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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
For your take on this. I hadn't planned on seeing this, but now I will.
One thing which had bothered me in the trailers was the narrator's booming voice declaring: "Imagine a country where more people vote for their favorite performer than the next president" I thought that was facile reasoning. For one thing, most people don't have to take time off work and stand in the polling stations to "vote" for their favorite performer! It was a cheap shot, the type of soundbyte that most people take as a fact without really thinking about it.
(By the way,in this time of caller id, why are we not able to vote entering in our unique vote registration and last four digits of our SS# - blocked after one use - vote, then confirm our vote?) But I digress.
I do like a smart satirical take on issues, and this sounds good, having redeemed itself - based on your analysis.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
