Comments on: From the land of the caribou http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/08/23/from-the-land-of-the-caribou/ The blog of the mystery writer, screenwriter and CEO of Pajamas Media Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:26:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ragnell http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/08/23/from-the-land-of-the-caribou/#comment-81148 Ragnell Mon, 28 Aug 2006 03:48:11 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/08/23/from-the-land-of-the-caribou/#comment-81148 The policies of HBO and Showtime are evident in airing of several shows and movies that promote the politics of the radical left without providing any balancing viewpoints. (examples: Showtime played both Moore's movie and Syriana) As a result, HBO and Showtime have woven the radical left's agenda into our daily entertainment at far more serious level than movies. Since both companies are private, the demand for equal time cannot apply to their one-sided message. Yet, consumers are addicted to their product and are unlikely to boycott them. What can be done to balance their domination of TV entertainment? The policies of HBO and Showtime are evident in airing of several shows and movies that promote the politics of the radical left without providing any balancing viewpoints. (examples: Showtime played both Moore’s movie and Syriana)

As a result, HBO and Showtime have woven the radical left’s agenda into our daily entertainment at far more serious level than movies. Since both companies are private, the demand for equal time cannot apply to their one-sided message. Yet, consumers are addicted to their product and are unlikely to boycott them. What can be done to balance their domination of TV entertainment?

]]> By: heather http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/08/23/from-the-land-of-the-caribou/#comment-81147 heather Fri, 25 Aug 2006 02:51:46 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/08/23/from-the-land-of-the-caribou/#comment-81147 As a northerner who as actually seen both a Mountain Sheep and a Caribou up close (on the highway, as it happens, they like the salt put down to melt the ice)... notice that the horns take up MOST of the skull space in these animals. I have truly never seen duller, flatter eyes on anything. I am sure their mommies loved them, however... As a northerner who as actually seen both a Mountain Sheep and a Caribou up close (on the highway, as it happens, they like the salt put down to melt the ice)…

notice that the horns take up MOST of the skull space in these animals. I have truly never seen duller, flatter eyes on anything. I am sure their mommies loved them, however…

]]> By: heather http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/08/23/from-the-land-of-the-caribou/#comment-81146 heather Fri, 25 Aug 2006 02:47:57 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/08/23/from-the-land-of-the-caribou/#comment-81146 when you return from your Vacation, Roger, and are all rested up and raring to go... a good idea came up at Tim Blair: a "pulitzer" type prize for a web story. Instapundit would be the logical host. How about it?? when you return from your Vacation, Roger, and are all rested up and raring to go…

a good idea came up at Tim Blair: a “pulitzer” type prize for a web story. Instapundit would be the logical host. How about it??

]]> By: Dale Gribble http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/08/23/from-the-land-of-the-caribou/#comment-81145 Dale Gribble Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:50:35 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/08/23/from-the-land-of-the-caribou/#comment-81145 Glad you've had a great vacation. You deserve it. Glad you’ve had a great vacation. You deserve it.

]]> By: David Thomson http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/08/23/from-the-land-of-the-caribou/#comment-81144 David Thomson Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:41:48 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/08/23/from-the-land-of-the-caribou/#comment-81144 ìget at the oil while preserving 99.95% of the sceneryî The environmental extremist propaganda conveys the impression that the land will be destroyed and the caribou homeless. Nothing could be further from the truth. You will have to deliberately seek out the oil fields. They will comprise so little of the surrounding geography that most people will barely know they exist! ìget at the oil while preserving 99.95% of the sceneryî

The environmental extremist propaganda conveys the impression that the land will be destroyed and the caribou homeless. Nothing could be further from the truth. You will have to deliberately seek out the oil fields. They will comprise so little of the surrounding geography that most people will barely know they exist!

