ACORN: Obama's Watergate?

Rightwing world is in a tizzy over ACORN, saying it could be Obama's Watergate. Seems to me, since most of them believe Watergate was simply a baseless liberal/Democratic Party hit job against Nixon, it'd probably be natural for them to think of ACORN as a Watergate type situation. They know in their heart of hearts there's nothing behind ACORN. They're just salivating over the idea that something, anything might chip away at Obama's popularity.

So when you hear them talking about how ACORN is Obama's Watergate, they are - whether they know it or not - admitting that the ACORN "scandal" is merely a trumped up, baseless hit job.

That Crazy Liberal Media

It's not that I don't have time to blog, it's just that so much of what goes into blogging is eluding me. I'm keeping up with the news but it's draining. There's just so much stupid out there. I have the same complaints about the media everyone does.

So much striving for balance - which obscures truth.

There is either true or false - there is no "well that's your opinion and this is my opinion." There is only truth. The ongoing, never-ending, mainly manufactured ideological struggle between "right" and "left" is infuriating.

I try and stick to Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann - Chris Matthews on Hardball if I have the time. But I get so very tired of the fake outrage debates.

Now that the older ones are dying off, MSNBC seems to be trying to grow their own new rightwing pundits, They have rightwing pundits in training on their various "news"/talk shows. They have to keep the shit stirring. It's what pays the bills.

It's not really news. It's just something to keep our attention in between commercial breaks. I'm sure there's no nobility behind MSNBC allowing Rachel Maddow to host a show there. They recognized a financial hole and they filled it, that's all. It's like in the 90s when Michael Moore had a show on the Fox network. It made them some money for a while. Rachel and Keith are making MSNBC some cash, for now. More power to 'em. May it continue. But I remember 8 years ago when people were afraid to speak out against Bush Cheney war plans for fear of being called unpatriotic or worse, MSNBC's Dan Abrams would have someone like Margaret Cho on to interview her about the peace movement. And he'd look into the camera and roll his eyes, as if to say, "...What a loon! Can you believe I found someone who doesn't agree with President Bush? She must be fucking high." We were all just a joke to you then, MSNBC. I'm sure we still are today.

No, I don't have much faith that MSNBC has any more scruples than Fox News Network or CNN. Happy to see they're pandering to my liberal bias in order to sell Tide detergent, though.

Al Franken Reasons with the Anti-Obamacare Crowd - and they Listen!

I'm so proud of Al Franken. He's someone I've followed and seriously loved since about 1975 when I first became aware of him through Saturday Night Live. The Franken and Davis Show, remember? Excellent.

This past month it seems every time I turn on the TV I see Larry the Cable Guy wannabes hollering at Congressmen and shouting down and mocking brave, disabled people fighting for their right to health care. I don't know what's worse - the redneck assholes parroting their - in my humble opinion - lunatic, paranoid messiahs in the rightwing punditry game or the Senators and House members sweating bullets, thinking they might actually represent "real" America.

Al Franken shows us all how it can be done. "Come let us reason together." Politely. Find common ground. Discuss. Without malice.