Mike's Blog Roundup
By Mike Finnigan Tuesday Feb 26, 2008 10:00amWorking Life: Why we miss John Edwards' voice on trade and globalization.
Amygdala: Knowing what one is talking about.
Connecting.the.Dots: Lotts of Smoke
sans everything: When conservatives loved the Palestinians. Computers have cut-and-paste functions. So does right-wing historical memory.
Mad Kane's Political Madness: Dear Ralph: Go Away!
ANNALS OF JOURNALISM: The NYT censors Krugman, why not Kristol, Rich, Dowd, Kristof, and Brooks?...Mountain, Meet Molehill...Howard Kurtz's conflicting interests and his love affair with The Right...USA Today to Dems: Move to the right...How the press can prevent another Iraq...Russert asks a plagiarist about plagiarism, but that wasn't his lowest moment...Fox News Porn...NYT can't see a Bank bailout in front of its eyes
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Happy Birthday to Ralph Nader!
Diane Sawyer Walks on Fire!
News flash: William F. Buckley is dead.
Get ready for the tide of angst and mourning for the father of modern American conservatism.
OT, but to expose the “ethics” of the MSM, WJIM 1240AM in Lansing, Michigan is turning over their morning time slot to a substitute host for tomorrow’s broadcast. It’s Saul Anuzis, the Republican Party chairman for the state of Michigan. Anuzis was a big promoter of Dick “Amway” DeVos for governor. His “guests” on tomorrows program will be Newt Gingrich and Karl Rove. It’s time for anyone in Michigan to file a complaint with the FCC here:
https://esupport.fcc.gov/sform2000/new_complaints.action?request_locale=en
Gas Prices On Rise Again. May Pass $4 Gallon
How many ways do we ream thee? Let us count the ways.
Russert is an idiot. He used questiond from the right wing pundits talking points in the debate. Oh, he is a right wing pundit? Who woulda known?
re: Krugman being censored and not Dowd. It's because Dowd doesn't have anything to say. Why censor empty words?
Don't stop taking anti-depressants, doctors urge.
FU*K OFF DOC!
We're tired of you telling us we're sick and depressed. GET IT?
Annoyed Canuck @ 3:
Well gosh darn your ahead of it. He did in fact fall of the perch and fly off into space.
Why didn't Russert ask Clinton if she accepted the endorsement of the insular, anti-secular, anti-Zionist Satmar Dynasty?
They are asking if corporate media is biased for Obama:
Duh, when CNN reads a Peggy Noonan hit piece attacking President Clinton on the air, it is very obvious.
Clinton obviously crushed Obama in the debate but the corporate media spun it Obama won. They don’t even bother trying to hide it anymore like gop being corporate w-hores. Then they will turn on Obama and help elect McInsane the corporate candidate.
Should be fun next week on the Rezko trial and they will spin it like the lobbyist lover McInsane Times story and blame Rezko.
And people will swallow all this crap like they do with w’s lies. Half of America got punked with Obama, are dumbed down by the media and very gullible just like the RWingnuts.
Then we have the liberal left blogs like Daily Obama and the Obama Post. They have thrown away all credibilty they have established for Obama bias. Crooks and Liars is the only progressive blog that stayed neutral and are still credible. They are the best blog for the truth. The rest are like corporate media.
L.A. Confidential @ 9:
Never new Bucky's dad was a lawyer and oil baron.
Learn something new every day.
getalife @ 11:
It is true C+L has done a pretty good job of not becoming just another mere mindless cog in the larger and ominous corporate/state machine.
Let's hope it stays that way.
What does Hillary think of Ann Colture's endorsement of her? Has she renounced it?
Ron @ 6:
Russert is hardly a "right wing pundit"
He's tough on everybody and I like that. If they can't handle questions from Timmy, then they shouldn't be President.
Oh yeah, and yesterday that right wing radio nut, Bill Cunningham also endorsed Hillary. How about that one?
pissed off patricia @ 14:
She laughed at it. Which is probably the correct way to handle it.
pissed off patricia @ 16:
It's called straturgeey'.
Hint: "Lets see if we can make the Libby commies think Hillary is popular with us Right Wing Nuts. Har har. Then they'll never vote fur' a Clintoon!"
Chris Gamble-Democrat First. @ 15:
Why then, did he ask about pulling troops out of Iraq and bring up the threat of al qaeda rising up. They are noy a major threat in Iraq. They are not even part of the same movement.
getalife @ 11:
they are "like corporate media" b/c they support, or seem to support, obama?
the idea that somehow hillary is the anti-corporate candidate is ahistorical--that is, unless she is prepared to come out against her "husband" and his policies while he was presi-corporate.
obama is by no means going to buck the corporate stranglehold on the nation, and world, but to infer that hillary will doesn't seem to be realistic.
getalife @ 11:
What do you call it when something is only "obvious" to one small group (and getting smaller every day)?
Chris Gamble-Democrat First. @ 15:
tim russert?
hmmm, maybe i have been watching a different MTP, b/c the tim russert on my TV is a buffoon.
