High Crimes and Misdemeanors

Anyone remember a few years ago when it was a crime for the President to golf when there were terrorists anywhere in the world?

Hopenchange!

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Whew!

It's nice to know that I'm not the only one who doesn't get this whole "Twitter" thing.

Boy, it's sure a good thing I'm only some rube blogging in his pajamas (okay, underpants) and not an international cable news network or something.

(Via Treacher.)

Posted by: Sean M. at 02:37 AM | No Comments | Add Comment
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"She is fair game"

"I am so offended."

Click on that and try not to puke as a bunch of media types (oooh, I'm sorry, that must be the "code words" that they're offended that we're upset against "some Americans" who are "celebrities") try to justify a joke about the daughter of a political opponent getting fucked in front of the crowd at a baseball game.

I don't have kids, but I think I might be offended if one of you fucking pukes suggested that it was okay that one of my daughters was held up to ridicule in front of a national audience.

And, hey, let's just wonder if it was one of Obama's daughters. Or, let's not. Because you fucking cowards would have an entirely different standard, and you know it. Oh, but there wouldn't be jokes there in the first place.

Posted by: Sean M. at 05:10 AM | Comments (6) | Add Comment
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Do my ears deceive me?

I was listening to Mark Levin in the car while on a run to pick up some Val-U-Rite and a pack of smokes, and during the ABC News break, they had their White House correspondent (I forget her name) talking about the "600,000 jobs created or saved" thing that Obama is bandying about and (GASP!) she actually said something to the effect that there was no possible way to actually, you know, verify that figure.

I nearly crashed into the car in front of me.

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No, this isn't offensive at all

From Holy Hell, who found it at the Boston Phoenix, an online rag that currently has as a headline, "The Blessing of Abortion".

I'm leaning more and more toward blaming absolutely everything that goes wrong in this country over the next three and a half years on the Democrats.

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MSM reporter notices "hep" new "fad"

You see, there are these things called "weblogs," or "blogs" for short, and these so-called "blogs" have nothing to do with Nielsen ratings...

Posted by: Sean M. at 06:31 AM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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It's nice that one of them finally admits it, I guess

Though he probably wishes he didn't say it in public. And on camera.

Oh, who the fuck am I kidding? It's not like any of them gives a shit about "journalistic integrity" anymore.

Bow down and worship Him, Evan. Provide Him with offerings and sacrifices (like the last shreds of your credibility). You know you want to. You know you need to.

Update: Watch it and try not to throw up a little in your mouth as the death spiral of our independent, free press shifts into hyperdrive...

(Via Moron Central)

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Sacramento Bee editorial board puts its dick into hornet nest

...and is stung, repeatedly and painfully. 

Posted by: doubleplusundead at 01:44 AM | Comments (1) | Add Comment
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Your lips say one thing...

...but the giggles from your audience tell a somewhat different story:



*giggle clap clap giggle*

Sure.  You're impartial. It's not like you said anything mean or offensive, right?

"...oddly, other networks seem to be encouraging..."

No bias.  Yeah.  None at all.

*clap giggle clap giggle clap giggle clap clap giggle clap clap*

Posted by: Sean M. at 02:58 AM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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Nice To See The Democrat Party Comes Around To The Idea Of Tax Cuts

Too bad these tax cust are designed to support and prop up one of their most loyal constituencies.

Gov. Chris Gregoire has approved a tax break for the state's troubled newspaper industry.

The new law gives newspaper printers and publishers a 40 percent cut in the state's main business tax. The discounted rate mirrors breaks given in years past to the Boeing Co. and the timber industry.

Meanwhile, taxes on everything else are going up.

Never claim that Democrats don't protect and reward thei loyal servants.

Posted by: eddiebear at 09:28 AM | No Comments | Add Comment
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George W. Bush was a religious wacko

What liberal bias?

From expanding the White House's faith-based office to opening his rallies with prayer, Barack Obama has embraced faith in a more visible way than any other president in recent memory.

It's like they're not even trying anymore.  Now, the article does talk about some controversial issues like abortion policy, but sheesh.

(Via the comments here.)

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The elephant donkey in the room

Frank Rich muses on the demise of the newspaper industry (yes, the link goes to the NYT) but fails to even mention one of the possible causes. Indeed, he joins the chorus of pointy heads who believe that the MSM is, well, wait for it...wait for it...

IF you wanted to pick the moment when the American news business went on suicide watch, it was almost exactly three years ago. That’s when Stephen Colbert, appearing at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, delivered a monologue accusing his hosts of being stenographers who had, in essence, let the Bush White House get away with murder (or at least the war in Iraq). To prove the point, the partying journalists in the Washington Hilton ballroom could be seen (courtesy of C-Span) fawning over government potentates — in some cases the very “sources” who had fed all those fictional sightings of Saddam Hussein’s W.M.D.

...yeah, the big newspapers are dying because their reporters are just too damn conservative. Much too willing to give the Rethugs a pass. Uh-huh.

There is no liberal bias in the MSM. And, piggybacking on one of my earlier posts today, these aren't the droids you're looking for.

