Health Care. So it seems like every one has put Mr Obama’s whole presidency down to this one issue. If he fails to pass a bill before his first term, he’s a failure. If he passes a bill without the public option, he’s a failure. If he passes a bill with the public option but gets no republican support, he’s a partisan failure who has failed to deliver on his pledge of being a … [Read more...] about American Media damaging America?
This is just wrong…
From Gizmodo.com: Pole Dancer Doll Doesn't Really Set the Perfect Role Model There's so, so many ways this is just wrong... --- Cross-posted between Random Fate and The Moderate Voice. --- Technorati : toys Del.icio.us : toys Zooomr : toys Flickr : toys … [Read more...] about This is just wrong…
A Rumination on the ‘C’ Word
Kathleen Deveny questions our squeamishness about the C word: [A]s the proud owner of the anatomical bit derided by the word in question, I have begun to wonder why we ever got so worked up about it in the first place. Why has it retained the power to outrage when other coarse language has found its way onto the playground? The C word has been in use since at least 1230, … [Read more...] about A Rumination on the ‘C’ Word
Loudmouth Liz Wrecks Another Roundtable
In case you missed it this morning, be sure to catch the video replay of the round table discussion on today's This Week with George Stephanopoulos.(We'll update with the video here as soon as they post it.) ABC jumps on the same broken bandwagon as MSNBC and several other outlets and, for reasons which escape most viewers, allows loudmouthed "pundit" Liz Cheney on the show. … [Read more...] about Loudmouth Liz Wrecks Another Roundtable
The Failure to Administer Justice — Another Lockerbie Tragedy (Guest Voice)
The Failure to Administer Justice -- Another Lockerbie Tragedy by Michael Reagan At a time when civilized nations are continuing to wage a collective and challenging fight against terrorist organizations, and the rogue nations that harbor them, this week’s release by Scottish officials of one of the masterminds behind the 1988 Lockerbie bombing constitutes a major … [Read more...] about The Failure to Administer Justice — Another Lockerbie Tragedy (Guest Voice)
Health Care Plan Looks Like Kennedy
Daryl Cagle, MSNBC.com This cartoon is copyrighted and licensed to appear on TMV. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about Health Care Plan Looks Like Kennedy
The GOP Has It Backwards About Ted Kennedy
Via tweet from Kyle Moore, comes this op-ed from Geoff Garin about which political party most needs another Ted Kennedy: … [Read more...] about The GOP Has It Backwards About Ted Kennedy
Scenes From a Funeral
After a half century of seeing Kennedys up close and reporting their history, watching Ted Kennedy's funeral prompts renewed wonder about the complexity of American fame. President Obama's eulogy, eloquent as always, was after all the tribute of someone who has known Ted Kennedy for only a few years, graciously lauding him as "a Happy Warrior" and "a kind and tender … [Read more...] about Scenes From a Funeral
Japanese Earthquake Looming
Today the voters in Japan are headed to the polls and if the pre-election polling is correct the long dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is going to experience a defeat, quite possibly by landslide margins. The LDP has ruled Japan for almost all of the 54 years since the end of World War Two but they have suffered major losses recently, including the loss of control of … [Read more...] about Japanese Earthquake Looming
Ted Kennedy Joins His Brothers at Arlington National Cemetery
As I am writing this, Senator Edward M. Kennedy is being laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. He joins his two slain brothers, John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy. In fact, Senator Kennedy is being buried only a short distance from where his brothers are buried, and where an eternal flame lights the graves not only of the former president … [Read more...] about Ted Kennedy Joins His Brothers at Arlington National Cemetery
Is Dick Cheney Writing the WaPo’s Articles Now?
If the Pulitzer Prize Committee had a category for stenographic journalism, this WaPo piece by Peter Finn, Joby Warrick, and Julie Tate surely would win it. The article is three full screens of tripe like this: … [Read more...] about Is Dick Cheney Writing the WaPo’s Articles Now?
Persuasive Leads in Favor of Lockerbie Convict Were Overlooked: Le Figaro, France
Libyan intelligence agent Abdel Basset al-Megrahi after stepping aboard the Libyan aircraft that would whisk him away to Libya, August 20. Did 'the powers that be' decide that pursuing the best leads after the Lockerbie bombing, aka/Pan Am Flight 103, was politically inconvenient? According to this analysis by Pierre Prier of France's Le Figaro, the need to keep Iran and … [Read more...] about Persuasive Leads in Favor of Lockerbie Convict Were Overlooked: Le Figaro, France
In Search For A Statesman
As the nation pays its final respect for the life and times of Sen. Edward Kennedy it has become clear to me we will never again see a politician of his stature grace the halls of Congress. That is sad. What struck me was the litany of friends and foes alike who all agreed on one basic principle: Ted Kennedy was a man of his word. He was passionate in his beliefs even though … [Read more...] about In Search For A Statesman
[Updated] Are Some People Really This … Misunderstood?
Within the last month or so, we had a string of comments and even a few posts wherein labels like "stupid" were attached to one or another derided group or individual. As the so-called "managing editor" of this blog, I sent a friendly reminder to our contributing writers that we (at the very least) should not contribute to the careless proliferation of such labels. I won't … [Read more...] about [Updated] Are Some People Really This … Misunderstood?
Jaws, the Bank Version
Too-big-to-fail is morphing into bigger-than-ever swallowing up failing-faster-than-ever. The nation's largest banks, infused with taxpayer billions, are feasting on the weak as the Washington Post reports that "no consequence of the crisis alarms top regulators more than having banks that were already too big to fail grow even larger and more interconnected." FDIC chair … [Read more...] about Jaws, the Bank Version
Live Video Streaming of Ted Kennedy Funeral
Here's CBS live streaming video of Ted Kennedy's funeral: Free TV : Ustream … [Read more...] about Live Video Streaming of Ted Kennedy Funeral
Even Camelot Needed Health Care (Guest Voice)
Even Camelot Needed Health Care by Michael Winship Toward the end of George McGovern's failed presidential bid in 1972, I was helping advance a bus trip for vice presidential candidate Sargent Shriver. The final weekend of the campaign, his caravan would start in New Hampshire and work its way down the Eastern seaboard, holding rallies along the way and winding up … [Read more...] about Even Camelot Needed Health Care (Guest Voice)
Death Panel
Bob Englehart, The Hartford Courant This cartoon is copyrighted and licensed to run on TMV. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. … [Read more...] about Death Panel
New York State of Mind
Siena Research recently concluded their sweeping August poll of New Yorkers' political leanings and the results contain some shocks and some yawns, as usual. Two things are obvious, though. First, having given total control executive and legislative power to the party of the Donkey, Empire State denizens are absolutely sick of the Democrats they elected. Second, they are still … [Read more...] about New York State of Mind
Of Hunger in World War II: Rat-Proofing The Walls By Using Tin Cans
In the imagination of a young soldier, there was this one extraordinary midnight the Yanks liberated fifty middle-aged Brit officers captured and held by the Germans in dreary sheds at the Czechoslovak border. "The British officers were among the first English speaking prisoners to be taken in WWII.... They had not seen a woman or a child for four years... They hadn’t seen … [Read more...] about Of Hunger in World War II: Rat-Proofing The Walls By Using Tin Cans