Browsing the Archive
October 2009
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A Serious Man
by Maynard on October 25, 2009Maynard at the Movies I have great respect for the artistic talent of the movie-making Coen brothers. Their latest film, currently in limited theatrical release, is “A Serious Man”. The film observes an American Jewish community, focusing mainly on the trials and tribulations of one Larry Gopnik. Or then again, maybe it’s a movie about Schrödinger’s cat. Sounds fascinating, eh? Would it be surprising if I were to report the film is rather mundane? And yet… Did anyone see the Coen’s earlier “No Country for Old Men”? That was a superb movie. It took the heavy awards…Best Picture, Best Director, etc. “No Country for Old Men” was both deep and accessible (meaning you could watch it and enjoy it without...
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Tammy Radio Weekend Podcast Now Up
by Tammy on October 24, 2009Today’s podcast is now available for Tammy Army members for your listening and downloading pleasure. :) Please check the TAM Podcasts page for your media. This is exclusive Tammy Army media. Please join now and you will have immediate access this podcast, the Tammy Radio archive and other special media. Thanks!
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A Special Podcast Has Posted
by Tammy on October 23, 2009Hey TAMs, after I posted the first netcast we got lots of comments here on the blog as well as lots of emails with other comments and questions for The Palin Democrat (TPD). So I thought, hey, what better way to have TPD answer all those questions than with a Special Report Podcast? So here we are. Many of those emails also asked about food that will help with breast health, so in honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, TPD gives us some pointers and insight on the issue. This Special Media Podcast for TAMs is about 25 minutes long. Please visit the TAM Podcasts subpage for your exclusive media :) If you aren’t a Tammy Army member,...
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Sheep May Safely Graze — NEH $ for Humanities Boondoggles
by Pat_S on October 23, 2009A post by Pat Out of work? House in foreclosure? Downtown turning into a ghost town? Get over your plebeian short-sightedness and be proud that some of the money the government doesn’t have is spent on larks for Humanities professors. For example: $150,000 for 25 professors to spend a month studying Bach in Berlin $130,000 for 16 professors to spend a month in San Diego studying the truth and meaning of life according to Aristotle $600,000 for an online film on starvation in the Soviet Union in 1920 $350,000 to explore the cultural significance of the circus poster The Humanities help us understand why things are the way they are. Sometimes inadvertently.
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CNN: Talk Radio – Fairness
by Pat_S on October 21, 2009A post by Pat The last day of the series. Carol Costello examines the question of fairness. That Fairness Doctrine thing is long gone. Not even Obama wants that. Noooo. Localism, well that’s something else. Randi Rhodes demonstrates the liberal talk talent to speak out of both sides of your mouth without using your brain. She’s in the D.C. market but for cryin’ out loud, the conservative shows rule the airwaves even there. Randi insists that for the sake of diversity, there should be less conservative radio in liberal localities. That’s localism. On the other hand, she’d love to get a shot at conservative audiences. That’s fairness. Camille Paglia uses her brain and nuked the BS in one sentence. I...
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The White House War on FOX — and Why It Matters
by Maynard on October 20, 2009A post by Maynard You’re aware of the White House war on FOXNews. The White House is calling on other news organizations to isolate and alienate Fox News as it sends out top advisers to rail against the cable channel as a Republican Party mouthpiece. …White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel told CNN on Sunday that President Obama does not want “the CNNs and the others in the world [to] basically be led in following Fox.” Obama senior adviser David Axelrod went further by calling on media outlets to join the administration in declaring that Fox is “not a news organization.” “Other news organizations like yours ought not to treat them that way,” Axelrod counseled ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. “We’re...