Col. David Hunt, a Fox News military analyst, has a column posted at FoxNews.com with the headline, “Top Military Officials are a Disgrace to Those They Lead.” The article begins by saying, “Our generals are betraying our soldiers … again.” FoxFan Military Matters It’s rather astonishing that so soon after the MoveOn controversy, wherein the [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2007
Sep 28
MSNBC: The Luckiest Network On Television
MSNBC may be the luckiest network on television. Republicans are threatening to boycott the cable net. That’s kind of like having lepers threaten to not French kiss you. It all began when David Shuster asked Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) if she could name the last soldier from her district who was killed in Iraq. She [...]
Sep 27
My Name Is Scooter
On NBC’s My Name Is Earl, the title character is presently serving a jail sentence for a crime that his ex-wife Joy committed. In last night’s season opener he revealed that his prison ID number is 28301-016. “So what?” you might ask. Well, I think it may not be a coincidence that another famous inmate [...]
Sep 27
RushipediA: Phony Soldiers
Chickenhawk Rush Limbaugh thinks that soldiers who are opposed to the war in Iraq are “phony.” Despite the fact that they serve with the same honor, courage, and patriotism as any other soldier, Limbaugh has this to say about them: CALLER: …what’s really funny is, they never talk to real soldiers. They like to pull [...]
Sep 27
La Cucaracha Comic Hushed In Houston
Lalo Alcarez’ “La Cucaracha” is one of the most insightful, engaging, and downright hilarious comics in the publishing world. He has a somewhat askew take on society, politics and relationships. He is also one of the few successful Latino comic artists in the country who actually incorporates his ethnicity into his daily work. The Houston [...]
Sep 25
Bill O’Reilly: Surprised Black People Are Just Like Other People
On his radio show last week, Bill O’Reilly regaled his audience with a tale of adventure into the Heart of Darkness – Harlem. He was dining with Al Sharpton so O’Reilly thought he should take the Reverend to a place he might be comfortable. They went to Sylvia’s where O’Reilly chowed down on that “soul [...]
Sep 24
Chilling Effects: Betraying Freedom Of The Press
Last week the U.S. Senate voted to condemn the New York Times for running an ad that was critical of the administration and it’s lackey, Gen. David Petraeus. The inevitable consequences of this government imposition of approved thought are already becoming manifest. The Times itself is slamming its ad sales group for accepting the ad [...]
Sep 22
Are Tucker Carlson’s Days Numbered?
As I reported last month, Tucker Carlson’s ratings are a sinkhole that is sucking down the whole of MSNBC’s schedule. I wondered when MSNBC’s programmers might come out of their nepotism-induced coma and drop the ax on Tucker. There are days when his numbers are barely half of either his lead-in, his lead-out, or both. [...]
Sep 21
Boston’s Fake Bomb Hysteria
Once again Boston has shown itself to be a little too tightly wound. What is it that makes these people quiver at the sight of toys and pranks? The latest episode of skittishness is the arrest of an MIT student who is accused of wearing a “fake bomb” at Logan International Airport. Never mind that [...]
Sep 21
Top Army General Says To Blame The Media
The commander of the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq has a theory as to why the mission is so badly floundering. Major General Rick Lynch believes that if the media were more upbeat, that would somehow improve the fortunes of the troops in their battle against the Iraqi insurgents. Perhaps if there were more [...]
Sep 20
U.S. Congress Or U.S. Betray Us?
The MoveOn ad affair is still plodding forward with the President’s comments this morning calling the ad “disgusting”, and now the Senate weighing in with a resolution condemning MoveOn for exercising its free speech rights. The bill’s author, Sen. John Cornyn, made explicitly anti-speech language in his statement supporting the bill. Before anyone has an [...]
Sep 19
O.J. Simpson’s Attorneys?
Ordinarily I wouldn’t bother with O.J. Simpson except to point out how the press becomes obsessed with these brainless celebrity sideshows to the exclusion of real news. But I couldn’t resist this moment captured from MSNBC, identifying Simpson’s legal team. I’m sure the dentally-challenged lawyer with the “I (heart) Famous People” cap is a superb [...]
Sep 19
Giuliani: I Am MoveOn’s Worst Nightmare
The MoveOn advertisement challenging General Petraeus’ congressional testimony is continuing to stir up dust. After drawing heat from Fox News war apologists like Bill O’Reilly, and taking fire from Dick Cheney, and being threatened with deportation by John McCain, and having GOP congressman Tom Davis call for hearings, now another Republican presidential candidate has weighed [...]
Sep 17
Sally Field’s Emmy Speech Uncensored
In accepting her Emmy award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role as the matriarch in “Brothers and Sisters”, Sally Field delivered an impassioned tribute to mothers everywhere in a message that spoke of world peace. Unfortunately, it was too much for the censors at Fox who cut Field’s comments at [...]
Sep 17
A Tale Of Two Rallies
On Saturday, September 15, 2007, A rally was held in Washington, D.C. to protest the Bush administration’s policy of perpetual war. As has become routine in modern demonstrations, a counter- rally was quickly organized in support of the war and the continued deployment of American troops in Iraq. The images here show how C-SPAN characterized [...]
Sep 15
Changing the World of Internet and Politics
PoliticsOnline is conducting a poll to… “…help select the top 10 individuals, organizations and companies having the greatest impact on the way the Internet is changing politics.” The award “seeks to recognize the innovators and pioneers, the dreamers and doers who bring democracy online.” Top 10 lists are always somewhat problematic in that they invariably [...]
Sep 14
TV Guide Says Fox News Is NOT News
The debate over whether Fox News is a legitimate news enterprise has seized many in the press and academia. But the transparently partisan presentation in their reporting should make for a short and dull debate. Now, an uncharacteristically honest depiction of Fox News can found in an unlikely place. TV Guide publishes the industry’s most [...]
Sep 13
Tony Snow Celebrates Iraq
White House press secretary Tony Snow appeared on The O’Reilly Factor yesterday to discuss, amongst other things, the war in Iraq and the magical progress being achieved by General David Petraeus, whom Snow described as, “the author of a plan that succeeded.” Prior to introducing Snow, O’Reilly delivered his Talking Points Memo that surprisingly stumbled [...]
Sep 12
Petraeus? Betray Us? Falacious!
When General David Petraeus appeared before Congress to give his long-awaited report on the state of the war in Iraq, Republicans found a subject that, in their minds, took precedence over the war itself. Rather than focus on the life and death struggles in the Middle East, Republicans repeatedly assailed a newspaper ad by MoveOn.org [...]
