Author Archives: John Wallenfeldt

Help Harry get 60 votes! | Senator Harry Reid, Nevada – HarryReid.com

I’ve been pretty down on Harry.

Ever since he hemmed and hawed last year on Barack Obama’s candidacy (because his kid was Shrillary’s state chairman) he’s seemed pretty damn spineless. His so-called work as majority leader has been equally flaccid.

But he finally came through on inserting a public option into the Senate’s health reform bill. And since he’s asking for help, here’s a link to a petition he’s pushing to show other senators that they need to get behind this. So, since he’s actually on the side of Americans for once, I’m asking you to sign the thing too.

Thanks.

Bob Cesca’s Awesome Blog! Go!: Defending Fox News and Punching Hippies

Reposting in it’s entirety because I’m too flabbergasted at the stupidity of people to come up with anything coherent.

I’ve been trying to figure out why the establishment press is so anxious to defend Fox News Channel, considering how Fox News Channel is dedicated to bludgeoning them as being “liberal” and “in the tank” for the president. After all, they didn’t go after the Bushies when New York Times reporters were kicked off Air Force One or when Helen Thomas was booted to the back of the press room. Why defend Fox News Channel?

The best conclusion I can reach is that by defending Fox News Channel, they’re attempting to further dispel the false perception of a liberal bias. It’s the same reason they self-consciously overcompensate on other aspects of the news — lopsided panels, repeating wingnut conspiracy theories and so forth.

So they’re willing to defend a network that hates them for the sake of seeming not liberal. In other words, they’ll defend wingnut conservatism in order to distance themselves from liberalism.

And people still think there’s a liberal bias?

Hotelier to Hispanic workers: Change names – Race & ethnicity- msnbc.com

Meet Larry Whitten. According to him, he’s no racist.

Nah, he just hates Mexicans and makes them change their names to “be more normal” or something.

Now I’ve been to Taos and it’s a pretty moderate place. Hell, Santa Fe and that whole area kind of is. So, why some Latino-hating peckerwood from Texas thought it would be cool to piss off the locals who have been speaking Spanish since, I don’t know, the 1600s is beyond me.