Please take 6 minutes and 41 seconds of your day and watch this video. And then take a few more minutes to send it to friends, family, and anyone who might need a bit of the light of reality shown into their world.
This is what journalism once was. Thank you Keith.
Aug 31, 2006 by Joshua Skaroff in
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has passed a resolution to create a UN peacekeeping force in Sudan’s Darfur region. The resolution calls for up to 22,500 U.N. troops and police officers and an immediate injection of air, engineering and communications support for the 7,000-member African force already in the region.
Washington Post headline: Bush Team Casts Foes as Defeatist
Aug 31, 2006 by Peter Slutsky in
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Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT) is at it again. Running his mouth…
Republican Sen. Conrad Burns, whose recent comments have stirred controversy, says the United States is up against a faceless enemy of terrorists who “drive taxi cabs in the daytime and kill at night.”
Oh man. His campaign staff must be pissed! Here’s the rest of the story.
Aug 31, 2006 by Peter Slutsky in
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Congressional incumbents seeking to move up to the Senate or their local governor’s mansion have long had a unique advantage: they can roll over donations made by Federal Political Action Committees (PACs) to run for the new office. This quasi-incumbent status fails an intuitive test of fundamental fairness since politicians are using donations they got running for one office to seek a promotion instead. Mark Green is a prime beneficiary of this loophole in 2006.
Well, in the great state of Wisconsin, this process has apparently come to an end. By a 5-2 vote, The Wisconsin Board of Elections has ruled any donations by Federal PACs not registered in Wisconsin at the time of the donation constitute illegal donations. The shrill cry of partisanship from the Green campaign was predictable. Yet it is too early for Democrats to celebrate: Green claims the money has already been spent and it may be difficult to recoup PAC funds from the Green campaign. Nevertheless, this can’t make Mark Green’s brutal battle to knock out Jim Doyle any easier.
Aug 30, 2006 by Alex in
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I had to post.
Aug 30, 2006 by Matthew Slutsky in
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Yeah, Bush is the worst President in American history. No doubt, case closed.
He’s also extremely dumb. Like not just folksy dumb. Not like, “hey, we should grab a Budweiser and talk about clearing brush because I’m one of you” dumb. Like, stupid. Like an idiot.
Oh, that feels so good to say.
Don’t believe me? Watch this and you will:
See what I mean? Although, I am impressed that he has such an epileptic reading list.
Aug 30, 2006 by Matthew Slutsky in
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Sen. George Allen (R-VA) is a verified racist. He was caught hurling racial slurs at a young campaign volunteer for his opponent and his popularity and poll numbers are tanking.
This morning Max Blumenthal at The Nation released a very telling piece on Sen. Allen’s racist past and his embracement of the Council of Conservative Citizens, a hate group descended from the Klan. Allen will lose this race, because overt racism transcends party labels. Allen is un-American and he should be punished by the voters for his un-American, bigoted views. George Allen might just be the stupidest, empty-suit politician alive today.
Well, maybe not.
Aug 30, 2006 by Peter Slutsky in
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There is an interesting dynamic playing out in Maryland’s 4th district. Al Wynn (D), who has represented the district since 1993 is being challenged by a Donna Edwards (D), a political newcomer who is a very solid candidate and who has been steadily gaining momentum ever since she whooped Wynn in a one-on-one debate some weeks back.
This morning, Donna Edwards was endorsed by the Washington Post. Please take a moment to read the endorsement and send it around to as many Marylanders as you can.
Excerpt from Washington Post Endorsement:
On the war in Iraq, Ms. Edwards has scored points by attacking Mr. Wynn as Maryland’s Joseph I. Lieberman — a supporter of the war portrayed as too close to the Bush administration. Mr. Wynn backed the war at the outset, but he has since recanted, saying he was misled by bad intelligence. More to the point of today’s debate, both candidates are calling for a U.S. withdrawal, a scenario that we believe would leave chaos in its wake.
Mr. Wynn insists he has been a successful pork-barrel politician; we suspect Ms. Edwards, razor-sharp and relentless, would be at least as effective. We disagree with her on some important issues, but we are convinced she would be the more forceful, principled and effective representative. And while her insurgent candidacy is an uphill battle, it should put Mr. Wynn on notice that voters expect quality representation in Congress, not just a local political boss.
Aug 30, 2006 by Peter Slutsky in
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Kyra Phillips, a CNN reporter, was on the job today in New Orleans covering Bush’s trip. During his speech, Phillips apparently went to use the restroom and left her live mic on! Yes, that’s right. Her entire conversation was picked-up by CNN and all of its viewers as the President was delivering remarks:
Transcript courtesy of Wonkette:
We’re working on a rough transcription, but until we finish it, just enjoy this video of Kyra Phillips chatting, seemingly in the bathroom, with an unidentified co-worker (Daryn Kagan?) while Bush blabs about levees or something.
Update: In case you’re unclear on what you’re hearing, some of the better bits are written out after the jump. As always, we welcome corrections and better interpretations.
Highlights: The clip starts with what sounds like “ASSHOLES.” Then Kyra talks about, presumably, a boy of some sort: “No ego… you don’t understand., just a really passionate, compassionate human being. And they exist! They do exist. They’re hard to find—”
COWORKER: “Yep.”
KYRA: “But they… are out there.”Thankfully, “Mom” seems to approve (“good vibe”)
Then, Kyra again: “Of course brothers hafta be, you know, protective. [ZIP] Except for mine. I gotta be protective of him. Ugh, yeah. He’s married, three kids, but his wife is just a control freak.”
Then the best part:
WOMAN: Kyra—
KYRA: Yeah baby—
WOMAN: Your mic is on.
ANCHOR: All right, we’ve been listening in to…
Aug 29, 2006 by Matthew Slutsky in
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