{"id":33165,"date":"2013-07-25T16:36:50","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T16:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=33165"},"modified":"2026-02-21T14:50:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T22:50:02","slug":"kooldirectory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=33165","title":{"rendered":"Drinking the Kool-Aid: A (Partial) 2007 Directory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(<strong>Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: the jonestown report made note every year in its 13 editions between 2007 and 2019 of the numerous articles, op-ed pieces, and commentaries that specifically mention the use of the phrase, even if it isn\u2019t the focus of the entire piece. Even though the report suspended the annual listing beginning in 2020, the references continue on a near daily basis in online media sources.<\/p>\n<p>(The listing below includes several references from 2007.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"Top\"><\/a>The listing below includes scores of examples of the use of the phrase &#8220;Drinking the Kool-Aid&#8221; in 2007. The subdirectory will direct you to the various categories in which they appear.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#Politics\">Politics<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Business\">Business<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Sports\">Sports<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Culture\">Culture<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"Politics\"><\/a><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 26.5pt; color: red; background-color: #f8f3e9;\"><br \/>\nPolitics<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>CNN: Bush Made The Kool Aid<br \/>\n<\/b>December 8, 2006<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>President Bush and his closest ally, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, have stood shoulder to shoulder on the Iraq war since the very beginning. Critics calling Mr. Bush \u201cthe cowboy\u201d for stubbornly leading the charge, and Mr. Blair \u201cthe poodle\u201d for obediently following. But three years since the U.S. invasion, the two are still adamant their Iraq mission is sound. President Bush didn\u2019t just drink the Kool-Aid, he made it. But perhaps now it\u2019s a little less sweet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Condi: Still Drinking The Kool-Aid<\/b><br \/>\nby Juan Cole, <i>truthdig<\/i>, December\u00a022,\u00a02006<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice indicated on Thursday that she still believed Iraq would emerge \u201cas a country that is a stabilizing factor\u201d for the Mideast, and that President Bush would not ask for continued investment if he\u2014and she\u2014did not believe the venture was worthwhile.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Letters: Give the private sector a raise!<\/b><br \/>\nby Brian Lynch, <i>SF Bay Guardian<\/i>, December 27, 2006<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhile politicians and the press blather on about fixing the symptoms, the root cause of our financial problems is seldom discussed. We drank the corporate Kool-Aid and embraced their radical free-market hype. We are brainwashed into thinking that market forces have mystical powers to save us if we would just remove ourselves from the equation.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/articles\/opedne_bernard__061228__22shallow_throat_22_3a_do.htm\"><b>\u201cShallow Throat\u201d: Don\u2019t Let Dems Drink Bush\u2019s Iraq Kool-Aid<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Bernard Weiner, <i>The Crisis Papers<\/i>, December 28, 2006<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cYour \u2018principled\u2019 Democrats are coming perilously close to falling into the spiderweb trap Karl Rove has set for them,\u201d [said Shallow Throat].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a bit lost here,\u201d I replied, \u201cnot sure I understand that last comment. What trap are you talking about?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust use your noodle, my naive progressive friend,\u201d said Shallow Throat. \u201cWhat is dragging down the Bush Administration and was responsible for the huge GOP defeat in November?\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThe war in Iraq?\u201d I answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dBingo! You got it on the first try. So here the Republicans are being destroyed by the war they started, and if they don\u2019t want to lose the White House and Congress again in 2008 they\u2019ve got to find a way to get that albatross from around their necks and, at least partially, also around the necks of the Democrats, thus wiping out the war as an issue.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Inside Track: Why can\u2019t Republicans just say \u2018No?\u2019<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Emil Franzi, <i>Explorer Newspapers<\/i>, Tucson, Arizona, January 17, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What makes supposedly conservative Republicans turn into squanderers when they reach Congress? That\u2019s what they learn at the lower levels. Try the Arizona Legislature\u2026 [but] they don\u2019t say \u201cno\u201d in Phoenix either. Neither do supposedly hard right GOP candidates, many of whom drink the political Kool-aid offered by the dogmatically leftist concept of public financing of elections.<\/p>\n<p>Locally, witness GOP behavior on the non-partisan Oro Valley Town Council.\u2026 There are five Republicans on the Oro Valley Council. Four of them keep trying to raise taxes, with some success. The best excuse for the new utility tax and the proposed sales tax hike given by the current tax-and-spend majority is that they don\u2019t want to impose a property tax. They don\u2019t just drink the Kool-aid, they guzzle it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20070314223544\/http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/articles\/2007\/03\/11\/merits_of_student_aid\/\"><b>Merits of student aid: A lesson about the haves and the have-nots<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Sam Allis, The Observer, <i>Boston Globe<\/i>, March 11, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[T]he growth in merit-based aid at these places has outpaced that of need-based aid in an effort to attract these upper-middle-class students with higher board scores who will make a school more competitive. While some merit money is mixed with need, the trend is clear and results scandalous.<\/p>\n<p>College rankings exacerbate this noxious development. Blame rankings on those odious annual lists U.S. News &amp; World Report dreamed up to sell magazines. Otherwise sane academic leaders drank the Kool-Aid to look better.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>A Giant Cash Register In The Sky?<\/b><br \/>\nby Mary Grady<i>, AV Web,<\/i> March 14, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>U.S. Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., characterized the FAA\u2019s proposed user-fee-based funding plan as \u201ca giant cash register in the sky\u201d at a House Transportation Committee hearing<\/a> on Wednesday morning. FAA Administrator Marion Blakey told the committee that a change from a ticket- and fuel-tax-backed Aviation Trust Fund to a user-fee structure is vital to unlocking the gridlock in the skies. \u201cIt\u2019s my firm belief that our status-quo financing structure cannot deliver the NextGen system we need, when and where we need it,\u201d she said. The committee greeted her testimony with a fair amount of skepticism, though Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., was somewhat receptive &#8212; earning a comment from a fellow congressman that \u201che\u2019s been drinking the FAA\u2019s Kool-Aid.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Costly scam robs citizens of freedom<\/b><br \/>\nby Eric Peters, <i>McClatchy-Tribune News<\/i>, March 30, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What if we just said no? Not to drugs\u2014though that\u2019s a good idea, too. But no to being fingerprinted and\/or optically scanned for purposes of the soon-to-be-mandatory National ID card?\u2026 A National ID would not have stopped the Oklahoma City bombings or prevented Mohammed Atta from boarding the 767 that flew into the World Trade Center. And anyone who believes it will prevent or even put a dent in the endless truckloads of illegal immigrants entering this country from Mexico has been guzzling some tainted Kool-Aid.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Legislating A Terrorist Victory In Iraq<\/b><br \/>\nby Frank Salvato, GOP\/USA, March 30, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If anyone was under the impression that congressional Democrats actually considered their actions, with regard to the \u201ctroop withdrawal bills,\u201d beyond achieving victory over the Bush administration, they would be playing the part of the uninformed, Kool-Aid drinking fool. While Democrats Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and the rest of their anti-war, pro-genocide, hate-Bush contingent revel in the fact that they have succeeded in passing a bill that opposes the president, al Qaeda operatives in Iraq are preparing to set their alarm clocks for \u201chalf-past redeployment\u201d so the slaughter of those who braved Iraq\u2019s polling places can begin.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Time to reform RCMP<\/b><br \/>\nby James Travers, <i>Toronto Star<\/i>, April 3, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Its members are screaming pension plan cover-up, inquiries are multiplying like barn flies and public trust is in the tank. In other words, things are looking up for the RCMP [Royal Canadian Mounted Police].<\/p>\n<p>For far too long, no one was willing to peer too closely at the postcard force. Insiders happily drank the cult Kool-Aid, parliamentarians were afraid to impose discipline or oversight on an institution held in higher esteem than politicians and Canadians were understandably reluctant to tear down one of their few remaining icons.<\/p>\n<p>So, year after year, decade after decade, the pattern continues.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.opednews.com\/articles\/opedne_diane_ma_070405_happy_easter___happy.htm\"><b>Happy Easter. Happy Passover. But not for those who suffer our greed.<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Diane Marie<i>, OpEdNews.com<\/i>, April 6, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I know I\u2019m not alone in finding the gargantuan amounts of political monies raised obscene,\u00a0that they\u2019ll keep on keeping on like kids in a supermarket-size candy store, because they can.\u00a0A family of political vampires\u00a0worship $\u00a0together to\u00a0stay together.\u00a0 Stir into this caldron,\u00a0 media; corporations, etc.,\u00a0you know the deal, and a piece of moldy cloth that once represented a country with high ideals.\u00a0Drink the Kool Aid.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Free Speech: The Bill o\u2019 Rights giveth, the Bill O\u2019Reilly taketh away.