Der Reichstag (Parliament Building)
Die Waschmaschine (Germany's White House, Berliner's call it a 'Laundry Machine' because it looks like one)
May 20, 2009
Stewart, Colbert, and O’Reilly
If you haven’t seen these, here are some must-see Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert vs. Bill O’Reilly interviews. We’ll start out with the one where Bill talks about the “stoned slackers” who watch the Daily Show:
And here’s Bill visiting the Daily Show:
April 29, 2009
The Best of Glenn Beck
Some of my friends have not watched these so I’ve compiled them here for all to see. Enjoy!
First, here’s the one where he tells us about his “gut feeling” that Mexico is going to collapse. Oh, yea, and then he cries:
April 28, 2009
Why CNN is losing
The New York Times published a piece yesterday about CNN’s recent woes as it has fallen behind MSNBC and Fox News in the cable news rankings. The piece suggests that CNN’s less-biased middle-of-the-road approach seems to be losing out to MSNBC and Fox’s model of opinion-infused content. The question seems to be, would CNN be more succesful if it sold the remaining pieces of its soul and joined the orgy of partisan programming that now fills the primetime slots at MSNBC and Fox?
April 1, 2009
How Did Liberal Opposition Affect The Iraq War?
I apologize for not posting in so long. The semester is winding down though, which means I will soon face the real world! And until I get a job (would you like to hire me?) I should have some time to blog!
This bloggingheads.tv clip focuses on a question I find fascinating. The question is “Did liberal opposition help or harm the Iraq war effort?” I think this is a critical question that the media has yet to address–and probably never will. I think you can’t deny that the Liberal push to get out of Iraq (2006 elections–remember?) did in fact put a lot of pressure on the Pentagon, Iraqi forces, and Iraq’s government, and signaled to them that US forces may in fact be leaving Iraq in the near future. Did this have a positive impact on our mission in Iraq? The anti-war movement was of course matched with the Bush administration’s refusal to pull out any troops, which, when taking into account the relative success of the “surge” (which, of course, may be temporary–but for now has stabilized Iraq) was not necessarily a bad thing. Could it be that the combination of extreme political pressure to get out, with an administration that refused to do so was exactly what was needed? I wonder how we will look back on this chapter of the Iraq War.
February 4, 2009
The View, Daschle, and “Green”
Fasten your seatbelts, I’m going to mention three completely seperate topics in one post. I start with a challenge to you all. For how long can you watch this clip of “The View” before you have to stop.
So my question to you is: Why is this on TV? I mean, Rush Limbaugh is an idiot but watching this blabber is pretty unbearable. Unless, of course, you interpret it as comedy.
January 31, 2009
Two winners!
Nick and Dave, you both made great comments on my “Simple Math” post, and therefore I will be giving you EACH a free IDTIK shirt! I’m doing this since there were only two comments and both of them were worthy. I don’t have time to respond right now but I will ASAP!
ciao
January 10, 2009
T-Shirt #3
This week’s free IDTIK shirt goes to:
Edward Brown
Edward, I loved your comparison of Obama’s “dire straits” dictum and Bush’s “irrational exuberance”–what a great way of articulating the two opposites.
Doug, you also had a great line: “Living under Bush was like living in the twilight zone in terms of the discrepency between reality and the statements of the Administration.”
Thanks for the great comments guys!
Another shirt goes out on friday! Let’s make it a little more competitive!
UPDATE:
The next shirt will not be given out until Friday the 23rd! I’ve been busy getting back to school and starting my new internship at the Governor’s press office!
