There have been a series of major news stories that have passed through the blogosphere without comment in this space. I have followed them but was never motivated enough to add my two cents to what everyone else was writing. Since I've got nothing but a slight fever and shit storm of snow on the way I'm going to do a brief wrap up.

Eason Jordan. Perhaps the highest ranking moonbat in the news industry spouted some bizarre anti-American nonsense about soldiers targeting journalists. It was apparently not the first time he had made comments like that. It was however the first time they had been blogged. Jordan resigned from CNN and has thus far managed to keep any official record of the statements buried. Jordan got off easy. He should have to spend six months as an imbedded reporter with marines in Iraq.

Ward Churchill. This man is beyond the ranks of deranged moonbat. He is an asshole. But there is nothing in the world that says he does not have the right to be an asshole. There is nothing in the fact of his employment by a government institution that abrogates his rights to free speech. Public service does not eliminate an individual's right to be an ass. (See Edward Kennedy) It seems that Churchill may have lied about his heritage as an American Indian and he may have passed his free time, when he wasn't insulting the victims of 9/11, plagiarizing art. I don't know what is going to happen to Ward and quite frankly I don't care. I do know that neither of my children will ever attend the University of Colorado.

The Gates Yeah. Whatever. The only thing that can be said for it is that they didn't waste any public money. Is it art? I guess its in the eye of the beholder.

Did I miss anything important or interesting? (fyi Michael Jackson is neither).

Oh yeah, I almost forgot the president's trip to Europe. A nice little swagger across the continent reminding the leaders of old Europe of their status in the world. I mean if Chirac comes to New York it might get a headline and a mention on the evening news. Bush in France is a national event.

There's the whole Iran thing, and Syria turning over a bunch of Iraqi Baathists but those are still developing situations. Stirrings of the democratic impulse in Lebanon is a good thing too. But its still a wait and see.

Well now I'm more less caught up with the world. So Bring It On.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 05:24 PM | Comments (1) | Add Comment