Axe-grindy Bush post.

May 8, 2006 3:39 PM

This is a terrible, axe-grinding, (self-admitted) newsfilter post with editorializing in both the text of the post and the tags.
posted by trey to MetaFilter-Related at 3:39 PM (48 comments total)

Yup.
posted by matthewr at 3:39 PM on May 8, 2006

I really hate Bush. I really do. I hate his policies, I hate what he stands for, and I hate what he's doing to the country. That being said, the front page has looked like DailyKos the past couple of days. Attempts to bring this up has elicited screeds about kids dying in Iraq. It's really frustrating and damaging to discourse.
posted by trey at 3:41 PM on May 8, 2006

OMFG YOU'LL OFFEND THAT NICE MR BUSH! AND DIOS/MONJU TOO!
posted by matteo at 3:42 PM on May 8, 2006

Agreed.
posted by furtive at 3:42 PM on May 8, 2006

Thanks for proving my point so early in the thread, matteo.
posted by trey at 3:43 PM on May 8, 2006

OMFG YOU'LL OFFEND THAT NICE MR BUSH! AND DIOS/MONJU TOO!

Why would it offend Bush when someone criticizes Bill for buying some really expensive helicopters for Hillary?
posted by JekPorkins at 3:43 PM on May 8, 2006

the front page has looked like DailyKos the past couple of days

For the most part, I think there have been really good posts today. Of course, the really good ones make the really bad ones look extra bad. And without a doubt, the crappy ones over the last few days are the partisan ones. But, I noticed several that have been really good today.
posted by dios at 3:45 PM on May 8, 2006

Please stop saying "axe-grinding." It's really grinding on me.
posted by rxrfrx at 3:46 PM on May 8, 2006

"OMFG YOU'LL OFFEND THAT NICE MR BUSH! AND DIOS/MONJU TOO!"

Wow, Matteo, your internet YOUF AGAINS FASCISM is really working! Keep it up!
posted by klangklangston at 3:50 PM on May 8, 2006

HAY GUYZ BUSH IS DUM KORRUPT AND TEH 3V1L. THIS IS A NEW AND NOVEL OBSERVATION AM I RITE?!?!?!11!
posted by keswick at 3:52 PM on May 8, 2006

hey! look! it's weenie and the chopper bunch!
posted by pyramid termite at 3:58 PM on May 8, 2006

GODDAMMIT!!! MY POST ABOUT HOW TEH SKY IS BLUE HAS BEEN DELETED!!!!!1!

WHAT
THE
FUCK
MATT?!?!?!?!ELEVEN
posted by keswick at 4:11 PM on May 8, 2006

Everyone's behavior in that thread was atrocious, except mine.
posted by Optimus Chyme at 4:21 PM on May 8, 2006

agreed, removed.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 4:21 PM on May 8, 2006

Matt, take a look at this one, too. FYI, you might need this.
posted by dios at 4:23 PM on May 8, 2006

WTF is going on around here?! Ugh, it's painful to read anymore.
posted by trey at 4:26 PM on May 8, 2006

Matt, why did you remove dios' comment (here, not 51470), and not rollbiz's troll that he was (admittedly intemperately) responding to?
posted by matthewr at 4:27 PM on May 8, 2006

Thanks Matt.
posted by geekyguy at 4:27 PM on May 8, 2006

What is DailyKOS?
posted by mischief at 4:34 PM on May 8, 2006

First mention of Bush in that thread:

The Bush Sucks posts are getting really lame lately.
posted by trey at 2:46 PM PST on May 8 [!]

The post was bad, but it had nothing to do with Bush, it didn't mention Bush, and as others pointed out, the program began before Bush was president and the helicopters wouldn't come into service until after he was gone.

So who's axe-grinding?
posted by jlub at 4:39 PM on May 8, 2006

DailyKos.

Take "Democratic Underground" and turn the power down about 10%. Or take "Little Green Footballs" and swap the polarity. That's DailyKos.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 4:39 PM on May 8, 2006

I wouldn't say DailyKos is really 'antipolar' of LGF, for that you'd need to find some of those crazy Islamic militant sites out there.

I don't bother with the comments on Kos (actually I was banned there, heh) but I would imagine that they're more the opposite of FreeRepublic.
posted by delmoi at 4:43 PM on May 8, 2006

DKos is crazy. LGF is crazy and advocates genocide. I think there's a difference.
posted by bardic at 4:45 PM on May 8, 2006

That said, with all the interesting things about the recent Porter Goss resignation, it's kind of lame that people are bringing up these rather unimportant things.
posted by delmoi at 4:46 PM on May 8, 2006

Yeah. Given the CIA implosion/Foggo quitting/Hookergate there's plenty of truthiness to be found in the MSM and respectable blogs these days.

