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Thursday, May 04, 2006
Final News Summary
Ok, the remainder of the articles today of Give Up interest.
This idiot at the WSJ accuses Bush of soaking the rich with his tax cuts. He seems to fail to understand when people make more money, even if the rates stay the same, they pay more. That is not news, nor is it "soaking" the rich via tax cuts. This editorial just makes me tired all over. Moussaoui will live with no chance for martyrdom. This makes me happy. One, he was a crazy idiot, but probably not half the terrorist (or even a 10th) he aspired to be. Two, this means he will drop out of the news forever. If he got the death penalty we'd be hearing about his crazy stupid-ass for decades as he appealed constantly just so he could yell about America in courts, forever. The next filibuster threat has emerged. His name is Brett Kavanaugh, and he's worthless. Reading the WSJ editorial is telling, they go through his resume. 1st, he worked for Ken Starr on impeachment, then he participated in the Florida recount of 2000, then he worked with Gonzales on torture and rendition, then, finally, he worked as White House staff secretary. Why can't Bush walk further than down the fucking hall to find a candidate for a court as important as the DC Circuit Court of Appeals? Anyway, after such a stunning resume, one has to ask, what about this work qualifies him to be a appelate judge? You might as well ask any schmuck working within 20 feet of Bush with a law degree to be a judge. And do I have to remind everybody that the last guy Bush nominated (and was rejected) by finding the closest JD possible was recently arrested for shoplifting at Target! Richard Cohen is continuing his trend of being a worthless hack by not apologizing for supporting the Iraq war and saying Stephen Colbert wasn't funny. Stephen Colbert was funny, just not to anyone in that room. He wasn't there for those people, believe it or not. He was there for us, we found him funny, sorry you guys he called ineffectual losers didn't (because you are ineffectual losers who failed the American people for the last 6 years). Yes, ineffectual losers like you, specifically you who supported this war, and blindly followed a man we all know is probably retarded. Finally, the Give Up incompetence news. The do-nothing congress has passed worthless lobbying reform. It increases disclosure. Big friggin whoop. Why don't they just ban the money! No one is going to spend their time reading through who gives money to who (other than public interests), or even bother to read the reports from the public interests who actually will. The do-nothing congress is actually considering increasing mileage standards about a decade late. Tax cuts are extended through 2010 Finally, in related news, that Medicare program that will go bankrupt in 2012 now? Well, it's already near-worthless so who cares? |
5 Comments:
Man, what a rough day.
Now I wish I'd slept in.
8:16 AM, May 04, 2006
RE Richard Cohen
What kind of choad feels the need to start off a column with "I am a funny guy, people say so all the time"? He might as well have started off with "My mom says I'm cool."
Not to mention the fact that I have never seen even the shadow of a hint of a whisper of a sense of humor in the guy's columns. Even freaking Cal Thomas has a more evident sense of humor than Richard "OOOOOHHH, your jokes are gonna make them MAAAAAD" Cohen. The elementary school teachers he cites as an authority of his humorous capabilities probably also told him to "show, don't tell" when writing, but he obviously doesn't take criticism well.
Of course Cohen wasn't laughing. Colbert may have taken stabs at the President, but his most brutal strokes were reserved for spineless lickspittles like Cohen. Cohen's piteous mewls only show that Colbert was dead on target.
I've often wondered if Cohen feels the tiniest amount of guilt for being such a gullible buffoon and Quisling in regards to the Iraq war. Now I know that not only does he not, but he has absolutely no capacity for introspection whatsoever.
Our outrospection, for that matter. Dude has never had any insight, ever, into anything.
10:32 AM, May 04, 2006
Good point minimalist.
I read that first sentence and thought, "really?"
Then forgot how stupid that first sentence was when I read the rest. Cohen is noted for "won't someone please think of the children" unthinking liberal boring crap.
If you want funny, I'd say Michael Kinsley is the go to guy for the post editorial page.
11:00 AM, May 04, 2006
After reading lots of angles on my hero Colbert (*sigh*), I think the whole debate was summed up perfectly in this one line from the article on Slate:
"Pop Dadaist that he is, Colbert wasn't bombing so much as freaking his audience out for his own enjoyment."
-JE
11:10 AM, May 04, 2006
I think dadaist is a pretty good description. You got no feeling that he was dying up there, or not enjoying himself. Most comedians faced with such paltry applause would fall to pieces, even Jon Stewart would start cracking jokes at his own expense. He clearly was there to make an outrageous scene and leave, and that makes him a freaking genious. I don't care if he didn't play that particular room well, it was like an Andy Kaufman bit, he wasn't playing monkey for the crowd, they were playing monkey for him.
Dead on Jeff.
3:10 PM, May 04, 2006
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