Comments on: Rally ’round the flag: Start of something new? http://saccityexpress.com/2010/02/02/blogs-rally-round-the-flag/ Sacramento City College's online version of The Express Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:00:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Travis Cook http://saccityexpress.com/2010/02/02/blogs-rally-round-the-flag/comment-page-1/#comment-433 Travis Cook Fri, 09 Apr 2010 22:02:54 +0000 http://saccityexpress.com/?p=5180#comment-433 Talk about not letting the ignorant sit infront of a computer keyboard, Derek should have kept his fingers busy sticking them where the sun don’t shine. I appreciate this article. Wish that everyone felt the same. Derek seems to be quite passionate about your article as well, so passionate that he must have sat for five hours with a Thesaurus to sound more bookish. For someone who thinks that Ms. Carey’s passion for politics is laudable, he sure does want to tear her down. It is no news to anyone that the entirety of Bush’ presidency was a complete joke and served our nation in NO way whatsoever. If he tried to tell a 911 or Hurricane Katrina victum that Bush’s presidency had any validity I would have to step aside to avoid the blood splatter. I applaud Ms. Carey’s passion for politics; her optimism and fresh look at trying situations. It’s contemporary and exciting to read with not a dull moment to be found. It seems indisputable that her career will flourish for the sheer facts that people enjoy reading her material, it is very insightful and enlightening, and she’s got a wicked mean attitude with witty puns. (Unlike a would-be writer who’s 15 seconds of fame lies in the above comment.) Talk about not letting the ignorant sit infront of a computer keyboard, Derek should have kept his fingers busy sticking them where the sun don’t shine.
I appreciate this article. Wish that everyone felt the same. Derek seems to be quite passionate about your article as well, so passionate that he must have sat for five hours with a Thesaurus to sound more bookish. For someone who thinks that Ms. Carey’s passion for politics is laudable, he sure does want to tear her down. It is no news to anyone that the entirety of Bush’ presidency was a complete joke and served our nation in NO way whatsoever. If he tried to tell a 911 or Hurricane Katrina victum that Bush’s presidency had any validity I would have to step aside to avoid the blood splatter. I applaud Ms. Carey’s passion for politics; her optimism and fresh look at trying situations. It’s contemporary and exciting to read with not a dull moment to be found. It seems indisputable that her career will flourish for the sheer facts that people enjoy reading her material, it is very insightful and enlightening, and she’s got a wicked mean attitude with witty puns. (Unlike a would-be writer who’s 15 seconds of fame lies in the above comment.)

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]]> By: <img src='http://saccityexpress.com/wp-content/plugins/rpx/images/google.png'/> derek.katz http://saccityexpress.com/2010/02/02/blogs-rally-round-the-flag/comment-page-1/#comment-216 derek.katz Fri, 05 Feb 2010 08:28:58 +0000 http://saccityexpress.com/?p=5180#comment-216 While the idea of seeing the State of the Union through the eyes of a Community College student isn't terrible on its face, articles like this one reveal why we should take care to explore carefully the idea of letting the ignorant blaze forth in mindless political commentary before setting them in front of a keyboard. Ms. Carey is obviously quite passionate about her politics, and while that is something I find immensely laudable, she should take care not to let her knee-jerk reactionism short-cut her thinking process. There is no doubt that President Bush had a thoroughly negative influence on this nation, but to dismiss the entirety of his presidency so blithely strikes as intentional absurdity. Her immediate turn to ad hominem attacks in the middle of what is theoretically a serious political editorial makes it difficult to accept any opinions she might offer as having any serious validity. Ms. Carey makes the immediate mistake of assuming that her audience is less intelligent than herself. "Get it together, people," she chides, as if speaking to a classroom of second-graders. This is one of her more insulting habits, as if only she were politically aware enough to understand the true import of President Obama's State of the Union address. With smug self-satisfaction, she admits that President Obama managed to "impress" her, implying that this is some great feat of a transcendent administration. Unfortunately, she decides that precisely why she's impressed is not the business of her audience. No, Ms. Carey would prefer to refer obliquely to 'revitalization' of the community college system, a claim simultaneously implying a present state of collapse and an anticipated rebirth. This is sufficient to garner her devotion, evidently, as she instantly switches topics while offering only a shallow exploration of the intent - but not substance - of the President's proposed legislation. I'll skip past a bit more of Ms. Carey's diatribe to focus on her concluding remarks. "The more I think about it, the more I realize you can’t 'afford' college," she comments, apparently using some definition of "afford" with which I'm not familiar; either that, or seeking license for some bizarre version of irony that has the side effect of completely cloaking the intent of the statement. As one of the hundreds of thousands who have "afforded" college out of their own pockets, while not being in any sense of the word rich, I'm sure my confusion isn't unique. Lastly, Ms. Carey chooses to recommend political involvement to her readers. I can take no issue with this recommendation, except to say that if you do take her advice, you would be well-suited not to take after her example. While the idea of seeing the State of the Union through the eyes of a Community College student isn’t terrible on its face, articles like this one reveal why we should take care to explore carefully the idea of letting the ignorant blaze forth in mindless political commentary before setting them in front of a keyboard.

Ms. Carey is obviously quite passionate about her politics, and while that is something I find immensely laudable, she should take care not to let her knee-jerk reactionism short-cut her thinking process. There is no doubt that President Bush had a thoroughly negative influence on this nation, but to dismiss the entirety of his presidency so blithely strikes as intentional absurdity. Her immediate turn to ad hominem attacks in the middle of what is theoretically a serious political editorial makes it difficult to accept any opinions she might offer as having any serious validity.

Ms. Carey makes the immediate mistake of assuming that her audience is less intelligent than herself. “Get it together, people,” she chides, as if speaking to a classroom of second-graders. This is one of her more insulting habits, as if only she were politically aware enough to understand the true import of President Obama’s State of the Union address. With smug self-satisfaction, she admits that President Obama managed to “impress” her, implying that this is some great feat of a transcendent administration.

Unfortunately, she decides that precisely why she’s impressed is not the business of her audience. No, Ms. Carey would prefer to refer obliquely to ‘revitalization’ of the community college system, a claim simultaneously implying a present state of collapse and an anticipated rebirth. This is sufficient to garner her devotion, evidently, as she instantly switches topics while offering only a shallow exploration of the intent – but not substance – of the President’s proposed legislation.

I’ll skip past a bit more of Ms. Carey’s diatribe to focus on her concluding remarks. “The more I think about it, the more I realize you can’t ‘afford’ college,” she comments, apparently using some definition of “afford” with which I’m not familiar; either that, or seeking license for some bizarre version of irony that has the side effect of completely cloaking the intent of the statement. As one of the hundreds of thousands who have “afforded” college out of their own pockets, while not being in any sense of the word rich, I’m sure my confusion isn’t unique.

Lastly, Ms. Carey chooses to recommend political involvement to her readers. I can take no issue with this recommendation, except to say that if you do take her advice, you would be well-suited not to take after her example.

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