<\/b><br \/>\nby Chrish<\/a>, <i>Newshounds<\/i>, April 9, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>One of Bill O\u2019Reilly\u2019s recent targets has been actor Charlie Sheen, who openly questions the official storyline of the events of September 11th and is in talks to narrate a new release of the alternative theory documentary <i> Loose Change<\/i>. O\u2019Reilly insists that accepting such a role will cause harm to Sheen\u2019s career and asks viewers to vote in one of his unscientific polls (to what end we can only wonder).<\/p>\n<p>On the FOX News website O\u2019Reilly\u2019s Most Ridiculous Item reads:<\/p>\n<p><i>We\u2019re getting quite a bit of action on our billoreilly.com poll question: Will actor Charlie Sheen damage his career if he narrates a 9\/11 conspiracy film?<\/p>\n<p>Some of those voting are far left Kool-Aid drinkers told to support Sheen by nutty Web sites they visit.<\/p>\n<p>Now I really feel sorry for these people, I do, as they are similar to the ones who followed crazy Jim Jones down to South America in the `70s and wound up drinking a poison Kool-Aid-like substance which of course killed them.<\/p>\n<p>People who are incapable of thinking of themselves are always exploited, always, thus the name, Kool-Aid drinkers.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, they are ridiculous. But we want you to vote on our poll, those of you who are thinking for yourselves.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/luce-change\/\"><b>Luce Change<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n<i>CBS News Public Eye<\/i>, April 10, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThey\u2019re very aware that Christian media for decades was just awful and cheesy, and it\u2019s just pure kitsch. And I think now they recognize that if we can produce really quality media but that nonetheless has this fundamentalist message, then we\u2019re going to win kids over. If they can, you know, get to Hollywood and make movies that are actually pretty good, like <i>The Chronicles of Narnia<\/i>, those become the media equivalent of gateway drugs to bring you in to drink the full Kool-Aid of fundamentalism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Jeff Sharlet, who wrote an article for <i>Rolling Stone<\/i> about evangelical youth leader Ron Luce, speaking on <i>On The Media.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/bill-maher\/john-mccain-fucked-by-the_b_45685.html\"><b>John McCain [Screwed] by the Republican Fantasy World<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Bill Maher, <i>Huffington Post<\/i>, April 12, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>John McCain\u2019s not an idiot. I\u2019m sure he knows that it\u2019s not safe in Baghdad, but he has to pretend that it\u2019s safe in Baghdad because that\u2019s what the GOP base wants to hear\u2026 most Republicans are still gung-ho about the war. In fact, two-thirds of likely GOP primary voters support what Bush is doing in Iraq. They support the surge. They\u2019ve swallowed so much Kool-Aid that any change in their diet would kill them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Were she a different woman&#8230; Being the first female with a shot just isn\u2019t enough<\/b><br \/>\nby Aaryn Belfer, May 2, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I am not a Hillary Clinton supporter. I like her all right, I suppose. It would be tough for anyone, particularly women, to argue that there isn\u2019t much to admire, and I admit that there was a point in time when I just might have voted for her as a knee-jerk reaction, an unwavering stand in solidarity based primarily on our common gender. But I\u2019m a thinking woman and an unapologetic progressive\u2026 Like all of the potential candidates, she has her strong points as well as her shortcomings. But would I vote for her simply because she\u2019s a woman? That, in my opinion, would be the ultimate anti-woman move and is a no-brainer despite the copious amounts of delicious Kool-Aid I consumed during her speech and the press conference that followed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbankpresident.org\/archives\/000672.php\"><b>Free flow of the Conservative Kool-Aid<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nworldbankpresident.org, May 10, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It is sad to realize that the actions of [Paul] Wolfowitz are still considered proper. \u201cI do not believe that Wolfowitz did anything wrong at the World Bank,\u201d said Dan Goure, a defense analyst, on NPR <i>All Things Considered<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>However, he does agree that Wolfowitz \u201cheld himself in such high regard that he simply assumed others should too,\u201d and considers that \u201cwhat he wanted to do at the World Bank was laudable.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20120720184849\/http:\/\/www.renewamerica.com\/columns\/valois\/070512\"><b>Acting like Americans<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Helen Valois, <i>RenewAmerica<\/i>, May 12, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We all know well the fix we\u2019re in. The Republican defection not only from principle but from all that is decent (and even commonsensical) that we have long feared and predicted is coming to pass at last. What to do? The number of good-hearted, well-intentioned people apparently willing to chug the Kool Aid for whomever the professional chatterers and political insiders unilaterally designate as \u201cpresumptive Republican front runner\u201d is nothing short of blood-chilling.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20080109005904\/http:\/\/www.thelibertypapers.org\/2007\/05\/16\/ron-paul-vs-sean-hannity\/\"><b>Ron Paul vs. Sean Hannity<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nThe Liberty Papers, May 16, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sean Hannity is not a person to go to if you want reasoned discussion of the issues. Even more than Rush Limbaugh, who famously said after the 2006 elections that he wasn\u2019t going to carry the GOP\u2019s water anymore and seems to be living up to that statement so far, Hannity has drunk so much of the George W. Bush Kool-Aid that he seems incapable of even understanding what someone who dares to question el Presidente\u2019s action.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Watch what you\u2019re drinking in Crown Point<\/b><br \/>\nby Rich James, <i>Post-Tribune<\/i>, Merrillville, Indiana, May 25, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I\u2019m not sure what\u2019s in the water in Crown Point, but I sure as heck wouldn\u2019t drink it.<\/p>\n<p>What we\u2019ve got in the making is another Jonestown. Some Republicans are drinking the Kool-Aid as if it were a fine wine. No one is expected to die, but several will be politically polluted for life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chicagomaroon.com\/2007\/05\/25\/progressives-unite-and-divide\/\"><b>Progressives unite\u2014and divide<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Hollie Gilman, <i>The Chicago Maroon<\/i>, May 25, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cNobody still believes that government bureaucracy can solve a problem better than private citizens.\u201d My friend told me this my first year. I, the young, idealistic progressive who spent the summer working for the Kerry\/Edwards campaign, retorted, \u201cOf course the government can fix problems.\u201d That summer my room was lined with posters: \u201cA change is going to come.\u201d I was not only serving the Kool-Aid but also mixing it. I was right out of the school of New-Deal, government-can-save liberalism. A Kennedy Democrat, a believer in interventionist government\u2014a government that actively makes things better for its citizen: A New Deal, a Great Society.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sfist.com\/2007\/05\/29\/the_mayoral_min.php\"><b>The Mayoral Minder<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n<i>sffist<\/i>, May 29, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There\u2019s a profile of Phil Ginsburg, the new mayoral chief of staff, in today\u2019s Chron. Basically, it\u2019s a hard job, Ginsburg took a $75K paycut when he took it, and he was nonplussed when, about one week in, he got stuck dealing with the Ruby Rippey-Tourk circus. Also, Ginsburg is really into org charts.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, though, pretty much everyone admits (or at least doesn\u2019t deny) that Gavin is difficult to work with, and praise Ginsburg for \u201cnot drinking the Kool-Aid\u201d for the administration.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wonkette.com\/264591\/meant-to-be-spent-alone\"><b>Ask A Lobbyist: <i>Meant to be Spent Alone<\/i><\/b><\/a><br \/>\n<i>wonkette.com<\/i>, May 30, 2007<br \/>\n<i>Every week, our Anonymous Lobbyist answers your questions about how laws get made and why they probably shouldn\u2019t.<\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>Could you do a breakdown of, say, your own efforts? Is it trying to get pork or easing environmental regulations?<\/p>\n<p><\/b>\u2026I\u2019m an issue generalist- I can learn about and lobby whatever someone pays me to learn about and lobby. I tend to stay far away from touchy-feely issues, like guns or abortion or gay rights or the Iraq war, but that\u2019s mostly because they pay shitty (you don\u2019t have to pay someone as much if they\u2019re doing something they really believe in and care about) and the people who do work those issues have drunk so much Kool-Aid that it makes me uncomfortable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Get beyond candidates\u2019 media message<\/b><br \/>\nby Linda P. Campbell, <i>Star-Telegram<\/i>, June 14, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When Republican political strategist Mary Matalin predicts that the 2008 presidential nominations won\u2019t come down to whoever-has-the-most-bucks winning, you have to wonder who\u2019s been spiking her Kool-Aid.<\/p>\n<p>(Hey, <i>she\u2019s<\/i> the one who called herself a \u201cKool-Aid drinker.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>Of course, she also believes that history will rank George W. Bush as a great president, so you know to take her assessments with deep skepticism.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/liberals-vs-conservatives\/\"><b>Liberals Vs. Conservatives<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Kevin Drum, <i>CBS News<\/i>, June 15, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Environmentalism, for example, is something that I suspect <i>everyone<\/i> naturally supports unless they have some reason not to, and the main reason not to is that it interferes with business interests. So opposition to environmentalism comes mostly from conservative, pro-business parties, while everyone else supports it. It has nothing much to do with egalitarianism. Ditto for some other social issues, like gun control and school prayer, which are slightly mysterious. They might be associated with the urban bias of liberal parties, or they might just be an artifact of tribalism. After all, once you\u2019ve drunk enough of the Kool-Aid on either side, you tend to drink the rest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>David Iglesias in Portland<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Arkansas Times<\/i>, June 17, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>David Iglesias, the former US Attorney for New Mexico, spoke candidly today to AANers at a lunch talk. He kicked off his speech with some quips about being a disillusioned Republican, who\u2019d, to paraphrase President Clinton he said, \u201csipped the loyalty Kool-Aid, swished it around, but not swallowed.