The Gateway (Dropping the Ball Edition)

Someone better quarantine the Rock—the St. Jermaine Endeley Syndrome seems to be catching: a rapid and extreme stop and start case of the runs accompanied by complete lack of credibility and extreme outbreaks of foolishness. Staten Island principal does about-face, won't seek Assembly seat www.silive.com
Matt Romney's grandfather, an American born in the Mormon Colony in Mexico, who later ran for President, would be ashamed of him for his shameless dog-whistling about the President’s citizenship. .

Appropriate punishment: make him do his campaign traveling strapped to the roof of a car.
Obama Campaign Pounces on Matt Romney Joke as Evidence Father Pandering to 'Dead-Ender Fringe Extrem abcnews.go.com

Special Bonus Facebook Comments:

§  Susan Hart Hopkins: Really. And Obama is the alternative ? He is the most destructive president we have had. A socialist at best! I don't know what the answer is but it is definately not who we have in power now.

GATE: Although i disagree with nearly every word you said, my comment was about MATT Romney--or are you one of those imbeciles who thinks Obama's citizenship is fair game?

Susan Hart Hopkins No I got it, Gate. I did not stoop to insulting you personally though . If you cannot post something and have people comment , you should grow thicker skin . This is America :)

GATE: Well dear, if you merely disagreed with the President's policies, then we would have a difference of opinion and I certainly would not question your intelligence, even though in America it is my right to do so. But, if you honestly think that there is an real issue involving Obama's immigration status, then you are an imbecile or a bigot, and this being America, I will say so, and if you don't like it you can delete me as a friend. I do not recall that it was I who made the request. Good day maam.

Though frankly, if you think what Obama's done (pursuing economic policies slightly more conservative than Richard Nixon) is "socialism" then you are in serious need of remdial education.

I don't mind the fact that the neo-Confederate movement has found its choice for the White House, and I'll even admit they probably could have done worse.

But nearly every report about this flat-earth society goldbugging conspiracy nut features at least a couple of young lefties singing his hosannas. There's a really mean and ugly part of me that sort of hopes they get what they wish for, but then the American who loves his country wins out.
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GATE let's be fair Andy--he'd hate Israel even if it was a dictatorship

·         If a tree falls in a forest, and no one is there, will it endorse a racist? Gary Johnson Endorses Ron Paul andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com
Centrist Idiocy Watch:
Chait on the politics of "Americans Elect" and other possible third parties.

Money quote: "Americans Elect is a more curious case. It is the brainchild of moderate liberals in the grip of a fantasy that a third-party candidate, running on a slightly tweaked version of Barack Obama’s agenda, can somehow win."
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·         Left Idiocy Watch:
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·         Occupy the Caucus: Their bottom line is to elect uncommitted delegates. Extrapolating a bit, one can see that, given the complete contempt held for them by the GOP, and the apathy of Democratic voters to their own Party’s kabuki show, the only positive outcome for their efforts would be to embarrass the President. Occupying the Caucuses

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Collins: Not Iowa itself, which is a lovely place despite being the only state besides Mississippi to never have elected a woman as governor or a member of Congress. (See if you can get to work on that, Iowa.)

GATE: Really, this is probably Billy Wilder's fault. They saw Jean Arthur in " A Foreign Affair" and were honestly convinced they had already done so. Feel Free to Ignore Iowa www.nytimes.com
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Buzzfeed awaits.

Query: How much spam from Ugg Boots do you think they will have?
Thanks www.politico.com

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Submitted by Anonymous-cracker (not verified) on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 2:14pm.
Hackshaw has always had less credibility than Endeley (you got the last name spelled incorrectly) with his pompous-ass claim he has 500,000 readers on this blog and his on-again, off-again support for Bloomberg and Christine Quinn.
Submitted by Anonymous- READER. (not verified) on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 5:37pm.
HACKSHAW HAS NEVER SUPPORTED BLOOMBREERG OR QUINN> LIES AND MORE LIES FROM TROLLS>
Submitted by Anonymous-R8 FAN (not verified) on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 5:43pm.
Happy New Year 2012. Congrats to Ben Smith, Gur Tsbar, Gatemouth, Rock Hackshaw, Larry Littlefield and others, for this site. Six years is a long time. Half a million readers displays a lot of growth in a short space of time. 
Submitted by Spruiell (not verified) on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 6:57pm.

