Archive for the 'hack' Category
With the Chair
My ethics are thiiiis big
In which Booman takes the unctuous Joe Klein in his teeth and shakes him like a pit bull shakes a three-year old child.
You say you love blogging but you’re bummed that ‘the smart stuff is being drowned out by a fierce, bullying, often witless tone of intolerance that has overtaken the [...]
Jennifer, Oh Jenny.
Open Letter to Sun-Times columnist/publisher’s wife Jennifer Hunter, who believes bloggers are “young” and “bored”.
Dear Ms. Hunter,
You write, “In the end, who has time to blog? After reading four newspapers each day and my e-mails and doing my work, I’ve had it. Blogging remains a luxury for the young — or the bored.”
What is [...]
Lies from the AP
Updated below
This morning the AP reports, “Democrats Delay Gonzalez Testimony”
Senate Democrats postponed on Thursday Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ first chance to testify in his own defense over the firings of eight federal prosecutors.
The decision to shelve next week’s Senate Appropriations hearing frustrated the White House, which wants Gonzales to quickly give lawmakers his side of [...]
Fred and Len Get Nervous
Oh Boy! Today’s unsigned editorial drivel at the Post is something else. Let’s see what’s going in Fred Hiatt’s bloodlust-addled brain today.
“THE WHITE HOUSE and congressional Democrats have drawn deep lines in the sand over who will testify, and how, as Congress investigates the dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys. The stubbornness and overheated [...]
NYT Goes for the Gutter
For Mr. Gore, who calls himself a “recovering politician,†returning to Capitol Hill is akin to a recovering alcoholic returning to a neighborhood bar.
He will, in all likelihood, deliver his favorite refrain about how “political will is a renewable resource†and how combating global warming is the “greatest challenge in the history of mankind.†He [...]
Charles Krauthammer Thinks It Is Wrong to Suggest Your Opponents Are Mentally Ill
Charles Krauthammer makes it too easy:
Since Cottle knows that the only way for her New Republic readers to understand Cheney is that he is evil — “next time you see Cheney behaving oddly, don’t automatically assume that he’s a bad man,” she advises — surely the generous thing for a liberal to do is write [...]
The Attorney Purge Scandal, and Ramifications in Philadelphia
Senator Schumer, 3/13/07 on the attorney purge scandal: U.S. attorneys have always been above politics. And this administration has blatantly manipulated the U.S. attorney system to serve its political needs.
Years from now, when someone’s indicted and they claim political interference, it’s going to have new truth, even if that person was justifiably indicted — new [...]
Gregg Easterbrook: Filthy Liar
In the VERY FIRST PARAGRAPH of his New York Times editorial, Gregg Easterbrook parrots a readily debunked canard about Al Gore’s electricity usage.
Why? Why is this ridiculous bullshit allowed to persist? Why? Why why why???
And then, in a single sentence after five paragraphs portraying Gore as a hypocrite “wagging his finger about the [...]
Who Is Ed Patru?
Writing in the Washington Moonie Times aptly named “Fishwrap” column, Republican Ed Patru lobs an attack at Pennsylvania Democrat and Iraq War veteran Patrick Murphy, who spoke eloquently the other day on the need to end the war.
Yesterday evening, House Republican Conference spokesman Ed Patru sent out the following quotes from freshman Rep. Patrick Murphy, [...]
I Write Letters
Because no one has bothered to respond to phone calls or letters about Peter Beinart, pseudo-liberal and BS artist I am publishing the following letter to Radio Times
Dear Ms. Moss Coane and the rest of the staff at Radio Times:
I’m a big fan of the show and try to listen in whenever possible. I’ve called [...]
