You guys use this excuse all the time to justify it but if I had a kid who needed an operation and I was going to have friends help should I spend it on him or a party? I mean there is a moral obligation and an example to set too right?

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I can think of plenty of lefty bleeding-heart organizations that I would have preferred people give their money to.

I get why people wanted to celebrate but I also can think of a lot of good that could have been done with that money.

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Jeez. How do you even go outside with that kind of fear complex?

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This article (like others) has rose colored glasses on. OMG he saved us tax payers 50 million dollars! No he did not, that money has already been striped from tax payers pockets. It will be spent on "other necessities" I'm just sure.

Does this other Obama article mean anything to you?

[i.gizmodo.com] It's only a 3 million projector, but its cool, It's Obamatastic! If the economy spirals downward under Obama, he just needs one more term to fix it. If it's worse... Bush did it. I get it.

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And I'll agree with you on the inauguration, but crazily enough that was possible because even in this economy thousands and thousands of private citizens thought an inauguration was the best place to donate their money. And they did.

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Do as I say, not as I do.

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But think of how much fun it would be!

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It's a little slack on the "gizmo" side of things, but is not the worst offender on that front by far.

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It's pretty straight-forward.

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But forget the legitimate excess of our government, there's class envy to be had!

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Some of us have class envy, but others of us are simply class traitors.

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I really wonder why so many people expect Giz to be balanced, fair and non-opinionated. It's just a collection of people who enjoy writing about technology, and occasionally tossing their opinions into the ring. There is no promise of impartiality, fairness or even "nothing but gadgets, gadgets, gadgets!"

People need to pull their heads out of their asses, take the blinders off and stop bitching about the free articles they choose to read.

And, just to head you off at the pass, dear rebuttal writer: Sure, your entitled to your dumb opinion, but it's rather stupid to complain that a bunch of bloggers aren't being fair or living up to your expectations of a free service.

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This site is "The Gadget Blog." That's what the site is named. And that's why most people come here. Maybe a majority agree with the partisan slant of the contributors, but it's likely they get their political fix elsewhere.

The recent rash of political stories - wholly unrelated to gadgets - is going to result in some folks who don't agree with the slant (or simply want to read about gadgets without dealing with more political garbage - me) deciding they can get their gadget fix elsewhere. Engadget comes quickly to mind.

:shrug:

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If anyone feels slighted, insulted, disenchanted, jaded or otherwise discombobulated while reading my comments, then good. I'm not here to stroke egos or make sure everybody feels warm and fuzzy inside.

Gizmodo is not a respected news site staffed by respected journalists. While some have a journalistic background, that does not unequivocally make them "respected journalists" by any stretch of the imagination. By and large they are childish technology lovers who've made a bad name for themselves by acting irresponsibly, both in writing false articles and pulling childish (and potentially legally actionable) stunts at tradeshows.

Do I like the Giz? Sure, there's plenty to like. But does that mean I'm going to pull the blinders on and pretend they are ethical, unbiased, professional reporters? Absolutely not. The Giz makes money (as do all Gawker Media affiliates) based on click-throughs, hence it behooves them to makes catchy eyecandy headlines and generate as much troll-like buzz as possible. This, in and of itself, leads to unethical reporting.

They are not automatically worthy of respect after a number of stunts they've pulled, but overall I enjoy the atmosphere here which is, for the most part, better than other tech blogs. All the above does not automatically imply that I wouldn't think any of them isn't a fun, interesting and personable individual, either.

I can see how you got your star. You're an ass kisser who doesn't bother to question anything. Who the fuck are you, the Good Feeling Fairy?

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"The high-flying execs at Citigroup caved under pressure from President Obama and decided today to abandon plans for a luxurious new $50 million corporate jet from France. "

-ABC News

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a) The government has been telling me that I'm making too much money since I started making money.

b) When I asked my gramma for $5 to go buy her her denture-paste, and then my gramma gave me $5 to go buy her denture-paste, and then I ran off and used it to purchase Everlasting Gobstoppers, she had every right to tell me to take the Gobstoppers back and smack me on the wrist. Which she did.

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They claimed they were in such dire straits that they required billions of dollars. Is it really too much to ask that they don't go spending it on pimped out private jets? And, so far as I can see, he didn't force them not to buy it, he's simply suggesting, in rather firm tones, that they rethink their spending spree plans.

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The question is whether we can provide aid to health organizations that provide health services and education and which also support talk about or provide abortions. It is not money to aid abortions.

You can still oppose it but it's an important distinction.

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In fact I think Giz sometimes does this just to trap these discussions in one place so we can all vent about random stuff without polluting the rest of the site.

These conversations have been going on at Giz as long as I've been here. Shoot nutbastard made his name on Giz not due to his tech manual writing skills but because of his ability to craft an interesting sharp and humorous comment on libertarianism. But back then it would infect at least an entire post. With the collapsible threads it's even easier to ignore.

In short: it continues because it continues.

Live and let love. *flashes peace sign*

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