Balls, Bows and Bylines
So, a reporter at the Ottawa Citizen wrote a piece on my exchanges - and yours- with Ashley MacIsaac on this site last week. The headline read Fiddler strings bow for Liberal party's top spot: MacIsaac releases 3,000-word unofficial policy statement online.
You can read the article here.
During those exchanges, MacIsaac made several comments about the obscurity of bloggers and their readers. He even went so far as to say he was only interested in talking to the public and Liberals who would actually be taking part in the leadership vote, but not bloggers. I tried to explain to him then a point that has been proven now. Blogging is becoming a powerful tool that the public and mainstream media have at their disposal to mine new kinds of sources. It can give voice to the voiceless, and expose the footprints of those who may wish they had not tread at all.
It is interesting to note, with respect to my post yesterday about mass media and sound bite apathy in political communications, that the blogosphere offers an alternative to scripted and often empty messaging: It offers dynamic discourse. That makes Ashley MacIsaac an innovator in political communications, as the first (still undeclared) leadership hopeful to float his platform on a blog! (Nice spin huh?)
I stand by my view that Ashley has balls, and I urge him to continue to speak at the grass roots level- no matter what the medium. Although, he may want to watch where he choses to air-out his fleshy nut sack from now on.
A scoop. On this blog. In Canada. I'm not making this up.
You can read the article here.
During those exchanges, MacIsaac made several comments about the obscurity of bloggers and their readers. He even went so far as to say he was only interested in talking to the public and Liberals who would actually be taking part in the leadership vote, but not bloggers. I tried to explain to him then a point that has been proven now. Blogging is becoming a powerful tool that the public and mainstream media have at their disposal to mine new kinds of sources. It can give voice to the voiceless, and expose the footprints of those who may wish they had not tread at all.
It is interesting to note, with respect to my post yesterday about mass media and sound bite apathy in political communications, that the blogosphere offers an alternative to scripted and often empty messaging: It offers dynamic discourse. That makes Ashley MacIsaac an innovator in political communications, as the first (still undeclared) leadership hopeful to float his platform on a blog! (Nice spin huh?)
I stand by my view that Ashley has balls, and I urge him to continue to speak at the grass roots level- no matter what the medium. Although, he may want to watch where he choses to air-out his fleshy nut sack from now on.
A scoop. On this blog. In Canada. I'm not making this up.
posted by K-Dough at 7:47 AM
97 Comments:
A poor article by the Citizen as it almost repeated some unfortunate accusations made by Ashley. However, putting 'K-Dough's Canada' on the media scene is beneficial.
Perhaps unbiased media sources (is there such a thing?) will now take note and listen to what we, the voters, have to say. Clearly Ashley isn't prepared to listen.
While blogging is a new communications tool, it doesn't surpass actual face-to-face discussions. It's easy for candidates to type their platforms into a computer (well, maybe difficult for Ashley) but it's harder for them to stand up on debate night and be responsible to the nation with verbal responses.
Blog on, but don't forget to talk.
Unbiased media sources? There is no such thing as unbiased anything.
We are all biased to some degree in our expression. And no matter how hard we try to mask it with the perception of objectivity, bias still informs our views.
Good one K! This is the equivalent of having your little CD get written up in some big US rock mag. It's exciting.
And yes, we are all a bit biased. I thought Asley was a bit deluded thinking he could run for a leadership race; if anything, he only strengthened my original position.
He does seem to have a bit of an elitist streak in him though. Definitely Liberal material in some respects.
"Fleshy nut sack"???
Classic.
H-
Harding- I was originally going to go with "goose-pimpled guppies-in- cream-cradling love pouch", but it just didn't flow as well.
Such are the demands of editorial excellence.
Leather: nice Lib jab. I resemble that remark!
Mark, it's actually my own nut-sack that has "directed my direction" in too many cases. A little more elitism would have been beneficial.
My actions are usually driven by what I like to call the Elitist Scrotum Doctrine. The theory was first put forth by the noted philosopher Testicules, in the year 50 BC. That paradigm can be traced back to the scrolls of Chinese thinker Wang Dang Sui Poontang who wrote during the 100 Schools of Thought period- around 253 BC.
K-Dough...first belly laugh of the day. Thank you. Everyone in the office thinks I have the best clients.
So THAT'S where the Nuge gets his lyrics from.
Congrats, K-Dough on the excellent plug of your most excellent blog.
You are a star, and besides myself, I can think of no one more deserving.
Chucker- thanks man- that means a lot coming from a Tory. Sorry, a smart Tory. Sorry, a smart, funny Tory.
Leather- Glad I could be of assistance re: your belly.
K, did you see a copy of the Citizen?
