L.A. Times: U.S. Attorney Opposition to Death Penalty a Possible Reaso
March 26th, 2007 1:01 PM
In much of the mainstream media reporting on the firing of eight U.S.
attorneys, the focus has been on stoking a political controversy from the story, ruminating on Alberto Gonzales's shelf life as attorney general, etc. Largely left by the wayside in mainstream media reporting have been legitimate deviations the fired attorneys exhibited from Bush Justice Department priorities, such as…
NFL Refuses to Run Border Patrol Ad
February 15th, 2007 10:51 AM
The NFL has a long history of rejecting overly political ads during game programming. However, it went too far recently in refusing an ad from a government agency during the Super Bowl. Sound improbable? Not when you learn that the agency in question was the Border Patrol (HT: bulletproof):
The National Football League refused to run a recruitment ad for the
U.S. Border Patrol in last week's…
Reuters: Immigration Raid Causes 'Terror' Among Illegals
January 26th, 2007 5:28 AM
We all know the face of real terror. Nick Berg getting his head sawed off by a knife wielding Islamist, suicide bombers laying waste to mass transit in Israel, the World Trade Towers collapsing on the morning of 09/11/01. That is real terror.
But, to Reuters, enforcing U.S. immigration laws is terror.
The title of the Reuters piece sets the tone for the overwrought sentiment infused throughout…
NB at WH Conf Call: 'Promising Signals' Maliki Even-Handedly Going Aft
January 23rd, 2007 6:11 PM
Loyal NB readers might recall that on the eve of President Bush's recent address on the new way forward in Iraq, I had the chance to participate in a conference call for bloggers with White House press secretary Tony Snow and Brett McGurk of the National Security Council.With the State of the Union Address just a few hours away, Tony Snow - after a long day making the media rounds - organized a…