And mefi should only be open on weekends IMO.
posted by bardic at 4:50 PM on May 8, 2006

I thought we were talking about tuna...
posted by elwoodwiles at 5:06 PM on May 8, 2006

Yes! Starving bed tuna, the very worst kind.
posted by maryh at 5:10 PM on May 8, 2006

Stupid post. To the cornfield with it.
posted by languagehat at 5:16 PM on May 8, 2006

You know, I spent the better part of an afternoon a couple of weeks ago trying to uncover what I had done or said to so offend matteo. Did I criticize one of his posts? Did I insult his mother in some long forgotten comment? Then I figured it out.
posted by monju_bosatsu at 5:17 PM on May 8, 2006

[off topic dios derail removed]
posted by mathowie (staff) at 5:32 PM on May 8, 2006

[off topic dios derail removed]

That's a joke, right Matt?
posted by SeizeTheDay at 5:34 PM on May 8, 2006

That's a joke, right Matt?

It does seem a touch harsh. Anyhoo, life goes on.
posted by matthewr at 5:46 PM on May 8, 2006

MetaTalk: ELEVEN.
posted by loquacious at 5:48 PM on May 8, 2006

that "let him fly cake" was priceless tho : >
posted by amberglow at 6:03 PM on May 8, 2006

The post was bad, but it had nothing to do with Bush, it didn't mention Bush, and as others pointed out, the program began before Bush was president and the helicopters wouldn't come into service until after he was gone.

So who's axe-grinding?
posted by jlub at 7:39 PM EST on May 8 [!]

Exactly.
posted by juiceCake at 6:51 PM on May 8, 2006

I love it when a post comes together!
posted by blue_beetle at 7:27 PM on May 8, 2006

Metafilter: please make sense next time.
posted by TimeFactor at 7:38 PM on May 8, 2006

matteo is the worst poster on this site, which is bizarre since he has some really great FPPs.
posted by Falconetti at 7:44 PM on May 8, 2006

After much pondering, I've finally figured out why Matteo defends shite FPPs despite the fact that he crafts awesome ones.

You don't need to keep hanging out with the uglies to make yourself look better, baby, you're pretty enough on your own!
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 7:59 PM on May 8, 2006

[off topic dios derail removed]

I think my brain just asploded.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 10:29 PM on May 8, 2006

No wait, it was just gas.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 10:30 PM on May 8, 2006

Open a window.
posted by TwelveTwo at 10:46 PM on May 8, 2006

if posts about stupidity that foreign politicians and leaders say are ok, why not Bush's? We've had posts about Berlusconi, and many others.
posted by amberglow at 10:55 PM on May 8, 2006

if posts about stupidity that foreign politicians and leaders say are ok, why not Bush's? We've had posts about Berlusconi, and many others.

Are you talking about the post in question or did I miss something because if the former your comment makes no sense.
posted by Falconetti at 11:23 PM on May 8, 2006

if posts about stupidity that foreign politicians and leaders say are ok, why not Bush's? We've had posts about Berlusconi, and many others.

I'm not really sure what you're trying to get at with this.

Posts tagged with Bush: 393
Posts tagged with Berlusconi: 3

And, to narrow it down further:
Posts tagged with Bush+Humor: 6
Posts tagged with Bush+Funny: 3 (Yay, Berlusconi, I knew you could do it! Tie! Tie! Tie!)

And, just to add that personal touch, Posts by amberglow tagged with Bush: 10

Yeah, it's quite clear that Bush-related FPPs are forbidden fruit.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:26 PM on May 8, 2006

I also did site searches on "Bush is stupid" and variations thereof... Google eventually slapped me, told me to leave her alone, rolled over, and went back to sleep.
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 11:53 PM on May 8, 2006

You know, I spent the better part of an afternoon a couple of weeks ago trying to uncover what I had done or said to so offend matteo

if it's not a joke (and if it is, it's an unfunny one), you should worry about your priorities
posted by matteo at 2:28 PM on May 9, 2006

Wait, wait, wait. How many of those posts tagged with "bush" linked to things that smell like tuna?
posted by antifreez_ at 2:30 PM on May 9, 2006