I dismiss John McCain as absolutely nothing but a puppet. When I think about his ineptitude with modern technology — specifically the acquisition of new information, I am frightened:
He says Bridget and his other kids help him. “They go on for me. They get me Drudge. Everybody watches Drudge.”
Which means that McCain thinks the internet has “shows” that you “watch” like TV sitcoms — and he doesn’t mean YouTube either — not getting the concept of a “site” made by people “online” consisting entirely of “downloaded” clips that you can “link” to.
Maybe McCain reads the morning paper and watches the evening news but beyond that, I make the connection that he is spoon-fed information.
dougf wrote:
“I dismiss John McCain as absolutely nothing but a puppet. When I think about his ineptitude with modern technology — specifically the acquisition of new information, I am frightened:”
This has to be one of the silliest comments I have ever stumbled across. And in my travels across the ‘Internets’ I have stumbled across more than my share.
It’s not HOW you get information it’s what you do with it after you have gotten it. Supposedly the drooling ‘progressive’ whose insights you quote here is oh so technically capable and cutting-edge.
She’s still a doofus.
Because she can’t ‘interpret’ the data she inputs and manage to achieve a worthwhile output.
That is the problem with modern ‘thought’. it confuses process with result and style with substance. So McCain sometimes makes a verbal slip and is not familiar with the Intertubes. EVERYONE does when they have to say about a thousand things each and every day and it is not required to stare at a terminal 24-7 to be informed.
That someone at the Blogging Tories would re-post this drivel is just —- ’sad’.
Let someone who commented on this abysmally STUPID article on the CBC website(wouldn’t you know it would be the CBC) have the last word.
“Wow, I was surprised by the stupidity and vitriol of Heather Mallick’s pseudo article. My first thought was that I had accidentally logged onto a right-wing American intellectually bereft commentator’s blog.
But no, it’s the CBC. Age-ism, contempt for the non-internet savvy, scorn for anyone not able to read her rant. “An embarrassment to the elderly” is quite a claim, unless you yourself are elderly.
My suggestion to Ms Mallick: If you don’t like Mr. McCain, don’t vote for him. If you’re not an American citizen, then why would anyone care about your (ill-informed and bigoted) opinion?
The CBC has gone so far downhill I’m starting to join the legion of Canadians who are offended that our tax dollars are being wasted in this way. Let Ms Mallick spout her viciousness at someone else’s expense.
I’m educated, work in the arts and culture, left leaning and would be part of a classic CBC demographic. But I think it’s time for Canada to stop subsidizing shoddy op-ed masquerading as journalism.
The extent of Ms Mallick’s intellectual rigour is perhaps reflected in the title of her recent publication. “Cake or death: the excrutiating choices of everyday life.” Now that’s deep.
To use the verncular: Heather Mallick, you suck.”
Yeah she does. And I have to wonder about anyone who quotes her approvingly as well. If you are known by the company you keep — time to make some new friends.
Posted on 05-Aug-08 at 5:55 am | Permalink
aek wrote:
What does Mallick’s vicious personal attack and smear-job on John McCain have anything to do with the CBC Mandate, and why are Canadian taxpayers forced to shell out our money to pay for such garbage?
“…the programming provided by the Corporation should:
1. be predominantly and distinctively Canadian,
2. reflect Canada and its regions to national and regional audiences, while serving the special needs of those regions,
3. actively contribute to the flow and exchange of cultural expression,
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6. contribute to shared national consciousness and identity,
8. reflect the multicultural and multiracial nature of Canada.”
http://www.cbc.radio-canada.ca/about/mandate.shtml
Posted on 05-Aug-08 at 8:04 am | Permalink
Charles Anthony wrote:
Mr. Dougf,
I disagree with you. I believe HOW a person gets their information is very important because it reflects on their independence as a thinker. In this case, it seems glaringly obvious that John McCain is very sheltered and spoon-fed.
Posted on 05-Aug-08 at 8:47 am | Permalink
dougf wrote:
“I believe HOW a person gets their information is very important because it reflects on their independence as a thinker.”
Oh please. So if I get my information from the TV and print, and you get yours from the Net, you get to award yourself bonus points for intellectual depth ? How very convenient.
But when in Rome I guess. In the case under review you might ask yourself what it says about YOU that you got THIS information from Ms.Mallick and the CBC. I submit that it does not say anything particularly ‘good’.
How could it ?
But I’m not as ‘advanced’ as some I gather. Hope I don’t have to wear some sort of visible ID when out in public. The shame. The shame.
Posted on 05-Aug-08 at 9:24 am | Permalink
dej rabel wrote:
judgement is key..mccain has a bit of that, u can see that with his support of the surge..obama is probably the most tech savvy candidate ever but i wouldn’t trust him to run a town council..he probably can find tons of info but he can do nothing but turn them into platitudes. Mccain has a moral centre which won’t change based on where when or how he gets his info. reagan got along fine without the internet. lincoln too. do u think george washington would make a better prez if he knew how to work the internet..crazy
Posted on 05-Aug-08 at 11:49 am | Permalink
Lori wrote:
McCain experience > Obama techsavvy .
Do I wish the repubs had a candidate that presented better than McCain? Yes! Would Obama be a better president for the future of the US and the West…. NO!
Posted on 05-Aug-08 at 1:56 pm | Permalink
aek wrote:
I don’t think that any candidate’s personal proficiency of the internet is a determining factor in the list of qualifications for President of the United States.
Qualifications should be judgment, experience, knowledge, patriotism, vision, and leadership ability, as with any leader of a country.
Presidents and Prime Ministers have advisers they trust to provide them the relevant information they need. They hardly have time to read Heather Mallick’s Canadian tax-payer funded rant on the CBC website, or other such nonsense.
Assuming otherwise would be as arrogant as the Obama cheerleading MSM thinking they will elect the next president with their spin.
Posted on 05-Aug-08 at 4:25 pm | Permalink