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UPDATED It's Not Just Domenech...
UPDATE: On this evening's edition of MSNBC's "The Countdown" with Keith Olbermann, Mr. Olbermann named Jerome Corsi as his choice for his nightly awarded dubious honor of "Worst Person in The World". But what about Olbermann's colleague at MSNBC, Monica Crowley?
When announcing this evening's recipient, Mr. Olbermann explained that Mr. Corsi had earned this title because of his plagiarism of fellow conservative columnist, Debbie Schlussel's, work. Mr. Olbermann's cited Ms. Schlussel's article in which she accuses Corsi of plagiarism, and updates the story herself after Corsi admits to stealing Schlussel's work to their editor, who then does almost nothing to remedy the situation.
Curiously, Olbermann made no mention whatsoever of the accusations and convincing examples of plagiarism by MSNBC commentator, Monica Crowley, about whom Ms. Schlussel also wrote in the same article.
In fact, not only did Ms. Schlussel accuse Ms. Crowley in the same article as Mr. Corsi, but she spent twice as much space in her column detailing Ms Crowley's plagiarism than she spent on Mr. Corsi's (two graphs for Corsi, four for Crowley).
In other words, it was far more than a passing reference to Ms. Crowley's dubious work habits, and next to impossible to miss.
So if it was next to impossible to miss, why did Olbermann leave his colleague Monica Crowley out of the story, and out of the competition?
Story updated at 12:49 AM, March 27, 2006, by Casey Morris
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In light of this article (via James Wolcott), you have to wonder why Ben Domenech was singled out for slaughter while other accused plagiarists, Monica Crowley, and Jerome Corsi, have been ignored?
When I use the term "slaughter", I don't mean the criticism and eventual exposure that Domenech received from the left side of the blogosphere. Brady hired him to incite controversy, though I imagine he got more than he bargained for in the three short days that young Domenech worked for him.
No, I'm talking about the pile-on from the right side of the blogosphere- NRO, Michelle Malkin and many others.
Wolcott points us to Debbie Schussel's article in which she asks this very question. She doesn't mind the pile-on, but she wants to know why Monica Crowley and Jerome Corsi have been allowed a free pass on what, in Corsi's case, was admitted plagiarism, and in Crowley's case, appears to be convincing evidence of plagiarism?
I don't know the answer to that question, but it made me come up with a few other questions that should be asked alongside it. For example, does the fact that both Crowley and Corsi work for organizations (MSNBC and WorldNetDaily) that are decidedly and overtly sympathetic to conservative Republican messengers make a difference? Were Crowley and Corsi's transgressions purposefully ignored by their corporate bosses to favor Republican agendas?
Here's another question: Now that Malkin, The NRO and others have taken such a strong and principled stance against plagiarism, will they apply those same standards to Crowley and Corsi? Will they call for Corwley or Corsi's firings from their respected positions?
And finally, now that discovering instances of plagiarism is the new black, how many other examples of plagiarism by Crowley and Corsi will be unearthed in the immediate days to come? Will they be fired or even castigated publicly for the plagiarism Schussel convincingly makes the case for?
Well, we'll see. But it's more than possible that the same apparatus that shut off the discussion of Crowley and Corsi before, could well be poised to stifle public discourse once more.
I could be wrong. I often am. I'm not holding my breath, though.
I just don't look that good in blue.
cross posted at Daily Kos, entitled, "More Right-Wing Plagiarism"
Casey,
I think you look lovely in blue, but perhaps not the shade you describe herein.
On integrity on the right: Michelle Malkin stood up for it and that credits her. Perhaps we ought not to ask for much more from her, but it seems a direct request for her to demonstrate that the *rules* she insists the left do not follow consistently, are inviolable on the right as well.
It's going to be tough to maintain that stance, however, given the vast number of lies, obfuscations, cheating, and stealing from the public coffers that has gone on on the side of the fence she supports.
Speaking of media scumbags, did CNN ever officially hire Glenn Beck?
Based on their lofty journalistic standards, I'm guessing they did.
I purposely read NewsMax, to see how those creeps think.
Check out these great photos of the LA demonstrations. There are also foreign stories by people who were there. Imagine if all not supporting the Iraq war and other "mad" policies of this administration were to hit the streets alongside these demonstrators! One French reporter who was there described some of the protest signs, one of which said, "Our sons are dying in Iraq." So there might be plenty of overlap!
http://permanent.nouvelobs.com/etranger/20060326.OBS1798.html
Here are the figures for the US protests against proposed immigration law, received from local Youth Against War and Racism - student walkout & rally in Seattle today:
National Protests:
March 10, Los Angles CA - 100,000 rallied to protest tough changes in immigration law.
