My initial reaction to the uproar over the NY Times breaking the story was to only pay partial attention to the issue– after all, certain wings of the blogosphere are angry about something every 2-3 days anyway, and the right wing is always eager to attack the NY Times (I like Glenn Reynolds, and he, …
Archives for June 2006
China, Iran and Cuba
…remain the only countries which ban desecration of the flag. Isn’t that special. Does anybody know when this rightwing election-year tradition got its start? I recall that George Bush senior latched onto this issue during his failing bid to remain president. Since then you can pretty much tell an impotrant election year by the groundhog-like …
Re-Thinking Keller’s Response
While I enjoyed Bill Keller’s response to the attacks the NY Times has been receiving (really, is there a more self-imporant group of people out there than the attack dogs of the blogosphere?), this information certainly makes me re-think Keller’s response: Your charge that our efforts to convince The New York Times not to publish …
Just In Time for the Election We Get…
A debate on a Flag Burning Amendment. Fortunately, Dana Milbank gives this issue the respect it deserves: The Citizens Flag Alliance, a group pushing for the Senate this week to pass a flag-burning amendment to the Constitution, just reported an alarming, 33 percent increase in the number of flag-desecration incidents this year. The number has …
“It Is Something To Do With The Way The Water Rubs Over The Bottles”
Okay, maybe Monday is a bit early to start with the wine blogging. Some things you just can’t let go: Apparently it’s not just the Chileans who think that the bottom of the ocean is a good place to keep their wine — the French are getting in on the action as well. Regular readers …
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Blaming The Press
I guess while I took the weekend off, the right-wing of the blogosphere waged jihad against the evil New York Times. So much so, that the #1 link on Memeorandum is this Bill Keller response to angry conservatives. Nut grafs: Since September 11, 2001, our government has launched broad and secret anti-terror monitoring programs without …
I’m Back!
A certain someone took the weekend off for his birthday, and I guess I kinda did it in an unannounced way. Meaning, I disappeared. Sorry, and to make up for it, I present you with this present: Cats That Look Like Hitler Enjoy!