Author Archives: AaronOOF

I promise this isn’t turning into all politics, all-the-time. It’s just today, you know? With that said, I just finished watching Bush’s acceptance speech, and while at this point it’s hard to trust anything the man says, it will be interesting to see if he eschews politics (now that he has no further campaigns) andContinue reading ““WITH THAT TRUST COMES A DUTY TO SERVE ALL AMERICANS””

Hot of the AP wires (well, maybe not “hot”) is the one story definitely important enough to distract anyone from the depressing news of yesterday’s election: Simpson, Lachey Report Happy Marriage. Whew! I feel much better now.

But in case you haven’t … Josh Marshall makes an important note about the youth vote. He’s right that more young people came out to vote than ever before, but it was countered by more older conservatives as well so the overall percentage of voters stayed the same. With the total vote looking to beContinue reading “A COUPLE NOTES YOU’VE PROBABLY ALREADY READ”

How much of what the general public believes is solely because of what we hear repeatedly from the media. I’m not talking about media bias at all: it doesn’t matter whether it’s a left or right-leaning subject. But simply whatever the case may be. After listening to commentary until 3 AM when I finally fellContinue reading “HERE’S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION …”

Just a quick little thing: since I was just listening to The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC, and heard conservative columnist Ruben Navarette Jr. going off about how he’s sick of “liberal elitists” calling people who are against gay marriage anti-gay or “haters” when they just support “traditional marriage.” It’s this kind of flawed thinkingContinue reading “A NOTE ON A “MORAL” SUBJECT”

No, I’m not trying to be dramatic. As I mentioned a few days ago, I’ve been suffering campaign fatigue. I am happy that this thing is effectively over. I’d love to be optimistic and think that there was a realistic chance in Ohio, but I have a feeling that before the end of the dayContinue reading “YES, I’M UPSET, SAD AND DEPRESSED; THROW IN SOME SHOCKED … AND EVEN A LITTLE SCARED”

Day zero! In the closest thing you could ever find to a Daily Show endorsement for Kerry, after telling people to make sure they participate in our democracy and vote today, although he didn’t name names, Jon Stewart gave as good a reason as any for voting our current president out of office: On aContinue reading ““BE READY TO WASTE A DAY FOR DEMOCRACY””

Two years ago before he was even a glimmer in an HBO audience’s eye, Sacha Baron Cohen’s Da Ali G Show starred in his own movie. Ali G Indahouse opened in England but was never able to secure distribution here in the states. Now, it will debut on DVD tomorrow, because what other film couldContinue reading “MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANY: JUST IN TIME FOR DEE ELECTION”

A couple weeks ago I was pissed as hell at Tucker Carlson. I mentioned how I had always retained a bit of respect for Carlson, even though I disagreed with him on most issues, but had lost much of it because of his inability to even listen to John Stewart’s criticisms of the news media,Continue reading “CARLSON UP, GIULIANI DOWN”

Oy, I just used that “royal we,” and I know I am nowhere near the blogger to pull that off. It must take a lot out of the ones who do it well, even brilliantly, since it seems to sometimes kill them off. Nevertheless … I know there are at least two of you whoContinue reading “WE DO PLAN ON POSTING WITH MORE CONSISTENCY IN THE NEAR FUTURE”