MetaTalk posts tagged with USA

mathowie on the vote!

dr. moot — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:07:05 -0800

mathowie's opinion on the nerd vote has been posted over at boingboing.fyi.

Chicago Meetup: the Bloody Return of Eamondaly

WCityMike — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:49:19 -0800

eamondaly and iguanapolitico suggest a Chicago meetup for September 25. Locale: Snuggery v. Billy Goat v. American Girl Boutique and Bistro.

No more Ron Paul, please

Blazecock Pileon — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:23:57 -0800

Policy regarding political fundraising, campaigning or other support sites for Ron Paul? I have noticed increasing numbers of posts (recent example) which are direct or indirect fundraising or stump sites for Ron Paul — it seems to be a couple a week. Above and beyond my dislike for this person and his politics (which I do not intend to start a discussion about) — and without calling into question any motivations of the original poster — I do not feel that these meet the criteria for acceptable front page posts. Assuming the community agrees, I wonder if there can be a deletion policy applied which is also used for other political-themed posts (e.g. the recent TPM post), as well as a spinning alert banner similar to that used in the past as a warning for Iraq- and Israel-themed posts. If I'm wrong about the extent of the problem, or if it is even a problem (something that the community may not agree with) then I apologize and please feel free to delete or close this post.

Why was a question about Limbaugh's and Hannity's reaction to the election deleted?

stam_broker — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:59:56 -0800

Alright, this is just lame -- I asked a very specific question related to the election and it got deleted. I wanted to find a capsule summary of how Rush and Hannity were playing post-election as Wednesday programming opened. If my post is considered too redundant or inflammatory, fine, but telling me to go listen to the radio is kind of callous and rude. I said I missed the coverage and as it is, out where I live I don't even know if we get the shows. You all don't have to repost it; but I'm just kind of teed off.

US-centric posts on 9-11

sgt.serenity — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 14:54:26 -0800

A usa-centric post is surely not the best of the web.

2 manE W2 ?s - no more US taxes

reklaw — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:33:08 -0800

Maybe that's enough US tax stuff on AskMe now? I mean, seriously.

With so much Bush on MeFi, maybe it's time to start bush.metafilter.com?

armoured-ant — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 14:35:46 -0800

There are 32 instances of the word Bush on the MeFi front page. How about we start http://bush.metafitler.com? Or maybe just take over BushFilter?

mefi is an american weblog

MiguelCardoso — Sun, 15 Aug 2004 20:43:17 -0800

MetaFilter is an American weblog. Europeans here, whether British or continental, are mere tokens. Perhaps we should all give up the international pretense. The truth is that MetaFilter, for those of us not lucky (or, to be frank, unluckly) enough to live in the U.S. or Canada, is fast becoming a domestic concern with an ever-decreasing regard for what happens in the (enormous) rest of the world. Whereas (the few remaining) Europeans here are curious about America, Americans here seem boringly and predictably obsessed with themselves. Is isolationism the growing trend on this board? It certainly seems so. Say the word, by the way, and you can have it all to yourselves, no hard feelings.

It is not a good idea but it's a stone's throw away...

America-centric attitudes on MetaFilter

twine42 — Thu, 06 Mar 2003 08:49:58 -0800

American attitudes on the net... [more inside]