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Here's an example.
My question is:
What do Democratic/liberal news readers think of this sort of thing?
There is certainly the limitation of anecdotal evidence when we conservatives feel like this happens all the time. The peril of perspective, if you will, that as a conservative, I am more sensitive to the leftward lean on this issue, and thus might not notice when a conservative-leaning publication does the same thing to shield GOP politicians.
So I asked my liberal-leaning co-workers.
They got angry and pretty much refused to answer, despite my repeated insistence that I was asking an honest question in search of an honest answer, and wanting to hear viewpoints different than my own.
One person rather irritatedly said that the number of above-the-fold articles about Clinton shenanigans back in the 90s make my question a non-starter.
I didn't reply, because it was going to start a fight. But that really doesn't seem to be the same thing, to me.
Can any (either) of you, my readers, fill me in on what you think?
1) Do you think there is an effort to bury the affiliation of Democratic Party politicians while highlighting that of Republicans?
2) If so, do you think it is intentional or unintentional?
3) If not, how do you explain/justify the lack of mention of affiliation in the above-linked (and similar) articles?
3) Do you think there is an equal and opposite tendency in conservative-leaning publications?
4) If you aren't a Democratic party voter, what do you think Democratic party voters think about this? Do they not notice, not care, approve, etc?
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I think it might be subconscious, and as the Main Stream Media is by far more liberal than not.
It might also be a defense mechanism. Ignorance is bliss you know.
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Debbie Stabenow can't shake those photographs.
First there was that speech in Congress standing in front a sign that said "Dangerously Incompetent." Some Stabenow aide should have been fired for that one, but the Senator took the ribbing graciously.
Now she is in the main illustration of a New York Times story on the campaign-contribution bad boy, Norman Hsu. She's clearly having a good time with the guy. The senator takes the hit even though everybody in Congress is guilty of money-grubbing. It's the way the system works, what with contributions declared free speech.
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The GOP does the same thing: Take the money no matter where it's from.
No proof. No evidence. Just a line that reveals the writer assumes Republicans are guilty as charged...and making sure the charge is constantly repeated.
I don't doubt that there are plenty of corrupt Republican lawmakers. But it seems to be evidence of bias when news outlets can talk for paragraphs about a Democratic Party politician's foibles without mentioning party affiliation, and has no problem not mentioning Democratic corruption in an article about Republican corruption, but feels the need to include an unsupported claim of Republican graft totally unrelated to the topic at hand. It seems like it is merely a knee-jerk reaction of liberal ideology: anything Democratics are bad/wrong about, Republicans are as bad or worse.
There simply is no evidence that Hsu has anything to do with Republicans, but we still get the wild assertion. No report of Democratic wrongdoing can go by without tarring Republicans with the same brush, rightly or wrongly. Yet our "unbiased" media actively downplayed Democratic connections to lobbyist Abramoff (particularly Senator Harry Reid). Why the double standard?
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August 21, 2007
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The Big Media are a mob. That should be Politics 101. They are a tiny, unchecked power elite, locked into life-long careers in the remnant of a crumbling monopoly over America's national conversation. Like other unaccountable elites, they are monumentally fickle, self-indulgent, snobbish, vain, vulgar, entitled, incestuous, arrogant, ignorant, unprincipled, hysterical, and demagogic. They sound like a unified chorus for the same reasons that street mobs run as a group -- because by and large, they don't dare to stand alone. Media snobs are always looking over their shoulders to see if they are still singing from the same hymnal as The New York Times. The US media have been one-sidedly Leftist, while piously proclaiming their devotion to impartiality. Thus, they are also institutionally mendacious. Telling the truth is hardly their job. They're just not qualified.
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The Fox of course, is reference to Fox News (aka Faux News).
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posted by
ritDitElidgit on March 30, 2014 12:00 PM
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July 22, 2005
Read this article and tell me if you think there's a teensy bit of leftward bias there.
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Yeah, but it's news analysis. So, that makes it okay.
Uncultured red-state SUV Bushbot rube.
posted by
j.d. on July 22, 2005 08:08 PM
Ya think?!?
posted by
GradualDazzle on July 23, 2005 08:58 PM
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June 27, 2005
Civil Rights Groups say Bush abuses Due-Protection Statutes.
Well, of course they do. If they didn't, they wouldn't get any notice from the MSM.
The "money" quote? Glad you asked:
The report, paid for in part by the Open Society Institute, founded by the financier George Soros, charges that many of the men held as material witnesses were ``thrust into a Kafkaesque world of indefinite detention without charges, secret evidence and baseless accusations.''
Ah, "funded by George Soros", the man who proves that Republicans are the Party of the Rich and use billions to purchase election victories. [/snark]
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You can make up your own mind about the authenticity of those photographs. To my mind, the most impressive thing was the manner in which the debate was conducted. There exists a core group of media workers who care passionately about their professional work and who are capable of conducting discourse in a rational and dispassionate manner. The rapid response and full disclosure even compare favorably against how the major western media handle problems. Media in China is more than just a bunch of hacks re-printing Xinhua press releases.
The story.
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So here's what I'm thinking:
All next week, starting Monday and continuing through Friday, I'm going to write posts based on the recent demonstration of stringent mainstream media standards.
Meaning, every single post will have a single anonymous source, may perhaps be fake but will still accurately portray an underlying "truth" (without actually describing the assumptions necessary to accept such "truth"), and/or if it might be true, you have to accept my word for it unless you can prove beyond all possible doubt that it isn't true.
So: what do you think? Is 5 days too much? Is one day too much? Is the whole idea stupid? Do you think you want to steal the idea before I have a chance to do it?
Let me know.
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I just want to be one of your anonymous sources.
Not that anyone would know, but still...
posted by
zombyboy on June 2, 2005 12:26 PM
Works for me. We could call you, "Shallow Thought".
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Nathan on June 2, 2005 12:43 PM
I'm pretty sure you didn't mean that as a compliment...
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Or something.
I dunno. Michelle Malkin doesn't actually comment on the content of the story, she merely praises the story as a good example of journalism.
It might be. I can't get past the editorial aspect.
It is a magnificent, compassionate performance of storytelling. It didn't leave me in tears, but it did choke me up. Until I saw where the piece was heading. In my opinion, at least, the purpose of the article was to help you understand just how horrible this girl's experience was in order to draw attention and raise support for laws regarding highway debris.
The summary:
The girl in the story suffered a horrible injury. She nearly died, and will be blinded, disfigured, and probably brain-damaged for life. It happened because of a piece of plywood from a desk that fell off of a truck. The driver of the truck has had criminal convictions in the past. The girl's life is ruined, and many people think it is absolutely a travesty that the man who drove the truck could only be fined about $1000. They tried slapping him with a tenuously-applied charge of "hit and run" (as best as I can tell, because he didn't come forward and say it was wood from his desk), but they would have to have proven that he knew the piece of lumber caused an accident.
Here's the money graph:
King County prosecutors, frustrated by their inability to bring charges against Hefley, lobbied lawmakers to pass a tougher law on debris-caused accidents. They testified in the Legislature, telling Federici's story. The lawyers recruited sponsors, and with almost no debate, legislators approved the Federici Bill on April 14, 2005.
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The Washington bill, awaiting the governor's signature, makes it a crime to fail to secure a load that results in bodily injury. Conviction could bring up to one year in jail and $5,000 in fines. The person injured would also have access to a state compensation fund for crime victims.
Gerry Forbes, author of the AAA Foundation report, said it would be the most stringent law of its kind in the nation.
Here's the thing: you can't repeal the laws of physics. Accidents do happen, and you can't always find someone to blame. This guy didn't want to lose his desk, obviously. He secured it in a manner that he considered sufficient. Another law that would increase the penalty wouldn't have made a difference to him, nor to the next person who fails to properly secure a load.
People don't actually intend to cause accidents through the loss of their property, so making it worse when they make an error in judgment won't make any difference at all in people's behavior.
To me, this article was nothing more than an editorial to increase support for the bill on the basis of an extreme, but singular, example.
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You nailed it. More fuel
for the litegation fire.
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My friend Jo sent me an article/editorial commenting on Rep. Sanders' practice of hiring family members, the issue that Democrats are criticizing Rep. Tom DeLay for (covered previously here.
The editorial states (in excerpt):
None of this is illegal. The story did not state, or imply, that Rep. Sanders broke the law by hiring family members. An Associated Press story in Thursday's paper points out that employing relatives is common practice among the nation's lawmakers. It says about four dozen senators and representatives have hired family members for their campaign and political groups.
Of course, just because something is common practice and doesn't break the law, doesn't mean it's totally kosher. Watchdog groups are rightly concerned. Even if family members earn their pay, there still remains the appearance of impropriety. Given the power that elected officials wield and the fact that they serve at the pleasure of their taxpaying constituents, there's nothing wrong with holding them to higher standards. We're not talking about a small contractor who hires his son over summer vacation and doesn't mind paying him a little extra.
I think the Banner has it exactly right with Rep. Sanders, and so probably with Rep. DeLay
Not illegal, probably not inethical...but very hard to defend, and probably best if politicians stopped doing it.
...it would have been nice for someone to write such an editorial in defense* of Rep. DeLay, but since Democrats consider him the Anti-Christ, I don't think anyone in a non-conservative publication (which is 99% of them) would dare.
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*this article in the Banner is hardly a defense. However, we don't have Democrats up in arms trying to bring Rep. Sanders up on ethical charges to kick him out of Congress.
I agree with the article completely: it's really not right, even if not illegal or inethical, and so politicians should stop doing it. But Democrats should stop hounding DeLay about it, either.
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I haven't investigated the alleged charges against Rep. Tom DeLay; people I respect say the charges are weak, probably not illegal or inethical, and most politicians do the same thing.
Here's the first example that last point is true.*
So regardless of what happens to Rep. DeLay in this, maybe the increased scrutiny of this issue may reduce this sort of behavior by politicians of all affiliations. That would be a good thing.
It seems rather politically naive of the Democrats to make this charge at this time, considering how many politicians do the same thing. It's almost like the Democrats are desperate to get any victory over a prominent Republican at just about any cost. That's not very wise, mature, or to their long-term benefit. Then again, I don't think I'd characterize many Democrats as being wise, mature, or concerned about long-term benefits at all, so I guess I'm not surprised.
Finally, it doesn't seem like anyone likes Rep. DeLay much. Not Ace, nor Right Wing Sparkle, just to name two.
UPDATE:
And now we hear about Sen. Barbara Boxer and the inestimable Howard Dean.
Glass houses and all that, yo? Word.
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*the article doesn't mention Rep. Sanders' affiliation in the first few paragraphs...but a quick Google search indicated he is an "independent", so that kinda makes some sense. Except that negative articles about Republicans always identify the politician as GOP as early and often as possible.
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The difference is that the amount paid to Sander's relatives was appropriate to the work done: 15,000 a year for his daughter to work tirelessly on his campaign, and 30,000 for his wife's press services (that she normally charges more for, but gave her husband a discount).
DeLay was paying much more egregious amounts of money for much less transparent and questionable services.
As for why it matters? This is campaign money -- it's money raised from donors.
If I write a 100 dollar check to a campaign (Which is beyond my means as a starving college student, but take it as an example), I'd hope that out of gratitude for my support, and out of good ethical standards, I could feel confident that my 100 dollars wasn't just funneled towards paying for the candidate's daughter's new Mercedes.
That's why there is quite possibly (not for sure) an ethical issue in the DeLay case, but probably not in the Sander's case.
It's not that they were on the payroll, it's what they're supposedly getting paid for and how much.
And it's not a matter of the law, it's a matter of ethics. All sorts of unethical things are nonetheless legal, and it's fair game to criticize a public figure on those grounds.
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Joe on April 13, 2005 03:02 PM
Good points, but I have a few minor objections.
First, I'm not so sure Sanders got any more value for his money than DeLay did. "Consultation" by a spouse sounds cushy and unjustified if it isn't done by the best person on the market...and the nepotism of "hiring" a wife to do that seems suspect.
Second, these aren't public funds. It wasn't money from taxes, it was money from donations. Ethics? Last I saw, donations don't come with strings attached. It is money to help someone get elected, period. You can't complain if someone spends too much on air time as opposed to yard signs, or vice versa. Once that money is in his coffer, it's for whatever legal use his campaign deems necessary to get elected.
Far worse is when union dues go to sending union officials to bogus conferences and renting limousines and such. That happens all the time. Also far worse is when politicians use tax dollars for junkets that are more like vacations or political events...like President Clinton and his officials taking more trips and spending more time away from DC, with larger entourages, than any other President in recent history. Or using overnight stays in the White House to raise re-election funds.
I'm reserving final judgment for some sort of actual illegal or inethical charge to come out, but I haven't seen one yet. It seems like Democrats are just calling whatever DeLay does 'inethical' and hoping that with enough accusations, people might start believing baseless accusations are justified.
Politics of Personal Destruction, indeed.
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Oh, Yeah: Leftward.
Mickey Kaus has a nice little snark regarding an AP piece. I guess I'm risking a "Fair Use" lawsuit, but I'm going to excerpt the whole thing:
Is this one of those new A.P. Special Sauce ledes?
NEW YORK - Irked by the success of the nationwide Day of Silence, which seeks to combat anti-gay bias in schools, conservative activists are launching a counter-event this week called the Day of Truth aimed at mobilizing students who believe homosexuality is sinful.
a) "Irked." Would they ever say that the Lambda Legal Defense Fund was "irked"? b) Is "conservative activists" really the best phrase to describe the fundamentalist Christians who are sponsoring this anti-homosexuality event? Isn't that a little like identifying sponsors of a gun-control or militantly-pro-choice rally as "liberal activists"? ... The label's both inaccurate and part of the press' tendency to make "conservative" synonymous with the most extreme and moralistic segments of the right. I would say it's a subconscious anti-Republican trope, if I knew what a trope was. [But this isn't in fact an especially biased or hyped up story--it's a perfectly ordinary AP piece-ed. That makes the problem bigger, not smaller.]
I know most of you readers know this already. Some of you may not. Most of you may already know how to read between the lines of a mainstream news media report, but for those of you who don't, this is the sort of thing you need to watch for. This is editorializing masquereding as news reporting. There is a definite slant based on the prejudices of the reporter and/or editor, and as such, it is absolutely not objective reporting.
So even though A.P. is owned by someone rich and therefore supposedly conservative, the liberal bias still manages to slip through, contrary to what liberal media watchdogs would have us believe (i.e., that the news media is actually conservative).
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A slightly tangential reaction to these two posts:
To understand why the "religious right" isn't homogeneous or monolithic, you have to understand religion in America in the first place. Go figure.
Consider that Catholics are religious, and yet usually don't get included. Consider that Protestants run the gamut from snake-handlers, to Assembly of God (if people aren't crying when they pray, Jesus isn't there), to Pentacostals (women can't cut hair or wear pants, TV not allowed), to semi-heretical, semi-cultish Christian sects, to Southern Baptists, to Mormons, to gay-bishop-ordaining Episcopalian, to Lutherans (which range from extreme conservative to extreme liberal). Try to find agreement among those different denominations on alcohol, or dancing, or what communion means...then try to explain how they could all hold the same political view on anything; I'll be rolling on the floor laughing before you are halfway done.
