Hot story via TPM–Pentagon: Rudy Ad’s Use Of Petraeus Image Done “Without His Consent” MoveOn, though . . . they had his permission, I’m sure.

Know the difference. Zaius: Petraeus: Knowledge is power. (PW Continuing Education Series is a public service of Protein Wisdom)

Reinforcing the self-mythologization at every opportunity: Trained in analytic psychology and growing up in an old world ethnic tradition steeped in storytelling, I was hired a decade and then some ago, to analyze a season’s worth of campaign ads and then to speak to designers, art directors and candidates-to-be about authentic symbolism in putting out their messages in graphics, writing, film and audio… as opposed to contrived symbolism. I’ve consulted

No, really. KC Johnson gives credit to those who stood against the 88. I wonder whether he’s been invited to UC Davis to address the issues of his book.

Family blames neither Bush nor Global Warming, but craven coyote. A moving story in the NYT about a family’s loss and dignity, despite reporter’s attempt to turn it into one about Bush’s inhumane immigration policy. Also, NYT pretends to give background on MoveOn.org. happecclesiastesfeet on a time to gather stones together Speaking of which, Larry Summers disinvited from UC Davis gathering. Tolerance. Diversity of opinion. Normal Finkelstein. What? was he

From TNR: On Sunday night, it seemed pretty clear that Britney Spears’ performance at the MTV awards ceremony was the biggest prime-time fiasco of the week. Then came Thursday night and President Bush’s Oval Office address on Iraq. At first blush, coverage of the white trash kid turned tabloid fodder and the rich kid turned good ol’ boy would seem to have little in common (besides, of course, the four

“It’s hardly surprising that Mayor Giuliani is running the first negative ad of the ’08 campaign, given his inability to justify his unqualified support for President Bush’s failed Iraq strategy.” About the way the press treats the back-and-forth of politics, especially the way they ignore it when Dems say something ridiculous or disingenuous, Rush Limbaugh used to say that a Democrat senator could call a press conference to announce that

Allow me to paraphrase Jim Moran’s (D-VA) latest attempt to pigeonhole the party of Abraham: “It’s not that I think all Jews are sneaky Zionist fifth-columnists using their outsized wealth to run a shadow government — relying both on their near-total control of the media and their ability to buy politicians to assume clandestine control of US foreign policy. Just, you know, the rich, sneaky, fifth-columny ones with all the

Any recipes for a good Dog Mugabe? “It is not illegal to eat dog meat in this country, but we have laws on how animals must be humanely slaughtered,” he said. Crittenden on Saudi root causes: The columnists here denouce Saudi denial, but also blame Egyptians, Syrians, Jordanians. Another blames it on Islamist websites heavily targeting Saudi youth. Have to wonder why that works for them. Not seeing anyone here

RG Combs has more interesting information regarding Norman Hsu’s financial entanglements. He quotes commenter Michael from Inoperable Terran: 1. Hsu told Source Financial the money was to manufacture clothes for Gucci & Prada in China. Neither company manufactures any items in China, ever. 2. Source Financial never noticed that Hsu’s businesses didn’t exist before loaning him money. They also failed to check his background, or look for a factory in