tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post5613246166141735290..comments2023-12-22T04:37:54.991+00:00Comments on Obama London: This is not a Sarah Palin blogObama Londonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02652619223311941390noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-48113471689021289792011-01-13T10:32:07.777+00:002011-01-13T10:32:07.777+00:00Very well written, informative blog. I would love ...Very well written, informative blog. I would love one of the trolls to direct me to the Republican equivalent....smacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-76843284394466940282011-01-13T04:32:14.809+00:002011-01-13T04:32:14.809+00:00It's nice to read your blogs. I am a first tim...It's nice to read your blogs. I am a first time reader and I did not get here because of your Sarah Palin blog. I got here via BlackWater Dog's blog roll. My preference is not to read or hear any thing about Palin.JimmieFromDaytonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-71612419097003538502011-01-12T22:39:24.463+00:002011-01-12T22:39:24.463+00:00LOL on the typo. I always have at least one myself...LOL on the typo. I always have at least one myself. :-)I admire your conviction and willingness to take risks! OL, I hope your new notoriety serves you well, and that you serve it well! Enjoy! Great dialogue, and I appreciate your allowing me to express myself in your comments.Solisseanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-48673836705101715432011-01-12T20:25:15.577+00:002011-01-12T20:25:15.577+00:00Thanks for your thoughtful response, Solissea. It ...Thanks for your thoughtful response, Solissea. It boils down to this: I had a look at Palin's page and found something that I thought was interesting and noteworthy. Apparently, many other people agreed, because without much effort on my part, it was spread and shared by many thousands and blogged about commented on by many more. I tried hard to write about this in as non-inflamatory a way as possible, to be rigorously factual, and give Palin's team the benefit of the doubt wherever possible. <br /><br />If your contention is that this little story is trivial in comparison to the tragedy of the shooting itself, I couldn't possibly agree with you more! In fact, I tweeted this on Monday: "Palin's troubling moderation is trivial compared to the horror of the attacks themselves. But worth noting"<br /><br />And finally - fair play to you for catching me out on my typo in the word "aggressive". I'm fising that now, because now that I see it, it's really annoying me.Obama Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02652619223311941390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-9361955250963496472011-01-12T19:36:37.077+00:002011-01-12T19:36:37.077+00:00Continued...
I’m sure OL is a fine individual and ...Continued...<br />I’m sure OL is a fine individual and a fine writer.I do not know her as a person so I cannot judge her as a person. It is my opinion that her admitted 2-hour obsessive behavior to uncover nothing, is disturbing and now, the public’s veneration of this nothing is kind of disturbing as well. Had she not written about it in a public forum, I would have never known this about her and formed an opinion now would I? <br />It is my opinion that this particular blog post was simply unfortunate political journalism in the wake of a terrible tragedy that helped perpetuate the already out-of-control wag-the-dog (archaic term, I know, but nonetheless accurate) politics prevailing in America. <br /><br />Finally, if SP is cautious about responding to the allegations, then that is her business. That people are waiting to pounce on her every word, have called her a murderer, etc., I would imagine necessitates caution. You have all stated, words are powerful and have consequences. If that applies to everyone, then perhaps we should ALL be more thoughtful… and more truthful… and more helpful in our use of them.Solisseahttp://www.solisseascorner.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-1785613143513650432011-01-12T19:34:23.882+00:002011-01-12T19:34:23.882+00:00Response In Two Parts:
@Anon and @ObamaLondon (OL)...Response In Two Parts:<br />@Anon and @ObamaLondon (OL) My reference to @Anon should have been to @majii’s comment, “your insightful and well-documented posts are having an effect on some on the right”. My apologies for the @reference error. I do appreciate the dialogue though. <br />OL admittedly sat for two hours hitting the refresh button to capture images of comment deletions, and then publicly reported it in her blog. We established that everyone with a public page, esp. public figures, maintain and edit their pages for the purpose of maintaining the image they want their public to perceive. That is fact, but it is not something that is new or even news, nor exclusively done by Sarah Palin (SP). OL began her post with the statement that “Sarah Palin has a reputation for being an agressive[sic] editor of comments on her Facebook page…” By her own statement, it’s not news. <br />The subsequent screen shots and assumptive commentary assigning or implying questionable motive, is not responsible journalism. Nor did the query uncover or expose any crime or wrongdoing on SP’s part, therefore, it is not heroic or even investigative journalism. It was simply biased speculation which is no different than thoughtless rhetoric that SP, or any other politician, or for that matter, any other human being is guilty of at some point. OL has every right to publish it if she wants, but note: OL has a public page, a public political page, so she is subject to the same kudos or criticism, observations and commentary like anyone else. (continued)Solisseahttp://www.solisseascorner.