After devoting so much time and energy bashing other countries, including our historical allies, Fox News viewers gripe: "Where is the international help for the United States? We are always one of the first to come to any aid when disasters strike around the world. Where is our help?? Now is the time for other nations to come to our … Read More
Just Check The Idiot
Atrios points to a Washington Post editorial, calling it "the stupidest thing I have *ever* read". We tend to agree. The opinion piece is about Intelligent Design, and it is written by Sally Jenkins, a sports columnist for WaPo. That probably explains the strained sports analogies. It’s called "Just Check The ID", and it goes a little something like this: … Read More
Overheard in New York
I’m becoming a big fan of this website, whose name is self-explanatory: http://www.overheardinnewyork.com. Check it out. Speaking of New York, why can’t Ann Coulter shut up? UPDATE (8/29/05): Apparently conservatives are thinking the same thing. The Arizona Daily Star has dropped Ann Coulter as a syndicated columnist, with this explanation: Finally, we’ve decided that syndicated columnist Ann Coulter has worn … Read More
Pro-Bush Supporters Attack Themselves
Protest Warriors is a conservative activist group. Their tradmark is to show up at progressive rallies posing as liberals and carrying signs that say things like: "Communism has killed only 100 million people; let’s give it another chance!" and "The ACLU – we don’t hate religions – we just hate Christianity!" Get it? Because people will read the signs and … Read More
That’s Why We’re Fighting?
Here’s what they’re saying at RedState about the rationale for the war (hey, at least somebody’s saying it: The black-and-white, "get the bad guys" approach can be heard from the Democrats and their allies in the MSM and the American left. They are the ones with the GET OBL! mentaility, as if removing the main bad guys will solve the … Read More
Jon Stewart and Christopher Hitchens
As I watched "The Daily Show" last night, in which Jon Stewart debated Christopher Hitchens about the Iraq War, I thought many things: "This is how it should be done. None of the screaming pundits, like on Fox, MSNBC, or even CNN. It’s intelligent AND entertaining" "Damn, Stewart is good. He’s going toe-to-toe with Hitchens" "”Tell me why I’m wrong’, … Read More
Taking Powerline Seriously
Paul Mirengoff makes it clear why the other guys at Powerline don’t let him post so much. Today he writes about "Taking The President Seriously": The subject on yesterday’s edition of the O’Reilly Factor was how long we have to turn things around in Iraq. O’Reilly thought that President Bush has about six months to show the American people that … Read More
Blogenlust’s Guide To Wingnut Logic
This is hysterical and spot-on. I suspect it will be updated often so bookmark it and keep checking back. Blogenlust’s Law: As an online discussion among wingnuts grows longer, the probability that a Clinton will be blamed for something approaches 1 (i.e., certainty). The "Even Clinton Agreed" Corollary to Blogenlust’s Law There is equal probability that a wingnut will point … Read More
Concept Of Time Eludes O’Reilly
Fox News host Bill O’Reilly, on his show The Radio Factor, August 22, complained that Grandparents Day this year will fall on 9/11: "Now, listen to this. September 11 not only the day of the attack, but it’s Grandparents Day. Can you imagine who made the calendar on Grandparents Day on September 11, what a genius this was?" The answer? … Read More
The Other Crazy Pat
WorldNutDaily has an exclusive. The old headline, as reported here, was "Rock Legend Shreds Cindy Sheehan ‘Peaceniks’" but apparently the editors at WND had second thoughts about being on the side of someone involved with rock (aka "the devil’s music"). And who is that "rock legend"? Why, Pat Boone, of course, who became famous for taking songs from black musicians … Read More
Soldiers Are Special
I don’t get it. The rightosphere is all up in arms about a barroom attack in Seattle in which two guys, soldiers who had just returned from Iraq, got savagely beaten. Obviously, any illegal altercation which leaves two men seriously injured is stomach-turning. But sadly, there are probably hundreds of bar fight every day in this country of ours. Why … Read More
More “Blame The Media”
Shorter John Hindrocket: Soldiers are supposed to die, so stop telling me about it. Powerline blogger John Hindrocket finally acknowledges that the majority of Americans are now against the war in Iraq. But it’s the media’s fault, for only reporting the casualty count, he says, and nothing else: Not only do news outlets generally fail to report the progress that … Read More
Who To Believe?
To hear right wingers talk (at least today), recruitment levels in the Army are just fine. From New York Post columnist Ralph Peters (via Powerline), we get this today: Every one of the Army’s 10 divisions — its key combat organizations — has exceeded its re-enlistment goal for the year to date. Those with the most intense experience in Iraq … Read More
Not Angry
In response to a comment on that his blog is "full of hatred and anger", Corrente not only denied the charge, but set out to compile a list of things he was not angry about, as well as things he doesn’t hate. It’s not only long, but a work-in-progress, so check out Corrente’s site for the latest revisions and updates: … Read More
Here We Go Again
A vacationing president snubs war mothers, the Iraqi Constitution is a piece of shit, U.S. soldiers death toll climbing, gas prices going through the ceiling . . . let’s face it, current events are a downer. Fox News has the antidote to distract its minions. You guessed it: another missing white woman! And here’s an added bonus — not only … Read More