I have been following Mr Greenwald's posts since he had his own site at Unclaimed Territory.

He is, without doubt, the best addition to Salon I can imagine.

This post shows why.

He is able to coolly analyze criticism. He is able to be measured and thoughtful in response. He is able to simply and clearly make his points. And he is able to see where he may have been wrong.

Most importantly he appears to have the energy and time to post something of keen importance every day.

Thank you so much

grkent

I don't know Joan... I had no problem watching it... I thought it was pretty amusing.

Maybe it was just you.

No matter what we find out about this administration, people still want to assume the best and give the benefit of the doubt.

Is it because people hope for the best in every president -- or just this one?

Remember a lot of people voted for Bush because they thought he'd be a good guy to have a beer with (in spite of the fact that he claimed not to drink anymore).

People invested a quality of "jes' folks" in George Bush that they want desperately to hang on to.

Many people in the media stuck their heads out for George Bush and we are having a serious problem right now with an inability to admit mistakes. It's as if their judgement, once found inadequate, can never be trusted again.

Personally, I don't understand why these reporters expect people to trust them if they're still holding onto ideas that have been conclusively been proven false.

Why exactly should we trust you now?

What I most fear is that the damage from O'Hanlon and Pollack's story has already been done and that Mr Greenwald and the few other honest reporters we have left will appear to be nothing more than dogs nipping at the heels of "giants" like O'Hanlon, Pollack, Jonah Goldberg, Michelle Malkin, etc... etc... etc...

Most of the people who want to believe the nonsense spewed by the O'Hanlons and Pollacks can never be convinced of the prejudicial nature of their articles.

If you are a neocon or republican in today's world, you believe what you want to believe and you read and listen to the things that support what you already believe.

Why disturb a beautiful mind with facts?

Can we finally put to rest the notion that Americans won't do dirty, sweaty, anonymous, unsung jobs?

With the clear message being sent to our democratic representatives by those who voted for them they still do not respond.

Maybe they won't be successful in getting the agenda they were mandated to impose through Congress and past a presidential veto.

So what?

It's more important to try.

It's more important to force those opposing the agenda to show themselves for what they are and what they stand for.

They won't be seen as losers if they're stopped by republican obstructionism.

Republicans will be seen for what they are.

Thanks for upholding the honor of Bill Mazeroski... I saw him and all the others on the list play and, defensively, none could hold a candle to his glove or his footwork around second base. This isn't to denigrate the talents of the other second basemen on the list -- just to point out that Mazeroski was better. For years and years. Of course playing in Pittsburgh his whole career, I assume most people rarely saw him -- if at all. Certainly there isn't much film of him aside from one home run he hit in 1960. And by the way, he won two games with home runs in that world series. He is also an incredibly nice man as I got to meet him once.

"Jesse Barfield.

I believe he had even better assists stats than Clemente."

Some stats are misleading.

Outfield assists may be one of them.

Most people new better than to run on Clemente's arm. Generally they stayed put rather than attempt to take the extra base.

I'll never forget listening to Vin Scully call a Dodger game in which a young Dodger player attempted to tag up from second to third base on a long fly to right field. Even as the player was racing to the base Scully was decrying the player's lack of baseball knowledge. And of course he was out at third.