FOXNews' Mubarak Resignation Blunder

Feb 11th, 2011

Since FOXNews didn't feel the need to actually cover the Suleiman statement announcing Mubarak's departure that I and 100s of millions of others watched around the world, here's footage of their man in Cairo saying "We're now hearing this unbelievable roar from Tahrir Square... we don't know what that's about." Yes, facepalm. This is why we should all be watching Al Jazeera.

Gone! Now What?

Feb 11th, 2011

Hosni Mubarak has stepped down. The atmosphere in Tahrir is clearly electric. The people deserve this moment of jubilant revelry. We can only hope that they continue to press for and achieve the next step... truly free and fair elections.

Well... That Happened

Jan 21st, 2011

Keith Olbermann resigned from MSNBC's "Countdown" tonight. We'll have some comment tomorrow. For now, we are just absorbing this development.

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The Sad Virulence Of Fear

Jan 12th, 2011

No American, regardless of party affiliation, should ever feel the need to leave public service out of fear. From Raw Story:

"Fearing violence from tea party activists, Arizona Legislative District 20 Republican Chairman Anthony Miller and several others tendered their resignation this week following mass shootings that left six dead and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) in critical condition.

Miller, a 43-year-old former campaign worker for Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), said that verbal attacks and blog posts from members of the tea party had him fearing for the safety of his family, according to a report in The Arizona Republic.

"Today my wife of 20 yrs ask (sic) me do I think that my PCs (Precinct Committee members) will shoot at our home?" he wrote in an e-mail following the shootings. "So with this being said I am stepping down from LD20GOP Chairman...I will make a full statement on Monday."

Tea party members supporting J.D. Hayworth for senator in the midterm elections accused Miller, an African American, of being a "McCain's boy." One detractor had even made his hand into the shape of a gun and pointed it at Miller."