Blog Round-Up

Round em up, raaaaaawhiiiiiiiide!

From Digsby at Hullabaloo, a wake-up call to right-wingers:

See, the right isn't like us. They think that the so called liberal media is irretrievably biased but believe what they see, read and hear on their own media. We on the left, on the other hand, have no faith in any mainstream media, really, or any alternative media either for that matter. We have developed the habit of culling from various sources and analyzing the information ourselves as best we can. Even then we are very skeptical. Nothing that the media could do would particularly shock or disappoint us. No so with the other side. A fair number of them are actually hurt and bewildered by what they saw in the Schiavo matter.

From Maxspeak, on the Pope:

Like scripture, there is something for almost everyone in the Pope's statements. Nobody except prix fixe Catholics -- as opposed to the cafeteria variety -- can really take ownership, though that is something ordinarily attempted with any renowned personage. Progressives could note his criticism of unregulated capitalism. Cultural conservatives point to his unreconstructed opposition to abortion and anything resembling euthanasia. Catholic traditionalists welcomed his opposition to the ordination of women and other possible modernist reforms within the Church. And democratic anti-communists of all stripes hail his role in liberating Poland and bringing down the Soviet Union.

More good stuff there. And, not to be outdone, Attaturk at rising hegemon has the scouting report for the next pontiff.

From our own backyard, Joshua Holland at Gadflyer reports on the crazy pharmacists of conscience who have been refusing to fill Rxs for birth control and morning after contraception. You get 'em Blago. It's been covered widely in the local press, and good to see national bloggers noting it.

And, from Bull Moose (and myself) a belated Happy April Fool's Day with a heartfelt apology from Tom DeLay for all the trouble he's been causing.