NPR Travesty: John Negroponte

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Friday February 18, 2005 · 8:57 AM PST

2005/02/18 · 08:57

NPR's Latest Travesty

This morning, NPR "discussed" the suitability of John Negroponte as Bush's new intelligence czar.

So, who do they get to offer an expert opinion on the whole issue?

Why none other than former "Democratic congressman" Gary Schmidt . . . who just so happens to also be one of the big mucky-mucks at the neo-con Project for a New American Century.

Now, here's what I found amazing.

In all the years that I've been listening to NPR, I have not heard them ONCE mention PNAC. Read More

Noam Chomsky on U.S. "Democracy"

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Thursday February 10, 2005 · 1:17 PM PST

2005/02/10 · 13:17

Many of you have heard the name Noam Chomsky. I don't know how many of you have ever read anything by him. I know that NPR likes to villify him in passing from time to time without ever seriously talking about his ideas or what he has said.

There are also a lot of lies told about him (like he's a Holocaust denier or that he has denied that atrocities occurred in Cambodia.)

In any event, here is an excellent piece from "Democracy Now," which is a transcript of a speech professor Chomsky recently gave in New Mexico. Read More

Why Should We Believe Her?

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Sunday February 06, 2005 · 7:47 AM PST

2005/02/06 · 07:47

This weekend, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on a fence-mending European tour, said Friday that an attack against Iran was "simply not on the agenda at this point."

Now, my question is this: "Why should anyone in his or her right mind believe her?"

After all, isn't she a proven liar?

Moreover, isn't this statement coming from a person who is affiliated with an Administration that was saying throughout the fall of 2002 that Bush's decision to attack Iraq had not yet been made, when in reality, the decision had been made months, if not years, before? Read More

New Slogan for Bush's America

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Saturday February 05, 2005 · 4:29 PM PST

2005/02/05 · 16:29

I've given a lot of thought to this during the past several months, and especially since January 20, 2005.

In honor of our fearless leader and his party's ascendancy in the rule of our country (I think they called it a "mandate") I thought that the United States needs a new slogan.

What do you think of this one:

One folk. One empire. One America.

Kind of catchy, isn't it?

Idea: Fucking w/Glenn Reynolds

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Saturday January 29, 2005 · 3:41 PM PST

2005/01/29 · 15:41

You know, I've been thinking that the world of legal academia is a very status-obsessed world. Law professors care about their reputations and about the reputations of the institutions at which they teach, especially among their peers within the larger legal academic community in the United States.

Well, here's an idea: Read More

Graham Comes Up w/Soc Sec Idea

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Saturday January 29, 2005 · 8:12 AM PST

2005/01/29 · 08:12

In the midst of all the brouhaha brought about by the Administration with respect to how Social Security is supposedly going broke and is in "crisis," the typical "solutions" floated in the mainstream media to "fix" this situation have been one of the following three:

Increase the number of years before people can retire.
Raise taxes.
Cut benefits.

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Friday January 28, 2005 · 3:13 PM PST

2005/01/28 · 15:13

This blogger (whoever he is) came up with a list of the most loathesome people of 2004.

It is hillarious because not only is it filled with well deserved vitrol (which I happen to love), but because in so many ways it is so deadly accurate.

This guy has a gift for expression.

Brilliant:

http://www.buffalobeast.com/66/50mostLoathsome2004.htm

Black Commentator Slams Condi

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Friday January 28, 2005 · 9:18 AM PST

2005/01/28 · 09:18

Thank God for the progressive, online publication "The Black Commentator." I love the laser like precision and clarity with which they see issues.

Read this:

http://www.blackcommentator.com/123/123_cover_rice.html

It is both highly accurate and highly damning.

Welcome to the U.S. of A., folks.

National Propaganda Radio (cntd.)

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Friday January 28, 2005 · 6:37 AM PST

2005/01/28 · 06:37

In my last two diary entries, I have attacked NPR. If you want to know more about my specific reasons for doing so, I suggest you read those diary entries.

Well, last night, while reading Tom Tech's diary, "This Week in Fascism," here:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/1/27/2379/10058

I was reminded about other aspects of their pernicious and propagandistic influence. With his permission, I thought I'd reproduce what TomTech set forth about NPR from that diary entry: Read More

NPR and Social Security

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Thursday January 27, 2005 · 5:09 PM PST

2005/01/27 · 17:09

If you read my last diary entry, it will be no secret that I don't care for NPR. (If you want to know why, read the diary.)

In any event, here is another glaring ommission from them that I heard tonight with respect to their "special report" on Social Security Reform.

First, while being fair in talking about how SS will not START running out of money until 2042, nowhere did its report mention that the scheme to have "private" accounts is just basically a pay off to Wall Street lobbyists. Whether or not it agreed with this position, it didn't even mention that there are critics of Bush's scheme who have been very vocal about saying this. Read More

National Propaganda Radio

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Thursday January 27, 2005 · 7:24 AM PST

2005/01/27 · 07:24

NPR gets a substantial part of its funding from the government (through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting) and from various corporations that act as "underwriters."

With respect to the first source, over the years whenever NPR has run a story that has offended some right-wing congressman or interest group, there have been various calls to eliminate completely any federal funding for NPR.

Clearly, in view of these two funding sources, NPR is on a leash with respect to what it can say and the points of view it is allowed to present without getting into trouble. Basically, it cannot afford to step on too many toes.
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Moonie Times Admits Hit on Dean

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Tuesday January 25, 2005 · 9:32 AM PST

2005/01/25 · 09:32

The following editorial comes from the Moone-owned "Washington Times" (of all places). Nonetheless, in spite of the right-wing source, it is a largely accurate analysis of how the media destroyed Dean's campaign for the Democratic nomination last January.

For those of you who continue to cling to the notions that it was "Dean's bad speeches," or the campaign's mistakes (and there were a few) that brought down Dean, or even the fatuous notion that the "people spoke and said Kerry was better," you might read this and maybe have your thoughts challenged:

http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20050123-100614-1880r.htm Read More

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