March 14, Philadelphia's - 1,000 rallied for "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
March 15, Monterey CA, 200 rallied
March 17 & 18, Santa Cruz, 1,000
March 18, Seattle WA, 2,000
March 18, Chicago IL, 100,000
March 24, Milwaukee WI 10,000 marched
March 24, Phoenix AZ, 20,000 gathered at the biggest demonstrations in city history
March 24, Los Angeles CA 500,000 or half a million rallied for immigrant rights
March 24, Los Angeles CA 2,800 student walkouts from 10 local high schools and middle schools
March 24, Denver CO, 50,000 protested downtown
March 24, Riverside CA, 400 students at two campuses in the Moreno Valley Unified School District
March 24, Atlanta GA, 80,000 workers strikes and hundreds protested GA state bill similar to HH4437 that passed on Friday.
March 25, Denver CO, 50,000
March 25, Dallas TX, 1,500
March 25, Kansas KA, 2,000 people was the largest Hispanic protest gathering in
March 25, Charlotte NC, 5,000 and 7,000
March 25, Sacramento CA, 4,000 people protested immigration legislation at an annual march honoring the late farm labor leader Cesar Chavez.
March 25, Los Angeles CA, 500,000 or half a million rallied for immigrant rights
Seen in American Progress Report. Scary.
"War is war, and it has never been the case that when you captured a combatant you have to give them a jury trial in your civil courts," he said. "Give me a break." Scalia
Interesting review of the neocon Fukuyama's new book, where he now questions whether the neocon philosophy for foreign policy really worked or not.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/books/review/26berman.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print
Even more amazing, it was sent to me by Republican relatives.
Good timing by MoveOn -
Victory! The right-wing activist who was given an online column by the Washington Post resigned Friday after his history of bigotry and plagiarism was discovered.
Let's now make sure Post editor James Brady learns the big-picture lesson: It's wrong to "balance" real watchdog journalism with right-wing spinners.
Please contact the Washington Post today.
Just days after Washingtonpost.com editor James Brady gave right-wing activist Ben Domenech an online column called "Red America," Domenech resigned Friday after his history of bigotry and plagiarism was discovered.
James Brady wants this episode to go away. But we must ensure he and other Washington Post editors learn the right lesson and never again cave to right-wing zealots who want to destroy the media's ability to hold power accountable. It was wrong for the Washington Post to "balance" strong watchdog journalism by their reporters with blatant right-wing propaganda.
Please contact editor James Brady and the Washington Post today, by clicking here:
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1576&id=7123-3132966-5uOAzZ0tGv7V57Vid5VbDw&t=3
Tell Brady and the Post to never again hire right-wing spinners to "balance" journalists who are doing their job by holding power accountable. If they want opinion columns, the right and left should both be represented, but let's tell them it is unacceptable to continue "Red America" by itself.
Below are links to Friday's Washington Post announcement, Thursday's Media Matters letter calling for Ben Domenech to be fired, and a Daily Kos compiliation of Domenech's plagiarism.
Editor James Brady caved to right wingers who labeled Washingtonpost.com columnist Dan Froomkin a "liberal." Froomkin is a long-time journalist who believes in strong watchdog journalism. He writes a column called "White House Briefing" which, predictably, focuses much attention on the Bush Administration. Here is how Froomkin describes his column:
I do not advocate policy, liberal or otherwise. My agenda, such as it is, is accountability and transparency. I believe that the president of the United States, no matter what his party, should be subject to the most intense journalistic scrutiny imaginable. And he should be able to easily withstand that scrutiny. I was prepared to take the same approach with John Kerry, had he become president.
This column's advocacy is in defense of the public's right to know what its leader is doing and why. To that end, it calls attention to times when reasonable, important questions are ducked; when disingenuous talking points are substituted for honest explanations; and when the president won't confront his critics—or their criticisms—head on.
The journalists who cover Washington and the White House should be holding the president accountable. When they do, I bear witness to their work. And the answer is for more of them to do so—not for me to be dismissed as highly opinionated and liberal because I do.1
Does Froomkin sound like a "liberal" to you? Or is he exactly the type of neutral watchdog the Washington Post should be rewarding? Unfortunately, Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell bought into the right-wing spin and publicly called Froomkin "liberal" in one of her columns. Then editor James Brady decided to create the Red America column.
We cannot let Brady, Howell, or other Washington Post higher-ups think it is acceptable to label journalists who hold power accountable as "liberals" who need to be "balanced" by right-wing spinners. That hurts the media's proper function as a watchdog for the public. If Washingtonpost.com wants a right-wing opinion column, they need a progressive opinion column also.
