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Saturday, July 23rd, 2005

Weekly Jackass Number Thirty-Six: Frank Rich

Has anyone ever seen Frank Rich and Paul Begala in the same room? Seriously…because Rich might as well have ‘DNC hack’ stamped on his forehead. Rich’s subject this week, predictably, is the Plame scandal, but he has nothing to add (equally predictably), so he does his usual routine of slinging out everything but the kitchen […]

2 Comments » - Posted in NY Times/Media Watch, Weekly Jackasses by Mark

Saturday, July 16th, 2005

Weekly Jackass Number Thirty-Five: Juan Cole

Juan Cole, if you are unfamiliar with his work, is a History Professor at the University of Michigan, and a blogger for many years at Informed Comment. His specialty is the Middle East, and he’s a harsh critic of the Bush Administration’s policy in that regard. Nothing wrong with any of that, including criticism of […]

14 Comments » - Posted in Radical Islam / GWOT, Iraq, Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, Weekly Jackasses by Mark

Friday, July 1st, 2005

Weekly Jackass Number Thirty-Three: Paul Krugman

In a remarkably defeatist screed, delivered practically on the eve of the anniversary of our nation’s Declaration of Independence, Paul Krugman declares unconditional surrender in Iraq. Krugman’s lack of faith in his nation is stunning. He declares we are held hostage by the man we elected twice as our president in a free expression of […]

3 Comments » - Posted in NY Times/Media Watch, Weekly Jackasses by Mark

Wednesday, December 29th, 2004

The 2004 Jackass of the Year - Michael Moore

As we end this momentous year, I am taking the opportunity to reflect on the months gone by. Who, during 2004, was the most idiotic, the most outrageous, the most just plain wrong about almost every issue? Not Dan Rather, though he was a close second. Instead, the first annual Jackass of the Year award […]

3 Comments » - Posted in Progressive Nonsense / Nutroots®, Weekly Jackasses by Mark

Tuesday, December 7th, 2004

Weekly Jackass Number Two - Noam Chomsky

This was a no-brainer. To not honor Chomsky in this forum would be a disservice to the Weekly Jackass concept. Noam Chomsky is a Professor of Linguistics at MIT and possibly the very personification of the America-Hating Radical Left. He has been accused of anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism, though he denies both charges, […]