This sucks.
School officials under fire.
DC disfunction.
More bad news in the outdoors.
Duck!
I'll get the quiz posted this evening.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
Quiz review
Sorry, I didn't get to this last night.
Hard to believe it's been 20 years.
Bad bus trip.
Post office woes.
Some relief for Libby?
Execution on hold.
I'll post a quiz this evening. You'll have a few days to take the quiz. Once you open it you'll only have five minutes to complete it.
Hard to believe it's been 20 years.
Bad bus trip.
Post office woes.
Some relief for Libby?
Execution on hold.
I'll post a quiz this evening. You'll have a few days to take the quiz. Once you open it you'll only have five minutes to complete it.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Franco, Spain and futbol
Just to show that I'm not totally nuts, here are a few links related to this morning's stream-of-conscious discussion on FC Barcelona, Gen. Franco, Chevy Chase and the Spanish Civil War, in case you're interested.
Chevy Chase
Franco
The best painting ever
More than a club
Chevy Chase
Franco
The best painting ever
More than a club
The Decline of Western Civilization as measured by shoddy journalism
A rather sad commentary on the state of the America media from one of the most important advocates for a return to rational discourse, Jon Stewart.
There's a distinction here that I want you to understand. It relates to the topic we've discussed in class about the elements of news, namely conflict and resolution. There is a real conflict here, the conflict as to how the resources of our government should be used to deal with the jobs crisis. We should be having a real, meaningful debate about that conflict. But what does the media focus on instead? The conflict regarding when Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress was scheduled, and who was the winner of this faux conflict?
Stewart demonstrates how pathetic even the White House press corps — presumably the elite of the elite of our nation's journalists — has become by simply holding up a mirror to the White House briefing room. Twenty-three questions about the scheduling conflict, and just nine on the actual substance of Obama's jobs proposal, a proposal designed to deal with the unemployment crisis in this country, a crisis that is causing substantial pain for millions of Americans.
It makes you wonder if, instead of covering our nation's government, these "journalists" should by out chasing Brad Pitt around to find out which person with a name other than Angelina he's having sex with. If only they had the capacity to feel shame.
There's a distinction here that I want you to understand. It relates to the topic we've discussed in class about the elements of news, namely conflict and resolution. There is a real conflict here, the conflict as to how the resources of our government should be used to deal with the jobs crisis. We should be having a real, meaningful debate about that conflict. But what does the media focus on instead? The conflict regarding when Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress was scheduled, and who was the winner of this faux conflict?
Stewart demonstrates how pathetic even the White House press corps — presumably the elite of the elite of our nation's journalists — has become by simply holding up a mirror to the White House briefing room. Twenty-three questions about the scheduling conflict, and just nine on the actual substance of Obama's jobs proposal, a proposal designed to deal with the unemployment crisis in this country, a crisis that is causing substantial pain for millions of Americans.
It makes you wonder if, instead of covering our nation's government, these "journalists" should by out chasing Brad Pitt around to find out which person with a name other than Angelina he's having sex with. If only they had the capacity to feel shame.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Current events
Here are some stories to review before you take your practice current events quiz tomorrow.
It hasn't been much of a fire season, but things are heating up here and here.
President Obama will address a joint session of congress Thursday to talk about jobs.
A new entrant into the 2012 Montana governor's race looks like a strong contender.
Where were you on 9-11 10 years ago?
It hasn't been much of a fire season, but things are heating up here and here.
President Obama will address a joint session of congress Thursday to talk about jobs.
A new entrant into the 2012 Montana governor's race looks like a strong contender.
Where were you on 9-11 10 years ago?
Monday, September 5, 2011
OT: Can your instructor write?
BTW, OT is an abbreviation for "Off Topic," just as BTW is online shorthand for "By the way" and LMAO is short for, well, you know what it stands for.
Anyway, I have a column in the current edition of the Flathead Beacon, which you can find here.
Maybe this isn't entirely OT after all. We should start compiling a list of all text/online short hand. It might be useful in class. OTOH, doing so would take a lot of time.
Anyway, I have a column in the current edition of the Flathead Beacon, which you can find here.
Maybe this isn't entirely OT after all. We should start compiling a list of all text/online short hand. It might be useful in class. OTOH, doing so would take a lot of time.
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