25.1.06
exchange with "jpod"
ONE OF THE BEST INTERVIEWS EVER CONDUCTED [John Podhoretz]
I'm completely serious. Read the transcript of our pal Hugh Hewitt's on-air conversation today with Joel Stein, who spent a decade writing silly and impish stuff about celebrities for Time Magazine before getting a peculiar gig as a columnist with the L.A. Times. Today Stein published a column called "I Don't Support the Troops." This afternoon Stein went on Hugh's show and was calmly, straightforwardly and meticulously eviscerated. Back to Brangelina with you, Joel Stein -- and bravo, Hugh.
me: ..except that Hewitt didn't come close to addressing the logic of Stein's main point in the op-ed, but instead went on and on "eviscerat[ing]" Stein by implying that his lack of knowledge about military salaries means that his argument is unsound (huh?).
Stein: "I don't support the war, so I would find it very hard to support the actions of the troops in a war that I don't agree with."
Clearly Stein was on the program to defend precisely this, and Hewitt decided to play rhetorical games instead. Worst interview ever.
podhoretz: no, he was making the point that Stein knows nothing about the military, has never met anyone in the military, and doesn't honor the military.
i report. you decide.
I'm completely serious. Read the transcript of our pal Hugh Hewitt's on-air conversation today with Joel Stein, who spent a decade writing silly and impish stuff about celebrities for Time Magazine before getting a peculiar gig as a columnist with the L.A. Times. Today Stein published a column called "I Don't Support the Troops." This afternoon Stein went on Hugh's show and was calmly, straightforwardly and meticulously eviscerated. Back to Brangelina with you, Joel Stein -- and bravo, Hugh.
me: ..except that Hewitt didn't come close to addressing the logic of Stein's main point in the op-ed, but instead went on and on "eviscerat[ing]" Stein by implying that his lack of knowledge about military salaries means that his argument is unsound (huh?).
Stein: "I don't support the war, so I would find it very hard to support the actions of the troops in a war that I don't agree with."
Clearly Stein was on the program to defend precisely this, and Hewitt decided to play rhetorical games instead. Worst interview ever.
podhoretz: no, he was making the point that Stein knows nothing about the military, has never met anyone in the military, and doesn't honor the military.
i report. you decide.
24.1.06
23.1.06
20.1.06
don't say amen to an unacceptable prayer: or, there's an old hawaiian saying but this turkish one is better
you didn't ask for it but
but what? it's top ten '05, album edition (with a few cheats):
1. John Frusciante - Curtains
2. Richard Buckner - Bloomed (1995)
3. stuart a staples - lucky dog recordings 03-04
4. Gonzales - Solo Piano
5. David Thomas Broughton - Complete Guide To Insufficiency
6. Max Roach - M'boom (1979)
7. Smog - A River Ain't Too Much To Love
8. Low - The Great Destroyer
(haven't heard all of these last two yet. doin a tie.)
9a. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
9b. Prefuse 73 - Surrounded By Silence
.. and looking forward to may '06 ..
1. John Frusciante - Curtains
2. Richard Buckner - Bloomed (1995)
3. stuart a staples - lucky dog recordings 03-04
4. Gonzales - Solo Piano
5. David Thomas Broughton - Complete Guide To Insufficiency
6. Max Roach - M'boom (1979)
7. Smog - A River Ain't Too Much To Love
8. Low - The Great Destroyer
(haven't heard all of these last two yet. doin a tie.)
9a. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
9b. Prefuse 73 - Surrounded By Silence
.. and looking forward to may '06 ..
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