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On The Turning Away

Your possible pasts: a warning to anyone still in command


What Shoddiness?November 13

The “Martin Eisenstadt” show writes itself. David Shuster/MSNBC and MSM in general are the gift that keeps on giving. Gawker has the blow-by-blow account.

What does it say about the “shoddiness in the traditional news media and especially the blogosphere”? It’s “not that some in the media don’t check stuff on the web. It’s that they’re prepared to believe - and write - anything about Sarah Palin.”

“It’s the Economy, Stupid” ReduxOctober 10

Crossposted.

The 95% MythOctober 10

Well, if you paid any attention to the increasingly heated political rhetoric from both parties, you would’ve heard ad infinitum, and justifiably impressed by, Sen. Obama’s “tax cut” for “95% of Americans”. Republicans, predictably, take issues with how the Obama camp define “middle class”, be it income below 65k or 43k.

It might be futile handwringing figuring out whether you fall into the lucky 95% bracket, The Economist provides a handy fact check.

Mainstreet on BailoutOctober 2

Crossposted.

Blogosphere EnlightenmentSeptember 23

We chanced upon this interesting ‘discourse’ and thought it illustrates the “sanctimonious fatigue” from the anti-hicks with what they call “reverse snobbery”, aka culture war.

Commenter: “Really? Did you support Obama over Clinton and Edwards because you liked where Obama wants to take us all next. or because you liked where he comes from?”