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Invasion of the Homocons

Most folks have their own way of thinking about any one thing, which is all right, even when I might disagree with whatever their say-so is on the matter. On the other hand, I am pretty intolerant when the "thinking" part of concluding an opinion plays little or no role at all, rather pigheaded judgment passed without reason or common sense. Take this one particular clown, Cliff Kincaid, editor of the AIM Report for Accuracy in Media , a "non-profit, grassroots citizens watchdog of the news media that critiques botched and bungled news stories and sets the record straight on important issues that have received slanted coverage" . Setting records straight might be a stretch in describing what they do, actually; it doesn't take much more than a cursory perusal of the stuff over there to recognize their own particular bent on things. Cliff Kincaid is a perfect fit , hooked the same way, leaning decidedly right. But notwithstanding political bias, nuts is just...

CPAC Fun and Surprises

Hey, it's CPAC 2010 today... and tomorrow and the next day after that. Three full days of Conservative Political Action Conference kerfuffle , mostly talking over how to save freedom from or for or on this or that or the other; the usual docket with the usual suspects present and accounted for. There is this one thing even curiouser than the rest from today's agenda, a puzzlement, really: Getting Started in Hollywood , a session covering the "ins and outs of getting a career started in the world of film, TV and theater". I don't understand why . [Never mind, I found out that one of the guys for this is from a company, Big Hollywood , "for those who think something has gone drastically wrong and that Hollywood should return to its patriotic roots" . Who knew such roots?] Anyway, stunning the red team today, this morning's surprise appearance by the big dick Cheney himself, smirking and chattering on for a bit about something that I don't give...