“We have all heard about the ‘iPod halo effect’ where iPod owners increasingly are buying Apple (NasdaqGS: AAPL) computers. Well, it appears that the iPhone has kicked that effect into high gear. First, Pacific Crest Securities has used NPD data to claim that Apple computer unit sales are up 101% year over year, with revenue up 108%. That is a a lot of Mac and MacBook business goodness that we can relate to; we were responsible for three MacBook and MacBook Pro purchases ourselves in that period. Then, we have data from Net Applications showing that Apple computer market share has risen two points in the last six months to more than 6% world-wide,” Carl Howe (Blackfriars Communications) writes for SeekingAlpha.
MacDailyNews Note: As Howe links to MacDailyNews, we will reiterate: Net Applications’ “Market Share” uses a unique methodology for collecting this data. The company collects data from the browsers of site visitors to their exclusive on demand network of small to medium enterprise live stats customers. The sample size for these sites is more than 40,000 urls. The information published is an aggregate of the data from this network of hosted website statistics. The site unique visitor and referral information is summarized on a monthly basis. The websites in ther population represent dozens of countries in regions including North America, South America, Western Europe, Australia / Pacific Rim and Parts of Asia. Different companies uses different methodologies, so the actual percentage figures (6.38% for Apple Mac) aren’t as meaningful as the trends they show. The important point is that Net Applications’ measurements show that Mac’s share continues to increase – up over 2 percentage points in just the last 181 days (Aug. 31, 2006 to Feb. 28, 2007). Apple’s 6.38% is simply a snapshot of Mac’s share of all computers accessing those websites monitored by Net Applications last month.
Howe continues, “And then we have securities firms like Goldman Sachs predicting that iPod sales, despite their first quarter seasonal dip, are also rising year-over-year and could approach 11 to 12 million units in the first calendar quarter of 2007. And finally, we have a survey done by Morgan Stanley noting that iPhone interest is actually larger than what the market currently anticipates, with 20% of the respondents who had heard about the iPhone and its features being ‘extremely interested in purchasing one.'”
“What does all this data mean? It means that a virtuous marketing cycle is dramatically improving Apple’s already robust business,” Howe writes.
Full article here.
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Analyst: Apple has ‘real shot at dramatically expanding Macintosh market share’ – October 31, 2006
Analyst: Apple Mac gains market share, the reason why is significant – October 26, 2006
IDC: Apple Mac attained 5.8% of U.S. market share in Q3 06 – October 18, 2006
Gartner: Apple Mac grabbed 6.1% of U.S. market share in Q3 06 – October 18, 2006
Gartner: Apple Mac grabbed 4.6% U.S. market share in Q2 06 – July 19, 2006
IDC: Apple Mac attained 4.8% U.S. market share in Q2 06 – July 19, 2006
I bought a black MacBook 3 weeks ago, so I did my part.
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I’m waiting for Leopard. Then I’ll buy my new computer.
I’m waiting for Godot!
I want a new MacBook Pro to replace my PowerBook! Does that count?
Me too.
2 new iMacs on my house since September, 20 and a 17.
already got my C2D MBP 17″ and iMac this year, if they are really putting out a 12″ or smaller MBP, I’ll be all over that.
I needed a laptop. Bought one. I’m waiting for Leopard.
What it means is that Apple sales, when Leopard is released, will be hot while Vista sales are about as cold as Ann Coulter’s bony ass.
Oh….and am waiting for the next revision of MBP 17 inch. I suspect it will be the same time as Leopard so I can kill to birds with one stone.
Who’s Ann Coulter?
Worth waiting for?
I now have 3 macs at home: 20″ and 17″ imac plus a 15.4″ macbook pro…I love it.
Got a MacBook for Xmas and a new Airport Extreme. Will get leopard when it’s ready too. Would really like the AppleTV but hesitate on first generation products. Probably wait until May, then get one…
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Got 2 iPods nano for Christmas, 1 each for my twin daughters. One of those just bought herself a black Macbook for school and for chatting with friends. My “year 2001” G4 500 MP is still going strong (after many upgrades)…
Gee i hope Machopeful and those other Windows trolls are reading this…
Are you sure you’re not waiting for iGodot?
I’m still trying to get these boots to fit.
Apple is addictive!
We switched in July, 20″ imac, got our university student daughter a Macbook in December,
for xmas, the wife got a 30gb iPod, another daughter a shuffle, the same universty student recieved a Nano.
Got a work bonus last week, and ordered a mini 500gb external hard drive, Airport Extreme, and a Macbook for the wife.
We have been tracking FedX all day, left for delivery this morning at 8:05.
Soon a new Apple TV and 2ea iPhones, and we will be set,…………….until Apple come out with something new!
I’m still waiting for Vista.
Didi: It’s already here?
Gogo: Where?
