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Category Archives: Media Watch
Draw Mohammed Day: Props to Over the Hedge
Today is Draw Mohammed Day! (If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you’ve probably figured that out already.) Just in case this is your first visit, you can find my own craptacular contribution here. In addition … Continue reading
A Different Islamic Take on Everybody Draw Mohammed Day
While looking around for comments on Everybody Draw Mohammed Day, I came across this post by one Kamran Haider. It offers quite a different Islamic take on the cartoon controversy than you usually read: Every now and then someone throws … Continue reading
Reminder: Everybody Draw Mohammed Day is Tomorrow, May 20
Just a reminder that tomorrow, May 20th, is Everybody Draw Mohammed Day. Sites participating in the event include: Reason’s Hit and Run Blog The new Everyone Draw Mohammed Blog. Draw Muhammad Day (they’ve finally started putting up content) Dead Citizens … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy, Jihad, Media Watch
Tagged Draw Mohammed Day, Facebook, Jihad, Pakistan, Radical Islam
1 Comment
My Contribution to Everyone Draw Mohammed Day
In celebration of Everyone Draw Mohammed Day, I’ve produced my own artistic contribution to the form. I’ve taken as my subject a particular historical even in the life of Mohammed, the Battle of Badr, in 624 AD, in which Mohammed … Continue reading
Posted in Jihad, Media Watch
Tagged Battle of Badr, Draw Mohammed Day, fatwa, First Amendment, Jihad, Mohammed, pic
7 Comments
Which Left-Wing Media Outlet Deserves to Die First?
Today the Washington Post announced that it was putting money-losing news magazine Newsweek up for sale. You may remember Newsweek‘s decision a couple of years ago to remake itself as a liberal opinion magazine (something ably lampooned by the indispensable … Continue reading
Posted in Media Watch
Tagged CBS News, MSNBC, New York Times, Newsweek, NPR, polls, Salon
3 Comments
“A BLT, another Spaten, and a high chair for my wife.”
Both Molly Norris, the original cartoonist who came up with Draw Mohammed Day, and Jon Wellington, the creator of the Facebook page dedicated to it, have dropped out of the effort. Funny how Los Angeles Times writer Jimmy Orr never … Continue reading
Posted in Jihad, Media Watch
Tagged cartoons, censorship, Draw Mohammed Day, Jihad, Jon Wellington, Molly Norris, South Park
2 Comments
Updated the Blog Roll
I’ve added a few more sites to the blog roll, especially those focusing on local politics and gun rights. So feel free to give them some sweet link-clicking goodness.
Steven Seagal: Pistolero?
You may have noticed the (relatively) new show on A&E (A&E?) called Steven Seagal Lawman, which features his real-life work with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana. In Full-Bore Squinty Mode Seagal is an easy person to dislike. As … Continue reading
Posted in Guns, Media Watch
Tagged Cops, firearms, firearms training, Guns, Karl Rehn, reality TV, Steven Seagal, Steven Seagal Lawman
4 Comments
The Hurt Locker Beats Dances With Smurfs For The Best Picture Oscar
An outcome I found quite gratifying. (Especially since The Hurt Locker is actually a very good movie.) I’m not the only one to think so. So let’s see: Every time Hollywood makes a film that shows American soldiers as heroes … Continue reading