Kevin Drum does not like a Scheer column in the LA Times today: If this were written for a liberal blog or The Nation it would be fine. But it’s not. It’s a column written for the mainstream press, and I doubt that even one single LA Times reader and certainly not one single [...]
Archive for September 21st, 2004
Immoderation is Not Always a Vice
Posted in Culture on September 21, 2004 | 11 Comments »
Driving Cadillacs For God
Posted in Religion on September 21, 2004 | 2 Comments »
Bubba has a link to an LA Times article describing the scam that is Trinity Broadcasting: Pastor Paul Crouch calls it “God’s economy of giving,” and here is how it works: People who donate to Crouch’s Trinity Broadcasting Network will reap financial blessings from a grateful God. The more they give TBN, the more he [...]
Kerry Will Probably Lose The Debates
Posted in Politics on September 21, 2004 | 4 Comments »
Kos and Matthew are correct: Kerry is at a serious disadvantage going into the debates. Bush and his speech writers are very good at the sound bite, primarily because they don’t have to deal with reality. In a debate that does not allow for follow-up questions, does not allow for direct questioning by the participants, [...]
Vegas, Baby! (Day 1)
Posted in I do too have a life on September 21, 2004 | 1 Comment »
Occasionally, my job has its “perks.” In this case, I got sent to a convention in Las Vegas (read: Lost Wages). I’d never been to Vegas before, so I figured “what the hell!” Now, I’m not a gambler, and have never been a big fan of Vegas-style shows, but there’s supposedly a lot more to [...]
War as Politics by Other Means
Posted in Iraq on September 21, 2004 | 1 Comment »
Matt Yglesias nails it: By the same token, of course, events in Iraq will affect the election in the United States. Recent reports of a deterioration of the American position threaten to derail the Bush campaign, hence the effort to perform a little jujitsu and make the argument that the worsening situation is a token [...]
Give to the DCCC
Posted in Politics on September 21, 2004 | Comments Off
Yes, its beg for money time. This is a political blog, and it is the middle of the campaign season. You cannot give to Kerry anymore, so I am going to ask that you give to the DCCC. That is the organization that attempts to elect Democrats to the House of Representatives. A President Kerry [...]
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