Please contact editor James Brady, ombudsman Deborah Howell, and the Washington Post today, by clicking here:
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1576&id=7123-3132966-5uOAzZ0tGv7V57Vid5VbDw&t=4
1. "Froomkin on White House Briefing," Washington Post,December 12, 2005
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1582
2. "Ben Domenech Resigns." Washington Post, March 24, 2006
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1575
3. "Media Matters to Wash. Post brass: Fire bigoted blogger," Media Matters, March 23, 2006
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1568
4. "Washington Post's New Conservative Voice a Plagiarist: It's Now a Blood Bath," Daily Kos, March 23, 2006
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1574
You or others you know can join Media Action by clicking here:
http://civic.moveon.org/mediaaction/join?id=7123-3132966-5uOAzZ0tGv7V57Vid5VbDw&t=5
Posted by: DiAnne at March 27, 2006 12:08 PM
Even more amazing is that anyone can, with a straight face, question whether the neocon philosophy on foreign policy has worked.
Global Warmongering
... and Scalia is STILL a putz.
Monkey
A friend I gave the article to said he would think that anyone associated with that group (neocons) would want to distance themselves from current policies. He felt Fukuyama's current position seemed motivated to save face rather than to reflect disagreement and questioned why didn't he separate himself from them 3 years ago? Too little, too late.
I'd kind of like to take a peek at the whole book though.
Posted by: DiAnne at March 27, 2006 09:54 AM
I have to say though, it's been amazing that the Republicans have been able to gather support on both the pro- and anti-immigrant ends of the issue.
To the pro-immigrant groups, the Republicans sold themselves as the party of hard work, and the Dems as the party of free handouts for lazy-ass n*****s (that's derogatory word for African-Americans). The Republicans also painted themselves as defenders of the very conservative social morals the immigrants espouse, such as strong opposition to abortion and homosexuality. Results: many Latinos and Asians voted Republican, and certain demographics (Latino Protestants, Cubans, Koreans, Vietnamese) overwhelmingly so.
The Sensenbrenner immigration reform does not solve America's immigration-related problems at all, and by leaving open loopholes for the Republicans' favorite nationalities, exacerbates them. While I oppose this "reform" on principle, I refuse to go out on the streets, because I hold the Republican-leaning immigrant groups themselves responsible as well.
Posted by: DiAnne at March 27, 2006 12:23 PM
This IS the too little, too late administration.
Nero fiddled while Rome burned.
Dumbya fiddled while hijacked planes flew into American landmarks... while Katrina destroyed an American city... while energy prices soar, and continue to do so... while deficits explode, and continue to do so... and on and on and on.
The more appropriate question to ask repeatedly is, What HASN'T this adminstration completely ruined?
Justice Scalia flips the finger in church
BOSTON, March 27 (UPI) -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia startled reporters in Boston just minutes after attending a mass, by flipping a middle finger to his critics.
A Boston Herald reporter asked the 70-year-old conservative Roman Catholic if he faces much questioning over impartiality when it comes to issues separating church and state.
"You know what I say to those people?" Scalia replied, making the obscene gesture and explaining "That's Sicilian."
The 20-year veteran of the high court was caught making the gesture by a photographer with The Pilot, the Archdiocese of Boston's newspaper.
"Don't publish that," Scalia told the photographer, the Herald said.
He was attending a special mass for lawyers and politicians at Cathedral of the Holy Cross, and afterward was the keynote speaker at the Catholic Lawyers' Guild luncheon.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060327-100356-7854r
The defense rests.
Great find, Monkey!
Great title now:
Incompetent Design
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032706J.shtml
William Rivers Pitt writes: Last week, George W. Bush got up before a gaggle of reporters and washed his hands of the mess in Iraq. The question of how long an American presence will remain in that country "will be decided by future presidents and future governments of Iraq," said Bush. To be fair, he isn't the only one. The entire administration appears to have become bored with the whole process.
(Actually, according to the James Fallows article a few months ago in Atlantic Monthly, the entire administration was never interested in Iraq in the first place, I mean about the details such as what they'd do once they got there. All theory, no practice.)
AllyMcLesbian
Some who were interviewed on BBC (farm workers) said they do not normally follow the news well and can't vote, as they're not citizens. But they knew the number of the Bill they opposed and knew the impact. Someone who is legal who gave a car ride to a couple of illegals could be a felon. If this law were in effect at certain times in the past, I could have been a felon for sure.
Dig out the posts during the campaign.
Bush is a quitter and the thought was he would bail when it got too tuff for him.
The Iraq mess will be ended by someone else as Bush will bail because he is essentially a lazy coward.
