President Jimmy Carter
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Pelosi Live
Oooooohhhh, it’s so pretty…
23
Aug
08
IT’S JOE!
Welcome, Joe!
11
Dec
07
Cuban Missile Crisis
Conveniently summarized, for those who aren’t in the know. The National Security Archive at George Washington University has declassified documents, recordings, and more.
“Can’t be any more complicated than my phone bill”
We were forced to watch seemingly endless hours of Judge Larry Seidlin presiding over the Anna Nicole Smith That’s-My-Baby-Oh-No-It’s-Not-It’s-MY-Baby case by MSNBC, CNN, Fox Noise Carnal, and even the crown jewel evening newscasts on NBC, ABC, and CBS.
Now, however, there’s a case that actually matters to somebody other than just the baby and the baby daddy, and we hear… nothing. We’re too busy hearing about the fact that there are six miners still trapped down a mine, and that there’s no further information on whether they’re alive or dead or will ever get out. Fine, I’m interested in the outcome, but could you drop the story until there’s some more story? In the meantime, hundreds of people have died in Iraq every day, and they have warranted only a minor mention. “We support the troops,” but we only support hearing about the ones who died doing their jobs if it can be told in under 15 seconds. But I digress.
It appears, in the whole warrantless wiretapping mess, that we have some presiding judges who not only get it, but might even be sort of entertaining. Unfortunately, I’m sure no cameras can be allowed in the courtroom, but why, oh why, do we not even see some poor windblown reporter standing on the courthouse steps every 30 minutes to update us on exactly how suspicious our government is of us?
Maybe the news networks think we Americans won’t be able to understand the subtleties of the complex issues involved. I think we can. After all, as Judge Harry Pregerson quipped, it “can’t be any more complicated than my phone bill.”