Didi: It was here, I think. Didn’t you see it?
Gogo: I saw something, but it sure wasn’t a great Vista.
Was it?
Didi: I don’t know anymore. Perhaps if we wait a little longer.
Gogo: Yes. Where’s my hat?
@Godot….in a single word….no.
new iMac, Iis’ be needin’ some new iMacs aaarh!
Buster,
Take your derogatory hateful remarks against Ann Coulter somewhere else. This is a Mac forum, remember?!
My new iMac 24″ is on its way, to sit next to my new 23″ HD. This is going to be a sweet setup – Lightroom on the 23″ and Photoshop running on the main monitor. I can hardly wait!
-c
@ R
Wow, fending off derogatory remarks about Ann Coulter. Maybe if she shut her uninformed, small minded, vindictive little trap people wouldn’t be so mad. Trust me, she can take it. ;P And whenever the topic turns to politics around here, the boards light up for 4 and 5 pages, and I’l bet you MDN really likes the hits, which is why they chime in to stoke the fires up with anonymous postings.
But I digress. What were we talking about?
-c
Oh yeah, Ann Coulter is a waste of human flesh and nice hair.
;P
MW: ‘blood’ (makes noise)
iPhone OS is full blown OSX! MicroS#*t is still in the dark. The OS war is so NOT over; it just started! On the mobile front! Winblow CE is going to DIE, bitch!
Windows CE (now rebranded.. again.. by MS to “Windows Mobile”) is already dead.. it just doesn’t know it yet.
I expect Apple to expand OS X far beyond the iPhone into MANY embedded products and markets.. wait a few years and just watch.
MDN keyword “Spring” as in this is going to be a Spring to watch!
oooohhhh sounds like you belong the AC fan club. Hey R…have you kicked a faggot today? Whoops…looks like I will have to go to rehab now. I mean I dodn’t mean queer, I meant ummmm I meant wuss…yeah thats it. Thats the ticket.
Twit.
You are right, this is a Mac forum.
Go Apple!
Ann Coulter is the one whose mere name spins up liberals (esp. on MDN boards) to the rafters. It’s kinda fun to watch, even though the topic gets trashed. And Chrissy’s right (or left, I guess) – at least about one thing – she does have great hair.
And Godot – you were better as an MST3K joke than a play.
I own 17 Macs starting with a LC575… I havent got a Intel one just yet, but theres always tomorrow.
I’m not altogether on anyone’s side, because no one is altogether on *my* side.
@Godot
Here in Canada we have what one may call…class. This has NOTHING to do with liberal or conservative leanings. It has everything to do with decency and respect neither of which AC has. She can call an American presidential hopeful a faggot and YOU don’t find this offensive? I do not care what political stand you may hold or your sexual leanings or your views on social wlefare, if you support this sort of trash talk, then this speaks volumens about your personality.
If this happens up here, people are generally unanimous in their condemnation.
Oh yeah and…Go Apple.
Go south, Chrissy – it feels like downhill…
Easy there, Buster… I know all you Canadians speak with one voice, and I find it heartening that everyone up there sings in unison with the cosmos. Down here, however, it’s hotter. we bitch. We gripe. We complain. We call people faggots, even when they’re not gay. We become ambulance chasers down in North Carolina, like John Edwards.
It’s fun, man – you should try it just once. The next time some nice Canadian walks up and wishes you all the best in life, just call him a faggot for no good reason. It’s not fair, exactly, but it sure is a hoot.
Lighten up.
Is this a forum for Mac discussion? Okay, just checkin’.
…and by the way, all political hacks are fags.
My new 20-inch 2.16GHz Core 2 Duo iMac is by far the fastest and most satisfying Mac I’ve ever owned in the 22 years I’ve been using Macs. When I occasionally house-sit for a friend who has a top-of-the-line PC, I have to laugh. Saying that the Mac user experience is “better than Windows” is like saying that a Ferrari is “better than” a Ford Fiesta: an understatement without equal!
I’m waiting for a refresh of the Mac Mini before I buy one. The current configuration has been out for a long time, and I expect that the very day I buy one they’ll announce the refresh … so I’m probably the one that is delaying the Mac Mini refresh … SORRY!! 😀
Listen – Ann Coulter is off limits. Know why? She’s no do-gooder like Bono. Only do-gooders are allowed to be hateful against. And Ann Coulter – she doesn’t give a rats ass about the poor. So lay off…
It’s not just you, Rev – I’m waiting for C2D Minis and Leopard before I put one in the upstairs office. It’s only n speeds from now on.
(I would’ve posted sooner, but I just regained consciousness from the blink-ad-induced seizure… thanks MDN)
“Only do-gooders are allowed to be hateful against.”
Hateful against what?
Oh, and Bono’s a faggot.(See how easy, Buster?)
