tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post2703343306723615388..comments2024-03-18T23:27:37.733+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-21712892079137791142008-07-26T02:40:00.000+01:002008-07-26T02:40:00.000+01:00I'm glad to hear about Robin Lne Fox. My DH gave m...I'm glad to hear about Robin Lne Fox. My DH gave me one of his books for Christmas. I think it's called The Classical Era (it's at work right now). I read it through and am rereading it. It's about Greeks and Romans.Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17429742099406818428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-8190308895118690592008-07-18T07:31:00.000+01:002008-07-18T07:31:00.000+01:00thanks for posting about this Jean. We won't get ...thanks for posting about this Jean. We won't get this issue for a couple of week. But when I looked at it ... pretty sad, and really, what I wanted to say was: "why?" (as in why print that -- what IS the point, in the real world).<BR/><BR/>There was also a recent cover where I was not amused from personal reasons: the cover showed a summer traveler going through x-ray security completely naked, having had to put all his things on the belt for the x-ray machine. You do feel like that when you travel these days ...MaryjoOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12861945604000052572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-147062602213399422008-07-18T00:13:00.000+01:002008-07-18T00:13:00.000+01:00My best friend has gifted me a 'New Yorker' subscr...My best friend has gifted me a 'New Yorker' subscription which I have been very happy to receive. Unfortunately this cover picture may be taken the wrong way by many people who do not understand the sarcasm behind it. It should not have been on the cover. I just hope that no one at the New Yorker had an agenda as "myfanwy" said.Strickmusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03342271582395245528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-20738032445643813362008-07-17T02:06:00.000+01:002008-07-17T02:06:00.000+01:00Hello to Helen from me! She very nicely commented ...Hello to Helen from me! She very nicely commented on my blog the other day. It was lovely to read what she's up to and to follow the bus ride from Leith to Edinburgh. Does the buss pass your place?<BR/><BR/>The NYer cover was commented on over here in the news - mostly to quote Sen McCain's disapproval of it. What were they thinking??? I would have thought the NYer would have been staunch Democrat in it's outlook. I'm not a reader myself so I can't tell if they have an editorial political bias.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12124722668160658606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-17842607711071839322008-07-15T18:03:00.000+01:002008-07-15T18:03:00.000+01:00i find this whole sordid episode extremely depress...i find this whole sordid episode extremely depressing. While I find the content objectionable (and I appreciate satire just as much as the next person), the damage is definitely in the vast exposure this is getting all over the media, with no adequate commentary. Without a doubt, the satirical aspects are way over the heads of many who will ultimately be voting. I still hold on to a semblance of youthful idealism, and I wish we could live in a world where people chose who to vote for based on issues, rather than on media manipulation.Cazzabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09791435821917622484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-28662685982488896702008-07-15T13:48:00.000+01:002008-07-15T13:48:00.000+01:00I found the new yorker cover in bad taste too. Too...I found the new yorker cover in bad taste too. Too smart for most voters here. I am almost as upset as I was about the reaction to Obamas kids interview. CNN was mad they didn't ask the kids any biting quesitons. Mr. Obama still has quite a hill to climb here. I am worried.Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15632777234664583020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-7172977290482304982008-07-15T13:15:00.000+01:002008-07-15T13:15:00.000+01:00http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/1...http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/<BR/>14/barackobama.uselections20082Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-2689260089439252822008-07-15T13:12:00.000+01:002008-07-15T13:12:00.000+01:00http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/1...http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/14/barackobama.uselections20082Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-43278649298825640592008-07-15T12:53:00.000+01:002008-07-15T12:53:00.000+01:00Like you, I have had the New Yorker in my life for...Like you, I have had the New Yorker in my life forever--I read it from childhood, my parents gave us a subscription when we married, and now we give them to our children. We did however take a break for ourselves during the Tina Brown era. This cover is all the more disturbing in that it doesn't come at a time of major editorial change. I look forward to an abject apology to the Obamas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-71881509439653044912008-07-15T12:29:00.000+01:002008-07-15T12:29:00.000+01:00I just got back to the real world and saw the cove...I just got back to the real world and saw the cover -- my subscription lapsed recently and I have meant to attend to it. Now I'm not sure. That may be satire, but it does not belong on the cover of the New Yorker. I was not just offended, but incensed at the cavalier attitude about the damage such an image can cause. It will be shown a million times on Fox news and seen by many who never see the magazine.Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-956174810395369592008-07-15T11:43:00.000+01:002008-07-15T11:43:00.000+01:00I agree. I find the cover to be offensive and insu...I agree. I find the cover to be offensive and insulting. Someone at the New Yorker has a warped sense of humour. I appreciate good satire this is just bad on every level. Rather than "lampoon" they have given credence to stupid rumours. Someone at the New Yorker has an agenda.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10200940053036903121noreply@blogger.com