Critical Mass

The Washington Post has officially declared an end to its coverage of the ´´Plamegate´´ debacle.  Let us rejoice. In case you missed the circus, here´s a quick summary: 

Wilson, a deceitful left-wing hack, accused the Bush administration of exacting political revenge on his family by intentionally outing the identity of his CIA agent wife.  Wilson had published an Op-Ed in the New York Times claiming--erroneously, it turns out--that he had debunked one of the adminstiration´s primary justifications for the Iraq war.  This story was embraced hook, line, and sinker by the mainstream media and the DailyKosmonauts.  As Wilson´s outlandish charges began to fall apart, however, the uproar fizzled, and now has been declared totally dead by the left-leaning Post.

It should come as no surprise that Wilson--a shameless media whore--was lying all along, merely attempting to generate as much negative press as possible for a President with whom he disagrees.  What is truly disgraceful about this entire saga is the press´ breath-takingly irresponsible coverage of the entire controversy.  The Bush administration should demand apologies from Wilson, his wife, and the large group of media ´´analysts´´ who screamed about this for years.  This was an artificial political firestorm, fed by lies and exaggerations, and the media were either willing or ignorant accomplices throughout.

The Post´s Editorial said it best: ´´It's unfortunate that so many people took [Wilson]seriously.´´  Indeed.

--By the way, I am blogging from my hotel in Madrid, Spain.  I am in the middle of a three week trip through Europe, and I´ve already had the chance to take on some European leftists in political debate.  I will likely post about the whole experience upon my return to Northwestern.

A new film will premier in September at the Toronto Film Festival. "Death of a President" sets itself up in the future and looks back on a scenario: What if President Bush was assassinated? ThisIsLondon reports:

[...]President George Bush is gunned down by a sniper after a public address at a hotel, in a gripping new docudrama soon to be aired on TV.

Set around October 2007, President Bush is assassinated as he leaves the Sheraton Hotel in Chicago.

Death of a President, shot in the style of a retrospective documentary, looks at the effect the assassination of Bush has on America in light of its 'War on Terror'.

In light of the disgusting personal attacks on the President in recent years, I find it hard to believe that the film is, as the production company's head says, "thought-provoking" and that "the intention behind it is good." The biggest problem with this isn't that it's a "what-if" film about a president I happen to support; it's that the film is made about a sitting President. It's disgraceful.

Despite gobs of support from the indocrinated liberal-lemmings at groups like MoveOn.org, moving on seems to be one thing Senator Kerry still cannot do.

What do a nuclear power plant, war in Iraq, and nude teenagers in Vermont have in common?  Ask Ian Bigelow, of Brattleboro, Vermont.  Apparently teenagers have decided that running around town naked was a good idea.  As fellow Brattleborian Jeremiah Compton said, "It's just that we're bored and expressing our right."  Which right that would be I'm not sure.  But it's Bigelow's comment that really takes the cake. 

"We have a nuclear power plant a few miles away and a ridiculous war in the Middle East, countries getting bombed," said Ian Bigelow, a 23-year-old who had gathered with some of his friends outside a bookstore. "So why's it such a big problem if we chose to get nude?"

Ah yes, the persuasive power of a well-thought-out argument.

Nope, it's not a Middle Eastern honor killing, an 8 year sexual enslavement, or even being constrained, barefoot and pregnant, to the kitchen.  From Reuters Entertainment:

"Tyra Banks was beyond beautiful but her back was like the Nile River," [Joan] Rivers said. "Everybody was sweating it was so awful. It was the cruelest thing they could do to any woman."

 What?!?  And people wonder if Hollywood's views align with the rest of the world's.  Also from the story:

Rivers said the heat really didn't bother her if taking the long view. "My career is such a lucky career -- somewhere in a previous life I washed lepers' feet. I bet the lepers were in Manolo Blahniks (expensive designer shoes)."

I guess being from a Red State makes me too dumb to know what Joan Rivers even means with that comment.