Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media.
Posted in General on Aug 27th, 2004
VOTE FOR ME
Me, me, me. Make me famous. Pump up my hits, make people compete for the privilege of advertising here. Help me make some money! Because if you can’t give me money, you can give me fame, and fame = money, at least some of the time. Don’t forget, you need to include the [...]
Posted in General on Aug 27th, 2004
ELITES
Such smart people! Thirty-seven percent of Suburban Guerrilla readers use non-Explorer browsers: Mozilla, Opera, Safari or Netscape.
Guess the Republicans are right. We are elitists.
Posted in General on Aug 27th, 2004
LAUGH UNTIL YOU CRY
Mark Morford:
And isn’t it funny how at least 13 members of Congress have actually requested that the United Nations monitor this year’s U.S. presidential election, just because, just in case, just to ensure there’s no voter rolling and election rigging and chad hanging and outright shameless Florida reaming like last time?
And isn’t [...]
Posted in General on Aug 27th, 2004
FOUR MORE YEARS
If people are dopey enough to give Bush a make-up test, here’s what they can expect for another four years:
Aug. 25, 2004 | President Bush’s plans for a second term threaten a devastating series of far-reaching challenges to the viability of the Democratic Party itself. Under Bush’s slogan of an “ownership [...]
Posted in General on Aug 27th, 2004
ARGGHH
You know you’ve been blogging too long when you get a perfect score on quizzes like this:
1. Three of these statements were made by George W. Bush. Which one was made by Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.)?
(a) “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm [...]
Posted in General on Aug 27th, 2004
BOOM
The GDP is down.
Have we turned the corner yet?
Posted in General on Aug 27th, 2004
GOOD FOR BUSINESS AND TASTES GREAT, TOO
Krugman on health care:
Does this mean that the American way is wrong, and that we should switch to a Canadian-style single-payer system? Well, yes. Put it this way: in Canada, respectable business executives are ardent defenders of “socialized medicine.” Two years ago the Conference Board of Canada - a [...]
Posted in General on Aug 27th, 2004
CONNECT THE DOTS
Coincidence? I think not:
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 - The ranks of the poor and those without health insurance grew in 2003 for the third straight year, the government reported on Thursday, in a sign of the lingering pain being caused by a long slump in the job markets.
Those trends, spelled out by the [...]
Posted in General on Aug 27th, 2004
LOST IN TRANSLATION
Here’s a very strange interview George Bush just gave to the New York Times:
He insisted that his strategy had been “flexible enough” to respond, and said that even now “we’re adjusting to our conditions” in places like Najaf, where American forces have been battling one of the most militant of the Shiite groups [...]
Posted in General on Aug 27th, 2004
LAUGH TO KEEP FROM CRYING
Joyce McGreevy channels George Bush’s acceptance speech, and it’s brilliant:
Aug. 27, 2004 | I’m George Bush, and I’m reporting for — I’m making a report. When you make a report it is a reported entity. I ascended this country as a young man, and I will suspend it as [...]
Posted in General on Aug 26th, 2004
It’s almost a full moon…
Posted in General on Aug 26th, 2004
IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU MEAN BY ‘HONOR’
Paul Lukasiak of the AWOL Project reports on his latest findings to Eric Alterman:
Contrary to the spin put out by the White House (and endlessly repeated by the mainstream media), Bush was never transferred to the 9921st Air Reserve Squadron in Alabama. Nor was this “transfer [...]
Posted in General on Aug 26th, 2004
ANOTHER ONE
Maybe it’s time for an intervention, because I can’t seem to stop myself:
Robert E. Lambert doesn’t plan to vote for John Kerry.
But the Eagle Point man challenges claims by a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth that there was no enemy fire aimed at the five swift boats, including the one commanded by [...]
Posted in General on Aug 26th, 2004
A MANLY MAN
I think I’m gonna be sick:
WASHINGTON - President Bush wants to watch the Republican convention from a New York City firehouse and “bond” with the city’s Bravest, officials said yesterday.
So brave. So manly. I wonder how he’ll handle it when he hears this:
“Hey, Bush. Where’s our fucking money?”
Posted in General on Aug 26th, 2004
KARL, MAKE THEM STOP!
No link yet [UPDATE - here it is], but CNN is reporting that Bush has asked John McCain’s help in going to court and shutting down 527 advertising. McCain says he is interested.
A few comments: First, John McCain is a Republican, period. Never forget it. So stop thinking he’ll truly risk anything [...]
