Mike's Blog Roundup
By Mike Finnigan Saturday May 10, 2008 10:00amThe Zen Cabin: Anyone who has followed the FISA fight is probably familiar with James Cicconi. Let's give Mr. Cicconi the attention he deserves - we'll start just before things went to Hell in America.
Crackpot Press: Scientologist speaks out, fears being "suicided"
PERRspectives Blog: With the Republican nomination now safely secured, John McCain, the self-proclaimed "foot soldier in the Reagan revolution," is trying to reverse the hard right turn he took in the GOP primaries.
The Road to Surfdom: This should be a scandal because it reveals how the media's whole coverage of the Iraq invasion and occupaton - not just the opinion pieces but the so-called news as well - has been heavily shaped and dominated by the US military as part of a calculated and sustained campaign of misinformation...and American taxpayers foot the bill!
Roger Ailes: Making abstinence fun.
OFF THE BEATEN PATH: Ali Eteraz, The Unapologetic Mexican, MetaFilter, Naked Politics
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Hillary on SNL. Very funny.
morning @ 1:
Thats supposed to be Funny?
Raise your standards man go buy some Richard Pryor discs or something.
morning @ 1:
LOL, nailed it
SNL should do Obama talking about his travels to 57 states now that would be funny.
"the news" coming out of yahoo.....
You have to wonder... would the bid for yahoo been good or bad for we the people.?
since the bush FCC ....
"news outlets" are being destroyed daily....
we just hope that "we the people" will still have some reliable news outlets and distribution left.
isnt it something...
just saw this from a yahoo news report... McCain and "his convention strategy"...
ST. PAUL, Minn. - The man picked by the John McCain campaign to run the 2008 Republican National Convention
--> resigned Saturday after a report that his lobbying firm used to represent the military regime in Myanmar.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_el_pr/gop_convention_resignati...
huh?
L.A. Confidential @ 4:
Oh wait the "experts" know everything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwuuiAp6oX4
L.A. Confidential @ 6:
I dunno... omg tho that is one hot chick man.
Okay let dream up a Hillary Skit now. So I'm fair and balanced.
Heres a story that needs reporting...
McCain receiving donations from Watergate mastermind.
http://www.goleft.tv/viewer.asp?v=1360
We will know the real journalists..
by their content... and their character.
I never knew Roger Ailes had a blog? I went there.. looked around....god I feel dirty.. like something is crawling on me.. get it off... get it off......Ahhhhhhhh
Some songs from the 2008 Republican RNC Convention CD.
CD to be released on September 1st, it wont be in the stores, and special offer Florida price of $20 in honor of Bob Allen.
Comes with free tap dancing companion DVD.
1: 'That's my oil ! I will kill if I want to'
2: 'Akmed got a raw deal (as usual) '
3: '(housing bubble) Auctioneer Song'
4: 'When the GOP scandals begin to fall'
5: 'Survival of the Sickest'
6: 'I'm a (GOP) Gansta'
7: 'Jail House Rock'
8: 'Heil Heil Chimpy & Shooter'
9: 'I dare you to vote'
10: 'Steal-Town'
11: 'Happy Hooker(s) '
12: 'Chickenhawk Song'
13: 'The World is not enough (I want more)'
14: '(It will be) just another day in Paraguay'
15: 'Fraudsters DC Paradise'
16: 'The air that you breathe (is now metered)'
17: 'The Bloody Red hands of the GOPpers'
18: 'David where's your troosers !'
19: 'Mired In the Bathroom'
20: 'A GOPper with no morality'
Lib2DaBone @ 10:
I think the webserver is sited in Mordor ;)
Slightly off Topic... But Speaking of Roger Ailes Have you seen the latest RE: Fox News uses Subliminal Messages? Remember back in the 60's when they experimented with movie goers by flashing a picture of a salt shaker and then a picture of a cold Coke? They would flash the pictures so fast the naked eye could not see them, but the SUBCONSCIOUS mind could! People would run to the concession stand and buy a COKE. You gotta check this out...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSAOQuLxSdY
ferrofluid @ 11:
PS dont click on that link, its the real GOP website, I clicked on it by accident and it hung my PC for several seconds, I reckon they have malware or some spyware on it.
Lib2DaBone @ 13:
Subliminal Messages are illegal on British TV and prob in Europe.
Not sure what the USA TV standards are for this, but with the modern fast paced video editing styles they are almost doing it.
ferrofluid @ 11:
Buy now and get your free Jenna and Henry coffee mug set!! (A $49.95 Value) No interest and no payments till Jan 20, 2009!!!!
Lib2DaBone @ 13:
That was until they discovered they could completely destroy peoples ability to focus and concentrate on anything for more then one second with MTV style video.
My two favorite scandals:
1) FISA Cavalcade of Crooks
2) Pentagon Propaganda Machines - Massif et Dangereux
L.A. Confidential @ 17:
It's also the reason people tuned out and turned off TV during the 60's. To prevent the electronic takeover of peoples minds like we now have. It stalled it for a while anyway. To bad not permanently.
News Corporation Withdraws Its Bid for Newsday
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
Cablevision appeared likely to prevail in the bidding for the newspaper after the News Corporation pulled out.
The Roger Ailes linked here isn't the Fox news chief. He's a San Francisco blogger. I thought you folks were halfway hip...next time I'll bill him as "The Good" Roger Ailes.
McCain = Bush
Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Tuesday he would appoint judges in the mold of conservatives John Roberts, Samuel Alito and former Chief Justice William Rehnquist if he were elected in November.
Anybody but McCain in November!
Traffic is down today. Perhaps balanced people are doing the right thing on Mother's Day and spending time with their wives and mothers in the 'real world' rather than perpetuating some contrived existence on the internet where they can pretend like they have all the answers.
peaceful easy feeling @ 23:
Thanks for perpetuating!
"This should be a scandal because it reveals how the media’s whole coverage of the Iraq invasion and occupaton - not just the opinion pieces but the so-called news as well - has been heavily shaped and dominated by the US military as part of a calculated and sustained campaign of misinformation…and American taxpayers foot the bill!"
Furthermore, coverage of the occupation has come to a complete standstill; non-existent. It's like it's over and the troops are home, but...
Re the Ciccone thing...but extending waaaay beyond.
If major media outlets expect to maintain credibility, then they need to appoint an "ombudsperson" to state clearly why the editorial committee have chosen either to follow or to promote important stories--or, perhaps even more important, to ignore important stories. And, come to think of it, unimportant stories as well!
Important stories? Yeah, Ciccone. But that particular story requires actual research and reflection. Let's make it even easier: What about the retired military sock puppets lip-synching government propaganda? (And, for the record, local news offers tons of stories that have been prepared by political, military, and corporate entities. But that's another story...which everyone knows, but no one mentions on-air or in-print.)
To report on this military/industrial/pseudo-journalistic story requires no research whatsoever. The Pentagon brass have admitted the error of their ways. All that's required is for the broadcast networks to match the Pentagon's candor. Either that or tell the public why they're playing the "three monkey" game (see no evil etc.). Indeed, why putative journalists are less forthcoming than the Bush administration! That's really, really going some!!
Obviously they're betraying the public trust, their personal honor, and any remaining right to claim they are genuine journalists.
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