yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 1/21/2009
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The beginning of the Obama administration is good for the world, but probably bad for the progressive blogosphere. Fewer conservatives in positions of power equals fewer wingutty policies to complain about it. Fortunately, here comes Big Hollywood to the rescue with a fine wine from Dirk ...
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Political Animal —
... to air Bush's homecoming event live? I'll give you a hint: it rhymes with "Pox Lews." * It sounds like the actor who played Starbuck on the original "Battlestar Galactica" is a bit of a nut. * Joe Biden ...
Oh, Dirk Bendict...
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
Yglesias says what needs to be said about Dirk Benedict's screed against the reimagined Battlestar Galactica. It takes some chutzpah to rant against a better actor taking a more richly written role in a critically acclaimed show that has, thus far, run four times as long as the original. And although I'd love to read Benedict's reaction to Katee Sackhoff taking the role of Faceman in an A-Team reprise, shows about roving bands of mercenary fugitive vigilantes went out with the decline of Reagan-Thatcher morality... While on the subject, I think it's clear that Richard Hatch's decision to accomodate himself to the new BSG has worked out both for ...
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