Recreational Poli Sci
hedge industries from yesteryear, combined with politics and politicology from deepest suburbia
Sexy iPhone apps? Clever? Funny? Useful? YES! Political? NO!
Saw this via Engadget. Some eAdvocacy effort, in the form of “iSinglePayer,” can help you locate your congressional district by GPS (that is cool), and of course, call the office to shame, blame, or congratulate a member of congress. It seems to have some bulletpoints on the health care debate, and probably has some sort of special feature that allows you to pin the tail on the Baucus’s rear end. Anyway, Apple Store Said No. It’s too “politically charged.” More info here.
What does the quantity of media coverage of returned fallen soldiers mean?
The Washington Examiner, via Drudge, reports today that media attention to returning caskets containing fallen US servicemen has dropped to nothing, following very high attention paid when Obama lifted the ban on photojournalism of the dead. Byron York concludes, “With casualties mounting, the debate over U.S. policy in Afghanistan is sharp and heated. The number of arrivals at Dover is increasing. But the journalists who once clamored to show the true human cost of war are nowhere to be found.” So how much attention is ideal? Was the media surge to cover returning caskets some sort statement disapproving of the previous policy?
Overusing Obituaters of Omniquotism
Could someone please have a nice entry on Safire with mentioning the “nattering” line? Please?
Obama and "his" war.
Obama faces heterogeneity in opinion on where to go from here in Afghanistan—within the electorate, among Democrats, and among his advisors. On NPR this morning, I heard Cokie Roberts claim that Obama has (I’m inferring) less ability to command his commanders because of his own lack of military credentials.
One of my grad school buddies understands Dixie pretty darn well, but has never quite put his finger on the Midwest. I am a Midwesterner, and a low-intensity Green Bay fan, and I emailed him about the latest funny t-shirt worn in Wisconsin, pictured above. His reply cracked me up:
“Very nice. Funny, but in that not overly aggressive Midwestern way.”
Maybe he’s getting to know the Midwest better afterall.
I suggest auditioning Craig T. Nelson...
I’ve flown in and out of MSP a few times (got some kin and amigos up there on both sides of the state line), and the first time I did after 6/11/2007, I asked the info desk which one was the famous bathroom (after a call to a friend with wiki access yielded ambiguous results), and I got unhappy shrugs as a result. I ultimately found it, but it lacks any plaques or other memorabilia. Anyway, I just read that there is now going to be a play of it: Wide Stance.