]]> By: Stephen_M http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/08/23/from-the-land-of-the-caribou/#comment-81143 Stephen_M Thu, 24 Aug 2006 05:30:24 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/08/23/from-the-land-of-the-caribou/#comment-81143 What if the oil-rich sand guys whip the enviros, get at the oil while preserving 99.95% of the scenery, increase the global percentage of non-despot controlled oil, cause the pump prices to drop, put some cash in their own pockets and use it to buy the Fairmont chain from the Saudis? What a nightmare! What if the oil-rich sand guys whip the enviros, get at the oil while preserving 99.95% of the scenery, increase the global percentage of non-despot controlled oil, cause the pump prices to drop, put some cash in their own pockets and use it to buy the Fairmont chain from the Saudis?

What a nightmare!

]]> By: Luther McLeod http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/08/23/from-the-land-of-the-caribou/#comment-81142 Luther McLeod Thu, 24 Aug 2006 03:30:25 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/08/23/from-the-land-of-the-caribou/#comment-81142 Roger You're sounding like A.Gore. Take your pictures, eat your caribou, you worked for it. And if 'you' isn't enough, certainly your wife and daughter deserve it. WichitaBoy, good to read you. Roger

You’re sounding like A.Gore. Take your pictures, eat your caribou, you worked for it. And if ‘you’ isn’t enough, certainly your wife and daughter deserve it.

WichitaBoy, good to read you.

]]> By: WichitaBoy http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/08/23/from-the-land-of-the-caribou/#comment-81141 WichitaBoy Thu, 24 Aug 2006 03:01:36 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/08/23/from-the-land-of-the-caribou/#comment-81141 <i>...itself a naturaly gorgeous lakeside spot and, sad to say, now owned by the Saudis who have bought the luxe Fairmont chain. </i> Good luck trying to buy anything that isn't tied to or owned by some nefarious interest somewhere. …itself a naturaly gorgeous lakeside spot and, sad to say, now owned by the Saudis who have bought the luxe Fairmont chain.

Good luck trying to buy anything that isn’t tied to or owned by some nefarious interest somewhere.

]]> By: mythusmage http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/08/23/from-the-land-of-the-caribou/#comment-81140 mythusmage Thu, 24 Aug 2006 01:28:44 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/08/23/from-the-land-of-the-caribou/#comment-81140 A caribou is a reindeer without an owner. Why take photos of an location you're visiting? Because it will be your record. And a record of the location while you were there. Besides, you might get a shot of something not known to be there or occur there. :) TV Reporter: There you have conclusive proof alligators are not nesting here in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Naturalist (rushing past): Could you move please? We need to rescue these gator eggs before the river floods the nest. A caribou is a reindeer without an owner.

Why take photos of an location you’re visiting? Because it will be your record. And a record of the location while you were there. Besides, you might get a shot of something not known to be there or occur there. :)

TV Reporter: There you have conclusive proof alligators are not nesting here in the St. Louis metropolitan area.

Naturalist (rushing past): Could you move please? We need to rescue these gator eggs before the river floods the nest.

]]> By: David Thomson http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/08/23/from-the-land-of-the-caribou/#comment-81139 David Thomson Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:23:27 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2006/08/23/from-the-land-of-the-caribou/#comment-81139 ìA battle is going on here between enviros trying to preserve the glaciers and the scenery and business-folk trying to fill up our gas pumps and their pocket books.î A realistic compromise can be worked out. Why can't we essentially have the best of both worlds? Todayís technology allows the oil industry to do its drilling while leaving the surrounding land mostly untouched. In some respects, it behooves me to slightly rephrase Rogerís comments: A battle is going on here between enviros trying to preserve the glaciers and the scenery at a rate of 100% and business-folk trying to fill up our gas pumps and their pocket books and preserving the land at 99.95%. ìA battle is going on here between enviros trying to preserve the glaciers and the scenery and business-folk trying to fill up our gas pumps and their pocket books.î

A realistic compromise can be worked out. Why can’t we essentially have the best of both worlds? Todayís technology allows the oil industry to do its drilling while leaving the surrounding land mostly untouched. In some respects, it behooves me to slightly rephrase Rogerís comments:

A battle is going on here between enviros trying to preserve the glaciers and the scenery at a rate of 100% and business-folk trying to fill up our gas pumps and their pocket books and preserving the land at 99.95%.

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