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…And Not Very Good Propaganda

To follow up on my last post, the media is clearly propagandizing against Palin, the Tea Partiers, conservative talk radio, and the like, but they aren’t doing it very well. Before I was a lawyer, I was a 37F in the U.S. Army Reserve (the ‘F’ is pronounced phonetically as ‘foxtrot’).  The military occupation specialty code 37F [...]

Propaganda

By profession, I am a research attorney.  I perform legal research and write briefs for other attorneys on a contract basis. A legal brief, if you are not familiar with legal terminology, is a piece of persuasive writing that educates the judge on the relevant law and presents your arguments to the court.  When you [...]

Unfair Press as Energizer Bunny

Although someone reading over this blog’s archives would probably deduce that I am fanatical Palin backer, I am really not. I very much like the idea of Palin (small town girl makes good, etc.), and do not think she is much — if any — worse than other prominent Republicans, but I do not automatically [...]

Hating Sarah Palin

Moral ambiguity hates clarity. I have been trying to figure it out, and I think that is the answer.

Obama’s Katrina?

Comparisons have been made between the vilification of Bush related to Hurricane Katrina and the silence on the federal response to last week’s devastating ice storm (see, e.g., Snapped Shot, Righteous Rantings; h/t Michelle Malkin) .  I have always believed that the criticisms of Bush were unfair and childish, but hyperbolic comparisons of the situation [...]

What’s This?!

Is this a criticism of Obama?  From the ever-ObamaLuvving CNN?  Gasp!  Horrors!