Archive for January 2005

The monthlies.

• Bush Presses the Lord

  In an interview with the conservative Washington Times, Bush had the following things to say about the place the lord has in public office. The greatest freedom we have or one of the greatest freedoms is the right to worship the way you see fit. On the other hand, I don’t see how you can [...]

• Syracuse Pride: Safire

  A new series delving into the wide range of alumni of Syracuse University. First up, New York Times (conservative) columnist, William Safire. “Mr. Safire was born on Dec. 17, 1929, and attended Syracuse University; a dropout after two years, he returned a generation later to deliver the commencement address and is now a trustee. Since [...]

• Bushism of Bushisms

  Everyone knows about this one; but it must continue to be told so for all history, the lore of the greatest Bushism will be known. “There’s an old saying… that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again.” (Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002) Source: Slate

• What does LOL mean anyway?

  One friend of mine, let us call him Jesús, said to me: LOL means “Lots of Laughs.” It sure does, Jesús. It sure does.

• Pat Robertson’s Apocalyptic Vision

  There were so many juicy soundbites from Pat Robertson’s latest appearance on MSNBC’s Scarborough Country that I am going to deliver every single one. I will tell you how it’s going to happen, if you want to believe the Bible. It will be an asteroid, I think, hitting in one of the major seas. It [...]

• Pat Robertson: Muslims Will Meet Jesus

  There were so many juicy soundbites from Pat Robertson’s latest appearance on MSNBC’s Scarborough Country that I am going to deliver every single one. Well, already in the Muslim world, people are seeing visions of Jesus. It’s one of the most dramatic things. We are doing actually a TV show on it, because so many [...]

• Pat Robertson Insists That I Will Die

  There were so many juicy soundbites from Pat Robertson’s latest appearance on MSNBC’s Scarborough Country that I am going to deliver every single one. First, on the subject of natural disasters: But the truth is, Joe, that natural disasters will happen on this planet. It was one of a subduction of one of the tectonic [...]

• Plagiarism in the (Washington) Times

  My most recent post discussed the newspapers I read to gather my information. I also mentioned that conservative newspapers are faux-news publications and I will not read them. But it is certainly fun stumbling upon examples of outright distortions and plagiarism in those conservative publications. To the Times we go, the Washington Times, that is. [...]

• Newspapers I Read

  The following is a list of the primary newspapers I read (not everyday of course) and use as reference. I apologize if this list isn’t as diverse as one may have hoped. I only considered hard-news organizations when making my list of the five newspapers I read. And I don’t include faux-news (or conservative newspapers) [...]

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