**** (h/t OTB)
February 17, 2005
February 17, 2005
Fox News’ Washington editor and anchor Brit Hume responds to calls for his resignation being orchestrated by Daily Kos, Media Matters, and other functionaries of the increasingly unserious left
Hume: “Whatever. Screw ‘em.”* **** (h/t INDC Journal) **** update: Glenn rounds up some other reaction, and re-links this debunking of the Media Matters / Kossack claim of Humean perfidy by the brilliant Megan McCardle. Meanwhile—and surprising to precisely no one—Al Franken’s suggestion that Hume lied is based on his own misrepresentation of the original transcript. But you know: ends justify the means and all that… **** update 2: Dim
February 17, 2005
Random Alan Colmes fantasy, Thursday, February 17, 3:34 PM EST
..Why Miss Coulter! I’m a married man! But if you insist on pleasing yourself in front of me like that, I suppose there’s not much I can do about it…
February 17, 2005
My sixth brief conversation with Senator Robert Byrd’s (D-WV) Grand Kleagle hood
me: “So, any thoughts on Howard Dean’s remarks last Friday to the Congressional Black Caucus?”* hood: me: “If you hadn’’t heard, the snub-necked doctor joked that Blacks tend to be employed as bellboys and cooks and hotel maids…”* hood: me: “…in a hamfisted attempt to suggest that Republicans are racist.”* hood: me: “Didn’t recognize the irony, I suppose.”* hood: me: “Speaking of which, Charles Rangel says Dean should apologize…”* hood:
February 17, 2005
University of Colorado Ethnic Studies professor and anti-American firebrand Ward Churchill and 70s Kung-fu expert and counterculture icon Billy Jack muse on temporality, materialism, and the emphemeral nature of fame
“Looks like my fifteen minutes are about up, Billy. Helluva ride, though. Helluva ride. Wish I coulda kept it going, to be honest with you.”* “Sure. But next time? Theme song. Trust me—the consumerist rabble eat that shit up, man.”
February 17, 2005
AS A CITIZEN JOURNALIST I DEMAND PIE, GAY PORN, ACCESS TO THE HALLS OF POWER, AND A GLOWING PUBLIC ENDORSEMENT FROM PEGGY NOONAN
Well, it’s a start. But to be honest with you, I was kinda hoping for the pie.
February 17, 2005
Bush names Negroponte Director of National Intelligence
His deputy will be National Security Agency Director Lt. Gen. Michael Hayden. Negroponte still needs Senate confirmation. Story here. Michelle Malkin provides context for the choice.