Maureen Dowd seems deeply offended by Sarah Palin’s shooting a moose on the latest episode of her TLC Alaskan show (actually, Dowd seems to be deeply offended by nearly everything Palin does, including drawing breath). You may wonder why I … Continue reading →
This comment from “bubonicplacebo” appeared on one of the recent Wikileaks threads here: Of course, when the story was all about hacked e-mails concerning climatology, the usual conservative knuckleheads were focused on discussing the merits of the find, rather than … Continue reading →
Predictably, Sarah Palin calls Obama out for not doing something about Wikileaks sooner. It’s a good question; why hasn’t he? There are those who believe that it’s because Obama is so intent on sabotaging the United States and its standing … Continue reading →
Another day, another Wikileaks dump. And it will go on until there are negative consequences with teeth in them for such acts. At the moment, secret communications seem easy to obtain and to leak, and no one seems all that … Continue reading →
Amazingly enough, a long and almost entirely positive piece about Sarah Palin has appeared in the NY Times Magazine. A few sample facts learned from it, some of which I’d already suspected: She’s got the energy of a dynamo and … Continue reading →
…lost Margery Eagan, who’s voted for him for the last 30 years. No more. Oh, and even though Frank won re-election handily, he still lost—his chairmanship of the Financial Services committee. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. And John Kerry … Continue reading →
Shorter NY Times: it’s the tactics, stupid. Yes, the Republicans just had a better organization and attack machine, “careful plotting,” and a “torrent of corporate money from outside interests.” Ha! Somehow they managed to overcome mere “miscalculations” of Obama and … Continue reading →
Thomas Lifson at American Thinker reflects on Juan Williams and the ideological journey he might be beginning as a result of his NPR firing. A great deal of this is familiar to me; political change, especially from left to right, … Continue reading →
I see it in Williams eyes when I happen to catch him on Fox these days: he’s spitting mad. Personally outraged, and most of all surprised. I don’t know whether the NPR firing will lead to any political change for … Continue reading →
When I wrote this post I perceived the philosophical connections between Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers renown. But little did I know that their ties are even more concrete than I thought. For instance, Assange … Continue reading →
…that Juan Williams is mad (as in “angry”). He’s also right (as in “correct”).
Continue reading →James Rainey at the LA Times points out the obvious: that the policy NPR cited as its reason for firing Williams—that one that says correspondents in its employ can’t give opinions—is violated regularly and with impunity by others in the … Continue reading →