Cidu Bill on Aug 19th 2010
… 18% of the American public believe Obama’s a Muslim. If you think that’s bad, what until you hear the percentage who believe he’s black.
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, politics, polls, religion | 105 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Nov 18th 2009
Sarah Palin complained that this week’s Newsweek cover is sexist, and… well, I think I sort of agree, though we might be dealing with semantics here: Certainly Newsweek chose this particular photo with the inten of trivializing Palin (the photo is real, but was taken earlier this year as part of a spread for Runner’s World magazine). And they probably wouldn’t have used this sort of photo to trivialize a male politician (can you imagine a cover story about Obama’s domestic policy agenda being illustrated with this?
Of course what I found most interesting about all this was Palin’s comment on the cover, ending with “If anyone can learn anything from it: it shows why you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, gender, or color of skin” — clear proof, I guess, that she writes her own material. I mean, I sort of maybe know what she’s kind of getting at here, but…
And actually what makes that quote more interesting is the fact that it was written (apparently) on the same day that she vigorously defended racial profiling on the Sean Hannity show.
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, Fort Hood, Fox News, Newsweek, Runner's World, Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, media, politics, polls, racial profiling | 43 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Oct 18th 2009
“Disney, which owns the copyright for Snow White and the Seven Dwarves…” I think not, Fox News (their story). Disney does own the rights to their specific cartoon images of Snow and her little pals, though, so the question here is whether Australia’s Jamieson’s Raspberry Ale label is too close to this
Filed in Bill Bickel, Crimeweek, Disney, Snow White, Weird World of Crime, copyright, law, polls, trademarks | 26 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Oct 2nd 2009
Filed in Bill Bickel, Glenn Beck, Internet, NPR, humor, polls, satire | 41 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Jun 9th 2009
I’m a big fan of National Public Radio, and I enjoy almost everything they have to offer — and then Prairie Home Companion comes on the air, and it’s like a black hole.
Filed in Bill Bickel, Garrison Keillor, NPR, National Public Radio, Prairie Home Companion, polls | 45 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Nov 3rd 2008
“among whites who call race an important factor, Obama does less well.”
People actually get paid for coming up with this sort of information.
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, politics, polls | 29 responses so far
