Jon Stewert & Stephen Colbert come to mind, this is why they are so funny and relevant. This is also why Fox’s attempted stab(s) at cloning the Comedy Central duo for propaganda purposes don’t work and will never work. It is just not funny to “douse” out of fear. And I believe Fox is afraid of the corner they have painted themselves into. Carrying water for the GOP rather than reporting the news.
…Art doesn’t just imitate life; it reacts to life, it comments on life.
Artists, flashing their fancies and passions, might not commonly be seen as anchors of common sense and prudence. Yet when politicians lose themselves in the pyrotechnics of their own romantic ecstasies, even artists will feel compelled to step in and provide the needed dousing. And that counter-active cooling will likely continue as long as George W. Bush and his white-hot ideology burn in the White House.
This news must be a real bummer for the political left, who have managed to convince themselves that they were given a “mandate” by the electorate for their dysfuntional ideological views in 2004.
I don’t think it took convincing. It pretty much is a fact (dysfunctional ideology or not) that the Democrats were given a mandate to remove the Republican stranglehold in Washington. Face it - the Republicans have screwed up royally.
Signs and Wonders by Karen Kwiatkowski
When the muffler fell off my 15-year-old Subaru Justy a few weeks ago, I started driving the good car to work. It has a radio. Oh, the wonderful things I am learning from Sean Hannity!
For one thing, the Iraq occupation is a success. Not a blazing success, but a damn fine thing. According to Sean, we are made noble by the experience, and the Iraqis have already become passionate democrats. Just look at the demonstrations they held on the four-year anniversary of our takeover of the capital!
“They couldn’t have protested like that under Saddam!” he crows.
Had they done so, it is likely Saddam would have responded much as we have done. Note to self, old Saddam would scribble: Continue daily bloodshed, increase domestic intelligence collection and terror levels in targeted neighborhoods. Arrest more “terrorists” and place them in secret prisons, apply physical and psychological abuse early and often. Never let them see a lawyer, a humanitarian agency, a relative, or the inside of a courtroom, until I, and only I, say they can. Ensure courts and federal judges are completely on board.[emphasis mine]
I saw David Frum on Bill Maher last Friday and couldn’t believe how he stammered his support for the Iraq invasion and occupation. To be fair, he was in an environment with an audience hostile to his position. Still, if he so believed this is the right war, at the right time, in the right country - it would be less surprising how unconvinced he sounded.
Crooks & Liars has the video and I snatched this comment from John Amato:
Crooks and Liars » What’s the Answer in Iraq, David?
Update: John Amato: A close friend of David’s told me that he had to talk him off the cliff after he had visited Iraq and watched the horror that he helped create…
Why can’t these neocons just admit they were wrong abut going into Iraq?
She has gotta know that units deploying “fully mission capable” is not riding on the “technicality” of taking custody of heavy equipment “in theater” or anywhere else.
And this woman is for the troops? Spare me.
Michelle Malkin
What the bill doesn’t tell you is that almost all of the units deploying to Iraq today are technically considered not “fully mission capable” until they have arrived in theater and taken custody of the heavy equipment from the unit they are relieving. Moving all those vehicles and parts halfway around the world takes time, manpower, and money. It’s far cheaper and easier to move men, and match them up with the equipment already in place. Which is why we do it that way.
After reading this email exchange I do have concerns about the sanity of Robert Cox. The man and his “staff” have way too much time on their hands. Still, it is an entertaining site.
Robert Cox is back with his merry band of Keith bashers chanting, awakening from dreams (possibly speaking in tongues or heads spinning wildly), reinvigorated for their renewed mission to topple Olbermann.
As a Keith Olbermann fan - I welcome them back. OW is time killing entertainment in a web-like way
Olbermann Watch
Now is when our country needs us most. If Olbermann Watch was not going to speak to truth to Olbermann, who would? The whispered question “four more years?” became an affirmation and then a rhythmic chant. Like a sleeper awakening from a deep dream we saw our mission and sailed into it. Archives, packed up in boxes and sent to the warehouse, retrieved, RAM memory upgraded on now dusty CPUs and pencils sharpened. Recommitted to our vital mission to expose the heinous malfeasance of Keith Olbermann and his sordid staff from the Newshole.
If it were not for the hypocrisy of the GOP it wouldn’t *be* or have *been* a story Michelle.
Michelle Malkin
It’s only a matter of time before the MSM goes nuts with the story. Report on the everyday progress in Iraq? Forget it. Sex, homosexuals, and the GOP? Get ready for wall-to-wall coverage a la Foley, Gannon, and Haggard.
I hereby declare that I will not use Ann Coulter’s remarks (past, present, and future) against conservatives, so long as you declare that Ann Coulter is effectively banished from intelligent political discourse. It’s not that hard to do, really. It’s not like she’s running for president or anything. Before you know it, her appearances on Fox and silly guest appearances at major events like CPAC will be a thing of the past.
Atlas Shrugs: Atlas Vlogs CPAC
As far as Coulter’s out of the left field “faggot” remark goes — it may have been a poor choice of words but further Atlas investigation reveals John Edwards campaign has a mostly gay staff and rumors about his sexuality are rife. Just for knowing.
The fact is if there is any true to these rumors, that perhaps Edwards is gay, shouldn’t we know that? Shouldn’t we know if this man is deceiving his wife, children, country and living a lie? Shouldn’t we know if a man that represents the party that celebrates gay rights is so ashamed of it, he lives a ginormous lie? Regardless of your position on gay marriage, regardless of whether you celebrate or merely tolerate the gay lifestyle, we ought to know if John Edwards is a liar and a hypocrite.
When Atlas Shrugs (Pamela Geller) goes on record as…uh…not approving of some new outrageous statement from the Coulter fringe…well….uh…it just makes ones jaw drop.
Atlas Shrugs
Mitt Romney’s speech was much like the one at NRI. Coulter followed. I gotta tell you, the lines were longer for Ann than anyone (except Cheney Bolton.) Coulter was hysterical, acerbic but off. In some cases, really off.
Funny when she described Obama as half white, half black. And Hillary as half white half trash.
A nightmare when she in an attempt to describe John Edwards said something to the effect that you can’t you the word faggot these days without being sent to rehab. WTF?
As if most of the stuff from Pam doesn’t unhinge ones jaw anyway:
