Archive for February 2006

The monthlies.

• In the News

  - It begins… The Supreme Court, with new faces Roberts and Alito, considers the constitutionality of late-term abortions. – And the poverty line is in flux: “A single parent making $13,000 a year is living above the poverty line, while someone with a $1 million house who takes a year off work to travel the [...]

• Paul Hackett Redux

  Jake Tapper has asked his readers to comment on the Paul Hackett story. I obliged… I noted on my blog when the news that Hackett resigned: “As the republican vice president shoots his hunting buddy in the face, the democrats shoot their Senate hopes in the foot, forcing Iraq war veteran Paul Hackett Hackett ‘to [...]

• Populist Culture: Samuel L. Jackson

  The first of possibly many posts on pop culture. Samuel L. Jackson has only had major roles in two good movies: Pulp Fiction and Die Hard: With A Vengeance. That’s right, I said it: Samuel L. Jackson is not a great actor, despite what people tell you. He is good, but not great, and he [...]

• Populist Culture

  I have been thinking. I have, for the most part, discussed politics and politics alone on this blog, with the semi-rare occasional blog post on sports. But it is not as if I don’t have seemingly-endless opinions on popular culture, as well. And I do not wish to convey an image of myself that suggests [...]

• President’s Day

  Today is President’s Day. What used to be two holidays, the celebrations of both Abraham Lincoln’s and George Washington’s birthday, it has since been truncated to one day. The good thing: even us in the private sector get this Monday off. But that surely doesn’t mean I haven’t been thinking about the blog. Of course [...]

• They Might Look Like Fools [reyonthehill does dc]

  The rabid prolife protestors outside of the Supreme Court may look like fools, but they are an integral part of the unique American system, and that is a good thing. Even though they are lunatics, apathy is worse than religious fanaticism, albeit less dangerous. (Now, let’s go on and eat.) The next installment of the [...]

• In the News

  - Forget the Tour de France, the best cyclists are preparing for the Tour of California. – Apple resorts to petry to halt would-be hackers: “Your karma check for today: There once was a user that whined/his existing OS was so blind/he’d do better to pirate/an OS that ran great/but found his hardware declined./Please don’t [...]

• Selling Their Souls

  Jake Tapper asked his readers to opine on a variety of issues, and I chose to comment on the idea that “once-idealistic internet companies have sold their souls to the devil…“ I will try to tackle issue number three. The internet companies have had to sell their souls to validify their operations to their stockholders [...]

• In the News

  - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff do not have email accounts, not even one of those free Gmail accounts. In the fast-paced world of communication and the convenience of Blackberries and cellphones, this is unacceptable. (Or is it?) – Amazon will try its hand at competing with Apple’s iPod by [...]

• Not In Session [reyonthehill does dc]

  While inside the Supreme Court building, the rabid prolife protestors were busy demonstrating outside, even though the Court was not in session. The next installment of the “reyonthehill does dc” project… “Not In Session” (18 seconds) Click above to play movie. Quicktime required (free).

• Bill Clinton Rips On Cheney

  I can’t get enough of it… CBS News has published the report filed by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department… Image: CBS News And Bill Clinton took a shot at the vice president, as well: “They raise the quail on a farm. It’s hardly a sport. The quail are slow. You have to stomp on [...]

• In the News

  - Dick Cheney will come clean in an interview with Fox News (surprise) today. Reportedly, the White House urged the vice president to report the news on Sunday, but the veep decided against it, allowing “witness Katharine Armstrong to make the information public. Armstrong is the daughter of a former Halliburton official who hired Cheney [...]

• Right-Wingers Attack Jake Tapper’s Blog; I Defend

  One of my favorite blogs, and the only blog I take the time to comment on (except for the occassional Daily Kos and Huffington Post comment), is Jake Tapper’s Down and Dirty at ABC News. The most pressing story of late, duh, is the “Cheney-shooting-hunting-buddy-in-the-face” thing, and Jake, as a member of the media, has [...]

• Bush v. Gore [reyonthehill does dc]

  Inside the Supreme Court building, we made our way to the main courtroom (I mean the only courtroom) in the next installment of the “reyonthehill does dc” project… “Bush v. Gore” (25 seconds) Click above to play movie. Quicktime required (free).

• In the News

  - Cheney has been cited for violating a Texas hunting law, failing “to buy a $7 stamp allowing them to shoot upland game birds.” Seven dollars… – As the republican vice president shoots his hunting buddy in the face, the democrats shoot their Senate hopes in the foot, forcing Iraq war veteran Paul Hackett Hackett [...]

• Toles On Cheney’s Fine Work

  As David Gregory of NBC News pressed Scott McClellan yesterday, “Let’s be clear here: The vice president of the United States accidentally shoots a man…” Toles… (Click on image for full cartoon.) Image: Yahoo!

• Comment Spam… Finally

  Is this a sign that I have made it… Over the past few (I guess it is many) months, the people who bring Blogger technology have employed several new avenues to combat comment spam. I never really thought it was an issue, and I have made an effort to keep the comment process on this [...]

• Bloggers-Turned-Journalists-Turned-Plagiarizers

  The future of bloggers-turned-journalists will not be bright if bloggers-turned-journalists forget that journalists must adhere to journalistic guidelines and ethics. Take, for example, the story of the right-wing blogger, Eric Pfeiffer, who now works for the esteemed Washington Times, and has previously spent a very dull week blogging at the once-popular Wonkette. Pfeiffer has been [...]

• In the News

  - The DC smoking ban affects everyone except Congress. – If bugs have a role in the creation of alternative sources of energy, I just may have to rethink this “intelligent design” theory (just kidding). – If you innocently and accidently shot someone while hunting, and you happened to be the vice president, and in [...]

• ABC News One-Ups Yahoo!

  Someone can, and no-doubtedly will, create a blog solely dedicated to this headline. ABC News has an even better headline/graphic of the Greatest. Headline. Ever. Image: ABC News

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