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That Reckless News Media
There was a time when the news media was considered way too liberal and reckless with authority. Not anymore. Now percolating with as many pundits as reporters (so it sometimes seems), what we have now are some pretty chilling reviews from the left about the breathless drum pounding for invading Iraq three years ago. More than a few are dredging [...]
Asleep at the Wheel
From yesterday's press conference with President Bush: QUESTION: Mr. President, on immigration, yesterday you answered a question from a woman and said, the tough question here is what happens to somebody who has been here since 1987. Will you accept a bill that allows those who have been here a long time to remain in the country permanently [...]
Never Boring
The headline screams: "U.S. CONFUSES INSURGENTS WITH PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN Military Launches 'Operation Incomprehensible Program' Across Iraq" From the Borowitz Report In an effort to confuse Iraqi insurgents, the Pentagon announced today that the U.S. had begun bombarding insurgent positions with copies of President Bush’s Medicare [...]
A Change of Scenery
This is amusing. Fred Barnes, executive editor of The Weekly Standard, ground zero neocon land, calls for a total makeover of the Bush administration's leadership, including Vice President Dick Cheney. The reason? To distract the news media from bombarding the White House's policies now teetering on the precipice of doom in public opinion [...]
Custer Battles Questions
On Thursday, a federal jury in Alexandria, Va., determined that Custer Battles engaged in massive contract fraud in Iraq and ruled that the defendants must shell out more than $10 million in penalties and damages. Run by Michael Battles and Scott Custer, the firm was swimming in contracts worth tens of millions of dollars just months after the [...]
Dubai Texas Style
A Peabody-winning, Emmy-ladden, DuPont Baton-twirling buddy of mine now living in Texas spouts off on the Dubai port security media frenzy: The New York Times this am had the Dubai deal in lead column in bold italics and 2 columns wide. Dallas Morning News: one column, no italics and in the bottom lower right hand corner short. Ah, to be in Bush [...]
Easy Come, Easy Go: Where’s that Bonus Money Now?
Scott Custer and Michael Battles once boasted of funding their nine-month old private security firm with credit cards and personal loans after they landed in Baghdad following the March 2003 Iraq invasion. Only months later, they were swimming in contracts worth tens of millions of dollars. One was a $16 million deal to guard Baghdad's airport. A [...]
Armed Cheney to Guard Ports!!!
Shotgun-packing Veep Offers Solution to Port Controversy Need I say more? See the Borowitz Report for the latest shocker!
Gunning for Chappaquiddick or a Grassy Knoll
Vice President Cheney's accidental shooting on a south Texas hunting trip has all the makings for a radioactive half-life -- and it may possibly produce toxic chatter about the president's right-hand man for months to come. Blame it on the lag time between the shooting of Cheney's friend, Harry Whittington, and the reporting of it to the police. [...]
Raised from the Dead
San Francisco Chronicle columnist David Lazarus interviewed in PRWeek giving suggestions to public relations people, but also punditing on the trajectory of corporate America:. PRWeek: Do you have any predictions for 2006 for your beat? Lazarus: We're probably going to see a continuing disenfranchisement of consumers from large companies, and a [...]
