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Sen. Frist and Sen. Durbin both voted for S. 2611, which will provide amnesty and a path to citizenship for millions of illegal aliens.  Both senators agree that millions of illegal aliens should be rewarded with legal status and a path to citizenship.  Why doesn't Fox choose a Republican to oppose Sen. Durbin that actually disagrees with the United States Senate's plan to give amnesty to millions of illegal aliens?

discuss gas prices with two senators?   Do they have untapped reserves in their backyards which they are thinking about opening up?  

Mark, your reviews have never needed the graphic before, but I must say that it's a very nice touch.  This review is one of the signature features of RedState thanks to your incredibly diligent work (and probably in no small part thanks to your cast-iron stomach.)  Even when I don't get the chance to read much else on RedState (which isn't often) I always read your Sunday review.  I haven't missed it since the day I signed up.  Nice graphic.

ABC once again rolls out Enemy of the State as its featured movie tonight. I love this film, but why is it on so often? Because it exacerbates public fears of a surveillance society and dark federal conspiracies?

And wasn't it just recently that ABC was showing Minority Report during primetime? Not quite as good of a movie, but another flick about plotting, intrusive government agents.

I suppose The Parallax View was too obscure.

One question, though, not that you need any more work:  why isn't the McLaughlin Group covered?  Sometimes someone there says something interesting, instead of just yelling at each other.  A few weeks ago there was an contributor to the London Financial Times on McLaughlin who I thought was a pretty straight-shooting guest and made a couple of very good points.  Heck, I'd be happy to watch McLaughlin and put my summary in as a footnote to your weekly digest.

I didn't do the graphic, though I also was quite taken by it.  It's a neat effect.

It would be great if you could do McLaughlin Group!  I look forward to your review on Sunday.

I mean, a Washington roundtable with Charles Krauthammer, Nina Totenberg, Evan Thomas as steady guests. It's a good show.

Despite Nina.

Just joking about covering it. There's just so much on, at least here in Washington, D.C. (duh). I watched the McGlaughlin Group tonight, didn't find it all that interesting, although noted that the British guy didn't know what a Shermanesque statement was. (As if I would immediately grasp a Gladstonian reference.)

Today I also listened to "On the Media," the NPR left-wing take on the news business. It's smug, oblivious and smirking, but ....the subject matter is always interest. Today they had a fascinating interview with a former Hustler editor, never once pointing out that he was a pornographer who debased our society. Really. It was all so jocular. Unlike the interview with the publicist opposed to Iranian totalitarians.

In fairness, they gave Sam Brownback some respect on the issue of broadcast decency.

Anyway, these miserable left-wing but sometimes insightful commenters post their transcripts, as does CNN. My kudos to them.

Seriously, my direct thanks to you Mark for the summaries. I sincerely appreciate your efforts. My only suggestion, and I don't think it would take much time, would be to link to the transcripts as they become available of the shows you do review (like the CNN reference above).

And then there's the The Journal Editorial Report, which goes up usually Monday.

Yeah, yeah, I know: What have you done for me lately? Briefer summary: Thanks! Keep up the good work. Better you than me!

FOX usually has at least some of it, CNN does the Blitzer stuff, and CBS almost always has a pdf for FTN.

ABC, I think, makes you pay.

I'll give it my best shot tomorrow, but that was FAST!  If I can't have a good summary tomorrow, I'll take it on 100% starting next week.  I didn't think anyone would agree, oh, boy did I bury myself in that one.  I have work to do in the morning tomorrow but I will try to also do a digest of McLaughlin this weekend.  If I can't do it tomorrow, I will absolutely set aside the time to make sure you have it next week and thereafter.  I would be honored to follow in your footsteps even as 1 guy and 1 show.  

I think it's worthwhile to keep tabs on this show.  McLaughlin is fun to watch these days, and occasionally there is something worthwhile that filters through the self-censorship because McLaughlin booms so loudly that he just freaks people into spilling their guts sometimes.  Not Eleanor Clift -- usually nothing worthwhile goes on as far as she's concerned -- but Blankley is pretty good and every once in a while something percolates to the surface that's insightful and not heard on the other Sunday programs.  

As I say, if I cannot do it tomorrow morning, you'll have it every week thereafter.

Will Russert have Hagel and Sensenbrenner on at the same time?  

I just hope that Sensenbrenner doesn't backdown to Hagel.  I hope he carries on the good fight waged by Senator Sessions by saying how the Senate bill is deceptive with its use of misleading phrases like 'temporary guest worker' program, and in how its proponents have tried to hide the fact that the bill could unleash a gigantic increase in legal immigration.  So far, Martinez is the only sponsor of this bill that I have seen directly questioned on the legal immigration components.  His response was basically a non-response.  I'd like to see how Hagel responds.  

Because it exacerbates public fears of a surveillance society and dark federal conspiracies?

Big Media being in the business of generating profit and all, I suspect the reason they air films like "Enemy of the State" and "Minority Report" is that they generate strong TV ratings and make a lot of money from advertisers.

The Senate bill, S.2611, is an amnesty bill for millions of illegal aliens.  All parts of the Senate bill, except the enforcement componmets, deserve to die.  As Rep. Peter King said, it is better to have no bill than a bad bill.  The Seante bill is a terrbile bill.

Bill Frist, John McCain, Sam Brownback and the other Republican presidential hopefuls that Joined Hillary Clinton, John Kerry and Ted Kennedy to pass S. 2611, the Senate amnesty bill are unworthy of the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.

Ted Kennedy and Hillary Clinton should be happy that so many Repbublican senators helped them get exactly what they wanted, amnesty for millions of illegal aliens.

A fine movie with Nicholas Cage and Gary Sinise about some sort of dark governmental plot, with lots of video surveillance in a casino. You can't go wrong with a Brian DePalma film.

Amazon link here.

Anyway, zeitgeist reflected.

Seriously, I wonder if Democrats ever sit back in disbelief and laugh at Republicans as they pass bills almost guaranteed to swell the number of Democratic voters and to make the demography of the nation ever more unfriendly to Republicans.