Letters to the Editor
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When you update the front page, you should make sure the articles are available FIRST.
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Man he phoned it in again, but dialed the wrong number this time!
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Looks like Salon phoned it in. Again.
It's Sunday night, maybe the night-shift janitor is in charge of uploading content? But that doesn't explain Debra Dickerson, Broadsheet, or Camille Paglia. Uh oh, looks like the mental patients are in charge of the asylum!
Do you have a better explanation?
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The Truth, Simplified
Okay, it's up. All those previous letters condemning Salon and the webmaster may now be removed.
You can't blame us for clamoring after This Modern World, however. It cuts through the crap, exposes the spin, and clearly illustrates how the "conservatives" (let's just call them "cons", hmmm?) quickly change the subject when it's clear they've lost, thus giving the impression of having prevailed on a whole variety of topics, when in fact, they've lost.
Like many good con men, the Cons have mastered the technique of issuing a constant stream of verbiage, or patter, to confuse the marks (that's us) - "dazzling them with bulls***" is the technical term. You get so involved in following the details that you lose track of the overall picture, and end up paying your "20% discount", instead of having it deducted from the total.
The cartoon format, like a schematic diagram, removes all that and shows the structure of the scam. When the evidence proves they're wrong, they hit on an unrelated topic. Watch it on the Screaming Head shows. Listen to it at White House press conferences. Notice when your Con associates do it around the water cooler (or latte machine.)
Thanks, Tom Tomorrow! Another winner.
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He Left Out Clinton!
No right wing obfuscation-fest is complete without an irrelevant Clinton reference!
Man, TT's really phoning, etc.
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Too funny
"Why do liberals hate people with heads?!" LOL
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as usual
As usual, Tom hits the nail on the head when it comes to right-wing demagoguery. As usual, I agree with him completely. And as usual, I'm bored.
I love the message, but can't the messenger change the melody while staying true to the lyrics?
See you kids next week when the same thing will happen again.
And again.
And again.
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Ignore the whiners.
In fencing, not every attack has to be at a decisively different point from a previous strike.
Keep it up -- they're weakening!
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I'll remember that, Tom.
The next time I'm watching a fencing match.
Thanks for playing Non Sequitur Theatre.
Cartoons, on the other hand, are more subjective. That's why some people tire of a repetitive format and others cling to repetition because they fear change. (I give you Shrek 3 and Bush 2.)
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The death of Satire
I don't think Dan is phoning it in; I just think this administraton has gotten so ridiculous, that you can do a straight reading of the news from Washington and it comes out sounding like some absurdist play. We live in strange times, people.
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The endless loop of conservative lies
It would be kind of fun if something different were happening in politics or society, but it seems we are caught in an endless loop these days. We hear the same sorts of stories with the same sort of spin from conservatives and the main stream media, week after week. This Modern World reflects that. This week's humor is subtle and took me a moment. The “why do you hate America” line from conservatives has gotten old and tired, and is easily countered with: Why do you hate the Constitution and the Bill of Rights so much? Still the main stream media persist in reporting the spin rather than the facts. I guess it is easier to draw a six figure paycheck by just reporting what others say than by doing any real research.
The “mistakes were made” punch line was interesting, because TT was ahead of the curve on this. Given the deadline for the toon I don’t imagine he had heard the dueling “Mistakes Were Made” stories on 2 NPR programs this weekend prior to “phoning it in”. Bob Garfield did very funny piece on this first, for On the Media. In his piece Garfield traced the history of the “Mistakes were made” statement through successive Republican Presidents beginning with Regan. He ended his piece with the punch line: (to paraphrase) If you noticed that all the presidents quoted were Republican, let me assure you, NO mistakes were made. On Weekend Edition Saturday, Scott Simon, did a much more “serious” piece on the same subject. A piece who’s purpose seemed to be only to counter the piece by Garfield, and by golly, they found some snippet of Clinton uttering that same phrase. Of course, unlike Garfield who explained the context of every quote, Simon could not be bothered to give us that. His purpose being to show that Clinton had said it too. No matter that Clinton may have been giving a talk on the Treaty of Versailles.
Oh but you would have to be a tin foil hat wearing, conspiracy nut, to believe the main stream media, and the “ultra left wing”, NPR, are complicit in spreading the conservative line, wouldn’t you? Did anyone happen to catch NPR’s coverage of the weekend's anti war protests? One would think there were an equal number of pro war protesters given NPR’s coverage. Not even Fox can lie like that, because they have to show pictures.
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Maldoror
To all the boring Tom Tomorrow bashers.
Please submit your idea for a funny political cartoon. I can illustrate it for you if you can't draw.
I will give you $100 if it makes me laugh.
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NPR protest coverage
Hans said "Did anyone happen to catch NPR’s coverage of the weekend's anti war protests? One would think there were an equal number of pro war protesters given NPR’s coverage."
What got me was when the correspondent (I don't recall her name) referred to the war supporters as the "pro-troop" demonstration. As if those of us who want to get the troops out of Iraq - including those who never wanted to send them there in the first place - can't possibly be "supporting" them.
I'm not surprised by this sentiment from those who only hear the official line and right-wing talking points, but shouldn't "legitimate" media like NPR be more objective?