I'm religious. I'm conservative. I make political decisions based on what my faith has told me is true about human nature. I approved of what the Florida legislature and the US Congress did in attempts to try to save Ms. Schiavo's life. Does that make me a member of the Religious Right? Heck, no: I don't like and don't approve of just about everything Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell say, politically.
President Bush identifies himself as a Methodist. Does anyone even know what the Methodist church is like? Sure, there are various branches of Methodists, but the denomination's leadership put out a hymnal in the 90s with all masculine references to God removed. Does that sound fundamentalist?
Sheesh.
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This is exactly why I laugh when I see certain blogs continue to pound the 'Impending Theocracy' theme.
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Sometimes it seems the Mainstream* Media will cast any aspersion if it has a chance of making Republicans look bad. But it might not really be their fault; they may really believe those who don't support the liberal agenda are simply evil...except that their ideology doesn't really allow for the possibility of evil. This must result in a great deal of angst for them.
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If the memo is fake, why did so many Republicans use the same language?
"She's never had independent counsel and I think that if Ted Bundy, as a mass murderer gets lawyer and get access to court, Terri Schiavo as a disabled lady should get the same." - Gibbs, Schindler lawyers
"When it comes to federal legal protection, Terri Schiavo ranks below Ted Bundy, and when it comes to protection from suffering, she ranks below an unwanted pet." - Catholic Culture
"If we accord that right to someone like John Wayne Gacy or Ted Bundy, shouldn't we give at least equal protection to someone with a disability, charged with no crime, who is at risk of being starved and dehydrated to death?" - National Right To Life
"Like it or not, convicted murderers Ted Bundy and Danny Rolling received more due-process protections than Terri Schiavo, a person utterly innocent of any wrong-doing." - Ken Conner, former president of the Family Research Council
"He continues to promote the interests of Michael Schiavo by refusing Terri the right to independent counsel, a right which even serial killers like Ted Bundy received." - Bonnie Chernin Rogoff, GOPUSA.com
"If the proceedings that led up to the execution of serial-killer Ted Bundy had been handled in the same way, Bundy's conviction would have been overturned." - Florida State Sen. Daniel Webster
"If we accord that right to someone like John Wayne Gacy or Ted Bundy, shouldn't we give at least equal protection to someone with a disability, charged with no crime, who is at risk of being starved and dehydrated to death?" - conservativealerts.com
"This legislation ensures that individuals like Terri Schiavo are guaranteed the same legal protections as convicted murderers like Ted Bundy."- Traditional Values Coalition
posted by
Bonddad on March 23, 2005 07:24 PM
“Martinez Aide Wrote Schiavo Memo”, Keith Epstein, Tampa Tribune, Apr 7, 2005
“A senior aide to freshman Florida Republican Sen. Mel Martinez has admitted to writing an unsigned incendiary memo listing the political advantages for Republicans of intervening in the Terri Schiavo case, Martinez said Wednesday night.
Martinez said he passed along the ``now-infamous memo'' to Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa…”
Seriously, no one is surprised by the callous manipulation of the truth or cold exploitation of human suffering for personal and political gain this incident displays. That's part of the republican credo. The surprising thing is that Martinez was caught. Of course he was all too ready to throw his aide under a bus to save himself. What a coward.
It has been amusing watching your contortions over Mel Martinez's "Memo-gate". With moves like I'd think it would be relatively easy for you to remove your head from your rectum. But a simple "Gee whiz! I guess I was wrong!" is beyond your powers.
Check your colon for polyps while you’re up there.
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Memogate, again
March 18, 2005
How can we trust the news if they can report something like this with a straight face:
Virtually no one disagrees human activity is fueling global warming, and a global treaty signed in Kyoto, Japan, aims to reduce polluting emissions. But the world's biggest polluter, the United States, has withdrawn from the 1997 treaty, saying its provisions would hurt the U.S. economy.
First, less than half the reputable scientists in the world even agree that the temperature trend is anything outside the normal cycle. Second, it has been proven that one medium-sized volcanic eruption spews more greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere than all the nations of the world do in a decade. A large eruption emits more of those gasses than the entire human race has added in all of history. Third, the Kyoto Treaty wouldn't do a thing to stop pollution, it would only make it more difficult, economically, for the United States to continue to make its processes cleaner, while giving a free pass to China, India, Indonesia, et al, to continue polluting at will. Have you ever been to a city in China? Have you seen pictures, at least? Our worst city has far less smog than their best.
The whole ridiculous propaganda piece is right here, but it really isn't worth your time.
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HaHa! Aren't Those Red-State Rubes Amusing!
They even still have 5-student, one-room schoolhouses! What a riot! I wonder what other aspects of rural life we could highlight for the amusement of people who live in cities...?
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We still have a small school nearby (well, it has like 100 students + faculty, total) where some kids take four-hooved transport to school. More and more, though, due to budget cuts the small rural schools are being closed. It's asd, but better than no education at all, I guess.
The dad in the article made a good point about how much safer it is to send her on the family mule than to walk. She's protected from everything from snakes to people with evil intentions.
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Unemployment went up to 5.4%?
You mean the unemployment was a mere 5.3% just recently? That's a darn good unemployment rate, about as close to full employment as you can get.
How come the MSM wasn't all over this? The last I heard any mention of the unemployment rate was when unemployment was "remaining steady at 5.6%, and likely to rise if President Bush is re-elected".
For that matter, where were all the retractions from leading Democrats that President Bush did do what they insisted was impossible and helped create enough jobs that he didn't have a net job-loss number in his first term? Which initial spate of job losses should probably be attributed to the double-whammy of the dot-com bubble economy bursting along with the general economy-depressing effect of the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001.
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MSM wasn't all over this for a very simple reason:
so many people have stopped looking for work that the "reported" unemployment rate doesn't mean much anymore. It's almost a joke for those who are aware of this fact.
Real unemployment is closer to 9%, with newly created jobs mostly low wage service sector.
Ain't Bushworld grand......
posted by
R Grande on March 12, 2005 11:52 AM
Do you have a clue how ridiculous you sound? Making stuff up doesn't constitute proof, nor does repeating DU talking points.
If you have a shred of proof of your assertions, provide a link.
If not, I'll have to ignore you.
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Check out this gallery of "evidence" of global warming.
This guy absolutely doesn't allow for sunspot cycles, normal variations within a typical range, weather, or just about anything except that he's got 5 sets of pictures that show extremely minor differences only the non-imaginative would think has any significance whatsoever.
The argument is made more effectively here.
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OMG! I just realized we're all gonna die!!!!!
Everybody start chanting "Kyoto!! Kyoto!!" before the beetles eat all the trees!!!
posted by
Sharp as a Marble on February 16, 2005 12:37 PM
Funny, this corresponding website: http://www.worldviewofglobalwarming.org
Has that now-notorious bad graph of global warming over time.
posted by
Jeremy on February 16, 2005 01:00 PM
Have you seen the temperature graph after all possible normal variations have been factored out?
I've got a copy of it right here:
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So let's say you are wondering what the Eason Jordon flap was all about. And on top of it, you have never even heard of Jeff Gannon*.
Here's a pretty good analogy to help you understand the whole issue, and the significance of the relevant players' actions. And it's pretty funny, to boot, so I've got whole that going for me, you know.
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February 11, 2005
The three best summations of the Jeff Gannon story can be found at:
INDC Journal, Ace of Spades HQ, and Ace of Spades HQ again.
I didn't think I had much to say about this, but in retrospect, I do.
Heck, it isn't exactly a shocker to note the following:
-Liberals consider privacy, especially privacy about sexual orientation, to be of the utmost importance....unless you are conservative!
-Liberals consider it okay for journalists to lob softballs at political figures, as when Chris Matthews asked Sen. John F. Kerry something like, "Would you like to explain why, exactly, these fraudulent and so-called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth spurious and underhanded attacks are, in fact, spurious and underhanded?" Again, it's beyond the pale if you are a conservative.
Apparently "liberal" is now a synonym for "self-serving double standard".
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SUVs and Homeschooling.
...at least, according to the liberal-leaning mainstream news media. Guess which one is a key player in this story?
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I can't believe they missed the opportunity to slip in a derogatory slam against SUVs, too; something like: "The Dollars specifically wanted seven children to justify their ownership and constant use of an SUV."
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"The children were home-schooled, so their contact with the outside world was very limited."
Hardly a sweeping condemnation of homeschooling, although poorly phrased (put much better in the CNN article I link at the WWR). They should include it as an explanation as to how the abuse could be hidden from friends, teachers, etc.
posted by
andy on February 4, 2005 05:54 PM
Hey! No fair injecting common sense and reasonableness into my snarky over-reaction! [grin]
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Nathan on February 5, 2005 03:06 PM
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The AIDS Heresy and the New Bishops.
Responses?
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I find the entire discussion fascinating. Looks like he laid his case out well. I'm agnostic on this one but I have to say that nothing--absolutely nothing--would surprise me at this point.
Sheesh. That was pretty non-commital, wasn't it?
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I apologize for being a little late on this.
See, I've seen all sorts of media outlets and govt organizations making this declaration for next month.
Well, let me tell you: Spokane is pretty "white-bread", and yet I've still seen quite a few of 'em around. So I'm glad to say that this near-universal declaration that blacks are "history" next month is fortunately inaccurate.
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D'oh! ;)
posted by
Jo on January 25, 2005 02:35 PM
<groooooan>
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The bias in this article is pretty clear, huh:
But until there is a vacancy on the court, the president appears content to continue chipping away at the legality of abortion — through proposals such as the 2003 ban on partial-birth abortion and the fetal-pain and state-line proposals — rather than launching an all-out assault.
(emphasis mine)
Other than that, I pretty much support the bills President Bush is supporting.
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And Dan Rather has a message for the United States regarding his role in the whole matter:
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Anyone who was serious about honoring the fallen troops would honor what they accomplished, not just the price they paid.
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Those who are busy "honoring" the deaths of American troops in Iraq seldom have much to say about what those troops accomplished. The restoration of electricity, the re-opening of hospitals and schools, and all the other things being done to try to restore a war-devastated country get little attention, and everything that has gone wrong makes the front pages and TV news for weeks on end.
Emphasis mine.
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It was Wolf Blitzer’s Report on CNN on 5 Jan.
He was talking with a reporter in Phuket, and the reporter said something like:
"The hardest hit are the children who had their lives wiped out by the tsunami. I watched a group of them in a classroom, and they seemed happy: laughing, playing, learning. But it only took a few minutes of talking with them before the tears came. You wonder how they will be able to recover from such devastating losses."
…so the kids were in the process of healing the way kids do: getting on with their lives. And then you came along, and for the sake of your exploitive storyline, talked them back into being upset. If they have nightmares for life, it's because you upset the healing process. Nice job, idiot.
"We followed one girl walking home alone, and you wonder what is going through her mind."
I would assume she was probably thinking, "Stay away from me, you weirdo.
Stop following me!"
The reporter then moved on to talk about the people cleaning up:
"After the tsunami came the next step, which may be even worse."
What? The CNN reporters descending en masse to advance their careers to the detriment of the locals?
"The clean-up: These people are working so hard. Many work as long as they can stay awake. One wonders where they find the energy to persevere in such hard working conditions, why they continue."
And I’m sure it helps inspire them to see you standing there in a clean shirt, rested and relaxed, holding a chilled bottle of water you don’t share. They are probably motivated by the hope that as soon as they finish what they have to do (cleaning up their country), they can rip your head from its body.
That wasn't all of the condescending garbage spouted by this jerk, not by half. But it’s all I can remember. Then a later segment on the news channel (after Wolf Blitzer’s Report was over?) went to an attractive young lady (with clean clothes, perfect make-up and hair, obviously freshly-showered) who was going to talk about "Living the Tragedy in Sri Lanka". I hope that someday I can meet her at a party and listen to her bragging about the tragedy she "lived" in January 2005….like maybe she could only get her latte in a 14-ounce plastic cup instead of her usual 12-ounce, and not even earth-friendly biodegradable! ...or something equally petty. The gall of these people to assume they can package up the tragedy and dole it out in sympathetic packets of rationed guilt and responsibility…
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You said it so well!!!!!! Condescension on stilts. (!)
posted by
Jane on January 6, 2005 10:23 PM
I hope you don't watch CNN coverage of Africa or Asia too often, dude; you'll end up having a stroke before you hit 40. The BBC offers the most consistent stream of out-of-touch, elitist prigs who bash Americans for being out-of-touch elitist prigs, but CNN is way more accomplished (as it were) at ruthlessly goading ordinary people into fitting their preconceived triumphs-and-tragedies storyline.
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January 05, 2005
Bunches of people who matter more than me are shocked that the CNN director used the word "flood" in relation to covering the aftermath of the tsunami.
Let me ask you: are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings really the same word?
For instance, is "bear - the animal" really the same word as "bear - to endure"?
I think you can make an argument that they are not. Mr. Klein was not thinking of "bunches of water covering what is normally land" when he used the word. By the very words he used, it is clear that the mental image he had that he was trying to convey was of a bunch of athletes overwhelming rivals by sending more people than the rival could match, in order to score a touchdown. That's what the term "flood the zone" means.
The mind is an interesting thing. People who haven't lived in the South for years often cannot remove the word "ya'll" from their vocabulary because it fills a conceptual gap in proper English language: 2nd person plural.
Some people are perhaps making a career out of being offended, I think.
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I'd have to disagree. "Flood" has a number of meanings, not all having to do with water. I'd say that "flood the zone" derives from the second intransitive verb definition listed at dictionary.com (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=flood): To pour forth; overflow.
I suspect that this definition arose when someone was trying to describe some action that resembled a flood in terms of "covering" every part of an area.
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wheels on January 6, 2005 10:32 PM
Um, I don't want to sound to flippant or dismissive, but:
No. It's a sports term.
"Zone coverage" was developed in basketball and baseball as an easier way to cover receivers and shifty guards who could juke a defender out of his shoes. The defender covered his area, or zone. So offenses reacted by putting more guys in a zone than the person responsible for the zone could cover. So defenses would assign 1-2 extra guys to help out if their zone was empty. So offenses would put more guys in the zone than the defense could cover. If the defense put everyone in the zone, then it was too easy to break someone free on a 'back door' move.
The term for putting lots of guys in one zone is called "flooding the zone".
I thought that was common knowledge. But then, I'm a big-time football fan.
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Great minds think alike, or so they say. I'd say I happened to be musing on a subject that a truly great mind was also considering. But he was considering it a day or so earlier, to be able to produce this, today.
The question is: Whom do the journalists* serve?
The military serves the US Constitution first and foremost. Politicians ostensibly serve their constituents. McDonald's serves hamburgers. But whom do the journalists serve?
The question first struck me as I was working out this morning and watching CNN. A quote from a print journalist regarding the tsunami hitting SE Asia/SW Pacific was on the screen, "Where the wave hit, there was total and complete devastation." But in the pictures they showed, while there certainly was extreme damage, the devastation was neither complete, nor total. Another quote was given, "All the earth is vibrating..." (which can also be seen currently over at the Drudge Report as of this writing). Well, duh. That happens with any quake large enough for the shocks to hit the earth's molten core. From what I understand quakes as small as 4.9 (considered "small") can be felt by sensitive instruments around the whole world.
