September 27, 2005
Rush Limbaugh - Ripoff Artist, Denture Wearer
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...
Having been pummelled into submission by the breathless controversy-baiting of press coverage of various tropical weather systems (especially by CNN, what an embarassment of tendentious hyperbolic journalistic malfeasance), I didn't expect much traffic here at the site lately...
Imagine my surprise at a traffic spike... and why? Because apparently Rush Limbaugh has been playing a version of "Everyone Knows It's Cindy" - which of course I take full credit for. His actually isn't as good as mine - I have heard it, and while I like it, it doesn't really go for the exposed throat of Cindy "Look at Me!" Sheehan.
Ah well, since I'm already posting, a quick rundown of what is going on, and what you should think about it...
Hurricanes are to the 24-hour news cycle what warm gulf waters are to hurricanes - a source of fuel for alot of hot wind with a troublesome purpose. Much is emerging about how the press utterly failed during it's coverage of the Katrina aftermath to do basic factchecking or investigation, passing on any apocalyptic tale as fact, especially on the execrable coverage on CNN. If I sound as if I am picking on CNN - I am. The reporters insisted on being part of the story, which they were not, none of whom ever were aware of much of anything besides what was happening right in front of them - or relayed to them and presented in a rumor-as-fact fashion.
The Supreme Court... wow, were we right on this one. We argued that Rehnquist was too old to serve and should step down, but was only going to in a pine box. Well, one pine box later, he's gone. We loudly proclaimed the genius of the Roberts choice, and easy confirmation - which will occur. Get ready for the next female justice. A great move, because this helps head off the Democrat strategy of passing Peter to pillory Paul. A woman will be VERY hard for Democrats to defeat - fitting an anti-woman label on a woman is an awkward fit. So, I would be surprised if we didn't get a female nominee next.
Remember, only 20 more days left in the hurricane shopping season...
Posted by MEC2 at September 27, 2005 12:31 AM | TrackBack