GOP Meme... We're Shocked that it's this close!!!
How many guest commenters on Cable News programs trotted out this new talking point yesterday? To paraphrase; " In fact, we are quite delighted that the presidential race is as close as it is. We come...
View ArticleLet Palin Stories Rest.. the Country Gets It!
Reckless? Dangerous? You Bet! Dick Cheney is visiting Georgia and Ukraine to firm up their resistance to Russia. Unprecedented numbers of NATO ships are sailing around the Black Sea. Does this have...
View ArticleSpiro Agnewesque.. and the Unimpeachable John McCain.
It may be passing strange that the only Republican presidential candidate in the last 56 years to put forward a "viable vice-presidential candidate" was Ronald Reagan. This esteemed president of the...
View ArticleOpen Note to Mika @ Morning Joe
Oh Mika... Hi. Sorry.. I know you are just about to go on. But. I am wondering if you happened to catch last night's episode of The Colbert Report, starring the irrepressible Stephen Colbert....
View ArticleDear George Bush 41, Your son burned down the house, cancelled the fire...
I suppose this is an awkward time for a thank you note. As Sarah Palin might say, "Thanks, but no thanks." You gave America a one term Republican administration that had its failings and excesses. More...
View ArticleBiden Faces A Real Stephen Colbert... err...fake Stephen Colbert..
It's hard not to share the fruits of late night websurfing of the usual suspects of the progressives. A quick cup of joe at TPM, a song and a YouTube moment at Crooks and Liars... or a late...
View ArticlePresident Barack Obama. Rethink Afghanistan!
I enthusiastically await the presidency of Barack Obama. I have a very good feeling about his personal ethics and his intelligence. His awareness of the world outside America is a resource this...
View ArticleThe Undignified Crawl to the Bush Finish Line
Monday, January 12th gave us the final George Bush press conference. Its pathetic protestations have been noted most of the day by the media. Perhaps the best statement was in Craig Ferguson's...
View ArticleVP Joe Biden and an "uptick" / with poll
Over the course of the day, from the first exposure to VP Biden's use of the word "uptick" to describe what we can expect from an increased US military presence and mission in Afghanistan, through to...
View ArticleAfghanistan, 9/11, President Obama and Choices.
The election of President Barack Obama is the best damn thing I have lived to see since the election of JFK. I think in fact Obama has more to offer and fewer inner psycho-sexual demons and Freudian...
View ArticleOther Eyes on Afghanistan.
My roots and citizenship are Canadian, but Louden Wainwright III's songs about contemporary life in "the valley", yes the huge rectangle from West Hills to Burbank, from Mission Hills to Sherman Oaks,...
View ArticleThe Other Urgent Priority... Military Suicides.
This is not a statistical anomoly. This is not an "uptick". http://www.msnbc.msn.com/... Any country that cares for and about its servicemen and their families would recognize the size of the...
View Article9/11. Cheney, Bush, Secret Service. Let's Talk.
Dear (Former) President George W Bush: I hope you enjoyed your visit to Toronto. I am just a bit surprised that Bill Clinton split the bill and the tab, so to speak. It's always good to know that in...
View ArticleIran in Turmoil - Trusting the Media Again, Aren't We?
As much as one wants to shoot the messenger bearing bad news, there is an equal and opposite desire to toast and celebrate the messenger bearing the news we have longed for. And be sure, sometimes the...
View ArticleNBC Goes Orwellian Tonight. A Betrayal of Fact and Fiction
Channel hopping in Pacific Time after BBC World News on PBS outlet KCET, I landed at the NBC affiliate and was held for a fewer than 5 minutes when my ability to distinguish between drama and...
View ArticleThe Assault on Obama: Rovenge & Faux Equivalence
What can account for the assault on the Obama presidency from corners where irrationality and passion compete for primacy? What progressive "leftist" agenda has Obama followed? Federal borrowing...
View ArticleThe Endless Disgrace of "THE HISTORY CHANNEL" and "NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC"
I wrote and deleted a longer diary on this topic. I got too didactic. I am sure I am not alone in tv channel hopping and encountering the following mess. ( I've been laid low by the smoke of the...
View ArticleWhat Part of Jon Stewart's Tuesday night would you disown?
By way of preamble: I confess that I have previously and will now continue to argue that Jon Stewart and his writing staff and their spin-off cousins at the Colbert Reporrrrrrr... have a more accurate...
View ArticleTerror, Underpants, Suspicion and Journalism 101: A Journey
There's nothing like a good news story that appeals to your suspicions and confirms your worldview. You get to say to yourself, "Ahaaa!" and "Just like I suspected!" Previously I had found the...
View ArticleHow Lies Spread. Abdulmutallab and 12/25 Detroit.
On January 27th of this year, 2010, the online edition of the Detroit News carried a story of serious importance: Terror Suspect kept visa to avoid tipping off larger investigation. If you type those...
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