Ann Coulter is a self loathing dyke.
to: Pat
If you sell your Powerbook to someone who uses it to replace Windows PC, of course it counts.
If all the people who own 3-5 years old Macs would sell ’em to people who don’t have Macs, the marketshare would jump up like a muh’fu**a.
My friend is currently in between of pismo and iBook.
MW: plan
And here’s a special replay of tonight’s left-wing tantrum:
“…as cold as Ann Coulter’s bony ass…”
“…uninformed, small minded, vindictive…”
“…a waste of human flesh…”
“…have you kicked a faggot today?”
“…doesn’t give a rats ass about the poor…
“…Ann Coulter is a self loathing dyke.”
If you don’t leave liberals in a sputtering impotent rage, you’re not doing it right.
– Ann Coulter
The Age of Apple dawns
Again?
First the Apple II in the 70’s.
Then the Lisa, the Mac, desktop publishing, and “1984” in the 80’s.
Now the i-killers today. iPod, iPhone, iTunes, iMac, iLife, TV, etc.
Maybe the third time really is the charm?
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GO APPLE!!
Close to the mark, has it right.
Liberals get their panties in wad and then spout worst things than the word “faggot”.
WHat a bunch of hypocrites.
Later.
Ok here goes…@ TakeCare and Close to the Mark, you are both a bunch of faggots.
@Godot, nope….its not really as much fun as you make it out to be. I am not a prude and I don’t have a rod up my assd. But for the rest of you that didn’t read my post properly, (you can read can’t you?), its not about politics. I have voted conservative myself a number of times but that is beside the point. People in the public eye like Coulter does this for self promotion. Denigraating people in public is just plain low class.
Spouting all this pollitical ideology and ignoring human decency puts you right there with her. If it wasn’t for low class she would have no class at all.
G-spank….I assume you were trying to make a point but for the life of me, I can’t figure it out.
Go Apple.
“Merican poli-ticks = a blood sucking pain in the arse… The hypothetical two party system is impotent because of the buyouts of the pollys by big & little interests… You have no real political voice. Think about it. You have money – you have a modicum of influence. And all of you Republican supporters… how many of you have been under fire in Iraq or Viet Nam (if you want to go back that far)? If you haven’t shyte your pants while under fire then STFU about how great this war is serving ‘Merica. Ann Coulter is a bright woman who has no class. Just like men and women on both sides of the isle. She absolutely knows how to push people’s buttons. As do some of the trolls here.
As far as Mac dominance in the world… there are actually only two types of personal computer users: The bright intelligent sophisticated forward thinking well-educated creative Apple Mac users and those that wish they were. The true installed base is over 20%.
It really is that simple. Remember that Bill Gates actually owned a Mac when they first came out and prefered it to the world of green screens and no graphics. That is on video.
I find it interesting that Windblows users think that ALL Mac users are liberals. Is that because a liberal is defined as someone who is bright, intelligent, sophisticated, forward thinking, well-educated and creative? And a conservative is someone who is not?
Some of us are liberals and some of us are conservatives and some don’t really give a fat rats (or maybe you want to say “faggots” there) arse about “show” politics. Oh, and some of us REALLY don’t care about ‘Merican politics… we have enough bureaucratic BS in our own countries to contend with.
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As for me and Macs – been using since 1984 and had a Lisa before that. It is in my veins and I refuse to go into rehab!!!
Apple & Mac not Politics Please!!!!
For that crap you want http://www.politicsdailynews.com
All this over Ann Coulter? At best, she’s the political equivalent to Britney Spears. Only, she still has hair.
Damn, yank –
For someone who “REALLY don’t care about ‘Merican politics…”, you sure do have a helluva lot to say about it.
and Buster – I’m proud of you, man. Now didn’t it feel just a little bit sweet to call those strangers ‘faggots’. Hell, those guys might have been struggling with their sexuality for years. Maybe they are recent victims of cruel hate crimes, and are even now crawling back into the closet and away from your taunts, never again to subject themselves to the cruelty of backsliding Canadians. Way to go, man.
So funny to see the disruption of the libs endless coo-aid flow from CNN, ABC, BBC XYZ… disrupted by someone like Ann…. hehe
It really disrupts them…
If truth be known, I really tossed out the Ann Coulter thing to see who would bite. I am always amazed, and I have said this on posts before, how so many people view things as either left or right but not for what they really are.
MacGuy et al….you have not disappointed me. AC spouts this crap so she can get into the media. This gets her in the public eye and you people buy her books. She is indeed quite a waste of DNA but I do not particularly care as it is funny to see how many saps actually admire her. Some of the posts here sounds like it could come from her.
As for all this political discussion on a Mac forum, please remember I did not start it. I commented on the conduct of a deplorable human being. Thats it. All I hope is that she is NOT a Mac user. She wouldn’t have the intelligence to operate it (heh heh flame away lads)
@ Sheet
Fags use Macs too and work as Apple Geniuses so you better not bring that type of attitude to my apple store.