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ljworld.com\/news\/2007\/jun\/18\/money_doesnt_make_leader\/\"><b>Money doesn\u2019t make a\u00a0leader<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Linda P. Campbell, <i>Lawrence Journal World &amp; News<\/i>, June 18, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When Republican political strategist Mary Matalin predicts that the 2008 presidential nominations won\u2019t come down to whoever-has-the-most-bucks winning, you have to wonder who\u2019s been spiking her Kool-Aid.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natchezdemocrat.com\/2007\/06\/26\/gas-prices-good-for-us-either-way\/\"><b>Gas prices good for us either way<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Democrat Editorial Board, <i>The Natchez<\/i> (Mississippi) <i>Democrat<\/i>, June 26, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Is cheap gasoline just another bit of international Kool-Aid, intended to lull us into a false sense of security?\u2026 as quickly as the prices went up, they\u2019ve dropped again. Americans should enjoy this latest price relief but not forget that we\u2019re one international crisis or one madman\u2019s whim away from being in a pickle again.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>More Moore: Gupta Takes on \u2018SiCKO\u2019 Director on \u2018Larry King Live\u2019<\/b><br \/>\nby Dan Gainor, <i>NewsBusters<\/i>, July 11, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Even CNN can swallow only so much of the Michael Moore, socialized-medicine Kool-Aid.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.goldseek.com\/DailyReckoning\/1185482468.php\"><b>Cheap Oil Like Jonestown Kool-Aid<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n<i>The Daily Reckoning<\/i>, Baltimore MD, July 26, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAmericans are delusional,\u201d began James Howard Kunstler, speaking to the investment conference we are attending here in Vancouver. \u201cThey think they can continue living the way they\u2019ve been living for the last 50 years\u2026 [Americans] have come to depend on cheap fuel the way Jonestown depended on Kool-Aid.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Conservatives Need Their Campus Rebels<\/b><br \/>\nby Doug Giles, <i>TownHall.com<\/i>, July 28, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Guess what, freshman conservative college student? In a couple of weeks you\u2019re going to have your liberal campus and its professors shove more crap down your throat than Rosie does her gullet during Chili\u2019s Monday Night Nacho Monster Blowout Special, that\u2019s what. Now, I\u2019m not trying to make you fearful, sweetie. I just want you to brace for the liberal Kool-Aid crunch that is coming soon to a classroom near you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/carl-pope\/the-unitary-executive-koo_b_59843.html\"><b>The Unitary Executive Kool-Aid Acid Test<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Karl Pope, <i>The Huffington Post<\/i>,\u00a0August 9, 2007 |<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[EPA Administrator Steve] Johnson\u2019s fatal flaw may not be his view of environmental regulation or public health, but of his role as EPA Administrator; he seems to have drunk the Bush Administration\u2019s \u201cunitary executive\u201d Kool-Aid. Under this doctrine, what is important is not the language of the laws Johnson has sworn to enforce, nor his own independent judgment, which those laws specify he must employ. Under this doctrine, the EPA Administrator is simply the agent of the White House, and its \u201cunitary\u201d will &#8212; allegedly that of the President, although in many of these cases one senses that someone like Vice-President Cheney or even a more junior political appointee played \u201cexecutive.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Peterson is deaf to any dissent<\/b><br \/>\nby Matthew Tully, <i>Indianapolis Star<\/i>, August 12, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mayor Bart Peterson sat with Indianapolis Star reporters and editors earlier this summer and said he wasn\u2019t hearing much dissent from the public about his proposed income tax increase. Not hearing dissent? Well, clearly you\u2019re not listening, I thought that afternoon, as the mayor provided more evidence to suggest he\u2019s not interested in hearing from anyone other than the Kool-Aid drinkers who circle around his administration and feed off the government.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>New Orleans Still Being Rebuilt Two Years After Katrina<\/b><br \/>\nby Chris Rose, <i>PBS NewsHour<\/i>, August 20, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Two years ago, Hurricane Katrina and subsequent flooding devastated New Orleans and its surrounding area. The New Orleans Times-Picayune\u2019s Chris Rose discusses the healing state of New Orleans on the second anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t long ago that our mayor was claiming that not only would New Orleans rise to its pre-Katrina population of 475,000, but that it would eventually climb to 600,000. Our mayor, he drinks the Kool-Aid. The rest of us are stuck in a reality-based world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>George Bush And National Intelligence\u2026 One of these things doesn\u2019t go with the other<\/b><br \/>\nby Dr. W.R. Marshall<i>, The American Chronicle,<\/i> August 26, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In about a month the nation will receive the Petraeus Report on troop surge progress\u2026 While everyone outside the White House knows what will be in the report\u2014it\u2019s like knowing what happened to Lincoln when he went to the theatre\u2014everyone inside the White House is anxiously waiting for the results\u2014that\u2019s a lot of Kool-Aid. Last week the N.I.E. (National Intelligence Estimate) published its findings on \u201cProgress for Iraq\u2019s Stability\u201d and really watered down the hallucinogenic effect of the stuff they\u2019ve been sipping at 1600.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/ken-levine\/my-report-on-iraq_b_62883.html\"><b>My Report on Iraq<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Ken Levine, <i>The Huffington Post<\/i>, September 3, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Over the next few weeks the public and congress will be briefed on the situation in Iraq by a number of experts. Among them: \u2026 Defense Secretary Robert Gates (appointed by the President so you know Kool-Aid is his beverage of choice).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/clay-waters\/2007\/09\/11\/nyts-frank-rich-says-katie-couric-drank-bush-kool-aid-iraq\"><b>NYT\u2019s Frank Rich Says Katie Couric Drank Bush Kool-Aid in Iraq<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Clay Waters, <i>Newsbusters<\/i>, September 11, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Not even CBS anchor Katie Couric is sufficiently liberal to satisfy New York Times drama critic turned political commentator Frank Rich, who in his latest epic Sunday column accused the CBS anchor, who recently went to Iraq, of \u201cdrinking the\u2026Kool-Aid\u201d regarding Bush\u2019s optimistic pronouncements on the war.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdpolicy.org\/research\/detail\/editorial-dont-drink-the-tax-kool-aid\"><b>Editorial: Don\u2019t drink the tax Kool-Aid<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nEditorial, <i>Baltimore Examiner<\/i>, September 12, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The tax code favors the rich? That\u2019s Gov. Martin O\u2019Malley and certain Democratic state legislators\u2019 deceptive potion as they canvas state media declaring the need to raise taxes on everyone in the form of higher state income and sales taxes to finance the $1.5 billion \u201cstructural\u201d deficit.\u2026 [But] a penny increase in the sales tax, as the governor and some legislators have floated, and shifting the income tax burden around [are shown to be] what they truly are: Poisons passing as antidotes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Japan Sweats for Global Warming<\/b><br \/>\nby Steven Milloy, <i>FOXNews.com<\/i>, September 13, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Japanese office workers are being forced to sweat in the name of global warming. But before Americans consume too much \u201cGreen\u201d Kool-Aid and suffer a similar fate, they may want to consider this week\u2019s global warming developments.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Put the Cure in Mercury: Mercury contamination in fish declines when emissions go down<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Grist Environmental News<\/i>, September 18, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mercury contamination of waterways and marine life doesn\u2019t have to be an ongoing problem &#8212; all we have to do is limit industrial mercury emissions\u2026 So someday, if we all lobby hard enough against mercury-spewing (and otherwise evil) coal plants, you may be able to eat your sushi without fear of being poisoned. But we\u2019d still watch out for the Kool-Aid.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><a href=\"#Top\">Back to the Top<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"Business\"><\/a><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 26.5pt; color: red; background-color: #f8f3e9;\"><br \/>\nBusiness<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>The BMW Method: Nothing is Very Expensive<\/b><br \/>\nThe Motley Fool, December 13, 2006<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I was onto the BMW Method long before I figured out how I should use my knowledge for personal gain. I had not figured out that \u201cThe BuildMWell Company\u201d was already doing business here in America in 1989. When I wrote that technical paper, I was trying to sell something to someone else. What I needed to do was to sell the BMW Method thing to myself. I needed to drink my own Kool Aid.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b> A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection<\/b><br \/>\nby Peter Gutmann, <i>People2People,<\/i> December 22 2006<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Vista Content Protection specification could very well constitute the longest suicide note in history.\u2026 The worst thing about all of this is that there\u2019s no escape. Hardware manufacturers will have to drink the kool-aid \u2026 in order to work with Vista: \u201cThere is no requirement to sign the [content-protection] license; but without a certificate, no premium content will be passed to the driver\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>(The article includes a footnote explaining the reference \u201cto the 1978 Jonestown mass-suicide in which Jim Jones\u2019 followers drank Flavor Aid laced with poison in order to demonstrate their dedication to the cause. In popular usage the term \u2018kool-aid\u2019 is substituted for Flavor Aid because it has more brand recognition.\u201d)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>My Thoughts On 2007<\/b><br \/>\nby Dave Morgan,\u00a0<i>MediaPost Communications<\/i>, January 4, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We will not see a Bull burst. We will see underperforming companies go out of business&#8211;as they should. I had a front row seat in the last Internet growth spurt, and it WAS a Bubble. It was financed by individual investors driven by hungry bankers and analysts, and the Kool-Aid that we all wanted to drink. This is not where we are now.