Media Pushers

If you don't mind sitting through an ad (or if you have a premium subscription), this Salon article is a good read.

Short version: In the "mainstream media," a national consensus about the Schiavo tragedy becomes a sign of a "divided" country. The reality is that most Americans no more want Tom DeLay and Randall Terry playing doctor with their loved ones than they'd want to get poked in the eye with a burnt stick. Yet the media insists there's some sort of divide--and conveniently ignores Mr. Terry's past (as well as the fact that another protester was a registered sex offender).

Oh, and while on this subject, the batshit insane ramblings of Tom DeLay continue apace: yesterday, it was thinly veiled threats (Tom's Christian conversion apparently ignores the New Testament), today, calls for impeaching judges who disagreed with him.

However, Tom must realize that his political career is in the feeding tube stage at this point, with both Rethuglicans and Democrats ready to withdraw sustenance. And I'll be raising a glass in celebration when that son-of-a-bitch takes his final step off the plank...