At the moment I'm taking a class on Shakespeare, so I got a kick out of these. Comedy troupe Second City did a series of three videos online that ask the question: If some of Shakespeare's most tragic heroines had sassy gay friends, could their lives have been saved?
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
Helen Thomas Is Retiring Effective Immediately
I'm sure EVERYONE has been following this story since Drudge Report brought attention to it.
Helen Thomas has been a newspaper reporter for a very, VERY long time. She has been a White House Correspondent for just as long. In 2000, she retired from being a reporter, but still remained a columnist. So in honor of her time as a White House Correspondent, Thomas has been given a chair up front and center in the press room.
Well, it's known that Thomas was also very, very, very liberal. And in later years she made no bones about letting this be known. She also has expressed an opinion on one occasion or another about the Israel/Palestinian conflict (which prompted former press secretary Tony Snow, during the GWBush years, to jokingly tell Thomas during a briefing that she was expressing the "Hezbollah view").
Well, over the past few days, the following video has been floating around and gone viral. It was taken last month at a White House event.
Some of the right wing blogs, including Hot Air, didn't think anything would happen to Thomas because of this. She's 89, after all. Would this just god own as the ranting of an old woman who's been in the business way too long, or would she actually suffer some consequences?
Well, let's see:
-- She's been condemned by newspapers and programs all over the US.
-- Her former writing partner has said he won't work with her anymore.
-- A Maryland high school has asked her not to speak at their graduation.
-- Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has called her remarks "Offensive and reprehensible."
-- Her agency dumped her.
And soon after Gibbs' remarks -- Thomas has announced her "retirement" effective immediately.
Hey, what do you know? Actions DO have consequences!
Helen Thomas has been a newspaper reporter for a very, VERY long time. She has been a White House Correspondent for just as long. In 2000, she retired from being a reporter, but still remained a columnist. So in honor of her time as a White House Correspondent, Thomas has been given a chair up front and center in the press room.
Well, it's known that Thomas was also very, very, very liberal. And in later years she made no bones about letting this be known. She also has expressed an opinion on one occasion or another about the Israel/Palestinian conflict (which prompted former press secretary Tony Snow, during the GWBush years, to jokingly tell Thomas during a briefing that she was expressing the "Hezbollah view").
Well, over the past few days, the following video has been floating around and gone viral. It was taken last month at a White House event.
Some of the right wing blogs, including Hot Air, didn't think anything would happen to Thomas because of this. She's 89, after all. Would this just god own as the ranting of an old woman who's been in the business way too long, or would she actually suffer some consequences?
Well, let's see:
-- She's been condemned by newspapers and programs all over the US.
-- Her former writing partner has said he won't work with her anymore.
-- A Maryland high school has asked her not to speak at their graduation.
-- Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has called her remarks "Offensive and reprehensible."
-- Her agency dumped her.
And soon after Gibbs' remarks -- Thomas has announced her "retirement" effective immediately.
Hey, what do you know? Actions DO have consequences!
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