BTW Fred:
You might want to try some NEAT to remove that unwanted hair. It's not exactly painless bathing in it, but make sure you have no open sores or yikes!
Alternatively, you can do what I do- hold an aerosol hairspray can at a 90 degree angle to your boys and then light a Zippo in front of the nozzle. Take a deep breath and when you are ready, just spray your way to aesthetic bag beauty- and make that nasty ape chin smooth as a baby's bottom.
Your special friends will love you for it!
Pam- A hard copy? No, why?
It was a half page on A2 with a large photo of Ashley taken a Barrymore's a few years ago. I thought it was just a little piece in the back section until I saw the hard copy.
You're a blog star, baby.
Pam,
does it include a picture of you? (again, just asking for a shifty-eyed friend).
Pam- shit- woulda been nice to grab a copy for my collection...
CC: Shameless dude.
CC,
My pictures are only in publications that are shrink-wrapped and on the top shelf of the rack.
K,
I'll pull my copy out of the recycle bin if you want it.
Pam-
I would absolutely adore you if you would. (not that I don't already...)
Doesn't anyone miss me? Hello?
K,
Sure, anything for you. I'll send it tomorrow.
homo,
I'm trying not to think of you. It's just too painful when you are away.
Oh, Homo, you had me at "Hello."
K-Dough, seems like you are getting famous. Will I be able to get an autograph before you are too famous to know any joannes???
Homo, would you know any hexasexuals by any chance???
Pam- I truly appreciate it. If you e-mail me at kdoughto@hotmail.com
I will send you details.
You rock.
What does the Ottawa Citizen think of fudge?
Joanne- I will make sure you get a backstage pass when I play Lee's Palace.
K-Dough, Thanks.
Squid,
I think they like fudge. They like to fudge alot. I'm not sure if they are into packing it. Some must, not all though.
But seriously. Who doesn't like fudge?
I don't like fudge. It's far too sweet.
fudge is fantastic, in small quantities. but I'm more of a fudge unpacker and eater.
salt water taffee, that I could eat by the pound.
I agree with Pam on the fudge. My eight year old went bananas on some home-made fudge at a craft show, and hydrant-vomited in the car on the way home. Fudge is no longer welcome in our house.
Oh my god- MacIsaac's prophecy has materialized. Everyone is JUST siTTing ARound ON A BLOG all daY TALKING ABOUT fudGE.
ahem, I mentioned salt-water taffee.
I'll eat Jelly Bellys until I feel sick. I can't go into a Sugar Mountain because I have zero control. The last time I was in with my son I spent $28 on Jelly Bellys.I have a bit of a problem but I'm learning to deal with it.
Thanks for listening.
Pam, Are those the gourmet jelly beans from Britain that EXACTLY like the various flavours? (eg...the "pear" doesn't just taste like pear...you can even narrow it down to bartlett...the "coconut" taste like pina collada, etc.?)
Where the fuck is Sugar Mountain?
Chucker...careful, I think "salt water taffy" is a gay sex thing. Homosuperior, have you heard that one in your travels?
I smash jelly bellys into my brocoli to make said veggie palatable.
You're amongst friends here, Pam.
leather,
I admit, there's plenty of lip smacking when enjoying salt-water taffee.
Yes leather, those are the beans. They are addictive! I don't care for chocolate but I can't live without my beans.
Do they not have Sugar Mountain stores in Toronto? I assumed it was a chain. There is one in the market and another in Westboro, and I think there may be a few others in the area.
Pam,
I think you are correct that it's a chain, we just don't have one in lovely Newmarket. We do have a British Import store though...I've been avoiding it because of those fucking "Double Zout" drops. Ahh yes, pure salt licorice pills from mein homeland (Holland.) The first one makes your face turn iside-out, but next thing you know you're putting three, four at a time in your mouth, and losing all interest in frinds, family, mortgage payments, etc.
No doubt it jacks your blood pressure up to the stratosphere too.
Please everybody, stay away from the curse that is "Double Zout"...
leather,
go in for the Marmite chips. or Prawn Cocktail chips. oh, that Walker's knows artifical flavouring.
Man,oh Man! Look at all the dialogue I created with just one word (fudge) Can you imagine what's going to happen with this next one?
PEPPERMINT KNOBS!
I love fudge. There is a italian store in Toronto close to sheppard and chesswood area and man, they have all kind of sweets. I could spend a whole day in there eating all different kind of chocolates, jelly beans. The shop owners have warnings all over the shop not to feast on the sweets but you can't control popping one or two into your mouth.
Advice to live by:
When driving a tractor over rough ground... never pick your nose!
