Glenn Greenwald

Glenn's reply to my open letter

My original letter is here.

Glenn’s response, followed by mine to him:

Thanks for sending me that email letting me know of your post. The email you sent it to is one I really don’t use any more and only check very sporadically, so I am only seeing it now.

I registered for an account at Corrente a few days ago in order to post a comment correcting a false claim that was made about me there, but my account hasn’t been approved, so I haven’t been able to comment.  Read more 

An open letter to Glenn Greenwald

Glenn,

I’m posting the following on correntewire.com, as an open letter to you, on the twin assumptions that our readers’ comments may further illuminate this topic and that you receive far too much e-mail for me to expect a response.  Read more 

No one could have anticipated...

Glenn:

Obama has obviously calculated that sacrificing the rule of law and the Fourth Amendment is a worthwhile price to pay to bolster his standing a tiny bit in a couple of swing states.

He adds:

Nobody should be fooled by Obama’s vow to work to remove telecom amnesty from this bill.

There is a pony in here, though: Obama now cares about swing states (at least their worst elements)! I do so hope that includes FL and MI!

I am so happy!

Russert & Matthews & Kurtz, Oh My!

This ad hominem attack on Three Nasty Piss Pots goes well with the melody from Eric Idle’s Money Song.

heinous motherfuckers, full of nonsense
petty little Villagers to boot
nasty when they’re leering
embarassing when cheering
preening pompous polecats in cahoots

disgusting, pribbling bastards, full of bile
masticating weevils making hay
their mouths all going tweet-tweet
while they’re pulling on their man-meat
they’re straight so it’s okay when they are gay  Read more 

Novak endorses Greenwald on Tooliani

koolaid Novak writes today:

Contrary to conventional wisdom, Giuliani has stubbornly held on to first place in national surveys of Republican voters. His elevated status cannot be written off as merely superior name identification. He no longer seems uncomfortable as a Republican and clearly dominated last week’s presidential debate in Dearborn, Mich. The real possibility that Giuliani might be the Republican nominee led a group of religious conservatives, who met in Salt Lake City on Sept. 29 under the leadership of James C. Dobson of Focus on the Family, to consider a third-party alternative.

But the situation is not a simple confrontation between the Christian right and Giuliani. The Gallup data suggest that Dobson and the Salt Lake City group may be out of touch with rank-and-file churchgoers. A well-known social conservative, who asked that his name not be used, is disturbed by Dobson’s statement he could not vote for Giuliani under any circumstances. Instead of being considered the lesser of two evils in a possible race against Sen. Hillary Clinton, Giuliani seems to be the positive choice of millions of religious Americans.

Yeah, well, the conventional wisdom as generated and propagated by the Village in which Novak is happily ensconced is always slow and wrong, which is why we read Glenn Greenwald, who called his shot on Tooliani months ago.

Greenwald wrote back in February:  Read more 

Once again, Kristol blew persuasion



On The Daily Show, Bill Kristol pulls off a Glenn Greenwald hat trick:

1. He says “serious” or “seriously” six times in a seven-minute interview

2. He called O’Hanlon and Pollack “skeptics of the war”

3. He called General Petraeus “non-partisan.”  Read more 

Best. Caveat. Ever.

Greenwald:

“Just consider the record of Michael Gordon — who, I want to stress, is not personally the problem but merely the most vivid manifestation of the ills of American political journalism.”