Posted by: battlebob at March 27, 2006 02:31 PM
In an era ushered in by the neocons as that of personal responsibility and moral and ethical conduct, this regime proves time and again that they possess none of those traits.
Always blame someone else... pass the buck... talk tough, act weak. It's totally psycho.
Look Kids, It's The Unaccountable President
... and the Co-Dependant Republican controlled House and Senate that enabled him.
(and don't forget Poland!)
http://libertyandjusticeforall.info/Images/MA-LikeARock.jpg
(AP)CARLISLE, Pa. - The al-Qaida terrorist network and affiliated Islamic extremists represent one of the most brutal enemies the United States has ever seen, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday.
Speaking to an audience of Army War College students and faculty, Rumsfeld cited several examples of vicious terrorist assaults, including the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, and warned that unless the terrorists are stopped they will continue to seek the means to launch even deadlier attacks on the West in the years ahead.
“The enemy we face may be the most brutal in our history,” Rumsfeld said. “They currently lack only the means — not the desire — to kill, murder millions of innocent people with weapons vastly more powerful than boarding passes and box cutters,” he added, referring to the terrorists who hijacked the airliners on Sept. 11.
-snip-
Earlier in the day he stopped at Shanksville, Pa., to see for the first time the place where hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in a field on Sept. 11, killing all 40 passengers and crew shortly after hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
In his speech, Rumsfeld described the Shanksville site as a place where “a group of ordinary airline passengers gave their lives in extraordinary defiance of foreign hijackers and in defense of our country’s capital.”
more...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12038216/
FAIRFAX, Va. - Fairfax County is taking part in an unusual White House drug study.
Wastewater from communities throughout the Potomac River Basin is being tested for the urinary byproducts of cocaine.
"Apparently, they're able to ascertain how many people may be using illicit drugs, in this case cocaine, with such studies," Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerry Connolly tells WTOP.
Earlier this month, county workers collected five days worth of water samples at the pollution control plant in Lorton. The samples were sent to a lab in Rockville, Md., to be analyzed for the traces of the main urinary byproduct of cocaine.
"It does not indicate that we have an unusual drug problem in Fairfax County," Connolly says. "I'll be interested, obviously, in the results. It's kind of an unusual study and an unusual request. Obviously, we're prepared to cooperate with any endeavor to try to make sure the use of illicit drugs is discouraged in our community."
White House officials believe the wastewater testing will lead to a more accurate index of how many people use drugs than traditional survey research.
http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=737418
Can we start with the White House water?
Powder Keg Party
"If I were grading I would say we probably deserve a 'D' or a 'D-plus' as a country as to how well we're doing in the battle of ideas that's taking place in the world today."
- Donald H. Rumsfeld, 03/27/06, Carlisle, PA
"Stupid is as stupid does."
- Forrest Gump
Monkey,
You're on a roll.
British Memo: "Bush Was Set on Path to War"
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032706Z.shtml
In the weeks before the United States-led invasion of Iraq, as the United States and Britain pressed for a second United Nations resolution condemning Iraq, President Bush's public ultimatum to Saddam Hussein was blunt: Disarm or face war.
{{{A great deal of this is deja vu (since we've read UK stories about the Downing Street Memos).... but I do have to wonder why the NY Times is running this now. Reminder of the past that they didn't cover? A reminder to people now listening to the same things about Iran that we've heard all this before?}}}
Posted by: NonnyO at March 27, 2006 07:35 PM
The memo is also said to reveal that President Bush suggested "flying U2 reconnaissance aircraft planes with fighter cover over Iraq, painted in UN colours," in order to provoke Saddam to shoot on them, therefore putting Iraq in breach of United Nations resolutions.
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/NY_Times_to_report_on_secret_0326.html
Posted by: monkey at March 27, 2006 01:20 PM
Posted by: sparrow at March 27, 2006 07:35 PM
Yep, monkey's on a roll.
Actually, I'm still trying to think of something the current administration has not ruined since 2000.... (Excluding corporations and oil barons and the super-wealthy who have so benefitted, that is.)
Posted by: monkey at March 27, 2006 07:38 PM
I did read that before a couple of times quite a while ago, but I no longer remember the sources, and I think it was mentioned in the NY Times article in the link today.
Makes me wonder what they will try to provoke Iran...?
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia used an Italian hand gesture when questioned by a reporter after attending church this past weekend.
The Boston Herald reported Monday that the justice made "an obscene gesture under his chin" -- which prompted some online reports that Scalia had used his middle finger.
Untrue.
"It was a hand off the chin gesture that was meant to be dismissive," Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said.
-snip-
The paper said that Scalia also said: "This is my spiritual life. I shall lead it the way I like."