So why are these dramatic quotes being broadcast around the world?
It occurred to me: most journalists want to be the one to memorialize a disaster in a single line. Most journalists want to be the guy who said, "Oh, the humanity!" in the same way that most athletes want to make the last-second, miracle, game-winning score, the way most businessmen want to make the sale of the century, the way doctors want to find the miracle cure. It's beyond garnering of recognition, it's immortality.
So why don't they break out the dramatic and poetic language for our success in Iraq? Or for the successful election in Afghanistan? Why do they reserve their best efforts for the horrible news, the tragic, the sad?
Whom do they serve?
Not the government, of course. They want to be a check on government, and I can't disagree with that sentiment. The power of sunlight on corruption is an amazing thing.
But not the people, either, really. If they served the people, they wouldn't by hyping junk-science global warming, or pushing the Kyoto treaty. They wouldn't have endlessly returned to rumors of President Bush's possible AWOL while all-but-ignoring Kerry's service record, credulously accepting as gospel truth whatever Kerry chose to say about himself.
No, they don't really labor to serve the people, because they actively work to deny the people full access to some information streams.
They serve their employers, to an extent. Except that does anyone think Dan Rather's actions with the forged memos were in the best interest of the CBS corporation? Or even that he deliberately ruthlessly removed anyone who might have the skills and charisma to replace him? No. There is a symbiosis between journalists and their employers, in that greater circulation meets both their goals, but when push comes to shove, journalists serve themselves.
Sure. That's no big surprise. Cynics would say we all are selfish and looking out for our own good, that we all serve ourselves first and foremost.
Except that it seems to be different in journalism. Every profession has "ethics". One way to define ethics is they are a guideline for what you should do so that you don't merely rely on self-interest. Journalistic ethics seem to place a high value on the Truth. That becomes problematic, however, when Truth stops being a collection of facts and starts being an ideology that can be supported or denied depending on how you group or what order you present the facts.
So, yeah, I think even journalistic ethics tend to focus journalists on burnishing their own reputations, rather than serving the people.
Could you say that journalists serve the nation, perhaps?
No. In fact, I wish we had a news media/journalism profession that did serve the nation. The nation is served by protecting it from harm. Harm can come from the government itself, and from dangerous ideas arising from among the people. The news media/journalists are fine at exposing (and hopefully disarming) those threats. But our current news media only helps our enemies in attacking the US.
Some of the methods are obvious: semantic shifts in which terrorists in Iraq and Palestine are "militants" or "freedom fighters". Negative reporting from Iraq that implies the whole country is in chaos instead of showing all the progress that reveals the instability is contained and shrinking. Calling Afghanistan a "quagmire" beforehand, but eliding over the progress the nation has made in the last 3 years and never admitting a mistaken prediction.
But some methods aren't so obvious. I think most people would agree that one of the ways journalists help protect against a tyrannical or corrupt government is by exposing lies and shady aspects. I, at least, am convinced this is so. But the way they go about this is by encouraging leaks "off the record", then pleading immunity from disclosing their sources. This has led to all sorts of journalistic improprieties, including making up quotes just to score political points.
But the real effect of this is to cause the government and all its organs and branches to clam up even tighter, to be even more careful about classifying information and closing potential leaks.
It's roughly analogous to killing the goose that lays the golden egg.
One of the main reasons information is classified in the US security system is to protect the source of the information and the means of collection. If information is in the open (unclassified and non-governmental) news streams, it can be discussed openly. If our news media would spend its resources investigating what our enemies were up to, it would provide plausible sources for otherwise classified information. That makes it easier to disseminate the information not only among government bureaus to the people that need the information, but also to the people of the United States.** For instance, how much would it help the security situation of the United States today if our news media had sniffed out that North Korea wasn't holding to their agreement over nuclear weapon technology? But our news media unfortunately was too busy trying to find something to cover besides Bill Clinton scandals, and so it took until US Intelligence agencies discovered the problem several years later.
Our news media thought a drunk driving arrest from 30 years ago*** was more important than investigating the extent of Chinese attempts to influence our Presidential election process.
Can we get a news media that cares more about the good of the nation than its own agenda? Is that too much to ask?
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*news media, anchors, reporters, talking heads...the terminology is necessarily imprecise, but you know what I mean.
**I'm convinced that is the whole purpose for the existence of Jane's military information: to provide the British with plausible cover so they can lower classification or even declassify large chunks of information that is most useful when in the open.
***"We found this spoon, sir."
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Can we get a news media that cares more about the good of the nation than its own agenda? Is that too much to ask?
I doubt it, at this point. Unless we get a complete turnover of people OR some other equally seismic event among journalists and those who train upcoming journalists, it's probably a lost cause. Eventually I'm hoping that journalism schools (and the national networks) will either wake up and see what's happening around them, or they'll become completely irrelevant. They're durn near close to that already.
Realize that we've got a whole group of people who have been brought up to trust themselves and serve themselves, since there is no higher purpose than that... in the 80s, Whitney Houston sang of The Greatest Love of All -- "Learning to love yourself... it is the greatest love of all." Look where that line of thinking got her. And it's infected a terrible lot of others as well.
There are a few of us out here who have emerged from that cocoon of selfishness and understood the bigger picture... I'm thinking that most blue-state journalists haven't.
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Kris on December 27, 2004 04:33 PM
We have good journalists who know they serve their readers, often by making knowledge accessible.
But there surely is a trend in journalism to serve one's own career.
I go to the Neiman Institute's conference on narrative journalism each year--about 1000 journalists, many of them quite good.
But each year I'm perplexed by the way some journalists turn simple moral situations into ethical conundrums too difficult for them to solve: If your source is dying for lack of simple commodities which you could provide, is it unethical to provide them?
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Heard this story about the specialist who asked about armoring vehicles in Iraq?
It turns out the question was a plant from a reporter.
It absolutely violates journalistic ethics.
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At some point in time, "journalistic ethics" will take its rightful place among such oxymoronic giants as "jumbo shrimp" and "adult male."
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By David Horowitz.
Intro:
The charge of racism is a toxic accusation in our culture more damaging than the charge of "Communism" at the height of the McCarthy era. It is the contemporary version of the witch-hunt and the fact that its stigma can be applied so casually by leftists to conservatives in their line of fire reflects how instinctive this enterprise is to people who think of themselves as “liberals.” The witch-hunt may even be said to be instinctive to progressives who regard themselves as the avatars of human decency and reason, the rest us as turn-back-the-clock reactionaries and … well, racists.
Is there a conservative figure in our culture who has not been so tarred? Rep. Charles Rangel has described anyone who supports tax cuts as a closet Kluxer. With even more subtlety, Rep. John Lewis has called supporters of welfare reform “Nazis.” In the 2000 election, Democrats tarred George Bush as a lyncher.
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I apologize for Charlie. He would have frozen to death if I had not given him my place in the warmup tent an Kunu Ri in 1950.
Freeze now, you Commie Bastard!
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Okay, I'm late coming to the party on the story of the Marine shooting the terrorist in Fallujah. And from my wording, you can probably guess my opinion.
It's axiomatic that pictures have massive impact, far more than mere descriptions. And a series of pictures tells an even more compelling story. Part of the strength of impact is that, absent any sort of alteration (which is more difficult to discount in this age of digital photography), people assume that the camera cannot lie. Seeing is believing, right?
But the camera lies by omission as much as anything else. Anyone who saw F9/11 saw a very facile motion-picture length falsehood. Slickly produced, context and sequence were manipulated with a artist's touch to present ambiguity in a light that was intended to damn President Bush as much as possible.
People are talking about what was shown on the tape. Some people are pointing out the context was such that the Marine may well have been acting within the Rules of Engagement (in that other terrorists have played dead until they could grab a weapon and resume fighting). I'd like to see more of a discussion about how cameras are the weapons of choice in propaganda wars.
The camera has a field of view much smaller than the human eye. It leaves out far more than it includes. The liberal pundits and talking heads who insist that of course they support the troops are exactly the ones now quick to convict this Marine on the strength of an edited film clip alone. This is wrong, dishonest, hypocritical...and par for the course.
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First: I saw the clip shown on The Lehrer Report. Isn't it a shame that we need to know such information before we can evaluate someone's comment. I believe that I saw and heard a Marine shoot (and presumably kill) a person in Falujah, Iraq, a combat zone. The person was prone and appeared to be dead. Some other person stated that the prone person was breathing. The same person or someone else said that he was pretending to be dead. The Marine then shot him and stated: "He's dead now." I presume that he was then dead, if not before. Did I hear the bravado in the Marine's voice? Yes.
I was surprised that the discussion on Lehrer that followed was about the death, that it included three people brought in especially to discuss the piece and that someone had apparently raised an issue about the clip.
Now I know what is up.
Many have wondered what will happen in the "next" war when GI's in the foxhole have cell phones. Well, now we know. WHATEVER happened here, did anyone think that such things don't happen in war? There are those who think that a Marine should die before violating the civil rights of anyone, much less kill them. Those who think that should be left to the mercies of a terrorist bent on torture. People who have had to face war will instinctively side with the Marine. There are too many dead Marines already who tried to be too careful with dead bodies or wounded terrorists faking death. I'll say it: I side with him even if he thought the wounded Iraqui probably wasn't dangerous. Probably isn't good enough. This is war. Did the dead man know he was in a war zone? Yes. Did he have an opportunity to get out? Yes.
End of story.
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notherbob2 on November 16, 2004 10:01 PM
notherbob:"Did the dead man know he was in a war zone? Yes. Did he have an opportunity to get out? Yes."
did he have the opportunity to get out of the war zone that is his country? was he to immigrate to canada?
or do you mean did he have the opportunity to get out of Fallujah? If you followed the way the evacuation of Fallujah occured you would know the US forces refused exit of all men of his age and forced them back to the city the last few weeks.
There are plenty of military men (I am one) who don't fault the marine per se in this case but who see the Falujah siege as essentially an attrocity.
You toss the term "terrorist." we don't know any such thing, we don't know the man was even one of the legal combatants that comprise the bulk of the Iraqi isnurgency! Our position is there were 2,000 to 3,000 insurgents in Fallujah last month. We allowed the evacuation of everyone but "military age men" who were all turned back. Population is 300,000. 70% had fled in past three months. Pentagon estimates before the attack were that 1,500 to 2,000 insurgents remained. this would mean you have somewhere between 50,000 to 5,000 NON INSYRGENT military age men! in any most military age men left in Fallujah are not insurgents by our own reconing. These men may have been terrorists, may have been legal combatants, or may have had never been either as far as we know and may have fled the fighting to the mosque.
"People who have had to face war will instinctively side with the Marine"
We may "instinctively side with the Marine, but we do not all side with the idiots who thought to make Iraq a lesson in transformation.
If you lived in Iraq my friend and hated Saddam, there is a very good chance that at this point you would hate American troops and take up arms. At this point we have killed someone in almost every family.
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wes on November 17, 2004 06:39 AM
Wes,
You assume an awful lot about the state of mind of the terrorist.
Yes, terrorist. Somewhere between 60% and 80% of the terrorists fighting us in Fallujah are from outside Iraq. Terrorists from all over the Middle East are coming to Iraq for the chance to kill Americans.
Most of the civilians had fled the city long before the operation started because the terrorists had made their lives miserable, imposing Taliban-like restrictions on people, terrorizing them, raping women, stealing, beating men if they shaved their beard.
You've heard the saying: lie down with dogs, get up with fleas. Or "Birds of a feather flock together." The Chinese have something similar: "You get black if you stay around ink all the time..."
This group of terrorists had been firing on US Marines. Weapons were around the room. This one was feigning being dead...to pick up a weapon after the Marines moved on to attack them from the rear? Maybe. Probably. They are investigating it, though.
Are any of the terrorists investigating the murder of Mrs Hassan, a British ex-patriot? Or the Polish women who was in Iraq to help people? Or Nick Berg? If they did investigate, would any of the terrorists be charged with a crime?
Take another look at the saying about lying down with dogs, then consider the inhumanity of those you are so vociferously defending. You need a flea collar.
posted by
Nathan on November 17, 2004 07:30 AM
No, my friend, it is YOU who toss the terms “atrocity” and “idiots”.
Your statement about someone in almost every family being killed is not true. I don’t believe we have killed someone in almost every family who has traditionally resided in Falujah, much less Iraq.
It is good that you are commenting outside the liberal cocoon and I, for one, welcome such comments. One hint: outside the cocoon, ridiculous claims that are not supported by facts will be challenged. This is especially true if they attack our (you don’t mind being included in “our”, do you?) government or its policies. Attack away, but please try to stick to the facts.
One more tip: Iraq is not Vietnam. Outside the cocoon, people do not relate the two so you must state your assumptions or your points will not be understood.
I would be pleased to gain more understanding of the point of view of those who think we are on the wrong track in Iraq. Even though it is in the past, I hope we did learn something from Vietnam.
I know all the bad guys who wanted to apparently escaped Falujah. I don't know about the practice regarding military age men you cite. Would you be insulted if I said I doubt that it's true? Sorry.
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....just saying, is all.
Susan Estrich is still channeling Carol Channing.
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'Which Kevin?' you ask? Good question, since I think a higher percentage of 'Kevins' are blogging than any other given name, although I think Michelle/Michele comes close if you combine the spelling.
In this case, however, I'm speaking of the inestimable Kevin McGehee, who explains that President Bush is not only going to win, he's going to win bigger than most people expect.
ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN would be well advised to stock up on antacid.
Indeed.
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Yeah, me too (My calculation tacks on Hawaii and New Jersey)
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Bush got just about half the votes in the last election.
Now, four years later, what's going on?
Q and O has this, saying Bush is picking up all sorts of votes among white females, blacks, Jews, first-time voters, and veterans*.
The Kerry Spot says has Zogby saying Bush has mobilized his base more effectively than last time.
Despite the Old Media not being able to find any, the Democrats For Bush phenomena is, by most accounts, stronger than the Republicans for Kerry movement.***
Now, unless you assume that Bush is only picking up the extra votes from people who didn't vote last time around**, shouldn't that translate to a landslide victory for President Bush? The percentages truly seem to indicate President Bush getting something close to 60% of the vote, which seems ridiculous on the face of it.
And here's some more evidence that Bush is going to easily defeat Kerry: Up by 5 points in heavily-Democrat Michigan?!??!
...and yet, Mickey Kaus keeps going over implausible scenarios of ties, and if you scroll down over the last week, keeps talking as if the "undecideds break against the incumbent" historical trend will deliver the victory to Kerry. And Rasmussen has the candidates well within the margin of error.****
That just doesn't seem possible.
I know there is some dispute on polling practices, i.e., Democrats tend to answer the phone more often during typical polling time periods, so to eliminate that influence the pollster has to "weight" the results in line with traditional Democrat/Republican percentages, but even the extent or direction of the weighting is in dispute.
The editor of Newsweek said the media is worth 10-15 percentage points of votes for Democrats, because of liberal bias. And an even more strong historical trend than the "Undecideds Break Against the Incumbent" one is that people tend to not vote if they think their candidate is going to lose. Combine those two ideas, and it becomes more clear why the Old Media is insisting Kerry is still in the race.
