Comments on: ’4 Star Credibility’ http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2007/09/4-star-credibility Wed, 09 May 2012 10:28:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: An Unparalleled Legacy | Comments from Left Field http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2007/09/4-star-credibility/comment-page-1#comment-29079 An Unparalleled Legacy | Comments from Left Field Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:53:30 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2007/09/4-star-credibility#comment-29079 [...] race. Speaking of award-worthy performances, it appears that General Colin Powell David Petraeus (and his 4 star credibility) will once again be playing the role of proxy for some decidedly less less-than-honest [...] [...] race. Speaking of award-worthy performances, it appears that General Colin Powell David Petraeus (and his 4 star credibility) will once again be playing the role of proxy for some decidedly less less-than-honest [...]

]]> By: Why Shouldn’t We Trust Drawdown Talk? » Comments From Left Field http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2007/09/4-star-credibility/comment-page-1#comment-3933 Why Shouldn’t We Trust Drawdown Talk? » Comments From Left Field Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:02:59 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2007/09/4-star-credibility#comment-3933 [...] circus surrounding the testimony delivered to congress yesterday and today is of epic proportions, focusing not on the data but on apparently Patraeus’s performance.  Mick, in a comment to that post, adds to the sentiment likening the whole thing to a [...] [...] circus surrounding the testimony delivered to congress yesterday and today is of epic proportions, focusing not on the data but on apparently Patraeus’s performance.  Mick, in a comment to that post, adds to the sentiment likening the whole thing to a [...]

]]> By: Kyle E. Moore http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2007/09/4-star-credibility/comment-page-1#comment-3902 Kyle E. Moore Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:44:05 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2007/09/4-star-credibility#comment-3902 Yeah, kinda like Police Academy. the first one was okay, I guess, but by the sixth or seventh the whole franchise just got silly. Ugh, and then the cartoon? Really. Yeah, kinda like Police Academy. the first one was okay, I guess, but by the sixth or seventh the whole franchise just got silly. Ugh, and then the cartoon? Really.

]]> By: Mick Arran http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2007/09/4-star-credibility/comment-page-1#comment-3901 Mick Arran Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:35:44 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2007/09/4-star-credibility#comment-3901 Actually, that's why I didn't bother to watch any of it. I mean, the WH wrote the script, Crocker and Pet spent 2 days being directed - "prepped" - before their performance in front of the cameras, and the media was already running trailers hyping the premiere. Problem was, I've seen this movie before, many times, and I couldn't think of one good reason to waste my time watching it again. It wasn't that good the first 6 times I sat through it, you know? Actually, that’s why I didn’t bother to watch any of it. I mean, the WH wrote the script, Crocker and Pet spent 2 days being directed – “prepped” – before their performance in front of the cameras, and the media was already running trailers hyping the premiere.

Problem was, I’ve seen this movie before, many times, and I couldn’t think of one good reason to waste my time watching it again. It wasn’t that good the first 6 times I sat through it, you know?

]]> By: Kyle E. Moore http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2007/09/4-star-credibility/comment-page-1#comment-3870 Kyle E. Moore Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:02:13 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2007/09/4-star-credibility#comment-3870 Well, that's kinda my point. I don't care if Patreaus delivers a performance like Rep. Boehner on the floor of the House, all teary eyed and shit; LOOK AT THE EFFING INFORMATION YOU DOLTS! Well, that’s kinda my point. I don’t care if Patreaus delivers a performance like Rep. Boehner on the floor of the House, all teary eyed and shit; LOOK AT THE EFFING INFORMATION YOU DOLTS!

]]> By: Michael Tedesco http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2007/09/4-star-credibility/comment-page-1#comment-3868 Michael Tedesco Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:56:41 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2007/09/4-star-credibility#comment-3868 That is actually a very astute observation. I watched the testimony and subsequent analysis on MSNBC yesterday (all eight hours of it - viva Tivo) and it struck me that the immediate response was to fish for adjectives. Credible, powerful, blah blah blah. Of course, the analysis slowly became more in-depth but unfortunately it was the initial response that got picked up by the wires and is now forever etched in the conventional wisdom. That is actually a very astute observation. I watched the testimony and subsequent analysis on MSNBC yesterday (all eight hours of it – viva Tivo) and it struck me that the immediate response was to fish for adjectives. Credible, powerful, blah blah blah. Of course, the analysis slowly became more in-depth but unfortunately it was the initial response that got picked up by the wires and is now forever etched in the conventional wisdom.

]]> By: Kyle E. Moore http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2007/09/4-star-credibility/comment-page-1#comment-3864 Kyle E. Moore Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:19:20 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2007/09/4-star-credibility#comment-3864 Is it just me or do they sound more like they're rating a movie and not congressional testimony? Is it just me or do they sound more like they’re rating a movie and not congressional testimony?

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