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/03/27/scalia.gesture.ap/index.html
Sicilian Backpeddle with cheese.
The Pollution Gap
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/032706EB.shtml
Over 70 million Africans and an even greater number of farmers in the Indian sub-continent will suffer catastrophic floods, disease and famine if the rich countries of the world fail to change their habits and radically cut their carbon emissions.
Global SOS: Save Our Sacred Sites
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/032706EC.shtml
A new environmental campaign, "Save Our Sacred Sites," springs from a recognition that many of the mountains, forests, islands, lakes and groves revered by indigenous peoples contain rare species. Ancient traditions and taboos surrounding the sites have often commanded respect for nature, prohibited hunting or simply kept people away.
Latin Leaders Balk at US "Wall"
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032706F.shtml
Some envision a wall. Others, a fence - or even a "virtual" fence of cameras, lighting, and sensors along the US-Mexican border. Whatever form it will take, the US is discussing, planning, and, in some places, already building it - much to the fury and frustration of neighbors south of the border. Marc Cooper writes: the half-million protesters who flooded Los Angeles this weekend are a glaring sign that Washington needs a rational immigration policy - not more walls and fences.
{{{Anyone besides me see this 'wall' idea as a monumental waste of time and money, not to mention not good for the environment and animals who don't recognize man-made borders???}}}
Senate Cuts Part of House Immigration Bill
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032706R.shtml
As immigration rights activists rallied outside the Capitol, senators broke Monday from the House's get-tough approach by refusing to make criminals of people who help illegal immigrants.
FEC Won't Regulate Internet Politics
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032706B.shtml
The Federal Election Commission decided Monday that the nation's new campaign finance law will not apply to most political activity on the Internet. In a 6-0 vote, the commission decided to regulate only paid political ads placed on another person's Web site.
Punch Cards Out, Paper Trails In
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032706D.shtml
Glitches in new voting machines in Illinois's primary elections last week may foreshadow snafus in several states this year, as more than 30.6 million voters are expected to encounter new equipment when they go to the polls.
Judge Rules Against Civil Rights Groups in New Orleans
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032706S.shtml
A federal judge refused to delay New Orleans' April 22nd mayoral election, telling both sides to solve any problems that might hinder displaced residents' ability to vote.
In Election Year, a Shift in Public Opinion on the War
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032706E.shtml
Mr. Bush is pressing ahead with an intensified effort to shore up support for the war, but an increasingly skeptical and pessimistic public is putting pressure on Congress about the wisdom behind it, testing the political support for the White House's determination to remain in Iraq. Richard B. Wirthlin, who was the pollster for President Ronald Reagan, says he sees the beginning of a decisive turn in public opinion against the war.
Iraqi Shiites Accuse US of "Organized Crime"
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032706A.shtml
While the American Army denies any involvement in a raid that left 20 Shiites dead yesterday, the Governor of Baghdad announces the suspension of his cooperation with the United States and the Shiite alliance in power demands a transfer of responsibility for maintenance of order in Iraq.
Vague Law and Hard Lobbying Add Up to Billions for Big Oil
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032706G.shtml
How did a supposedly cost-free incentive become a multibillion-dollar break to an industry making record profits? The answer is a familiar Washington story of special-interest politics at work: the people who pay the closest attention and make the fewest mistakes are those with the most profit at stake.
Hello All,
Reading over today's laundry list of abuses to democracy, and feeling ill...
It is so difficult to know where to begin to fight. In my seminar today we discussed the 1960's as an era of boundary-crossing and recreating the roles of women and minorities. We also talked about how the draft itself focused the anti-war movement, bringing wealthy and poor families together to protest the conscription of young men.
We simply are lacking the kind of shared focused issues of the past, or may be it's that we lack a SENSE of shared concerns. South Dakota, the immigrant issue, the Iraq War, Iran, torture, Scalia flipping people off, voting concerns, the media falling apart--how can we know where to put our energies?
How are you all feeling about this?
WASHINGTON - The port of Long Beach, Calif. — the busiest in the nation — is a key line of homeland defense. Some 4.5 million shipping containers pass through each year.
Big radiation portal monitors scan some — but not all — containers for traces of nuclear or radiological material as they leave the port. But, four-and-a-half years after 9/11, Senate investigators say only 39 percent of all containers entering the U.S. are screened for nuclear material. Many ports, including the third-largest, Miami, still have only handheld detection devices of little value.
“We still have massive blind spots in our ability to prevent nuclear material from being smuggled into this country,” says Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn.
Coleman says the Department of Homeland Security still is not moving nearly fast enough.
