Writing in the Boston Globe, Cathy Young examines Michael Moore’s anti-US populism: So who, exactly, is this populist hero? Moore isn’t just antiwar and anti-Bush; he is also virulently anti-American. That’s a label some right-wing pundits tend to slap on anyone critical of the war and of President Bush. In Moore’s case, however, the label fits. Moore, the 50-year-old filmmaker and author of several books, has made a career of
July 2004
July 19, 2004
Dude, where’s my gigantic lunch?
Writing in the Boston Globe, Cathy Young examines Michael Moore’s anti-US populism: So who, exactly, is this populist hero? Moore isn’t just antiwar and anti-Bush; he is also virulently anti-American. That’s a label some right-wing pundits tend to slap on anyone critical of the war and of President Bush. In Moore’s case, however, the label fits. Moore, the 50-year-old filmmaker and author of several books, has made a career of
July 19, 2004
The abridged Alex S. Jones* post
“I mean, I have academic degrees. Doesn’t that mean anything to you filthy, twittering, easily-duped blogpeasants?” *Alex S. Jones is director of the Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Not that that makes him better than you, just that—well, okay. So maybe it does make him better than you… **** more: from Matt Welch, uberhipster (h/t Beck)
July 19, 2004
Tenth in a series of real-time empirical observations
In the time it takes you to read this post, Al Gore will have thought back to the 2000 elections 677 times. In 39 of those instances, he admits to himself that he deserved to lose; in the other 638 instances, he soundly thrashes Dubya and Cheney using Matrix-style aerial Kung-fu techniques he’s learned from his secret concubine, Lucy Liu. Who has a tongue like a velvet waterfall.
July 19, 2004
Manila Wafer
Q: How many President Gloria Arroyos does it take to change a lightbulb? A: “Just go ahead and take the whole lamp. And this $6,000,000.00. Is there anything else we can get for you…?”*
July 19, 2004
Site Changes
Spent the weekend switching the site over to Expression Engine from Movable Type. Please let me know if you find any bugs or oddities. Michael Moore? Like a VW Bus in a baseball cap and a bib. With barbecue sauce and rib meat smeared all over the grill. update: Thanks for all the feedback. We’ll work on that right column overlap problem that some of you are having in Netscape
July 17, 2004
Saturday stuff
Off to my wife’s company picnic — Mexican food, strangers, and 100-degree heat. Looking forward to my time on the john later this afternoon. Well then. Peace love and enchiladas grande.
July 17, 2004
Unbelievable
No. I take that back. Let’s go with completely predictable, instead. Christ. It’s like half the country’s in junior high school.
July 17, 2004
Once more into the (security) breach
“Los Alamos National Laboratory director Pete Nanos shut down the country’s leading nuclear weapons lab on Friday,” DefenseTech is reporting. …Which means somebody must’ve finally gotten around to stealing all the doors and windows. *** h/t Glenn
July 17, 2004
A question for my Levi’s
Me: “Have you gotten smaller or have I gotten bigger?” Levi’s: “I dunno, which one of us just ate a whole Little Caesar’s pepperoni pizza while sitting on his ass watching a Charles Bronson movie…?” Me: “You make a good point.”