Some news stories require no comment beyond the headlines and a brief summary of the stories below them.

This is a sort of expansion of my comments to Lee's piece detailing this Weyrich and his dread fear of a return of The Fairness Doctrine....

How many hours has CNN given Cindy Sheehan and her ilk in the guise of news? How many hours did ABC devote to the Abu Ghraib Prison fiasco while barely mentioning the bravery of posthumous Medal of Honor winner Corporal Jason Dunham, who threw his body on a live grenade saving the lives of perhaps a dozen of his fellow Marines? I could go on with many more examples....

Concerned about the growing divide between the rich and poor, between the well-paid and poorly-paid? Well, Fed chief Ben Bernanke has the solution: go get yourself a better education, you fool!

Apparently, it may tougher to attack Iran than may be possible, especially with The Chimpster running out of excuses...and alibi artists...

Odd how those judgmental right wing values seem fine to people who aren't the targets of the disgust, but seem kind of...wrong when the right winger becomes the target.  Take Mary Cheney (please).

I know Dick Cheney is an easy target, but come on, this borders on the ridiculous!

If you work for, or are beholden to, a gigantic oil company, how do you go about attacking the climate report issued Friday which finds global warming to be even worse than previously thought?  Easy, you just offer a "financial incentive" to scientists to attack the report.

Yet another one.  The Bush-appointee heading the General Services Administration is now under investigation by two bodies for her actions in handing a $20,000 no-bid contract to her personal friend who, just by coincidence, wasn't eligible for a no-bid contract.

According to the Learning and Skills Council, one teenager in seven hopes to become famous by appearing on reality television.

[Given the rate at which these damn shows are proliferating, is that expectation all that unrealistic?]

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