Daily Archives: January 12th, 2005 «

 

Invoking God in the White House

Posted by: ST on January 12, 2005 at 8:27 pm » 1 Comment

There seems to be this growing myth floating about that this President is breaking all sorts of ‘unwritten laws’ with his mention of God in everyday conversation, especially in the White House and how it is allegedly “unprecedented.” I used the word “myth” because that’s exactly what it is. Want to know more? Go for [...]

 

Fisking Ted Kennedy

Posted by: ST on January 12, 2005 at 8:09 pm » Comments Off

No, I did NOT say frisking! This will probably be looked at as more of a rant than a fisk but so be it. I could only stomach so much of this interview he did with Chris Matthews so the entire piece isn’t fisked. But enough of it is for you to get the picture. [...]

 

Only Republicans fight dirty!

Posted by: ST on January 12, 2005 at 7:50 pm » 2 Comments

Yeah – that’s the ticket! Especially if you read Jill Lawrence’s piece in USA Today about the character issue allegedly putting Dems “on the defensive.” John Hawkins dissects his piece quite nicely. Why does it always seem to be a foregone conclusion in the media that Republicans are eeeeevil baddies and that the Demos have [...]

 

The Media Party is over

Posted by: ST on January 12, 2005 at 1:19 pm » Comments Off

So says Howard Fineman at Newsweek: A political party is dying before our eyes — and I don’t mean the Democrats. I’m talking about the “mainstream media,” which is being destroyed by the opposition (or worse, the casual disdain) of George Bush’s Republican Party; by competition from other news outlets (led by the internet and [...]

 

Al Qaeda: A Bush Boogeyman?

Posted by: ST on January 12, 2005 at 1:09 pm » Comments Off

Welcome to Bizzaro World: Of course, the documentary does not doubt that an embittered, well-connected and wealthy Saudi man named Osama bin Laden helped finance various affinity groups of Islamist fanatics that have engaged in terror, including the 9/11 attacks. Nor does it challenge the notion that a terrifying version of fundamentalist Islam has led [...]