I've found myself watching (and preferring) Chris Matthews over Olbermann lately. The latter is great. But Matthews is interesting for a change of pace. One thing Matthews does that Olbermann doesn't is that he invites opposing points of view on his show. And although I've seen a number of progressive blogs complain about Matthews on various points, you've got to admit, he excels at confronting the wingnuts and shredding them in head-to-head confrontations. Rachel Maddow also excels at the latter. With the lineup of Ed Schultz, Matthews, Olbermann and Maddow, MSNBC has put together a tremendously informative, thought-provoking, and entertaining block of programs. We're in a bit of a golden age of progressive TV, I believe---but I fear it won't last. We should enjoy it while it lasts.
Haaa---Robin Williams and Jon Stewart are two who really cut to the chase.
Marc, I actually prefer Ed, Keith, and Rachel over Matthews, but you're definitely correct to say that he doesn't shy away from, and can definitely handle (and shred), wingnuts like Michele Bachmann and that whole crowd of loonies. MSNBC is truly a great newstalk network these days!
Did somebody tell this kid he will spend his entire adult life paying for the Iraq War?
For mayor of Pottersville
Or perhaps lord of hell
Republican Cry Babies
They're getting worse every day. Is this Karl Rove's baby picture?
Some say he's too scary
Also see bottom of this side for more TV nostalgia
This is not ancient history
This photo was taken in Pennsylvania around 1910
Michele does a footlong
Winner of the Iowa pole
Tea Party poster child, part deux
Actually, I've read that this was taken at a pro-war demonstration in Missouri in 2003. From what I've seen of Tea Party signs, they would have spelled "brain" as "brian."
See "Manifesto Joe's Great Moments in Conservative History, Chapter 4"
"Because Vietnam was not a declared war ..." Posted June 21, 2007
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Dana Wynter becomes another Fox News victim
Separated at birth ...
From Richard Armitage? Swedish wrestler Tor Johnson in "Plan 9 From Outer Space"
I fear that some right-wing rubber-room refugees may think I'm serious.
Inside Sarah Palin's Church?
No, not really. This was somewhere in Tennessee. But she used to belong to a Pentecostal church that, among other things, buys into speaking in unknown tongues and faith healing. And then, there's this thing about handling venomous serpents ...
If Texas were again an independent republic ...
... and we could print our own currency ...
... our money might be worth a little more than this
"I consider myself a reasonably tough person. But if you waterboarded me enough times, I would probably sign my house and car over to you and confess to the murders of Jonbenet Ramsey and the Lindbergh baby." -- MJ
The Marihuana Menace
Hopheads! Coming soon to a theater near you
Manifesto Joe's Great Moments In Conservative History, Chapter 5: Granddad Bush's Nazi Connection
As all my posts state, I am an underground writer living in Texas. I am doing political blogging under a nom de plume for various reasons. I was born in 1956 in a small Texas town; I now live in a medium-large city. I have been writing my entire adult life, and have been published, both mainstream and underground. In my teens I was actually a libertarian-type conservative. Meeting Young Republican types in college was crucial to my being cured of that once and for all. At one point in my 20s I was something of a Trotskyite, but eventually became a more moderate progressive.
Since I started this blog and affiliated with other blogs, my writing has appeared in the USA Today, CNN and Reuters online editions, in Buzzflash.com, Crooks and Liars, and a number of other popular sites. My invaluable mentors have been Marc McDonald at BeggarsCanBeChoosers.com, and Blue Girl of They Gave Us a Republic and other fine blogs.
In keeping with anonymity, this is all I should say.
Remember when the MSM actually ran journalism once in a while? A rare 1998 appearance by Barlett and Steele.
Reincarnated as a size 8
Ann Coulter visits her hero's gravesite
Manifesto Joe's Texas Blues
Because in a red state, the blues still come naturally for a few.
See "Manifesto Joe's Great Moments in Conservative History, Chapter 1"
Churchill on Gandhi: "A half-naked fakir ..." On Mussolini: "The greatest lawgiver ..." Posted April 29, 2007
Favorite progressive movies
Mister Roberts -- see January 2009 post.
The Big Parade, The Crowd, Our Daily Bread, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Seven Days in May, Dr. Strangelove, The Grapes of Wrath, Silkwood, Salt of the Earth, Born on the Fourth of July, A Face in the Crowd, The Manchurian Candidate, Easy Rider, Chinatown, Reds, The Naked and the Dead.
Fear on Trial.
Open City, Seven Beauties, Swept Away, The Bicycle Thief, Grand Illusion, Fury, Inherit the Wind, Judgment at Nuremburg, Pressure Point, The President's Analyst, From Here to Eternity, The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Milagro Beanfield War, Native Son, Bob Roberts, There Will Be Blood.
Modern Times, The Great Dictator, Paths of Glory, Spartacus, Hombre, Cool Hand Luke, Pan's Labyrinth, Network, Cutter's Way, All Quiet on the Western Front, Twelve Angry Men, Matewan, Return of the Seacaucus Seven, American History X, Putney Swope, The Pawnbroker, In the Heat of the Night, Norma Rae, North Country.
Bowling for Columbine, Roger and Me, Farenheit 9/11, Sicko, Capitalism: A Love Story. Michael Moore has earned a separate category.
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I've found myself watching (and preferring) Chris Matthews over Olbermann lately. The latter is great. But Matthews is interesting for a change of pace. One thing Matthews does that Olbermann doesn't is that he invites opposing points of view on his show. And although I've seen a number of progressive blogs complain about Matthews on various points, you've got to admit, he excels at confronting the wingnuts and shredding them in head-to-head confrontations.
Rachel Maddow also excels at the latter.
With the lineup of Ed Schultz, Matthews, Olbermann and Maddow, MSNBC has put together a tremendously informative, thought-provoking, and entertaining block of programs. We're in a bit of a golden age of progressive TV, I believe---but I fear it won't last. We should enjoy it while it lasts.
Haaa---Robin Williams and Jon Stewart are two who really cut to the chase.
Marc, I actually prefer Ed, Keith, and Rachel over Matthews, but you're definitely correct to say that he doesn't shy away from, and can definitely handle (and shred), wingnuts like Michele Bachmann and that whole crowd of loonies. MSNBC is truly a great newstalk network these days!
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