On the actual topic here…. I have the latest 15 inch powerbook and im just waiting till the robson technology comes out in the MBPs with leopard.
HAHA MW: straight… obviously im not which makes my opinion null apparently
“I’m not altogether on anyone’s side, because no one is altogether on *my* side.”
darn it, i can’t place that quote rightnow, what is it?
I’m waiting for Leopard, then I’ll buy. Don’t see much point in buying a new Mac yet, when the big bad Leopard is nearly here.
By August I’ll have me a new Mac. Either a MacBook or iMac… undecided.
Decisions, decisions.
Woooohhh, botox! Can I have some of what you’re taking? That post is almost visually spastic.
My point is simple. Eariler many right wingers were slamming Bono, very much in the same way the left wingers slam Ann Coulter. The difference is this:
Bono was slammed for trying to help the poor
Ann Coulter is being slammed for being a political hack.
Now, it makes sense to slam Bono, because people who try to help the poor are pathetic. Take Jesus, for example. He tried and failed. I have no problem with someone slamming another person for this kind of weak behavior.
But Ann Coulter – she isn’t pathetic. She slings her mud and drives liberals crazy with it. Now there’s someone we should all look up to.
g-spank – you lost me after “My point is simple…”
jtrwallace – Any insider info on when robson tech will make it into macs? Has Intel completed it?
Now, what all youz seem to be sayin’ down in here is that libs are haters and cons are baiters. Now, there ain’t nothin’ wrong with that, y’see. But you gotta be prepared for the backsplash. It’s gonna git ya. The backsplash. It’s gonna git ya hard in the backsides. Y’ain’t gonna be able t’walk for a solid week. Y’see if’n I ain’t right. Go ahead.
In the mean time, while the baiters and the haters squabble over who has the most venom in their spit, we Mac users are busy tryin’ hard to take over the world. We doin’ it to, though. Ain’t we? See if I an’t right. Just pinch me and see if I ain’t right.
This is the dawnin’ of the Age of the Apple Mac, the Age of the Apple Maaac! The Apple Mac!
Harmony and understandin’! Sympathy an’ peace abounding! Signs of mystic adoration!
Apple Mac! Apple Mac!
@Yankinoz
Way to go matey!
Ann Coulter’s brilliance is that she figured out how to make a wad of cash by flashing her undies and spouting off incredibly stupid bullshit to a target audience with a collective IQ of maybe 50. It’s not about right or left, it’s just about mean spirited stupidity. After all, if enough stupid folks buy your book, (or in Bush’s case, vote for you) you can actually do quite well in this great country of ours…
Now, I’d like to see O’Reilly try to grab some of that skinny arse. Two con artists like those should make beautiful music together. He’s a sexual harrasser, and she probably considers sexual harrassment a liberal fantasy, so she certainly wouldn’t complain about being groped, especially by a “non-faggot.”
Go Ann!! Maybe someday you can help drag womens’ rights back to the dark ages, where finally someone could make you shut TFU!
America is the only country in the world where the term “liberal” is used as an insult.
This says a lot about the state of the USA. And it certainly says a lot about why the USA is “on the nose” in just about every other country in the world. Lets be clear about this though, American people (well most of them) are welcome anywhere. But the American state (and particularly under this administration) is widely disliked, even despised.
Being “liberal” is about being tolerant and accepting. Being intolerant and unaccepting is nothing to be proud of. In my book, anyone who does not proudly claim to be liberal-minded is really saying he or she is a bigot, a rascist, a homophobe or conceals some other unpleasant and unfortunate character attribute.
Perhaps you non-liberals out there should travel more, read more, consult more, empathise more…
Gigetty!
Travlin, readin, and empathisin is for pinko sissy commies! It’s just plain un-Mercun!
Although I did visit the great state of Idoho once. The got some fine lookin phillies up there, I tell ya. Hefty, too.
Left-wing tantrum, part 2…
“…ignoring human decency…”
“… a blood sucking pain in the arse…”
“… a waste of DNA …”
“… a deplorable human being…”
“…a political hack…”
“…spouting off incredibly stupid bullshit…”
“…a collective IQ of maybe 50…”
The tolerant liberal suddenly becomes very intolerant when their official religion is challenged.
-Ann Coulter
Shen-
Treebeard. (Ent, in Lord of the Rings).
@ close to the mark,
Chirp.
Ann Coulter is a man, who is still seeking the approval of it’s father.
But then again, there’s this.
http://ifuckedanncoulterintheasshard.blogspot.com/
@ SydneyStephen – “well played”… AU won in the Indies!!!! Hear hear…
@”close to the mark” – obviously, you failed to actually read the comment. As soon as you see something that may offend your sensibilities regarding what’s her face – you feel it is an intolerance. Isn’t your quotations without comment – which is highly indicative of the lack of creativity – actually validation of my comments regarding conservatives and liberals.
