Glenn Beck and FOX(tensibly)News Cross Free Speech Threshold

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Wednesday November 17, 2010 · 12:15 PM PST

2010/11/17 · 12:15

While many have been incensed by the latest Coughlin-esque stylings of Glenn Beck in his bid to go after George Soros, the vast majority feel the protections of free speech are sacrosanct and that Beck's broadcasts fall short of the de jure restrictions that have been placed on it.

It is my contention, that Glenn Beck, as a FOX News host, has not only violated tenets of free speech such as defamation through slander of individuals (the President of the United States, George Soros, Jim Wallis, Rachel Maddow, Maurice Strong), he has engaged in speech with the intent to incite violations of the law and fomented an atmosphere in which those violations were both imminent and likely.

arielle

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Saturday July 24, 2010 · 6:51 AM PDT

2010/07/24 · 06:51

I apologize for the brevity but wanted to get this out there.

Representative Zach Wamp (R-TN) is currently running for Governor of Tennessee, facing a primary challenge against Bill Haslam, Knoxville Mayor and Ron Ramsey, Lt. Governor of Tennessee on August 5th.

As reported in The Washington Post, Zach is so outraged by the passage of healthcare reform, he thinks the voters only two choices are Republicans or secession.

arielle

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Sunday September 06, 2009 · 4:16 AM PDT

2009/09/06 · 04:16

lineatus has been taking a break due to a confluence of banding season and family events. She is also mourning the loss of a dear friend so I thought I would "fill in" for her with this.

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I first noticed it about a month ago. While I had a plethora of goldfinches, my usual gang of house finches was precious few.

I was puzzled, yet failed to be curious enough to hit Teh Google or make a few phone calls.

Now I feel guilty, wondering if I had acted sooner maybe a few could have been saved. Maybe I could have confined it, contained it, checked it.

It was when I noticed I was down to very few males and some of the females would just sit at the feeder and let me walk right up to them and talk to them that I knew it was very, very serious.

My finches had contracted mycoplasmal conjunctivitis.

arielle

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Tuesday August 18, 2009 · 10:57 AM PDT

2009/08/18 · 10:57

I am reposting this diary as I posted it rather late in the evening and I think a lot of people missed this latest AHIP-o-critical spin. And I fixed (and added to) the poll. Also. ;o)

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America's Health Insurance Plans released a white paper today entitled The Value of Provider Networks and the Role of Out-of-Network Charges In Rising Health Care Costs: A Survey of Charges Billed by Out-of-Network Physicians.

The 20-page PDF can be found here.

I suggest, that if one reads this document as unacknowledged snark, one serve a heady yet humble Côtes du Rhône-Villages.

If one prefers to read it as outright comedic farce, a lively and inexpensive Montepulciano d'Abruzzo might be more in order.

If one reads it seriously and agrees with its basic premise, then I suggest a 1986 Chateau Haut-Brion. It's a helluva wine and you can likely afford it.

Poll

11 votes Show Results

What wine are you serving with this white paper?

11 votes Vote Now!

What wine are you serving with this white paper?

Cotes du Rhone-Villages

0 votes

Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

3 votes

Chateau Haut-Brion

0 votes

I don't know but it comes in a box!

4 votes

I'm having PIE!

4 votes

AHIP's Latest Insult to Our Intelligence.

arielle

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Monday August 17, 2009 · 8:34 PM PDT

2009/08/17 · 20:34

The 20-page PDF can be found here.

I suggest, that if one reads this document as unacknowledged snark, one serve a heady yet humble Côtes du Rhône-Villages.

If one prefers to read it as outright comedic farce, a lively and inexpensive Montepulciano d'Abruzzo might be more in order.

If one reads it seriously and agrees with its basic premise, then I suggest a 1986 Chateau Haut-Brion. It's a helluva wine and you can likely afford it.

Poll

16 votes Show Results

What wine are you serving with this white paper?

16 votes Vote Now!

What wine are you serving with this white paper?

CÃ´tes du RhÃ´ne-Villages

1 vote

Montepulciano d'Abruzzo

3 votes

Chateau Haut-Brion

1 vote

I'm having PIE!