I'm still thinking the final results are going to be very surprising...an unwelcome surprise for Democrats, indeed.
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*and hispanics, according to other sources not covered in this post
**which doesn't seem likely because Bush is picking up percentages of populations, not just numbers.
***which is supported by logic, as well, since any campaign that has a significant movement like Kerry Haters for Kerry can't be drawing that much support from Republicans. I've gotta think that the Republicans For Kerry movement is actually Democrats claiming to be Republicans to try and sway voters...you know, like Michael Moore claiming to be an Independent, or Andrew Sullivan trying to insist he was undecided until just recently?
****But they also show the President's Approval Rating is above the supposedly crucial threshold at 52%.
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I saw an interesting interview with Pat Caddell - the Dem Pollster Since the Beginning of Time (whose also pretty disgusted with his party) who has said that the "undecideds break against the incumbent" meme is a huge myth.
He hauled out some numbers that said that, with the exception of Jimmy Carter, undecideds broke for the incumbent on election day. The reason, as he gave it, was pretty common-sense. If you still can't make up your mind on the day of the election, you're much more likely to vote for the known quantities of the incumbent than you are to vote for a change.
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I read the same info, and it seemed plausible to me, but none of the "experts" seem to accept it.
You know? I think this election may destroy most trends, expectations, theories, and practices. The old ways of doing things and the old assumptiosn are getting thrown out the window by the changes in society and information flow.
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Why do they keep citing the less accurate Establishment Payroll Survey?!??!?!
The discrepancy between the job numbers produced by the Establishment Payroll Survey and those produced by the Household Survey has finally been getting attention in the last few months. I never payed attention to the Establishment survey because I never worked directly for an establishment. In fact there has never been a time when the money which supported me came from a countable job. Those whose premises are supported by the lower Establishment numbers tend to dismiss the new ways of earning a living as not being "real" jobs. I have no doubt that some of the tens of thousands of people who now support their families would really rather be back in that nice warm foundry, or working rotating shifts at the tire plant, but not many of them.
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My main purpose, in the post you are quoting, was to build up to the link to the news about the manufacturing index. I could have gone further about the Establishment survey. For one thing, it tends to count any new union jobs, meaning more union dues, meaning more campaign donations. It is more difficult to tax the self-employed, even if they make no effort to avoid or cheat. Note for example the IRS action against Indianapolis Baptist, which was shut down for the crime of being a collective of ministers who each took up their own collection and each paid all of the taxes due on that income (confirmed by audit) instead of being an Establishment which paid a salary minus withholding. Worst of all, people who do not depend on a big company for employment and security will be less inclined to depend on the government for their well-being.
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This is getting really interesting.
Here is a good summary with assertions broken out.
At this point, I'm not sure who is telling the truth, but the way the assertions shake out, someone is lying. Particularly: she says she never brought politics in and wouldn't touch politics with a 10-foot pole in the classroom vs. the administrator's assertions that she offended students with partisan harangues.
If her story is correct, the school administration was way out of line. However, in my experience, someone steeped in the political infighting endemic to school administration would be slightly more credible than a single individual. To tell the truth, I'm beginning to think that she was trying to seize a 'moral' high ground upon which to base a 'wrongful dismissal' argument or something.
Advantage: School Administration (barring more definitive information).
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It's cool when you can invent a new blogging mode. I, of course, have never done that.*
But Sharp as a Marble, who apparently would like me to bite him, invents just such a special mode in this post.
It's so concise and so chock-full of feel-good blogging snarkiness that I can find nothing to excerpt, and yet I don't feel it's right for me to excerpt the whole thing....all of which is a long way of saying, Read the Whole F***ing Thing Already, Will Ya?
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I was going to start fisking at the letter-level, but it was taking too long.
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And I have come up with yet ANOTHER new way to Fisk. To check it out, click on my link.
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This won't be a surprise to the people who pay attention and are able to separate viewpoint from fact, but economists found evidence of bias in the way Old Media reports economic news. (subscription probably required. Following the link at Drudge Report where I found this lets you avoid it)
They found that Mr. Clinton received better headlines than the two Republican presidents. Even after adjusting the data to compensate for differences in economic performance under the three presidents, the Republicans received 20 to 30 percent fewer positive headlines, on average, for the same type of news, they concluded.
...They found that as a group, the nation's 10 largest newspapers and The Associated Press were even more skewed. According to the researchers, this group gave Republican administrations 20 to 40 percent fewer positive headlines than those given to Mr. Clinton, on average.
To me, the big surprise was that this appeared in the New York Times at all.
Oh, and our very own Ace of Spades was on top of this a long time ago.
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Mickey Kaus, a Democrat and Kerry supporter with the guts to still report actual facts (unlike most of the other Kerry-supporting Old Media) absolutely destroys an Old Media attempt to smear Republicans. (sorry about forgetting to close the tag)
Patterico shoots down a promising pro-Kerry Web conspiracy theory--namely that the potential forgery of the CBS Bush guard documents was spotted so quickly on the Web that the person who spotted it ("Buckhead," poster #47 at Free Republic) must have been tipped off in advance. That would suggest that any forgery was planted, presumably by pro-Bush forces. But it seems this whole theory, promoted in this morning's ABC News Note, was based on a misreading of time stamps by ABC. In reality, Buckhead had a couple of hours to come up with his post--something he confirms in an email to Patterico. ... ABC has corrected its mistake (without withdrawing the now seemingly groundless insinuation). NPR hasn't corrected the error, according to Patterico, and David Brock's Media Matters still posts it. ... P.S.: Media Matters might want to decide if a) the documents are authentic, as argued at the top of their Web page or b) the documents are forgeries planted by Republicans, as argued at the bottom of their Web page. Lawyers are allowed to plead in the alternative, but a) and b) can't both be true, and the evidence for each of those propositions is also evidence against the other one. 1:10 A.M. Pacific Time (that's 4:10 to you, Ambinder)
(You'll have to go the actual site to be able to follow the links I'm too lazy to include)
The Democrats really want to believe that Rpublicans have developed a web of conspiracies to prevent their ascendency into power. It started with Hillary Clinton, who couldn't seem to believe that there were people who were not blinded by her husband's charisma and actually disapproved of the character displayed by his philandering and disturbed by the easy willingness to lie it demonstrated. She couldn't believe that people might not want to live in a socialist state with a Clinton/Democrat aristocracy. Hence, it must be a vast conspiracy by those evil Right-Wingers. The couldn't understand that the appeal of talk radio is its interactivity, that people can express their opinions, because they are used to a top-down dissemination of ideas through a hierarchy based on liberal college education (i.e., only the intellectuals are allowed to have ideas).
As people have grown more dissatisfied with Democrat glittering generalities, empty promises, untenable ideas, and dishonest tactics, Republicans have grown in political power. Democrats cannot understand this, apparently lacking the ability to understand differences of perspective and the concept of principled opposition. They seem to think that if they state a goal of "everyone having the same minimu level of financial resources", that anyone who opposes that goal must be evil, corrupt, and desirous of keeping others poor in order to stay rich...they cannot conceive that someone could have the ability to independently analyze the goal and methods and determined, on their own with native intelligence, that attempting that goal invariably results in greater injustice and widespread crime and poverty. Rather than investigate their own platitudes, rather than refine their own ideas, rather than actually investigating and evaluating their own proposals for efficacy, they prefer to merely label any opponent "evil".
Thus, as Republican political power has grown, liberals/Democrats have seen this as a growth of Evil. And stopping the spread and growth of evil is a worthy cause that requires extraordinary tactics, right?
Unable to understand the attraction of interactive discussion of news and politics, liberals/Democrats have responded by ratcheting up their methods of fighting conservatives/Republicans. In the 2000 Presidential election, the media, in collusion with the Democrat party, supported and aided Gore in trying to reinvent himself until he could find a pretend character that might resonate with voters. It was never an attempt to show voters the true character of the man they wanted to make the most important decisions regarding the country, it was an attempt to conceal anything negative. The Old Media did everything they could during the election, as well, even declaring Gore the victor in a "battleground" state 45 minutes before the polling stations were closed in the conservative-leaning panhandle. When the outcome was disputed, all the Old Media supported Al Gore's challenge, invariably accepting his team's arguments at face value, but dissecting all of Bush's assertions and casting his spokespeople in unfavorable light. We heard all sorts of stories about authorities attempting to prevent Democrat votes, but very little mention (and no follow up) on Democrat voting shenanigans.
Even now, some Old Media attempt to say Gore should have won in Florida, even though all recounts show that Bush did win the state. Even now, some Old Media still attempt to paint the Supreme Court as helping Bush get elected, even though, in light of the recounts, all the Supreme Court did was put an end to nonsense that would never have changed the outcome.
Now, none of this is a Left-Wing conspiracy. It is just disparate liberal/Democrat-supporting institutions that individually do what they can to shore up weaknesses in the liberal/Democrat machine...
The last four years of liberal/Democrat perfidy are well-documented throughout the web. But there are few points I'd like to make.
1) In any discussion, the lefty commenters usually accuse the conservatives of "following marching orders", and usually claim those are sent by the "RNC fax". I was puzzled by that for a while, until I realized it was projection. I'm as conservative as they come, and have never received an RNC fax. Our conservative ideas are introduced at the grassroots level, and we fight and hash them out. I have never seen conservative bloggers "thinking in lockstep" (or other variations of that theme), because we nearly always disagree on all sorts of different ideas. For instance, Stumpjumper and ZombyBoy of Resurrection Song don't even agree with each other, much less with me. Dean Esmay leans Republican (although he seems to still wish he could vote Democrat, but his integrity won't allow him to). Dodd Harris (Ipse Dixit) and Kevin McGehee (blogoSFERICS) are both as conservative as they come, but aren't in complete agreement and I disagree with them about any number of things. I'm probably closest in socio-political viewpoint to Rae (A Likely Story) and Tony (Sand in the Gears), and we don't agree with most of the above individuals regarding things like abortion... And I'm sure our various reactions to the Patriot Act are as varied as our blognames. Then throw in Kim du Toit, whose connection with the rest of the conservative bloggers I've named is probably limited to just 2nd Amendment rights, and probably not even complete agreement on that. But I'm not sure, because, you see, we don't coordinate! At all. I know this is hard for the liberals, Democrats, and Old Media to understand, but we all think for ourselves. We link what we like from each other, we disagree but remain friends on some issues, we decide for ourselves.
Liberals/Democrats cannot seem to understand that, and can't seem to handle the implications. That's why the accusations of a conspiracy grow ever more prevalent.
Terry McAuliffe has totally internalized that idea. He cannot understand that he might not be the most effective party chairman, so he blames every failure of the Kerry campaign on the manipulation of Karl Rove. He doesn't realize how petulant and ridiculous he sounds these days, I guess.
Dan Rather couldn't handle being fact-checked regarding the forged memos, and so blamed it on a right-wing campaign to discredit his version of the truth. Unfortunately, his take complete mischaracterizes the fact that it wasn't a campaign to discredit, it was a campaign for the truth. If there is a connection between "right-wing" and "truth", it is merely that the left wing no longer cares about the truth.
Remember, from the beginning of the Howard Dean candidacy nearly two years ago, it was decided that "Bush lied". (Okay, the opposition to Bush actuall started in November 2000, but the current campaign of "Anybody But Bush" started with the first declared candidacy). That theme was decided two years ago, before all the evidence was in...nearly before any evidence was in. The decision being made, no evidence or proof could shake the Anybody But Bush crowd.
...do you get that? The Truth behind Bush's decision didn't matter at all to Democrats. They would use any appearance of impropriety, any perceived mis-step, any apparent contradiction to attack Bush. It didn't matter what the truth was. It didn't matter if the apparent contradictions were there own fabrications or the result of faulty analysis or incomplete reporting.
And so we end up with Dan Rather and 60 Minutes discarding any semblence of healthy skepticism regarding the authenticity of magically-appearing (my term) memos. And we end up with a group of individual bloggers using their own areas of expertise and intelligence to debunk the forgery in less than 24 hours.
Over the last 20-30 years, Democrats have been growing new Democrats by indoctrination through the education system. To perfect the indoctrination, they establish rules like "speech codes" and "politically-correct speech/programs" to ensure that information contradictory to the accepted liberal ideology is not presented. Over the same time period, Republicans have been growing new Republicans by thinking, analyzing, arguing, disputing, researching. Talk radio helped increase the speed of that growth. The internet has only allowed greater interaction and more connection, and greater access to be able to communicate individual ideas. And look around at the blogs: You have true debate on the conservative blogs, and all but the most negative and hateful trolls are tolerated (although probably ridiculed). If you have debate at all on the liberal blogs, you are banned for expressing conservative viewpoints. You are accused of hate-speech for debunking inaccuracies.
Granted, this little summation is fragmentary and incomplete. There are probably some inaccuracies as well. That's what you get when someone types impressions off the top of their head.
I've been wondering what's going to happen to the Democrat party. Kerry's campaign is imploding, and the Democrat party and all its supporting structures (like Old Media) may well implode with it. Since the irrational hatred of conservative ideas and personages won't disappear with the loss of structure, what happens? If you can't run a party on the basis of hate, you certainly can't form one. If your party lacks cogent, coherent ideas, you can't use that same nonsense to form a new party. But these ideas, fully discredited by thoughtful and thinking individuals, are still embraced and cherished by liberals. Can any good come of that?
Yeah, that was a set up for this conclusion, even as hap-hazardly as I wound my way down to it:
Whatever replaces the Democrat party, the advances in technology we take as commonplace now (global interconnectivity and easy access into the instantaneous marketplace of ideas) will be fully involved. I offer to you the idea that the Democrat party as we know it, and the liberal ideology as it exists today cannot exist in the face of intelligent challenge. Liberal ideology is bankrupt and the Democrat party a lame duck. The goals will remain, but the methods will (hopefully) be replaced with something besides the class envy and soft bigotry of the Democrat Party.
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Check 'em out. Fully 1/5th of the entire world's population.
Which is even more impressive when you consider that 2/5ths of the world's population resides in China and India, and they aren't playing. Yet.
Found via a truly hilarious explanation of Kerry's Opinion on Iraq.*
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HULK WANT TO BE MARINE! MARINES SMASH!...oops wrong blog *grin*. But wouldn't that drive our Islamist daffy to see the big green guy heading in their general direction?
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I've seen a few people mention the kerfuffle between Zell Miller (D-Georgia) and Chris Matthews (host of the show Hardball, also known as "Puffball" when John Kerry is his guest...). In that interview, Zell refers to Chris beating up on "that little girl", a reference to Michelle Malkin. Some of the commenters have mentioned Matthews picking on "a woman" or even a "little Phillipino woman".
Understand this: Michelle Malkin came off 2nd best because she tried to answer the questions directly and honestly, and Chris Matthews had no intention of letting her score points by doing so. His technique is dishonest and reprehensible, not to mention contrary to all ethics for a professional journalist or talk-show host.
Where Michelle Malkin went wrong was in not directly confronting Matthews' attack. Zell Miller did so, refusing to answer until Matthews' backed off and gave him space. I don't think Ms. Malkin has encountered such hostile interviewing very often; I have every confidence she will be more prepared in the future, and will not be caught so unawares ever again.