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>What if bulls are wrong about 2007?: Contrarian forecasts global recession and market meltdown<\/b><br \/>\nby Paul B. Farrell, <i>Marketwatch<\/i>, January 8, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>OK folks, had a bit too much New Year\u2019s hype from the bulls? Me too! Feel like maybe Wall Street\u2019s still sipping Dom Perignon, celebrating their megabonuses, while slipping you their latest concoction of Kool-Aid? I\u2019m with you!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Technology\/story?id=2782509&amp;page=1\"><b>The World Takes a Sip of Apple\u2019s Kool-Aid: Steve Jobs Appears Almost a Cult Leader During Unveiling of \u2018Revolutionary\u2019 iPhone<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Jonathan Silverstein, <i>ABC News<\/i>, San Francisco, January 9, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It looks like Apple gave the world a little sip of the company Kool-Aid. Now we\u2019ll have to wait and see if it can turn its unparalleled success in the MP3 market and evident emotional connection to its work into a successful cell phone business.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>All is calm for relentless optimists<br \/>\nCommentary: Market tremors don\u2019t hit Silicon Valley<\/b><br \/>\nby Bambi Francisco, MarketWatch, March 1, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Wall Street traders, investors, and, especially, hedge fund managers are often wary about startups, questioning more often than not whether so-called innovative ideas have legs.<br \/>\nPublic investors believe there is some special Kool-Aid going around in Silicon Valley that numbs the rational senses.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, whether there is Kool-Aid or not, all appears to be calm in the Valley and among those looking to invest in private deals and those looking for funding, despite the fact that other asset classes &#8212; stocks, real estate, junk bonds &#8212; are on shaky ground.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>There Is No Plan: Province\u2019s finances could well be heading into the ditch<\/b><br \/>\nby Neil Waugh, Edmonton Sun, March 1, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Steady Eddie\u2019s shaky finance minister was stirring the Kool-Aid this week, crowing about a projected $7-billion surplus for the 2006-07 fiscal year that\u2019s the \u201csecond highest we\u2019ve ever had.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>SXSW: Drunk at the Wheel, Driving Social Technology<\/b><br \/>\nby Ariel Waldman, AdRants.com, March 11, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Perhaps drunk at the wheel sometimes, technology does drive social change. In turn, everyday people are now enabled to be the drivers as well. Similar to the blur of how you got home the night before, there is no longer a clear sobriety line to walk between social interaction and technology. Likewise, a constant negotiation between public and private, business and pleasure, leaves many at polar realms. Understanding the integration versus isolation debate is said to help us understand ourselves, or at least what Kool-aid we drank to get there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>City\u2019s braggarts not so far off: Denver\u2019s slow growth superior to stagnation of many cities<\/b><br \/>\nby Ben Wright, <i>Rocky Mountain News<\/i>, March 17, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We all know them. The people who live in a city, state or neighborhood who need to tell you all about how great their place is &#8211; and why it is better than where you live.<\/p>\n<p>The truth is, every one of us compares places to other places. Isn\u2019t it human nature? And most of us, deep down, think that our town is the best in the world. We call this exuberant loss of perspective \u201cdrinking the Kool-Aid.\u201d \u2026 Denver overflows with Kool-Aid drinkers. Some (like me) do it for a living, while others dabble in it with friends and neighbors as a hobby. Since most of us came from somewhere else, we chose metro Denver as our hometown &#8211; and we want the world to know why.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>HSBC gets behind Microsoft\/Novell in Linux consolidation move<br \/>\nHSBC plans to standardize its data centers on Microsoft and SUSE<\/b><br \/>\nby\u00a0Phil Hochmuth,\u00a0<i>Network World<\/i>,\u00a0March 21, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Call it drinking the Kool-Aid, or just accepting business\/IT reality \u2014 but more and more large enterprises are jumping on board the Microsoft\/Novell agreement to provide support and interoperability between Windows and Linux.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>From The Emperor Has No Clothes File: Microsoft\u2019s Vista sales claims don\u2019t add up<\/b><br \/>\nby MacDailyNews, March 27, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMicrosoft\u2019s claim of 20 million Vista licenses sold simply doesn\u2019t add up when trying to assess who realistically bought them in the time frame\u2014\u2019in the opening month\u2019\u2014stated in today\u2019s press release,\u201d Joe Wilcox reports for eWeek\u2019s Microsoft Watch.\u201dFurther, the press release claims that \u2018Windows Vista made a splash in its debut,\u2019\u201d Wilcox reports.Wilcox asks, \u201cWhat kind of Kool-Aid are they drinking up there in Redmond? Who spiked the Windows Vista-logo soda cans?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freerepublic.com\/focus\/f-news\/1803171\/posts\"><b>Some more free trade Kool-Aid with ethanol<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Alan Guebert, <i>Bismarck<\/i> (ND) <i>Farm and Ranch Guide<\/i>, March 29, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Everything ethanol touches seems to get giddy on either the grain alcohol\u2019s future or its fumes\u2026 So, in the circular logic that drives much of the U.S. ethanol industry, more tax-break driven, environmentally questionable coastal drilling for a natural, clean-burning fuel will now power additional production of a subsidized grain that will then be converted into another, heavier-subsidized fuel\u2026 If that recipe \u2026 appears at odds with free market policies promoted by groups like NCGA, keep in mind that the Kool-Aid being mixed here includes ethanol.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Stupid Investment of the Week: Readers\u2019 responses to columns help illustrate smart investing principles<\/b><br \/>\nby Chuck Jaffe<\/a>, <i>MarketWatch<\/i>, March 29, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>BOSTON (MarketWatch) &#8212; A lot of stupid things happen in the name of good investing.<\/p>\n<p><b>Question:<\/b> \u201c\u2026A return-of-premium feature in an insurance policy doesn\u2019t raise the consumer\u2019s costs, it lowers them&#8230; to zero!\u2026\u201d From Bob W.<\/p>\n<p><b>Answer:<\/b> Bob doesn\u2019t say if he\u2019s in the insurance business or if he\u2019s just a customer, but he sure has swallowed the Kool-Aid passed out by people selling return-of-premium policies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Dvorak Isn\u2019t Drinking the iPhone Kool-Aid, Thinks Apple Should Can the Device<\/b><br \/>\nMarch 29, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Cheers, John C. Dvorak. I will clank my anti-iPhone Kool-Aid with you. In Dvorak\u2019s latest MarketWatch column he boldly goes where very few technology journalists go. He declares war on the iPhone and suggests that Apple should pull the plug on the gadget before it is too late.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Risk Nation<\/b><br \/>\nby Michael. J. Panzner, <i>The Market Oracle<\/i>, April 7, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Many Americans have adopted a somewhat similar perspective in their day-to-day financial lives. Don\u2019t make enough to keep up with the Joneses? Just charge the credit card. Don\u2019t have enough to buy a home? Borrow 100% of what you need\u2026 Governments at all levels are in the same thrall. How else can you explain politicians who talk, talk, talk about fiscal responsibility, but who continue to advocate ever-escalating spending and borrowing nonetheless? Or who insist on using almost Dickensian pay-as-you-go accounting systems that ignore mind-boggling financial obligations that our children &#8212; and our children\u2019s children &#8212; will ultimately be responsible for? One problem, of course, is that many have drunk the Kool-Aid that says we can grow our way out of each and every mess. In that delusory state, they carry on as before.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/archives.starbulletin.com\/2007\/04\/08\/business\/success.html\"><b>What we can learn from Michael Eisner<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Deborah Cole Micek and John-Paul Micek, <i>Honololu Star Bulletin<\/i>, April 8, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If you haven\u2019t heard, Michael Eisner has partnered with MySpace to promote his \u201cProm Queen\u201d series. No, he didn\u2019t drink the new media Kool-Aid like every blog and new media evangelist out there is saying. He\u2019s just a smart businessman.<\/p>\n<p>How and what can we learn from Eisner? The \u201chow\u201d part is quite simple &#8212; just observe!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seroundtable.com\/archives\/013423.html\"><b>Google Attacked Over Webmaster Relations<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nSearch Engine Roundtable, May 9, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Google Defines Webmaster Dialogue and Thinking: Today\u2019s webmaster so intellectually lazy they actually believe that the best information is going to come from a heavily moderated Google Groups forum. Today\u2019s webmaster confuses helpful information with what is essentially Kool-Aid that is being posted on Matt Cutts blog.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for smoking, have some more kool aid. Todays webmaster is so compliant, complacent, and utterly sheep-like they are willingly surrendering highly personal data to Google without understanding how it ultimately benefits Google far more than it benefits them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Do You Drink The Google Kool Aid?<\/b><br \/>\nby Steve Bradley, Webpronews, May 11, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In general I like Google. I wouldn\u2019t say I\u2019m drinking the punch, but I like them as a company. In comparison to Yahoo, MSN, and Ask, I think Google gets it right more often. That doesn\u2019t make them perfect and that doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m always going to do what they say. I don\u2019t look to them for my moral compass and I don\u2019t always believe everything a googler says.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Secret to WestJet\u2019s success lies in its people, culture: Durfy<\/b><br \/>\nby Cliff Wells, <i>The Western Star<\/i>, May 16, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Listening to Sean Durfy, it\u2019s hard not to adopt his company\u2019s work philosophy and drink what he calls \u201cteal Kool-Aid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The chief executive officer of WestJet spoke to the Greater Corner Brook Board of Trade on Tuesday, a day after the airlines inaugural flight to Deer Lake for seasonal service.