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-28641807486153880312011-01-12T16:50:08.584+00:002011-01-12T16:50:08.584+00:00I found this blog on Huffington Post from a fellow...I found this blog on Huffington Post from a fellow huff posterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-82595960801795554312011-01-12T15:29:13.568+00:002011-01-12T15:29:13.568+00:00Thanks Anonymous at 13:00 - I hadn't seen the ...Thanks Anonymous at 13:00 - I hadn't seen the Reputation Online piece. It's very interesting.<br /><br />Yes, the blog has been all over a lot of media. It's all gotten very viral...Obama Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02652619223311941390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-81767061374902278092011-01-12T15:00:29.183+00:002011-01-12T15:00:29.183+00:00Heya. Got here by way of either crooksandliars.com...Heya. Got here by way of either crooksandliars.com or washingtonmonthly.com, can't quite remember which.<br /><br />Loved the Palin article and the follow-up; hoping your audience continues to grow!tom_oftheplainsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-91927371821446447742011-01-12T13:00:09.420+00:002011-01-12T13:00:09.420+00:00Hi OL,
Not sure if you saw it, but your Sarah Pa...Hi OL, <br /><br />Not sure if you saw it, but your Sarah Palin FB post was picked up by AOL news: http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/10/sarah-palin-facebook-page-deleting-negative-comments-about-giffo/ <br />and Reputation Online: http://reputationonline.co.uk/2011/01/11/palins-facebook-mistakes-raise-far-bigger-questions/<br /><br />I'm sure there are other news outlets to have picked it up too. <br /><br />Well done you. Humph to that naysayer who said you had nothing better to do. <br /><br />A fellow American (Democractic) expat in London. xxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-86735376857407593202011-01-12T12:33:35.178+00:002011-01-12T12:33:35.178+00:00Solissea - as I thought I made clear in the origin...Solissea - as I thought I made clear in the original post, I accept that Sarah Palin has a perfect right to moderate her Facebook page. I do question the wisdom, however, of removing all critical comments (it really is ALL - not just a few that are offensive). If I were to do the same, then your comment would also have been removed as would many others that have been posted to the original post. It is my personal preference, however, to let the discussion be pretty free-wheeling here not least because it allows for interesting dialogs such as the one between you and Anonymous. In all seriousness, I feel like I am learning a lot from these comments - even the ones that strongly disagree. <br /><br />And I'm interested in your choice of the word "Stalker". Palin's Facebook page is a marketing tool for her. It is one of the very vew ways in which she interacts with the public. She works very hard to make herself a public figure, with her Fox News work and her TV series and many high profile speeches. Observing a public page of a public person is obviously not stalking. I suspect you were using hyperbole, but it's exactly that kind of overheated rhetoric that I object to. Previously, my policy on this blog had been to almost entirely ignore Sarah Palin. I broke down and wrote about her, in the end, because she so relentlessly insists on inserting herself into the public debate. OK. If she wants to be part of the public debate, then she is subject to observation, commentary and, yes, sometimes criticism.<br /><br />If she ever runs for public office again, people have a right to know how she handles her public persona.Obama Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02652619223311941390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-40930175533161671182011-01-12T01:56:42.345+00:002011-01-12T01:56:42.345+00:00@ Solissea,