So let's not hear any more softly-bigatrous insinuations that Chris Matthews beat up on someone weaker. If she ever deigns to appear on his show again, and he tries the same crap, he's going to draw back bloody stumps.
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posted by
Ralph A Lombness on September 2, 2004 10:46 AM
I applaud Zell for criticizing Matthews for
beating up on Michelle, but not because I think she's "Weak". Anyone can beat up on someone after they've sucker punched 'em in the kidneys. You're right, it wasn't because she was inferior to Matthews, it was because he dishonorably blindsided her.
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Brian B on September 2, 2004 04:32 PM
Brain, she's a professional, and she should have been better prepared. Next time, she'll probably come out swinging.
It would be nice, if for all our talk about equal rights, we could actually treat women like equals. Malkin's no "little girl", and shouldn't be fawned over like a wounded bird. She's already bounced back, and she'll be better at this in future interviews. I have a feeling she probably wouldn't want people pitying her.
posted by
Jo on September 3, 2004 08:50 AM
A professional what? She hasn't typically been the one to go onto hostile shows to discuss policy and such; rather, she has been a pundit within conservative, non-hostile circles.
Moreover, she was asked on the show to discuss her book, but Chris Matthews didn't even discuss it.
I don't really think it surprising she wasn't prepared.
Other than that, I agree with you. In fact, I more than agree with you, those were the exact points I was trying to make.
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Nathan on September 3, 2004 09:15 AM
Oops! I thought it funny you called me "Brain" rather than "Nathan". I just realized (haven't checked my email for the correction I'm sure is there waiting for me) that you were responding to Brian, which makes the comment make more sense to me. I apologize...
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Nathan on September 3, 2004 09:24 AM
Whoops, I met Brian. and I will just call you Nathan. ;)
I ALWAYS type out "brian" "brain". Guess I need to use the latter more. ;)
posted by
Jo on September 3, 2004 09:27 AM
I apologize if I came across as "fawning over her like a wounded bird". And I in no way meant to offend your sensibilities by being such a chauvinist as to think it was dishonorable of Matthews to lure her on his show under another pretext, then blind side her with a different issue, and then shout over her when she tried to reason with him. For the record, I would have been equally offended had he done that to anyone, man OR woman. I applaud Miller for standing up for a bully, even if Miller's choice of descriptives of Michelle was more condescending than any of us would have made.
As for misspelling my name, you aren't the first, you won't be the last.
posted by
Brian B on September 3, 2004 05:57 PM
What kind of extreme right-wing neo-conservative blog is this?!! Michelle Malkin is a psychotic bitch who throws a temper tantrum because she goes on Hardball to plug her shitty racist book, and doesn't expect to have to answer any questions about anything.
It's amusing that people like Matthews and Bill Maher are accused of badgering guests simply because they choose to ask a follow-up question, yet none of you assholes ever hold your heroes, Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly, accountable when they bully people.
You are all a bunch of fascist dittoheads who will be very happy to play the victim when Kerry gets elected in November!
Four More Months, baby!!!
posted by
LickBushYouPussies on September 7, 2004 09:22 AM
Thanks for providing an excellent example of Democrat/liberal insanity. It really helps demonstrate my point that the Left has lost all relevancy when people like you can do nothing more than spew inanities and hatred. If you ever calm down enough to accept reality, I'm willing to have an actual conversation....
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Nathan on September 7, 2004 09:48 AM
I've been hoping for years that someone would take a 2 by 4 and bash Matthew's right across his big mouth. Michelle Malkin not prepared...that is unadulterated bullshit....Matthews started screaming and interrupting her with yes or no at least 20 times, trying to get her to answer yes to words he put in her mouth. Fuck Chris Matthews.
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So NPR uses military attempts to maintain Operations Security as a pretext to criticize the war in Iraq.
Here's Greyhawk's take on the issue.
My reaction? Well, I don't know. I don't trust NPR much to begin with, and when they say things like, "Critics say it's an attempt to suppress unflattering truths about the U.S. occupation" when Mil-Blogs are actually one of the ways you can bypass negative media accounts to actually hear good news about the continuing liberation* in Iraq.
I can understand the need for Operational Security. Our enemies say they can get 80% of what they need from open sources. We are accustomed to openness, and I can see the need to remind people to be careful what information they give out...even if it comes in the form of a warning that some people feel is somewhat threatening.
I also suspect that 'bandwidth' might be an issue. You don't want to miss an important message because someone is uploading an image to their website.
I can see a reason why some higher ranking officers might want to discourage blogging without actually saying "no". The less people doing it, the less chance there is of problems, but the people who really find it useful and soul-satisfying aren't barred.
To tell the truth, I am far more disturbed that the USAF (and maybe the rest of the military, dunno), totally blocks access to the portal mail servers (Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL). Even worse, they don't warn you before you deploy. It can be a significant morale hit to not be able to receive email or even be able to tell someone you won't be able to read their email until you return...
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*I never liked 'occupation'. I know President Bush used it at least once, but we didn't occupy a nation being governed willingly, we freed a people from a tyrant. The tyrants supporters and allies are still resisting our attempt to guarantee that the people remain free. Not every citizen wants us there, but the local people with perspective on the situation recognize the necessity. Describing that as an 'occupation' is clumsy at best and reprehensibly manipulative at worst.
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This is an attempt to leave an impression in the minds of voters, regardless of whether or not the accusation goes anywhere.
And you can bet the New York Times will do all it can to try the case in the court of public opinion with a biased jury.
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I remember when I was a kid, I used to wonder why all the fuss about politics. My folks were active in following the Kennedy campaign and took an active part in the Goldwater campaign, at the grass roots level, some 4 years later. Because of that I was exposed to it rather early, but it wasn't till high school, that it took on some significence.
Now, we face an evil abroad which if allowed to continue unchecked can and will threaten our western civilization as we have come to know it. And at home we face a far sinsiter threat. That of what is fast becoming two polar opposites in our choice for the leader of the free world.
Sometimes I wonder, if it would have been somewhat less stressful 50 years ago...when all we had to worry about was the "Commies" and "The Bomb" (and most times they were one and the same, fear wise).
But come November I shall vote as I have in the last eight elections....for the best man availible for the times and the job. In this case George Bush. And to hell with the NYT!
posted by
Guy S. on August 20, 2004 06:22 PM
I just posted a question myself on my blog about all of this veteran crap. Do people actually care about this trivial junk compared to the real issues the U.S. faces?
posted by
Warren on August 20, 2004 10:43 PM
Weeellllll, I do care, because I think this is establishing whether or not Kerry tells the truth. If he does not, how can we trust him on any of the real issues? But I'm tired of blogging about it.
In any case, I'm sure they'll discuss issues like Iraq, the War on Terror, the economy and such in the debates.
posted by
Nathan on August 21, 2004 08:02 AM
I'm with you on the truth factor. For me that has been established and it seems to be droning on. Perhaps it needs to continue for the rest on the masses to get it.
posted by
Warren on August 21, 2004 09:23 AM
I agree that the issue -- why it "matters" -- is because it establishes that John Kerry lies, has lied, is continuing to do so, just to maintain his idea of self-history.
I think he's maintained a finely constructed self-portrait ("it's seared into [him]") about who he THINKS others will believe he is, and that's why it's threatening to such an extent to the Left and to Kerry and now even Edwards (who "defends" Kerry's "military record of service" although Edwards was no where even remotely near Kerry's military service when it took place)...because, it calls into question the fact that some people in the country are ready and willing to follow Mr. Make Believe into oblivion.
The Demos are literally grabbing at straws this evening with anyone and everyone possible as to blame, demands, accusations, about this issue. Everything EXCEPT proving Kerry right, or, providing any iron-clad proof that what the Swiftees have to say is not true.
Instead, they and apologists continue to blame Bush and "call on Bush to renounce the ads (by the Swiftvets)" and the like. Nothing about Kerry's lies, meanwhile, not a peep...
posted by
-S- on August 21, 2004 08:21 PM
Yes. And so while I'm personally a little bit tired of it all because I've been convinced of his essential dishonesty and lack of integrity for some time, I don't mind the situation being flogged and blogged for a while yet, for one important: the Democrats and the press are willing to overlook significant integrity and honesty problems of Kerry as long as they can get W out of the White House. Every person who sees the blatant bias in the news and the lack of concern about honesty by the Dems is another person who won't trust those institutions very much in the future.
This isn't just about defeating Kerry anymore, for me (because I think that will happen, easily). It's about Democrats who deliberately conceal their agenda so they can get elected, and the mainstream news media who make it easy for them to do so. I want both institution to collapse. I want an America that demands a reasonable level of honesty from its politicians.
posted by
Nathan on August 22, 2004 07:09 AM
Nathan, you make good points. For more on the, "anybody but Bush," zealots, I invite everyone to visit TownHall.com: http://www.townhall.com/columnists/douggiles/dg20040821.shtml
posted by
Tenaj on August 22, 2004 08:48 AM
Does anyone dispute that Kerry served a stint in Vietnam? I don't think so. What we seem to have is some veterans who have a deep personal hatred of Kerry for his activities after his service. Apparently none of his critics were actually there when Kerry supposedly took fire. Read William Rood's account of the February 28 incident - he was there.
It is interesting to me that so much is being made of this Vietnam incident. It happened 35 years ago! It would seem to me that where both men would take us in the next four years should be more important.
Kerry "lied" about wounds he recieved and Bush "lied" about WMDs in Iraq. Call it a wash and move on, fer crying out loud...
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I don't think this sort of reaction is unusual for a journalist...this one just doesn't hide it as well as most.
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So Kerry leads by a few percentage points and the media says the race is Kerry's to lose, eh?
It seems to me that Al Gore was leading W by a large margin at one point before the RNC convention, but an admittedly cursory Google search revealed nothing. Is there anyone out there with more time on their hands who wants to look into this?
Premise: the mainstream news media is deliberately (although probably subconsciously) talking up Kerry's slim lead to discourage Bush supporters and encourage Kerry supporters. To do so, they have to ignore how even significant leads are largely immaterial at this point. That is why there are absolutely no comparisons to the race four years ago: it would not suit their subconscious agenda.
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This late August poll may be of some help. It was taken after both conventions I believe.. Republicans had theirs first.Shows Gore taking the lead. I'll need to do a bit more googling to see just how big his lead got, but at this point it was just a point.. After being down double digits the month or so before.
posted by
Arvin Wallace on August 15, 2004 01:11 PM
However these polls suggest that Bush enjoyed a decent lead in late October..
Back then, polls were swinging wildly all over the place in stark contrast to this year's polls. that could change though, closer we get, but i doubt it.
arvin
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Arvin Wallace on August 15, 2004 01:21 PM
a href="http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/07/27/cnn.poll/">This CNN poll taken just before the GOP convention shows Bush with a pretty comfortable lead..
Personally I felt the convention in 2000 was a bit too stiff, lifeless. Bush wasn't the speaker he is today (though that aint sayin a whole lot). I thought the convention hurt us frankly.
This year we have got to up the 'hipness' quotient, and show just how big our tent really has become.. I think we will..
arv
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Arvin Wallace on August 15, 2004 01:32 PM
sorry I butchered the html on that one.. still learning..
a href="http://www.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/07/27/cnn.poll/">here's tha poll
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Arvin on August 15, 2004 01:36 PM
The "media" doesn't want to be proven wrong. So, they write that foolish and implausible line, "the election is Kerry's to lose."
I complained to ABC's POLITICAL UNIT for use of that line and more in their column from last week, in which they also made ridiculously false statements and points that the average person would ASSUME to be "true" (it's ABC's POLITICAL UNIT, ABC News, for Heaven's sake, it's "reliable" most readers assume)...in column style that was and remains somewhat indistinguishable from reading WONKETTE'S coverage of "Six Feet Under."
It's this sort of vampish, gossipy, insulting abuse of journalism that is making it nearly impossible to distinguish "media" from "Live Journal."
With the amount of money that has been and is being "donated" to many media outlets, not to mention stocks owned and by whom, by that handful of Democrat funders -- Heinz-Kerry, Soros, Bill Gates and others -- we no longer have a "free press" in the U.S. but some network of chatty Public Relations bobble heads filling up newssites, making numerous and misleading categorizations about what public opinion IS.
And Democrats have the nerve to ridicule "drug companies" as they like to call them, and "insurance companies" for being pro-GOP, while there is hardly any media remaining that isn't some version of a kitchen mimeograph machine by wealthy Democrats.
posted by
-S- on August 15, 2004 03:42 PM
I personally get most of my info from Rasmussen and Gallup, and indeed to me it looks as if the election is Kerry's to lose. HOWEVER, that does not mean he'll win, but rather, his/his campaign's own actions (or inaction) will be the factor that sinks him should he lose.
I was stunned by the turnout at the last Kerry rally of the road tour. Like nothing I have ever seen. He's got a lot of support; it's a matter of him keeping it.
posted by
Jo on August 16, 2004 09:49 AM
Thanks for the information, Arvin, I guess I remembered it incorrectly.
Ummm, Jo, that was in Oregon, right? ...your state is not exactly known as a bastion of moderate thought...
posted by
Nathan on August 16, 2004 10:40 AM
This was by far the largest crowd any candidate has ever had here. And we're considered a "battleground state", or so I have been told.
There's plenty of moderate thought, and cool enough heads that no one said anything negative to the Bush-supporting protesters or the weirdo with the anti-zionist pro-Nader bizarre collage sign.
Moment of the day...
"Would you sign this petition to get Nader on the ballot?"
"No, thank you."
"It's just to get him on the ballot, it's not saying you'll vote for him."
"No. I don't particularly like him and wouldn't want to support him in any way."
"Please?"
"I'm sorry, no."
"Seriously, I'm just doing this to get paid, will you please sign?"
"NO!"
posted by
Jo on August 16, 2004 10:57 AM
You want a decent rundown of similarities between '00 and '04, polls and timelines?
Washington post magazine, early august/late july.
enjoy.
posted by
ben on August 16, 2004 11:42 AM
Ben,
Got a link to go with that...?
posted by
Nathan on August 16, 2004 12:12 PM
Apparently, the preposterous non-speak of the "it's Kerry's (election) to lose" is lost on some who comment here (but not on me).
So, alright, byebyeKerry, byebyethen, byebye, Kerry, byebye...
The statement is one that's intended to prevent anyone using it from actually saying anything while suggesting everything. As in, redundant and self evident; as in, such a generality as to be impossible to either prove or disprove. As in, Kerry will lose and they won't have to be among those who can be later accused of calling it wrong. Or right. Or, having an opinion. Or, not having an opinion. As in, "it's Kerry's to lose," as in, of course it is. But it only means nothing. Not that the ELECTION BELONGS TO KERRY, as the statement suggests by ommission, just that he's running, it's an election he's running in, he can lose, he probably won't win...
posted by
-S- on August 16, 2004 04:38 PM
Suzy,
Careful, please. There is no reason to make pointed comments directed at specific individuals, veiled or not.
posted by
Nathan on August 16, 2004 05:26 PM
Washington Post Magazine link.