A report by the Government Accountability Office concludes DHS is two years behind schedule in installing radiation monitors in ports and not likely to have them all done, even by 2009.
more...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12038958/
That's EIGHT years after 9/11... what the hell has the administration been doing to safeguard this nation besides illegal wiretapping... and WHY does ANYONE think they are the ones to keep us "safe".
Never mind... dumb question.
Karen
I think we need to continue to do what we do - Teach Democracy. Folks are going to need to step up and get others motivated just as we are. Many of us have limitations and are doing all that they can. We need others to join us because most of America is now on the correct side of justice. Many hands make the work light. Let's win in November and move forward!
You guys have been busy this afternoon.
I actually watched tv news but it wasn't cable news, which I can't stomach - there is too much repetition and commentary.
It was the NBC evening news - I had already read all the stories on the internet and heard them on NPR and BBC, but what I saw on tv was fairly balanced, if obviously a little slanted toward US trying to have good policy (which I don't even believe any more that it does). My son said, "They're a little different - they're owned by a giant electric company rather than a giant media conglomerate."
Someone sent this to me today, and it was the nicest distraction I could have wished for. Enjoy!
http://s158645047.onlinehome.us/video_5290_10558.html?sid=5290&aid=10558
How are you all feeling about this?
Posted by: karen at March 27, 2006 09:07 PM
Pissed, depressed, anxious, flippant, combative, obnoxious, sarcastic, exhausted...
Pissed, depressed, anxious, flippant, combative, obnoxious, sarcastic, exhausted...
Posted by: monkey at March 27, 2006 09:52 PM
grouchy as anything!!!
everyone, watch that video clip; you'll feel better...http://s158645047.onlinehome.us/video_5290_10558.html?sid=5290&aid=10558
Karen
The drum solo is the best part.
grouchy as anything!!!
Posted by: sparrow at March 27, 2006 09:53 PM
Where am I? At the DCP?
Oh, Mothuh. I think my happy pills are wearing off.
That was a good vacation!!
Now, let's see. Where were we? Angry, frustrated, pissed off (we're not gonna take it, no we're not gonna take it.....)depressed? Resigned? Nope, never resigned!!!
Is this the place where we read and get filled in on all the latest world news, with a pinch of the latest shenanigans our present administration is pulling? It is???
Why.....,why...., Toto, we're not in Kansas. That was just a nasty bump on the nose, and, gee, the bluebirds are all flying away (they're waving goodbye)....
I'm still in North Dakota with a cast on my nose. (No, silly, they don't put casts on noses.) O.K. a bandage then.
Tell Monkey and Wyatt, and the Sheriff too, that I'll be back good as new in the mornin'. And, and, tell them I'll see them all then.
Dorothy
Speaking of media scumbags, did CNN ever officially hire Glenn Beck?
Based on their lofty journalistic standards, I'm guessing they did.
Posted by monkey at March 27, 2006 09:04 AM
I was wondering that myself, just the other day.
Posted by: karen at March 27, 2006 09:07 PM
Does an acquired case of multiple personality disorder qualify???
I share the same alternate minds as the others. By turns I feel:
disconnected from the reality that was with the reality that is (how could anyone not see we were being lied into war - it was so patently obvious to me, and that was even before I had a computer and got connected to the internet),
snarky,
morbidly depressed (those elections had to be rigged; the exit polls in all past elections were accurate),
sarcastic,
ashamed to be an American (how could those idiots possibly even for one single nanosecond consider torture and keeping people in concentration camps, let alone condone it and try to define it by going around standard definitions of same?!?),
surreal (what happened to media who used to report daily dirty details about Clinton's blow job and now they ignore what's become a longer list of actual crimes by the Criminal Cabal in office?),
OVERWHELMED - the list of abuses of power and war crimes and high crimes and misdemeanors by The Cretin, the Vice Cretin, the Criminal Cabal, and the Corporatocracy just gets longer and longer and longer, and the Clueless Congress is acting like it's comatose most of the time (a few people excepted: Feingold and Conyers have actually been trying to do something).
It's exhausting just reading about it.
I see the rage boiling behind the words on the various blogs and e-newsletter editorials, and it's completely disconnected with what I see on Lamestream Media Snooze. Glimmers here and there in Lamestream Media Snooze don't even come close to reporting what I'm reading about.
This is not like the 60s & 70s when protesters were focused on the one issue of the war in Viet Nam most of the time. There have been so many crimes by the administration and state administrations that have outraged so many segments of our nation that it is now overwhelming to the point of 'which cause do I concentrate on reading about today and writing to someone about?' I'm concerned about too many causes and have to try to limit myself to one a day about which to be outraged... an objective I never accomplish because too many headlines usually 'gang up' on me to read about.... I do well to concentrate on 'only' half a dozen different things per day.
