Comments on: $450,000. http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:02:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Search Engines WEB http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/comment-page-1/#comment-658639 Search Engines WEB Thu, 06 Jul 2006 04:11:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/#comment-658639 This appears to be using blogs collectively to decide what issues are important and passionate to America - and to predict what political directions the country is leaning towards They seem to feel that Search Engines do not spider blogs - or the blog posts just do not appear in the Search Engines, so this is in a sense UGC that gives snaphots of the mood of the country This appears to be using blogs collectively to decide what issues are important and passionate to America – and to predict what political directions the country is leaning towards

They seem to feel that Search Engines do not spider blogs – or the blog posts just do not appear in the Search Engines, so this is in a sense UGC that gives snaphots of the mood of the country

]]> By: Toes http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/comment-page-1/#comment-654550 Toes Mon, 03 Jul 2006 22:52:41 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/#comment-654550 Dumb-asses. I would have done the study for $300K and would have still made a profit. Dumb-asses. I would have done the study for $300K and would have still made a profit.

]]> By: Drew Mackenzie http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/comment-page-1/#comment-653991 Drew Mackenzie Mon, 03 Jul 2006 17:42:09 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/#comment-653991 Good golly, they're sorting my punchcards and paper tape? Um... 21st century. Of course you're being studied. Good golly, they’re sorting my punchcards and paper tape?

Um… 21st century. Of course you’re being studied.

]]> By: Wayne A. Schneider http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/comment-page-1/#comment-653521 Wayne A. Schneider Mon, 03 Jul 2006 13:04:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/#comment-653521 While I personally think the US Air Force is wasting our money, I hope they realize that blogs will be used in different parts of the world in different ways. Just because something like the "Muslim cartoons" episode caused people in the Middle East and elsewhere to re-act the way they did does not mean that we should censor the internet for fear of the same thign happening here. Different Strokes for Different Folks (so on and so on and shooby-dooby-do.) [For the record, I am an Air Force veteran.] While I personally think the US Air Force is wasting our money, I hope they realize that blogs will be used in different parts of the world in different ways. Just because something like the “Muslim cartoons” episode caused people in the Middle East and elsewhere to re-act the way they did does not mean that we should censor the internet for fear of the same thign happening here. Different Strokes for Different Folks (so on and so on and shooby-dooby-do.) [For the record, I am an Air Force veteran.]

]]> By: John C http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/comment-page-1/#comment-653162 John C Mon, 03 Jul 2006 00:24:38 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/#comment-653162 I'll monitor blogs for half the price. Leave the money in the usual locker at Grand Central Station. Thx. PS: Has Osama got a MySpace page yet? If so, maybe they should check that? I mean, you never know when he might let something slip... I’ll monitor blogs for half the price. Leave the money in the usual locker at Grand Central Station. Thx.

PS: Has Osama got a MySpace page yet? If so, maybe they should check that? I mean, you never know when he might let something slip…

]]> By: diane lake http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/comment-page-1/#comment-653096 diane lake Sun, 02 Jul 2006 23:01:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/#comment-653096 They've spied on Quakers so, I should not be surprised. But, I am totally po'd about them foolishly spending my money on stupid sh--. I am really upset over the way these bozos in Washington are finding every dumb thing in the world to waste money on. Of course, this "study" is because progressives have a place to go and discuss and let thier feelings be known. And they are part of the conversation now. So, of course, Washington is scared because most blogs are singing Bushie Boys praises. As for the blogs. Hey they can go on anyday of the week and read them - like they haven't already. And, just in case they are reading I say this: I am more afraid of my Government and this Administration than I am of any Terrorist. They’ve spied on Quakers so, I should not be surprised. But, I am totally po’d about them foolishly spending my money on stupid sh–. I am really upset over the way these bozos in Washington are finding every dumb thing in the world to waste money on.
Of course, this “study” is because progressives have a place to go and discuss and let thier feelings be known. And they are part of the conversation now. So, of course, Washington is scared because most blogs are singing Bushie Boys praises.
As for the blogs. Hey they can go on anyday of the week and read them – like they haven’t already.
And, just in case they are reading I say this: I am more afraid of my Government and this Administration than I am of any Terrorist.

]]> By: Dave in IL http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/comment-page-1/#comment-653085 Dave in IL Sun, 02 Jul 2006 22:45:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/#comment-653085 Sounds like a marvelous beginning to censor web content and target those who publicly dissent. Sounds like a marvelous beginning to censor web content and target those who publicly dissent.

]]> By: Dan http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/comment-page-1/#comment-653078 Dan Sun, 02 Jul 2006 22:32:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/#comment-653078 I suppose the same dumb terrorists who could not have guessed their financial transactions were traceable are also posting their terroristic plans on blogs. Further evidence that the whitehouse's Enemy #1 is not the Iraqi resistance; not Iran, not North Korea; but Truth, as it may be discussed in blogs. I suppose the same dumb terrorists who could not have guessed their financial transactions were traceable are also posting their terroristic plans on blogs.

