Category: Edgewise
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what would Mr. Rogers do?
can you say “habeas corpus“? What if King Friday got taken away to a secret jail in the middle of the ocean by the Central Intelligence Agency? And the government said King Friday could not file a writ of habeas corpus because he had no rights. Because Congress just happened to sort of incidentally take…
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red dwarf exits red america
Post.com Blogger Quits Amid Furor “When I was 17, I was certainly sloppy,” said Domenech, who did not graduate from college. “If I had paid more attention, none of these problems would have happened.” Is this statement: False__ Plagiarized__ Really stupid__ (what score did WashPost’s Jim Brady get?)
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Color Theory: “Red America” and “Red Dawn”
Edgewise readers are probably familiar with the story of the Washington Post Online’s new right-wing blog, “Red America,” written by a 24-year-old sometime Republican speechwriter named Ben Domenech, who also runs the RedState.org site. Various writers at Daily Kos & eslewhere have detailed the various aspects that make his hiring so egregious — that a…
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Does the Bush team need fresh blood? Part II
The Bush team has no difficulty infusing fresh blood; they generate it in vast quantities and on a global scale. But the political problem remains: they flame out when exposed to daylight, and they can’t see their own reflection in a mirror. Dead giveaway.
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Crybabies grow up to be conservatives
According to this study it’s the anxiety and paranoia that breeds a conservative.
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Shake-up? Does the Bush team need fresh blood?
Cheney Dismisses Suggestions of Shake-Up Associated Press “Senior Republicans and others have said the Bush team may need an infusion of fresh blood…” DKo: Well, there’s always corporate Middle Management. They haven’t bled them completely dry just yet.