The Tattlesnake After Blago the Deluge? Edition
"How many legs does a dog have, if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg." -- Abraham Lincoln Last Thursday,…
The Tattlesnake It’s Worse Than You Think Edition
MSNBC reported this morning that the Peanut Corporation of America yes, someone actually named a company that knowingly shipped out products contaminated by salmonella. (So much for the market policing…
The Tattlesnake Random Notes on Bush’s Exit, Obama’s Entrance, and the Dying of the Right Edition
Part the One -- Wow. Obama's been president for three days and already he's signed Executive Orders closing Gitmo; banning torture; suspending those odious 'military tribunal' trials; ending revolving-door lobbying;…
The Tattlesnake — Bush: The Way of All Flash Edition
The End of An Irritant Rational people, when faced with a massive failure of their own making, normally take some time for private circumspection and avoid further contact with the…
The Tattlesnake Anti-Mythmaking and Other Conundrums Edition
"Obviously, some of my rhetoric has been a mistake." -- George W. Bush in what, we hope, is his final press conference. SOME??? A Few Popular Media Myths Quickly Dispelled:…