True. But I would argue that the leftist bias of the media itself created the market for a right-leaning news organization. Fair and balanced reporting is a myth, on both sides.

No, even some right wingers admit that the left wing bias of the media is a myth. Some are even proud of the fact that this myth is so widely believed. For example, it is amazing that an organization as right-biased as CNN is criticized for leaning to the left. But this is all part of the game, and it does work well for the republicans. How else could they hold on to so much power with so little support for what they have done? It appears that you believe what you are writing, and I would not criticize anyone for his political beliefs, but perhaps it is time for a serious look at what is really happening.

One of the major roles of these statistically rare but nonetheless numerous gorgeous women is to get other women to spend huge amounts of money trying to look like them. When intelligence and gullibility was passed out, there was no discrimination according to sex.

LG wrote:

The vehicle in question is a grease car, a ride capable of lowering your motoring greenhouse gas emissions by 78 to 87 percent over regular gasoline.

I find this surprising. Can anyone show why this is true?

wrote:The actual number (78 to 87%) I cannot speak to but it is ballpark because biodiesel is almost carbon-neutral to begin with.....

Thanks for the reply tempus. Beyond this, I wonder if burning old vegetable oil is really the best way to use it. That is, might its use as a fuel prevent its use in another manner that might result in greater reduction in released CO2. A small point perhaps since vegetable oil is such a minor item compared to petro.

AB wrote:

Between what President Bush called upon America's soldiers to do and what they were capable of doing loomed a huge gap that defines the military crisis besetting the United States today. For a nation accustomed to seeing military power as its trump card, the implications of that gap are monumental.

Was military power a trump card in Vietnam? Are there more cases when it worked or did not work in the cold war and post cold war period? Are the problems we face today even inherently solvable by military power? The bit of truth this article contains is pathetically obvious. Its conclusion indicates a profound lack of awareness on the part of the author. This is one of the worst articles to ever appear in Salon (omitting CP).

... mostly go together in the European social democracies. This says more about people than Europe. Lind states that the religious right is declining in power, but he misinterprets this. What it really means is that that although the increase in social liberalism lags the increase in economic liberalism in the US, the two are tied together here as well. The strategy he suggests would attempt to counter this evolution. The liberalism of democratic professionals in the US is similar to that of both professionals and the working class in Europe. But it is expanding here in the US; this is the future that the democratic party must recognize.

So many lies in one paragraph! You would do your job better my making multiple posts and spreading out the lies among some half-truths.

What do you gain by voting republican?

If you found anything in this article difficult to understand, please take some time to look up every unfamiliar term. If the concepts do not make sense, read some basic geology and chemistry. If that does not do it, ask questions. No one can afford to be ignorant of this stuff.

2004. Some "business as usual" republicans did get replaced. (OK, the replacements were not that much better.) Stupidity is not the issue; it is ignorance, especially of any technical issue more complicated than replacing a light bulb.

If you are a reporter who wants to get ahead, there are two important rules that make your life easy:

1. Never offend the owner (eg. if NBC, then GE).

2. If you are blessed with a leak from the Feds, report it as given.

Disobey rule 1, and you might get fired; do not risk it. Disobey rule 2 by introducing facts or logical conclusions that cast doubts on the veracity of the information, and you will never get another leak. Your next job might be reporting on amateur dog shows in Duluth. (And you will discover that you are willing to give in to similar pressures on a local level.)

It amazes me that there are a few good reporters working for the MSM. Remember when editors were expected to stand up to pressure (not that they all ever did)? How many expect this any more?

We on the left need to better communicate our ideas and defend the false ones by the right more effectively, not tell them to go do research then come back to talk about the issues.

That is one of the stupidest things I have read here in a long time. How do you "communicate" a really unpleasant truth when the other side has delightful sounding lies? The MSM is corrupt; people must have some knowledge in order to see that they are being lied to.

"We ... need to better communicate...", indeed. What a pile of crap!

...and make damn sure they aren't infringing on other people's rights (which includes pollution) to get it to market.

That requires the government control that you are arguing against.