Chronicles of an Anti-ApatheticI believe we struggle like Sisyphus absurdly toward the heights of an existence with a foregone conclusion (death), yet life is not meaningless. The meaning is in the doing, and an apathetic state is no more alive than death. This blog is my commitment to an anti-apathetic existence.***Note: This Blog is independently run, and Salon.com has no input on its content.*** (Untitled)- October 16, 2003 Joke of the Day: From the Philadelphia Inquirer: WASHINGTON - Concerned about the appearance of disarray and feuding within his administration as well as growing resistance to his policies in Iraq, President Bush - living up to his recent declaration that he is in charge - told his top officials to "stop the leaks" to the media, or else. News of Bush's order leaked almost immediately. Bush told his senior aides Tuesday that he "didn't want to see any stories" quoting unnamed...http://blogs.salon.com/0002556/2003/10/16.html#a36 (Untitled)- October 15, 2003 Clark Minutiae Jocks Always Pick on the Brains UPDATE: This article by the New York Times blows any criticism of Clark by Bush-loving generals out of the water. From Colin Powell: "Wes Clark has been a superb battalion commander and will be a superb brigade commander. He is an officer of the rarest potential and will clearly rise to senior general officer rank. He will be one of the Army's leaders in the 1990's." From Alexander Haig: "Major Clark's earnestness, sincerity of purpose and...http://blogs.salon.com/0002556/2003/10/15.html#a35 (Untitled)- October 15, 2003 Liberal Media, My Ass Despite a Gallup poll claiming that 45 percent of Americans think the media is "too liberal," it's hard to ignore the obvious conservative bias in the mainstream media. Summaries of the poll invariably fail to mention that while 45 percent claimed to regard the media as too liberal, a grand total of 55 percent (that would be the majority) regarded it as just right or too conservative. Further, the percentage of people believing the media is too liberal has decreased..http://blogs.salon.com/0002556/2003/10/15.html#a34 (Untitled)- October 12, 2003 Bush Campaigns on Our Dollar Bush and company are using our tax dollars to fund a new public relations offensive meant to prop up his sagging poll numbers. Instead of working to defend our nation, they are working to defend Bush from an as yet unnamed democratic rival in 2004. Instead of admitting to mistakes in the Iraq war plan, they're working to convince Americans that Bush never makes mistakes. Meanwhile, five US soldiers have been killed in Iraq this week and several injured. The Pentagon.http://blogs.salon.com/0002556/2003/10/11.html#a33 (Untitled)- October 9, 2003 Wimpy Wimpy Wimpy Bill O'Reilly Bill O'Reilly's favorite word is defamation. Anyone who has anything negative to say about O'Reilly is defaming him. Yesterday on Fresh Air, an NPR show hosted by Terry Gross, O'Reilly accused Al Franken and at least two book reviewers of defaming him. Why was O'Reilly giving an interview to NPR, whom he had previously blasted as a bastion of the liberal media ever since they revealed that, contrary to his claims of being a registered independent, he was...http://blogs.salon.com/0002556/2003/10/09.html#a32 (Untitled)- October 6, 2003 Arnold the Octopus "Dirty politics," "smear tactics," republican candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger cries, two days before an almost unheard of election to recall the legitimately elected governor of a state. Isn't that what this whole recall election is A republican-funded exercise in dirty politics, employing smear tactics to distort the record of an unpopular but legally elected governor The Arnold (sorry but I'm just not going to type Schwarzenegger over and over) campaign wonders why...http://blogs.salon.com/0002556/2003/10/05.html#a31 |