Thursday, May 01, 2003
WHY IS JOSH MARSHALL blogging about Laci Peterson? Why is Josh Marshall blogging about Larry King? Why is Josh Marshall watching Larry King? Josh is one of the best bloggers out there and he is letting the tabloid media creep into blogdom. I beg Josh to keep the "King" out of his blog, unless a particular show of Larry's actually has more depth than a New York Post lead story.
Wednesday, April 30, 2003
Light-rail foes question conclusions of new study
Yet another obvious headline. Water is west, fire is hot, and sugar is sweet. Who would have guessed that people evolved in the anti-rail campaign are going to disagree with a study favoring light-rail? A three year old could have seen that coming. I would have like to see a story that maybe talked to business owners who might or might not benefit from light-rail, and then comments from the heads of the pro-con sides of the issues. Just reading quotes from the usual suspects on any issue is a stimulating as a plain cake doughnut.
Yet another obvious headline. Water is west, fire is hot, and sugar is sweet. Who would have guessed that people evolved in the anti-rail campaign are going to disagree with a study favoring light-rail? A three year old could have seen that coming. I would have like to see a story that maybe talked to business owners who might or might not benefit from light-rail, and then comments from the heads of the pro-con sides of the issues. Just reading quotes from the usual suspects on any issue is a stimulating as a plain cake doughnut.
Sentinels Lash Out At FOP's Decision: Black Police Union Wants To Step In
An interesting twist to the situation. This would be a good PR move for the Sentinels, but on the ground it does nothing to improve the situation. The Sentinels are not a group that speaks for anyone on the police force but its own small membership. The leader speaks some of the same "blame Elder" dogma that borders on racist propaganda. This is really an opportunistic grab of the spot light, but it was a masterful one.
An interesting twist to the situation. This would be a good PR move for the Sentinels, but on the ground it does nothing to improve the situation. The Sentinels are not a group that speaks for anyone on the police force but its own small membership. The leader speaks some of the same "blame Elder" dogma that borders on racist propaganda. This is really an opportunistic grab of the spot light, but it was a masterful one.
Airport To Lose 128 Screener
What happened to homeland security? We can afford a tax cut, but we can't afford more airport screeners? This is a 26% cut in the number of screeners, so expect longer lines.
What happened to homeland security? We can afford a tax cut, but we can't afford more airport screeners? This is a 26% cut in the number of screeners, so expect longer lines.
Tuesday, April 29, 2003
Covington Passes Anti-Discrimination Ordinance
It appears the CCV hate mail did not stick with City of Covington, KY Officials. Mike McConnell was not pleased this morning on news that it likely to pass. He still wrongly calls this as a special right that he can't use. He is wrong. Under this law people cannot be discriminated against for simply being heterosexual. Mike may claim that such a thing would never happen anyway. Mike should then consider himself lucky and not get pissed off about being in the majority on sexual orientation. It is unlikely that I will be discriminated against because I am not Iraqi, but does that mean that Iraqi's should not be protected from discrimination on account of national origin? This law is simple and should be adopted. If it is wrong to have anti-discrimination laws, then we have to get rid of them all: race, religion, sex, gun owners, etc. I wonder what Mike and other Libertarians will say about those.
It appears the CCV hate mail did not stick with City of Covington, KY Officials. Mike McConnell was not pleased this morning on news that it likely to pass. He still wrongly calls this as a special right that he can't use. He is wrong. Under this law people cannot be discriminated against for simply being heterosexual. Mike may claim that such a thing would never happen anyway. Mike should then consider himself lucky and not get pissed off about being in the majority on sexual orientation. It is unlikely that I will be discriminated against because I am not Iraqi, but does that mean that Iraqi's should not be protected from discrimination on account of national origin? This law is simple and should be adopted. If it is wrong to have anti-discrimination laws, then we have to get rid of them all: race, religion, sex, gun owners, etc. I wonder what Mike and other Libertarians will say about those.
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