Some readers emailed that they really enjoyed the You Tube here a few weeks ago that showed a key show-stopper from Mel Brooks' Musical "The Producers" and asked for another. So here is a key scene: where producer Max (Nathan Lane) seeks to sign up the very worst director to direct the pro-Hitler play "Springtime for Hitler" to ensure that it'll flop. He goes to infamous … [Read more...] about Another Show Stopper From “The Producers” Recording Session
Republican Fred Thompson Rises In Two Polls
After weeks of getting tepid "reviews" from national political correspondents, bloggers, columnists such as Robert Novak and anonymous sources quoted in political news stories, former actor Fred Thompson is now getting some good news: his numbers have gone up in two key polls. The latest AP/Ipsos poll shows him within three points of front former New York Mayor Rudy … [Read more...] about Republican Fred Thompson Rises In Two Polls
Bolivian President Evo Morales On The Daily Show
Unlike some of Stewart's other interviews with foreign statesmen, this one achieves the right balance between humor and substance. … [Read more...] about Bolivian President Evo Morales On The Daily Show
Byrd-Watching and Sleepwalking
The senior Senator from West Virginia--and I do mean senior, he turns 90 next month--always gives me hope that, at 83, I can grow up to be as smart and outspoken as he has been in trying to keep American kids from being killed in stupid wars that should never be fought. In 2002, he tried to keep us from invading Iraq, and here he is again, warning us about getting caught up … [Read more...] about Byrd-Watching and Sleepwalking
Haggard’s Escort Alleges That Craig Visited Him Too
Question: What's harder to get rid of than a cold? Answer: The Republicans getting rid of Senator Larry Craig. It's a story with (wide stance) legs. And a new allegation: The male escort responsible for the downfall of Christian evangelist leader Ted Haggard is now alleging that embattled Senator Larry Craig also came to see him. While promoting his new book during a … [Read more...] about Haggard’s Escort Alleges That Craig Visited Him Too
Welcome To “The Nanny State”
Welcome to the Nanny State By Bill Steigerwald With his book “Nanny State,†Denver Post columnist David Harsanyi has thrown a conservative-libertarian rope around a disturbing political and cultural trend -- the nannification of America by moral busybodies and nitpicking maternalists who use government power to micromanage our personal lives and protect us from … [Read more...] about Welcome To “The Nanny State”
Blackwater and Halliburton
Sandy Huffaker, Cagle Cartoons … [Read more...] about Blackwater and Halliburton
Sic Semper Tyrannis: The Blackest of The Bush Administration’s Black Marks
You don't have to suffer from Bush Derangement Syndrome to believe that some seriously nasty things have happened in Washington over the last six-plus years. But when historians take stock of The Age of Bush it is likely that they will find there is no darker stain on that presidency -- and on America at the start of the new millennium -- than the top-down approval of the use … [Read more...] about Sic Semper Tyrannis: The Blackest of The Bush Administration’s Black Marks
Candidates, New Media and Supporting the Blogsphere
From The Democratic Daily: Today’s candidates, for the most part we’ll use the Presidential candidates as an example, are aware of the powerful presence of the Blogsphere and, for lack of a better term, The Social Networking Sphere. Each campaign has hired Online Coordinators, Bloggers and Strategists. We see the candidates themselves make posts from time to time. … [Read more...] about Candidates, New Media and Supporting the Blogsphere
Joseph Wilson On Hillary Clinton And Iran
Today's MUST READ is on Taylor Marsh's site: a guest post by Joseph Wilson on Clinton and Iran: I was pleased to see that last Monday Hillary joined Senator Jim Webb in co-sponsoring a bill that would prohibit the use of funds for military action in Iran without specific authorization from Congress. Last week, Hillary voted to support a non-binding resolution that … [Read more...] about Joseph Wilson On Hillary Clinton And Iran
This Just In!!
THIS JUST IN from investigative reporter Andy Borowitz:Bush Vetoes Candy for Babies Move Takes Candy From Over Four Million Babies In a move that seemed guaranteed to stir controversy, President Bush today vetoed a bill that would give candy to over four million babies. With one stroke of a pen, Mr. Bush vetoed the Candy for Babies Act, a law that would have expanded … [Read more...] about This Just In!!
Guest DVD Review: Ken Burns’ The War
NOTE: The Moderate Voice runs guest voice posts from time to time. One of the most popular guest voices is Dan Schneider, who does guest reviews for us. TMV coblogger Shaun Mullen loved Ken Burns' The War...but as you'll see below, Dan Schneider had a different reaction and he tells you exactly why. DVD Review Of Ken Burns' The War Copyright © by Dan Schneider In … [Read more...] about Guest DVD Review: Ken Burns’ The War
Thank Goodness for Security Contractors [i.e. Blackwater]
..or so states my Foreign Policy Watch co-blogger, David Dryer. While Dryer does not deny that the use of security contractors has "almost certainly been detrimental to long-term security and political goals [in Iraq]," he argues that such forces are necessary because they allow us to avoid instituting the draft here at home. Although I find his conclusions troubling, and while … [Read more...] about Thank Goodness for Security Contractors [i.e. Blackwater]
$222,000…
That's the amount a Jammie Thomas, a 30-year old single mother has to pay total to various music companies for sharing music and more music: Record companies win music sharing trial By JOSHUA FREED Associated Press Writer Fri Oct 5, 6:15 AM ET DULUTH, Minn. - The recording industry hopes $222,000 will be enough to dissuade music lovers from downloading songs from the … [Read more...] about $222,000…
Name Game, Part II
While I am largely uninformed about the inner-circle of foreign policy wonks and thus have to resort to simply making fun of people named "Slaughter", Fletcher School professor Daniel Drezner does not share my shortcomings and thus is able to offer some half-baked predictions matching foreign policy advisers to their respective positions in their chosen candidate's cabinet. … [Read more...] about Name Game, Part II
New Mexico Senate Race
Having to defend another vulnerable open seat obviously isn't a good thing for the GOP, but candidate-wise they're doing much better than the Dems thus far, a rarity in of itself this cycle. … [Read more...] about New Mexico Senate Race
The ‘Silent’ 9/11 Settlement
Four of the comparatively few families who declined to participate in the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund have settled claims against the airline and other companies involved with American Airlines Flight 77, which was flown into the Pentagon. The families assert that they opted for litigation to learn more about what went wrong. Said Irene Golinski of Columbia, … [Read more...] about The ‘Silent’ 9/11 Settlement
Fred Thompson, Lonely Guy
Jeri Thompson makes it all sound like something out of Steve Martin’s 1980s movie, “The Lonely Guy.†There is Fred, on the Fourth of July, when everybody else is at the beach or backyard barbecues getting sloshed with friends, standing on a supermarket checkout line with a pathetic pre-made half a tunafish sandwich and a can of high-cholesterol beanie-weenies. "I … [Read more...] about Fred Thompson, Lonely Guy
Center of Attention
A round up of recent posts by various bloggers who either attempt to strike a balanced note on heated debates and controversial issues, or improve our ability to find our own sense of balance by exposing us to new information and different points-of-view. -------------------------- Many people today are leaving the Republican party, but there was a time when the migration … [Read more...] about Center of Attention
Voices In the S-CHIP Veto Debate
Salt Lake City demonstrators protest veto House Democrats are about 20 votes short of a veto-proof majority to override President Bush's veto of the State Children's Health Insurance Plan, which means that at least 10 Republicans — if not more — would have to change their nay votes. Although there are early indications that some GOP congressfolk are considering doing … [Read more...] about Voices In the S-CHIP Veto Debate