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I heard only parts of Senator Barak Obama’s speech yesterday. But I heard enough to make me want to read the entire transcript. We’re told that Obama’s speech was born from the political need to counter right wing media (read: all media) hysteria over the firebrand comments of Obama’s pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, but along the […]
You know, I always thought it odd that the Bush administration would tolerate a non-political independent-thinking military leader like Admiral Fallon, commander of U.S. Central Command. It’s so uncharacteristic of the “surround me with yes men” mentality of George W. Bush and his sycophants. Well. It appears Bush is getting ready to replace Admiral Fallon with a […]
Up to the rank of colonel, the military grows and promotes its own officers, independent of political influence. This is sacred. Is there a military man or woman anywhere, active or retired, alive or dead, who would not be outraged to learn that President Bush wants to take control of the promotion of military lawyers? […]
This is interesting. National Public Radio interviews a waitress who served Hillary Clinton and her campaign staff at an Iowa restaurant. The waitress says she didn’t get a tip, and NPR, without checking with the Clinton campaign, airs the accusation. Clinton’s people rebut the accusation, showing a credit card receipt for the restaurant tab and claiming […]
The blogiverse managed to survive October without much input from me. I’ve been hashing, and what little I’ve written lately’s over at the other blog. But I feel I owe this blog something, even if only a summary of events and a couple of cheap shots at our betters. So far this month I’ve set two hash trails, one the […]
I came home yesterday and found a notice taped to my door: Weblog Protective Services says if I don’t hurry up and write some entries, they’re gonna take my blogs away and give them to Kevin Federline. So here’s what I’m working on: a letter to the authorities protesting first-class security screening lines at airports. The […]
I feel like kvetching. How about you? Is National Public Radio going corporate? Ever since NPR started airing commercials (although they call them “sponsor notices”), their talk shows have become noticably Fair & Balanced™. I’m thinking specifically about the Diane Rehm Show, where, whenever she discusses politics or national policy, her guest list now invariably includes […]
. . . but here’s what bothers me when Rush & GWB use phrases like “the Democrat Party” or “the Democrat candidate.” My friend Sue, an intelligent, cultured, well-traveled woman, doesn’t like the word “Jew.” She knows the word in and of itself is benign and neutral, like “Jewish” or “Christian,” but she doesn’t like […]