Further evidence that the whitehouse’s Enemy #1 is not the Iraqi resistance; not Iran, not North Korea; but Truth, as it may be discussed in blogs.

]]> By: Paul in LA http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/comment-page-1/#comment-653059 Paul in LA Sun, 02 Jul 2006 22:01:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/#comment-653059 Studying blogs? HILARIOUS. <b>HOW ABOUT THEY'RE STUDYING WHO IS PARTICIPATING!!!</b> <i>"It's the best way we have found to determine who opposes the Bushco takeover of the United States," said General John Q. Ripper. "It was very convenient for the political opposition to join together in what they call 'blogs,' or 'terrorist action cells,' as we at NSA like to call them." "$450,000 to create a database on suspected terrorist cells, aka 'blogs', is a small price to pay for continued and uninterrupted fascism," the General added. "We all remember what happened in the 1960s and 70s, and it is clear that we can NEVER allow such interference in our plans ever again."</i> Studying blogs? HILARIOUS.

HOW ABOUT THEY’RE STUDYING WHO IS PARTICIPATING!!!

“It’s the best way we have found to determine who opposes the Bushco takeover of the United States,” said General John Q. Ripper. “It was very convenient for the political opposition to join together in what they call ‘blogs,’ or ‘terrorist action cells,’ as we at NSA like to call them.”

“$450,000 to create a database on suspected terrorist cells, aka ‘blogs’, is a small price to pay for continued and uninterrupted fascism,” the General added. “We all remember what happened in the 1960s and 70s, and it is clear that we can NEVER allow such interference in our plans ever again.”

]]> By: trueblue http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/comment-page-1/#comment-652941 trueblue Sun, 02 Jul 2006 19:07:21 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/#comment-652941 madashell, Make sure you opt out of the "No Child Left Behind" crap that you have to sign at the beginning of every school year. All of that info goes straight to the military so that they CAN target your child @ 18. And don't let them tell you you can't. It's baloney. They are just afraid of losing funding. Just fyi..... madashell,
Make sure you opt out of the “No Child Left Behind” crap that you have to sign at the beginning of every school year.
All of that info goes straight to the military so that they CAN target your child @ 18.
And don’t let them tell you you can’t. It’s baloney. They are just afraid of losing funding.
Just fyi…..

]]> By: Fool Zero http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/comment-page-1/#comment-652937 Fool Zero Sun, 02 Jul 2006 19:00:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/#comment-652937 The original article, by William J. Sharp / Air Force Office of Scientific Research Public Affairs: <a href="http://www.defenselink.mil/transformation/articles/2006-06/ta062906b.html" rel="nofollow">Blogs Study May Provide Credible Information</a> (Unlike, for example, that crap they've been getting from Cheney and Rumsfeld's cherry-picked intelligence?) The original article, by William J. Sharp / Air Force Office of Scientific Research Public Affairs:
Blogs Study May Provide Credible Information

(Unlike, for example, that crap they’ve been getting from Cheney and Rumsfeld’s cherry-picked intelligence?)

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/comment-page-1/#comment-652888 katy Sun, 02 Jul 2006 18:22:18 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/#comment-652888 hey zooey - and madashell - it just might work... i was doing that same thing with all the credit card apps i'd get... they've stopped coming my way... oh and don't forget to write "IMPEACH BUSHCO - THESE GUYS ARE CRIMINALS" on the apps and the envelopes... heh... hey zooey – and madashell – it just might work…
i was doing that same thing with all the credit card apps i’d get… they’ve stopped coming my way… oh and don’t forget to write “IMPEACH BUSHCO – THESE GUYS ARE CRIMINALS” on the apps and the envelopes… heh…

]]> By: Zooey aka Zookeeper http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/comment-page-1/#comment-652880 Zooey aka Zookeeper Sun, 02 Jul 2006 18:08:20 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/#comment-652880 madashell, imagine how it will be when he's 18. Do the packets come with free postage return envelopes? If so, stuff all that shit into the envelopes and mail it back to them. It probably won't stop them, but it's fun with the kids. :P madashell, imagine how it will be when he’s 18.

Do the packets come with free postage return envelopes? If so, stuff all that shit into the envelopes and mail it back to them. It probably won’t stop them, but it’s fun with the kids.
:P

]]> By: madashell http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/comment-page-1/#comment-652858 madashell Sun, 02 Jul 2006 17:47:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/#comment-652858 Message to the Air Force: Kindly desist sending my 12-year-old son recruitment packages. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Message to the Air Force:

Kindly desist sending my 12-year-old son recruitment packages.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

]]> By: ann coulter http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/comment-page-1/#comment-652830 ann coulter Sun, 02 Jul 2006 17:15:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/#comment-652830 blogs are godless, and, therefore must be eliminated. there weren't blogs during world war ii, were there! and, you are lucky that you have phones, you dogs! jesus never had a phone, did he? are you better than jesus? michelle is here for a good bleeding...gots t' go! kisses, ann blogs are godless, and, therefore must be eliminated. there weren’t blogs during world war ii, were there!