Hackshaw is a big supporter of Quinn, Bloomberg and even Ed Towns. There's Rock again pretending to be "R8 Fan" making the stupid claim that he has 500,000 fans. So when is he going to back up those numbers? Where do those numbers come from if not wtihin his sexual fantasies. He keeps claiming he's more popular than the Daily News, but refuses to back up the numbers.What's nexty? Will he claim he's more popular than Jesus?

Just like his claiming he's a full professor when in reality he's a lecturer, equivalent to being a file clerk.


Submitted by Anonymous_Joe (not verified) on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 8:25pm.
Over 381,000 IPs connect to www.r8ny.com. This is the monthly measure through fall 2011. The numbers are what they are.  
Submitted by Skeptic (not verified) on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 8:47pm.

Your link leads back to Room 8.

How about a link leading to the source of your information.

Or don't you know how to link, Rock?


Submitted by Anonymous-STUDENT (not verified) on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 8:48pm.
On the internet you can google the Brooklyn College Center for Worker Education to find the graduate program's website. Under faculty you will find professor Rock Hackshaw. You will find a synopsis of his resume there. Any fool can do it even you. NOW, tell us where we can go to find your full name, your resume, your accomplishments along with your credentials. You sound like a player-hater to me. You should hate the game not the player. Let's hope this new year brings a change from you and your ridiculous comments. You are boring the rest of us now. Some of us come on this site to read serious articles and meaningful comments. You have become worse than the spam.
Submitted by Anonymous_IT_Tech (not verified) on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 9:36pm.

Hey Anonymous Joe. If you knew anything about how the internet is structured, IP numbers don't "connect" to a given site. People, on computers, visit a web site and call for one or more pages from a web server.

You can count the number of "hits" where there are multiple hits for each page show. Every graphic file, every CSS file and so on are hits.

You can count the number of page views. One person looking at five pages will have five page views and maybe up to 50 hits or more.

The only number that matters is that of unique users. And if a user comes back once a day, that's 30 times a month, but it's only one user.

With all that in mind, a bloated number like 500,000 -- if there's any truth to that at all -- will really mean a much smaller number of real people.

The only way to know any of this is to have access to the server's log files, or a program that consolidates it all for you. Most people, especially bloggers, are unlikely to have such access. Google won't tell you. Alexa won't tell you. Those are estimates based on certain assumptions, which in many cases are just wrong.

So Joe (or should we say Rock), where do you get the number 381,000 IP users? If you don't want to reveal the source Rock, then stop with this nonsense.

 

 


Submitted by Anonymous-STUDENT COUNCIL. (not verified) on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 11:23pm.
If the estimates are half milion people reading Room Eight Politics I believe it. Why not? It's a poular site from what I gather. Why is it so important to you anyway?  Can you prove it isn't 1/2 mil?
Submitted by Anonymous-ENVY. (not verified) on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 11:38pm.
Equating an experienced lecturer to a file clerk can be nothing but envy. So sad so shameful.  What is this site coming to? A place for sickos.
Submitted by Anonymous_JOE (not verified) on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 11:42pm.
Some time back in the summer someone said there were about 400 thousand IPS connected to this site every month. I got it from there. I am only repeating what was stated and not challenged. What are the real numbers then you seem to know so much?
Submitted by Luther Smith (not verified) on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 11:45pm.
Half million monthly connections to Room Eight Politricks? Why not? I can buy it.  
Submitted by Bill Lynch (not verified) on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 11:49pm.
Gatemouth and Rock are the best in this buisiness. Why else you think we trolls come up in here? Rock write sumptin Gate attack it. What a show. Simply irresistible.
Submitted by David Dinkins (not verified) on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 7:23am.

Wow, Rock, you are getting good. Five posts using five different aliases all within 30 minutes.

"Professor" is only within Rock's sexual fantasies. He's a lecturer. Or maybe here (where he couldn't get elected dogcatcher) or here or maybe here.

Or better yet here from BK College itself where he's not listed as a professor, only part-time faculty.

What Rock (in his blowhard posts above) wants the stupid to miss is that a "Professor" is a rank, not a description. It involves academic achievment (usually publishing), the granting of tenure and a higher salary. There are full, associate, assistant and adjunct professers. Then there are instructors and lecturers for those who haven't climbed to the higher academic ranks.

No one getrs to be a blowhard professor at any college or university by blogging at a third-rate web site or running for offices to which he will never be elected.

