- Yeah, it was my birthday, yesterday. My 50th, God help me. In the whole, it was a good day. But the little things that have been sneaking up on me for some time, now, are starting to break out a bit. I suppose that for most of us it doesn’t take a great deal of imagination to imagine the scope of thought of someone waking up, stumbling into the bathroom, and realizing that the grey- bearded gink in the mirror really IS me. Like the unwatched pot that boils faster, seemingly, thereby, I haven’t been paying very much attention to my age, for the last decade or so. It snuck up on me. On a shelf, high above my desk here in my office, is a black candle, in the shape of an old fashioned fuse type bomb… black, of course. It says ” Happy Birthday, you old fart!” It was given me on my 40th birthday, by my co-workers. As I sit here, doing my rounds, sipping my coffee, wheeling and dealing on the telephone, and working through the aches and pains that developed since that candle was new, I find myself intensely aware of how much time is passed between then and now, and wondering how many more of these things I’ll be getting. It’s actually a rather slow news week, this one, so unfortunately I don’t have a great deal to distract me from these darker thoughts. But let’s see what we can find.
- In my travels, today, I note that there’s a new Rasmussen poll out (Isn’t there one every day?) reporting that Americans think New York Times and the Washington Post ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, NPR, to be biased in their reporting… to the left… by around 2 to 1. The New York Times is by far thought to be the most liberal, according to the poll. Sounds to me, in this at least, that the American people have a pretty firm handle on the situation. But let’s examine these numbers a little more closely. Since the last few all actions have been pretty close on 50/50 in terms of leftovers is right, in rough terms it can be said that half of the people who make the judgment that the news is biased to the left, are themselves liberals. Or at least, that they vote that way. And I wonder, what does that tell us about the firmness of the Democratic party base in 08?
- Speaking of the press, and its leading left, I predicted to you, yesterday, there would be very little press reaction this morning to the rally set up by “Vets for Freedom”. as usual, my predictions were quite accurate. The reason of course is obvious, it doesn’t fall in with the leftist “peace at any cost” mantra. Here’s the model: If it makes liberals look bad, it won’t make the paper, and it will be in the news media that’s online, and it’s damn sure isn’t going to be on television. You’ll never go wrong, predicting non- coverage of things that make liberals look like the fools they are.
- Look, Billy, I get your point, but I’m telling you right now… when I see comments from Ezra like “we simply don’t think profit should confuse how we ration it.” I know that the real core issue for Ezra and his type is not health care, at all, but rather who is in control. This is not a case of Klein not knowing what rationing is, it’s a case of Klein not CARING what it is. Their biggest bitch is, someone’s making a buck. (Gasp!) In other words, it’s not socialistic enough. Forget that the ability to make a profit, has produced most of the world’s advances in medicine over the years. Dale, seemingly somewhat annoyed with the process, (And who can blame him?) asks why a food production isn’t earned over to the government… Apparently not realizing that’s next on the agenda . The first clue to all of this, is that it’s Klein taking up the argument. The second is when you see Erb falling into line with it. When you see that parade forming, you can forget about mere facts having any effect on the argument.
- I notice that somebody’s already posted Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — the entire book… online. Before the darn thing was even released It’s on Bittorrent, of course. A series of photographs, not the text, though I doubt that’ll be long in coming, given the quality of the shots. Xerox, as I recall makes a pretty fair thing called TEXTBRIDGE…
- I am reminded by Rusty that it was 28 years ago today Ted Kennedy murdered Mary Jo Kopechne. I’d take as an indication of the dedication to women’s rights, on law and order, on the value of life, and just plain decency, on the part of the Democrats, that Kennedy is still held in high regard by them.
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July 19th, 2007 at 9:09
Eric, 50, hey? I’m not far behind you. Well the best to you, and may you have many more.
About this. I haven’t been paying very much attention to my age, for the last decade or so. My recommendation is that you continue in this vein, decade to decade.
Best.