Is it just me, or has The Colbert Report really started to find its legs in this new season? And on a semi-related note, anyone who still thinks The Daily Show is unfairly hard on conservatives while going unfairly easy on liberals didn’t see Tuesday night’s episode.
Archive for January 17th, 2006
Colbert Nation
Posted in Culture, I do too have a life on January 17, 2006 | 3 Comments »
MLK Day Bleg
Posted in Holiday on January 17, 2006 | Comments Off
During MLK weekend, one of the local Memphis radio stations (WRBO Soul Classics 103.5) aired a statement from Kweisi Mfume about honoring King’s memory honestly. It was an excellent statement, and talked about neither overstating nor understating King’s impact, or the work still to be done. Unfortunately, I can’t find a transcript of it anywhere. [...]
All the News That's Fit to ….
Posted in Politics on January 17, 2006 | Comments Off
…. ummm …. ignore?
Darfur: Sudan Says Forces Unwelcome
Posted in Darfur on January 17, 2006 | Comments Off
The Sudanese government is drawing a line in the sand: KHARTOUM, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Sudan on Friday rejected a suggestion by U.N. head Kofi Annan that U.S. and European troops be sent to Darfur, saying the international community should give more cash to African forces already on the ground. “We think that the African [...]
Peyton Manning is supposed to be the greatest quarterback in the NFL. He throws the ball with zip and accuracy and he calls his own plays at the line of scrimmage. He has the NFL single season record for touchdown passes and if he plays long enough he is close to certain to own the [...]
Strict Construction My Ass
Posted in Legal Issues on January 17, 2006 | 20 Comments »
Guess who voted against Oregon’s state rights! You guessed it: Scalia, Thomas, and Roberts. When you show me the part of the Constitution that enumerates the federal government’s power to regulate in-state medical issues, I’ll let you go back to arguing that Scalia and Thomas are OI strict constructionists. Until then, it looks to me [...]
Bush's Drug Plan a Disaster
Posted in Health, Politics on January 17, 2006 | Comments Off
This is what happens when your administration cars more about image than substance: Despite these problems, Dr. McClellan said, Medicare is now covering one million prescriptions a day. With the latest corrective actions, he said, “all beneficiaries should be able to get their prescriptions filled.” In the past, such predictions proved to be premature. New [...]
Crazy Like Al Gore
Posted in Politics on January 17, 2006 | Comments Off
I think Gore is exactly correct here: A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government. Our Founding Fathers were adamant that they had established a government of laws and not men. Indeed, they recognized that the structure of government they had enshrined in our Constitution – our [...]
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