Posted in General on Aug 26th, 2004
MUST-READ FOR BLOGGERS
A detailed analysis of the Swift Boat Veteran’s affair, written especially for bloggers. Via Rox Populi.
Posted in General on Aug 26th, 2004
SPOOKS AND GHOSTS
I haven’t written about the Abu Ghraib “findings,” because it seems to be a whitewash and I’m waiting for Sy Hersh’s book to come out next month. But it’s important to remind yourself that no, this was not “a few bad apples.” And clearly, the CIA played a pivotal role:
WASHINGTON — CIA operatives [...]
Posted in General on Aug 26th, 2004
SIDESHOW
Campaign Desk has the definitive piece on the failures of the press in covering Swiftboat Assassins Against the Truth:
Why was the press complicit in keeping afloat a story so easily debunked?
Several factors were at work. The initial ad by the swift boat vets came out in August, which shaped up to be a slow [...]
Posted in General on Aug 26th, 2004
AN ORPHAN’S PLEA
Pretty good column on Bush and the new overtime regs:
But if you think this is an administration that would set out to do workers a great big favor and pester employers’ bottom lines, you ought to check your zip code. It may be time for you to move back to Earth.
Granted, it is [...]
Posted in General on Aug 26th, 2004
AUTUMN
Leaves are turning yellow and falling off the trees. That old Barbra Streisand song keeps popping into my head: Autumn/ It feels like autumn/ And though the air is still/ I feel the chill/ Of autumn.
Posted in General on Aug 26th, 2004
600+ IRAQUIS DEAD IN NAJAF FIGHTING
Let’s get back to the war George Bush is responsible for:
As I wrote in an earlier commentary, that civilians are being killed by intense military operations, involving among other things, the fearsomely indiscriminate AC-130 Spectre gunship, unleashed right in the heart of a densely populated city is hardly a surprise.
Deaths [...]
Posted in General on Aug 26th, 2004
HONOR ETC.
One upon a time, Bob Dole said no:
“They want me to head Veterans,” Bob Dole said. “They” meant the Bush White House. His tone said there were things he would rather do.
I asked him whether he was going to do it — take on the campaign role of going after the veterans’ vote. [...]
Posted in General on Aug 26th, 2004
EXIT INTERVIEW
Condolences to TBogg, one of our very favorite bloggers. His father died last night, a year after he had the stroke that hospitalized him.
Go read his moving tribute.
Posted in General on Aug 26th, 2004
YOUR BOSS REALLY IS A PSYCHOPATH
Is anyone really surprised by this?
Aug. 25, 2004 — Is your boss a charming, well-educated and polished leader intent on climbing the career ladder? If so, he could be a psychopath, psychologists gathered in Stockholm said on Wednesday.
Recent research has shown that not all psychopaths are violent killers — [...]
Posted in General on Aug 25th, 2004
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PRESIDENT PUNK
Fucking pussy, afraid to accept a letter from a decorated war hero missing two legs and an arm. [Via Atrios.]
Posted in General on Aug 25th, 2004
BULLSHIT
Punk-ass bitch Scott “Flounder” McClellan live on CNN just now: “Out of the mainstream records, out of the mainstream views, should join the president in condemning the ads by all these shadowy groups, blah blah blah. The president believes this campaign should be focused on the issues. Today’s political stunt shows Mr. Kerry doesn’t want [...]
Posted in General on Aug 25th, 2004
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“You know, I think Viagra really is a wonder drug: it seems to have made Bob Dole an even bigger prick than he used to be.” - Mark Kleiman
Posted in General on Aug 25th, 2004
POLITICS MAKE STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
Are you surprised?
DALLAS, United States (AFP) - There’s nothing wrong with talking politics on a first date, 63 percent of 900 US singles said in a poll.
“Although our parents may have warned against discussing politics on a date, our opinions and beliefs are a big part of who we are and [...]
Posted in General on Aug 25th, 2004
THEY STILL DON’T GET IT
Ginsberg, the Bush campaign attorney, has resigned. Blitzer on CNN: Yeah, but don’t the Democrats do this, too?
Argghhh……..
Is this really too difficult to figure out? Deliberate lies are not equivalent to hard-hitting ads. Making up shit is beyond the pale.
Can’t “journalists” tell the difference anymore?
Posted in General on Aug 25th, 2004
I saved this one for a cloudy, gloomy day like today. Now, doesn’t that feel better?
You are a Working Class Warrior, also known as a blue-collar Democrat. You believe that the little guy is getting screwed by conservative greed-mongers and corporate criminals, and you’re not going to take it anymore.
Take the quiz at www.FightConservatives.com
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