Categories: Current Affairs, Legal Nonsense, Mainstream Media Narcolepsy, War on Christmas, Why my God is better than your God (or your non-God)
Sorry, but some things are just mind-boggling...
by Graham 
Here is an extract from a CNN transcript of a Q&A with President Bush this week:
GEORGE W. BUSH, PRES. OF THE U.S.: That's what they pass to become law. Here's where we are. I said, get a bill to me as quickly as you can.
I believe they committed… more »
04/20/07 12:17:47 pm, The firing of Don Imus...
by Graham
..reminds me of the lawyer joke:
Q. What do you call 5000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?
A. A good start...
While Imus' remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team were gratuitously offensive, my question to the media is: have you only… more »
Blogger - Media exchanges
by Graham
A lot of the interactions between bloggers and the media are fairly, (how can I put this) spiky. Numerous media figures have publicly complained about "uncivil", "angry" bloggers, often after a swarm of bloggers have picked over a news story and believe… more »
Every so often...
by Graham
...I find visuals on the Internet where you wonder "what were they thinking?". Here is one example...There may be a couple of Darwin Award candidates appearing in this video... more »
Interesting article about fallacies in the "Iraq surge" supporters arguments
by Graham
The Washington Post still continues to engage in cheer-leading for the "Surge" - see Glenn Greenwald's latest analysis of Robert Kagan's article (which, by the way, totally fails to mention that Robert Kagan is the brother of Frederick Kagan, one of the… more »
The Guide to Civility
by Graham
The media and talking heads in the USA are apparently fixated on civility, at the expense of accuracy, content and intent. It appears that implying that a Democratic presidential candidate is a "faggot" is sort-of-OK, and suggesting that somebody might l… more »
Characteristics of a Media Doofus
by Graham
Sometimes frustration forces you to write something...
After grinding my teeth for months about the sheer laziness, ineptitude and general lack of basic professionalism and intelligence being shown by a lot of people working in established mainstream me… more »
Time Blogs at Swampland - Joe Klein
by Graham
For the last few months, some of the journalists at Time magazine have been dipping their toe into blogging via their Swampland website.
This is proving to be an interesting and often frustrating experience for those of us who drop by Swampland every s… more »
Online book - The Authoritarians
by Graham
Disclaimer - I do not have time to read this at present, howeverm it does look interesting. more »
Hillary Clinton - a low-credibility candidate
by Graham
On Swampland there is a short article by Joe Klein in which he expresses amazement at the groundswell demands for contrition from Hillary Clinton over her vote in favour of the campaign against Iraq in 2002. He writes:
I don't think she has anything to… more »