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Cleaning Up the Nation
Austin Bay:
If Air America were a conservative radio network its corrupt funding trail and cynical abuse of a poverty program would be front page news at the NY Times and full-time mega-scandal at
Rank Materialism
Freedom. I am now the proud new owner of a Gateway 6020GZ laptop, perfect for students and others with limited means. I can now go into a Starbucks or a Barnes & Noble and look like I'm doing some
Fallujah Fonda
Uh-oh. From the Telegraph comes this exciting news:
Jane Fonda is returning to anti-war activism and embarking on a cross-country tour to call for an end to US military operations in Iraq.
Acros
John Pilger: Partner in Terrorism
In an outrageous piece of terrorist propaganda appearing on the cover of today's New Statesman, John Pilger puts the blame for the 7/7 London attacks not on the terrorists, but rather on Tony Blair:
Snipe Hunt
Today was Dan Rather's big day. I didn't watch. I can't stand watching him. During his big marathon of denial back in September I didn't even tune in to to see what he'd say next.
"Courage." Oy.
This Reuters headline caught my eye though: "Dan Rather Urges Courage Amid Tributes, Sniping". Sniping, eh?
snipe: to attack a person or a person's work with petulant or snide criticism, esp. anonymously or from a safe distance.
So Claudia Parsons of Reuters uses a neutral word to describe the "tributes" Rather's getting and a negative word to describe the criticism. Well it is Reuters. I guess in this case you can add bias towards their own profession to their usual lefty slant.
See ya later, Dan. Courage.
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