Archive for June, 2005
Some Citizens Are More Equal Than Others
Since the beginning of George W. Bush‘s second term and the accompanying enlargement of his party’s majorities in the House and Senate, it has become more and more important for Democratic leaders Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi to keep their fellow members in line on as many votes as possible and peel off as many [...]
I Have Not Yet Begun To Be A Douchebag
It just wouldn’t be a new week without another absurd round of verbal diarrhea from CNN president Jon Klein. Previously he regretted his network’s overcoverage of the Michael Jackson trial, next he touted his network’s employees as rollicking, aggressive pursuers of facts, before promising not to run car chases (except when they do), and of [...]
Bull Market TV
Back in February, we took a look Fox News‘ decision to launch a business channel to compete with CNBC for the remaining audience of masochists who enjoy watching their investments circling the bowl. Last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that Rupert Murdoch is “nearing an agreement with Time Warner Inc.’s cable division to carry [...]
Put Down The Microphone, Paul
For someone who is widely known as a radio legend, I’ve never been all that impressed by Paul Harvey‘s daily routine on the local news/talk station. It’s like being forced to listen to the uncle who always laments about “the good old days” during Thanksgiving, but with more commercials for vitamin supplements. And, like that [...]
Boobies Want to Be Free!
Since the statue coverup was a favorite topic around here during Crisco John Ashcroft‘s tenure at the Justice Department, we’d like to note with a small sense of satisfaction that “Spirit of Justice” and “Majesty of Law” are once again topless and ready to party: Two soaring blue drapes that hung in the department’s Great [...]
Revisonist History
Consider the following exchanges from Thursday and Friday’s White House press briefings: Press Briefing (6/23/05): Q Last night Karl Rove, in a speech, accused the Democrats of trying to send the terrorists into therapy and not responding appropriately to 9/11, whereas the Republicans, he felt, responded appropriately. He’s been called on to make an apology. [...]
Run, Don’t Walk…
…over to Media Matters for the transcript and audio clip from Friday’s The Al Franken Show. The guest was Ed Klein, author of the latest Hillary Clinton hatchet job, and Franken and Joe Conason turned their scalpels on Klein. It’s never a good idea to go heads up with Conason, but when you write a [...]
Life Imitates Belly, Again
Gunmen Interrupt Soccer Star’s Interview Brazilian soccer star Roberto Carlos was in the back seat of his car and doing a live radio interview Friday when two gunmen on a motorcycle pulled over and demanded valuables, a radio station said. Tommy and Lennox go to Jamaica in Belly (1998): Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on [...]
Bullets: 6/24/05
No Room for Moderation Randall Terry, most recently known as the mouth-breathing mouthpiece for Terri Schiavo‘s parents is running for Republican Jim King‘s seat in the Florida state senate: The contest is already centering itself as a core fight over Republicanism. King is a social moderate and fiscal conservative who has sometimes clashed with the [...]
Raising the Levels and Addressing the Concerns
A quick distinction: The Bush administration makes a lot of mistakes, but they don’t do anything by accident. Karl Rove didn’t say what he said out of panic or worry or even concern for the President’s falling poll numbers. There’s always some crisis around the corner that will have the wayward 9% of drifting Bush [...]