I often read the news bits online, a day or so before they finally make their way onto my local television 'news' stations, if they ever do. One of my favorite 'news' sites is
www.Common Dreams.org.
It's a compendium of previously published articles and written for Common Dreams articles. I often send a link to an article to a group of local activist friends.
This one I wanted everybody to read...(note: you have to read some background before you get to the TV Ad portion of the post, but hey, it's great too!)
This is just part of the TV ad that I'd put up cold, hard cash to get on-air ANYTIME.
"Security" - Democratic Party National Television Spot, 2006 Election Cycle
[Ominous tones oscillate in the background. Fade from black into a shot of Bush presiding at a cabinet meeting. Voiceover:] "We know from two former members of his own cabinet that George Bush was planning to invade Iraq from the very beginning of his presidency, well before 9/11 even happened."
[Show Bush laughing and campaigning] "We know that he failed to call a cabinet-level meeting on terrorism for nearly a year into his presidency, and [show red lines crossing off items on budgetary documents] that he originally proposed to slash the government's anti-terrorism budget to pay for tax cuts for the rich."
[Show twin towers before attack] "We know that he was told about a pending attack five weeks before 9/11, but [show Bush golfing and biking] still spent a month on vacation, even though, a few years later, he flew through the night from Texas to Washington just to sign a bill injecting the federal government into the Terri Schiavo [show Schiavo] family's personal medical trauma."
[Show Osama bin Laden] "After 9/11, George Bush promised he would bring in its perpetrator, [show Bush speaking to Congress, pounding lectern] `dead or alive'".
Surf on over to Common Dreams and read the whole bit.
I'll bet you'll be willing to put some cash up to see it, too.