Program Note
[ Posted Tuesday, May 27th, 2014 – 23:41 UTC ]
Important Question For All ChrisWeigant.com Readers:
Does anyone actually use the "Comments RSS" feed here? There may be a problem with it, and rather than dig into fixing it, it would be a lot easier for me to just turn this feature off.
But I will not do so if people are actively using it -- so PLEASE let me know right away if you use this feature of the website, below, in the comments.
Thanks, and sorry for the interruption.
-- Chris Weigant
Oh Goodie!!! An Open Thread!!! :D
Does anyone actually use the "Comments RSS" feed here?
What's that???
I guess that answers yer question.. :D
Michale
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2641713/Im-NOT-WEAK-Obama-hits-foreign-policy-critics-vows-ramp-support-Syrian-rebels.html
Obama insisting he is not weak reminds me of Trelane, the Squire Of Gothos...
At the end, Trelane petulantly whines that he would have beat Kirk..
Trelane then fades away to nothing insisting, "I would 'ave.. I would! I would 'ave......"
Just like Obama's Presidency is fading away to inconsequential nothingness on the world stage.....
Michale
Chris,
I don't know what a comments RSS feed is, either. But, I'd get rid of it if I were you. :)
Michale,
What? You didn't like his foreign policy speech today?
Shocking...positively shocking.
What? You didn't like his foreign policy speech today?
It was whiney and petulant and basically stated that the US is abdicating it's role as the world's only superpower..
Which works out real well, because the world is already way ahead of Obama towards that goal...
Michale
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnn-reporter-icy-reception-for-obama-from-west-pointers-during-speech/
Obama doesn't know how to talk like a Commander In Chief...
Obama doesn't know how to BE a Commander In Chief...
Michale
Michale,
Oh, well.
Small price to pay for no stupid wars and no US or allied soldiers dying in stupid wars.
I haven't had the chance to listen to the speech yet but I'm pretty sure he said many of the right things and omitted some things that I think are very important.
Small price to pay for no stupid wars and no US or allied soldiers dying in stupid wars.
"SMALL" price??
Are you kidding me!???
Do you want to envision a world where CHINA is the only superpower on the planet??
Or RUSSIA!!??
"Small price" my arse!!
The problem with the "peace at any cost" mentality is that it is nothing more than slavery..
I haven't had the chance to listen to the speech yet but I'm pretty sure he said many of the right things and omitted some things that I think are very important.
Oh I am sure..
Obama ALWAYS knows how to SAY the right things.
But when it comes to DOING the right things??
Obama makes Carter look like the epitome of competence...
The VA
The IRS
Benghazi
Fast & Furious
DOJ Targeting Reporters
What more do ya'all need to realize that Obama is NOT the second coming??
Michale
What more do ya'all need to realize that Obama is NOT the second coming??
Oh and let's not forget the utterly BLATANT lie that, under TrainWreckCare that "If you like your health plan, you can keep your health plan"...
AND the total Train Wreck that was the Obamacare rollout...
On the competency meter, Obama makes Bush look like perfection...
Michale
Michale,
China will NEVER replace the US as global leader.
And, if you think Russia will ever assume that position, then you, my friend have been smoking some very, very bad stuff!
Damn ... I left out another comma. :)
China will NEVER replace the US as global leader.
In a couple years, China's economy will surpass that of the United States...
Thanx to Obama and the Democrats...
There is absolutely NO REASON that China can't supplant the US as the planet's only superpower...
Save the emergence of a STRONG American President who has a backbone...
Gods know Obama ain't it..
Oh sure, he can bully Americans around, assassinate Americans at will, whatever strikes his fancy..
But Obama cowers before the likes of Putin, Assad, Kahmani and Kim Jong Un...
Michale
Dems join GOP in Eric Shinseki pile-on
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/eric-shinseki-veterans-affairs-va-scandal-calls-for-resignation-107174.html?hp=l1_b1
Even DEMOCRATS are coming around to my way of thinking..
It was inevitable...
Michale
Michale,
I didn't say that China's economic output would not eclipse that of the US. That is an inevitability and, in fact, it may have already occurred, depending on what parameters are being used to measure that sort of thing.
I did say that China will never replace the US as global leader.
You think Putin is a strong leader? Have you looked closely at what is happening in Russia, lately?
Getting back to the subject at hand -
ANYone using Comments RSS?
Anyone at all? If I don't hear from anyone, I may yank it.
-CW
I did say that China will never replace the US as global leader.
Why not?
Fear and respect is what makes a global leader..
Because of Obama and the Democrats, our enemies do not fear us and our allies do not respect us..
You think Putin is a strong leader? Have you looked closely at what is happening in Russia, lately?
Exactly.. Putin is feared and respected by his allies and his opponents...
Putin is a very strong leader..
Obama is a very weak leader..
Michale
Liz,
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/05/28/krauthammer-obamas-west-point-speech-was-literally-pointless/
Michale
CW-
To the matter at hand:
I don't know what problem you are having with the RSS feed, but the feature seems to be functional at my end of the pipe.
Would turning off the feature affect aggregation by Google and other search engines? It's very easy to search reader comments at CW.com by simply entering a reader's handle and chrisweigant. I sometimes use a google search to find an old comment quickly, but I don't know if that has anything to do with aggregation by means of RSS.
Interesting, but outside my limited expertise.
TheStig -
Interesting. You're right, the RSS is how external sites pick up on what is commented here. But I've been having a problem with it, for technical reasons, so I thought just turning it off would be the best answer (if nobody was using it).
I'll look into a more nuanced fix, but for the time being, I've removed the option from the top-bar menus and from the site. If anyone has gigantic problems with me doing so, please chime in now, or forever hold your peace.
Thanks
-CW
CW-
Does (did) the problem involve the private E-mail?