Blue Lensman @ 21:
Wiredwilly's Law of Political Inverse Proportion : The more you know about what's going on, the more likely you are to be ignored.
Blue Lensman @ 21:
Getting punked by corporate media. Last night we found out Obama's failure in the Senate on oversight for Afghanistan and NATO. This is not getting reported.
He lied when he won the Senate and said he did not have the experience to run for President and need to serve in the Senate but ran anyway.
Now we found out he is not serving in the Senate.
He chose running for President over winning in Afghanistan.
Snap out of it.
getalife @ 24:
Oh yeah, the media is really soft on Obama.
http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/573-fox-attacks-obama?utm_source=rgemail
L.A. Confidential @ 5:
It's the equivalent of $4.90 Can. at my local gas station and after hovering around $4.40 for the last month or so. You are lucky my friend. All the gas we sell to you, and we don't get a cut in price at all.
getalife @ 11:
I don't get it. The rap on Hillary was that she's a bitch, she's vicious, she's vindictive, she's petty. So what does she do? She adopts a campaign strategy that reinforces those negative perceptions. Either she was very badly advised or (and I'm inclined to think this is the true explanation) that's just the kind of person she really is.
On the positive side, it's better to find it out now than after she became president.
Blue Lensman @ 21:
Doctors used to call it Attention Deficit Disorder or ADD. Ha!
getalife @ 24:
Completely inane.
Blue Lensman @ 29:
I can't understand why Hillary supporters hold Obama to some kind of magic positions, yet don't apply that logic to Hillary. Truly boggles the mind.
getalife,
Go ahead and think that those of us who are supporting Obama are somehow inferior to you and are being duped. I support your right to support the candidate of your choice; without any mocking or belittling comments from me. .
Fanon @ 31:
Getalife has posted the exact same thing on numerous blogs including HuffPo. Is that trolling, flaming or spamming?
From HuffPost:
gotalife (See profile | I'm a fan of gotalife)
Last night we found out Obama"s failure in the Senate on oversight for Afghanistan and NATO. This is not getting reported.
He lied when he won the Senate and said he did not have the experience to run for President and need to serve in the Senate but ran anyway.
Now we found out he is not serving in the Senate.
He chose running for President over winning in Afghanistan.
Obama should do the right thing and resign his chairmanship on oversight on Afghanistan and Nato so they can have their first hearing to get more NATO troops in Afghanistan.
Also, we found out last night that Obama voted yes to cheney's energy bill but Clinton voted no.
Gas will reach 4 bucks a gallon, so every time you pay at the pump:.
Thank your hero Obama.
Wake up.
ConcernedCanuck @ 32:
Hmm, all of the above, maybe.
Love the tag line of 'wake up'. Although, I guess I would have gone with.....wait for it.....get a life.
ConcernedCanuck @ 32:
I post at many Obama blogs trying to wake people up to the real Obama.
He is not ready and has not done his job Senate.
Wake up.
Snap out of it.
Research him, I have and do not like what I see.
getalife @ 36:
Then don't vote for him. Spamming blogs is tasteless. Especially when you copy and paste the exact same thing over and over. I read your "paste" on numerous threads. Get A Life.
I would really like to think that the debate will strengthen the Democratic Party by channeling the existing overall level of enthusiasm into the final push to oust republicans everywhere it is possible, not just the presidential election. We need more Donna Edwards, Dennis Kucinich and the rest. I am glad Hillary does not quit because it test Obama and if he is to survive the MSM noise machine and the forthcoming attacKKKs from the repugs, it's better that he get some early practice.
Like her or not, Hillary was formidable and it only speaks better of Obama that his forces are well mobilized, highly galvanized and have drawn more votes for him than all the repugs combined.
I hope he works with Edwards to get THAT endorsement.
If Obama is to be about bridging the divide, he would do well to start with the Democratic party.
CoIntelPro @ 38:
I agree, but no matter who the candidate is, is it not hard to bring even the Dems together? The DLC and the DNC are almost complete opposites. One is almost identical to the Repubs in it's policies towards corporations. I hate partisan politics, but until the Dems actually get their shit together and become a cohesive unit like the Reps, every election and every candidate selection is a nailbiter to the end. It is unfortunate that there is not 3 parties.
IF we were missing Edwards his protectionist ass would be in the race..
Russert continues to exceed his own standards for advanced hackdom.
I suppose the remark in Krugman's article about Bush was a bit of a cheap shot and that, regardless of your politics, the NYT decision to edit it out was justifiable. (As a lot of commenters point out.)
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/demon-ethanol/
Still, when I saw Krugman blog on it, I couldn't resist pointing out that the Times seems to regularly publish MoDo's cheap shots on Dem candidates. In my comment I also said something to the effect that Bush probably hadn't taken refuge in alcohol since he was skipping out on his National Guard duty.
Surprisingly, the Times didn't see fit to run my comment...
MEMO to Barack: Quit Whining!
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