Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media.
Posted in General on Jun 29th, 2004
IMAGINE THAT
They’ve only had four years to straighten this out, and yet, it’s still beyond them. Could it have anything to do with good old Jeb Bush? (Registration required)
TALLAHASSEE - The accuracy of Florida’s $2 million central voter database came under fire again Monday, following revelations that the list does not include the names of […]
Posted in General on Jun 29th, 2004
SPELLING BEE
I was thinking about that note from Condi announcing Iraq’s sovereignty - you know, the one where Bush scribbled “Let Freedom Reign”.
It’s been nagging at me. It seems so out of character that he knew how to spell “reign.”
And then it occurred to me: Maybe he meant “ring.”
Posted in General on Jun 29th, 2004
DEMOCRACY IN ACTION
This was near my brother’s house:
EAST CALN — She said she didn’t scream fire in a crowded theater.
All she did was hand out voter registration forms to movie patrons on their way out of the controversial film “Fahrenheit 9/11″ on Saturday night.
Because of that, Lani Frank, of Easttown, doesn’t understand why — […]
Posted in General on Jun 29th, 2004
I’M SO GLAD I WENT TO ART SCHOOL
World O’Crap’s latest Family Circus deconstruction:
Today’s Cartoon (You can see it here)
Dolly and Jeffy are in pajamas, standing on chairs in front of the stove — a watchful Mommy is in the background, opening a cupboard door. Dolly is holding a spoon with her right hand, and […]
Posted in General on Jun 29th, 2004
FAMILY VALUES
It all depends on what you mean by the word “family”:
With thousands of Republicans set to invade the city this summer, high-priced escorts and strippers are preparing for one grand old party.
Agencies are flying in extra call girls from around the globe to meet the expected demand during the Aug. 30-Sept. 2 gathering at […]
Posted in General on Jun 29th, 2004
WHERE’S THE MONEY?
This is intriguing:
JP: Where do all these losses get booked?
CA: What was happening [was that] annually, starting in 1995, the Federal government, the auditors underneath the auspices of each agency’s Inspector General, would come forward and say, “This year we could or could not produce audited financial statements, … and part of the […]
Posted in General on Jun 29th, 2004
HA HA
One of the commenters over at Atrios says there’s a movement afoot: Mail your “Farenheit 9/11″ ticket stub to the White House, with a note that says “I saw what you did last summer.”
Posted in General on Jun 29th, 2004
GOT FUBAR?
Krugman:
The insurgency took root during the occupation’s first few months, when the Coalition Provisional Authority seemed oddly disengaged from the problems of postwar anarchy. But what was Paul Bremer III, the head of the C.P.A., focused on? According to a Washington Post reporter who shared a flight with him last June, “Bremer discussed the […]
Posted in General on Jun 28th, 2004
NO BIG DEAL
Just remember, this poll was taken last week, before three million people saw F911.
Posted in General on Jun 28th, 2004
THE BENEFIT OF A CORPORATE MEDIA IS, YOU WON’T EVER HEAR STORIES LIKE THIS
OI keep saying this: The FDA and the USDA do very little enforcement these days. You’d think some enterprising media outlet would hop on things like this.
Oh, sorry. For a moment, I thought I was in Ireland.
Posted in General on Jun 28th, 2004
THE AWFUL TRUTH
Digby sums it up nicely:
They are upset with Moore not because of the alleged inaccuracies about Bush and 9/11. Clearly, they do not care about such trifles.
They are upset with Moore because he is more famous than they are.
Posted in General on Jun 28th, 2004
YAY
I have to stop deleting my emails. I read in today’s Rittenhouse Review that Congressman Joe Hoeffel got the Moveon.org endorsement in his run against Sen. Arlen “New Right Wing Bitch in Town” Specter.
Oh, happy day.
Posted in General on Jun 28th, 2004
A VERY FUNNY MAN
Here’s the transcript from Jon Stewart’s appearance on Larry King.
KING: I’ve had many presidents on, Jon.
OK. Here we go, the vice president cursed out the Senator Leahy of Vermont, what do you make of that?