I think we are getting our signals cr...@ Solissea,<br /><br />I think we are getting our signals crossed, so please allow me clarify my position; my Anon post @17:26 was addressing the issue of Ms. Obama London's blog entry (1/09/11) and the hundreds of comments that followed. <br />You and I disagree about her tactics but I have enough respect not to personally attack the blog owner or her tactics. Questioning her methodology is fine, but applying a label with a negative connotation is not something I did. However your use of a label: "stalker", just proves my point. Words have consequences.<br /><br />As for the AZ tragedy; IMHO: it is a horrific watershed moment for our country and deserves the respect and decency not to desecrate it with false or uniformed accusations. <br /><br />So let me ask you what are you really upset with;<br />1) Are you upset that Ms. Obama London had the audacity to report Palin's (IMHO) strange & factual FB actions? <br />2) Or are you upset that Palin's FB administrators are using the AZ tragedy to re-shape Palin's position and re-directing the National debate (eg is Palin partly responsible for the vile/violent political rhetoric)?<br /><br />3) That Mrs. Palin has yet to come out and condemn violence or violent rhetoric? (ps her intra-email to Beck doesn't count.)<br /><br />I have not posted/expressed any comment to be ashamed or lacks decency. Conversely you have made false accusations, judgements and personally attacked the owner of this blog, IMHO which is replete of any modicum of social/on-line etiquette.<br /><br />So you might want to ask yourself the same question you asked in your post (20:55), before you rhetorically ask/attack her readers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-54062295637504075522011-01-12T00:59:23.818+00:002011-01-12T00:59:23.818+00:00@ Blog Queen and Blog Queen - Uh oh, looks like tr...@ Blog Queen and Blog Queen - Uh oh, looks like trouble in blog paradise, I wonder who gets custody of the Blog Princes and Princesses?<br /><br />But, to be serious, I really enjoyed your post the other day, and I plan to follow your blog for now on. Keep up the good work!JoelBlogsJoelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03591299768952907314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-46944539849155551942011-01-11T20:55:09.421+00:002011-01-11T20:55:09.421+00:00@Anon. Seriously? Do people not get that it is no...@Anon. Seriously? Do people not get that it is not about left or right but about mental illness and hypocrisy? There is a woman fighting for her life in the hospital. 6 other families are grieving the senseless death of loved ones and others are still recovering (mentally & physically) from the tragedy. You hail a Palin FB stalker a hero who reported nothing other than edits to a FB page (useless info: everyone who has a public page edits comments, including Ms. ObamaLondon herself!) over the person who hit the shooter over the head with a chair or the lady who grabbed the gun magazine before he could get off another round and kill more innocents? Right or left, middle, top, bottom - doesn't matter - people who have used this tragedy to further their political and/or personal agendas are, IMHO: more disturbing than the young man who did it. Shame on you. At least he is likely certifiable. What is your excuse for lack of common sense and decency?Solisseahttp://www.solisseascorner.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-76775858539223360782011-01-11T20:43:57.728+00:002011-01-11T20:43:57.728+00:00I just wanted to say thank you for your blog. Not ...I just wanted to say thank you for your blog. Not just for your insight but also because it got so much attention. I wouldn't have found you if you hadn't. I too am a US citizen living in London. Your blog is now on my regular reading!!!!RAFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00695717959182696877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-36804656978892270302011-01-11T19:24:21.134+00:002011-01-11T19:24:21.134+00:00Keep doing what you're doing OL. It's evi...Keep doing what you're doing OL. It's evident that your insightful and well-documented posts are having an effect on some on the right due to the increase in their traffic to your blog. <br /><br />You did NOT accuse Palin of being directly responsible for the massacre in AZ. My understanding of the post is that it was an attempt to illustrate that words do matter, and that some people are more susceptible to acting upon them than others.majiinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-15770662612800486392011-01-11T18:24:49.195+00:002011-01-11T18:24:49.195+00:00Wow. Someone here has a problem with reading compr...Wow. Someone here has a problem with reading comprehension. Did the writer oppose any and all editing of comments? I don't think she did. I think she was talking about the lack of civility. That's what I took away and I think that is right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-47962116801288675092011-01-11T17:26:05.952+00:002011-01-11T17:26:05.952+00:00Listen I think Ms Obama London should be congratul...Listen I think Ms Obama London should be congratulated. If readers/commentaries are too myopic and you can not read the facts (not opinions) but facts being presented, I feel sorry for you.<br /><br />Nothing I read on her original Sarah Palin entry states blame, it simply ask questions and points to facts which contributed to her questions.<br /><br />So take a moment to a pause and think before you start insulting the owner of the blog. <br /><br />Frankly IMHO: it takes a lot of guts to state facts & ask questions, it is cowardly to personally insult someone who has the courage to ask questions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-39649194201753385722011-01-11T14:02:03.918+00:002011-01-11T14:02:03.918+00:00@Blog Queen - wow, really? Sarah Palin rejoices at...