Archive for May, 2007
I don’t even know if I can really feel sorry for Fox viewers anymore. I was channel surfing last week, and while CNN was covering Wolfowitz and MSNBC was covering Iraq, Fox News was covering a car chase in Colorado… wow.
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Wolfowitz Blames Media
Paul Wolfowitz, the architect our involvement in Iraq, who has recently resigned from his position as president of the World Bank, blames his resignation on the media. He says that the media created a heated environment of inaccuracies that forced him to resign. This is ridiculous. What did he think was going to happen? Even [...]
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According to an ABC investigative report, President Bush has authorized the CIA to take covert action against Iran, in order to destabilize the Iranian government. Politically, I’m not surprised. This was bound to happen sooner or later, and at least this will be a nonviolent process. Yet I am skeptical about how effective a propaganda [...]
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She’s 29 and from Essex in the UK… and married to Congressman Kucinich… did I mention 29? Thats over 30 years younger than Dennis. I know there’s nothing really political about this post, so here’s my poor attempt. She should campaign for him, and speak for him. I think people would rather listen to a [...]
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Rupert Murdoch had apparently told his New York Post Page Six reporters to not print anything critical about China and Chinese Diplomats. Murdoch has invested a lot into Chinese television, and does not want to be on the Chinese government’s bad side. Bravo corporate media conglomerates. Bravo. It could be worse I guess. The government [...]
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College Boy 1: Umm… 65? Thorny: 63. College Boy 1: But… isn’t the speed limit 65? Thorny: Yes, it is. Look at what we’re gonna miss out on, now that soldiers can’t use youtube. I don’t know if that Iraqi man was laughing because the soldier sounded funny, or because the soldier was holding a [...]
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Sorry this is a little late. I got a lot of things going on right now and a few posts sitting on the back burner. Anyway, as we all know solders have been blocked from using military internet connections for socializing in the form of blogs, video, and photos, citing security and technical reasons. There [...]
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A Department of Justice influenced reinterpretation of Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act by the stinkin FCC requires internet providers and universities to equip their hardware to enable law enforcement to conduct electronic surveillance. This can only encourage the government to increase domestic spying by reducing the amount of work needed for any actual investigation. [...]
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