Please do not start threads and get into hissy fits based on rumors and anonymously sourced stories

[bluestateguy]

This is rant. If you are hypersensitive, saddle up, it's gonna be tough ride:

This is really wearing down my patience. People who have spent 8 years being justifiably outraged don't seem to know anything else. It's like they want to continue being outraged. So they get themselves into a hissy fit on the basis of a rumor driven, speculatory story in some rag or corporate media that reports a story based on "sources", who are of course too cowardly to go on the record. The "sources" tell us what Obama is "thinking about, considering doing", or who Obama "might" appoint to some job, and on and on. And then of course, you have the people here, with whatever their pet issues happen to be, they immediately rush to these piss poor pieces of journalism and being ranting and fulminating with rage.

Real men go on the record. Anonymity is for cowards.

Obama inherited one hell of a mess, and he needs to be given some space and flexibility to clean it all up. And in any event he has only been in there for 50 days. Critique him yes, but a little leeway please, and always consider the sources of these stories that you choose to get so outraged over.