One of those days
Bookworm on Jan 14 2009 at 7:49 pm | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
Sorry about the blog silence. I’ll just say that this is one of those days that saw me fall on the chocolate ice cream like a junkie on heroin. Nothing bad happened today. It’s just been an overwhelming day that had me bouncing from one thing to another like a pin ball — and the pace only accelerates through Friday. As for Saturday, I’m planning on sleeping in until at least 8:00 (a.m., not p.m.).
One little thing, though: I found amusing today that, as I walked along side a row of cars with Moms all lined up to pick up their kids, all of them were listening to the news on the radio. (It was a warm day, so windows were open.) And what were they listening to? NPR, of course. There are only four sources for news in my neck of the woods: NPR, the New York Times, the Chron, and the New Yorker (with some people throwing in the WaPo for good measure). They’re well read, but not well-informed.
Even if I can’t blog, though, others are, and I’ll leave you with the wonderful Watcher’s submissions to tide you over.
Council Submissions
- The Glittering Eye - Wealth
- The Colossus of Rhodey - ABC’s ‘Ugly Americans’: Obnoxious George Bush Supporters
- Mere Rhetoric - Media Outlets Can’t Get Over The Tactical Brilliance Of Hamas’s Use Of Human Shields
- The Provocateur - Some Perspective on the Great Loan Modification Scam
- Bookworm Room - Looking for Insults
- Right Truth - America Said NO
- Soccer Dad - Both sides now
- Rhymes With Right - Representation By The Numbers
- Cheat-Seeking Missiles - As BHO Channels FDR, Worries Grow
- The Razor - Three Shocks For New Doctors
- Joshuapundit - The Hidden Story On Gaza
Non-Council Submissions
- Submitted By: The Glittering Eye – Kenneth Anderson’s Law of War and Just War Theory Blog - The NYT and the information theory of the leisure class, Part 1 of 4
- Submitted By: The Colossus of Rhodey – World Affairs Journal - Paved Intentions: Civilization and Imperialism
- Submitted By: Mere Rhetoric – Yaacov Lozowick’s Ruminations - Waging War the Israeli Way
- Submitted By: The Provocateur – Townhall - There is a Better Stimulus Out There
- Submitted By: Bookworm Room – FrontPage Magazine - Hamas’ Brutal Legacy
- Submitted By: Right Truth – BlogBat - France TV Using Old Pix to Impugn Current Israeli Ops
- Submitted By: Soccer Dad – Yourish - There’s a kind of hate all over the world
- Submitted By: Rhymes With Right – Jewish Odysseus - GERMAN “POLICE” JOIN JEW-HATING MUSLIM MOB
- Submitted By: Cheat-Seeking Missiles – Freedom - Israel vs. Hamas – A Gedera Resident’s Perspective
- Submitted By: The Razor – A Big Victory - Anger Direct Management
- Submitted By: Joshuapundit – Robert Avrech/Big Hollywood - Learning From the Real Battle of Algiers
Related posts:
- Weasel reading for the season
- What I’m reading right now
- In case you find yourself with some time to read
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Book, no, they are not well read.
None of the media you mentioned is particularly well written or reasoned, therefore any consumer thereof is not particularly well read.
I’ve had it up to here with people who can listen to or read unctuously delivered material and not detect what supercilious bullshit it is.
I guess part of being a Bobo is convincing yourself that you’re really swell when you can nod your head in unison with your dimwit peers about how insightful and smart those folks at NPR are whenever they drone on about something or another.