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Captain Ed is a father and grandfather living in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, a native Californian who moved to the North Star State because of the weather. He lives with his wife Marcia, also known as the First Mate, their two dogs, and frequently watch their granddaughter Kayla, whom Captain Ed calls The Little Admiral.
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The Crows Nest
Rule 1: Drag The Corpse On Over First
If I've learned anything in four years of blogging, don't try to be out in front of the death rumors, especially with the villains of the world. Saddam died a hundred deaths before we caught him alive in his spider hole, and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi almost as many before his demise last year. Osama may or may not be alive, but everyone's avoided speculating on his fate for a while now. Maybe Val at Babalu Blog will get luckier with his "Castro Is Dead" story. We all hope so. I'll wait for the announcement ....
Hobbs Choice
Volunteer Voters is holding its annual "Best of Nashville" on-line polls, and one of the categories is for the best political writer. Our friend Bill Hobbs, now posting at Newsbusters, and he'd like his on-line fans to cast their votes. Drop by and put one in for Bill if you get a chance!
Murtha Getting Backlogged On Apologies
Gary Gross of Let Freedom Ring sees another case collapsing on the Haditha charges. He's called for Murtha to apologize earlier, and adds another reason to the tally.
No Such Thing As 'Moderate' Islam?
Turkish PM Tayyip Erdogan told a television interviewer that he finds the label "moderate Islam" offensive. Shrink Wrapped has a lot more on this, but at least in the same interview Erdogan acknowledged that "radical Islam" exists, and that it's been a catastrophe. Be sure to read the whole post.
MS-NBC Gets Punk'd
Power Line has a great post on a lack of journalistic effort on the part of MS-NBC. In covering the Michael Vick story, they reported on what they thought was Al Sharpton's website proclaiming Vick's innocence. I guess Alex Johnson and two other MS-NBC reporters couldn't bother to read the title bar of the site, which proudly proclaims it as a "parody site".
New Instapundit Podcast On Pharmaceuticals
I just caught this e-mail from Glenn Reynolds about his new podcast with Richard Epstein, the author of Overdose: How Excessive Government Regulation Stifles Pharmaceutical Innovation. Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, but the topic is important enough to make sure I carve out time for it tomorrow. Get their first and tell me what I'm missing ....
Fed Trying A 'Stealth Easing'?
The Federal Reserve seems to have conducted a quiet campaign to steady markets that started spinning out of control, according to King Banaian at SCSU Scholars. He thinks that the Fed has conducted a "stealth easing". Be sure to read his explanation and follow his lnks.
A Shameless Bit Of Sel-Promotion
Gateway Pundit and Val at Babalu Blog note a crass PR move by Hugo Chavez. Venezuela has responded to Peru's eathquake disaster with food shipments -- and with Hugo's smiling picture on the cans. He also uses the tuna-can label to undermine President Garcia of Peru, who narrowly defeated Chavez' pal Ollanto Humalla, whom the labels extol for his "solidarity" with Chavez.
Tacky beyond belief.
Bush Going After Palestinian Terror Financing?
George Bush's new orders to USAID forces them to review the executive management of all NGOs to ensure that they have no terrorist connections. Carl in Jerusalem says at Israel Matzav that the order specifically intends to target Palestinian front groups for terrorists. Let's hope he's right.
Slow Start!
Yes, I'm off to a slow start today, thanks to some scripting issues, a bad back, and an alarm clock that needs replacing. Bear with me -- I'm ramping up, I promise...
And Now, In Little League Action Last Night ...
I once played in a Little League game where we lost, 30-1, obviously before mercy rules came into being. The only comfort during that shellacking was that 13-year-olds don't have to justify their salaries for being on the field. You have to wonder what the Baltimore Orioles have to feel without that caveat today, after losing 30-3 to the Texas Rangers. Sixteen of the runs came in the last two innings .... (via TMV)
Bush Speech On Iraq
I got a couple of e-mails wondering why I haven't linked to George Bush's speech today. I liked it; I just didn't have much to add. Rush Limbaugh covered it well on his site, and Power Line also links approvingly but has nothing much more to say. Michael Goldfarb notes that the Weekly Standard had made a similar argument regarding Vietnam a year ago.
