Time and friends exist principally to trumpet government claims and minimize and belittle anything to the contrary, and they pretend to "balance" it all only when they're caught mindlessly transcribing these one-sided claims and are forced to do write down what the other side says, too.

- Glenn Greenwald

I know that currently the White House and the GOP are one in the same, and that today criticizing Bush or the GOP (as Natalie Manes found out the hard way) is equal in the mind of the rightwing and the media to criticizing the United States, that will most likely be changing in a little over a year. The reason I point this out, and quoted Glenn above, is that the press acts as stenographer for the government TODAY, but as of January 20, 2009, (based on the overwhelming disapproval of the GOP by voters) they will stop taking dictation from the government, and look soley to the RNC and the rightwing's top spokespeople (Limbaugh, Drudge, and Murdoch) for how to interpret the news.

I know this may seem like an obvious point, and that the press already looks to Drudge and Limbaugh for how to interpret the news and what "patriotism" is, but not since I was too young to remember have we had a Democratic White House overseeing a collosally disasterous war. The allegience of the press currently to the government, and the asleep-at-the-switch policy of just running White House statements through a spell-check, will most likely run a different course with a much more alert press. They will stay be taking dictation, but not from the US government.

I know it's said several times a day, but you do tremendous work, Glenn! The determination and relentlessness you bring to these issues deserves much more attention and appreciation than you are currently receiving!

With the sesspool of filth this country is subjected to by incompetent hacks like Tim Russert and Tom Friedman who are treated like royality, and TIME magazine which is treated as the height of serious "journalism" based soley on it's distant past, the clarity you bring to exposing their slothfulness and extreme bias is breathtaking to read every day!

Keep up the fantastic work!

To paraphrase Krauthammer, the NRO publishes these made-up stories only because "it fits perfectly into the most virulent narrative of the pro-war Right."

The rightwing establishment's "patriotism" bears no relationship to an unshakeable love for this country's principles and it's people - and they go out of their way to prove it to the American people every day. Everything they believe is completely malleable. Look how quickly they went from being outraged at Saddam's "torturing of his people", to being 100% supportive of those exact same tactics, against those exact same innocent people, when told to by their Republican leadership. They are completely devoid of conscience, convictions, ethics, or honor.

I find it shocking that our intelligence community would so cavalierly dismiss the months of preparation Bush, Cheney, Bolton, Limbaugh, CNN, FOX, and the rightwing apparatus have gone to hype 'The Latest & Greatest Threat to Civilization'! Barnum and Bailey couldn’t have done a better job! I’d like to know what these intelligence ne're-do-wells plan to replace the 2008 TV programming schedule with if we’re not going to have "WAR WITH IRAN", starring George W Bush (featuring cameos by Rudy Guiliani)! In case they haven’t heard, the Hollywood writers are on strike! This was a win-win for everyone! Thanks, “intelligence community”!

Jonah Goldberg, 38, is a rising star in the conservative intellectual movement..

- All I am Saying is Give War a Chance Lecture

And by "conservative intellectual" they mean someone whose mommy has a cum-stained dress in her closet.

Sorry to go off-topic, but I had to throw this bit of Joe Klein insanity into the mix that I just heard and it made my jaw drop (I'm not sure why I'm still shocked by this guy). After Bush's dismissing of the NIE report, Media Liberal Clown [tm] Joe Klein went on MSNBC's Joe Scarborough show yesterday to make the following statement:

The Bush reaction to this — he didn’t try to block it. He didn’t try to postpone it. He didn’t spend weeks, he didn’t ask the intelligence community ‘give me a couple of weeks, let’s see if we can figure out some kind of negotiating initiative or some way to respond to this.’ He didn’t try to spin it to our advantage. This is an amazing moment of candor by the United States.

- Joe Klein (12/06/07)

An amazing moment of candor.

Well, that's it, old sport. Best of luck. I'm off to the Madrid launch of my book in Spanish at a reception hosted by Jose Maria Aznar, the former prime minister here, followed by a delicious dinner. I anticipate no riots.

- National Review Editor John O'Sullivan

Godspeed, little green beret..(sniff).. Keep your head low..

Oh, and you must try the fromage frais they have for hors d'oeuvres! They're to die for, soldier!

It's after 12:00, shouldn't you be paying a prostitute to piss in your mouth about now? As she tells you how utterly worthless you are.

You've already made your self-hating and worthlessness clear to everyone here. If you won't do it for the prostitutes, do it for the Jewish ancestors whose history you love to disgrace. C’mon! Make your parents proud to disgrace their name, you lowlife, piece of dogsh*t!