Monday, October 8, 2007
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Grandpa Fred and the Commies
A quick example of how far the GOP is fallen: Fred Thompson, who at this point is probably one of their top 5 candidates for 2008, is worried about the Soviet Union, among other things. This guy probably wakes up, throws his false teeth out the window, and sticks his alarm clock in his mouth.
FO gives a rundown of the best quotes from around the NFL this week - it always makes for a funny column.
I didn't have a chance to watch it, but Stupid in America sounds like a pretty excellent documentary. You can watch the whole thing through the link. Not to get too much into it, but I think the main problem with American education isn't time, money, or curriculum (although those are all factors). It's simply that many people today - not just school-age kids - are too complacent about their place in the world, and don't understand how to better their situation. Please, if you only read one book in the next year, read Dark Ages America.
Those dirty Marxists, with their sensible ideas!
FO gives a rundown of the best quotes from around the NFL this week - it always makes for a funny column.
I didn't have a chance to watch it, but Stupid in America sounds like a pretty excellent documentary. You can watch the whole thing through the link. Not to get too much into it, but I think the main problem with American education isn't time, money, or curriculum (although those are all factors). It's simply that many people today - not just school-age kids - are too complacent about their place in the world, and don't understand how to better their situation. Please, if you only read one book in the next year, read Dark Ages America.
Those dirty Marxists, with their sensible ideas!
James Dobson is... awesome?
KSK writes a hilarious preview of this weekend's Lions-Redskins game... does god like Jon Kitna or Joe Gibbs better?
Mmm... anesthetic. One shot and you're south of the border!
Get Fuzzy has a great strip about cats and life that particularly resonates to us students.
MGoBlog reviews the Michigan offense, or lack thereof, against Northwestern.
The Daily Show has a great clip on the history of Blackwater (Windows Media or QuickTime).
The NY Times has a great tip for purchasing travel (and probably travel in general): pretend you're not American.
WWJDD - What will James Dobson Do if both the Dems and the GOP nominate pro-fetus-killing candidates? Answer: poop their pants, then throw away their votes! Good news for all!
More on Bush's reasons for vetoing the SCHIP child health care bill. Basically, it's too expensive. After all, it would have spent $30 billion more than he wanted over 5 years, and that money would be much better spent on spending another month in Iraq. Those poor kids might be sick as hell, but by god, Saddam isn't going to get them!
Finally, a bill is being considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee that would protect journalists from subpoenas. It's a good idea because we can't have any governmental officials trying to intimidate reporters into silence, although I have no idea who would even dream of doing that...
Mmm... anesthetic. One shot and you're south of the border!
Get Fuzzy has a great strip about cats and life that particularly resonates to us students.
MGoBlog reviews the Michigan offense, or lack thereof, against Northwestern.
The Daily Show has a great clip on the history of Blackwater (Windows Media or QuickTime).
The NY Times has a great tip for purchasing travel (and probably travel in general): pretend you're not American.
WWJDD - What will James Dobson Do if both the Dems and the GOP nominate pro-fetus-killing candidates? Answer: poop their pants, then throw away their votes! Good news for all!
More on Bush's reasons for vetoing the SCHIP child health care bill. Basically, it's too expensive. After all, it would have spent $30 billion more than he wanted over 5 years, and that money would be much better spent on spending another month in Iraq. Those poor kids might be sick as hell, but by god, Saddam isn't going to get them!
Finally, a bill is being considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee that would protect journalists from subpoenas. It's a good idea because we can't have any governmental officials trying to intimidate reporters into silence, although I have no idea who would even dream of doing that...
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Nukes, Burma, and Republicans
Nuclear war between, say, India and Pakistan would be really bad, says the New Scientist. Like, a-billion-people-dead bad.
Tim Patterson hands us some first-person narratives of travel to Burma from his new seat as editor of Brave New Traveler. It's not every day you get to see a revolution in progress, so may as well get a sense for the country.
Daily Kos gives a nice crystallization of the reason private armies like Blackwater (and many other government-provided services) logically don't work. Hint - it has to do with incentives. I thought Republicans were supposed to be good at that kind of stuff.
On a roll, Daily Kos tells how Bush made the awesome decision to veto a bill that would have taxed cigarette companies to pay for health insurance for poor children. On the way out of the Oval Office, he clubbed a baby seal and gave smallpox-infected blankets to several war veterans. Seriously, sometimes I can't think of any explanation for this guy's behavior other than that he's trying to be a dick.
Finally, Slate tells you how to sound intelligent when talking about the baseball playoffs.
Tim Patterson hands us some first-person narratives of travel to Burma from his new seat as editor of Brave New Traveler. It's not every day you get to see a revolution in progress, so may as well get a sense for the country.
Daily Kos gives a nice crystallization of the reason private armies like Blackwater (and many other government-provided services) logically don't work. Hint - it has to do with incentives. I thought Republicans were supposed to be good at that kind of stuff.
On a roll, Daily Kos tells how Bush made the awesome decision to veto a bill that would have taxed cigarette companies to pay for health insurance for poor children. On the way out of the Oval Office, he clubbed a baby seal and gave smallpox-infected blankets to several war veterans. Seriously, sometimes I can't think of any explanation for this guy's behavior other than that he's trying to be a dick.
Finally, Slate tells you how to sound intelligent when talking about the baseball playoffs.
Take 2
This is my second foray into the blogosphere. The first one ended for two reasons: because I didn't have enough time, and because I have conceptual issues with the "editorial news" format. This time around will be more about links and random thoughts, and less about news analysis.
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