As for the yahoo who questioned my commentary regarding ‘Merican poly-ticks” – consider that most of the people in most of the countries of the world see the gun toting (which I noticed no one commented about the validation to make comments based upon actually seeing actionin a war zone – (me – two tours USAF – Viet Nam – Air Sea Rescue, just in case you wondered) – ‘Mericans as a scourge upon the Earth and absolute proof of the moniker “Ugly American”. Proof positive. In my 60 – yep 60 – years as a human being on this planet, I have lived 40 of it outside the US – I know how locals really feel about ‘Mericans. When they find out I am one – they usually turn away or find another topic.
Maybe all of you arrogant self righteous narrow minded ‘Mericans (how far have you really been outside of the borders of the US?) may want to even take a trip to Hawaii – an invaded country that wealthy businessmen used the military to overthrow the existing government due to the threat of harm tat was to possibly take place upon the white invaders who stole all of the property from the citizens of the nation of Hawai’i (sound glaringly familiar?) and ask a local ot be candid with you and tell you how most Hawaiian (with Hawaiian bolld) feel about having their country stolen from them. Study that history (you know Churchill’s quote don’t you about history) and see if it is applicable today – in any possible way…
MDN = study
Yup, Ann’s a real genius.
“We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity.”
“I Would Talk About Edwards But “You Have To Go Into Rehab If You Use The Word ‘Faggot’”
“[m]y only regret with [Oklahoma City bomber] Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times building.”
“[P]rofiling Muslims is more like profiling the Klan”
Coulter on Obama’s popularity: “Democrats are “stunned” that a “black man can walk and talk”
“Environmentalists “want to destroy the middle class” but “would also wipe out their little friends in Chad and Darfur”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Are all you neo-con artists high? Oxycontin?
“We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity.”
Just remember when she says that, she’s not talking about REAL Christianity. She’s talking about white, suburban, inbred, capitalist Christianity. You know, Chevy trucks and LayZ Boy recliners and Wal Mart’s every day low prices.
And Jesus said unto them, “Invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity.”
Cuz Jesus was all about the invading and killing and converting, see.
@YankinOz:
Well said. One of the things that makes my blood boil is when some US right winger starts calling Europeans lily livered because they were against the Iraq war. The nearest most right wingers get to a war is watching Rambo on TV whilst downing a six pack.
Talk to just about anyone in a European city and they’ll tell you of family they lost in WW2 and how their parents/grandparents told them of their own experiences as the bombs rained down. It’s embedded in European memory, so to us war is a *last* resort not the first. In my own case I remember as a child seeing men in the streets with limbs missing and playing amongst the bombed houses in London.
As a young man I backpacked round the States and it struck me then that the only US people who *really* knew about war were the vets who went through it. I remember Jews in NY delis with their tatooed numbers – they could tell you about war and what it really means.
Good on you YankinOZ, but please remember us Europeans are usually capable of distinguishing between *America* the country and its politics and Americans as individuals.
regards,
Hey, I see I got a few bites…
Sydney – In America, being a liberal is not about tolerance or acceptance – it’s a political position that seeks to better the lives of citizenry through the centralization and socialization of services, among other things. Conservatism seeks the same goal through de-centralization and more powerful state and local government, among other things. When you hear liberalism discussed in the American media, it’s not the same as it is in Europe or Oz. It’s ignorant to think that conservatives in America (or any group of people) are all racist, or homophobic, or whatever. Ann Coulter is a pundit, not a politician, who makes her living through irony and the demonstration of absurdity through biting humor, and is never happier (or richer) than when you’re offended. Try not to take it personally.
Yank – expat in Oz, eh? Sorry if I don’t seem creative enough (it’s late here), I was just trying to illustrate the irony of all the talk of tolerance and all the vitriol mashed together into the same posts. Your service is noted (I served as well), but war is not the discussion. I did Med runs and Westpacs in my 9+ years, and I never once came across the kind of anti-American sentiment you speak of. I’m sure it exists to some degree, but Oz was always a friendly port, as was France. As for Hawaii (not sure where that diatribe came from), you might take a moment to reflect where all the white presence came from in Oz, and maybe ask an aboriginal or two how they feel “about having their country stolen from them.” America does not hold the patent on that particular sin.
Nothing worthwhile ever gets discussed in these little anonymous postings – no policies, ideas, or helpful exchanges ever see the light of day – just vented bitterness, misconceptions, and childish name-calling. Better for everyone if these boards are used to talk about macs, and drop politics altogether. ‘Night all.
