So this is what Google had on its home page yesterday for Independence Day: That's "this land was made for you and me", from the Woody Guthrie song. And Woody was a commie! Harumph! Via Tbogg, we see the conservative outrage: Harumph! Why couldn't Google have picked another song harumph?!? Like "God Bless America" written by that Jew from Belarus? … Read More
Getting It Wrong
I told you to be wary of initial news reports. These Supreme Court decisions are hard to wade through on first glance. And I'll throw this in here – the Rude Pundit's reaction: A big "suck it" to everyone who thought that our Constitution was such a narrowly-devised document that the federal government couldn't at least attempt to do big … Read More
Beware The “Pulitzer Prize Nominee” Crap
When a journalist or writer touts in his biography or book jacket cover that he/she is a "Pulitzer Prize Nominee", a warning bell should go off in your head. What they probably mean is that there name was submitted to the Pulitzer Prize board by their publisher or employer. What does it take to do that? Filling out a form … Read More
How The Networks Covered The Arizona Ruling This Morning
This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court struck three provisions of the Arizona immigration law. Two of them made it a crime for undocumented immigrants to be present and to seek employment in Arizona, while a third authorized police officers to make warrantless arrests of anyone they had probable cause to believe had committed a deportable offense. It upheld only one … Read More
On Fox and Friends Today
Via Think Progress: Gretchen Carlson walked off the set of "Fox and Friends" on Thursday after fellow host Brian Kilmeade made a sexist comment. The two were watching third host Steve Doocy interview a member of a Navy band which had been all-male until 1980. “Women are everywhere," Kilmeade said. "We’re letting them play golf and tennis now. It’s out … Read More
They’re Going to Charlotte AND North Carolina, Too
We will welcome Fox & Friends, too.
Can Fox Get Any More Blatant?
This isn't a political ad produced by Romney or one of the pro-Romney pacs. This 4 minute film was produced and shown on Fox News. In fact, it starts off with a graphic that reads, “Fox & Friends Presents.” “The ad presented on ‘Fox & Friends’ was virtually indistinguishable from the sort of campaign videos regularly produced by Republican presidential … Read More
How Brett Kimberlin Won “Everybody Blog About Brett Kimberlin Day” By Doing Nothing
Who is Brett Kimberlin, and why should you care? Well, last Friday, several rightwing blogs tried to get people to care about who Brett Kimberlin is, with a lot of scare stories. I won't try to summarize it all here. You can google and come back. But before you do, be forewarned: you will read a LOT of speculation, a LOT of … Read More
Mona Cheron Wants To Clean Up Rhetoric?
Conservative columnist Mona Cheron is an idiot. Or a liar. Or both. Let's look at her recent article in National Review entitled: To Bigotry No Sanction Let’s clean up the rhetoric around same-sex marriage. Yes, Mona. Let's. She begins: Now that President Obama has “evolved” on the matter of same-sex marriage to the position favored by “enlightened” Americans, this would … Read More
Dear Fox News
If you're going to have an article entitled "Alarm Grows Among Dems About Obama’s Chances", shouldn't you have in there a quote from at least, oh, one Democrat who is, as the title suggests, actually alarmed about Obama's chances?
Rush Limbaugh GETS An Advertiser!
With over 140 advertisers fleeing from the Rush Limbaugh program, I'm happy to report that at least one group is running toward him, money in hand, wishing to advertise on his show. That group is… oh. Oh, dear. The Westboro Baptist Church (of "God Hates Fags" fame). Oh, well. Any port in a storm, right, Rushbo?
Rush: The Final Tally?
Just because people moved past the "Rush/Fluke" kerfuffle doesn't mean that it ended. To date, 140 advertisers have pulled their ads from Limbaugh's show. Many of them came to light after a memo was published from Premiere Radio Networks. Read the details.
This Might Be The Stupidest Thing Sarah Palin Has Said (And That’s Saying Something!)
Background: Sean Hannity is talking to Sarah Palin about Professor Derrick Bell (a former law professor of mine). Bell, who died last year, is in the news because of a video that surfaced showing Obama speaking highly of him. Conservatives are trying to now paint Bell as some sort of — I don't know — marxist Black Panther boogeyman. Anyway, … Read More
Silence Is Golden
Without advertisers, Rush's show had a lot of dead air today where commercials should be.
Even Rush Boycotts Rush!
The attorney for Rush, the group, writes a letter to Rush Limbaugh, the woman-hater. Here (pdf).