Skank

if you’re white.

Am I the only one who has noticed the bias in the mainstream media’s reporting on the situation there? All they talk about is destruction, looting, violence, people without homes, people without jobs, and people who have lost loved ones. You’d think it was a disaster, wouldn’t you?

Completely missing from the reporting are the good things that are happening there. Our National Guardmen are doing good things that are not being reported. We are turning the corner on this situation but you would never know it from the reporting of the MSM. What about the schools that will soon be reopened, the electricity that will soon be restored, and all the other progress being made. Why do the MSM hate America? Why don’t they support our troops?

I’d think New Orleans was in Iraq if I didn’t know better….

…from the folks at Absurd Theater.

Apple Computer and Motorola plan to unveil a long-awaited mobile phone and music player next week that will incorporate Apple’s iTunes software…

More here.

Digby
riffs on a post by Peter Daou and both are spot on. Here is an excerpt from Daou:
The right (broadly speaking) can’t fathom why the left is driven into fits of rage over every Abu Ghraib, every Gitmo, every secret rendition, every breach of civil liberties, every shifting rationale for war, every soldier and civilian killed in that war, every Bush platitude in support of it, every attempt to squelch dissent. They see the left’s protestations as appeasement of a ruthless enemy. For the left (broadly speaking), America’s moral strength is of paramount importance; without it, all the brute force in the world won’t keep us safe, defeat our enemies, and preserve our role as the world’s moral leader…..

War hawks squeal about America-haters and traitors, heaping scorn on the so-called “blame America first” crowd, but they fail to comprehend that the left reserves the deepest disdain for those who squander our moral authority. The scars of a terrorist attack heal and we are sadder but stronger for having lived through it. When our moral leadership is compromised by people draped in the American flag, America is weakened. The loss of our moral compass leaves us rudderless, open to attacks on our character and our basic decency. And nothing makes our enemies prouder. They can’t kill us all, but if they permanently stain our dignity, they’ve done irreparable harm to America.

Article at MSNBC starts with these words:

“A rush to purchase $50 used laptops turned into a violent stampede Tuesday, with people getting thrown to the pavement, beaten with a folding chair and nearly driven over. One woman went so far as to wet herself rather than surrender her place in line.”