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Left, Right & Center - KCRW : Two Debt Plans; Financial Crisis Culprits; Politics of Sports - Left, Right & Center on KCRW

Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:43:03 +0000

As offended as I was by Mary Matalin's dismissive nonsense and that the show had two right wingers, my beef is with Tony's complete botching of the Barry Bonds facts. If you do not know what you are talking about, why prove it on national radio. Moralize on the real facts. Barry Bonds did not testify in front of Congress. He received a pass from testifying because his selective and obsessive prosecution was already well under way in SF. His conviction concerned grand jury testimony. He was acquitted of lying, but convicted of answering questions with the same surly obfuscation he had always used when responding to reporters. In short, he was convicted of being a jerk. Having said that, Bonds was a treat to watch and belongs in the Hall of Fame, if only for his pre-steroid feats. Before he ever started with steroids, Bonds had 411 home runs, over 1,900 hits, a .411 on-base percentage, a .556 slugging percentage, and three MVP awards. See http://bit.ly/fpmCC9

Big Journalism : Hypocrisy, Thy Name is Andrew Sullivan

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:48:19 +0000

I think Mickey was excoriated.

Big Government : MSNBC Presents 'Watergate Jr.' Coming to Lackluster End: O'Keefe, Cohorts' Charges Reduced to Misdem

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:50:22 +0000

How about the WSJ. "A bill of information usually indicates that a plea bargain is in the works. However, first Assistant U.S. Attorney Jan Mann declined to say whether prosecutors had reached a deal with the defendants in this case."

Big Government : MSNBC Presents 'Watergate Jr.' Coming to Lackluster End: O'Keefe, Cohorts' Charges Reduced to Misdem

Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:42:44 +0000

I thought they are innocent. Why are they pleading guilty?