Tuesday, January 03, 2006

A Little-a-This, A Little-a-That

I swear, my two-year-old is running my ass ragged. By the time I get a breather at night, I have all the wit of a goldfish.

Many thanks to those that posted New Year's wishes -- greatly appreciated. And a special thanks to Disgusted in St. Louis for the photohop magic -- you ROCK!

If all, what, 4? of you show up tonight, treat this as an open thread.

Here's a few morsels for ya:

Does Digby ever have an off day? Somehow, I doubt it.

Fasten your seatbelts. The press is surely under tremendous pressure from the Republicans to report this as a bi-partisan scandal and they are already buckling under. But that doesn't change the fact that this is a GOP operation from the get --- and they know it.

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This characterization of the scandal as being "bi-partisan" is typical bad mainstream journalism, particularly the emphasis they are placing on the very small handful of Democrats who've even been mentioned (much less included in any legal procedings.) Not only are they creating some equity and illegality where none exists, by doing it they are missing the real story, as usual.

This isn't a story about power corrupting or about a few bad apples. This is about a corrupt political machine --- a system of money laundering and public corruption on behalf of one political party. It's about a party that has used every tool at its disposal to legally and illegally enrich itself and enhance its power. It's right there. It's unravelling before our eyes.


Fucking brilliant: You don't have to a sociopath to be Republican, but it helps. (hat tip C&L)

I'm seriously thinking of ordering this as a bumper sticker.

In case you missed any mentions of it, turns out Mel Gibson is something of a dolt. Oh well. I'll probably still see The New World.

If any of you have had the displeasure of speaking to a wingnut that cites publications like World Net Daily as gospel, you'll like ConWebWatch. When I'm in such a revolting position, the amount of crap contained in such "references" is enough to make my hair hurt and I honestly can't be bothered to reply in detail about why virtually every sentence is wrong. Thanks to these nifty Internets, I (we) have a little help in that area. Enjoy.

4 comments:

KCB said...

My younger son turns two next week. My brain is very, very tired. Loved the Republican/sociopath piece. Ang has a nice post on how many Bush minions it takes to change a lightbulb.

tmp00 said...

Ahhh Mel Gibson. Gotta love it when Celebs jump the sofa.... I guess that dear Mel decided that now that Tom Cruise hired a real publicist complete with an office and a dart gun (filled with Niacin, Tom, don't worry), he can step in to fill those loony celeb shoes.

Disgusted in St. Louis said...

Thanks for the shoutout CB.

You might want to check out the Hanukkah card I got from Jack Abramoff.

kcb,
As long you brought up BushCo and lightbulb changing, here's my contribution:

Q: How many Bush cronies does it take to change a lightbulb?

A: Forget about it because none of them know how to fix it!

Lily said...

Digby rocks, and I don't think he has off days. But then, for him its a real gig. Happy 2006.