A few nights ago, I told you about a family member of mine who had shared a purposefully misleading political graphic on Facebook, and how I responded. The piece, which incorrectly attributed $5 billion of the nation’s debt to the “Democratic majority,” was produced by an organization called Right Change, a fake grassroots entity bankrolled […]
Tag Archives: Plamegate
Here we go again… the Swiftboating of Obama has begun
Posted in Media, Observations, Politics Also tagged 9/11, astroturf, Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US, Bush, Bush administration, Dick Cheney, Dishonorable Disclosures, Federal Election Commission, Fred Eshelman, George Bush the Lesser, intelligence, Iraq war, leaks, liberal media, lies in the run-up to the Iraq war, Mission Accomplished, national security, Navy SEALS, Obama, OPSEC, Osama bin Laden, political ads, RightChange.com, Romney, Ryan Zinke, special forces, Special Operations for America, Special Operations Political Committee, state secrets, Super PAC, Swiftboating, Valerie Plame 22 Comments
Glenn Greenwald on Wikileaks
I don’t have anything terribly insightful to say about the most recent Wikileaks controversy, but I wanted to pass along the following from Glenn Greenwald, who I think has a pretty good take on things. The WikiLeaks disclosure has revealed not only numerous government secrets, but also the driving mentality of major factions in our […]
Posted in Other Also tagged assassination, Glenn Greenwald, hypocrisy watch, Julian Assange, state sponsored murder, Valerie Plame, Wikileaks 5 Comments
Death panel to Robert Novak: “Death!”
Posted in Health, Media, Other, Politics Also tagged American Idol, angry old white men, another famous person has died, bad journalists, comic, death panel, death sentences for elderly Republic donors, George Clooney, liberation chamber, My Life in Ypsi, Obamacare, organ harvesting, Paula Abdul, Robert Novak, Valerie Plame, water color 13 Comments