<br \/>\n\u201cSome people make it at WestJet and some people don\u2019t, and usually they know in the first six months,\u201d Durfy said. \u201cEither you\u2019re in, or you\u2019re out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome people say, \u2018oh my God, I\u2019ve got to drink the Kool-Aid\u2019 and they call it the \u2018teal Kool-Aid.\u2019 It\u2019s because we have a certain culture and a certain set of principals we guide our lives by.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>GE\u2019s Ecomagination: Green is Universal<\/b><br \/>\nby Cassie Walker, <i>GreenOptions.com<\/i>, May 29, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Last week, on the second anniversary of the launch of GE\u2019s ecomagination initiative, the company held a massive press conference in Los Angeles to announce its many new partnerships. Since this was a press conference, I was skeptical of the information to be provided\u2026was this just going to be one big GE commercial love fest? And perhaps more importantly, would I drink the Kool-Aid? The answer on both questions? Yes and no.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Are You Ready for Digital Free Agency?<\/b><br \/>\nby Ann All, <i>ITBusiness Edge<\/i>, May 31, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cDigital free agents\u201d who are unwilling or unable to work a 40-hour work week, according to Gartner. The firm advises employers to prepare now by developing new descriptions for more flexible jobs that can be accomplished in 20 hours a week. Unlike some observers, who believe the blurring of lines between work and home environments and proliferation of technology is making folks work longer and harder, Gartner says these trends will benefit both employees and employers \u2014 not to mention the IT departments that are willing to swallow the consumerization Kool-Aid.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/margaret-heffernan-\/mergers-acquisitions-t_b_50192.html\"> <b>Mergers &amp; Acquisitions: The Corporate Kool-Aid<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Margaret Heffernan, <i>Huffington Post<\/i>, May 31, 2007 <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When DaimlerBenz CEO Schrempp called the \u2018merger\u2019 with Chrysler \u201ca merger of equals\u201d &#8212; what was he drinking? It must have been the same corporate Kool-Aid that TimeWarner and AOL found so refreshing, that Vivendi\u2019s Jean-Marie Messier thought would make him the hottest ticket in town.\u2026 Of course the big men responsible for the deal didn\u2019t suffer; it was the little people &#8212; shareholders, retirees, employees &#8212; who took the hit. The people to whom lipservice is regularly paid, who don\u2019t take the decisions but inevitably suffer the consequences. As the Bancroft family mulls over how to stave off Rupert Murdoch, what will keep them from the Kool-Aid?\u2026 The bankers don\u2019t work for you; they work for themselves. They may pass out the Kool-Aid but please note: they don\u2019t drink it. Take advice from bright people whose only interest is in the continuing vitality and success of you and your firm.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmswire.com\/cms\/mobile\/mobisitegalore-brings-standards-yes-standards-to-mobile-web-design-001330.php\"><b>mobiSiteGalore Brings Standards &#8212; Yes, Standards! &#8212; to Mobile Web Design<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Angela Natividad, <i>cms.com<\/i>, May 31, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Because there aren\u2019t enough 2.0s out there already, Akmin just launched version 2.0 of its mobile site builder mobiSiteGalore. And it\u2019s got lots of new features! (Here is where Club Web 2.0 lifts the Kool-Aid up for another toast.) The existing mobile site builder now includes what we\u2019d typically call new features, but it would be more apt to call them stock components of the mania.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Believing the hype on .Mac-Google<\/b><br \/>\nby Michael Rose, <i>tuaw.com<\/i>, June 10, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Forget about not paying attention to other people; sometimes I don\u2019t even pay attention to <i>myself<\/i>. Just four days ago, I went on record in the TUAW predictions post for WWDC with \u201cthe .Mac offering becomes an Apple-branded version of Google Apps Premier.\u201d Mayhap I should drink my own Kool-Aid, if I\u2019m going to go to the trouble of mixing up a pitcherful.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>The End of Time?: Ann Moore on the Future of Big Brands<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Wall Street Journal<\/i>, June 18, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The entire pot of print advertising dollars was surpassed by the pot of online dollars in mid \u201806. That happened a full year faster than anybody would have predicted, and so we were ready.\u2026 The really big breakthrough is that [the editorial department] drank the Kool-Aid. The editors of Time Inc. really don\u2019t fear the Web anymore. The people who are leading the charge are the writers. When you realized that you could write online, and you would get thousands of readers responding, disagreeing, arguing, it was really great.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Ann Moore is chairman and chief executive of Time Inc.)<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Paulson Drinks the Kool-Aid<\/b><br \/>\nby Chris Gaffney, <i>The Daily Reckoning<\/i>, June 21, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI find it a little funny that while U.S. Treasury Secretary Paulson states that the mortgage mess is \u2018no problem\u2019, others who are obviously more removed from the situation see it as a ticking time bomb.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Floater Vertical Laptop Stand: Pretty and Pricey<\/b><br \/>\nby Charlie Sorrel, <i>wired.com,<\/i> June 27, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The price for this single chunk of alloy? To you, a mere $305. I guess the marketing department is on the same Kool-Aid as the design team: \u201cOur designs often begin with our dreams or imagination. We often imagine objects floating through the air, slightly surreal.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>FTC Drinks The Telco Kool-Aid<\/b><br \/>\nby Jason Lee Miller, <i>WebProne News.com,<\/i> June 28, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It\u2019s sad to think parts of our free market economy have failed, become gummed up by the sludge of its own engine. It\u2019s supposed to work, to drive us, keep us ahead of everyone. Only, it\u2019s not so much anymore, the engine is aging, and though we try to wish it away, reality is setting in, even as vested storytellers perpetuate the myth to keep us wishing.<\/p>\n<p>So the FTC, after researching the matter of Net Neutrality, has come out in opposition, coming to the perplexing conclusion that lack of choices for broadband access and tight control over development is driving <i>more<\/i> competition in the space, not less. The commission is drinking the same Kool-Aid as the FCC lately, it would seem, which has some amnesia-causing agent within.<\/p>\n<p>(includes picture of Kool-Aid drinker)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Avoid the Bullish Kool-Aid<\/b><br \/>\nby Rev Shark, <i>RealMoney.com<\/i>, July 2, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The subprime debt and spike up in interest rates are being forgotten so far today, but we shouldn\u2019t be too comfortable with the idea that they no longer matter. The trading today is more a function of new money coming in on the first of the month and some self-fulfilling prophecies as to positive holiday trading.<\/p>\n<p>It certainly is pretty good action, but it is just a temporary respite that will probably end fairly fast. Do some trades and don\u2019t be overly negative but don\u2019t start drinking the bullish Kool-Aid and believing that we no longer have any issues that could affect the market negatively.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Pariah columnist shuns Apple-flavored Kool-Aid<\/b><br \/>\nby Jonathan Sidener, <i>San Diego Union-Tribune<\/i>, July 9, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I\u2019ve been spending a lot of time at the Apple store lately, playing with the new iPhone.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s cool and innovative. It\u2019s beautiful and chic. Customers line up two deep, sometimes three, to gawk and touch the new gadget. On June 29, shortly after Apple\u2019s latest went on sale, I stole a few moments from my deadline reporting to hold the curvy gadget and run my fingers across its touch screen to launch Web pages and YouTube video.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s something seductive about the iPhone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/id\/19810308\"><b>Home Builder Confidence: Lowest Level Since 1991<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Diana Olick, <i>CNBC<\/i>, July 17, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It\u2019s not a surprise, but it\u2019s a pretty steep fall. Confidence among the 300 or so U.S. builders surveyed by the National Association of Home Builders slipped from 28 in June to 24 in July. This is the lowest level on the index since January of 1991, at the start of the Gulf War\u2026 [But NAHB economist Dave] Seiders sounds a bit like he\u2019s sipping the Kool-Aid this month: \u201cIn spite of these challenges, we expect to see home sales get back on an upward path late this year and we expect housing starts to begin a gradual recovery process by early next year.