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RKent

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Wednesday, May 28, 2008 06:08 PM

MSM

I can't stand any of these pompous, corporate mainstream media shills. Williams, Gibson, Russert, Matthews...they delude themselves endlessly, even when it's apparent that their delusions are going to destroy them (and, of course, they don't care that their dishonesty affects the rest of us).

It's a never ending circle jerk with these guys.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 05:50 PM

Looks like Noonan's getting high on needlepoint samplers again

But has he ever gotten misty-eyed over . . . the Wright Brothers and what kind of country allowed them to go off on their own and change everything? How about D-Day, or George Washington, or Henry Ford, or the losers and brigands who flocked to Sutter's Mill, who pushed their way west because there was gold in them thar hills? There's gold in that history.

These names and images really mean nothing to Noonan other than to act as sound bytes of wholesomeness. She could have substituted Walt Disney, the World's Fair, Grandma Moses, a train, or any other icon for the names she mentioned, and she wouldn't care about the complexity or richness of their history.

Saturday, February 23, 2008 05:44 PM
Original article: Push the envelope, please!

Oscar Status

All of the awards shows, Oscars, Emmys, Tonys, Grammys, as well as the contest shows like Miss America, have been declining in ratings for a long time. Maybe such shows are no longer relevant to the majority of people like they were in the '50s and '60s.

I think that the Oscars would best be served by going back to being a private affair, like they were before they became the televised spectacle that they are now. Then the winners could go on as long as they like, the attendees could get as drunk as they like, and those of us who are really interested could chuckle about the stories in the next day's paper.

Thursday, January 17, 2008 03:44 PM
Original article: CNN's John King responds

Good reproach, Glenn

The members of the corporate mainstream news media will never admit how irrelevant, incompetent and unimportant they are.

Friday, January 11, 2008 05:11 PM

Roseanne

It's too bad about Roseanne. I was a big fan of her TV series and thought it was terrific. But since the show ended and one project of hers after another has bombed, it seems that the only way she can keep her name alive is to make one outrageous statement after another.

Friday, December 28, 2007 04:25 PM

Noonan & Reagan

Noonan must have been something to watch whenever the voices in her head danced madly when she was around him: “He’s my President.” “He’s my daddy!” “He’s my lover.” “He’s my President.” “He’s my daddy!” “He’s my lover.”

Sunday, November 4, 2007 11:38 AM
Original article: Opus

@Extender

...to satisfy their limited intellect.

Project much?

Sunday, November 4, 2007 09:31 AM

Vote for Glenn

Glenn's blog is up for nomination in the Best Liberal Blog category in the 2007 Weblog Awards. Please go vote if you haven't already.

http://2007.weblogawards.org/polls/best-liberal-blog-1.php

Thursday, September 6, 2007 02:44 PM

Another book title suggestion

Here's a take-off on a movie title:

Republican Boys Don't Cry: They Kill and Plunder

Thursday, September 6, 2007 11:44 AM

Suggested Book Title

Standing in the Shadows of Real Men: The Republican Boys' Lament

Thursday, September 6, 2007 12:47 AM

Suggested Titles for Your Book

Overaged Boys: The Lack of Maturity in Republican Men

Republican Men: Too Much Ares and Too Little Venus

Waging the Gender War: How the Republican Ideal of Masculinity is Harming America

Republican Men: Dicks Without Semen

The Enemy Is Attacking! Let's Play Soldier!: How Republican Men See Those Not Like Them

Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:58 AM
Original article: Beyond the Multiplex

@Diddlypop

Your ideal movie theater sounds just wonderful.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007 10:39 AM
Original article: We'll go no more a-Rove-ing

@ ER

If these people really believe that guns, God, abortion and gays are the most important issues facing our country today, and not a disastrous economy that is being run according to Republican principles, or a war that is going to take their children away from them and turn them into cannon fodder, or a health care system that is going to make sure that they and their children will not get the medical care that they need, then they really are stupid, misled or otherwise unaware.

I want to see you tell some family that it doesn't matter that they've lost everything because at least they're on the right side of the "gays" issue. I wonder how much applause you'll get.

Thursday, July 26, 2007 12:15 PM

Thanks, Glenn

I love the way you go after these guys in the news media. They may think the world of themselves; however, the rest of the world thinks that they're dipshits.

Tuesday, July 10, 2007 09:24 AM
Original article: "The Trap"

Excellent letters from everyone

It's a complex subject, and I enjoyed reading everyone's letters about their experiences and viewpoints.

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:29 AM

Beltway Zeroes

I have no respect for the Beltway pundits, absolutely none, and yet they think that they're the greatest.

I respect Glenn Greenwald, Joe Conason, Gene Lyons, Greg Palast, and others, but none of them are on the mainstream news media as often and as prominently as they should be.

Thursday, June 14, 2007 05:38 PM

This is a completely dfferent sexual orientation than we've had before.

I'm a gay man, and even I don't worship men and fall down before them the way these Republican clowns do.

Sheesh.

Friday, June 8, 2007 09:06 AM

Minor correction, captainlarab

The push for gay marriage didn't start with Massachusetts. It started much sooner than that, in May of 1991 when three gay couples in the state of Hawaii sued to make their relationships legal. When they were unable to do so, it ignited a furor among gay communities nationwide.

Thursday, May 31, 2007 11:24 AM

The "quality" of today's news personnel

I echo your "Ha ha." Mega "ha ha" to you, Chris.

And this man, Halperin, works for Time?

Astounding, just astounding.

Tuesday, May 8, 2007 10:43 AM

After reading Glenn's astonishing post,

All I can say is, what the hell is wrong with these people?

Monday, April 23, 2007 03:34 PM

Joan, you know the answer to your own question.

Aren't there enough interesting, respectable, credible Republican leaders to make the rounds?

No, there aren't. None, nada, nobody.

Thursday, April 19, 2007 09:33 AM

Anonymous

How morally schizophrenic are we when the baby's chance to live depends merely on the whims of its mother and whether or not it is "wanted"?

How stupid are you to not realize that the decision to abort is not "whimsical" and is a decision that takes a great deal of agonizing deliberation and thought on the part of the woman who is carrying the fetus?

Friday, April 6, 2007 10:30 AM

Paul Rosenberg

FYI, I linked your excellent letter ("The Media Lost Me In The Winter of 64/65") in the Beat the Press thread in Salon's Table Talk White House folder.

Regards,

RKent

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