Archive for December 29th, 2009
The Great Big End of Year Polling Post
This has been a year of transition. We saw in 2009 the first non-white President take office, markets came crashing down, jobs lost, political parties realigning themselves and lots of people angry about either what they want their government to give them or what they don’t want from government. Blogs have sprung up and blogs have shut down and some have been reshuffled. An entire industry has departed Delaware, and new ones are showing some green shoots through the scarred landscape.
Hypocrisy Alert!
How did I miss this? Mr. Traditional Marriage, Karl Rove, gets divorced. And… it isn’t his first one. Oh, sweet hypocrisy! So much for those traditional little clauses, such as: “till death do us part” and “that which God has brought together, let no man put asunder.”
Let Me Be The First To Say… This Will Fail
Tucker Carlson is planning to start a blog to rival Huffington Post. And, right away, he tells us what to expect. He said that he wants to emphasize original reporting. “We don’t simply want to be parasites of other news sites,” he said. “We want to be creators of news,” though he added, “We’re not […]
Bulo Remembers 2009-The Year in Television
Before this couch potato goes to the ‘experts’, my #1 viewing experience this year was without a doubt the Obama Inauguration. A truly historic and inspirational event well-covered. Made even better by the booing of the wheelchair-bound (did he think he’d get sympathy by pulling that stunt?) Dick Cheney. TV Reference: Dick Cheney as Guy […]
If an actual Socialist can support HCR, why can’t the purists?
By now, you are all aware that the division between purists and pragmatists among us liberals and Democrats has reached the calm shores of Delaware Liberal. Now, I speak only for myself here, but one of the reasons I feel so angry at the purists is all the good the bill does do, which the […]
The Next Battle – Cap and Trade
This isn’t looking good. Via Matt Yglesias: Lisa Lerer’s Politico piece on how moderate Senate Democrats don’t want to do a cap-and-trade bill is extremely frustrating. Neither Mary Landrieu nor Ben Nelson nor Evan Bayh nor Kent Conrad nor Mark Pryor seems to want to say that they don’t think climate change is real. Nor […]
Best TV and Songs from the Decade of Hell
Not since the 1930’s and 1940’s has America suffered so many tragedies and challenges, whether they be in the form of economic collapse, an enemy attack and resulting war, or natural disaster. This decade, which I hereby declare to named the Two Thousands just because the other names Aughts or Oughts are stupid sounding, is […]
Fix This
By now you’ve probably all heard about the attempted terror incident on NW 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day. The accused terrorist wannabe, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, is the son of a Nigerian banker. He had a valid U.S. Visa issued in 2007 (obviously Obama’s fault). He was carrying 80 grams of PETN explosive […]
A Modest Proposal for the Media
One of my favorite media critics/scholars is Jay Rosen who has a proposal for fixing the mess that is the Sunday talk shows:
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