Quotes + MLPs
ufobreakfast on pundits – “The whole point of pundity is reduce discourse to an extension of raw physical or economic force: raw repetition and numbers win, period. The quality of argumentative content is of superficial concern. The “fact-checking” of any numerical minority is powerless in this scenario–which is why only a large, well-funded and arrogant majority coalition would risk poisoning the infrastructure of their entire culture in this way….We are not going to be saved by hyperlinks.” [via moreLikeThis]
cr8dle2grave “My personal politics are a little right of center on issues of economics and foreign policy, but I’ve got to say AIM are a bunch chest thumping hillbillies.” LOL. Responding to claims that AIM is FAIR for the right. The thread starts with a nice piece on the Accuracy In the Media foundation.
from the same thread – Bernard Goldberg may not be wrong about the presence of bias in the media — he’s just wrong that it’s “liberal.”
TomPaine is asking – “Can Liberals save Capitalism (Again)?” But who would want to? Still got love the slogan “Laissez-Faire Itself Is The Ultimate Corporate Fraud”
the Reg, at its usual poignant best – “Anyone who publishes original content will be able to fend off the FBI with a simple, “d00d, I thought they were archiving my blogs, honest.”
And finally
moreLikeThis – Mars looks better every freaking day