@close to the mark
I do not agree with you. The word “liberal” has the same definition in your american-english dictionary as it does in Australian- and British-english dictionaries. The right wing of american politics likes to equate tolerance and acceptance of diversity with political left wing values because it makes it easier to persuade social conservatives to vote for right wing politicans.
I have never heard of Ms Coulter. I don’t think I want to either.
“anti-American sentiment” It is interesting that Australians still value the American Alliance very highly, yet anti-american sentiment is running higher than ever before. Bush is hugely unpopular here – and always has been. Australians on the whole wonder if he is really the full quid. We knew Reagan wasn’t.
We don’t have the religious thing in Australia. We are very irreligious in fact. And in Europe they constantly congratulate themselves on shipping their religious zealots to the US. We all scratch our heads in astonishment when apparently sensible people insist on teaching religion in lieu of science… What will become of a nation that turns its back on commonsense?
What concerns most of us though is the hijacking of your political institutions. So much damage is being done that some of us wonder whether your democracy can withstand much more of this. Stacking the courts, firing prosecutors, preventing scientists from reporting factually on global warming… Its dangerous for americans – and what is dangerous for americans is dangerous for the rest of us.
Perhaps it is not too far from the truth to sum it up by saying the rest of the world think Americans, in general, should be a bit more responsible. You pursue entertainment in lieu of enlightenment, and consequently have dumbed down your population to the point that you can’t have a sensible debate in your society about anything important because nobody knows anything about anything any more. No wonder you vote for someone like Bush… Of course I am generalising – but there is some truth in what I say.
Close to the mark- disingenious.
What about your diatribe of 11:09 pm?
I give up. If I make a comment about treating humans with respect, there are some that just don’t get it. Treating your fellow man with respect is universal…do unto others as …remember that?
Calling a public servant, a family man a faggot is ok with you, then mores the pity. If I find that unacceptable and by your warped definition, that makes me a liberal, then so be it. I am proud to be one. Personally, I think that just makes me a decent human.
By the way, Montreal had started broadcasting Howard Stern on the radio a few years back. He was eventually taken off do you know why? No one listened because no one found him funny. I guess we don’t find lots of humor in denigrating other people for profit. Yet it is funny how some of the world’s funniest comedians are…Canadian.
Go figure.
“We have all heard about the ‘iPod halo effect’ where iPod owners increasingly are buying Apple (NasdaqGS: AAPL) computers. Well, it appears that the iPhone has kicked that effect into high gear.”
Talk about “high gear”…
I posted on Flickr a compositied photo of my granddaughter as the screensaver on an iPhone, and I entitled the pic I want my Apple iPhone!. In a matter of hours, that picture had several hundred hits. Now, one week later, it has 625+ views.
That’s not even close to my most viewed photo, but is is way above the average views of all my photos. Though my granddaughter is cute as the dickens, it’s gotta be the iPhone tag that’s getting the lion’s share of the attention.
Oh, so this is where the party was.
I got my Apple cherry busted by an InteliMac 20″ Core Duo last March, and have bought a 2G Nano for my girlfriend and a 5.5G iPod and HiFi for my son,not to mention .Mac and various software.
Looking forward to buying a 24″ iMac after Leopard and a couple more iPods for the other kids.
And now, the rest of the story…
‘Here in Canada we have what one may call…class. This has NOTHING to do with liberal or conservative leanings. It has everything to do with decency and respect neither of which AC has. She can call an American presidential hopeful a faggot and YOU don’t find this offensive?’
-I find a movie about the assination of a sitting American president offensive.
SydSteve-It doesn’t make a dam what your dictionary says, as I have tried to explain to you, ‘liberal’ has a different connotation in America. You dig?(pun intended, explanation needed) ‘close to the mark’ nailed it.
Here is a bit of Ann for you to judge. Like her or not-she can be crass (Bill Maher comes to mind also) she makes good points in an unapologetic way.
http://townhall.com/columnists/column.aspx?UrlTitle=shooting_elephants_in_a_barrel&ns=AnnCoulter&dt=03/07/2007&page=full&comments=true
MacSmiley-
I was one of those hits. Yes, your granddaughter looks precious, close to the age of my grandson. Enjoyed the photography, too.
@Towertone
I agree with you that the word “liberal” has different connotations in the USA. If you recall my point was that it is only in the USA that the word “liberal” is used in a derogatory sense.
The term, and the idea, was hijacked by the american right. It was an attempt (successful) to persuade the conservative belt to vote republican – it linked “liberal” social values to the neocon agenda,
Anyway, it is unravelling now. Liberals will raise their heads again in the US and the pendulum will swing back to socially moderate attitudes. Well, in most places – though what happens in those parts of the US where they teach religion instead of science is anyone’s guess..