A pretty good read...
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This is a "ponder" piece. Meaning, I don't want you to just react, I would like you to think, consider, and use some introspection to remember how you felt about certain issues several years ago.
The impetus for my post is a recent one by Dean Esmay. In his post, he wonders about the stunning lack of coverage of Kerry's negatives by mainstream news media, particularly regarding the allegations of the the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. He says:
I would have to ask why a single 20 year old drunk driving charge made screaming national headlines four years ago, but none of this is making it into the mainstream press, except on the editorial pages of a few small newspapers.
I am honestly stunned. This isn't bias. This is... it's... I don't even know the word for it. It's obviously not a conspiracy, and people who think it is one should take off their tinfoil hats. But what do you call it? Groupthink? Mass delusion? Blind spot? You cannot gush praise at a guy's military record and then just ignore the fact that he has heavy duty critics. Even if all of those critics were right-wing Republicans, that doesn't make it less of a story.
The comments in that post are also important, as they take the discussion further. Go read this post by Dean, then continue here.
Back? Good. Now, here's the thinking exercise portion.
I'm sure the reporters and writers and editors see nothing wrong with the way they are not approaching this issue. Nor do most Democrat supporters care much. After all, they want President Bush out of office, so who cares what happened 30 years ago? (Well, people who care about character do...)
The news media is actively attempting to monitor and moderate debate on Kerry. This is having an effect on our society and voting patterns, no?*
Doesn't this also call into question other issues that the left-leaning news media covers? Can we really trust the mainstream news media on the question of abortion?
Stop and think a moment. Did you care about homosexual marriage 5-10 years ago? Did you fight for it? Did it ever really cross your mind that it might be a human rights issue? Would you have considered making your votes for government contingent on this single issue?
I think few people can honestly answer all those questions in the affirmative.
I am leaning toward the feeling this issue was manufactured, highlighted, and foisted upon society at large by the mainstream news media. Lawrence vs Texas raised the issue in the minds of citizens, thanks to news media who covered it far out of proportion to its impact. The news media distorted Sen. Santorum's remarks as a tactic to allow them to vilify conservative viewpoint...they went so far as to insert the word "gay" into the interview, which word was not even implied! The mainstream news media has used its power and reach to popularize the view SSM is a human rights issue rather than the behavioral issue it clearly is...and everyone convinced of it thinks they are fully rational and reasonable about the issue...just like Kerry supporters regarding the allegations of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.
It's not a conspiracy, no. It's just that Left/Liberal ideas currently have an extreme advantage in competition for adoption by the common citizen, since Left/Liberal idealogues control several of the main channels of culture/idea communication: News media, entertainment, and education.
Will the internet/blogging be enough to flip things around? I'm not sure. It will have an effect, surely...
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The editors who decide which pieces to run see no bias in their decisions. They feel as though anyone who is citicizing John Kerry's war record is some kind of "right wing nut", which you and I both know is an archtypal evil character who deserves no audience in the minds of liberals.
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Because these are "the good old days", regardless of what you hear from pessimistic Democrats trying to win an election.
That's Kerrynomics, folks. Trash-talk the economy today. Conceal what you're going to do to the economy if you're elected.
Shoot. That's the entire Democrat platform over the last 20 years!
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So true, the economy and…and…and…
Feed ‘em what they want to hear with the charisma of Ronald Regan but don’t do anything. Talk feel-good crap, yeah, make me feel warm and fuzzy, mmmm.
No thanks, I’ll take someone who says what they are going to do and then does it.
posted by
Warren on August 13, 2004 09:58 PM
Me, too.
posted by
nathan on August 13, 2004 10:45 PM
It was said Friday "Nothing is more pessimistic than saying America can't do better."
This post just triggered that recent memory.
posted by
Jo on August 16, 2004 09:53 AM
I can think of one thing more pessimistic than that:
Saying "Nothing is ever good enough if a Republican does it." That's essentially what Kerry is saying, isn't it?
posted by
nathan on August 16, 2004 10:37 AM
I think that's a rather hypersensitive reaction, personally. And I think we'd be doing better had McCain been the Repub candidate, too.
posted by
Jo on August 16, 2004 12:44 PM
Then why won't Kerry explain exactly how he would have done it better? Why don't Democrats admit that every major indicator is better than under Clinton's best years? Said track record is what they point to as "proving" Democrats can handle the economy better, and in retrospect was clearly nothing more than a bubble built on speculation regarding e-business... Why don't Democrats admit that the economy is doing well even despite the huge negative impact of September 11th? Nope, all we hear about is that Bush is responsible for lost jobs (a questionable proposition at best), and Kerry will make the economy better, I guess through raising taxes and increasing govt spending, which is all but proven to be the worst thing for an economy. But somehow that would be "better". Better for Democrat politicians, I guess, but not for the people.
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This one is relatively reasonable and sticks to facts more than invective! (Tends. But still far less invective and insults than the average pro-choice article.)
Maybe she's gotten enough of acting like Democrat notables like James Carville, Maureen O'Dowd, and Molly Ivins?
UPDATE: I, um, forgot to point out that I found the article courtesy of Mad Mikey, and didn't remember to do so until he left a comment. My apologies, Mike.
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Sometimes Ann can go a bit overboard on being vindictive, but most of the time she always leaves a trail of dead liberals formed in the shape of an arrow that points at the problem.
(Hey, that sounds metephorical....maybe I should update my post about this....)
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Mad Mikey on August 13, 2004 06:36 AM
No worries Nathan!!
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I wonder why his political affiliation isn't mentioned?
You know, since news media are usually big corporations, and big corporations are inherently capitalist and therefore must be conservative, that means that the governer must be a Republican and so the by-default conservative news media is downplaying the connection to his party to help Republicans save face in a way that Democrats would never do...
Oops. Maybe not...
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My wife noticed that when she first saw the news about McGreedy. If there's no media bias, why are scandals about Democrats never accompanied by their partisan affiliation, while scandals about Republicans sound like the entire Republican Party must be involved?
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Why You Will Never See A Passenger Vehicle Get 100 mpg From Fossil Fuels
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Cold, hard facts:
There is only a finite amount of energy in a gallon of gas. We are already extracting the vast majority of that energy. We can use mechanical means to try and reduce the waste (with the generator to charge batteries when braking), but there is an upper limit to that, too. The greater the weight of the vehicle, the more energy it takes to overcome friction and/or inertia to move it. So we've pretty much reached the point of quickly-diminishing returns there, too.
Most people simply want more use from their vehicles than you can get from an economy car. Europe's population centers are far more compact, so the solutions that work there wouldn't work here outside of the Eastern Seaboard's megapolis.
Maybe the next big break-through will be more efficient solar cells...but since solar energy is relatively weak, and the amount of energy beamed onto the surface area of the largest vehicles also has an upper limit, even significant gains in that area won't appreciably reduce our demand for oil. And hydrogen-cell cars are no panacea, since the easiest way to get the hydrogen is from oil, and the easiest way to get it from water is to burn fossil fuels for energy.
In fact, the only sane development that could conceivably make a difference would be modular cars. Specifically, a 1- or 2- seater for commuting/errands that gets 50+ mpg and can be attached to various specific-function add-on modules, such as:
a larger cabin for carrying 4-5 people,
an even larger cabin for carrying 5-7 people, or 3-4 + luggage/gear
a cargo-hauler flatbed or walled bed.
With each larger module, you'd get worse gas mileage, but it wouldn't be a big deal because it would see only occasional use.
It wouldn't be for everyone, no...but most people don't really need large pick-ups or SUVs for the bulk of their driving. They have them for prestige/pride (which might be less important as gas prices increase) and because they assume (rightly or wrongly) that there are enough times they need it to make it worth it.
For instance, I commute. I can't carpool because I keep quite irregular hours. My wife rarely, if ever, drives while I'm at work. But we need two cars. We need the smaller because I don't want to put the commuting wear-and-tear on the nicer, newer, larger vehicle and because the smaller car gets significantly better mileage. We can't live with just the smaller car because we like to travel, and we sometimes like to browse antiques and garage sales. The smaller vehcle is wholly inadequate for the space we need for those functions. So we own two cars...
I'm sure we aren't the only household in that situation.
But you won't hear any of that from Kerry, and the news media won't call him on it.
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What???? Gaia Blasphemy!!! Tofu powered vehicles will get 10,000 miles to the tablespoon! You can power a VW with love! ABUGHARIB!!!! /LLL
Actually, hydrogen is a good idea because you get more hydrogen generated electricity per gallon of oil than you can get mechanical power from the same amount of oil turned gasoline. However, most people just don't realize that hydrocarbons are the best source of H and assume that we'll just pull it out of some magical hydrogen well or even funnier, water! The amount of fuel you have to burn to get the electricity to separate the H is immense.
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Sharp as a Marble on August 11, 2004 06:12 AM
the United States has already built a car that gets near 50 MPG, it was phased out when sales slumped. It was unattractive car, perhaps that's why it was dropped. It was able to seat up to 4 people, albeit uncomfortably for the two in the back.
Biodiesel isn't an idea cooked up by bored hippies...there are several places in the US you can have your auto converted to Biodiesel, and even I have been surprised in its effectiveness. I would encourage people to look into Biodiesel, especially those who drive trucks.
Much like you, Nathan, we keep two cars, but for the most part one just sits. The one that doesn't sit is equipped with a 2.2 litre Ecotec engine (GM) and we couldn't possibly be more pleased with the combination of "zippiness" and MPG. Interestingly, the one that just sits is a teeny tiny hatchback that actually gets worse MPG.
On the matter of SUVs: My parents have one extended cab truck, one crew cab 4X4, and they are an absolute necessity when it comes to keeping the farm running. But when it comes to running errands, driving long distances, etc. they use a compact car, and don't understand why there's people in boat-sized Excursions and Suburbans picking up soda and a loaf of bread at Safeway. Frankly, other than for the "look at me" factor, I don't either.
posted by
Jo on August 11, 2004 07:03 AM
Oh, yeah, there have been a host of cars getting 50 mpg. A VW Rabbit once got 60mpg on the highway, I think, using diesel. Many cars of all makes have gotten in the 40s, as well, but had one thing in common: woefully underpowered. You took your life in your own hands in any on-ramp. 0-60 was measured with a sundial.
Biodiesel isn't really widespread enough yet to be useful outside of large population centers. And if everyone depended on it, laws of supply and demand would make it far more expensive than fossil fuels. It's not a long-term, large-scale answer, but it is an alternative worth looking at for some people.
We've found that while we do need an actual truck a few times a year, it is far more economical to rent it from Lowe's for 2 hours 3 times a year than to own anything larger than our sport-cute Honda CRV.
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Nathan on August 11, 2004 07:33 AM
I had a Metro, thought it was faaaantastic, until I had to merge onto I-5. ;) Then, panic set in.
Biodiesel is going to become as convenient as standard diesel in the next five years, is my prediction. I think we'll be surprised how useful it becomes. Especially for those who are environmentally conscious but absolutely must have a truck.
As to the matter of the "family" Suburban. There's no need for it. I am glad it's not a "daily driver" for Senator Kerry, but that doesn't mean it should be kept. I hope by now it has gone down the road.
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Well, the non-liberal news media wants you to be, don't they? Here's a full analysis of the true current situation, rather than just a flat number without context or comparison.
...and if you are excited by recent weak job-creation numbers, shame on you, you partisan hack who puts your own political desires ahead of the good of the nation.
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More fuel for the fire:
I'm sick and tired of hearing about these "net jobs lost", when the number itself is an illusion.
This number does not take into account new Job-Creation, through new start-up companies.
I'm so disappointed that the media is still pushing this statistic around.
My former-roommate also discusses the Job-Myth on his site.
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Jeremy on August 10, 2004 10:35 AM
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A nice little satire piece that isn't far off from the way the media really does treat President Bush.
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Bush's denials prompted immediate condemnations from the Kerry campaign and Hill Democrats, many of whom saw Bush's denials as suspiciously timed and politically motivated.
"I find it rather curious that the President has chosen the very week before the Democratic Convention to deny his deep involvement in a potentially criminal effort to smear an anonymous private citizen," said Kerry spokesman Chris Lehane. "Coincidence or not, I would note that the GOP has a long, sordid history of pushing pro-Republican and anti-Democratic stories, often during election years."
Via The Commissar.
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Doonesbury has been offering up baseless and inaccurate criticisms of Republicans and President Bush for far too long. Well, the cartoon is gone from 38 newspapers now.
Some cry "censorship", but the government had nothing to do with this. The market forces have their place, and in this case, the significant majority of newspapers felt their readership no longer wanted such slanted and biased propaganda. The comics page should be for humor, not mean-spirited partisanship.
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but it's one of the funnier ones after the born loser and frank and ernest and zits and luanne, even when it took on the Clinton White House, etc., back in the 90s. Now the one that deserves to be trashed is that little Mallard Fillmore, which not only takes in vain the name of one of our little known presidents, but is mean spirited to boot. At least Doonesbury is mostly funny. More so than many of the regulars on the comic page. C'mon, get a life.
posted by
chuck rightmire on July 21, 2004 05:03 PM
Wow. There *is* one person left in America who thinks Doonesbury is funny. :)
Sorry, Chuck, I couldn't resist.
posted by
Deb on July 21, 2004 05:25 PM
It's okay, Deb, sometimes I have a weird sense of humor. Like whenever it's a politician that's the target.
posted by
chuck rightmire on July 21, 2004 05:58 PM
I think they should keep Doonsbury AND run Chris Muir's Day by Day along side it...watch the numbers and at the end of 3 months, keep the one with the better numbers... bet Chris will still be standing.
posted by
Guy S. on July 21, 2004 08:13 PM
...impossible to tell in a print newspaper. Online, tho, by clicking? Doonesbury has the edge just by name recognition, but Day by Day is far funnier.
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Nathan on July 21, 2004 09:40 PM
We run Mallard Fillmore, Doonesbury, and the Boondocks in a section unrelated to the comics page. Works well.
Frankly, I wish him success, but I don't want Day by Day in my paper, and I'd just as soon get rid of the three I mentioned above. I remember when the comics page was full of lighthearted, apolitical humor, and a six year old could read them at the breakfast table and parents wouldn't have to worry. Our local paper has been judicious and kept it wholesome and lighthearted by relegating controversial, politically motivated cartoons to another area. I am constantly shocked, however, when traveling and noting that no other paper does.
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Jo on July 22, 2004 07:20 AM
I agree, Jo. If a cartoon is mainly political, it should be on the Op/Ed page with the political cartoons.
Berke Breathed sometimes crosses the line into the political, but I have less problem with him because it's not the norm, and he's usually funny. And maybe also because when he does it, he's less about advocating one side and more about skewering puffed up politicos of both sides.
Another one I have big problems with, at least recently, is Non Sequitor. That one is also going way over the line into political advocacy.
Allowing your personal views to color your comic strip's content is one thing; using your soapbox which is supposed to be for entertainment as a pulpit from which to hammer home a political point using 3-4 frames of minimal dialogue that allow no room to treat any topic in depth...well, it's Politics By Bumper Sticker in another form. Useless, and worse than useless, at least for entertainment.
