The Nation Thread Has Been Hijacked By Politico Junkies

[alesis]

WTF does Nutter's pension bond idea have to do with the nation? Oh, I guess it's reliant on national interest rates-and therefore should be in the Nation thread!

The missing obamanomics? Naaa, that's not political spin that should be in the politics section-I mean, after all, obama is running for the Nation's top office!

Bobby Jindal shouldn't be VP? Politics, not Nation-and I don't even know who the f&ck the guy is

Gas Prices? Finally, a good Nation topic.

DNC sponsorships? Good Political topic-not Nation topic.

It's sad enough that the Politics Forum so accurately represents Philadelphia's one party system that has degraded into corruption, backdoor deals, and zealous infighting amongst even those at the bottom of the food chain.

[Colin P. Varga]

Since this is "Phillyblog" I assumed the "Politics" area was for Philly politics.

[seand]

Actually if you look at the descriptions on the main page, "Politics" was supposed to be state and local politics and "The Nation" was supposed to be national events, including national policy and issues involving the presidency and Congress. So really I feel like with the presidential season "The Nation" took over "Politics" though I agree the Nutter thread belongs in local "Politics".

So alesis when you open up the newspaper to the "National News" section do you not find any presidential stories?

[raider.adam]

Originally Posted by alesis

WTF does Nutter's pension bond idea have to do with the nation? Oh, I guess it's reliant on national interest rates-and therefore should be in the Nation thread!

The missing obamanomics? Naaa, that's not political spin that should be in the politics section-I mean, after all, obama is running for the Nation's top office!

Bobby Jindal shouldn't be VP? Politics, not Nation-and I don't even know who the f&ck the guy is

Gas Prices? Finally, a good Nation topic.

DNC sponsorships? Good Political topic-not Nation topic.

It's sad enough that the Politics Forum so accurately represents Philadelphia's one party system that has degraded into corruption, backdoor deals, and zealous infighting amongst even those at the bottom of the food chain.

Then complain to Wil Reynolds. Politics forum is described for state and city issues.

In regards to Sean, I was debating the Bond article if I should put it in politics or national ... I ended up doing national because the muni-bond market extends beyond philadelphia and is an economic/financing article and not a political one.

I viewed it as a toss up.

[alesis]

Your inane argument could be used for anything-and, typically speaking, a newspaper doesn't have a politics section.

I flipped on the tv this morning and the bible network had an entire show about Ronald Reagan. That doesn't mean the spirituality section of phillyblog should be inundated with politics.

Saw Obama dancing in Puerto Rico, doesn't mean politics should be in the Culture section of phillyblog.

On and on-if you wish to generalize everything down why not just have one big forum under "general discussion".

Originally Posted by seand

So alesis when you open up the newspaper to the "National News" section do you not find any presidential stories?

[alesis]

Originally Posted by raider.adam

I ended up doing national because the muni-bond market extends beyond philadelphia and is an economic/financing article and not a political one.

Under your argument your LocalH thread should be placed in the Nation section because, although they played locally, their tour extends beyond philadelphia.

[raider.adam]

Originally Posted by alesis

Under your argument your LocalH thread should be placed in the Nation section because, although they played locally, their tour extends beyond philadelphia.

Well, besides the fact I was speaking about the specific date they were playing in Philly, obviously the description for Culture forum was more accurate than nation.

Again, going by the forum descriptions, where would talk about a presidential VP go being that the politics forum says local and state?

I'm sorry you have no idea who Bobby Jindal is and that it seems to be upsetting you.

If you have a problem, ask Wil if he will change the politics forum to be "all things political". I am just playing by the rules the owners set up.

[ChiefSalsa]

I bet alesis gets road rage when someone driving alone is in the carpool lane.

Or froths at the mouth when someone with 12 items goes into the express lane at the supermaket.

Or calls a cop if someone feeds the pigeons in a park.

[Voodoo]

Originally Posted by ChiefSalsa

I bet alesis gets road rage when someone driving alone is in the carpool lane.

[alesis]

Originally Posted by ChiefSalsa

I bet alesis gets road rage when someone driving alone is in the carpool lane.

I haven't personally driven a motor vehicle on any road with a carpool lane for about 12 years. When others are driving, I'm generally working and not looking out the window.

Originally Posted by ChiefSalsa

Or froths at the mouth when someone with 12 items goes into the express lane at the supermaket.

No, if only for the fact that its usually old ladies playing dumb.

Originally Posted by ChiefSalsa

Or calls a cop if someone feeds the pigeons in a park.

I have a pet pigeon and I feed him. His name is "Slick".

Oh well. For the record, I never foam at the mouth, but my butt is still burstin' at the seams from the gooey louie sandwich I had for the Stanley Cup. On Monday I shall do it all again.