tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973827.post2754218915894128779..comments2024-01-11T07:40:01.736-05:00Comments on The Stopped Clock: The Perils of DemocracyAaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16523334580402022332noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973827.post-55149948010439298122009-11-18T08:40:39.245-05:002009-11-18T08:40:39.245-05:00Sure, Geraldo Rivera as the voice of reason is sca...Sure, Geraldo Rivera as the voice of reason is scary, but on this issue he's <a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/11/conservatives-say-gitmo-detainees-would-be-fine-in-il-prison-warn-gop-of-scaremongering.php" rel="nofollow">joined by Grover Norquist</a>. The planets are aligned in a very strange manner.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16523334580402022332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5973827.post-71326505009082134582009-11-17T23:07:40.295-05:002009-11-17T23:07:40.295-05:00What's scary about the Republican Party right ...What's scary about the Republican Party right now isn't so much that there are people like Limbaugh and Palin, but that people who are supposedly serious politicians, should be the first to point out that, as emperors, Palin and Limbaugh have no clothes, are instead scrambling to get on their bandwagon. Giuliani complaining that criminals are put on trial... no, I can't do it as well... <a href="http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-november-16-2009/law---order--ksm" rel="nofollow">take it from the Daily Show</a>.<br /><br />And how scary is it that political <em>comedy</em> is often more thoughtful and insightful than what comes out of the "professional" media?Atticusnoreply@blogger.com