Letters to the Editor
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@Anonymust
Our Sun Times gossip columnist reported today that Chris Mathews is giving very serious consideration to running for Arlen Specter's senate seat in 2010.
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re: paulpsd7
Shooter lives under a rock. It's where his reality-free worldview is allowed to fester. Occasionally he emerges, expresses his conclusions based on life under the rock, is eventually ridiculed, and returns.
I had forgotten what a pernicious little pissant you are. Keep up the good work.
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ah, one more thing before I split
Am I the only one who finds this strange?
Brian Williams' "blog:"
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• Dec. 16, 2005 | 4:45 p.m.
[WILLIAMS:]
Is anybody out there?
This is kind of like broadcasting during a power outage: it's hard to tell if anyone will read this, since our blog has been down all day....
Uhhhh.
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I've heard those rumors, too, RMP
... and I can only say that I had a visceral reaction. That is never a compliment coming from me. ;~)
Might be one of those times when I would just have to campaign "against" someone.
Actually, it would be a first. Although I do plan to have some things to say about McCain this fall.
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I am a dolt
That was an old post. Too tired to do this anymore tonight!
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One other journalistic note
The average price of a gallon of regular gasoline along I-40? North of $3.50. The lowest I saw, $3.39; the highest, $4.16, in Barstow.
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William T.
...the highest, $4.16, in Barstow.
Better have someone call Bush and wake him up.
He'll probably be very surprised, since he's already admitted that he hadn't heard that gas prices were going to get that high. He really should have a heads-up tonight, don'cha think? No surprises.
[In the old days, I used to have a boss who had signs posted all over, "No Surprises."]
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scooter is so sad
How about the story where MSM news people surveyed gave money to the Democrats by a margin of 9:1?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19113485
I mean, what can you do with this, really?
Ooh, tell us again about Dan Rather, scoot. A fairy tale before bedtime!
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Damn!
It's not surprising that NBC and MSNBC would be reluctant to give much airtime to the military analyst story. After all they hired some of them. But am I the only one here that knows that NBC Nightly News Editor and Host Brian Williams is a long-time committed Republican?
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Andrew Sullivan Is A Fraud
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Irony
Great piece. I'm not sure what to make of it being on a site presented by the U.S. Airforce. I suppose irony is not dead.
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straw-grasping
Are you asserting the left is without sin
Yes, Shooter. That's exactly what we're asserting.
On a related note, when was the last time you commented regarding bad behavior by conservatives? By your own definition, does that make you a hypocrite, or not?
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Friends
Really, Glenn, how can you ask Brian to speak ill of his friends?
Fast friends, no less.
Say, are you the guy in the bathrobe blogging from his cellar that upset Brian so much awhile back? Put on a tie, will you?
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The President 3/14/08
New York Times, 6/28/2000:
Gov. George W. Bush of Texas said today that if he was president, he would bring down gasoline prices through sheer force of personality, by creating enough political good will with oil-producing nations that they would increase their supply of crude.
[...] Asked why the Clinton administration had not been able to use the power of personal persuasion, Mr. Bush said: "The fundamental question is, 'Will I be a successful president when it comes to foreign policy?' "
[...] "Just give me a chance to be the president."
- - Governor George W. Bush of Texashttp://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/03/20080314-5.html
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 14, 2008President Bush Visits the Economic Club of New York
New York Hilton
New York, New YorkTHE PRESIDENT: Our energy policy has not been very wise.
- - The President, 3/14/2008
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Situational "Conservatives" ....the kind that give prunes the trots....
In all that time has Glenn ever called for vetting anti-war or even generally lefty commentators? Not that I've seen. It's only conservative talking heads that prompt these screeds. -- shooter242
Only conservatives prompt his "screeds"? You have a very situational definition of "conservative". I've seen him come down fairly hard on Marty Peretz, Alan Dershowitz, and some of the status quo enablers in Congress. Have Sens. Rockefeller, Schumer or Emmanuel become conservatives in the last 5 minutes? My recollection is that these distinctly liberal public figures have been on the receiving end of Glenn's posts from time to time. Granted, they receive little vetting, but they are too well-known to require much. As for obscure, "leftie" technocratic consultants -- where are they shooter242? I'm personally familiar with some of the highly qualified people who might be called upon to opine about the "hot" topic of global warming. I've yet to see or hear of any of them being tapped to speak on this matter in the popular media.
let's see you call for equal treatment of talking head scrutiny. -- shooter242
This is no problem; I strongly prefer to know as much as reasonably possible about any pontificator the "news"media sets before me. The problem is, what exactly do you require as parity in disclosure? Do you demand that the 35 year old utterances of a Chomsky's or Ayers be given the same weight as a retired general's on-going financial relationship with weapons manufacturers? I've seen you demand these sorts of unbalanced equivalences in the past, shooter242. Immediately thereafter, you declare yourself vindicated.
It's a weak tea sort of argument.
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Every time I read your articles on media corruption
I feel like an emperor watching criminals being devoured by lions. And/or makes me envious I'm not a full-time lion.
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Divide And Bunker
Luxembourg
Hindenburg
Nuremberg
-They're all the same to me.
You can think of reportage like any other product for sale.
Now, if there's too much news, it won't be rare and valuable.
So, ration it, and get top dollar.
If you're a really good salesman, you can do it with phoney news, or lying news and people might like it better.
Selling it is the goal.
If you can't sell news, there's no point in worrying about whether it's good news or bad news or accurate or biased.
See? Only the nonprofit news, which doesn't earn regular ad revenue, might feel obligated to adhere to the ancient vows of seeking useful and truthful facts and information. Quaint they are..
So, brian Williams is taking the shortcut, profitably, of just selling without telling.
A face in a suit. No journalism required. Makeup. Lighting. A tiny sneer in tone and bearing. Hints of Peter Jennings a little bit, doesn't it?
Of course, Jennings was imported. Speaking of which, i listen to BBC World News most nights. I like that some networks have correspondents everywhere paying attention trying to figure out what's going on.
Also, you might not know, but since many of us got cable, we almost never watch the old channels. Too drab, bland and slow.
Maybe that's why the 'casts aren't trying so hard anymore. Less viewers to please. Why overdo it?
Yes, i really was playing and do know that The Hindenburg was a big balloon set on fire by Orson Welles.
Luxembourg is a bank factory.
And Nuremberg is that little airport in upstate New York.
Oh, anyway, CBS is so old it doesn't matter. ABC is the White House pet whenever it's GOP.
NBC has always been partial to The Military. From General Sarnoff to General Electric. You didn't know?
Quit bothering them already. They have to get set for the Olympics.
Bush is going. There'll be synchronizied swimming. It's 50-50 that all of the Marathon runners will drop dead of smog after 13 miles.
Generals. If they're retired, they have to be briefed by the Pentagon to know what's going on.
The ex-coach doesn't sit on the team bench and call plays.
Geez, you Internetters. Come back to us.
To quote the mutt mascot (Chris Matthews:) 'Hah!'