Author: briggs
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Media Monkeys & Red Star Republicans
….as in See No Evil, etc. Has anybody noticed that the Bush campaign stops all seem to take place in the same room? And that the media show only the podium-shots of Kerry and Bush as if they were both addressing actual crowds of people? Have you also noticed that the Bush “campaign speeches” include…
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Of Thee I Sing
We have just come back from the grand Grand Lake Theater after seeing Farenheit 911, the Michael Moore paen to America. Yes, it is. And perhaps also to mothers who weep when their children die in wars that are unnecessary. The people are flocking to see this movie because everyone is talking about it, not…
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a modest proposal
“Recalling Anguish in 2000, Kerry Is Mum on His No. 2” reads the NYTimes piece (Sat. June 19) by David M. Halbfinger. “I don’t think John went through life fantasizing about being on the ticket as vice president,” an associate comments. Why not? Because being vice president, according to one former incumbent of the job,…
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Toad Pride
This just in from San Diego (North Baja or South California, depending): A federal appeals court has rejected a developer’s plans to build a large housing development in inland North County because it would likely jeopardize a small, endangered toad. Well, kinda. More like there is already a “housing development” there but nobody sees it…