March 2009 Archives

As you know, Glenn Beck, right wing radio star, just left CNN Headline News joining the merry band at Fox Noise, Official Network of the GOP, to start his own show there.  Fox has forever falsely sold itself under the banner of "Fair and Balanced" and "We report, you decide".  Of course, it's more like "We distort, you comply".  It's well established about their hard right reporting and commentary pumped into millions of homes each...

It's been a long week of pounding on Rush and Fox, some of you pounding on me, and vice versa.  But right now, there are puffy white clouds out the window and 80 degrees here in sunny Houston.  Time for a little Friday Rolling Stones!Dirty Work, released in 1986, is part of the Stones' inconsistent mid-80s work where they were really fighting drug and alcohol addiction, especially drummer Charlie Watt during the making of this...

This week has ended up being all Rush, all the time.  It's been entertaining for those of us on the progressive side of the spectrum, but the prominence of this issue illustrates something much more important than just going after a talk radio host.  It demonstrates the ability of the Democrats to do to the Republicans what the Republicans have done for years to Democrats.  That deed is the successful framing and branding of an...

As you know, all the networks use talking heads to fill the 24/7 news cycle and to keep the buzz going about the issue of the day.  We all know that those same networks tend to favor Republicans/Conservatives in those talking head positions over Democrats/Progressives.  Over the last week, major networks have oddly been featuring disgraced Republicans as pundits opining on Obama's economic and budget policies.  Chris Matthews, who is much maligned by the right...

This is one you just can't miss - On Morning Joe (my favorite morning news show), staunch conservative Joe Scarborough went after Michael Steele with a vengeance for  kowtowing to Rush Limbaugh.  Apparently, Steele was being interviewed by the Today Show, but refused to also appear on Morning Joe.  Scarborough, with his cohorts, went nuts in a very funny segment.  Here's the mashup of the whole exchange:In other news, one of my readers sent this...

Yesterday, Rush Limbaugh cemented his position as functional Chairman of the Republican Party when Michael Steele, actual elected Chairman of the RNC, publicly grovelled before the Great Bloviator after daring to criticize him.  Sound crazy?  It absolutely is.  But it's happening right before our eyes.  The GOP is sliding into obscurity, being hijacked by an inflammatory talk radio host.  I'll say it again...a talk radio host.  The takeover is complete.Here's the fatal error committed by...

Yesterday, the New York Times ran a political cartoon in the Week in Review section of flash in the pan, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal.  After his disastrous performance responding to President Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress, followed by the gathering of Neanderthals (CPAC) in Washington, the cartoon show perfectly the situation in which the GOP finds itself:Jindal has been hiding out at Disney World, apparently, since his speech to avoid talking with...