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At what price fishwrap?

jhbutcher — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:13:55 +0000

P. J. O’Rourke wants the government to bail out newspapers as well. he’s being sarcastic and it’s funny.

Barack makes a funny?

jhbutcher — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:54:04 +0000

No. But this is a funny video about the Obama ABC interview – you know, the one with the “Muslim” slip up. It’s a joke people.

The Wisdom of Dilbert

jhbutcher — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:47:26 +0000

Best quote I’ve heard today, from the old Dilbert TV show: Dilbert: What makes you qualified to be a reporter? Dogbert: I’m willing to violate anyone’s privacy for my personal gain and then claim with a straight face that “the … Continue reading →

Comparing the RNC to the Spanish Inquisition?

jhbutcher — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:04:29 +0000

From Rick Moran at Pajamas Media:

The dungeon that the GOP has put bloggers in this time around would be familiar to Torquemada and his buddies who made the Spanish Inquisition such a great party. And the labyrinth one has to navigate to find the darn place would tax the abilities of a carrier pigeon. I honestly felt like leaving a trail of breadcrumbs when I went out for a quick smoke. Not that it would do any good. The food on our level is so bad that I have no doubt some ravenously hungry media type would have preferred the breadcrumbs to the greasy, tasteless crud they were serving at the kiosks. If I wanted the same stuff they serve at a hockey game, I would go to the Libertarian convention down the way.

What a whining little [expletive deleted]. Really, there’s no other way to say it. He expects the RNC (or anybody really) to give him a comfy chair, internet connection, and a steak because BY GOD HE’S THE MEDIA (well sort of)! Shit, if this is what all bloggers are like I wouldn’t want them anywhere near me either.

When TelePrompTers attack

jhbutcher — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:28:27 +0000

I don’t think I completely believe the Palin broken TelePrompTer (and yes, that’s the proper way to write it) story, but I can see how it could happen. During the summer of 1999, I ran the TelePrompTer during the Saturday night news broadcasts of a Dallas/Fort Worth UHF station and, let me tell you, you really have to pay attention. When I ran it, I had a screen in from of me which showed the TelePrompTer text which was also being shown to the news anchors, I controlled a small spring loaded dial which controlled the scroll speed of the text backwards or forwards, and about 15 feet behind me was the news anchor reading the news off the TelePrompTer. If I ever had made a mistake and scrolled to far forward or back, I couldn’t tell where I was and which way I needed to scroll which complicated the problem. Fortunately, to help, I was wearing a headset so the director could give me cues. Of course the people in the control room were also cracking jokes so I was trying not to laugh. And let me tell you, just like Anchorman, the anchors read it right off there and when I made a mistake that first night, the anchor was stuck. Oddly enough, you know who was the best at working without a TelePrompTer? The Weather and Sports reporters.

WaPo a nogo

jhbutcher — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:42:19 +0000

From Powerlineblog.com:

These were the headlines on the front page of the Washington Post last Friday, after Barack Obama’s Denver oration:

Obama, Accepting Nomination, Draws Sharp Contrast Contrast With McCain — 84,000 pack stadium to hear candidate close convention with policy specifics and pointed criticism of the Republicans

A Remarkable Event (bold in original) — For the Descendants of King’s Dream, a New Day Dawns

Witnesses To A Historic Moment (bold in original) — At the Very Top of Invesco Field, Feeling More Than a Mile High

The Message That the Party Wanted to Hear

These are the Post’s convention-related headlines today, after Sarah Palin’s speech in St. Paul:

Palin Comes Out Fighting — VP Candidate Dismisses Obama’s Experience While Extolling Her Own

Striking Back at Critics, One by One

In a More Diverse America, A Mostly White Convention

“Feeling more than a mile high” – are you serious?