Random Notes July 2004
Outrageous! Tonight on The Dennis Miller Show, Lawrence O'Donnell, chief politcal correspondent for MSNBC, and head writer for The West Wing spoke the N-word. He did not say "N-word", he spoke the word. I hate the word when spoken by anyone! And, I hate the double standard that will protect him now. If you think there is no double standard then tell me one context where a conservative white man can use the word without being called a racist? And, then tell me why O'Donnell isn't also a racist for using the word? The answer to the first question is never; the answer to the second is that O'Donnell owes an apology, at the least.
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By now you must have heard that a Las Vegas casino fired Linda Ronstadt for dedicating a song to Michael Moore. The funniest line about this story came from left wing nut job John Lezuigamo. He noted how strange it was for a supporter of Moore's to dedicate the song "Desperado" to Moore, after all, he recalled, the song begins with the words; "Desperado, why don't you come to your senses".
This new web site, styled after the Drudge Report, is debunking Michael Moore's propaganda film.
hat tip Aaron's Rantblog
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I blogged earlier about a flight during which 14 Syrians caused a stir among their fellow passengers. Since that time, I have seen many sites questioning the veracity of the story, many indicating that, to them, it seemed too strange to be true. Tonight, on Scarborough Country, the story was verified. Believe it, it happened.
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Sunday, on Meet The Press, Robert Byrd, the aged Senator who now sports white hair where he once sported a white hood, told Tim Russert that many Senators and Congressmen voted to support the war out of fear. Russert asked if that doesn't make "John Kerry a coward?" Byrd's actual words in attempting to deflect the charge were not memorable.
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Did I mention that there is a precedent for the treatment Whoopi Golberg received? It happened thirty years ago.
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Oh, and is there a more vile cultural group than rappers?
hat tip : Aaron's Rantblog
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Over at Celluoid-Wisdom, (in spite of the building noise about legal action if the election goes south for the Demo(n)crats), they retain a sense of humor;
In the time it takes you to read this post, Al Gore will have thought back to the 2000 elections 677 times. In 39 of those instances, he admits to himself that he deserved to lose; in the other 638 instances, he soundly thrashes Dubya and Cheney using Matrix-style aerial Kung-fu techniques he’s learned from his secret concubine, Lucy Liu.
Now, you tell me, are you certain that scenario is fiction?
