Our occasional linkfest from all over Blogtopia. Links are NOT limited to one viewpoint and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Moderate Voice or its co-bloggers. NOTE: This is being UPDATED several times today.
The Incredible Saga Of The Blue Jet Emergency Landing can be seen via this video here. And another video here.
Senator Patrick Leahy Will Vote For John Roberts For Supreme Court Justice and the question now is what does this mean?
Of Course, Harry Reid Said He’ll Vote Against Roberts and a newspaper and a blogger have this warning…
Are Terrorists Having Personnel Problems? Donald Sensing (a former military man who worked in the Pentagon) says yes.
The Long Awaited Movie Is Almost Out and it’s called “Good Night And Good Luck.” Details here.
You’ve Heard Of “Fast Food” — well, now there’s Fast Bible…
If You’re Looking For Media Bias is this an example of a journalist being blatantly caught in the act?
The Crisis In Education can be seen clearly in Chicago….
Problems In Anti-War Demonstrationland as one Jewish group has withdrawn from the event — and here’s why.
Free Education And Cuba: A fascinating tale here.
Dirty Political Tricks — this time by Democrats in Maryland.
Could A Data Mining Project Have Prevented 911? Some think so.
An Interview With Former CNN Bigwig Ted Turner Was Revealing and some think it showed he’s nuts.
Meanwhile, India Battles Leftist Extremists — Maoists to be exact.
The Importance Of The 2006 Midterm Elections….from a Left Of Centrist viewpoint…
White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan is under consideration for a prestigious award (and he is quite deserving of it…)
The Idea Of A Voter ID Is Controversial…so how has it worked in Georgia?
Brace Yourself For Hurricane Rita’s Impact In More Ways Than One, writes Bogus Gold: “So the real question is: Who will be the first national commentator to directly attribute Rita’s lesser impact compared to Katrina to Bush caring more about Texas and white people than he does about Louisiana and black people? My money is on Keith Olberman at MSNBC. Any other contenders?”
Oh, My Lord! If this picture is accurate someone has a big, fat problem.
If A Storm Was Coming And You Had 15 Minutes To Leave Your House What Would You Take? How about this list? (I would take my mirror because when I look in it, I see such a picture of perfection…)
Do You Have Ideas For The Name For A Blog? Here’s someone who’s asking for them.
More Original Blog Reporting from Running Scared.
Has Air America Become Fund Raise From America? An apparent fundraiser from listeners is underway amid what seems to be continued financial instability. Actually, we predict that in the long run the counterforce to conservative talk radio will be this guy who isn’t part of Air America but is heard on many of their affiliated stations.
Are The Pieces In Place For The Democrats To Do Well In 2006? Digby argues yes, in a post that should be read in full. Here’s a small part of the post where he argues that croynyism legalistic chickens are coming home to roost in the Bush administration and as they roost the could shove GOPers out of Congress:
But you never know what a prosecutor will do and you never know what might offend a judge, no matter how politically powerful the subject is. Some of them might even feel they are an equal branch of government with their own perogatives. Juries are completely unreliable when it comes to understanding how powerful men should not be held liable for the same kind of crimes committed by the masses. Once inside the legal system, spin and PR lose a huge amount of their power. There is someone there whose job it is to unspin the spin and there are rules in place that force people to sit still and listen.
At some point the operators become lazy and hubristic and forget to cover their tracks and these corrupt pyramid operations lose their power when they come up against institutions based on reason and the laws of nature. Neither the financial markets or the legal system can sustain faith-based, marketing-style fantasies over the long haul. Reality is a tough competitor.
Howard Dean’s “culture of corruption” was prescient. Brownie and Karl Rove are the poster boys for a national congressional campaign in 2006.
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.