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Tuesday, January 8, 2008 07:06 AM

Late night

Nulla must be watching a different show, or maybe on a different channel that I do. These shows do go on vaca but they were certainly on the air prior to the strike, & not endless reruns as he suggests. Unless he's referring to the multiple times per day that Comedy Central reairs the shows.

I thought it was wise for both Stewart & Colbert to change the titles of their shows for the duration. Stewart pointed it out, while Colbert did it without making it obvious. The Daily Show will be "A" Daily Show, while Colbert is now with a hard T.

Tuesday, January 8, 2008 07:22 AM

Lack of respect

I can't speak about the level of trust or love in the marriage, but it's obvious there is no respect. I would say that this man doesn't respect women based on the fact that he cheated on his previous girlfriend and the "I don't tell you because of the way you always get" line he's feeding his wife.

Tuesday, January 8, 2008 01:02 PM
Original article: It's my abortion, too!

These guys knew & supported the decisions

If anyone actually read the article they'd see that several of the real-life experiences they tell are of men that were fully aware of the abortions & supported them. Example:

Chris Aubert, a Houston lawyer, felt only indifference in 1985 when a girlfriend told him she was pregnant and planned on an abortion. When she asked if he wanted to come to the clinic, he said he couldn't; he played softball on Saturdays. He stuck a check for $200 in her door and never talked to her again.

Aubert, 50, was equally untroubled when another girlfriend had an abortion in 1991. "It was a complete irrelevancy," he said. But years later, Aubert felt a rising sense of unease. He and his wife were cooing at an ultrasound of their first baby when it struck him -- "from the depths of my belly," he said -- that abortion was wrong.

In the end, Aubert says his moral objection to abortion always wins. If he could go back in time, he would try to save the babies.

But would his long-ago girlfriends agree? Or might they also consider the abortions a choice that set them on a better path?

Aubert looks startled. "I never really thought about it for the woman," he says slowly.

Morrow, the counselor, described his regret as sneaking up on him in midlife -- more than a decade after he impregnated three girlfriends (one of them twice) in quick succession in the late 1980s. All four pregnancies ended in abortion.

Years later, when his wife told him she was pregnant, "I suddenly realized that I had four dead children," said Morrow, 47, who lives near Erie, Pa. "I hadn't given it a thought. Now it all came crashing down on me -- look what you've done."

A few months ago, Morrow reached out to the ex-girlfriend who aborted twice. They met and prayed together, seeking peace. After they parted, she spilled her anger in a letter: "That long day we sat in that God-forsaken clinic, I hoped every moment that you would stand up and say, 'We can't do this'. . . but you didn't."

Wednesday, January 9, 2008 07:56 AM

Matthews

This morning on Scarborough Matthews was spouting this stuff too. But he used his colorful language. I quote: "Remember Tonto? Me thinks paleface lies." He then went on to explain his racist theory.

Wednesday, January 9, 2008 10:14 AM

Matthews is such a tool

Matthews said he'd never underestimate Hilary Clinton again. We all know that's crazy talk coming from him. In fact, he went back to his old ways just this morning on Joe in the Morning.

I clipped this from Think Progress:

Matthews: I think the Hillary appeal has always been about the mix of toughness and sympathy. Let’s not forget, and I’ll be brutal, the reason she’s a US Senator, the reason she’s a candidate for President, the reason she may be a front runner, is that her husband messed around. […]

That’s how she got to be a Senator from New York. We keep forgetting it. She didn’t win it on her merit, she won because everybody felt, “My God, this woman stood up under humiliation,” right? That’s what happened.

I also heard him blame racism from the people polled on the inaccuracy of the polls. He said to Joe, "Remember Tonto? Me thinks paleface lies. I think a pollster asked 'Excuse me sir or madam, would you vote for an African American for President and they said of course. Then they voted for Hilary."

Thursday, January 10, 2008 08:06 AM
Original article: Beyond the Multiplex

Or you could watch TLC/Discovery Health

Just watch Discovery Health or TLC any morning of the week if you want to learn about various styles/methods of childbirth. They'v e got midwifes, home births, birthing centers, water births, and hospitals with doctors and midwives and rooms filled with families.

Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:05 PM

Hmmm

I'm a little disappointed. I thought the article would be about a woman who chose to live her life single, not, as is the case, living with a man but not marrying him. I didn't think living together without marriage was such a big deal any longer.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008 08:35 AM

Rudy & Ron

FOX will be kicking and screaming when they finally let go of their goldenboy Rudy, who clearly is going nowhere in this thing. On the other hand, Ron never existed in their radar.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008 01:31 PM

One concern

One concern I would have is that this could be one of those "pre-existing conditions" that insurance companies like to use to exclude people from getting health insurance.

Friday, January 18, 2008 08:24 AM
Original article: Chris Matthews' mea culpa

MSNBC

The MSNBC morning team (Joe S, Miki, and David Schuster) were propping up their coworker Matthews this morning. Heaping him with such praise, I thought Schuster was going to genuflect he was so passionate about his fondness for Matthews. They criticized Media Matters and ended up saying it was censorship.

I did notice, though, that this morning Joe didn't slobber all over Erin Burnett as he usually does. Maybe the issue of treating women professionally & with respect hit home. He generally gushes about her & refers to her as "International Superstar Erin Burnett."

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