When Erich “Mancow” Muller decided to be waterboarded he thought it would give him authority to condone it. What he got was a traumatic epiphany against the use of waterboarding. He now regards it as torture.
When Erich “Mancow” Muller decided to be waterboarded he thought it would give him authority to condone it. What he got was a traumatic epiphany against the use of waterboarding. He now regards it as torture.
I just received an email from the office of Dick Durbin (D-Il). In it Mr. Durbin described his approach to an independent truth commission regarding U.S. policy of torture.
So here she is, the big pick, the firebrand liberal to offset Scalia. Right? Eh… not so much. Sorry NPR, UCLA, Amnesty International, etc, but you don’t have a new flag bearer.
But she’s probably not going to see many cocktail dinners with the Bush family either. Truth is, neither wing is particularly enamoured with her. True, Fox anchors despise her and MSNBC commentators fall over their own compliments for Obama’s newest choice. But the people who have a choice in the matter aren’t so strongly poised.
Ever the rabble-rouser in life, George Carlin’s rants still echo in the ears of many Liberals and cynics. But, with all the mud-slinging by both sides, one of his performances rings bi-partisan and true. I’m sure Carlin would resent me saying that on some level.
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Whether you want to express your discontent with the bailouts, win $27,599, or even both, you may want to check out Right.org’s new video contest. The bailouts, unpopular with people on both sides of the aisle, should spawn some very interesting contest videos. This video contest is even popular enough to be featured on the front page of the GOP official blog.
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Politico’s Ben Smith just ran an interesting piece on conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer. Smith describes Krauthammer as “a coherent, sophisticated and implacable critic of the new president.” Here’s Krauthammer in an interview on Fox.
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In this piece Keith Olbermann seems to intentionally erase the line between investigative journalism and privacy invasion. Now, granted, that line can get blurry all on its own. But Olbermann may be jumping the gun a bit on this one.
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In the interest of fairness, I present to you the Democrat response to the latest Republican web video. It’s a doozy. Check it out after the jump.
The Republican National Committee just released a new video on the internet yesterday (May 18th). I’ll get out of the way on this one. Watch the video after the jump.
