First up from the [tag]God[/tag] machine this week is a follow-up story about the annual National Day of Prayer “holiday,” on which I had an item on Thursday, and the religious right’s idea about how best to promote the event. NEXTEL CUP Driver Kenny Wallace is scheduled to drive the National Day of Prayer car […]
Guest Post by Morbo Tearing apart David Brooks’ asinine columns in The New York Times is never a challenge, but Thursday’s was especially child’s play in one regard. Brooks attacked Kevin Phillips’s best-seller American Theocracy, writing in part: Needless to say, Phillips’s book is rife with bizarre assertions. He writes that “many Orthodox Jewish females […]
Guest Post by Morbo I’m used to reading poll results that fill me with despair. More than half of Americans do not believe in evolution. Significant numbers think a UFO crashed near Roswell, N.M., in 1947 and space aliens were recovered. More than 30 percent of the population still thinks President George W. Bush is […]
Guest Post by Morbo I’ve been enjoying the reaction to [tag]Stephen Colbert[/tag]’s performance at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner last weekend. Colbert’s attack on President George W. Bush was fun, but let’s face it, Bush is a soft target these days. What I really loved was the long overdue spanking Colbert gave the Washington […]
Just to follow up on the previous [tag]Goss[/tag]-related program activities, I think it’s fair to say that [tag]Porter Goss[/tag]’ [tag]resignation[/tag] is poised to be the next big disaster for [tag]Bush[/tag]’s presidency. Probably. For one thing, watching the resignation announcement from the Oval Office, one thing is definitely missing: an explanation for Goss’ departure. No announcement […]
What a nice, slow Friday afternoon. The director of the CIA resigns under suspicious circumstances, my server goes down for the second Friday in a row, and Rep. [tag]Patrick Kennedy[/tag] (D-R.I.) is checking himself into a [tag]rehab[/tag]ilitation [tag]clinic[/tag] for addiction to prescription pain medication. [tag]Kennedy[/tag], who has struggled with [tag]addiction[/tag] and depression, said he had […]
[tag]Bush[/tag] announced this afternoon that [tag]CIA[/tag] Director [tag]Porter Goss[/tag] has resigned. More soon. Update: If you’ll consider some speculation, it’s worth remembering that Goss’ name has been bandied about little lately for his possible ties to an unfortunate controversy some have started to call “[tag]hookergate[/tag].” The same defense contractors who bribed Duke [tag]Cunningham[/tag] also allegedly […]
[tag]Media Bistro[/tag] reports that the new cable TV [tag]ratings[/tag] are out and [tag]Fox News[/tag]’ [tag]Bill O’Reilly[/tag], in the key 25-54 demographic that advertisers care most about, just saw his lowest-rated month since August 2001. His 415,000 demo viewers in March was a new low, but O’Reilly managed to lose a few more in April, averaging […]
I don’t have anything terribly insightful to add to the [tag]Patrick Kennedy[/tag] story, though I think this summary sentence from The Note sounds about right: “If Congressman Kennedy’s unambiguously described [tag]version[/tag] of events is accurate, he will be fine. If his version is not the whole truth in some meaningful way, he will be significantly […]
USA Today founder [tag]Al Neuharth[/tag], generally known for his Republican views, seems to have officially given up on the president. How low can [tag]Bush[/tag]’s approval rating go? My hunch is it’s at or near the bottom. That 34% represents mostly unshakeable far-right wingers. Like Bush, Vice President Cheney and company, they are in denial. As […]