Jonah Goldberg, NRO:
The folks at Powerline compare the willingness of Dan Rather to chase a partisan hit job into the land of fiction to the revolution of suicide bombing. The sudden willingness, indeed eagerness, of terrorists to die with their victims changed the whole paradigm of national security. Similarly, Rather was willing to destroy himself in pursuit of a partisan attack. It’s an okay analogy, but it misses a crucial point. Dan Rather didn’t think he was going to blow himself up. He believed he was invulnerable. He was the equivalent of some powdered-wigged fool who believed that Austria would come out on the other side of a short battle with its reputation enhanced. Instead, it revealed that CBS News is really the Sick Man of Big Media. I have no desire to go trolling around inside Dan Rather’s brain. We all know from Star Trek that a mind-meld with such an alien psyche could leave me permanently damaged. But it’s clear that Dan Rather doesn’t understand what’s going on any more than those poor last dinosaurs understood why the tasty green fronds became so hard to find when it got cloudy. As an icon of the old world of big media, his self-inflicted extinction will surely be recognized as the end of not merely Dan Rather, but the age of Dan Rathers.
Nicely put, Jonah.
Well, except for that whole “we all know from Star Trek” bit. Not everyone who writes online is a friggin’ geek, dude.
Nixon: Are you running [from] something?
Rather (lying): No sir, are you?
Liar. We all know you have the hots for Uhuru.
No way dude. Seven of Nine, all the way.
Hey, at least Ryan wanted to do it with his OWN wife! What’s so bad about that?
Hey, who doesn’t?
“Well, except for that whole “we all know from Star Trek†bit. Not everyone who writes online is a friggin’ geek, dude.”
I should say NOT!
*note* I will be posting as Rightwingsparkle from now on. Some troll from here has been posting on my blog and knows my name. This is one of the few places I use it. so.. yeah.
If this is true – if dannyboy truly is a martyr – there will soon be 72 virgins on the free agency list looking for a better deal.
Not everyone who writes online is a friggin’ geek, dude.
Are too.
Ryan’s character’s original name in Voyager was “Two of Thirty-Six”.
You know, I just realized there were a whole slew of “number one” potty jokes that I missed using when TNG was on the air.
BTW, I’m with Bill in CO. You’re all geeks, and so are your readers.