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Monthly Archives: April 2008

Spotlight on Media Military Analysts

April 20, 2008 – 11:23 am

Most of the mainstream media seem to have dropped any pretense of impartiality.I listened to an NPR piece about the cease-fire talks in Israel and both guests were pro-Israel, American Enterprise Institute members, who gave no mention of the Palestinian people’s complaints. To make matters worse, few Americans know who these frequently sourced or featured [...]

By Rich | Posted in Media, Middle East conflicts, Military | Comments (0)

help our community get a $25,000 grant

April 19, 2008 – 8:25 pm

The Case Foundation has narrowed the finalists for a local community grant down to 20 proposed projects, and one of them is in Vancouver.
The Vancouver project is called Community Conversations, and is designed to help high school seniors develop projects that are personally meaningful and provide benefits to the community.
You can learn more [...]

By slim | Posted in Education, Vancouver | Comments (0)

it takes a real man

April 19, 2008 – 8:10 pm

not only to to admit his mistakes, but to do it in the local newspaper:

Way to go, Dad. You just made up for it by showing all the people in town who respect you - and also voted for W - that change is good, and you can face up to your errors in judgment, [...]

By slim | Posted in 2008 Election, Dept. of just Sayin' | Comments (0)

If ABC Covered the Lincoln/Douglas Debates

April 19, 2008 – 12:33 pm

Publius brings the funny:

LINCOLN: In my opinion, slavery will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Excuse me, did an Elijah H. Johnson attend your church?
LINCOLN: When I was a [...]

By Rich | Posted in Media | Comments (0)

whatever will i wear?

April 18, 2008 – 12:29 pm

I’ll be at the Clark County Democratic Convention tomorrow if anyone else hereabouts is a delegate and wants to throw down - or just chat. I’ll be wearing either this tee:

or this one:

Depending on my mood in the morning. Unless, of course, it snows. Jeebus.

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By slim | Posted in Clark County, Democrats | Comments (2)

email your complaints about the worst debate ever

April 18, 2008 – 10:10 am

Jill kindly provides the email addresses to let ABC/Disney and the debate sponsors know exactly how you feel about their reprehensible bread and circuses performance Wednesday:
Disney:
albert.cheng@disney.com,
alex.wallau@disney.com,
andy.bird@disney.com,
anne.sweeney@disney.com,
brent.woodford@disney.com,
David.K.Thompson@disney.com,
gary.marsh@disney.com,
gary.wilson@nwa.com,
george.bodenheimer@disney.com,
george.mitchell@dlapiper.com,
jestrin@packetdesign.com,
jewell.engstrom@disney.com,
john.bryson@edisonintl.com,
john.chen@sybase.com,
kevin.mayer@disney.com,
mike.shaw@disney.com,
monica.lozano@laopinion.com,
nicole.nichols@disney.com,
patti.mcteague@disney.com,
paul.lee@disney.com,
preston.padden@disney.com,
rich.ross@disney.com,
Robert.A.Iger@disney.com,
Ronald.iden@disney.com,
sean.cocchia@disney.com,
tom.staggs@disney.com,
zenia.mucha@disney.com
ABC:
abcaudr@abc.com,
abcnews.storyideas@gmail.com,
abcradio@abc.com,
anne.x.sweeney@abc.com,
brian.frons@abc.com,
charles.a.gallo@abc.com,
charles.gibson@abc.com,
erin.felentzer@abc.com,
frank.valentini@abc.com,
heidi.b.oringer@abc.com,
investor.relations@disneyonline.com,
jonathan.hogan@abc.com,
Julie.carruthers@abc.com,
netaudr@abc.com,
Patrick.k.preblick@abc.com,
steve.jones@abc.com,
stossel@abc.com
Give them what for.

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By slim | Posted in 2008 Election, Media | Comments (0)

i’m glad i was in tkd practicing breaking techniques

April 17, 2008 – 12:52 pm

instead of home watching the debate last night; otherwise, I think I would have put a flying sidekick through my teevee.
Judging from the transcript, all I learned is that Charlie Gibson is a fatuous douchebag, George Stephanopoulos is still afraid of Hillary Clinton a decade after leaving the inner circle, Clinton is still doggedly slinging [...]

By slim | Posted in 2008 Election, Media | Comments (0)

Charlie Gibson loses the debate

April 17, 2008 – 10:29 am

According to the audience response and a viewer survey conducted afterwards, it was clear that ABC News lost the Presidential candidate debate in Philadelphia last night. The pivotal moment that most pundits declared was the turning point was the question presented to one of the contestants candidates about not wearing a lapel pin. [...]

By bushtool | Posted in 2008 Election, Media | Comments (1)

Win Ben Stein’s Credibility

April 16, 2008 – 8:50 pm

Cranky conservative curmudgeon Ben Stein’s (Bueller?) anti-Darwin film is getting slammed for some lapses of integrity. Surprise surprise.
Six Things in Expelled that Ben Stein Doesn’t Want You to Know…
…about intelligent design and evolution
1) Expelled quotes Charles Darwin selectively to connect his ideas to eugenics and the Holocaust.
When the film is building its case that Darwin [...]

By Rich | Posted in Ethics, Religion | Comments (0)

Robbins broadsides the broadcasters

April 16, 2008 – 2:25 pm

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Image via WikipediaThe lack of a free and unbiased press has been a big issue of mine for too many years now. I remember when the media ended a pointless war and drove a corrupt President out of office. But those days are long gone and our lamestream press in this country now [...]

By bushtool | Posted in Media | Comments (0)