 

 


Submitted by D.C. (not verified) on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 10:44am.
I am a student at CWE. We call him Professor Hackshaw. You are not a student what do you know? You are a player hater. The first time you write your own column your self esteem will definitely improve. Then you won't have to come here to fantazsize on the professor you faggot. 
Submitted by D.C. (not verified) on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 11:01am.
You seem to know so much then tell us what the real numbers are. I say Gatemouth and Rock are the two most popular bloggers in New York. Prove me wrong?
Submitted by Anonymous-Cracker (not verified) on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 11:57am.
DC. you can call him Jackass, and that's probably more correct than professor. But he's still a lecturer no matter what his stupid students think.
Submitted by Anonymous-STUDENT. (not verified) on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 12:00pm.
Can you tell us all where Rock Hackshaw ever published any claim to being ranked a "professor".  The man has often stated he is simply a "lecturer". A new year. A new set of lies trying to denigrate this great man. It will NEVER work. We love our professor.
Submitted by DC. (not verified) on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 12:11pm.
A man who has lectured at dozen instiutions of higher learning over more than two decades you call a jackass? A man with over 500 columns written here with a readership in the hundreds of thousands. So what have you done? Why not enlighten us so we can differentiate between a scholar and a jackass. 
Submitted by Bill Lynch (not verified) on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 1:39pm.

"The man has often stated he is simply a 'lecturer'"

"We love our professor."

Rock, you talking both sides of your mouth again?

First you were for Christine Quinn, then you were against her, now you're for her again. Which is it? You have more flip-flops than Mitt Romney.

First you were a lecturer, now you claim you're a full-tenured Professor. Which is it?

 


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Submitted by Danny B (not verified) on Mon, 01/02/2012 - 6:52pm.
Am I missing something here? Where did Rock Hackshaw claim to be a "full-tenured" professor? Don't you trolls ever get tired of these lies? The man's website said he was a lecturer.
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Submitted by Bill Lynch (not verified) on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 8:58am.
Danny, I agree with you. Rock Hackshaw's lies are just too much. The Brooklyn College website - the real authoritative source, says he's part-time faculty and not listed as a professor. Yet here Rock (posing as a student) repeatedly claims he's a professor. He doesn't have the tenure, he doesn't have the scholarly credentials. His lies are old and tiring.
Submitted by Anonymous-STUDENT. (not verified) on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 9:15am.
I AM A STUDENT. Professor Hackshaw doesn't lie. You do Lynch. All the time. We have your number.
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Submitted by Rock Hackshaw on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 1:19pm.
TO STUDENTS AND FANS: DO NOT ENGAGE THESE TROLLS SINCE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT. IGNORE THE LIES THEY TRY TO SPREAD. PEOPLE WHO READ ME LOYALLY KNOW THE TRUTHS. OTHERS WILL ASCERTAIN THE TRUTHS ONCE THEY READ MY COLUMNS A FEW TIMES. LET'S MOVE FORWARD IN 2012 SUPPORTING BILLY THOMPSON FOR MAYOR. DON'T WASTE TIME RESPONDING TO THESE FOOLS HERE. IT IS THE REASON I HAVE CLOSED MY COMMENTS SECTION. THESE ARE VERY SICK COWARDLY INDIVIDUALS. DO LIKE I DO: IGNORE THEM. THEY ARE TRYING TO BAIT YOU ALL. HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Submitted by David Dinkins (not verified) on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 2:55pm.

So Rock, now that you've graced us with your presence (or should I say your presence as yourself, not faking as a student), then from the horses mouth, what rank do you have as a faculty member of Brooklyn College? Are you a tenured professor or some other rank?

Tell us, please, OH Rock.


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Submitted by Rock Hackshaw on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 4:08pm.
I HAVE WRITTEN THIS UMPTEEN TIMES BUT HERE GOES ONE LAST TIME: I have been an adjunct lecturer at CUNY, CONR and MIM for about two decades now. It's just one of many things I have done in my life (and continue to do). In the past I have been a cab driver, a messanger, a dishwasher, a short order cook, a clerk, a social worker, an educator, a certified teacher with NYC DOE, a free lance journalist, a reporter, a radio announcer, a television producer, a coach, a semi-pro in sports, a singer, an entertainer, a writer, a comedian, an actor in 3 movies, a political consultant, a political operative, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. AND WITH ALL THAT SAID: now, can you all get some lives and leave me to fuck alone. What's with this gay obsession guys? I have told you homos many times before: I am not a member of your clan. Also; I don't need to be cowardly like you all and come up here in KKK masks hiding my real identity. Come out of the closets with your gay selves. You will be a better persons by freeing yourselves. I don't care for your way of life; but if that's your choice SO BE IT. To each his own. Just try to find joy and happiness in life peeps; that's what it is all about. Some thing terribly wrong must be going on inside you all, if you perpetually continue to do what you do here on this blog site. Some of us have been trying to develop a serious politcal site for real discourse: not the kind of bullshit you peeps orchestrate and perpetuate. HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Submitted by David Dinkins (not verified) on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 4:38pm.