You know, I think this is just one more example of an area that used to be for kids being hijacked by adults for adult purposes. It may be the self-centeredness of the Baby Boomers, it may be people trying to erode standards to an "Anything Goes" standard, or it may just be an unavoidable decline of a wealthy society. But the trend is rampant and in nearly everything these days. We don't let kids be kids anymore.
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Nathan on July 22, 2004 07:33 AM
Wow. Republicans really are closed minded. After reading many of these articles and postings, I can see why people joke: There is no such thing as a young republican. Being so conservative really sucks the life out of you. I can see that in your hollow, empty attempts at being smart.
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Luccas on February 15, 2005 03:22 PM
Why, that's sweet, Luccas. Thank you!
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Nathan on February 15, 2005 03:34 PM
Simply put, a comic strip (political or otherwise) should to be funny. It has to at least try to evoke a laugh. The vast majority of Tinsley’s work is a purely political statement without even an attempt at humor. There is a conservative strip I like, Scott Stantis' “Prickly City”. While I rarely agree with the writer’s political views, I often laugh at the strip’s humor and appreciate the interesting artwork. “Mallard Fillmore” is bombastic, single minded, riddled with straw man arguments and just plain un-funny.
I had not seen Chris Muir’s "Day By Day" before. It seems funny enough and thoughtful. One thing I have to wonder about, Both Muir and Stantis are white. Both write strips with a black a "Republican" main character who is surrounded by white "Democrats". Is this tokenism or just wish fulfillment on their parts?
posted by
Robrob on June 26, 2005 08:11 PM
Probably both and neither at the same time.
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I gotta link this.
One of the biggest hints that the admission by The Note is correct is that people often find news on weblogs that they have never heard anywhere else. Not reporting, or under-reporting is prevalent in America today. Stories such as the U.N. Oil for Food scandal, the removal of two ton's of uranium from Iraq , and the fallacies which are prevelant in Michael Moore's propaganda are among other reports that many have never even heard. How about a single good news report out of Iraq - when was the last time you heard one of those? This information is widespread among weblogs, yet coverage on the networks is non-existent. Most traditional sources of information have all but ignored them.
Not only can you find these stories on the web, but you can get the background information and find them put into context. The reason I write Perry on Politics is to inform the masses in a manner in which makes current events interesting to all. You don't have to be a media elite or take yourself too seriously to express your point of view and inform the public. If you want detailed commentary on the events of the day, you can read Andrew Sullivan, Josh Marshall, Powerline, Glenn Reynolds, Hugh Hewitt, Michael Totten, NRO's Corner, and Watchblog among many others. There is an endless supply on both the left and right to make your choices complete.
Start your day by getting your morning news from these weblogs, and then spend the evening in front of the major networks. It will truly open your eyes. What you hear in the evening might take a totally different perspective when you have the context that these weblogs have put into your consciousness. Getting your news from different sources not only adds context, it is the most logical way of getting informed. Information is power, and without hearing both sides of the issue you are unable to be sure that you know what is happening.
Weblogs are a new driving force behind informing and bringing context to the public, but they are not beyond reproach. It is the responsibility of the authors of these websites to maintain and fact check their work. Their information still requires validation. We must not allow the spread of rumor and false stories, that should be left to the networks. With the blogosphere growing to over 3 million websites, the revolution has begun.
There are hotlinks in his piece to those news stories, but ya gotta go over there to follow 'em.
Oh, and he's going in my blogroll.
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At least, that's what it seems from reading between the lines of this piece.
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Yeah, right. What Democracy?
posted by
La Shawn on July 21, 2004 01:03 PM
That's true. I forgot that Democracy was suspended by Katherine Harris in 2000 to select Bush as the (p)Resident.
I guess I forgot that since any possible dissent has been totally and absolutely crushed by John AshKKKroft.
[grin]
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Nathan on July 21, 2004 01:06 PM
If anything, Fox News emplafies democracy and promotes it in everyway.
Are we forgetting about our freedom of speech and the press?
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Okay, we know most of us know that liberals are full of it when they criticize Fox News as being a branch of the GOP and consider CNN and MSNBC to be unbiased. Independent studies have shown Fox News and The Drudge Report as being far more centrist than most of the other mainstream news media.
But sometimes we forget to actually combat the liberal assertion. Suzy Rice does a nice job of describing the true situation here. Go read.
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...and Ace takes 'em to task for their blatant distortions. Then he does it again.
It would be nice if American news media would try reporting facts for once, rather than supporting the lies and falsehoods of Democrats and liberals. I won't hold my breath.
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And here is an article that explains why reporting is flawed.
Of course, not everything is going peachy, and it could be going better. Here is an honest evaluation from the same article:
Not everything has gone well in Iraq. U.S. forces won a stunning military victory; diplomats botched the occupation. Interagency wrangling delayed establishment and hampered operation of a free Iraqi media outlet. Rather than put an Iraqi face on occupation, Bremer sought the spotlight. Many career diplomats treated President George W. Bush's goals for a democratic Iraq with disdain. Policy flip-flops confused Iraqis looking for consistency. Bremer's personal foibles, especially his tendency to treat mediators as adversaries and personalize politics, antagonized Iraqis. Because of his abuse of the Central Criminal Court of Iraq, some Iraqis now compare Bremer to Ayatollah Sadiq Khalkhali, hanging judge of the Iranian Revolution. Bremer's abuse of the judiciary has undermined Iraqis' faith in American promises of democracy as much as a small number of CIA contractors and the 800th Military Police Brigade undermined faith in American human-rights standards. The U.S. military failed to adequately secure the border; Bremer's decision last October to veto any contribution of Turkish troops to guard the non-Kurdish portion of the Syrian-Iraqi border has had profound consequence on the security of both Iraqis and American forces. Rather than encourage political parties which span ethnic and sectarian identification, the State Department and British Foreign Office did the opposite. Bremer's decision to hold party-slate elections rather than single-member constituency elections will push Iraq further toward the failed Lebanese model rather than true democracy. Ironically, Jordan abandoned nationwide party-slate elections because they disproportionately favored militant Islamists.
I still think things have already turned for the better. I have seen some minor signs that the Iraqis realize they are now working and fighting for their own country, not for the Americans. They are starting to believe that the United States will pull out someday, and the sooner they can stabilize the country, the sooner we will leave.
You see, the insurgents don't actually want us out! At least, they don't want us to leave on our terms. They want us to hang around for a few years, acting as an international recruiting tool (Jin Islamists and Get A Chance To Kill Americans, the Pawns of the Great Satan!), and then leave bloody and beaten, like the Soviets out of Afghanistan.
But the Iraqis aren't capable of standing up to the insurgents and defeating them. We are stronger than the insurgents, but the insurgents are stronger than the Iraqis at this point; the Iraqis need time, training, and equipment. But the early signs of their standing up for their own nation will accelerate, and bear unmistakeable fruit a few months down the line. I think things will be quite a bit more stable six months from now...
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Stupid Question
The Lies Continue
A Misleading Correction
It seems the media distortions in support of Kerry's candidacy and liberal ideology are coming faster than any one blog can expose them.
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June 05, 2004
Go check out this page. Or, you can merely check out the excerpt of the part I want to discuss below:
The O'Franken Factor is a Zero Spin Zone. So if you hear something inaccurate on our show, it isn't a lie--it's an error. We want to correct it. And we need your help.
If you hear a mistake, an inaccuracy, or a falsehood--no matter how boring or technical--send it to factorcorrections@airamericaradio.com. We'll be checking the box. If we find that we have strayed from the truth, we'll get to it in our semi-regular, much-beloved "boring corrections" segment as quickly as we can.
All I can do is shake my head in disbelief. The man who wrote the book "Lying Liars Lie Lie Lie" (or something like that) realizes that the same technique might be used on him, so he pre-empts any such attempt with that lame "...it isn't a lie, it's an error" crap. So, anyway, now you have the address to correct them in the "errors". I figure I'm going to start mailing them transcripts daily of everything Al Franken says.
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The scoop from Ace.
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Ever notice that when the media is reporting on something that is potentially damaging to Clinton, they get very vague about the administration the event occurred under? They can never bring themselves to say "Clinton." The best they can do is provide a vague date that allows you to figure out who was the President at the time.
I can't help but think they're hoping readers don't bother doing the math themselves.
I've seen this dozens of times. Hell, I've even seen them misidentify the President during 1999 or 2000 as George Bush in their rush to pin something on the current administration.
He gives two specific clear examples. Go read. Now, if you haven't yet. Or later this afternoon a second time, if you have once already. It's worth re-reading.
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I suppose you are referring to matters such as:
under which administration did Enron start playing fast and furious with their books ?
under which administration did WorldCom start cooking the books ?
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J_Crater on June 17, 2004 08:33 AM
Yes, and many other things, as well...
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The mainline news media continues to fight against the United States with the New York Times as its vanguard.
Need some evidence? Check out this article. (Note: I got there without needing a subscription by way of Google News)
Check out this sentence:
The deal made scant mention of the fate of Mr. Sadr himself. The capture of Mr. Sadr, who is accused of planning the murder of a rival imam, was one of the reasons American forces started the fighting, which is estimated to have cost more than 500 lives.
This is demonstrably slanted against the United States.
1) American forces did not start the fighting. We arrested one of Muqtada al-Sadr's leading subordinates, and they started the fighting in protest and pre-emptive protection of Muqtada, who is wanted for murder but protected by armed guards.
2) 500 deaths? Who died, specifically? If they know it was more than 500, can't they determine how many were non-combatants? Can't they determine how many US Soldiers were killed in ambushes? Can't they determine how many US Soldiers were killed by Muqtada's forces breaking a cease-fire they requested? The bulk of the 500 killed were thugs, terrorists, and illegal militia who broke all internationally accepted Rules of Engagement. But the New York Times obscures those facts. If that was an unintentional obfuscation, then the reporters are incompetent and the paper is a worthless rag undeserving of press credentials. If it was deliberate, it is treason, pure and simple. The editors of the New York Times should be held accountable for their actions.
Update:: If these reporters are American, then they, too are traitors.
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Every time I read polls like these, I can't help thinking that each report of negative attitudes from the population should be prefaced with the phrase, "And in a victory for mainstream news media,"
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On the site you linked, there is a link for cartoons which features 5 cartoonists. Without peeking, how many of those 5 cartoonists do you suppose have anti-Bush cartoons for this week?
posted by
Aaron on June 4, 2004 10:51 AM
I did peek, but only at the names. Toles is a Rall wannabe, and two others I think are knee-jerk lefties as well.
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A few comments were left regarding this post last week.
They were left while I was in transit, and I wanted to take some time to respond to them more fully, so I didn't get to it until now.
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Much of this post is in response to Ilyaka...I suspect that she was merely reacting to a misunderstanding of what her opponents were advocating. However, I feel must respond to what she actually said, including giving my reaction to logical implications. I'm willing to retract any of my assertions if her implications were unintentional.
Ilyaka kicks things off with this quote:
According to estimates from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), there were 691,710 nonfatal violent victimizations committed by current or former spouses, boyfriends, or girlfriends of the victims during 2001 (table 1). Such crimes — intimate partner violence — primarily involve female victims. About 588,490, or 85% of victimizations by intimate partners in 2001 were against women. Intimate partner violence made up 20% of violent crime against women in 2001. By contrast, during the year intimate partners committed 3% of all nonfatal violence against men. (See Criminal Victimization 2001, Changes 2000-01, with Trends 1993-2001, NCJ 194610, for more information on victim/offender relationship.)
...then tries to pre-emptively dismiss any counterclaims by dismissing anything else as "conspiracy theories". This shows her unwillingness to actually face anything that might contradict her world view, as evidenced by the fact that she can base her entire argument on one stat by one organization. Sure, I'm sure she could find others, but to maintain her view she must ignore a whole host of information too voluminous to be mere conspiracy.
And here's the search string from which I found all those links in the first two pages. There's at least 22 pages (I didn't bother to click further), not all of which is applicable, of course.
But Ilyaka could have still been slightly more aware of both her source and the context of her data. The source is the US government, which assumes that violence is mostly men against women and the context goes right in line with this: since the law is written to arrest and prosecute men if any violence occurs, regardless of by whom and on whom, then naturally more men will be arrested and prosecuted. Since the legal system assumes that men are more violent, then naturally more men will be convicted, which is then used to justify laws that require men to be arrested and prosecuted even if they were a victim of violence. It's a vicious cycle.
The context of the web debate is that Cathy Young points out that the current laws in many locations are to automatically arrest and prosecute men if the police are called in a domestic violence dispute. If the violence is perpetrated on women 85% of the time as Ilyaka asserts, that would still not justify automatically arresting the man, because even by her own citing, in 15% of the cases the wrong person would be arrested. The people she was debating/disagreeing with (including Cathy Young's report, and Jeff Goldstein and Dean Esmay who were agreeing with Ms. Young) were not advocating men not bein arrested, they were just saying asserting that there are enough indications that women are violent against men to justify eliminating automatically arresting the man. If for no other reason, because even a false arrest can be used by women to prevent the man from getting custody.
Whether or not she intended to, Ilyaka is thus advocating that because of past conviction rates (not actual violence statistics, but only those that are reported, acted on by the police, brought to trial, and then convicted), men should, in fact, always be arrested in any domestic violence incident, regardless of that actual facts.
Someone gave the example of an argument in which he threw a dish into the corner. Ilyaka, perhaps unintentionally, insists he be arrested. Once, my ex-wife charged me and bit my arm (leaving teeth marks), ripped my shirt, pinched and twisted my skin hard enough to leave bruises, slapped me, choked me while saying "I'll kill you, I'll kill you!", and hit me hard enough to break my glasses. Since "guys aren't supposed to hit girls", I left the room and punched the wall in frustration, leaving a small hole. When my ex-wife saw this, she began wailing about my violent nature and was inconsolable for an hour. Had she called the police, Ilyaka would not have been satisfied unless I had been arrested for that, since 85% of convictions for violence are given to men. Thanks, Ilyaka, it's nice to know you are so charitable toward me.
The whole post is because I'm a little sick of the Deification (canonization?) of women in our society. I've already ranted (as have others) about how men are treated in something as ubiquitous as TV commercials and Sitcoms. The point of the post (and the other Mother's Day post), is to assert that women are no better (but also no worse), than men.
Women are merely the other side of the coin; generally, where men have a weakness, women have an opposite but equal weakness. If men obsess too much about sex, and use women to satisfy that craving, women obsess too much about money/security and use men to satisfy that craving. If men will dump women for someone younger/prettier/thinner, women will dump men for someone richer/more successful. If men have an urge to have sex with different women, women have an urge to control every aspect of their man's life and activities.
Women usually want to change the man they're with. Women nag. Women often judge/reject their partner's friends, yet hold their own as sacrosanct.
Women are petty, and will hate another woman for nothing more than having naturally clear skin, or garnering more attention from males. Beautiful women usually have few female friends...
Women are extremely capable of justifying their own actions (to themselves, at least), and thus a fight between women is usually extremely vicious with little sense of proportion. When men fight, it goes until someone says "uncle" and then it's done, sometimes resulting in new-found respect or friendship. When women fight, they are out to destroy, maim, or kill, and they will be enemies for life.
