Media Pundits on Obama and Public Financing -- Shut the F**k Up
Stop using the word "flip-flopper" as if no one is ever allowed to change their minds. Discuss the meaning of the changed mind, fair enough -- but stop with this infantile phrase.
Amidst all the attacks on Obama's public funding "flip-flop," how much have you read in the old media about the fact that McCain has completely reversed himself on public financing -- and is currently breaking campaign finance law on a daily basis?
Stop using the word "flip-flopper" as if no one is ever allowed to change their minds. Discuss the meaning of the changed mind, fair enough -- but stop with this infantile phrase.
Yesterday, I testified to Congress about global warming, 20 years after I first alerted the public that warming was underway. There are striking similarities between then and now, but one big difference.
Israel has secretly accomplished more diplomatically in the past few months with its adversaries than anything that Condi Rice could have or would have brokered in years.
If the corporate media starts to latch on to this "Chicago boss" theme, you can expect a lot more photos, pulled out of context like this, to flesh out the picture.
Those who were quick to attack Imus before should be just as quick to defend him this time when he is right.
After one of George's hilarious shows, we talked about my theories on the meaning of vulgar language. I was struck by what a calm, deep-thinking person he was off-stage.
I anticipated this exact sequence of events on a conference call with Pelosi several months ago. Yeah, I didn't like it when she laughed after I mentioned inherent contempt, but at least we have her on the record.
Being in the air, I don't care if its first class, business or economy, is now a half step up from traveling in the back of a Greyhound bus. Only Greyhound buses are more punctual.
George Carlin is in the rarefied pantheon of the few, too few, truly great stand-up comedians.
After an ABC/Washington Post survey created a thoroughly bunk way of measuring how racist white American voters actually are, many of the poll's conclusions are completely useless.
Obama should start laying the groundwork now with a series of speeches that explain why we can -- and must -- defend the liberties that make us Americans, even in the face of terror.