What’s Going On: Evening News Roundup
Posted on September 11th, 2008 by ecthompson md
Here’s tonight’s evening roundup:
- Thoughtful quiet reflection is in order today. Many papers have excellent coverage.
- Hurricane Ike, currently sitting in the Gulf of Mexico, is about 30 to 36 hours away from hitting the Texas coast. It is projected to strengthen to a category two or weak category three hurricane. The lights are still out for a large swath of southern Louisiana as another storm approaches. For those who are in the path, including Texas Liberal, please stay high and dry.
- I like Joe Biden. He got emotional as he talked about how his current wife restored his life. On the other hand, Governor Sarah Palin has granted her first interview with a national reporter, Charlie Gibson of ABC news. There are no surprises in her interview — at least the snippets that have been released so far.
- Senator Inhofe, a Republican from Oklahoma, again links 9/11 to the war on terror — Iraq. This is one senator who will never let facts change his mind or sway his opinion.
- Why are we spending millions of dollars to build a fence? It is one of the stupidest political ploys that I’ve seen in the last eight years. Fences haven’t worked to keep out enemies since the Middle Ages. Anyway, there are more delays in the fence.
- General David Petraeus admits that he will never use the word “victory” in association with Iraq. Progressives have said for years that victory was not definable. Now General Petraeus says approximately the same thing in a BBC interview.
- The Economic Policy Institute came up with a new analysis showing that we’re spending more on health insurance than we are on energy goods and services.
- The press continues to be in denial. They can’t believe they were so terribly wrong about Senator John McCain. They can’t believe that McCain would be running such a dishonorable campaign. His sex education commercial continues to be a low point of McCain’s campaign. Until the press is able to see McCain for who he really is — a politician — we, the American people, will continue to suffer from biased and mediocre reporting.
- Research in Motion (the makers of the Blackberry) introduced a new flip phone. One reviewer believes that this will revolutionize the smart phone industry.
- David Broder, long time columnist for the Washington Post, reminds all of us that there’s a long time between now and the election. Republicans appear optimistic for the first time in over two years. Democrats, for reasons that are unclear, seem to be filled with self-doubt. As far as I know, the election is not tomorrow. The temporary bounce that McCain is enjoying will be temporary. We have over 50 days of campaigning and four debates to go.
- John Feinstein, of the Washington Post, has an excellent article on Texas Western basketball coach Don Haskins. Coach Haskins died of congestive heart failure on Sunday. In 1966, Texas Western played the University of Kentucky for the national championship. Five black players versus the five white players. Coach Haskins changed the face of basketball — forever.
