This story sums up in a very neat package where we are in the age of the supine media. Gov. Schwarzenegger’s campaign team is able to manipulate the news, inserting the governor into the headlines by cravenly using his troops as political props — and inadvertently admits the state is unprepared for a Katrina-like disaster [...]

Corrupt Christian: Report Reveals Ralph Reed’s Payoffs from Abramoff — Money Was Laundered Through Norquist’s Nonprofit

The tipster said, “The writers and producers should be embarassed to show this one to [Fox News Channel CEO Roger Ailes].”
TVNewser is reporting scuttlebutt that the Fox News Channel is prepping a satiric news show to compete with Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show, with Jon Stewart.” According to the TV news blog on the Media [...]

Must conservatism always be in the hands of cavemen or brutal enemies of the spirit?
— Thomas Mann (1875-1950), German novelist

Seas of David: Okay, it’s kind of a catchy name for a group of terrorists, but it’s also pretty pathetic. Apparently, the FBI stung a bunch of wannabe terrorists who were operating from a warehouse in Liberty City, one of Miami’s poorest, mainly black inner city neighborhoods.
The members of the group — all seven [...]

Hell no, he won’t go: We received a press release today from www.ThankYouLt.org about First Lieutenant Ehren K. Watada, who refused orders today to deploy to Iraq with Stryker Brigade. He reported to duty at 2 a.m. at Ft Lewis, Wash., and refused orders to move to the adjacent McChord Air Force Base to [...]

Entering the fray: Apparently, the State of Kentucky’s Commonwealth Office of Technology, which handles the e-mail and Internet access for all state employees, has started blocking access to select Web sites and weblogs. Mainly these have been sites critical of Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher.
We at Pensito Review are always on the lookout for opportunities to [...]

Congress of dullards: A ccording to Congress Daily’s PollTrack, a new Zogby poll finds that the only thing that can bridge the gap between the Republican and Democratic parties is the bipartisan view that Congress is doing a heckuva crappy job.
Just 20 percent of respondents gave Congress’ performance a favorable rating; 57 percent gave [...]

Stay and Die.

I’m just saying…