Alright already with the “Birthers” business
Posted by D.R. Foster Aug, 26, 2009 @ 1:39 pmIsn’t it funny how news stories only reach critical mass when they are bestowed with catchy neologisms? In this case, coverage of the overlapping series of conspiracy theories relating to Barack Obama’s birth certificate, and therefore his citizenship and eligibility for the Presidency, was diffuse and fringy until the blogosphere could settle on calling proponents [...]
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Are the Democrats coming apart at the seams over health care?
Posted by D.R. Foster Jul, 30, 2009 @ 11:31 amThere are stories about real or imagined dissension within the Democrats ranks–threatening to tear asunder the party’s liberal and centrist wings–all over the blogosphere today, all relating in one way or another to the debate over health care reform
1) Apparently, Senate Dems are considering a rule change that would provide for secret ballots every two [...]
Matt Damon to adapt Lefty U.S. History for the tube
Posted by D.R. Foster Jul, 29, 2009 @ 2:54 pmFrom The Warming Glow, Matt Damon–whose character Will Hunting described Howard Zinn’s far-left A People’s History of the United States, as a book that will “knock you on your ass”, is spearheading a television adaptation of it for the History Channel.
“As a boy, Matt Damon was Zinn’s neighbor and provided the voice for the CD [...]
Water still wet, Glenn Beck still nuts
Posted by D.R. Foster Jul, 29, 2009 @ 11:16 amAccording to noted psychopath Glenn Beck, Barack Obama has a “deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture” (which, presumably, doesn’t include all the white people who raised him).
Glenn Beck has been having a lot of success–and, it seems, quite a bit of fun–seeing how far he can push things. I’ve always figured that [...]
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Mixing Business with Pleasure
Posted by D.R. Foster Jul, 30, 2009 @ 4:12 pmTwo items popped up in my RSS Reader just now that simultaneously satisfy my insatiable hunger for political wonkery and relationship drama: Item number 1: this bit from Barron Young Smith at TNR about ongoing tension between two top Obama diplomats–foxy UN Ambassador Susan Rice and Darfur emmissary General Scott Gration. Gration had said publicly that the slaughter in Darfur amounted to genocide, conflicting with the administration’s official line and apparently pissing off both the Sudanese government and Rice. Gration didn’t back off his comments when questioned by reporters, but he did say something quite piquant: “…asked if he had at least spoken to Rice about the disagreement, Gration ventured into strange territory: “This is a definitional issue and,” he said, “First I just want to tell you that I respect Ambassador Rice very much. She is only one of two women in the world that I say, ‘I love you’ to. We have a...
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