Sunday Quick Take: FOX "News" Sunday's Hard Right Cojones

Oh good lord.  I'm zipping through some of the Sunday morning political shows on the DVR. Meet the Press with David Gregory was a snooze-fest, with a too-long segment on Afghanistan, and a depressing panel discussion highlighted by Alan Greenspan's sensible but dispiriting analysis. Next up was FOX "News" Sunday, and it was a craptacular suck-fest.

The first guest was the always well informed and lucid half-governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin.  She spewed forth her usual word-salad run-on sentences, read bullet points off a sheet of paper, and a note off of her hand (seriously). She was asked a diverse set of questions by host Chris Wallace--who to be fair, did not lob only softball questions--from Afghanistan to the immigration law in Arizona.  Now, I can see there is a loose connection between Palin and AZ Gov. Jan Brewer. They're both semi-nutty, outsized Governors with polarizing views. But what the f***  does Palin know about Afghanistan, and why the hell should we care?  The pull quote from this interview will be, no doubt, that Palin thinks Gov. Brewer has "cojones."  Which is funny on a couple of levels.  Palin also says, in the same statement that President Obama doesn't have cojones. Nice. 

Next up? House Minority Leader John Boner Boehner and Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McTurtle McConnell. How is that for fair and balanced!?!  Boehner looks orange and twitchy this Sunday morning, but at least doesn't seem drunk (this time).  McConnell made no impression, sticking to this week's talking points as he always does, providing no insights or changing any minds that don't already agree with him.

I haven't gotten around to the ludicrously named "Power Panel" segment, but it is virtually the same every week: a semi-regular group of four people, consisting of two hard-right conservatives, and two centrist, or barely liberals.  This week, one of the panelists is Liz Cheney! You'll never find Chris Hayes or David Sirota in the "liberal" spot on this show.

If you want a single show to point to that fairly well proves the bias of FOX "News"--something that should need no reference; it's like saying the sun is hot--point to the August 1, 2010 edition of FOX "News" Sunday.  Cojones, also.

TruckNutz Cause Stir in South Carolina

Fads are strange things. Back when I was visiting in Ohio, I noticed the strange trend of "barn stars," dimensional stars on the sides of houses, garages and barns. They're all over the place, and no one can really explain why they caught on, or what they're supposed to represent. Or why only stars are used, when you'd think the fad would spread to different shapes.

It reminded me of a similar fad many years earlier, when people all over Ohio decorated their doorsteps with concrete geese. I never figured out what that was about either, though I do remember one outfitted in a Madonna cone bra costume. Another head-scratching fad is TruckNutz, rubber testicles that people hang from their trailer hitches and bumpers. I don't know if they're big in Ohio, but they're causing consternation in South Carolina.

This is just too funny. Especially the serious tone of the reporters, who had to be giggling inside.