:applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause:What a long strange trip it’s been since November 4. We lost control of the House. We watched Obama’s moral authority sunset when the Bush tax cuts didn’t. And the memory of Martin Luther King’s assassination has been even further tarnished by the assassinations of the people who were with Gabby Giffords. To make a long story short, I’ve been in a bit of a blue funk.
But two other things have happened since then, too. Keith Olbermann said in a special comment: “We are not bound to an individual. We are bound to principles.” And my landlord of seven years issued rental applications with a letter explaining that Homeland Security and the IRS needed info like my bank account balance and car make and model though he was not trying “to intrude on your privacy.” They were the breath of fresh air I needed: I stood up for my principles and wrote “N/A” (not applicable, not available, not answering) to the questions I believed either violated my civil rights or had no relevance to a tenant-landlord relationship. To make a long story short, I’m back--and in fighting trim!
This year’s awards had a record number of candidates. I suppose that shouldn’t surprise me--it’s the age of corporate personhood, and national media outlets are corporations, too. But you’d think that with the “underground” media on the Internet ready to call them out at a second’s notice, they’d at least TRY to be a little more honest. Nonetheless, the parade of stories too dumb, obvious, or (worst of all) both to be news continues…but fortunately, so does the parade of smart, take no B.S. DUers!
PREVIOUS AWARD WINNERS2003: Bush's Ancestor's Bank Seized (Grandad - Germany/Nazi)2004: Cheney May Help or Hinder Bush's ChancesPREVIOUS AWARDS CEREMONIES2005: U.S. Army Report: Military Lost Dominance In Iraq After Invasion2006: Iraq On Brink Of Becoming A Failed State2007: Iraqis Blame U.S. Invasion For Discord2008: Bush sees no recession coming2009: Bottled water sales dry up, industry asks "Why?"EIGHTH ANNUAL ROCKTIVITY/DU LBN "YOU CALL THIS NEWS?" AWARDS WINNERSSPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDRepublicans turned off by size of Obama's packageMedia Source: The Eastern EchoPosted by: TacticalPeek
Best Post (Other Than Mine): "They are just saying that because they are hiding in their closets."
-- KablooieHONORABLE MENTIONBerlusconi wants acquittal in corruption trialMedia Source: Washington Post/Associated Press
Posted by: Judi Lynn
Best Post (Other Than Mine): "I want my youth, health...ten years of winning lottery tickets...and a diamond tennis bracelet."
-- AquartHONORABLE MENTION: THE "TO FIGURE THIS OUT, YOU HAD TO DO A FREAKING STUDY?" CATEGORYSupport for More Offshore Oil Drilling PlummetsMedia Source: CBS News
Posted by: RamboLiberal
Best Post (Other Than Mine): "Think how much (more) it would plummet if the M$M gave it the intense coverage that they gave to Clinton's blow job."
-- FiveGoodMenSarah Palin lags Obama in theoretical 2012 presidential electionMedia Source: Washington Post/ABC News
Posted by: Onehandle
Best Post (Other Than Mine): "Palin's a lightweight on actual policy? I'd say she's a neutrino! No mass, no charge."
-- AlbertCatTHIRD RUNNER UPObama Tax Deal Draws Praise From His Critics in Business GroupsMedia Source: Bloomberg
Posted by: Godhumor
Best Post (Other Than Mine): "History is littered with Democrats (who) decided to become Republicans."
-- MadrchsodSECOND RUNNER UPMilitary's health care costs boomingMedia Source: USA Today
Posted by: RamboLiberal
Best Post (Other Than Mine): "So many of them are down on Obamacare and yet, they want socialized medicine for themselves."
-- CapFIRST RUNNER UPGOP says compromise not on the agenda if they retake the HouseMedia Source: The Hill
Posted by: Kpete
Best Post (Other Than Mine): "The future is orange and useless."
-- Onehandle:applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause:But wait, there’s more. In case you haven’t noticed, someone here has won three awards -- I triple-checked my work to because I HAD to have mistyped or mis-pasted something. Since this person already has more awards than she can carry, it feels downright unfair to burden her with another. But of course, we can’t allow her extraordinary effort go unrecognized, either. So I hereby bestow upon
RamboLiberal the
“You Call This NEWS?” Extra Special Achievement “Holy Hat Trick, Batman!” award – I’m sending her the liquor and clean-up bills for our “after” party! Last one in the bar is a rotten egg!
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