Archive | December, 2005
I guess I just don’t get it…
A reminder to I.D. readers that the I.R. doesn’t care for blogs and there has been an interesting on-again-off-again dialogue between the I.R. and some Montana bloggers. Looking at the this article, I have to wonder if I am not just reading the print version of a blog. Our previous insight on this issue appears here.
Continue reading...Okay…So Some People Really Hate Blogs
31. December 2005
Kathleen Parker hates blogs. So, it seems, does Michael Lenehan (PDF), but his article is at least thought-provoking. In addition to calling them ‘our’ new enemy, Parker compares blogs to al-Qaida, writing: It is this latter — our new enemies — that interests me most. I don’t mean al-Qaida or Osama bin Laden, but the less visible, [...]
Continue reading...Mark Racicot: Funny Stuff
30. December 2005
I remember Mark Racicot being one of the most humorless politicians I have ever seen in action. Bland, not terribly intellectual, no real sense of humor. Turns out I was wrong about the last part: this guy is funny. Actually visiting Montana, Racicot had this insight to offer: “It’s a tough agenda,” he said. “This is a [...]
Continue reading...Holloway-Rove
30. December 2005
I thought I would go back and check the issue that probably got me started on this blog, the media’s coverage of Natalee Holloway and Karl Rove’s potential involvement in Plamegate. Based on MSNBC and Faux coverage, one would assume that Natalee would still be in the lead, but is she? Back on July 5th, I [...]
Continue reading...The IR on the Abramhoff editorial correction
30. December 2005
Jason Mohr at the IR has some insight on the recent Bill Skidmore editorial about Abramhoff, Burns, and Baucus. He seems less than impressed with us: But bloggers would probably give me a different finger, ‘cause bashing the IR has to be a helluva lot more fun.
Continue reading...The Independent Media and Bush-Cheney
29. December 2005
Andrew Sullivan points out this high-quality piece of GOP propaganda in the Washington Times today. Vice President Dick Cheney has grown closer to President Bush as the two men prepare for their sixth year in office, according to White House officials who scoff at press speculation of a rift. “I don’t think the relationship is strained at [...]
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