Posted by: Sean M. at 10:02 PM | Comments (1) | Add Comment
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Media can now act on all of its fantasies

Chris Matthews just put in an order for a gross. 

Posted by: doubleplusundead at 01:06 PM | Comments (7) | Add Comment
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Also, Eric Cantor is still a Jooooooooooo.

The Politico notes that the new ranking GOP member of the Senate Judiciary Committee is noted Conservative White Southerner^TM Jeff Sessions of Alabama.  As a Conservative White Southerner^TM , Sen. Sessions is bound to oppose any Obama nominee due to his fear of what an icky brown person may try to do to the Supreme Court. 

Of course, this Conservative White Southerner^TM must be stopped. 

Did I mention that Sen. Sessions is a Conservative White Southerner^TM ?  Because he is as much a Conservative White Southerner^TM as Dick Cheney's daughter is a lesbian.

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How many paragraphs does it take?

Seventeen, apparently.

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Is One More Island About To Be Conquered On The Way To V-NYT Day?

Oh please, please, please, from the depths of my cold, black heart, let the Boston Globe collapse and close.

The union and management suspended discussions early Monday morning. They have not set a time or location for the next round of talks, a source familiar with the matter, but unauthorized to discuss it, told Reuters.

The Times Co had set midnight Sunday as the deadline to extract $20 million in cost cuts from its unions to avoid closing the Globe, which it said could lose up to $85 million this year.

The Times stepped up pressure on the unions, saying it planned to file notice with the U.S. government that warns it could shut the paper down in 60 days. Negotiations on cost cuts could continue even after that filing.

The 137-year-old Globe is a mainstay of New England news consumers. It is the 17th-largest paper in the United States by daily paid circulation, and 13th-largest on Sundays. If it closed, Boston would be the first big U.S. city to be without a daily newspaper of comparable size.

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White Throat strikes again!

Uh-oh. It looks like the epidemic has spread to Baltimore:

The economy is still a nightmare. The military situations in Afghanistan and Pakistan are perilous -- and getting worse. But for all the troubles swirling around the nation these days, America has rarely seemed to be in such steady and capable hands.

That was the feeling that came across on TV Wednesday night watching President Barack Obama's 100-days press conference. Even on his best nights, John F. Kennedy did not seem as calm, confident and masterful as Obama did in an hour's worth of prime time give and take with the press.

As good as Obama has been in such settings before, Wednesday he seemed perfectly tuned to each shifting topic and tone.

CDC officials have been dispatched to quarantine television critic David Zurawik from the rest of the staff of the Baltimore Sun, but it's likely too late. Baltimore journalists are encouraged to stay home if they exhibit any of the following symptoms: obsequiousness, an incessant need to gargle with mouthwash, or the feeling of being a "dirty, dirty girl."

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White Throat pandemic spreading

We were warned about the condition, and indeed, it seems to be spreading.

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One of these things is not like the others

What was that again about the whole "painstaking layers of editorial fact-checking" thing with the MSM?

A seemingly minor Texas dispute that began over moving a voting site from a garage to an elementary school will be argued before the Supreme Court on Wednesday - with the potential to overturn a core piece of the Voting Rights Act that protects minority voters.

The so-called "guts" of the law, Section 5, requires Justice Department pre-clearance of voting plans in nine Southern states - Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia - and portions of seven other states.

Um, I suppose you could make the argument that Arizona, while not traditionally part of "The South" is at least in the southern part of the country, but Alaska? Yeah.

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But where did the point go?

Can anyone tell me what the point of this story is besides poverty porn?

I was going to take some potshots at the article but, frankly, there's something about the tone of it that puts me on edge.  To start with, I most certainly hope that the reporter got permission from the people whose names are given to use their names and reveal to the world their financial straits.  Then there's the details about the woman looking for work, such as her clothing, etc., that I assume are meant to be evocative of a woman dressing up to look for a job.  But there's a tenor to it of "Oi!  Look at the female Pooricus Southern Workeramus as she goes about her ritual preparations".  Maybe that's just me.

I must say, I'm stunned that it's being presented in the timeline manner used.  There's no Bush bashing.  And the comments the main figure of the article makes about the tea party are, pretty much, exactly what you'd expect from a woman who is an Obama supporter.  Sure, I don't agree with her, but she's fully free to express her opinion.  Besides, it's quite revealing of her mindset.

I simply can't figure out the *point*.  Yes, times are hard.  Yes, rural communities are hit harder.  Yes, people struggle to make ends meet.  It's simply that this seems like a way for more affluent readers of the WaPo to get a frission of "oh those poor dears".  And that pisses me off.  It certainly seems as if the people involved are struggling to do the best they can in their circumstances.  Their lives are not my amusement.  Look, I've been in that position, I've had to decide which will be turned off first, the electric or the phone.  I most certainly would not want anyone using that portion of my life to prove some kind of oblique point or to make people feel pity for me. 

Or maybe I'm just pissy because it's hot and I'm still coming off a migraine.  But there's just *something* about that article that makes me feel as if the writer was trying to hold up the dignity of the poor or some such and instead did quite the opposite.  

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