Happy Friday to you all. The Monday Morning Punter has had something of a difficult week, which has led to this post coming so late in the week. First of all, I had a “painting job,” which was good because they have been few and far between what with the poor economy and all. The [...]
Archive for July, 2008
…on Summer Reading, part 3: Cable News.
Posted: Wednesday, July 9, 2008 in Media, Politics, TelevisionTags: Andrea Mitchell, Andrew Kelly-Hayes, Bill O'Reilly, CNN, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Fox News Channel, GE, I Survived A Japanese Game Show, Jack Welch, Joe Scarborough, Keith Olbermann, Lou Dobbs, Microsoft, Morning Joe, MSNBC, NBC, News Corp, Newsweek, Pat Buchanan, The New York Times, The O'Reilly Factor, The Washington Post, Tucker Carlson
“Convinced that the people are the only safe depositories of their own liberty, and that they are not safe unless enlightened to a certain degree, I have looked on our present state of liberty as a short-lived possession unless the mass of the people could be informed to a certain degree.”–Thomas Jefferson to Littleton Waller [...]
…on The 4th of July.
Posted: Friday, July 4, 2008 in HistoryTags: 4th of July, Declaration of Independence, New York Times, The Weekly Standard, Thomas Jefferson, William Kristol
“I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master.” – Thomas Jefferson Good morning to you all, the wonderful people who spend some of your precious time here, fielding kicks from the Monday Morning Punter. I would like to wish everyone [...]
…on Mr. & Mrs. Punter’s 3rd Wedding Anniversary.
Posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 in Family, LifeTags: Jack Daniels, Lehigh University, Michael Jordan, Packer Chapel, Tiger Woods, Wedding Anniversary
Three years ago today I married my wife, Jen, at the Packer Chapel on the beautiful campus of Lehigh University, our Alma Mater. We took our vows literally a few hundred yards from where we met almost twelve years ago. We were blessed with a spectacular summer day in 2005, not unlike the beautiful weather [...]
…on Summer Reading, Part 2.
Posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2008 in Internet, Media, PoliticsTags: Bill O'Reilly, Dandelion Salad, FAIR, the Real News Network
In yesterday’s edition of the MMP, the ‘Summer Reading’ list was introduced. To recap real quick: if this blog is able to accomplish anything, or make even the slightest bit of difference, it will be to spread the word that we are being lied to, distracted, or left out of the loop by mainstream media [...]
…on Summer Reading.
Posted: Tuesday, July 1, 2008 in Media, PoliticsTags: ABC, Andrew Kelly-Hayes, AOL, Big 5 Media, CBS, CT, Danbury, Disney, Fairfield, FOX, GE, Hunter S. Thompson, I Survived A Japanese Game Show, Information Age, NBC, NewsCorp, tattoos, the Iron Butterfly Tattoo, Thomas Jefferson, Time Warner, US/Canadian, Viacom, YouTube
The dog days are almost upon us as the great Sun has reached its northern zenith, and is already ten days into its six month voyage back to the equator and beyond. While the reminder that the days are now slowly but surely getting shorter may be something of a buzzkill; the summer solstice just [...]
