Now that Bill O’Reilly has declared Mission Accomplished in the War on Christmas™, it may be a good time to redeploy our forces to the battle for New Years Day. What? You say you’ve never heard of the War On New Years? Well, the New Years War is indeed less well known than the Christmas [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2007
Dec 30
Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters
This video from The Onion hits the cow pie out of the farm. The candidates are really going to have to deliver the bullshit this year. And I don’t have any doubt that they will live up to expectations.
Dec 30
William Kristol Fails Upward
Another member of the PEP Squad (Perpetually Erroneous Pundits) has been promoted despite his consistent failures as an observer and analyst. The New York Times just announced that William Kristol, Fox News personality and editor of Rupert Murdoch’s Weekly Standard, has been hired as an opinion columnist. Attempting to speculate as to the Times’ justification [...]
Dec 29
John Bolton Blames America First
There is a Society of Conservative Demagogues (SCD) who specialize in spewing a sort of Patriopathic™ zeal that is really not much more than low grade sanctimony. They are descended from Crusaders and Witch Burners and the defective souls who have convinced themselves of their own infallibility. Their contemporary Cardinals are TelePundits preaching from their [...]
Dec 27
John Edwards Not Playing Rupert Murdoch’s Monopoly
John Edwards isn’t shy about letting Rupert Murdoch know how he feels. When asked a question about media consolidation at a recent campaign stop, Edwards said: “I am not particularly interested in seeing Rupert Murdoch own every newspaper in America.” Nicely done, John. This answer responds directly to the heart of the question and points [...]
Dec 26
L. A. Times Promotes Tim Rutten
The Los Angeles Times is moving Tim Rutten from the Calendar section to the Op-Ed pages beginning in the new year. This is a promotion that is long overdue for one of the paper’s best columnists. While I’ve had a disagreement of two with Rutten, he is the most consistently honest and insightful writer the [...]
Dec 25
Christmas In Iraq
Here are a couple of perspectives of America at war during the holiday season. The first is brought to you by the propagandists of Fox News. The second is courtesy of Reality. So for the deluded viewers of Fox News, you don’t need to worry about our soldiers in harm’s way. The are actually enjoying [...]
Dec 24
Fox Pews: The Right Before Christmas
The Right Before Christmas Twas the day before Christmas And all through the news The networks were vying To peddle their views The Secular Media Pretending to care Broadcast their services Over the air CNN’s query for Me and for you Was what would Lord Jesus Himself really do MSNBC Wants to share with us [...]
Dec 24
Rudy Giuliani: American Fascist
Rudy Giuliani is blazing a trail for himself in Republican circles as he vies for the nomination of his party for president. The former mayor who marched in gay pride parades and supported abortion is now reinventing himself as Mr. Conservative. Unfortunately for him, some conservatives aren’t waiting to welcome him into their ranks. The [...]
Dec 21
Giuliani: Still Corrupt, Still Immoral
Last month The Politico published a story that escalated into one of the sleaziest scandals of the current campaign season. The story revealed that Rudy Giuliani had been secretly slipping off to the Hamptons with his mistress, Judy Nathan. There were also allegations that the costs of those trysts were improperly charged to obscure city [...]
Dec 21
Celebrity Of The Year: Stephen Colbert
Congratulations are in order for Stephen Colbert who the Associated Press has just voted Celebrity Of The Year. Colbert eeked out a well-deserved victory over J.K. Rowling and Al Gore. In his acceptance email he said: “It is truly an honor to be named the Associated Press’ Celebrity of the Year. Best of all, this [...]
Dec 20
TVNewser Completes Its Descent Into Tabloid Drudgery
Last night on the CBS Evening News, Katie Couric presented another in her series of Primary Questions to the candidates for president of both parties. The question for this installment dealt with marital fidelity and whether it should be a determinative factor when deciding for whom to vote. This question, while not as elevating to [...]
Dec 20
Deadline News
MPAA rejects Gibney’s ‘Dark’ poster The MPAA has rejected the poster art for Alex Gibney’s documentary “Taxi to the Dark Side,” which traces the pattern of torture practice from Afghanistan’s Bagram prison to Abu Ghraib to Guantanamo Bay. The reason for the rejection was the hood over the head of a prisoner. Perhaps the MPAA [...]
Dec 19
Bill O’Reilly’s Fair And Balanced Presidential Poll
Bill O’Reilly is currently polling his audience on the presidential candidates. He has completed a survey on the Republican field in which Mike Huckabee prevailed over Giuliani and Romney. Now it’s the Democrats turn. The poll includes only Clinton, Obama and Edwards. Needless to say, this poll will have absolutely no significance to any campaign [...]
Dec 18
The FCC’s Big Media Welfare Act Of 2007
As expected, the Politburo, oops, I mean the FCC voted today to loosen ownership regulations, providing Big Media the opportunity to get even bigger. They split 3 to 2 along party lines with Republicans following their Chairman, Kevin Martin. Prior to the vote, 26 senators signed a letter to Martin asking that he delay the [...]
Dec 16
Stop Hurting America Redux: Free The Daily Show
This is a follow up to my article proposing that the WGA negotiate individually with the production companies of The Daily Show and other comedy talk programs that feature current affairs issues: Stop Hurting America: The WGA And The Daily Show In that article I made the argument that some of these programs contribute so [...]
Dec 15
A Steady Diet Of Junk News
Are you happy with the menu of calorie-free entrees dished up Big Media? Do you find endless stories about drunken heiresses and celebrities satisfying? Is being kept uninformed about major issues that actually have an impact on your life acceptable? If so, you are probably thrilled with state of modern media. Forty-six years ago Newton [...]
Dec 14
It’s Best When Everybody Thinks Alike
In this administration, as in the halls of Fox News, it’s best when everybody thinks alike – No matter how much they pretend otherwise. The White House held it’s annual “Holiday” (that’s right, holiday) Party for the media last night and the guest list was, to no one’s surprise, heavily weighted to the right-wing regurgitators [...]
Dec 13
Somebody Alert Bill O’Reilly And Fox Security
From The White House: MRS. BUSH: Barney and Beazley, I’m so proud that you all wanted to become National Park Junior Rangers. Our national parks are so important. And in fact, the lawn where you play is part of our national parks. President Bush and I wish everyone a very happy holiday. What? No Merry [...]
