Darth Silelland
06-09-2005, 19:09
Usually I'm very critical of the media. I won't go into too much detail as to why, suffice it to say, if you've seen Jon Stewart's appearance on Crossfire, that's a good place to start.
This week, however, I've been impressed by them. Depressingly, they seem to care more about this country than its elected officials do. And, they've grown a nice pair of testicles. Take, for instance, this clip and article respectively:
http://movies.crooksandliars.com/Olbermann-Blasts-on%20-Katrina.wmv
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,166682,00.html
I wouldn't normally quote Fox News, but this stuff is gold:
"Consider that highway bill. The bill calls for nearly half a billion dollars to build two bridges in Alaska. One will connect the Alaskan mainland with a tiny island called Gravina (population: 50). It will cost U.S. taxpayers $230 million. In fact, when it comes to pork barrel politics, Alaska is the new West Virginia. That's because Alaska Rep.Don Young chairs the transportation committee. The transportation bill is named after Young's wife. The second bridge the bill appropriates money for another $230 million will be called "Don Young Way."
Robert Byrd would be proud.
You'd think that a Republican like Young would at least be embarrassed about all of this. He isn't. He's shameless. Upon hearing that only one other lawmaker in the entire Congress had outdone him in securing pork barrel projects, Young told the New York Times, 'I'd like to be a little oinker, myself. If he's the chief porker, I'm upset.'"
This week, however, I've been impressed by them. Depressingly, they seem to care more about this country than its elected officials do. And, they've grown a nice pair of testicles. Take, for instance, this clip and article respectively:
http://movies.crooksandliars.com/Olbermann-Blasts-on%20-Katrina.wmv
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,166682,00.html
I wouldn't normally quote Fox News, but this stuff is gold:
"Consider that highway bill. The bill calls for nearly half a billion dollars to build two bridges in Alaska. One will connect the Alaskan mainland with a tiny island called Gravina (population: 50). It will cost U.S. taxpayers $230 million. In fact, when it comes to pork barrel politics, Alaska is the new West Virginia. That's because Alaska Rep.Don Young chairs the transportation committee. The transportation bill is named after Young's wife. The second bridge the bill appropriates money for another $230 million will be called "Don Young Way."
Robert Byrd would be proud.
You'd think that a Republican like Young would at least be embarrassed about all of this. He isn't. He's shameless. Upon hearing that only one other lawmaker in the entire Congress had outdone him in securing pork barrel projects, Young told the New York Times, 'I'd like to be a little oinker, myself. If he's the chief porker, I'm upset.'"