Life and DeatherageIt's a big world out there, and I'm part of itCause and effect- June 26, 2008 CBS reporter speaks out about trivial, war-ignoring US media coverage. Rupert Murdoch's media empire responds.http://friends.macjournals.com/mattd/2008/06/26#a1922 Constitutional law made simple- June 16, 2008 The prodigal Jesse at Pandagon makes this pretty simple (ellipsis mine to reduce TEH STOOPID; read the whle thing if you want more Andrew McCarthyism): The National Review has been going predictably apeshit over the upholding of habeas corpus since the Supreme Court narrowly affirmed that the Constitution isn&8217;t made of Charmin, but this bit by Andrew McCarthy makes me giggle: It is difficult to single out the most outrageous aspect of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s majority opinion in...http://pandagon.net/index.php/site/congress_pwned/ Tim Russert: 1950-2008- June 13, 2008 It is possible to both respect a man and strongly criticize his work. That's how I felt about Tim Russert, who collapsed at his desk early this afternoon and died. Earlier this week, I told my friend Faye that rolled my eyes at Russert's insistence that he be introduced as "NBC News Washington bureau chief and moderator of Meet The Press," because the word "moderator" gave his work a distinction I felt it did not deserve. In its original context, Meet the Press was exactly that: a television...http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25145431/ Oklahoma progressive media battles (updated)- June 11, 2008 After yesterday's latest Danborenocentric view of the universe, a friend asked me, "How does Oklahoma keep picking such crappy leaders" He was referring not just to Boren but also to Inhofe, Coburn, and Sally Kern. We seem to have more than our fair share of stupidity-bigotry eruptions. I told him that I don't think it's as much of a voter failure as it is a massive media failure. Most of it leads back to The Oklahoman and its coverage over the past 30 years under E.L. Gaylord. His father,...http://friends.macjournals.com/mattd/2008/06/11#a1919 Dan Boren's keen political mind- June 11, 2008 Rep. Dan Boren (D-OK2), 10 June 2008, explaining why he won't endorse his own party's nominee for President of the United States this year: "I still remain very concerned about the (Obama) voting record being the most liberal of the United States Senate," said Boren, a superdelegate to this summer's national Democratic convention in Denver. He expressed support for what he described as a "centrist" agenda, adding his party's presumptive nominee's record does not reflect that approach. "Having...http://friends.macjournals.com/mattd/2008/06/11#a1918 Here we go again- June 4, 2008 Remember how I said that the problem with Sally Kern was that she wanted to enact her anti-gay agenda while pretending it was really everyone else who was trying to enact an agenda, but not sweet little Sally (Well, that and enacting laws to enforce her religious beliefs upon all Oklahomans, while pretending that failure to do so was discriminating against her) Here we go again. Former nutcase state representative Bill Graves, who, thanks to a complete lack of critical thinking by someone...http://www.kfor.com/global/story.asp?s=8430206 I think I agree with every word of this.- June 4, 2008 Except the part about having a preference for Sen. Clinton, that is: This primary season has to have dispelled the myth of the objective blogosphere that doesn't drink the kool-aid. If it hasn't, it certainly should have. The majority of the blogosphere became pro-Obama and savagely so, so much so that many major bloggers will tell you with a straight face that nothing misogynistic has ever come from the Obama campaign. (For example, nothing like Jesse Jackson saying that Clinton only cries.http://firedoglake.com/2008/06/03/when-the-blog-pack-attacks/#comments |