Our famous linkfest offering readers interesting links to websites of varying opinions so they can explore the ‘sphere. Links do NOT necessarily represent the viewpoints of The Moderate Voice or its writers.
Why Television Sucks: Wil Wheaton has a good example HERE.
The YearlyKos Convention Goes On but here is why one blogger will NOT be there. (UPDATED LINK ADDED LATER).
How Ron Paul As President Would Affect The U.S. Dollar: Some thoughts here.
The Bridge Collapse In Minneapolis: Is it due to “neoliberal policies”?
Is John McCain’s Campaign Really Broke? Read the latest post by John McCain at Newsgroper…
There Was An Uproar In The House but is the GOP being hypocritical? Or was it? Really?
Do George Bush’s Many (Many Many Many Many Many Many) Critics Have It All Wrong? If you meet him in private, does he literally ooze greatness?
But Who Do Republicans Most Love? This guy…
Is John Edwards Developing His Own Credibility Issue? A lot of posts (including here) note Republican hypocrisy but Ed Morrissey points to what certainly seems like Democrats’ Edwards’ hypocrisy. The way this “game” is played in American politics is that you point to it on one side and justify or rationalize it on your side. We think it’s important to note it where we see it.
To This We Say OH…KAY… (we love that website since it’s owner really comes up with some unusual and funny stuff in addition to the serious posts…).
Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo Suggests Bombing Muslims’ Holy Sites To Prevent Attacks On The U.S. Political scientist Steven Taylor has some thoughts. A small taste:
This is the kind of logic commonly deployed by semi-drunk morons shooting the bull over some beers rather than the kind of reasoning one would want from a president (or, really, a member of Congress). The number of ways that this is an asinine policy are legion, but here are a few:
Read the entire post to find out.
Singapore Has Tough Chewing Gum Laws: No joke.
The Future Face Of Geopolitics: Brussels Journal:
Indeed, liberal democracy faces currently two major challenges: (A) the terrorism emanating from radical Islam and (B) the renewed rise of non-democratic great powers. The first threat is the more immediate one. But, it is the lesser of the two, because it originates in stagnant and backward societies that are largely living on the economic rent from natural resources and that pose no military threat to developed societies. However, their potential use of acquired weapons of mass destruction does present a serious and growing menace. Nevertheless, it is the second threat in the form of the return of authoritarian great powers (specifically China and Russia), that is likely to be the major threat to liberal democracy’s survival in the foreseeable future.
Read it all.
Two Top Film Directors Pass From The Scene: Check out Jon Swift’s MUST READ.
There Are Great Blogs All Over The World including in Bangladesh (I spent a lot of time there in the mid-70s).
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.