“Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe.”

That’s a quote by Thomas Jefferson.  I have another one for you.
“The press has met their Waterloo, and it’s Obama.”
Rush Limbaugh
I’ve been thinking a lot about the continuing integration of the press and the president.  This has especially been the case since we just had the Baghdad Bob/Tokyo Rose summit at the White House in [...]

First they came for FOX News . . .

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Jake Tapper of ABC asked White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs [...]

Open Thread: John Nichols Smacks Down “Whiner in Chief”

This morning at The Nation John Nichols sternly reprimands the Obama administration for its attempts to control “left of left” bloggers with humiliating “off the record” remarks from anonymous administration sources, as well as its childish “war” with Fox News Network
Nichols writes:
…before the president and his inner circle go all Spiro Agnew on us, they [...]

This is change?

This is one of those stories I offer up not because I really know much about the subject at hand but because what’s
being talked about doesn’t pass the smell test for me.   Policy on terrorism was one of those issues where we were supposed to see a distinct difference between the Dubya/vpResident Evil administration and [...]

Manic Monday News Links

Good Morning Conflucians! Here is my frantically rushed summary of the latest news. I may add a few more odds and ends.
Politics and Politicians
Paterson Says He Will Run Despite White House Pressure
At a parade in Harlem, the governor refused to discuss his conversations with President Obama’s political team, which has made clear [...]

Mather does not Cotton to the Pseudo-Puritanism of O’Keefe and Giles

O’Keefe and Giles, in their portrayal of pimp and prostitute, reek of puerile classism. Were it not for the overwhelmingly noxious fumes emanating from the handful of ACORN employees who were apparently willing to enable a child prostitution ring exploiting illegal immigrants, the stink of the ill-informed moral superiority of O’Keefe and Giles would [...]

Do you feel Manipulated yet?

Okay, this is just way too strange not to bring up. It’s not in my area of expertise and it’s going to cause me to link to places I would usually rather not go, but just when I think cable news stations can sink no lower,  I find another jaw dropper.  I know, I know, [...]

Don’t Expect Apologies From the Dark Minions of the Kool-Aid Kingdom

Dear Riverdaughter,
There is an interesting parallel between the situation of anti-Obama Democrats and that of the members of the resistance in post-WWII France. Given these parallels, I think it unlikely that we will receive an apology from the dark minions of the Kool-Aid Kingdom, generally-speaking. I think it more likely that they will continue to [...]

On Redefining Illiteracy and Innumeracy

I’ve been highly frustrated recently by the appalling level 0f uncivil discourse at  town hall meetings.  Here’s the latest experience for Howard Dean as reported by the Hill. Yesterday, I watched Senator John McCain’s meeting and his was booed several times for making statements that were true by definition. The hatred in the air is [...]

His name is Clayton Bigsby

Ooooh, a scary white racist with guns!  Wanna meet him?
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