Rove Fears Me -- No, Really!
Hot Air notes the latest fundraising letter from John Edwards. No longer content to indulge his paranoia when Ann Coulter mentions him, now he wants to indulge it when Karl Rove doesn't. Has any candidate seemed this desperate before now?
Racism Or Hard Truth?
Angela Winters looks at an editorial cartoon and the controvery it has caused in Jacksonville, Florida, especially in the black community. Truth or racism? When rap artists tell young listeners not to cooperate with the police, how much responsibility do they have for the victimization that follows? Read all of the essay at The Moderate Voice.
Support Citizen Journalism
Bill Ardolino at INDC Journal reminds us that there is a reporter shortage on the front lines. The best way to solve that problem? Donate to Public Multimedia, the citizen-journalist organization that supports Bill Roggio, Bill Ardolino, and others. (And a direct donation to Michael Yon would be much appreciated as well.)
Comments (8)
Posted by RBMN | June 22, 2007 9:07 AM
The whole thing is so ridiculous. In terms of ALL media, it's like Tyson Foods and Hormel complaining that duck hunting and deer hunting are allowed without the hunter having to buy an equal amount from them.
Posted by bulbasaur | June 22, 2007 9:17 AM
I dislike that libs want to use the coercive force of government to gain an audience for their failed and disgraced ideas.
However, whereas in the 80s liberalism was fluffy, sensitive and palatable to ordinary Americans, liberalism today is spitting mad - it's like a possessed Linda Blair spinning its head in complete circles spewing green vomit.
Therefore, I should think broader exposure of liberalism would be a very good thing for us. They'd have to stay mean and filthy to retain their base, but doing so would repel a great many more Americans.
I say, bring on the leftist-hate machine and let nature take its course.
Posted by Bambi | June 22, 2007 9:41 AM
Exactly how different is this from chavez?
Posted by Dub Dublin | June 22, 2007 9:42 AM
We already involuntarily subsidize the liberal pro-big-government viewpoint through government tax subsidies for National Public Radio, the Public Broadcasting System, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting - and they are understandably loathe to bite the hand that feeds them so well.
Kill all government funding for public broadcasting now - the original rationale of ensuring access by the people to scarce broadcast capability is a joke in today's broadband world. (Note I'm not saying public broadcasting should go away, just that the government shouldn't subsidize it.)
Posted by UnrepentantRedneck | June 22, 2007 10:08 AM
I grew up during the time the first UnFairness Doctrine was passed by the libs. If you're too young to remember, Google "Dan Smoot" - a major target, now long gone and forgotten.
If they pass this odious attack on free speech, we should stick it to them by using the courts to force fairness on the Big Three, the little cable two (CNN, MSN), and the hyperliberal print media.
Posted by Goeffrey de Boullion | June 22, 2007 10:15 AM
This stinks of totalitarianism; Lott on the right and Clinton, Feinstein on the left.
These people want to control the conversation. But more importantly, they want to control access to information. They attempted to regulate bloggers last year.
What's next?
Posted by NoDonkey | June 22, 2007 12:53 PM
"force fairness on the Big Three, the little cable two (CNN, MSN), and the hyperliberal print media."
But they are fair! Just ask them. And the people who agree with them.
And the exact same people can also be relied upon to tell us who isn't fair - Those who disagree with them.
Isn't that simple and easy?
Democrats 2008 - Because they're more equal than you are!
Posted by docjim505 | June 22, 2007 8:10 PM
"force fairness on the Big Three, the little cable two (CNN, MSN), and the hyperliberal print media."
Oh, but they already ARE fair! Why, they routinely feature noted conservatives such as Arlen Specter, Michael Bloomberg, John McCain, and Chuck Hagel. What more do you want????