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* Rick Persltein writes to John Cloud: "The last time figures like Coulter were being mainstreamed for public consumption in this way was 1994-95. People like Gordon Liddy--who, recall, was "joking" to his listeners to shoot federal agents in the head.
This pushed the limits of the acceptable far to the right, and vulnerable, nutty people felt licensed to blow up buildings because of it.
There will be right-wing violence in the next year. Of that I have no doubt. And people who've served to push the limits of the acceptable far to the right by mainstreaming people who spew hate rhetoric, talk violence, and make things up will bear some measure of responsibility.
You've made a series of very grave lapses in moral, professional, and intellectual judgement. You have no idea what you're dealing with." LINK

* i just watched the video of hugh hewitt on msnbc's crowley/reagan show. has reagan sold his soul? how soon it happens... its incredible. do they waterboard the KoolAid?

* moonietimes writes an odd meandering article about blogging - the point of it seems to be able to slip this point in: "Last week, according to National Security Agency and Defense Information Agency experts, there were more than 180 million blogs all over the world... DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), prodded by NSA, is trying to figure out how to vacuum clean these electronic bulletin boards for coded messages in seemingly innocuous phrases. Blogs would greatly facilitate coordination of terrorist acts at the same time in different parts of the world." LINK
who'd bet that google wouldnt pull the plug on Blogger the next time theres an errorist attack? maybe they'll do it an hour before hand just to make sure... reminder - my backup site is at wotisitgood4.blogdrive.com

* bumiller idiot a couple of weeks ago wrote: ""To this day, I can still recite the starting lineup of the 1954 Giants," Bush is quoted saying." LINK
- an LAT article this week: "But Bush talked about baseball instead, naming almost the entire starting lineup for the Cleveland Indians for the 1954 World Series." LINK