tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post6886071957997537272..comments2023-11-03T03:17:27.053-05:00Comments on NPR Check: Traveling With the PresidentMytwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-58336685658944492322008-01-19T17:56:00.000-06:002008-01-19T17:56:00.000-06:00PS: Barney looks good on that podium. Nice pup. I ...PS: Barney looks good on that podium. Nice pup. I bet he's 'barney'd' under the Oval Office desk a few times, as a commentary on his not-so-masterful master.Porter Melmothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473990960543501439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-55901635726750001852008-01-19T14:57:00.000-06:002008-01-19T14:57:00.000-06:00Indeed, this is the sort of watery spinnishness so...Indeed, this is the sort of watery spinnishness so dear to NPR's heart: that sort of half-genial half-smug cooperative balderdash that's smothering the craft of journalism to death. 'Worthless' is a banal enough term, but it's about the only one I can think of anymore to summarize NPR's contributions to news-gathering. We know who the good ones are in that crew, but the rewards are so few and far between...<BR/><BR/>Bush's putzy pronouncements were merely to gloss over his trip's real purpose: to cap some mega-sized arms deals with some quality Crawford crackerbarrel joshing, and to get out the butter so as to arouse the region for some very sexy Iranian penetration.<BR/>Oh, and what happened to Pakistan's status as Most Dangerous Nation?<BR/><BR/>I read a good article in the Moscow Times about Gorbachev, who says that Russia isn't fooled by this preposterous missile program that's supposedly meant for Iran. It's meant for Russia, folks - the latest devil-baby spawned by frozen-out Cold Warriors who wanna make a comeback before they kick the bucket.<BR/>Chomsky wrote a trenchant article called 'Cold War II' last August, very worthwhile.Porter Melmothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473990960543501439noreply@blogger.com