This is not to say that women are any worse. All the above aspersions are merely from looking at it from a male perspective. Men are just as bad from a female perspective. However, I wish to reiterate that I am extremely tired of our society, as well as specific members of our society, attempting to put women on a higher plane. Thus you get comments like Jo's:
...something in the neighborhood of 80% of those are considered "medical neglect". Considering the high rate of single moms and even married mothers being considered the primary "caregiver", this is something that should be taken into consideration when looking at these kinds of stats.
Perhaps I misunderstood what Jo meant by posting that...but let's turn it around:
...something in the neighborhood of 80% of men's abuse of children is "unintentional beatings", borne of frustration from women nagging and nitpicking. When men do kill, at least it's quick and relatively painless with a gunshot instead of slow and agonizing like "medical neglect", poisoning, or drowning the kid, which women usually do, and that should be taken into consideration when looking at these kinds of stats."
See how ridiculous that sounds? There is no rational way to try mitigate or minimize the fact of abuse, or trying to turn it around for it to "really be men's fault, actually". If you want to try to mitigate women's culpability by the reality of single-motherhood, you might want to go right back to the initial debate which is that the current policy of "automatically" arresting and prosecuting the man in complete disregard to actual facts of the case results in more men being forced out of the home, away from their kids. That's what Ms Young was asserting from the beginning, and what Jeff G. and Dean E. were supporting with non-"conspiracy theory" facts: that the current system does not help women or children, and should be reconsidered.
I'll restate it, more simply:
1) Domestic violence is a complex issue, and cannot simply be characterized as "Man on Woman".
2) As such, our current legal system that assumes that circumstance should be overhauled to reflect the true situation.
3) When a man has beaten a woman, he should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
4) However, when a woman assaults/commits battery on a man, it should also be prosecuted to the full extent of the law, and currently is not.
5) When the violence is mutual, which is in approximately half of all domestic violence incidents, automatically arresting and prosecuting the man will not solve anything, and new solutions are required.
But there are people who are committed to making sure that no one even investigates the possibility. I sincerely hope Ilyaka isn't one of those.
Because here's some stats that are not mere conspiracy theory:
Violence against children by women is another issue where the public attitude is very different than the facts revealed by formal studies. The Third National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS-3) from the US Department of Health and Human Services (call 1-800-FYI-3366 for a copy) reveals data about child abuse by mothers:
Women commit most child abuse in intact biological families. When the man is removed from the family the children are at greater risk. Mother-only households are more dangerous to children than father-only households.
Children are 3 times more likely to be fatally abused in Mother-only Households than in Father-only Households, and many times more likely in households where the mother cohabits with a man other than the biological father.
Children raised in Single-mother Households are 8 times more likely to become killers than children raised with their biological father.
Other studies reveal more about female violence against children:
Women hit their male children more frequently and more severely than they hit their female children.
Women commit 55% of child murders and 64% of their victims are male children.
Eighty two percent of the general population had their first experience of violence at the hands of women, usually their mother.
Our culture learns to be violent from our mothers, not our fathers.
Yet, 3.1 million reports of child abuse are filed against men each year, most of which are false accusations used as leverage in a divorce or custody case.
And some more:
Minor Assaults:
Year 1975 1985 1992
Assault by husband 98 82 92
Assault by wife 98 75 94
Severe Assaults:
Year 1975 1985 1992
Assault by husband 38 30 19
Assault by wife 47 43 44
Wives report they have been severely assaulted by husband
22 per 1000
Wives report they have severely assaulted husband
59 per 1000
Husbands report they have been severely assaulted by wives
32 per 1000
Husbands report they have severely assaulted wives
18 per 1000
Husbands & wives both report wife has been assaulted
20 per 1000
Husbands & wives both report husband has been assaulted
44 per 1000
(Tables prepared using data from "Change In Spouse Assault Rates From 1975 to 1992: A Comparison of Three National Surveys In The United States", by Murray A. Straus and Glenda Kaufman Kantor)
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Hmmm...I am still stewing on it, but over all some very thought provoking things here and I agree with much of it...but still need to allow it to sink in and re-read...
You know that I support this, really, but I think that it what I am examining is my reaction to a man saying it...interesting
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Can't find it at the New York Times, obviously.
...and here's one example.
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At least, that's the only conclusion that can be made from watching the "non-" liberal news media fall all over themselves in their haste to publicize photographs of US servicemembers abusing prisoners, and yet minimize any publicity of Nick Berg's execution.
Heck, where are all the people who were saying we should show coffins of US soldiers? Shouldn't they at least be urging the "non-" liberal news media to show the execution with the more graphic parts blurred?
I'm guessing we won't see that happen. It is becoming more and more difficult to deny that the left is cold-bloodedly attempting to manipulate coverage of the deaths of Americans for political gain.
Here's a deeper look at the issue. Take a look.
(Link via Jeff G.)
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Thanks to Kevin for calling my attention to this piece by Kevin Paul. A different Kevin, I mean.
My first thought was: Maybe they should do another study to find out what erroneous views are held by watchers of other news outlets; for instance, that these other viewers might believe no evidence of WMD was found in Iraq (wrong: evidence abounds...it's just that a definitive presence has not been established), that there is absolutely no connection between Iraq and terror (again, wrong: evidence abounds...it's just that a definitive connection between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden has never been established, nor does it need to, because Saddam's connections to international terror organizations is undeniable; it's a media red herring to keep mentioning no connection has been drawn from Saddam to 9/11: no one is even looking!). So why doesn't someone look into the views of the average CNBC viewer?
UPDATE: Thanks to all the losers and trolls who have stopped by to leave totally stupid and immature comments. If your comment doesn't pass a 'basic intelligence' test, it will be edited. Using any sort of profanity in your comment is sure to get me to edit it, and the results won't make you look good.
Instead of spewing stupidity, why not try actually thinking for once? I know that's very difficult for liberal brats like you, and liberals tend to avoid difficult things, but you could do it if you tried.
Fact: Clear connections between Saddam and terror, including clear connnections between Saddam and Al Qaeda. Anyone who willfully refuses to recognize those facts will earn nothing but derision.
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Well, it's on that other Kevin's blog but the post was by Paul.
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Oops. Heheh, yeah, you make that clear...it's just that Wizbang=Kevin in my mind, still.
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I don't have anything worthwhile to say.
posted by
Whackly on July 21, 2005 08:36 AM
Yeah, i'm sure that there's plenty of evidence, but MoveOn, George Soros, etc just like looking like idiots for ignoring clear of 'evidence', since the traitorous press that sides with terrorists won't show the truth.
Maybe liberal idiots will grow a brain someday...but I doubt it.
posted by
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Anyone who doesn't recognize that there is a clear connection between Saddam Hussein and terror is a complete idiot and a total oxygen thief.
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also... "whackly" is not a word
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By now, you've heard how our supposedly unbiased news media has pretty much refused to do much reporting on the UNSCAM "Oil for Food" program. And how the press really hasn't done much investigation into or reporting on the chemical attack planned in Jordon with weapons that came from Syria and training that came from Iraq (if the chemical weapons didn't originate from there, as well).
If you haven't heard the blogosphere complaining about the press not doing its job on this, well, you need to get out more, I guess.
Here's one man's take on the whole deal. I'm pretty much exactly in line with it.
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I gotta tell ya, while he may be willing to go more to the extreme reaches of un-PC speech for the sake of humor, I find myself in agreement with his final conclusions about 99% of the time. Laugh if you enjoy his stuff, ignore the anti-PC humor if you don't, but read and heed his observations on human nature and events. He's usually dead-on.
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People who know me fairly well have probably heard me rant against the choices of news media available to us in this country.
Despite the insistence from fairly liberal/leftish people that CNN, MSNBC, and the broadcast news channels are unbiased, I get tired of having to constantly read between the lines and discount the liberal spin of those outlets.
Sure, I feel that way because I'm conservative. So I guess I'm supposed to listen to Rush Limbaugh and watch Fox News and take my marching orders from some as-yet-unidentified marching-order-channel run by Karl Rove or something. Nope. I don't like Rush Limbaugh and don't listen to the radio in any case. I don't like Bill O'Reilly, and I don't really like the stories that Fox chooses to highlight.
So what do I do?
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Well, up until recently, I've been forced to engage in "defensive reading" of CNN and BBC, in which I throw out anything that isn't actually a fact and try to remain hypersensitized to editorializing juxtapositions.
But Matt Drudge's website (no link, you can find it yourself) has recently been linking articles from apnews.myway.com
I didn't really like AP much before, but they have improved quite a bit. I've really been impressed by the way they merely report the news without trying to score points for liberals. Well, they've recently demonstrated to me that they also are capable of taking the next step and providing unbiased context on contentious issues. Check out this excerpt:
Democrats call Bush's job creation record the worst of any president since the Great Depression. Since Bush took office, 1.84 million jobs have been lost, but after months of dismal job growth, the nation's employers in March added workers at the quickest pace in four years, swelling payrolls by 308,000.
Even so, the unemployment rate inched up a tenth of a point to 5.7 percent as more people were encouraged to start looking for work again but failed to find jobs.
It's from
this article.
To me, that aptly and fairly sums up both sides views, gives you the actual facts relatively bare of editorializing (although the "dismal" job growth comes close to ruining it...but it's still far better than CNN or the New York Times, overall), letting you make your own decision which aspect is the most important.
That's where I go for news, now.
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Bush support holds despite Iraq, 9/11 hearings
Might I suggest a different title? Perhaps that should be "...because of Iraq, 9/11 hearings"
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It's like "Whack-A-Mole"...no matter how many times this meme gets shot down by th cold, hard light of reason and facts, they can always find some reporter credulous and lazy enough to repeat what they're told without doing any actual investigative journalism.
Oh, here's the article.
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Simply put, women prefer flexibility and satisfaction over higher pay.
If you take the time to factor in all the aspects, women make 98-99% of what men make when doing the same job at the same point in the career with the same home situation.
The MSNBC article almost glimpses the truth in the end, but chooses to make it into a joke:
Pay Vs. Satisfaction
Despite the pay gap, according to several studies, women are actually more satisfied at work!
CareerBuilder.com's recent "Pulse of the Worker" survey found that despite receiving lower raises, fewer bonuses, and having lower expectations for being promoted, women were more likely than men to report that, overall, they are happy with their jobs.
Who said a woman is never satisfied?
See, the first and main factor in the "pay disparity" is children. When you drop out of the workforce for a few years to have children, your pay will suffer. You will be behind. You will have lost seniority, and be behind the "state of the art" in your field. Even if you only take off a few months, just having kids changes priorities for most women. Mothers start looking for flextime so they can be home when their kids get out of school, or have to spend more time with sick children. And it would be interesting, at this point, if you did an internet search on complaints about "workers who are parents" getting more time off than childless workers, particularly during inclement weather. Guess what? It usually isn't the father getting that time off.
And as this article points out:
According to U.S. Bureau of the Census and Bureau of Labor Statistics data, men consistently log more work activity than women, regardless of educational level. In the aggregate, however, women are actually earning more per hour than men.
(emphasis added by me). So when are we going to hear feminists agitating about the gender gap in wages/hour? When are feminists going to demand that women work as much as men to earn their salary? My guess is never.
Heck, one thing not broached in this whole issue is the non-wage compensation. If women get the same health and retirement benefits for less hours, that tilts the whole ball of wax even more in their favor!
But don't take my word for it, look into it on your own. You can continue to swallow the lie whole, or you can educate yourself. Two of the references below are lists of search results. The truth is out there. Will you take the red pill or the blue pill? [okay, that's enough pop-culture references for one day--ed.]
You can make nearly any case you want by citing the "right" statistics. So as you read articles about the "pay gap", pay attention to what the writer leaves out; that's often far more revealing.
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Over here, Zombyboy asks a question. Well, he implies it with this:
If I feel that way, I wonder how every soldier who wakes up in service this morning feels.
I recognize that the inclusion of "I wonder" renders the statement largely rhetorical...but as a servicemember myself who is extremely tired of the left failing to castigate their own for idiotic statements as much as the right castigated Trent Lott for his idiotic statement, I thought I'd respond.
Except that it was a non-servicemember who put it best, I think.
Go read Steve's take on the whole article.
Here's the obligatory excerpt:
Rooney implies that if you asked a whole bunch of US soldiers how they feel about Iraq, they'd tear off their fatigues, exposing MorOn.org MoveOn.org T-shirts, and loudly proclaim "Bush equals Hitler." He wants us to think they're over there cursing Bush day and night and writing love letters to Patty Murray.
Not true, of course. Polls suggest morale may need some punching up, but that's about it. Name a conflict in which no soldiers grumbled. Hell, Rooney himself grumbled about working in the oppressive Rather regime at CBS, but he kept plugging along until they put his things in a box outside his office door.
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This article makes me quite angry.
U.S. soldiers accused of rape and other sex crimes while serving in Iraq routinely dodged prosecution during the past year with the help of commanders who gave them light punishments such as reprimands and pay cuts, according to military records released to the Denver Post.
Troops facing sex offenses were given job-related punishments -- which offer no prospect of prison time -- nearly five times as often as those charged with other crimes.
Such leniency also was granted to soldiers accused of serial crimes. Though investigators compiled evidence to prosecute a sergeant for sexually assaulting three subordinate battalion members, he was only given a reprimand, records show.
And though evidence was gathered to prosecute a military police officer for one of two rape allegations, reports show his commanders merely dropped him in rank and discharged him at his request.
I'm angry because the writer of the article does not understand military culture enough to understand that an Article 15 can actually be a very serious punishment. I'm angry because "accusation" is used as if it is a synonym for "conviction". I'm angry because "gathered evidence to prosecute" does not mean there was enough evidence to prosecute. I'm angry because it is after-the-fact hindsight second-guessing that implies the the person charged was absolutely and provably guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and the commanders deliberately lessened the punishment to perpetuate some Good 'Ol Boy attitude that sexual assault is unimportant.
Horse Puckey.
Women do make unfounded accusations of rape and sexual assault. Sexual assault and rape are often difficult to prove if they aren't witnessed or if the woman doesn't get a medical exam in a timely manner. What do you do if it comes down to a case of "He Said/She Said"? In the civilian world, absolutely nothing. In the military world, the male soldier will get, at the very least, a thoroughly masterful dressing down for even allowing himself to be in a situation that looked bad. He'll get screamed at by at least three levels of the chain of command. The accusation will remain in his record, and even a dismissed allegation can prevent him from getting promoted. If the commander has some idea that the accusation is correct, but cannot prove it, he is still within his rights to take money and time from a soldier just because he wants to; the control enjoyed by a commander is total. And believe me, you spend enough of your time away from home trying to earn too little money to live on that losing half your pay for even one month is a serious blow, as is having to do extra duty for 4 hours a night for a month. They make darn certain that the extra duty is not enjoyable.
This whole article is a study of half-truths and lies. The military takes rape and sexual assault far more seriously and prosecutes it far more vigorously than any corporation I know. I had been on station less than a month when a 1st Lt was kicked out of the service with a Dishonorable Discharge for doing nothing more than having consensual sex with an adult enlisted member not in his chain of command. Name one other corporation or institution worldwide that would go to that length to protect its employees.
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