See, this is why journos in the bag for Obama should await the royal talking points before opening their dullard yaps. CNN’s John Roberts: Palin Too Young and Inexperienced: During the 9 a.m. EDT hour of “CNN Newsroom,†“American Morning†co-anchor John Roberts gave an analysis of Governor Sarah Palin during discussion of Senator John McCain’s vice presidential choice. Roberts focused on Palin’s lack of experience, saying that a prerequisite
August 2008
August 29, 2008
The GOP’s identity politicking to the Dem’s identity politicking:
“Oh, it is so on…!” **** h/t Darleen
August 28, 2008
protein wisdom delivers his review of Barack Obama’s coliseum speech
All’s I can tell you is, I doubt it was as entertaining as the re-runs of “Monk” I watched instead. — Though I grant, it was probably a bit more street, as the kids say.* **** update: Inexplicably, these folks all bothered to turn on and tune in. Reached for comment, the ghost of Timothy Leary papered his uppers with happyface tabs, then tried, with mixed success, to reach the
August 28, 2008
“the yin and yang of intimate interpersonal relationships, 35†(from the protein wisdom conceptual series)
yin: “Some days, I just want to come home, draw a nice hot bath, light a few scented candles, have a glass of really good red wine, and let the bubbles and bath oils melt away my troubles. You know?” yang: “If by ‘you know’ you mean something like, ‘you’ve got about about thirty seconds to dry yourself off and get my fucking supper on the table, or else I’m
August 28, 2008
Brave New Wor(l)ds
— A Utopia, of sorts, where “unity” prevails — even if in order to do so free speech is (like some bad Disney project) “re-imagined” as a right that is heavily policed by the state, with the upshot being that only the speech that doesn’t hurt or offend or cause a rift in the progressive unity continuum is protected, with the rest relegated to a growing repository for what is
August 27, 2008
The Parallax (Re)View
The more we know about Obama, the less we know about Obama. Maybe if we had those special glasses, like Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones — or even Roddy Piper…
August 27, 2008
The Kelly Leak Effect
Good. Now if a few concerned parents would get together and do something similar to all those brainy egghead kids, I wouldn’t have to waste my time helping the boy with his homework. So, like, win-win.
August 26, 2008
Flashback: “Internet privacy: rights vs. privileges (an open forum),” Feb 2007
In light of the late unpleasantness here — and as a reminder of where I stand on certain issues and why I believe the way I do — I’m going to reprint this earlier post that tackles the ethics of revealing the names of anonymous attackers. You are free to discuss this, but I ask that you please keep it civil. In the year and a half since I wrote
August 26, 2008
convention coverage
I’d been contacted by several people about doing DNC convention coverage, but now that the convention’s here, I haven’t really heard much more about it (possibly because of email problems). Michelle Malkin is on it, as are the folks at PJM, along with several local bloggers — including the strangely named People’s Press Collective. Zombie is also there for LGF and Pajamas. I offered my services to PJM — they
Former teen idol Leif Garrett comments on Oprah Winfrey’s tireless support for Barack Obama
Garrett: “This might have nothing to do with the question, I admit, but — from my perspective — I’d explain it this way: if a building were on fire, and it came down to my having to save either, say, Kirk Cameron, or Spider Pedro, the guy who scores me my rock, Cameron would be a Left Behind potato crisp. “Harsh, I know. But deep down, a person has to