Cleaning Out The Cabinet

I was drawn to this shot on Yahoo News today illustrating Steven Hadley’s elevation to National Security Chief. Out of all the images they could have pulled from the file drawer, why chose this one (from April 2001)? My take is that it illustrates how much the new team...

Mosqued Gunman

In an example of how art presages life, I had become interested lately in how much the war ( at least, the images of it) had begun to focus more tightly around Iraq’s mosques. As is my process, I had been grabbing off images and articles and putting together...

I’ll See Your Marlboro Man, And I’ll Raise You One

Here’s an update on the LA Times pr campaign to turn an unwilling Marine Lance Cpl. James Blake Miller into a poster boy (see previous post). In a defensive action this past weekend, the NYTimes responded by offering up their own cigarette smoking GI (Lance Cpl. Michael Pristavec, below)....

God Surfs in Mysterious Ways

You could be inscribed in your own glory, as well — here. (from: jillian. Her dailykos journal here.)

L.A. Times Coughs Up New Marlboro Man (…Or: “15 Minutes of Flame”)

In an impressive act of exploitation, the LATimes has done its best to gets some mileage from the image of an unwilling GI. After running a photo last Wednesday of Marine Lance Cpl. James Blake Miller that was picked up by over 100 newspapers, the Times ran a follow...

Do You Hear A Blairing Noise?

Memo to Tony: George Could Care Less About the Palestinians. send this cartoon to a friend!

10 x 10

With pleasure, I’ve discovered another utility — called “10×10” — that visually maps the news. (If you’ve been with me for awhile, you’ll recall my earlier fascination with the Newsmap, which I not only ran and analyzed a bunch of times, but also modified the output to actually make...

Looking Like Himself (or: Campaign Hangover)

Here is the shot from today’s front page NYTimes story (“Nominee for Attorney General Rides an Ideological Divide”) on Bush’s new Attorney General. Here are some impressions. Bush’s General Appearance I think it was particularly telling, in the first Bush-Kerry debate, that “W” kept reiterating how hard his job...

Shrinking and Fading (Or: Why I Think It Would Be a Fatal Mistake For Kerry To Run Again)

This morning’s LA Times has an article (registration required) entitled “2008 Run Among Kerry’s Options,” suggesting John Kerry is contemplating another bid for the presidency. During the campaign, believing that Kerry was the far superior choice to Bush, I refrained from criticizing him. If you’ve been following this blog,...

Just Ignore That Man Behind The Curtain

As the administration begins marketing the concept of “a new Bush,” I thought it might be useful to provide some visual evidence of how different Bush “the product” is from Bush “the man.” Earlier this year, Time Magazine did a photo journal of the campaign called “Backstage with Bush.”...

Presidential Make Over

Just as fast as you can call an election without counting provisional votes or looking into voting irregularities, America and the press seem to have fallen prey again to the power of the Bush PR machine. Remember when Bush was first elected, and speculation was rampant over whether he...

Been There, Done That

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Working Capital

  (by vawolf, via MyDD, via DailyKos): >>1% more than 50% is not a mandate but a bare, thin, majority. >>This was the largest number of people who have ever voted AGAINST a president. >>At 80% approval after 9-11 and guaranteed a landslide election by prognosticators 2 years ago,...

Screening Today’s News: Through the Green Filter

“Deficit? What Deficit” meets The (Corporate) Ownership Society (image:newseum.org)

Working Capital

send this cartoon to a friend! (by vawolf, via MyDD, via DailyKos): >>1% more than 50% is not a mandate but a bare, thin, majority. >>This was the largest number of people who have ever voted AGAINST a president. >>At 80% approval after 9-11 and guaranteed a landslide election...

Following The Script

From the Cruel to the Unusual

send this cartoon to a friend! Okay, turning to the Senate, we now have a whole crop of Republicans who are either certifiably crazy — or who hold such hateful or prejudiced views that they might as well be. In Kentucky, we have Jim Bunning, who has been experiencing...

Reaching Out

Today, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist made an empassioned plea for unity and bipartisanship in the new Senate. “It is time to heal the partisan divide and begin the process of reconciliation. Beginning last night, I spoke with many of my colleagues – Republican and Democrat – to begin...