STEWART: I think it’s probably the nicest, perhaps conversation that a Republican and a Democrat have had […]
Posted in General on Jun 28th, 2004
FAIR AND BALANCED
I am so waiting for the members of the Corporate Media to apply their same high standards to the creative projects of, oh, I don’t know, Anne Coulter they now apply to “Farenheit 9/11.”
Yah, when monkeys fly out my butt…
In the meantime:
“It’s mind-blowing how well this film has been received,” said Jonathan Sehring, […]
Posted in General on Jun 28th, 2004
RUH ROH
Time for men to start carrying a purse?
Men who regularly carry a mobile phone could have their sperm count reduced by as much as 30 per cent. Those who place their phone near their groin, on a belt or in a pocket, are at greatest risk, new research has revealed. The findings, to be […]
Posted in General on Jun 28th, 2004
PRAYERS, PLEASE
I feel so sorry for the Marine they’re holding hostage - and his family:
WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) - The family of a Marine taken hostage in Iraq and threatened with beheading has asked people around the world to pray for his safe return.
The family of Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun issued a brief statement […]
Posted in General on Jun 28th, 2004
F911 SMASHES RECORDS
Looks like people are hungry for the real story:
Michael Moore’s assault on President Bush (news - web sites) was even hotter than anticipated, earning a searing $21.8 million to become the first documentary in Hollywood history to top the box-office charts, according to preliminary estimages.
In just three days, from Friday to Sunday, Fahrenheit […]
Posted in General on Jun 28th, 2004
What great friends I have. Last night one of them (visiting from out of town, no less) took me to see the awesome Annie Lennox and Sting at the Tweeter Center in Camden. That tiny speck on the stage is Annie, who’s probably easier to see on the outside monitors up on the wall.
Posted in General on Jun 28th, 2004
WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION
Possible good news:
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military says it is checking unconfirmed reports that al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been captured in Iraq.
The Jordanian-born Zarqawi, who Washington says is its number one enemy in Iraq, is accused of masterminding a string of suicide bombings and of the execution of an […]
Posted in Politics As Usual, The Regime, War Stories on Jun 28th, 2004
Remember the big story Josh Marshall hinted at? His hints are getting a lot more specific:
Let’s say that certain individuals or organizations are responsible for some rather unfortunate misdeeds. And let’s further postulate that such hypothetical individuals or organizations find out that some folks are on to them, that a story is in the works […]
Posted in General on Jun 28th, 2004
WE ARE SHOCKED, SHOCKED
Apparently all that oil money went to line some pockets:
June 27, 2004 | LONDON (AP) — Billions of dollars belonging to Iraq is not accounted for by the Coalition Provisional Authority, which was given responsibility by the United Nations for the country’s finances, British lawmakers and aid activists said Monday. […]
Posted in General on Jun 28th, 2004
VIETNAM ON SPEED
Boy, they really showed how confident they are in what they’re doing, huh?
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S.-led coalition transferred sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government Monday, speeding up the move by two days in an apparent bid to surprise insurgents who may have tried to sabotage the step toward self rule.
Legal documents handing […]
Posted in General on Jun 27th, 2004
THE RIGHT TO BE LEFT ALONE
Today’s Back to Iraq:
The U.S. has growled about the government’s very public musings about whether to impose martial law over parts of the country because having an American-installed Arab government use Saddam’s laws to restrict civil liberties — just like most of Iraq’s neighbors do — doesn’t exactly jive with […]
Posted in General on Jun 27th, 2004
NOTHING LIKE HITLER
Thom Hartmann on the real Hitler and the parallels with what’s happening now:
Within four weeks of the terrorist attack, the nation’s now-popular leader had pushed through legislation - in the name of combating terrorism and fighting the philosophy he said spawned it - that suspended constitutional guarantees of free speech, privacy, and habeas […]
Posted in General on Jun 27th, 2004
I ONCE WAS BLIND BUT NOW I SEE
I suspect this story is repeating itself all over the country:
DES PERES, Mo. — Before the movie started, Leslie Hanser prayed. “I prayed the Lord would open my eyes,” she said.
For months, her son, Joshua, a college student, had been drawing her into political debate. He’d tell her […]
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