By using the word “liberal” in a derogatory way you become a party to the neo-con agenda. Be aware and don’t do it. Or if you are aware and you think this is appropriate then be prepared to be taken to task for it…
SS
you are completely 180 away from the truth, but only because you are an observer, so let me take you to the Woodshed of Reality©-
The reason liberal CAN be used as an insult is the Democrats fault. They have allowed a faction of theirs-since the mid sixties-to speak for the direction that it should take.
I am not talking about the voting rights act or any other civil rights bills that common sense knew was needed. The Democrats, who were in complete control, were not able to pass these measures WITHOUT HELP FROM REPUBLICANS because way too many Democras were against the laws.
Now to tackle hunger and poverty, my fellow Texan LBJ implemented the Great Society, hoping to erradicate both. This was eventually hijacked as a RIGHT that required no effort to recieve. At about the same time, Vietnam was being run as a government program and failing also, with the ultra left pushing it further into chaos. This is when my family switched party affiliation.
Since then, mainly to get votes, the Democrats have accepted about every viewpoint out there as a “cause”. Now I am speaking of the party, not the voters. Most people in my neck of the woods still consider themselves Democrat, they just vote Republican more times than not.
When you advocate womens rights, Republicans join in. When it turns into nothing more than abortion rights-we turn away.
When gay rights are brought up, common sense says they are equal under the law. When it turns to marriage as described in the Bible-we turn away. That is a privelage, not a right. Live with who you want, do what you want, but don’t call it marriage. That is not homophobia, it is protecting the family unit. Don’t agree? Fine.
When you advocate quotas, bussing, and other race related measures, it gets tricky. These may have been needed in some areas for awhile, but as a band-aid to kick start nomalization of the races, not as a standard that all minorities are instantly granted an inside track-this actually cheapens a persons self value-because of what they were born as, they can not achieve success without the government.
When it comes to the environment, the libs have a plan-don’t cut trees down, don’t burn coal, don’t drive, don’t use pesticides for farming, don’t use nuclear energy, don’t allow hunting, don’t develop land for housing, don’t fish the oceans, and the list goes on. Of course their plan doesn’t offer any solutions for the skyrocketing prices these would cause-that would just have to work itself out.
When you first ‘took me to task’ it was because someone, in the same breath, said Mac users are supposed to be more accepting of viewpoints, and at the same time, derided Fox news. I hope that is plain enough for you to understand. It is not because conseratives are close minded, bigoted, money loving Christians, just a little more ‘down to earth’.
When you speak of ‘socially moderate attitude’, you need to define when those attitude were the norm. The conservatives have been trying to return to social nomal values. When you could watch TV at least part of the day with your kids, when sexual freedoms weren’t rubbed in our faces at every turn, when you can listen to the radio without hearing ‘nigger’ in half the rap songs. Does that mean these should be banned? No, but a little decorum in their application would show some responsibility. I don’t look to the libs to help here. This is there mantra. This is what constitutes ‘liberal’ as an insult. And they know it.
Now if you want to get a taste of how middle America views libs-and extreme conservatives-watch a few episodes of “South Park”. They are great at putting things in a nutshell.
And BTW, we don’t teach religeon instead of science, except in private schools. I would think the same applies down under.
“If you don’t leave liberals in a sputtering impotent rage, you’re not doing it right.”
– Ann (strap-on) Coulter
Impotent? uh…. maybe you missed the fact that the viagra sucking bunch of rednecks you call congress got run outta town by a bunch of impotents
Oh, and nice job with the war, real potent.
Imho, Ms. Coulter is utilizing the following logic: this administration is endowed with one of the bigger dicks in history, ergo it is potent.
@Towertone
Thank you. Now I know exactly why we don’t get along.
Well please share that with everyone. There could be a miscommunication somewhere. It happens, especially when describing differences in culture across the internet. There could be a word or phrase with a completely different meaning than I intended.
@Towertone
No matey. I do not agree with almost everything you have written. But I do not have the energy to try to explain why. We are truly on different planets…
Well then, next time you are on Earth, give us a ring!
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@Towertone
Mr Towertone. I am sure you do not mean to be offensive. Nevertheless it is not necessary to have an intention to be offensive, only to be so.
There are many “planet earths” – it just depends on one’s perspective. You write with such confidence of your knowledge of your “rightness” and you speak of such things as your bible, and your family unit and your values. But what mean these things to a young man living in the bangladeshi delta whose home and livelihood are threatened by global warming brought about by excessive use of fossil fuels in first world countries such as your own? How will you convince him of your right to continue doing as you do until someone else comes up with a way to make it possible to “be green” at no noticeable impact on your life?
Your bible means something to you, but means nothing to much of the world’s population who have their own books of moralities, mythologies, and histories. The bible is a book which has been used to justify the wholesale slaughter of muslims and christians alike. Did you know that if you were caught with a bible in England in early times you were burnt at the stake? Did you know that the bible was rewritten to accommodate a virgin birth, jesus being the son of god, and the existence of the holy ghost at a time when the christian church was split between the roman and eastern empires?
