Learning From Example: Someone else doesn't have to walk
"We've made people so frightened of doing their jobs because they have to be
politically correct that they avoid the obvious, Al Qaeda is not an
equal-opportunity employer."
-Rep. Mark Foley, (R-Fla)
Did U-Turn? There's a lot on the board regarding what some took as
Bush's
U-turn on global warming. The best commentary (as usual) is Andrew
Sullivan's. Everybody
take a deep breath and do a little homework
on a
basically boring subject. It's only fair. Andrew further comments on the
Ken Auletta piece in the current New Yorker on new NYTimes honcho, Howell
"Mullah Omar" Raines. Read that, too, rather than the original. That will
save time to sort of the whole global warming thing.
Reading Is Fundamental: Seems Shoe Bomber Richard Reed is pitching a
fit in
prison because his Time magazine is being snipped up by censors.
How come he gets Time anyway?
Why can't be make do with Jugs like everyone else in
there?
Lost In The Translation: The New York Post (and USA Today) report
that the
CIA goofed on 9/11 warnings because could not figure out what remarks such
as
"Something big is happening" and "Tomorrow will be a great day for us"
meant
until it was too late. Clearly they were waiting for someone to mutter down
his cellphone, "We are bombing the World Trade Center around 9. Meet us at
Logan airport."
Trial Traction: The "Kennedy Cousin" trial of Michael Skakel finally
sparked to life yesterday. Bobby, Jr. showed up for the first time and the
prosecution blind-sided Skakel's Oh-So-Cool defense attorney, Mickey Sherman
with a summation that had the Skakel side reeling
as the case went to the
jury. Nonetheless, Igor's Ldot office poll has Skakel walking - make that
limping - away. Somehow this one didn't have the charm of the William
Kennedy
Smith rape trial.
While Oprah Wept: Remember the recent Academy Awards that the
Hollywood
establishment turned into a modern version of the Dark Town Strutters Ball?
Richard Roeper, in the Chicago Sun Times takes a deeper look at
what's really happening to black stars.
Interesting piece for all hypocrisy spotters.
Auletta Cliff Notes:
Editor and Publisher Online gives you the highlights
of
the much chattered about Ken Auletta deconstruction of the "new" NYTimes.
If you want to know why you should care - just examine what their handling
of
the global warming story has done to the last news cycle. Sadly, what the
NYTimes does matters deeply.
-Your Sober Minded LComStaff
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