Blogcritics Author: Mediavenger Dave

What Would We Do With Bin Laden?

Mediavenger Dave — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:53:17 EDT

If we catch history's most horrific single-day mass murderer, we might have to let all of America watch him die.
I'd like to talk to Osama bin Laden. Send him videos of people talking about everyday life. Just mail them to Pakistan with an odd confidence that they'd wind up in his possession. Why not? He's not going anywhere. His life must be hell.He's on my mind a lot, anyway. Whenever I think of evil embodiments, there he is, seven years after the most...

The NRA Spelling Bee

Mediavenger Dave — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:44:09 EDT

A most ignorant rendering of a very important word coming from guns' biggest proponent is an irony too poignant to miss.
An interesting ad appeared not long ago. Taped to the front doors of some central Florida businesses (including at least one popular family restaurant), it advertised NRA certification. Notable among the copious misspellings was the word "responsablity."Sometimes accident can be more apropos than plan, and error can create a metaphor the...

Question Hunter S. Thompson's Death

Mediavenger Dave — Thu, 8 May 2008 13:26:01 EDT

As flaming ironies go, Hunter Thompson�s dying �by his own hand� has solar flares whirling around it like atomic Medusas.
The reported 2005 suicide of self-proclaimed "gonzo" journalist Hunter S. Thompson fell oddly silent in mainstream media after a series of perfunctory, standard headline articles about a classically outspoken American misfit who was anything but standard. The continued silence is nearly as deafening as the noise Thompson made through his...