drunk milk," he said. Keith, I used to cover NASCAR races quite a bit for UPI in my youth and recall Richard Petty as a man of few words. One time, after rain delayed a race, I asked him what he did during the delay. “Sat in the pit and drunk milk,” he said.

]]> By: Jane P http://likethedew.com/2009/05/18/from-nascar-to-notre-dame/comment-page-1/#comment-909 Jane P Wed, 20 May 2009 00:59:26 +0000 http://likethedew.com/?p=2527#comment-909 If a smooth-talking US President were to give a commencement speech promoting dialogue on the merits of Slavery, there would be jaws dropping, heads hitting desks everywhere. And yet, this is what Obama sounds like to the Pro-Lifer. Not that we shouldn't dialogue, just to give the perspective of an extremist. If a smooth-talking US President were to give a commencement speech promoting dialogue on the merits of Slavery, there would be jaws dropping, heads hitting desks everywhere. And yet, this is what Obama sounds like to the Pro-Lifer. Not that we shouldn’t dialogue, just to give the perspective of an extremist.

]]> By: Cliff Green http://likethedew.com/2009/05/18/from-nascar-to-notre-dame/comment-page-1/#comment-908 Cliff Green Wed, 20 May 2009 00:38:05 +0000 http://likethedew.com/?p=2527#comment-908 I agree with Bob. This crap we see on FOX is not really political discourse. It's political theatre. The "winner" is the person who is not shouting to be heard at the commercial break. I agree with Bob. This crap we see on FOX is not really political discourse. It’s political theatre. The “winner” is the person who is not shouting to be heard at the commercial break.

]]> By: Bob Lamb http://likethedew.com/2009/05/18/from-nascar-to-notre-dame/comment-page-1/#comment-904 Bob Lamb Tue, 19 May 2009 12:46:18 +0000 http://likethedew.com/?p=2527#comment-904 I heartily second what Mike Williams and Billy Howard said in their posts. Good work, Keith. I hope the President can turn the tide that I see running in the media every day, where the template for public "discussion" is a format of extremism: bring on at least two guests with polar opposite views so the audience can watch them try to outshout each other. It's present in all the so-called talk shows on TV and radio, and I see -- and hear -- it emulated on the Internet and in life. Sadly, they influence the unreflective among us to believe that that is the way public discourse is supposed to be waged. It is of course, as the President is saying, the exact opposite. Public discourse is not supposed to be adversarial, and it's certainly not supposed to be a shouting match between combatants whose minds are not only closed but sealed. IMHO, we need to keep in mind that the talk-show format, at its heart, is a kind of low-brow entertainment, like mud wrestling, and shouldn't be mistaken for discourse. I heartily second what Mike Williams and Billy Howard said in their posts. Good work, Keith. I hope the President can turn the tide that I see running in the media every day, where the template for public “discussion” is a format of extremism: bring on at least two guests with polar opposite views so the audience can watch them try to outshout each other. It’s present in all the so-called talk shows on TV and radio, and I see — and hear — it emulated on the Internet and in life. Sadly, they influence the unreflective among us to believe that that is the way public discourse is supposed to be waged. It is of course, as the President is saying, the exact opposite. Public discourse is not supposed to be adversarial, and it’s certainly not supposed to be a shouting match between combatants whose minds are not only closed but sealed. IMHO, we need to keep in mind
that the talk-show format, at its heart, is a kind of low-brow entertainment, like mud wrestling, and shouldn’t be mistaken for discourse.

]]> By: Bob Lamb http://likethedew.com/2009/05/18/from-nascar-to-notre-dame/comment-page-1/#comment-903 Bob Lamb Tue, 19 May 2009 12:46:17 +0000 http://likethedew.com/?p=2527#comment-903 I heartily second what Mike Williams and Billy Howard said in their posts. Good work, Keith. I hope the President can turn the tide that I see running in the media every day, where the template for public "discussion" is a format of extremism: bring on at least two guests with polar opposite views so the audience can watch them try to outshout each other. It's present in all the so-called talk shows on TV and radio, and I see -- and hear -- it emulated on the Internet and in life. Sadly, they influence the unreflective among us to believe that that is the way public discourse is supposed to be waged. It is of course, as the President is saying, the exact opposite. Public discourse is not supposed to be adversarial, and it's certainly not supposed to be a shouting match between combatants whose minds are not only closed but sealed. IMHO, we need to keep in mind that the talk-show format, at its heart, is a kind of low-brow entertainment, like mud wrestling, and shouldn't be mistaken for discourse. I heartily second what Mike Williams and Billy Howard said in their posts. Good work, Keith. I hope the President can turn the tide that I see running in the media every day, where the template for public “discussion” is a format of extremism: bring on at least two guests with polar opposite views so the audience can watch them try to outshout each other. It’s present in all the so-called talk shows on TV and radio, and I see — and hear — it emulated on the Internet and in life. Sadly, they influence the unreflective among us to believe that that is the way public discourse is supposed to be waged. It is of course, as the President is saying, the exact opposite. Public discourse is not supposed to be adversarial, and it’s certainly not supposed to be a shouting match between combatants whose minds are not only closed but sealed. IMHO, we need to keep in mind
that the talk-show format, at its heart, is a kind of low-brow entertainment, like mud wrestling, and shouldn’t be mistaken for discourse.

]]> By: Billy Howard http://likethedew.com/2009/05/18/from-nascar-to-notre-dame/comment-page-1/#comment-902 Billy Howard Tue, 19 May 2009 11:39:23 +0000 http://likethedew.com/?p=2527#comment-902 To continue with Mike's thoughts on hitting and hammering, you must be building a house, because in each of your opinion pieces you hit the nail on the head over and over again. To continue with Mike’s thoughts on hitting and hammering, you must be building a house, because in each of your opinion pieces you hit the nail on the head over and over again.

]]> By: Mike Williams http://likethedew.com/2009/05/18/from-nascar-to-notre-dame/comment-page-1/#comment-901 Mike Williams Tue, 19 May 2009 10:23:45 +0000 http://likethedew.com/?p=2527#comment-901 I think you have hit upon exactly why I continue to feel so good about Obama. He's just got good sense; he hits the rhetorical high notes but he keeps his feet on the ground. Instead of hammering his opponents, he asks them to join him in looking for common ground. A refreshing, dramatic change from the cynical Rove/Bush approach. I just hope the Bill O'Reilly's of the world don't eventually grind him down. I think you have hit upon exactly why I continue to feel so good about Obama. He’s just got good sense; he hits the rhetorical high notes but he keeps his feet on the ground. Instead of hammering his opponents, he asks them to join him in looking for common ground. A refreshing, dramatic change from the cynical Rove/Bush approach. I just hope the Bill O’Reilly’s of the world don’t eventually grind him down.

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