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>IBM goes from Big Blue to Very Green<br \/>\nIt\u2019s cutting power use by consolidating data centers with Linux mainframes<\/b><br \/>\nby Todd R. Weiss, <i>ComputerWorld<\/i>, August 01, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>IBM is drinking its own green Kool-Aid, embarking on a huge energy-conservation project to consolidate about 3,900 of its own servers in six locations around the world, reducing power use by about 80% and saving $250 million on electricity, support and software over five years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.datamation.com\/applications\/dell-talks-linux-virtualization-redux\/\"><b>Dell Talks Linux Virtualization Redux<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Sean Michael Kerner, <i>InternetNews<\/i>, August 8, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sometimes, the promises that vendors make on a show stage turn out to be empty. That\u2019s not the case with Dell. In an afternoon keynote session at LinuxWorld, Dell CTO Kevin Kettler demonstrated the virtualization that he touted 18 months ago at LinuxWorld Boston\u2026 Kettler expects that embedded virtualization will not only improve utilization but power usage as well, since it\u2019s part of the boot process. Drinking the Linux Kool-Aid is also something that Kettler was keen on doing while at LinuxWorld. He told the audience that Dell has over 3,000 Linux servers in its data centers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Worshiping [Worshipping] at the altar of technology<\/b><br \/>\nby Michael Parsons, <i>Times of London<\/i>, August 31, 07<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If you get too excited about technology you end up in Silicon Valley, where pretty much everyone is either making, drinking, or selling Kool-Aid about the potential for technology to make wondrous things happen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Don\u2019t Drink the CAFE Kool-Aid<\/b><br \/>\nNational Center for Policy Analysis, September 6 07<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>To bolster support for these new corporate average fuel economy standard (CAFE) rules, proponents purport to show that increasing the CAFE standard to 35 miles per gallon would generate economic benefits to carmakers and consumers, say Robert Crandall, senior fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution and Hal J. Singer, president of Criterion Economics. These claims, however, do not bear out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Expert on Housing Has Her Own Nest, Didn\u2019t Drink the Kool-Aid<\/b><br \/>\nby Michael Corkery, <i>Wall Street Journal<\/i>,\u00a0 September 12, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[Ivy]\u00a0Zelman was one of the first Wall Street analysts to warn about issues that could sink the housing industry, such as a flood of speculators buying new homes, an oversupply of land and problems posed by subprime mortgages. She questioned bullish home builders, who believed home sales would keep booming, and asked one chief executive during a conference call last December, \u201cI am wondering which Kool-Aid you\u2019re drinking?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Management Matters with Mike Myatt: Is an Org Chart an Asset or a Waste of Time?<\/b><br \/>\nby Mike Myatt, <i>Commercial Property News<\/i>, September 14, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Over the years I\u2019ve seen every type of \u201corg\u201d chart in existence. Some have come and gone only to come again. Every year or two the latest revolutionary thinking in corporate organizational theory spawns a new form of charting. The dynamics of corporate organization are so revered by B-school professors and management consultants that an entire generation of corporate management has drunk the \u201corg\u201d chart Kool-Aid.\u00a0 These managers often rush to adopt the latest thinking without any consideration for whether or not the new form of structure is even appropriate for their business.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><a href=\"#Top\">Back to the Top<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"Sports\"><\/a><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 26.5pt; color: red; background-color: #f8f3e9;\">Sports<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Wish list for local sports fans<\/b><br \/>\nby Ernie Clark, <i>Bangor Daily News<\/i>, December 22, 2006<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Time to dig through the Santa Sack for some last-minute stocking stuffers: \u2026<\/p>\n<p>For the Boston Red Sox, a good health insurance policy for J.D. Drew. He isn\u2019t even signed yet, and the oft-injured outfielder already has shoulder issues. Seventy million dollars over five years, for 115 games a year? Even the Kool-Aid drinkers will come to question that one.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Dennis Michael Cummings (obituary)<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Tuscaloosa News<\/i>, December 27, 2006<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dennis Michael Cummings, age 56, of Huntsville, formerly of Tuscaloosa, departed this life on Dec. 25, 2006.\u2026 He was a great admirer of Coach Bryant and had been heard to say, \u201cYes, I have drunk the Bear Bryant kool-aid.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Ravens Q&amp;A with Mike Preston: Sun columnist discusses the Ravens\u2019 win over the Bills, the NFL playoffs<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Baltimore Sun<\/i>, January 2, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Deep down in my basement, under the sofa and in a corner, I have a container. Inside the container is a liquid and I think it\u2019s [Ravens] Kool-Aid. I\u2019ll be drinking it in Miami.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>You can just feel this is Colts\u2019 day, can\u2019t you?<\/b><br \/>\nby Ben Smith, <i>The Journal Gazette<\/i>, Fort Wayne, Indiana, January 13, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This thing can happen now, you suddenly realize. And, no, you do not have to be a loon to say that anymore, or to chug some yummy blue Kool-Aid, or to be one of those guys who paints a white horseshoe on his azure chest in hopes of getting a little face time on national TV, even if the face time engenders this response: \u201cCome in here, Martha, and get a load o\u2019 this idiot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This thing can happen now. The Indianapolis Colts can go to Baltimore today, and they can win.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Dos Santos: \u2018NASCAR drives me crazy\u2019<\/b><br \/>\nby Hugo dos Santos, <i>Rutgers-Newark Observer<\/i>, February 27, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For the last few months now, my friend Walt has tirelessly tried to convert me over to NASCAR. He wants me to watch, as millions around the country religiously do, every second of every race.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, he wants me to drink the Kool-Aid. So far, I\u2019ve been able to resist.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>><b>Mistaking decisions for conspiracies<\/b><br \/>\nby Jay Bilas, <i>ESPN Insider<\/i>, March 12, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Now that Digger and I have had the chance to calm down and have a nice, tall glass of \u201cbig-conference Kool-Aid,\u201d it\u2019s time to take another measured look at the brackets, and to look back at one of the best days of the college basketball season, Selection Sunday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Ten Reasons to Be Leery<\/b><br \/>\nby Jeff Glauser, <i>The Phanatic Magazine<\/i>, April 2, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What\u2019s going on here? Where is all this optimism coming from? While we made the smooth transition to accepting mediocrity and ineptitude, respectively, for our Sixers and Flyers, and while others continue to battle with their Jeff Garcia Kool-Aid aftertaste in Eagle-land, something strange began to occur with fans of the losingest franchise in sport: They began to believe.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Devils drinking Lou\u2019s Kool-Aid?<br \/>\nPlayers say they had no role in Julien\u2019s firing<\/b><br \/>\nby Bruce Garrioch, <i>Sun Media<\/i>, April 4, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The firing of New Jersey Devils coach Claude Julien on Monday sent shockwaves around the hockey world. Even the Devils players didn\u2019t see it coming, at least that\u2019s what they\u2019re saying on the record. It\u2019s being whispered that the players, who make their home in the locker room controlled by president\/GM and, now, coach Lou Lamoriello, were behind the firing. But nobody is willing to admit it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>CBS Double Bogies on Masters Coverage<\/b><br \/>\nby Scott Goldberg, <i>Digital Media Wire,<\/i> April 5, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Anyone that tried CBS\u2019s <em>March Madness on Demand<\/em> was a winner.\u00a0 I was so giddy with the experience that I wrote, \u201cToday CBS earned a dedicated supporter.\u00a0 Moreover, I\u2019ll try their freebies in the future, knowing I\u2019ll have a great experience.\u201d Three weeks later, after a day with Masters Live, it\u2019s now clear the Kool-Aid was spiked with something stronger than vodka.\u00a0 Never has a hangover set in so far from the first pull.\u00a0 I\u2019m embarrassed by those lame words.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Ruskell\u2019s Future: Fantastic or Frenetic?<\/b><br \/>\nby Ryan Davis, <i>Seahawks.NET<\/i>, April 8, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>At the end of his first full season as GM, it appeared that [Tim] Ruskell could no wrong. He became the face of a franchise\u2019s long overdue ascenst into legitimacy. He quickly endeared himself to any knowledgeable NFL fan. He did this by approaching his position without fanfare and by adhering to a method that honored instincts and character over the all too familiar shortcomings of high-priced free agents\/trades.\u2026 I was first in line to accept every transaction Ruskell made, every NFL clich\u00e9 he spewed, and gladly gulp any Kool-aid he passed my way.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Rangers Drinking Washington\u2019s Kool-Aid<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Stephen Hawkins, AP Sports Writer, April 9, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>While the Texas Rangers have long been known for their slugging ways, rookie manager Ron Washington has stressed having a versatile offense with clutch hitting. His team is starting to get the message. \u201cWe knew all the while that we were capable of doing the things that we are starting to do,\u201d Washington said. \u201cIt\u2019s starting to come together.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Urlacher fined for not drinking NFL\u2019s Kool-Aid<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Philadelphia Daily News<\/i>, April 19, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher was fined $100,000 by the NFL for wearing a cap during Super Bowl media day that promoted a sponsor not authorized by the league. NFL rules prohibit gear that advertises any product but a designated sponsor, league spokesman Brian McCarthy said yesterday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>ESPN\u2019s melodramatic NFL draft coverage? It\u2019s laughable<\/b><br \/>\nby Bob Molinaro, <i>The Virginian-Pilot<\/i>, April 23, 2007<br \/>\nNFL draft day &#8211; counting down to Saturday &#8211; is as silly as it ever was.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>OK, maybe it\u2019s time to cut back on references to Kiper\u2019s big hair and move on to his big board, another sacred target worth lampooning. I get the sense, though, that the line of people waiting to deride the draft process is a lot shorter than it used to be. That poking fun at the draft is out of fashion.<\/p>\n<p>Not all of us are drinking the Kool-Aid. I just don\u2019t get it. I don\u2019t understand what\u2019s so interesting about waiting around to see who the Falcons take in the third round.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Carter not worried about shot selection<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Staten Island Advance<\/i>, April 25, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[New Jersey Nets basketball star Vince Carter] is 13 for 34 (.302) in this series. In four games here this year, he is 22 for 75 (.293). Not all of them can be good shots. Unless you\u2019re drinking from the same pitcher of Kool-Aid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had a lot of great looks,\u201d Jason Kidd insisted, ignoring that Carter had exactly three paint scores all game.