Beer Call, Again

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/09/its_not_about_the_issues.html

"So while the candidates will sit down to discuss a broad range of issues, rest assured the post-debate discussion will focus on everything but policy differences. Who "won" and who "lost?" Which candidate looked "more presidential?" Who got off the best line of the night? Who committed the biggest "gaffe?"

All of this will be processed by the public into - to use Rick Davis' words - "a composite view" of Obama and McCain, which is another way of saying that the public will take what they see, hear, and feel and reconcile it with the professed narrative of each candidate.

Every four years the political intelligentsia laments the fact that the presidential race inevitably boils down to "who you'd rather have a beer with." Guess what? The public is bellying up to the bar to take the measure of these two candidates over the next eight weeks."

This Would Never Be Misused

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/7605923.stm

Bad Week For Bullwinkle

The US just nationalized the mortgage lenders. How many moose will Sarah Barracuda have to kill to pay that off? And FDIC is next.

Hurricanes have three letters of introduction: GOP.

It's a great week to be a smartass. :)

I Like Ike

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200809.html

Children Are Off-Limits In Politics

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122066426856206115.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

State and federal regulators on Friday shut down Silver State Bank, the latest in a series of bank failures and one that could ripple through the presidential campaign.

Until recently, the son of Republican nominee Sen. John McCain sat on Silver State's board and was a member of its three-person audit committee, which was responsible for overseeing the company's financial condition.

Family Values!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Gilead

This is the prototypical wet dream of the South

Family Values!

http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=27668

Family Values!

A continuing series on what happens when we let religion rule our lives.

This is what The South would like America to be like. We have eight thousand years of recorded history of what that kind of disaster that would be, and it's called The Middle East.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/05/singer.slain.tamim.suzanne.ap/index.html

Post-Dispatch Keeps Going Downhill

http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/tube-talk/tube-talk/2008/08/what-no-daily-tv-listings/

Mike Anderson Shutting Down?

Mike is still maintaining his message boards (which require registration). The generational tone of his last (official) message is, well, interesting... :) He's always been a warm and fuzzy online persona...

http://www.stlradio.net/

Wednesday 08-27-08: A while back ...
I put out a "casting call" for someone to take over this website once I tired of it.
I received exactly one response from someone even vaguely qualified and he never responded when I asked for ideas for what he might consider the future of STLMedia.
So it's obvious that I have no heirs for the eight years of work I've done here, nor is there anyone interested in carrying on the tradition.
Ya don't want it, ya don't get it. And I've had enough of working for you for free.
Join me at Reynolds on September 12th for my 60th birthday and farewell party for STLMedia.net.
Or not. I'll enjoy my biscuits and gravy with or without you.
Time for me to move on to other things.
The STLMedia Message Board will remain in place and that's where I'll direct you to my next projects.
This is my final entry here. I'll remain active on the MB, of course. See ya there!
G'bye and thanks for all the fishes.
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This Political Season Just Keeps Getting Better

This Would Never Be Misused

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10421065