When you say you wish to preserve the family unit by denying marriage to homosexual couples, how do you decide that your family unit is more important or valuable or worthy than that created by two women who choose to be together to raise their children? How many lives have you lived that you can say with such certainty that your recipe for happiness and success is better than their recipe? The “family unit” is a modern construct. In China, for instance, the children are usually raised by the grandparents. In most mediterranean countries, the family unit includes grandparents, aunts and uncles and unmarried adult children – all of whom take part in raising the children.
We are all on this planet for the first time. You may feel you have the “right” solution, and that everyone who doesn’t agree with your “values” has got it wrong. But you should consider that there is always the possibility that it is YOU who has got it wrong. Heaven only knows what we shall learn when we pass into the light. If you have chosen the wrong books, the wrong teachers, or the wrong lessons, where will you be? And surety of knowledge should be no comfort when you consider the pilots of the planes who flew into the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. They were “sure” that it was YOU who was wrong and it was THEY who were going straight to heaven.
It saddens me that so many people in this world seem to think that the world can survive and prosper by carving up the peoples of the world into “us” and “them”. In reality we are all “us” or all “them”. And here we are for the first time facing a calamity which will affect us all. In the huge empty volume of space there is the occasional nuclear reactor of a star, a few hot planets and a smattering of cold lifeless rocks. And then there is Earth – the most beautiful complex thing you or I could ever imagine. And we, collectively, are destroying it. Knowingly. If there ever was a crime, this is surely it.
… continued.
@Towertone
… continued
As for criticising others, we are all unique and we must all choose a path which suits ourselves. Why should you live my path? My life would not suit you. My values are not yours and you would not enjoy what I do. Perhaps you don’t even like Mozart… Would you have enjoyed my dinner of rocket and goats cheese? Would you like my friends? Would you enjoy reading the books I read? Perhaps. Perhaps not. What does it matter? You have made your life choices and I am glad for you. They are no better or worse than mine, just different. Yours and my experiences in this life serve only to add to the totality of all experience, which is after all why we are here. So live your life however you like, with my blessing. But give your blessing to all those who live a life different to yours: meaning, of course, everyone else.
In our universe we exist in a bipolar state. We cannot have wrong without right, up without down, hot without cold… The one requires the other. How can you be “good” if there is no such thing as “bad”? How can you be “moral” if there is no such thing as “immoral”? It is all God’s doing. It is all “on purpose”. The wondrous complexity and diversity of earth is what makes life on this planet so marvellous. You have been given a wonderful gift – the gift to choose – from the panoply of options laid out before you. Choose what you will. But respect the choices of others to choose for themselves. Remember, if you choose for them then you shall be responsible for their happiness. If you choose wrongly, how will you answer to them when this life is over and they confront you with the consequences of your choice for them?
So before you criticise another fellow traveller who has chosen a different path from you, think about this in planetary terms, and in the context of millions of years of evolution. We are all in this together. All of us. And we are, each of us, making this up as we go along.
Let us compare notes in the afterlife shall we? Any time sooner and it will be too early to tell who was right and who was wrong…
God bless.
You stated conservatives gave liberals a bad name. I explained to you that it was the liberals and the Democrat Party to blame for their own embarrassment. There may come a time when ‘conservative’ is an embarrassing name-and no, it is not for me as of now-and if so, it will be our doing. I place blame where blame lies.
The explanation of where left and right differ and the role religion plays is not my doing, just a fact. And by the way, I am not a religious man. I go to church for weddings and funerals and other special events, but I haven;t been to a regular Sunday meeting in over 20 years, but I respect the people of all religions. I am a fiscal and Constitutional conservative, and I give people of all beliefs their sway-but don’t demand something of one belief for your benifit while of another belief.
Your analogy of the of the young Muslim has nothing to do with my point. I think you took for granted that since the libs have so many loony ideas on the environment that I must be for the raping of the countryside. Never. I was raised (partly) in the country. I know what mistakes have been made. I have seen acid rain brown my garden. I have seen land left sterile from the oil rigs from decades ago, before new laws. I have seen the ponds with dead fish from run-off. I have seen intelligent approaches to remedying these mistakes, not just kneejerk reaction to look good and feel good while another problem is created.
You tell me that I think that I have the ‘right’ solution and that I think that everyone else is wrong. You don’t know me well enough to make that assertion. You are putting stereotypes in your head when in fact you are the one who started this whole exchange by informing me of how ‘right’ you were. There is nothing wrong with confidence-as long as you have the ability to at least consider new ideas without forgetting what your core beliefs are just to make a decision easier. My late grandfather told me a long, long time ago that ‘a man who thinks he knows everything will never learn anything else’.