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Brewers will win division<\/b><br \/>\nby Pete Barth, <i>Sheboygan Press<\/i>, May 6, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>OK, I\u2019ll say it: Barring significant injuries, the Milwaukee Brewers will win the NL Central this season. Yup, I\u2019m riding the bandwagon, drinking the Kool-Aid \u2013 feel free to apply any other cliche that means being blinded by optimism.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Lack of Quarterback Depth a Possible Problem for 2007<\/b><br \/>\nby Dustin Snyder, <i>seahawkshuddle,<\/i> May 23, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>They say Romo wasn\u2019t built in a day. Or something like that. Friends, countrymen: let me borrow your eyes for a moment.\u2026 I was nearly ready to put Romo\u2019s name in the Ring. I drank the Kool-Aid, and it was good. Oh, the Kool-Aid. But then reality set in. Tony Romo started playing like a second-string quarterback.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Facebook Phenomena<\/b><br \/>\nby Martine Gaillard, <i>sportsnet.ca<\/i>, May 24, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In case you haven\u2019t noticed, Facebook is taking over the world.\u2026 But it wasn\u2019t until a headline on Sportsnet.ca screamed \u201cFacebook Breaks TFC Trade\u201d that I knew it could no longer be ignored.<\/p>\n<p>Not only am I drinking the \u201cFacebook Kool-Aid\u201d after repeated invites to join from friends and colleagues; to the point I had to find out first hand what all the hype was about. But it appears as though some professional athletes are hooked too.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>This Pats hopeful is worth shot<\/b><br \/>\nby Tony Massarotti, <i>Boston Herald<\/i>, June 7, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The biggest test of the Bill Belichick Era stands 6-foot-4 with tight cornrows and a chip on his shoulder that is bigger than Wes Welker. The Patriots can lead Randy Moss to the Kool-Aid, but can they make him drink?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>What the Billy Donovan Story Says About America<\/b><br \/>\nby Rip Summersby, <i>Bleacher Report<\/i>, June 8, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>You\u2019ve always got to look out for Number One. At the beginning of the week, I called Billy Donovan a chicken for backing out his contract with the Orlando Magic. I caught some flak for that sentiment\u2014mostly from Kool-Aid drinking Gator Nationals who would follow Donovan to Cuba, after everything the coach has done for the Florida program. I\u2019ve since had time to rethink my position, and it occurs to me that maybe Billy Donovan wasn\u2019t scared when he beat it out of Orlando. Maybe\u2014as some of his supporters suggested\u2014he was just doing what he had to do.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>\u2018Good Morning America\u2019 anchor transcends sports<\/b><br \/>\nby Michael Pointer, <i>Indianapolis Star<\/i>, June 22, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Robin Roberts\u2019 roots are in sports, but few reporters have interviewed a more eclectic mix of personalities. Asked who is the more fascinating interview, NBA legend Michael Jordan or former president Bill Clinton, she responded this way:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is so different, yet it\u2019s much the same animal. They\u2019re people that are the best of what they do, the best of the game. As big as Michael Jordan is, I drank the Kool-Aid when I was in sports. I thought it was everything. But when I traveled to South Africa with Bill Clinton on his AIDS initiative, it was like traveling with a rock star.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Kitna Drinking Too Much Kool-Aid?<\/b><br \/>\nby James Alder, <i>About Football<\/i>, June 29, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Man, is this 2007 version of the Detroit Lions fun or what? First, quarterback Jon Kitna predicted the Lions will win more than 10 games this year. Then wide receiver Mike Furrey upped the ante just days later by saying the team would easily win 10-to-12 games and make the playoffs. For a team that won just three games in 2006, this squad certainly doesn\u2019t appear to be lacking in confidence, that\u2019s for sure.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Friends, Family and Falzone: Decisions, Decisions<\/b><br \/>\nby Craig Falzone, <i>Yahoo Sports<\/i>, July 10, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When I was about 9 or 10, \u201cChoose Your Own Adventure\u201d books were all the rage. I remember one book was a murder mystery. Some rich guy named Harlowe Thrombey turned up dead and you were the detective on the case. Every few pages you\u2019d be given a choice. Something like \u201cThe maid has offered you a refreshing glass of purple Kool-Aid. To drink it, turn to page 11. To run the hell out of there as fast as you can, turn to page 12.\u201d \u2026 Anyway, my point is, you had to make lots and lots of decisions in each book. Not unlike when you\u2019re managing a fantasy baseball team.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>OSU fans have Georgia on the mind and are optimistic about the defense<\/b><br \/>\nby John Rohde, <i>The Oklahoman<\/i>, July 27, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Optimism reigns supreme this time of year in college football, with the season opener still more than a month away and practice yet to begin.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone\u2019s unbeaten, which means everyone\u2019s a believer until further notice. At pep rallies throughout America, loyal worshipers gladly swallow their school-colored Kool-Aid to prove their unwavering belief.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Sports Redux: The Youth Movement is Dead! Long Live the King!<\/b><br \/>\nby Michael Femia, <i>The Bostonist,<\/i> July 31, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Green Kool-Aid is our favorite flavor. (Yes, Green is a flavor.)<br \/>\nWe\u2019ve been chugging the semi-sour variety of it for three years now, as Danny Ainge has told us that we\u2019d been assembling key parts for a magical youth movement that would lead the Celtics back to glory. And we\u2019ve sipped the ultra-sour variety for a month, trying to figure out what kind of a youth movement features a creaky 32-year-old shooter.<\/p>\n<p>But today, the Kool-Aid has a different flavor. You can still see how the C\u2019s youth movement would have gone, but you\u2019ll have to get NBA League Pass and watch the Timberwolves. Danny\u2019s betting the farm, his job and our collective sanity on the idea that three aging stars [are more than] six promising kids.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Cards need to pull plug on 2007, get ready for \u201808<\/b><br \/>\nby Bernie Miklasz, <i>St. Louis Post-Dispatch,<\/i> August 6, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Is it possible to have an adult conversation? Can we put down the Kool-Aid for a few minutes? Can we take a serious view of the St. Louis Cardinals and see them as a competitive entity in a multi-billion dollar industry instead of treating them as sad-eyed Little Leaguers who need our motherly-fatherly love?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Sports, and fantasy, gone mad<\/b><br \/>\nby Mike Gross, <i>Lancaster News<\/i>, August 5, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>COMMENTARY &#8211;<\/b> This Space is a contrarian, evidently. Unlike America, I only like football. I am not in mad, obsessive, Kool-Aid-guzzling love with it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Turning the page<br \/>\nOhio State, 13 new starters, try to put Gator-bashing behind them<\/b><br \/>\nby Jim O\u2019Donnell, <i>Chicago Sun Times<\/i>, August 17, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Jim Tressel enters his seventh season in Columbus once again atop a program in transition. He has lost 13 starters (seven offense, six defense), including seven of the Buckeyes\u2019 nine first-team All-Big Ten selections. &#8220;Fortunately, I\u2019ve been through a lot of tough losses and know that the good programs bounce back. This will be my 22nd year as a head coach, and if you don\u2019t admit that you\u2019ve drank the Kool-Aid, sustained some rough hits, you\u2019re not being honest.\u2019\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Expecting an Animal of a season<\/b><br \/>\nby Mitch Vingle, <i>The Charleston Gazette<\/i>, August 18, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Yes, I drank the gold and blue Kool-Aid last year. Predicted West Virginia\u2019s football team to go undefeated during the regular season. Instead, the Mountaineers finished 11-2. The crystal (ball) wasn\u2019t clear.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailybruin.com\/2007\/09\/05\/i_game_dares_be_differenti\/\"><b>A game that dares to be different<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Nik Lampros, <i>Daily Bruin<\/i>, September 6, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I have a confession to make: For most of my life, I\u2019ve cared a lot more about the NFL than college football \u2026 [but] since I\u2019ve come to UCLA I\u2019ve started drinking the Kool-Aid of the college game.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Where do they go from here?: One loss does not a season make<\/b><br \/>\nby Matt Bunch, <i>The Miami Hurricane<\/i>, September 13, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>So the game is finally over, and it\u2019s time to lick the wounds. The 51-13 final score was definitely a thumpin\u2019, something I certainly didn\u2019t expect. \u2026 Many observers of the \u2018Canes (including myself) drank the Kool-Aid, thinking that with Randy Shannon at the helm, the \u2018Canes would instantly turn around, and the woes that have plagued the team would immediately vanish. A foolish opinion indeed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>\u201cThe\u201d UW 45, The Citadel 31 (final)<\/b><br \/>\nby The (Madison, WI) <i>Capital Times<\/i>, September 15, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Badgers fans appear to be drinking coach Bret Bielema\u2019s Kool-Aid. With the exception of the south end zone &#8212; where a spectrum of high school\u00a0colors dot the stands on Band Day &#8212; and the three rows behind The Citadel bench, Camp Randall is almost universally red.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><a href=\"#Top\">Back to the Top<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"Culture\"><\/a><b style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><i style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 26.5pt; color: red; background-color: #f8f3e9;\">Culture<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>All Data Fox-Checked For Accuracy<\/b><br \/>\nby Scott G, Advertising Industry Newswire, March 4, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>With the advancement of made-up news that is so prevalent at Fox, CNN, MSNBC, and far too many other places, the public is starting to take everything with a grain of salt. Actually, many who tune to the faux news channels are obviously taking it with bags of salt, after which they wash it down with Kool-Aid.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b> Trade Round-Up: Another Memo To Tom Cruise<\/b><br \/>\n<i>defamer.com<\/i>, March 9, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>Variety<\/i> chief Peter Bart pens yet another memo to Tom Cruise, this time encouraging his successor at United Artists to ignore the skepticism of the press, take a big swig of some Oprah-endorsed positivity Kool-Aid, and realize that he\u2019s not the only one in this town trying to figure out how to run a studio.