While inspecting the body politic, one encounters one clear sign that Liberalism is dead. It is the condition of our political discourse. Polite commentators note that the dialogue is "rancorous." Some say toxic. Actually it is worse than that. It is nonexistent.From the right, from the sophisticated right, there is an attempt to engage the Liberals. Budget Chairman Paul Ryan just did it by presenting a budget that cried out for intelligent response. President Barack Obama's response was to invite Chairman Ryan to sit in the front row for Obama's "fiscal policy"…
from: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/04/30/is_liberal_control_over_the_media_ending_109715.html
Good morning!Random question of the day: What period of your life matured you the most?This is our daily (except for Sundays) open thread, where you can 1) answer my question, 2) talk about something else, or 3) say something truly encouraging to the commenter before you.
from: http://online.worldmag.com/2011/04/30/whirled-views-4-30/
Telegraph [UK], by Nick Squires Posted By: Attercliffe- Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:54:37 GMT The wildly popular MTV series stars a group of narcissistic, hard’drinking Italian’Americans in their twenties, including Jenni "J’Woww Farley, Sammi Sweetheart Giancola, Nicole Snooki Polizzi and Mike The Situation Sorrentino. One reviewer said that it scaled new heights of unmissable awfulness and that the programmes unspoken objective was to encourage a group of over’sized, under’dressed twenty’somethings to get drunk, bicker and have sex, preferably at the same time. The first three seasons of the show were filmed in New Jersey and Miami, attracting viewer audiences of up to eight million, but the fourth will be filmed in Florence from next month
from: http://www.newmediablog.com/2011/04/florence-under-fire-for-hosting-jersey-shore/