K-Dough,
Today I watched Heather Hiscox interview Paul Wells and Kady O'Malley on CBC. Now all three are MSM and the role of the MSM is to report the news. Since when are the opinions of O'Malley and Wells...news?
It was nice to see Kady's perky boobs but I didn't give a shit for her opinion. And what's with Wells? Doesn't that fucker ever exercise? He sat there on National TV with his legs open so his gut could rest on the chair. His head looks like a bowling ball that some kid plunked playdough on...especially his nose which looks like some kid bored out of a handful on playdough with a #2 pencil. And the general population is supposed to pay attention to that. Fuck!
lol... very good review squid, i just have to throw in that sweat runs off his noggin like water over niagara falls.
I'd add that his life's mission is science and research. not enough to actually do any, just enough to say he appreciated his "rocks for jocks" course.
old squid, your son young squid is here to pay you a visit or maybe grandson if you are about sixty or seventy.
I don't know whether its because I'm a SICK with the NORWALK Virus or what, but these last few comments made absolutely no sense to me.
I thought you were just hungover after celebrating your win last night.
But FYI, the Senators defensive lines were called up from my sons Pee Wee team. (They were the tallers boys on the team).
Don't be so hard on the boys, June.
I mean they were reckoning with an awesome force last night.
So was I. Multiple Evacuation Exit Norwalk. It's violent. It's disgusting. I prayed for my death.
Ouch K, sorry to hear that. I lost three days from my memory banks from that fucker. Once you can hold something down, start sipping Gatorade. In small amounts. Dr. Zeeman out.
Oh,I'm sorry to hear that! It's made it's rounds through my office but I've been fortunate so far. It could possibly be the latex gloves and mask that I wear when I leave the house.
Feel better soon, K.
Awww, that is horrible K-Dough. Feel better soon.
Joanne,
Pierre Bourque is my son?
Squidward, the name is linked to that website. But his name suggests that he is your son or grandson because he calls himself 'young squid'.
Well that brings a smile to my pale, sick face. Didn't know you were a Bourque fan Squid.
Thanks for the well wishes kids.
Ah, K. Do you have a pale, sick face? I feel so bad for you. Do you want me give you a cool sponge bath?
K-Dough,
Glad I brought a smile to your face. Smiles are better than medicine, but who needs medicine or smiles when you have Pam, that delightful angel of mercy available with a sponge?
Sponge bath.
Squidward, how many times do I have to tell you that I don't let horrible, extremely ugly males like yourself come within the 50 mile radius of me???
The witches that lets say you were 'intimate' with were probably as ugly as you or even more that is why they got laid by you!
K-Dough's famous. Now I'm never giving back this old t-shirt he left under my bed.
Havril- How many times do I have to tell you- it's not old, it just looks old. That's why it was so expensive.
Congrats K-Dough for actually generating mainstream media coverage - bravo! That's quite an accomplishment... perhaps your next achievement could be getting "fleshy nut sacks" into the Toronto Star's quote of the day.
Message to Ashley's Management:
For the love of God, please, when your boss is out showering bloggers (and boys) with spin and politics, please, please, PLEASE take the time to proofread his comments.
Dyslexia aside, his public relations strategy would be so much more effective if we could actually understand what he was pretending to believe.
Diku- tell me about it.
This was Asher's verbatim response when I asked him if he saw the Ottawa Citizen article:
"Yesi noticed- particuallry the point that the reporter didn't notice- which was that it was indeed a miss[pelling that i later corrected concerning what I think of unelected senate- I prefer the way it is- Think it should remian unelected as I wrote fither down inthe correction. maybe now you willunderstnad when press writes soemtuihng they write what they want- with disregard for actual facts right down to reading a few extra lines writeen- that is allit woudl haev taken- As well I said that i think inthe futrture there willbe alot of fish farming and cloaning will be the way- not a complete disre to replace the fishing industry- i said i was for a sustainable industry- wghich incldues the newer techiniuqes-(liek that spelling?)
I hope you understnad why i went to your site now- becuase when crap gets said aobut me- i repsond often in kind-and for that i say- which other canidates can you say have gotten you national media?
Obivuosly i was simply asking some qwqeustions posed by your blogeers- it was not in any way a platform- only answers to your qeustions concering my knowledge .
For my compltet platform to be regually updated if i see fit-Check out my web site which willbe online within two weeks- hoepfully at ASHLEY MAC ISAAC.CA
Keep Liberal."
For all that, I'm going to go buy his new CD. Or more likely, I'll download the good tracks. (Dear RCMP: I'm kidding, of course).
In the meantime, I'm feeling a little dizzy from that prolonged splatter of verbal diarrhea. Excuse me while I put my head between K-Dough's knees.