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumerfreedom.com\/2007\/03\/194-wolfgang-puck-drinks-animal-rights-kool-aid\/\"><b>Consumer Group: Wolfgang Puck Drinks Animal Rights Kool-Aid<br \/>\nFuture Menu At Spago: Veggies, Bread, And Not Much Else<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Center For Consumer Freedom<\/i>, March 23, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck\u2019s headfirst dive into the animal-rights movement will eventually backfire, the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom warned today. The telegenic but delusional Puck has announced a wholesale revamping of his menu, based on the teachings of radical animal-rights activists at the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). Puck\u2019s gimmicky new \u201cWolfgang\u2019s Eating, Loving, and Living\u201d (WELL) platform confuses healthful eating with animal rights orthodoxy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Facebook follies can have serious drawbacks<\/b><br \/>\nby Chris Tomkins \u201807, <i>The Hawk<\/i>, Saint Joseph\u2019s University, March 28, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Face it. We all like getting poked once in a while. When Saint Joseph\u2019s University was added to the Facebook network, we were split in two categories: the Kool-Aid drinkers and the haters. Now, two years later, even most of those who were the most vehement Facebook-haters at the start have been coaxed into making profiles.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redandblack.com\/opinion\/no-religion-is-any-better-than-others\/article_a5dc1931-c451-5a96-a571-b3f633dcb6dc.html\"><b>No religion is any better than others<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Kim Cichelli, <i>Red and Black<\/i>, University of Georgia, March 28, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I have been told that I\u2019m going to hell before, not due to debauchery or lechery but because of my religion.\u2026 We need to stop criticizing each other for our beliefs. We need to stop judging each other because of our faith. We need to stop killing each other because of religion.<\/p>\n<p>Faith is an ever-evolving entity that is so personal it should be held close. We should all be able to share our thoughts and beliefs as a means of communicating and sharing information, not to have an end-goal of converting people to our religion.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing will make me shut down quicker than someone trying to shove their religion down my throat, and many people I know feel the same way.<\/p>\n<p>I would love to hear your thoughts, but no thank you, I don\u2019t want to drink the Kool-Aid.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Enough with the \u201cKool-Aid drinker\u201d already!<\/b><br \/>\n<i>Newshounds<\/i>, April 28, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Bill O\u2019Reilly, a host on FOX News Channel, frequently accuses people who disagree with him of being \u201cKool-Aid drinkers,\u201d a reference to the tragedy at Jonestown, inferring they can\u2019t think for themselves. He uses the iconic little Kool-Aid man in his graphics.<\/p>\n<p>I am wondering, as someone who usually disagrees with Mr. O\u2019Reilly, if Kraft Foods endorses Mr. O\u2019Reilly\u2019s disparagement of the large percentage of the American public who are not aligned with Mr. O\u2019Reilly\u2019s rather extreme outlook. As a consumer, I would like to know if my grocery money is going towards supporting an ideology which I don\u2019t personally support.<\/p>\n<p>I am asking, as a consumer of Kraft products, that Kraft instruct Mr. O\u2019Reilly to cease and desist in his use of the phrase \u201cKool-Aid drinker\u201d and its variants, and to cease and desist in using the Kool-Aid pitcher-man icon. If I see that he persists in the use of the phrase and icon, I\u2019ll assume that Kraft is endorsing his use of their product as a disparagement of myself and millions of other moderate-to-liberal Americans, and will adjust my shopping habits accordingly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2165995\/\"><b>Little Geniuses: What Kind Of Praise Do Kids Need To Hear?<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Emily Bazelon, <i>slate.com<\/i>, May 11, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A personality test for narcissism given to college students every year shows an inexorable rise, with today\u2019s students being on average 30 percent more narcissistic than the students of 1982. Substitute \u201cself-esteem\u201d for \u201cnarcissism\u201d and the results suddenly look rosy, but you simply can\u2019t, because all the $10 trophies and the lavish praise of mediocrity, or even failure, doesn\u2019t really bolster kids\u2019 self-worth. They drink the Kool-Aid, but they also know it.<\/p>\n<p>New survey shows it\u2019s not the future yet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>New Survey Shows It\u2019s Not the Future Yet<\/b><br \/>\nby Steve Johnson<i>, Chicago Tribune,\u00a0<\/i> May 11, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Just when we start to think of the Internet as ubiquitous, overwhelming, all-seeing and all-knowing, along come some pesky little facts to suggest that it\u2019s hardly as dominant as we sometimes think.<\/p>\n<p>Granted, we can find these facts on the Internet. But they also exist here, in the three-dimensional world, where people still read by turning pages.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>In its comprehensive new study of Americans and their interactive engagement, the Pew Internet &amp; American Life Project (www.pewinternet.org.) found that about two in three adults have not drunk the Kool-Aid of the connected life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Leah Remini Denies Fitting J. Lo with a Tinfoil Hat<\/b><br \/>\nby Jennifer McDonnell, <i>Dose.ca<\/i>, May 14, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Leah Remini is shooting down rumours that she\u2019s trying to convert Jennifer Lopez to Scientology. In a new interview, the <i>King of Queens<\/i> star insists she never encouraged her BFF to drink the Kool-Aid or offer up her first born to Xenu.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ogpaper.com\/news\/news-0424.html\"><b>American Idol final &#8211; Blake vs. Jordin, last round<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Ogpaper<\/i>, May 23, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Do you want to know what I did not like about the last night\u2019s <i>American Idol<\/i>? It seemed to me that each one of them was focusing more on what their opponent\u2019s strengths instead on their own. We all knew already that Jordin sings much better than Blake, and that he is better suited to entertain the crowd, but yet, Jordin had to go and sing \u201cFighter\u201d by Christina Aguilera &#8211; totally not her field, and Blake followed with \u201cShe Will Be Loved\u201d by Maroon 5 &#8211; not his cup of Kool Aid, either. At this point I caught myself agreeing with Simon, which almost made me turn of the TV&#8230;almost.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Paris Hilton: Her get-out-jail card trumps my race card<\/b><br \/>\nby Douglas C. Lyons, \u00a0<i>South Florida Sun-Sentinel<\/i>, June 9, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Like so many others, I get caught up in the ideal that we are a nation of laws. I dare to hope that if one does the crime, they do the time.<\/p>\n<p>OK. I don\u2019t quite buy the one about prisons and rehabilitation, but maybe I do drink too much of the red, white and blue Kool-Aid. Race, creed, color and social status shouldn\u2019t really matter in the way our nation\u2019s laws are applied. This, after all, is America, land of the free, home of the brave. And you, Paris, the blue-eyed, blond embodiment of a self-absorbed culture. What better choice to show society, pardon the pun, its true colors?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/affiliatetip.com\/archives\/countdown-to-the-iphone\/\"><b>Countdown to the iPhone<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nby Shawn Collins, <i>AffliliateTip.com<\/i>, June 28, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[The iPhone] looks like a great product, though I am still a BlackBerry guy. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I love some flavors of Apple Kool-Aid. I\u2019ve got my MacBook and iPod right here in front of me. And I may get an iPhone out of curiosity. But no way would I wait in the heat, humidity, rain and stink of the NYC summer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Converted By The Polyphonic Spree, Broken By Ozzfest<\/b><br \/>\nby Michael Alan Goldberg, <i>Seattle Weekly<\/i>, July 18, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sure, I\u2019d heard all the jokes about Jim Jones, David Koresh, Kool-Aid, Up with People, and hokey old timey relijun, but before last night I\u2019d never seen the nearly two-dozen-strong, Texas, symphonic-rock outfit the Polyphonic Spree play live.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Katie Couric Is No Thriller<\/b><br \/>\nby Bill Hoffman, <i>New York Post<\/i>, August 14, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>So just what was a team of professional dancers doing invading the \u201cCBS Evening News\u201d offices last week and getting staffers to dance <i>en masse<\/i> to Michael Jackson\u2019s \u201cThriller?\u201d A CBS insider claimed morale is so low over Katie Couric\u2019s continued horrible ratings that executive producer Rick Kaplan plotted the pick-me-up after seeing a YouTube clip in which inmates of a Filipino prison grooved to the song. A CBS News flack insisted, \u201cMorale is actually so high, we not only produce a network news broadcast daily but we also have our own choreographer for good times. When morale is low, you hand out Kool-Aid. Everyone knows that.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>The Invasion: \u2018Invasion\u2019 falls short of \u2018Body Snatchers\u2019 pedigree<\/b><br \/>\nby Michael Smith, <i>Tulsa World<\/i>, August 20, 2007<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Don\u2019t drink anything offered to you, and for goodness\u2019 sake &#8212; this is sage advice anytime &#8212; don\u2019t allow anyone to projectile vomit in your face, and you should be safe from alien takeover, we learn in \u201cThe Invasion.\u201d The visual image is an icky mess, but the metaphorical message is clear enough in this paranoia-packed remake of \u201cThe Invasion of the Body Snatchers\u201d that\u2019s equal parts spooky and silly. In troubled times, \u201cThe Invasion\u201d preaches, when government officials offer new solutions, don\u2019t simply drink the Kool-Aid and believe everything that spews out of their mouths.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><a href=\"#Top\">Back to the Top<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Editor\u2019s note: the jonestown report made note every year in its 13 editions between 2007 and 2019 of the numerous articles, op-ed pieces, and commentaries that specifically mention the use of the phrase, even if it isn\u2019t the focus of the entire piece. 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