Around The ‘Sphere

Our occasional linkfest offering you a guidemap to good reading from DIFFERING viewpoints. Links do not necessarily reflect the opinions of TMV.

What FactCheck Says About President George W. Bush And WMD via The Astute Blogger.

Reaction To Murtha/House Uproar from The Boston Progressive, who was not pleased with what he saw.

The Race For $$$ For The Senate and how both parties are doing is explored by our co-blogger Jonathan Singer here in his new weekend co-blogging role on a major liberal website.

Reaction To Murtha/House Uproar II: Details on the atomic-charged atmosphere plus a guess who could beat whom up via one of TMV’s favorite sites, Booker Rising.

Will The New Fast-Food Counterperson’s Question Be “Do You Want Your Throat Slashed With That?” A customer and an employee didn’t see eye to eye at Burger King so someone wound up cut ear to ear. Details HERE.

The Key To A Longer Life: Is it exercise or beer?

Has The Washington Post‘s Bob Woodward Become The New Judy Miller? Some extensive thoughts here.

TMV DOES HAVE ANOTHER LIFE, YOU KNOW and you can read a little about it here.

Homegrown Terrorists — in Canada.

Reporters Without Borders: Should it really be Reporters Without Backbones?

George W. Bush Isn’t The Only One With Bad Poll Numbers: Just look at the Socialist government in Spain.

If Teachers In The United States Think THEY Have It Tough…they should pray they don’t have to teach in Saudi Arabia.

“Gee, Mommy, This Hot Dog At The Zoo Tasted Funny!” “Oh. It was a Zebra dog!” A zoo in Thailand is going to serve “bush meat” (that is not a long lost member of GWB’s family but animals such as zebras, giraffe and crocodile.) Some want to boycott. (BURP!)

Do Exit Strategies Help or hinder wars?

Murtha As Cronkite: The Mighty Middle’s Michael Reynolds has a MUST-READ post here. Here’s a tiny part of it:

I’ve been obsessed with politics since I was 14. Come to think of it, since about the time Cronkite stuck the fork in LBJ. I’ve never seen a White House melt down this suddenly. The closest comparison? Nixon. Amazing and horrifying. Fascinating and scary. It’ll all make a great story, some day. I hope.

TMV has a lot in common with Reynolds. TMV became a political junkie the day JFK was assassinated, when TMV was in junior high. He became obsessed with reading ALL viewpoints and materials. And he agrees: the closest parallel with what’s happening is the deterioration of the Nixon administration. And you get the feeling we’re at the very beginning of it…and some things could get a lot worse.

SAVE THIS RECIPE for Pumpkin Pie so you can make it fresh for Thursday…

Reaction To Murtha/House Uproar III: Is this a tipping point similar to something that happened to another President?