Greenwald, Again

An interesting set of conditions leads to some interesting mail to catch up on, this morning.

Last night, I took a healthy swipe at Glenn Greenwald. (I know… it’s a target that’s all too easy, but someone hadda do

Yeterday, I chided John Edwards for being a shyster lawyer,  trying to play physician and not respecting the Constitution of the United States.     That ought to enough fuel for the fire, but Edwards keeps throwing more logs on to

It is amazing to me how often Glenn Greenwald can trip over his own tounge and still be convinced he’s smarter than everyone else. This one’s going to require some background.

As Bruce McQuain noted the other day, the

The Houston Chronicle:

WASHINGTON — Hoping to defy more expectations, Rep. Ron Paul is ratcheting up his maverick Republican presidential campaign by launching TV and radio commercials in early primary states and setting an ambitious $12 million fundraising goal.

For

It is tragic and funny.  Jan Raath,  Times (UK):

When Nomatter Tagarira, a spirit medium, claimed that she could conjure refined diesel out of a rock by striking it with her staff, ministers in Robert Mugabe’s Government believed that they

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 27 —(New York Times) Senator Barack Obama says he will start confronting Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton more forcefully, declaring that she had not been candid in describing her views on critical issues, as he tries to address

The Carpetbagger must have thought they had something when they came up with this one.

The St. Petersburg Times reported this week that WellCare Health Plans, a Florida-based company that provides managed-care plans for millions of Medicare and Medicaid participants,

Heh….

WASHINGTON -AP- Dutch lawmakers who recently visited the Guantanamo Bay military prison said they were offended by a testy exchange in Washington with a senior congressional Democrat.

The lawmakers said that Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., chairman of the

If there’s anyone in talk radio that has a lower credibility than Err America, it’s Alex Jones.

So, when we find Captain Ed asking the question..

Why is Ron Paul’s campaign paying Alex Jones?

… it just clicks.

The

Yes, E-Mailers, I did in fact see the Military Times story linked over at Memeorandum.

And no, I didn’t jump all over it, because frankly I’m just so (beep) tired of having to re-hash this stuff over and over.  Guess

Anyone doubting that the BBC is best described as a large collection of liberals, need look no further than face book, says the Daily Mail:

  The BBC has frequently been accused of having a liberal bias.

But now the corporation’s

There has long been discussion about why Congress is generally speaking not the best place to be leaving secretive information, particularly when democrats are in charge.  This is a primary aim sample of why, from TPM:

This summer the

Mrs. Pelosi has a plan    Charlies Rangel is working on the lergest tax incresae in history,  Alison Fitzgerald, Bloomberg:

Rangel yesterday offered a sweeping tax overhaul, which he dubbed “the mother of all reforms.” The proposal would raise taxes

I rather doubt this needs any comment.

Forbes magazine is speculating that the BDS Times may be on the block. I was told a long time ago what the purpose of a newspaper is by Adam Kelly, who once was the only conservative columnist in West Virginia.