Category Archives: mainstream media

Boehner is so loathsome, he could cry

Posted on January 7, 2011 by oddmanout215

Sentimentality, the ostentatious parading of excessive and spurious emotion, is the mark of dishonesty, the inability to feel… – James Baldwin, Notes of a Native Son Speaker of the House John Boehner looks and talks like one of those Hollywood … Continue reading →

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Do-gooder reforms Huck Finn

Posted on January 6, 2011 by oddmanout215

Next month, you will be able to buy the single- volume NewSouth Edition of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” edited by Professor Alan Gribben of Auburn University at Montgomery. It differs from other … Continue reading →

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New Year’s in the twilight zone

Posted on January 5, 2011 by oddmanout215

Republicans are telling Americans a Big Lie, and Obama and the Democrats are letting them. The Big Lie is our economic problems are due to a government that’s too large, and therefore the solution is to shrink it. The truth … Continue reading →

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Bunch’s best Obama news was in his blog

Posted on January 3, 2011 by oddmanout215

Blogs can be therapeutic for mainstream reporters, especially if their beat is politics. In this case I mean Will Bunch of The Philadelphia Daily News, who last month revealed that candidate Barack Obama, in 2008, lied when asked by Bunch … Continue reading →

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Woe-is-uh-me-bop, Beefheart is dead

Posted on January 1, 2011 by oddmanout215

My musician son Barney sent me a text message on Dec. 17: “Beefheart died today.” This was sad but also a good sign that the music of Captain Beefheart, aka Don Van Vliet, will long outlast the man, although you … Continue reading →

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Whose side are you on, Salon?

Posted on December 28, 2010 by oddmanout215

Yesterday I was reading the virtual magazine Salon.com and wondering why a high-profile liberal publication, a rarity, doesn’t take a hard line on the U.S. government’s campaign to smack down WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. One answer is that some writers … Continue reading →

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A holiday fairy tale about lame ducks

Posted on December 23, 2010 by oddmanout215

It’s depressing to think that there was no way to win that would not have involved giving away billions of dollars to people who don’t need it. But it’s kind of cheery to think we have a president who actually … Continue reading →

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Martians land in Meadowlands!

Posted on December 21, 2010 by oddmanout215

There it was in big bold caps, the main headline on the front page of Monday’s Philadelphia Inquirer: BEYOND BELIEF. Had Obama created a jobs program? Had Martians landed in New Jersey, or among Florida’s frozen oranges? No, it was … Continue reading →

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The beauty of Xmas be upon you, Dick

Posted on December 14, 2010 by oddmanout215

An old friend sent me a holiday e-card — an animated cartoon, actually, with an angel and the baby Jesus in a Christmas tree, and a bit of text at the end. Enjoy the beauty of Christmas, and so on. … Continue reading →

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More mumbo jumbo from Ishmael Reed

Posted on December 12, 2010 by oddmanout215

Unlike white progressives, blacks and Latinos are not used to getting it all. They know how it feels to be unemployed and unable to buy your children Christmas presents. They know when not to shout. The president, the coolest man … Continue reading →

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