So, yes, in feeling overwhelmed I feel like I've acquired a multiple personality disorder and each of those personalities is morbidly depressed over each of a dozen different things daily.... (When will the rabbits stop screaming?)
So, yes, in feeling overwhelmed I feel like I've acquired a multiple personality disorder and each of those personalities is morbidly depressed over each of a dozen different things daily.... (When will the rabbits stop screaming?)
Posted by: NonnyO at March 28, 2006 01:31 AM
O.K., NonnyO. This is Doctor Feelgood. We are going to treat each one of your personalities differently, to see how each responds to treatment.
Personality one - you get scream therapy. Get in the car, take your favorite pillow, drive to the edge of town where you are sure you won't be seen or heard, and, place your face in the pillow. Now scream and screetch blood murder into it until you are exhausted. There, there....feel better??
Personality two - you get two anxiety pills, two anti-depresent pills, and two valium. Take them all at once and call me when you wake up.
Personality three - you get an anger management course today that allows you to take your broom and bust in the front of your t.v. set. You may also slap anyone standing around you on their keester with your broom so you so desire.
Everyone feel better? If not, call Tush Ruhmbaugh, he might be able to slip you a couple pills to see you through to your next appointment with me.
The only good activists are happy activists.
(just jokin')
Charley Reese: Told You So :
What we are witnessing is the beginning of the end of Euro-American domination of the planet. When the emperors start being idiots, the empire is on the way to the ash heap of history. If you have any grandchildren, you might suggest that they study Chinese.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12508.htm
An Empire Built of Paper:
The president moves about like Caesar Augustus, with a vast, graded court of civil and military aides, doctors, secretaries, valets, hairdressers, makeup artists, bodyguards, drivers, baggage handlers, cooks, food tasters, Praetorian guards, snipers, centurions, bulletproof limos, a portable hospital, and an armored rostrum. And that’s when he travels in the U.S.
http://www.amconmag.com/2006/2006_03_27/review.html
Posted by: Doctor Feelgood at March 28, 2006 02:14 AM
LOL!!! :-)
I already to scream therapy... at least I mentally scream at the TV or groan or talk at it low enough so my neighbors won't be offended within a six block radius by the supersonic screams I emit....
On the whole, I opt for the course of treatment you've prescribed for Personality Two. With all those drugs, I can sleep. If I sleep through what I anticipate to be horror and idiocy and more anxiety through at least election day '08, then I won't have to deal with reality until after the fact....
I have a good way to deal with Personality Three: When The Cretin is out of office, let someone tie him up, then let me bitch slap him silly, after which, someone can hold him while I whack his butt with a paddle laced with rusty nails, and then they can turn him over while I castrate him with a rusty spoon (too bad he's already passed his DNA on to a new generation - people like him should never be allowed to procreate). That ought to take care of half of my anger-management issues about his condoning torture and his stupid concentration camps just at Gitmo.... Then we can start in on the rest of them....
Well, okay. I feel better for fantasizing that last part.... ;-)
Posted by: Doctor Feelgood at March 28, 2006 02:14 AM
Dear Doctor Feelgood,
I have heard that ginsing and monster drink will make me feel better able to handle the demands this administration makes on me. Should I start imbibing these drinks? What if I'm so energized I start going to protests, or writing letters, or tackling strangers in the street to educate them...will I end up on the NSA spy list as a result?
worried in America,
Yes.
Posted by: worried in America at March 28, 2006 06:56 AM
Just by blogging here has put you on the NSA list...
President Jimmy Carter answered questions in this diary that were collected from his first diary at daily kos.
Go here if you want to greet a wonderful American...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/3/27/1111/19451
and here's the link to his first diary which appeared last week...
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/3/23/103458/107
Do read the comments on that one if you have time -- it's up to 638 comments
from Firedoglake.com
NBC is reporting that Andrew Card has resigned as President Bush’s Chief of Staff. The President has tapped Joshua Bolten to be the new Chief of Staff — and is currently announcing it from the Oval Office. (Bolten has worked with Bush since his time in Texas — nothing like looking to your circle of cronies first for someone. Wouldn’t want anyone who would irritate the President with pesky truthiness or anything…)
David Gregory reported this morning that Card submitted his resignation three weeks ago, but that the President did not accept the resignation officially until last weekend at Camp David.
Wonder what Turdblossom thinks about being passed over by a budget wonk? Although realistically, it’s easier to be a nasty political operative in the shadows than in the bright glare of the sunshine, isn’t it?
UPDATE: Russert reports on NBC that Bolten and Rove and close friends. Cozy. Russert says that his sense is that this staff change is the first of a number to come — that relations with the WH and Congress are in need of some serious mending.