But Rocky boy, you didn't answer the question.

I don't care what psoition you formerly held at CUNY, CONR and MIM. Nor do I care that you were a terrible comedian.

What is your present rank and title at Brooklyn College where you are now working? (assuming you are still working there)

... then from the horses mouth, what rank do you have as a faculty member of Brooklyn College? Are you a tenured professor or some other rank?

Is it so hard to just anser the question?

 


Submitted by Jerry Mann (not verified) on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 6:16pm.
The man said he has been an adjunct lecturer at three universities for the past two decades. And don't call him a boy you racist white pig. That's insulting and you know it. Now what is your problem. He answered you. Let it go. We don't care. Move on. It is 2012. Are we supposed to go through this crap for another year? Why doesn't GATEMOUTH shut down this section?
Submitted by Anonymous-Observer (not verified) on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 6:24pm.
You batty boy homos don't get it do you? The man isn't gay. End the fantasy.  
Submitted by Jay (not verified) on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 6:39pm.
Where and when did Rock claim to be a tenured professor at Brooklyn College. I never saw the claim made and I read all his columns. Is Gatemouth behind all these attacks on Rock?
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Submitted by Gatemouth on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 7:29pm.

I tend not to pay attention to this nonsense---these guys only respond by abusing me, but I am not behind it and wish they'd stop.

The only way I know to shut it down is to talk to Ben, and lately, he's stopped responding to my emails for this type of request for assistance.  

But frankly, given the shit Rock just said about me on another thread, I'm starting to lose any rachmonis.



Submitted by David Dinkins (not verified) on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 7:39pm.

No one said Gatemouth was behind any post. That's a fantasy of Rock's supporters (if those posts aren't from Rock himself).

No one said or suggested Hackshaw was gay, yet he and his followers are doing a lot to deny it. Gotta wonder.

Why won't Rock answer the question?What is his rank and title at Brooklyn College, his current job?

Simple question, please answer it.

 

 

 


Submitted by DC. (not verified) on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 9:28pm.
Rock should answer like Governor Christie did, by saying it's  none of your fucking buisness where he works and what he does. I think he said enough already don't you? How many times a year does he have to answer the same questions with obvious facts easily ascertained on the internet. Google the man and you will get all your answers. Thousands of entries under his name.  
Submitted by Rosalie502 (not verified) on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 10:09pm.

Sure he can refuse to answer the question, but that means it will still be a question. Why not answer it? Is there a shame in the answer whatever it is?

No, I don't think he said enough. He avoided the question. What's he afraid of? And I can't find anywhere where he has already answered it. If he has, then provide the URL.

Is there a secret to be unveiled here? 

 


Submitted by Mary Jay (not verified) on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 10:28pm.
Rock said he was an adjunct lecturer at CUNY, CONR and MIM for the past two decades. He also said to go up on the Brooklyn College Center for Worker Education website under faculty. I did. You can do the same thing I did. As a white woman I have come to a simple conclusion to wit the attacks on Rock over the years are driven by racism.  There are too many lies and distortions going on here. Don't misrepresent what the man said. Are we here to be enlightened? 
Submitted by DC. (not verified) on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 10:33pm.
ROCK said HAPPY NEW YEAR. That's the answer.
Submitted by Jerry Mann. (not verified) on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 10:41pm.
Gatemouth is behind these attacks on Rock Hackshaw only a sicko like Howie could orchestrate this. His column why not close it off from comments. Predictable. It will always be a pissing contest with Gatemouth.
Submitted by David Dinkins (not verified) on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 10:53pm.

Hey Jarry Mann, I guarantee you I'm not Gatemouth and he did nothing to prompt me to ask Rocky questions which apparently he refuses to answer. I have no connection with Gatemouth. Don't know him, never spoke with him, never emailed him, nada.

Is Rock a coward? Why won't he answer the question?