and, you are lucky that you have phones, you dogs! jesus never had a phone, did he? are you better than jesus?

michelle is here for a good bleeding…gots t’ go!

kisses,

ann

]]> By: Lily http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/comment-page-1/#comment-652829 Lily Sun, 02 Jul 2006 17:15:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/#comment-652829 <em>"The blog study is part of Air Force Office of Scientific Research’s new Information <strong>Forensics</strong> and Process Integration research program recently launched at Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y."</em> Forensics? Are we criminals now? Anyway, I'd like to be the first to offer Dr. Ulicny a warm welcome to Think Progress. Perhaps we should all repeatedly link to the stories that mean the most to us, just to help him out. “The blog study is part of Air Force Office of Scientific Research’s new Information Forensics and Process Integration research program recently launched at Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.”

Forensics? Are we criminals now?

Anyway, I’d like to be the first to offer Dr. Ulicny a warm welcome to Think Progress.
Perhaps we should all repeatedly link to the stories that mean the most to us, just to help him out.

]]> By: Zooey aka Zookeeper http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/comment-page-1/#comment-652822 Zooey aka Zookeeper Sun, 02 Jul 2006 17:04:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/#comment-652822 Hey guys, go easy on President Bush. He's working hard, and doing a good job. He took an oath to defend and uphold the Constitution, and he has protected us from another attack for almost five years. If that means allowing him to monitor our communications and bank records, is it really so much? If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. If President Bush were doing anything wrong, Congress and the courts would bring him back in line, but they haven't, so everything must be ok. If he were doing anything illegal, the print and television media would be screaming the news of it in the headlines everyday, but they haven't, so everything must be ok. If the people thought that wiretapping us and monitoring our bank records was violating our privacy, they would be marching in the streets in protest, but we aren't, so everything must be ok. So relax, America, President Bush will make sure everything is ok. /sarcasm off Hey guys, go easy on President Bush. He’s working hard, and doing a good job. He took an oath to defend and uphold the Constitution, and he has protected us from another attack for almost five years. If that means allowing him to monitor our communications and bank records, is it really so much? If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. If President Bush were doing anything wrong, Congress and the courts would bring him back in line, but they haven’t, so everything must be ok. If he were doing anything illegal, the print and television media would be screaming the news of it in the headlines everyday, but they haven’t, so everything must be ok. If the people thought that wiretapping us and monitoring our bank records was violating our privacy, they would be marching in the streets in protest, but we aren’t, so everything must be ok.

So relax, America, President Bush will make sure everything is ok.
/sarcasm off

]]> By: trueblue http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/comment-page-1/#comment-652798 trueblue Sun, 02 Jul 2006 16:14:46 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/#comment-652798 It seems less people are listening to Rush, mAnn, more people visiting TP, raw story.... http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Rightwing_pundits_in_Internet_ratings_freefall_0630.html Way to go! It seems less people are listening to Rush, mAnn, more people visiting TP, raw story….
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Rightwing_pundits_in_Internet_ratings_freefall_0630.html

Way to go!

]]> By: madashell http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/comment-page-1/#comment-652765 madashell Sun, 02 Jul 2006 15:38:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/#comment-652765 I hate the chaos that the bush regime has hoisted on the world...instead of waging peace, they are destroying it. How utterly horrendous is that? Anyone, with any sense of honor would see that. That is what is frustrating and maddening, that 34% of our population with their narrow minded, war mongering, hateful beliefs, truly think they are the chosen ones. Just remember one thing - their Jesus carries an AK47. I hate the chaos that the bush regime has hoisted on the world…instead of waging peace, they are destroying it. How utterly horrendous is that? Anyone, with any sense of honor would see that. That is what is frustrating and maddening, that 34% of our population with their narrow minded, war mongering, hateful beliefs, truly think they are the chosen ones. Just remember one thing – their Jesus carries an AK47.

]]> By: Briseadh na Faire http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/comment-page-1/#comment-652760 Briseadh na Faire Sun, 02 Jul 2006 15:21:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/02/450000/#comment-652760 <em><blockquote>RAWSTORY is reporting that the Bush Administration started the NSA program of taping and recording your telephone calls the day after Bush was sworn in. Comment by Rebel With A Cause — July 2, 2006 </blockquote></em> Rebel, at this point, it's only an allegation by one side in the court filing. We'll have to wait and see if they can penetrate the wall of secrecy this Administration has raised around its spying programs. If we can't get through that wall, the Government will be free to disregard the Constitution, so long as it does so in the name of "national security."
RAWSTORY is reporting that the Bush Administration started the NSA program of taping and recording your telephone calls the day after Bush was sworn in.

Comment by Rebel With A Cause — July 2, 2006

Rebel, at this point, it’s only an allegation by one side in the court filing. We’ll have to wait and see if they can penetrate the wall of secrecy this Administration has raised around its spying programs.

If we can’t get through that wall, the Government will be free to disregard the Constitution, so long as it does so in the name of “national security.”

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