I stated last night that I actually watched a little mainstream media (NBC nightly news) and that I felt they did a fairly balanced job. I was judging next to internet and public radio news I'd already heard about the same issues, including not-American.
Now I know why I said that = they covered the issue described below:
"White House Memo" Drives a Stake into the Heart of White House Lies
Bob Fertik writes, "Something remarkable happened Monday: the Corporate Media finally got sick of Bush's endless lies about Iraq, and started to tell the truth. The immediate cause was a front-page New York Times story about the "White House Memo," which proved Bush was determined to invade Iraq no matter what. Now we have reached a turning point in our "long march" for Truth. Everyone in the world knows in their heart that Bush lied. Soon everyone will say it out loud: Bush Lied. When millions of Americans say those two simple words - and the media finally joins us - Bush's reign of fear will come to a crashing halt. Let's make that happen now."
http://www.democrats.com/white-house-memo
This is the number one thing we need next:
TELL YOUR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE TO PASS H.R. 550 AS WRITTEN
In the next two weeks there will be a final push to get H.R. 550, a bill introduced by Rep. Holt of New Jersey, on the House floor. H.R. 550 would protect the integrity of our elections by requiring a voter verified paper record of every vote, requiring mandatory random hand counted audits to verify the accuracy of electronic tallies, which is the only way to ever conduct an audit we can trust. It will also prohibit the use of secret software and wireless communication devices in voting machines.
The recent change in leadership of the Committee on House Administration has created a new opportunity for passage of this vital election integrity measure. Previous constituent meetings in June and August of 2005 were a huge success, generating 24 new co-sponsors on the bill from both parties. In addition, 27 States have now passed voter-verified paper record requirements.
THERE ARE THREE WAYS YOU CAN HELP -- lobby in person in Washington, D.C. or your home district . . . and/or sign the petition:
IF YOU CAN COME TO WASHINGTON DC ON APRIL 6 & 7 TO LOBBY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO COSPONSOR HR 550, CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP:
http://www.icountcoalition.org/dclobby.html
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ARRANGE TO MEET LOBBY IN YOUR HOME DISTRICT, CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP:
http://www.icountcoalition.org/indistrictsignup.html
IF YOU CAN'T COME TO WASHINGTON DC (OR EVEN IF YOU CAN), CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE PETITION URGING THE HOUSE ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE TO PASS HR 550 AS WRITTEN ASAP:
http://www.velvetrevolution.us/Content/VotingReform/pen3.php
Recently some of us were discussing sex roles, whether to stay at home with children (and fathers too) and parenthood, and such things.
Look what the Norwegians do. Sure they have high taxes but they have their own oil and haven't attacked anyone recently.
That allows for some money.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4786160.stm
How would you like a 10 months off for parenthood, at 80 percent pay? You're male? No worries!
One more bill to help push through, if you're interested. I am.
I have an institutionalized sister, my father had to go to a nursing home early with Parkinson's, and I worked for a long time in head injury, with patients such as those described. & just think of all those coming back from the wars. Some of those injuries are forever. (Of course, for some of that, the pressure needs to be on the Veteran's Administration).
Kathleen Fleming is unable to read, walk without assistance, or even feed herself. During a hospital stay, her medical team failed to properly respond to her choking. She suffered severe brain damage, and now requires around-the-clock attendance. A college graduate who formerly worked in accounting, Kathleen now cannot work at all. She is cared for by her 73 year-old father. Kathleen's medical care to date has cost 1.1 million dollars. Her future medical care will likely cost between 12 and 13 million dollars. While Kathleen was able to recover for medical negligence, she only received 2 million dollars to cover her future medical care costs. Unbelievably, the House of Representatives has passed a provision that would see future victims pay this already inadequate compensation to their insurance company, rather than letting them utilize it to pay for future care. Your help is needed to prevent this provision from becoming law! This special interest language was added at the last minute to the House Pension Bill. Known as Section 307, it would allow the ERISA insurers to force future victims like Kathleen to pay back their insurance companies before they pay for their own care. Because the Senate did not pass this provision, a conference committee has been convened to determine whether this provision will be included in the conference report. We must fight aggressively against the insurance industry!
Send a letter to these Members of Congress, encouraging them to oppose the measure. http://action.peopleoverprofits.org/ctt.asp?u=4065362&l=120144
DiAnne,
It's not just ten months off for parenthood. They also give up to five years to stay at home with other pay options.
But FAR and away beyond the pay, as I am sure you are also thinking, is the statement of support for families this makes, right from the beginning.
THIS is what really family values lookslike in politics.
And speaking of values...
NEW THREAD ...............