11 votes

Reminding Myself There's Beauty - Jekyll Island, GA

arielle

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Thursday May 21, 2009 · 11:03 AM PDT

2009/05/21 · 11:03

As many of you are aware, my health is poor so I often don't get out and about as much as I would like (or even, at times, at all).

My list of autonomic failures reads like Kafka on mescaline.

Type 1 diabetes, systemic lupus, Sjogren's syndrome, some mild Reynaud's all with complications including neuropathy in all 4 limbs, gastroparesis, dysautonomia, cataracts in both eyes along with background retinopathy, tinnitus with pain and loss of hearing in one ear, adrenal stuff, hormonal stuff, and what appears to be (but as yet undiagnosed) interstitial cystitis.

Yet we had a boat trip long scheduled with a couple of friends flying in from California to join us and we were going to be on the coast of Georgia at a perfect time of year for some great birding.

I was in!

arielle

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Wednesday April 15, 2009 · 7:52 AM PDT

2009/04/15 · 07:52

This isn't really a diary so I apologize in advance. I just had to get this off my chest and my morning is such that in depth analysis, links, or even much dialogue was not in the cards.

But as I know folks plan on gathering in the square of my county seat, Franklin, Tennessee, with their tea bags and Marsha Blackburn, Phil Valentine, and Steve Gill, I wanted to let them know how I felt.

arielle

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Friday January 30, 2009 · 1:03 PM PST

2009/01/30 · 13:03

The recent election of Chip Forrester as Chairman of the Tennessee State Democratic Party may well herald a sea change in the Volunteer State.

As insular as it is incestuous, the state party has been so intent on maintaining the status quo it failed to notice not only the the leftward shift of its voters, but that there were also Democratic voters outside the blue confines of Nashville.

Forrester's rise to Chairman may herald a retaking of the party by the people, but he's going to face an uphill battle against the politically inbred old guard.

arielle

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Thursday January 15, 2009 · 6:01 PM PST

2009/01/15 · 18:01

The list of companies supposedly supporting the Israeli military grows ever longer.

The latest victim of rumor gone amok in this brew-ha-ha of turgid invective is Starbucks, the overpriced, over-roasted, over-stimulating beverage of choice for 25 million people a week, worldwide.

arielle

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Thursday December 25, 2008 · 8:22 AM PST

2008/12/25 · 08:22

I thought I would post a little fun for those (alas few) who have been following my diaries about the RNC protests and their aftermath.

While there are some important things going on in St. Paul, sometimes we just have to laugh.

arielle

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Wednesday December 17, 2008 · 7:00 AM PST

2008/12/17 · 07:00

As many of you remember, the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota was a scene of protest, civil disobedience, and gross misconduct by the Ramsey County Sheriff, Bob Fletcher, the St. Paul and Minneapolis Police Departments, and Federal use of Secret Service and National Guard troops.

The RNC 8, arrested in pre-convention house raids, face a judge today and potentially 20 years in jail.

A Call-in has been organized to protest the charges (3 additional felony counts were added over the weekend) and I urge everyone to get involved.

So many stories from that convention were never told as journalists were rounded up and arrested (including local tv news folks, a couple from FOX, some AP reporters, and, of course, Amy Goodman).

People sitting in a park, people with visible press credentials, street medics, kids, Lawyers' Guild volunteers, the wheelchair bound, no one was immune from preemptive raid, being held at gunpoint, pepper spray, physical assault, and arrest.

At least 42 journalists were arrested (that number likely does not include all the bloggers.)

arielle

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Friday November 07, 2008 · 7:29 AM PST

2008/11/07 · 07:29

Here in Middle Tennessee we have someone we refer to as the Philosopher of Franklin, one Bill Peach.

Always smartly dressed in suit and tie, Mr. Peach had a men's clothing store which he ran with his wife, The Pigg and Peach, on the town square (famous for tourists and antique shops) for decades.

He is Chair Emeritus of CWW (Council for the Written Word), a non profit recognizing and promoting the art of writing in Williamson County.

A writer (The South Side of Boston, Random Thoughts Left & Right and a 3 act play, To Think As a Pawn), speaker, holder of informal salons on philosophy and ethics, and school board member, Mr. Peach is part of our community's "glue" and is currently working on another book.

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