This is not Gtemouth v. Hackshaw. It's Rock v. his cowardice.

And Hackshaw is the racist person on this blog.

 


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Submitted by Gatemouth on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 7:46am.

1) I cannot close the thread.

2) deleting posts is a painstaking two step process that must me done one at a time. At this point, it would take me at least a half hour. 

3) I will never get that time back and life is too short.   



Submitted by Bill Lynch (not verified) on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 6:03pm.

Why is Rock Hackshaw refusing to answer the question? What is he afraid of? Simple question ... simple answer, if only he stopped avoiding it.

Note: the above comment should not be seen as coming from Gatemouth (which it isn't), nor does it suggest in any way that Rock Hackshaw is gay (although he hasn't answered that question either). And he hasn't said how he computes 500,000  followers on this blog. Backing up the numbers would be simple, if only it wasn't part of his blowhard scheming.

However, it's pretty revealing that he is still an ardent supporter of Christine Quinn for Mayor.

 


Submitted by Anonymous-STUDENT (not verified) on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 6:37pm.
HEY LYNCH, Porofessor Hackshaw started a movement months ago. It is called STOP CHRISTINE QUINN. You are either stupid or retarded to have missed it. Are you stupid? Or are you retarded? Which is which? Go read the column. Did you miss his recent endorsement for Billy Thompson? He recently endorsed Bill Thompson for mayor in another column. Can you read and understand what you read? I think you are an imbecile. 
Submitted by The Joker. (not verified) on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 10:47pm.
The man answered what you asked. Not that he should. Who the hell cares! It is his buisiness.  
Submitted by Marjorie (not verified) on Wed, 01/04/2012 - 11:37pm.
I've been watching this for a while. I don't know why Hackshaw can't just answer the question put to him. As pointed out, he talked about his former jobs, not his current job. Seems he must have really stupid students who can't figure out the difference.
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Submitted by JB. (not verified) on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 9:04am.
Over the years Rock has answered these questions many times. The underlying question is simply this, why does it reoccur? Is it because he be a black man he gets this constant grilling? Why these attacks? His writings? His views? His old writings against same sex marriage? His nuanced position on abortions? His poupularity? The man has stated on numerous ocassions some facts easily ascertained by anyone nimwitted enough to utilize the internet browser. He is an adjunct lecturer. He has lectured in political science, media studies, reading, history, communication, marketing, black studies and English. Where? At the Borough of Manhattan Community College, Bronx Community College, Brooklyn College, City College , The College of New Rochelle, the Manhattan Institute of Management over the last twenty years. He is an ivy league grad. He ran for office a few times. He was vetted by those who do vetting. Unions> Newspapers> Political organizations> Civic groups.  No other writer in this city is subjected to this treatment. Why? Racism? The gays who hate him? Envious trolls? Gatemouth? Whatever the reason it hasn't stopped the man's popularity.    
Submitted by Marjorie (not verified) on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 9:39am.

JB, you can't read (which seems to be systemic of Hackshaw's students on this blog). He said he WAS an adjuct lecturer at a previous job. What is he now? What position does he hold now at Brooklyn College?

Rock, what are you afraid of?

 


Submitted by JB (not verified) on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 10:56am.
Rock is an adjunct lecturer at the graduate program, Center for Worker Education. It's a CUNY/ Brooklyn College/Political Science Department Master's Degree program. Look at the website for christ sake and stop this bullshit. He has lectured there for the past four years from January 2008 to December 2011. How many times must this information be repeated to satisfy whatever obsession with the man you trolls maintain? It can easily be found on the internet. It can also be verified with a few phone calls. Does he have to repeat this over the years? Invariably he also lectures from time to time at other universities. Can't we discuss better things here. This is a poitical website not Facebook. Go to the social websites for your fun. What claims have been made here by the professor not verified by factual evidence? NONE.   
Submitted by Marjorie (not verified) on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 5:33pm.

JB you're an idiot (unless you're Rock and if then, you're still an idiot).

Rock never said that. If he had, there would be no need to keep asking him. And that's not exactly what the website says either. If its a different website, then how about the URL?

And while you said it, he hasn't. I'd like to hear it from the blowhard himself.

I'd like him to admit he's a lecturer, not a professor.You still call him Professor so you're advocating the big lie.

Why is it important? Because he claims certain credentials to pontificate on political matters (although he's frequently wrong and misinformed, If he claims to be a professor, and he's not, then he has even more credibility issues than he has normally.


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