@Blog Queen - wow, really? Sarah Palin rejoices at a 9 yr olds death? You are out of your mind and probably can't find your ass with both hands, I am surprized you can power on a computer. Search the web and you will find several examples of Democratic US maps with targets on Republican controlled entities. The only person to blame for this shooting is Jared Lee Loughner who called "Giffords" stupid as far back as 2007. His actions had nothing to do with a map or sanity for that matter - get a grip! As for scrubbing a facebook page Mrs. ObamaLondon - tell me you REALLY don't believe any democrats scrub hate from their FB pages or other entities? Right!!! Go study their pages for hours on end, apparently you are that bored!Blog Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15039073607545266213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-84511429663497090832011-01-11T13:58:25.793+00:002011-01-11T13:58:25.793+00:00Thanks for the kind words all! Blog Queen, I have ...Thanks for the kind words all! Blog Queen, I have to dispute your contention - nothing in my post shows that Palin took delight in this girls death. I'm trying to be really fact based here - that's why I described what happened as "inexplicable". <br /><br />I don't know why that horrific post was not removed more promptly. But since Sarah herself was almost certainly NOT the person managing the page, I don't think we can directly infer anything about her state of mind from that action. It was noteworthy, so I noted it. All we can do is theorise about what happened here, but to suggest that it happened because Sarah personally delights in the death of a 9 year old girl seems to me the least likely possible explanation.Obama Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02652619223311941390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-40078280493011555732011-01-11T13:39:59.426+00:002011-01-11T13:39:59.426+00:00Let's see.You write a blog about Sarah Palin m...Let's see.You write a blog about Sarah Palin moderating her FB and Twit pages, and you yourself moderate your blog comments (admitted and evidenced by yourself in the comments). So, it's okay for you to edit your blog but not okay for Mrs. Palin? You are NOT a hero - you are a hypocrite. You spent a disturbing two hours hitting the "refresh" button on Palin's page, and then used the pointless information (everyone with a public page edits)to incite people to further hatred, all the while you were editing your own comments. That is not investigative journalism. Perhaps next time you have two hours to waste, you might find a way to use your words and forum for better purposes.Solisseahttp://www.solisseascorner.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-50712897020106985442011-01-11T11:56:28.848+00:002011-01-11T11:56:28.848+00:00Absolutely heroic attitude and patience on show he...Absolutely heroic attitude and patience on show here, well done for maintaining the sense of humour and beautiful writing! I found the blog last night due to the Palin post, will be keeping a close eye on it in future. - J.M.Jamie McGarryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11832647388923153105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-30207611638403528082011-01-11T07:33:38.596+00:002011-01-11T07:33:38.596+00:00As someone who recently discovered Friends (I know...As someone who recently discovered Friends (I know! Late to the party!), I think maybe that would be a better use of your time than reading hateful comments on Sarah Palin's Facebook page. <br /><br />Nevertheless, I thank you for your diligence in uncovering just how hateful some people can be, and how that hatefulness is tolerated in some corners.KathyFhttp://whatdoiknow.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-12193952942913245032011-01-11T06:19:09.368+00:002011-01-11T06:19:09.368+00:00Just a quick thank you for being your wonderful, r...Just a quick thank you for being your wonderful, reasonable self. I hope the newfound exposure leads to more weal than woe :)yelahnebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09437150552092319470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801227671293876432.post-37388974004846956692011-01-11T05:41:08.101+00:002011-01-11T05:41:08.101+00:00Thank you for revealing the truth about Sarah Pali...Thank you for revealing the truth about Sarah Palin; that she would rejoice in the the murder of a 9 yr old, preventing her from growing up and becoming a bleeding heart liberal.<br /><br />I have passed this information on to America's news organizations, but there is no chance they will be reporting on this in the corporate news media. Sarah Palin is the designated messiah of the fascist, corporate overlords who are in charge of America these days, and none of the network puppets would dare breathe a word about this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com