Has anyone actually heard Ashley speak? I haven't paid much attention to his music but now I'll a little curious to hear him.
leather, are you having blog-incontinence again? Don't forget K-dough's little mothball trick. It works like a charm.
Diku - you wish.
Squid- you rubbed uglies with Jenny Craig? Nice work dude!
The bigger the cushion the better the pushin'!
Pam- not sure if anyone really has heard him speak. I'm sure a few have heard him "gurgle" though.
General comment: Poor Joanne. She never meant to hurt anyone. It';s clear she has broken Squid's old burnt up pissed on charcoal heart. If those aren't the bitter words of a jilted lover... my dick isn't 3X too big.
K-Dough,
Conversing with Joanne is like an elephant trying to fuck a flea... you just can't get through. Nothing penetrates that hunk of bone that sits on top of her twisted neck. If there's anything between her ears it must have the consistency of jellyfish guts. And she thinks I'm only sixty or seventy years old. Christ, dude, I consider guys that young to be still kids.
Squidward, did you need to lose weight like the "Fat Actress" is that why you are into Jenny Craig??? I can imagine you with your big fat huge pot belly going to Jenny and pleading with her to help you resolove your weight problem. She probably felt pity for your poor soul, that is why you got laid by her.
And squidward, I am not into ugly old sixty something guyz like yourself.
k,
Please don't tell me you fell for that old "Ohhhhh, your dick is SO big!" line. Shhesshhh.
K-Dough, people like squidward tend to fall in my way usually to get my attention but I just walk over them.
Pam- yes, but I was dating a midget with bad circulation at the time.
Squid/Joanne: have you two been battling it out on other blogs as well? I'd appreciate it if you'd keep your lover's spat outside of this one... pls and thanks.
Fine by me K-Dough, although it is always squidward's fault. We have battled all over the blogsphere but the monkey brain doesn't get it. And lover my foot.
It's like an XXX rated version of Star Wars.
K-dough: "There is no such thing as unbiased anything.
We are all biased to some degree in our expression."
For the record: I am not biased against straight people no matter what my monicker is. After all, you were just born that way... it's not your fault.
I can't believe I'm blogging from London. I had a good dose of shopping therapy at Ted Baker today. I hope you're all well.
Hugs.
You've got that right, Tiny.
Fred d'ottawa: you need to learn how to use a razor.
Joanne, I don't know any hexasexuals. What's that, an inhabitant of Hogwarts?
Old squid: "PEPPERMINT KNOBS!"
I had that once. The bastard gargalled Listerine before sex and it hurt like hell.
homo, no it is not.
Peppermint knobs made me think of Altoids. Those are very strong mints.
Peppermint knob makes me think of that lost episode of Charlie Brown where Linus awkwardly finds out that Peppermint Patty is transgendered, and he wakes to find it's not his own thumb he is sucking.
K-Dough,
I don't know where Joanne got the idea she's engaged in a battle with me. I know it's a sin to chuck shit at simple minded people like her, but sometimes I can't resist, especially on a slow day. Now, PAM, I'd always make time for her. Pam, honey, here's my vision of you.
Waist length auburn hair,
A face that only God could imagine,
Sara Evans cleavage,
Pamela Anderson waist,
Centrefold hips,
University of Texas cheerleader legs,
Angels feet.
How close am I?
Good grief! Ashley and Altoids and Knobs. Oh My! I miss all the fun bloggery and am trailing after the heated discussions like a sad little fart...
Pam,
Well, darlin, I can't see you through cyberspace, but from what you write I'm sure that anyone with such a splendid mind must have the body to match it!
Ok - I'm officially gonna fucking barf. Talk about feltching dogs. Talk about blood caves. Talk about Neo-conservativism. But don't talk about Squid romancing.
Puleasssssssssse.
K-Dough,
Now you see the broad range of emotions I'm capable of effecting, right?
First, I bring smiles to your face and second, I make you hurl. Both ends of the spectrum. You outta see what I do in the middle!
Oh, and K-Dough, your romancing of Chuckers had nothing to do with my romancing of Pam.
:)
Hey, 100 comments!
Half a set of steak knives, maybe?
Or, maybe a manure fork?
You are an absolute gem Squidley.
the kind of romancing K-Dough did with me will be outlawed by the Federal Accountability Act.
No it won't. We will just be forced to disclose it.
chucker, do you have any pictures of this alleged romance? I'm asking for a friend, of course.
pam,
you'll find the pictures at:
www.fatsweatymanonman.com/grossoutsession/1234
K-Dough,
yup, there it is on page 178. You're right. Just disclosure, not outright banning.
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