Saturday, November 26, 2005
signs of the apocalypse
1) Angelina Jolie working for the UN as a good will ambassador. Teaching third world women that they too can be freakish, adulterous ho-bags.
2) Bon Jovi hits the country charts. All because they were on the CMA awards...this is a cross-over that need not have happened.
3) Bono speaks to the Canadian Parliament. For that matter, the band U2 could probably invade our northern neighbors and take over the place.
4) Nick and Jessica...DIVORCE! Were they just too cute? Were they just too stupid? Were they not getting enough publicity? Or was it the dreaded trifecta of doom for celeb marriages?
5) Madonna catches Elvis for the number of top 10 hits(36). Unless she plans on embarking on a feeding frenzy, overdosing on drugs and dying on the toilet, this is where their paths diverge and she breaks the record. Madonna is a celeb tho, never count out these things not occurring.
6) Gary Glitter arrested for child molestation in Vietnam. Like we all did not see that one coming.......I actually thought he was dead......who knew! Not thinking his celeb status will help him too much in a Vietnamese prison. YIKES!
7) Cindy Sheehan returns to Crawfzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Oh, sorry drifted off there for a second. Wake me when the MSM realizes her 15 minutes are up.
8) Take That to reunite for arena tour(without Robbie Williams). Um, yes, so, um, uh, er, take that! For the record, I will not be joining them either. take that...again.
9) ELTON JOHN TO WED! The Queen will be the matron of honor.....oh, check that, A queen will be matron of honor. I shall be getting the happy couple a toaster.
And so you have it, the gays are gettin' hitched, the straights are bustin' up and i'm bustin' out after all the Thanksgiving eating!
2) Bon Jovi hits the country charts. All because they were on the CMA awards...this is a cross-over that need not have happened.
3) Bono speaks to the Canadian Parliament. For that matter, the band U2 could probably invade our northern neighbors and take over the place.
4) Nick and Jessica...DIVORCE! Were they just too cute? Were they just too stupid? Were they not getting enough publicity? Or was it the dreaded trifecta of doom for celeb marriages?
5) Madonna catches Elvis for the number of top 10 hits(36). Unless she plans on embarking on a feeding frenzy, overdosing on drugs and dying on the toilet, this is where their paths diverge and she breaks the record. Madonna is a celeb tho, never count out these things not occurring.
6) Gary Glitter arrested for child molestation in Vietnam. Like we all did not see that one coming.......I actually thought he was dead......who knew! Not thinking his celeb status will help him too much in a Vietnamese prison. YIKES!
7) Cindy Sheehan returns to Crawfzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Oh, sorry drifted off there for a second. Wake me when the MSM realizes her 15 minutes are up.
8) Take That to reunite for arena tour(without Robbie Williams). Um, yes, so, um, uh, er, take that! For the record, I will not be joining them either. take that...again.
9) ELTON JOHN TO WED! The Queen will be the matron of honor.....oh, check that, A queen will be matron of honor. I shall be getting the happy couple a toaster.
And so you have it, the gays are gettin' hitched, the straights are bustin' up and i'm bustin' out after all the Thanksgiving eating!
Thursday, November 24, 2005
ARE YA GONNA EAT DAT?
I love satire and this would make a fantastic satirical piece if it weren't TRUE! Which is always scary when satirical matter becomes all too real.....Kudos for our free press uncovering yet another lifestyle choice of which I was not even remotely aware. My comments in bold...............
By DESMOND BUTLER, Associated Press Writer
Thu Nov 24, 9:57 AM ET
NEW YORK - Dinner shared by a group of friends at a well-appointed Greenwich Village apartment featured eggplant Parmesan with a salad of mixed greens and avocado dressing. The guests already had snacked on hors d'oeuvres of smoked mozzarella and crackers. Not bad considering the diners find their food by digging through garbage.
They call themselves "freegans," a play on the words "vegan"_ vegetarians who avoid all animal products, including dairy — and "free."(i would have assumed "freak") In an ideological rejection of consumer waste, they only eat food that's been discarded. And in New York City(surprise!), at least, they never go hungry.
"We find more food than we could ever possibly eat," said Adam Weissman. Just 24 hours before the dinner party, he found a hefty stash outside a gourmet supermarket in Manhattan: bags of salad nearing the sell-by date, dozens of sandwiches, boxes of Ritz crackers, some nice looking squash and loaves of still-crisp baguettes
Although not all freegans are vegan, they all eat for free. Weissman said that with few exceptions he has not eaten store-bought food, either at home, in a restaurant or as guest of a friend, in more than 10 years.
Weissman and others say they have mixed feelings about Thanksgiving, which Weissman called "basically a celebration of excess."(these dumpster folk are all ready to judge others behavior aren't they.)
Madeline Nelson, the host of the freegan dinner party who says she recently left a job in corporate communications at a Fortune 500 company, says she's concerned about holiday over-consumption.
"We are heading into wasting season," said Nelson, who's serving a semi-freegan Thanksgiving dinner to her family, including her 83-year-old father.(sorry dad about the whole food poisoning thing. i guess an octogenarian just didn't have the strength to fight it....rest in peace)
A study suggests that freegans may have a point.
Timothy Jones, an anthropology professor at the University of Arizona, conducted a 10-year study that concluded the country wastes 40 percent to 50 percent of its food. A 1997 U.S. Department of Agriculture study put the loss at 27 percent of total U.S. food production, or 96 billion pounds of food.
"The number one problem is that Americans have lost touch with what food is for," Jones said. "We have lost touch with the processes that bring it to the table and we don't notice the inefficiency."(of course! Amercians are soooo stupid! This is probably Bush's fault too)
Some freegans hope to call attention to food waste by publicizing their unusual lifestyles. Weissman runs a Web site for the freegan community, offering practical tips, like which city's trash bins yield the best treats in places from Vancouver to Cincinnati.(a vistit to freegan.info yields unlimited amusement)
For instance, the Giant Gourmet Farmers' Market in Hackensack, N.J., is a "gold mine," according to the site. But get there early to avoid sifting through discarded fish.(miss manners tip of the day: always arrive at the dumpster before the dead fish)
While these images may churn a few stomachs, some doctors condone the practice. Dr. Michael Greger, director of public health and animal agriculture at the Humane Society of the United States,(that would be animals? is the guy a freakin' vet?) has posted food safety tips on Weissman's Web site.
He says that unopened packaged foods can normally be safely eaten for days after sell-by dates have passed. But he warns freegans to stay away from meat and seafood, eggs, dairy, sprouts, cut melon, and unpasteurized cider or juice, which can be susceptible to bacteria. Mold can be trimmed from "hard or firm foods," he says, but even the brave should stay away from bulging or oozing cans.
"People have this image of looking into a Dumpster and seeing slimy garbage, but that's just not the case," he said. "At the same time, food poisoning is no joke, so you have to be careful."
WOW! I visited the website and, I could see this coming, they want to overthrow society or some other such nonsense. Too bad the wetlands NIGHTCLUB, yes you read that correctly had to close before I could attend. What a bunch of blue state, liberal, urban rat freaks nest this sounds like. I always LOVE how these people look down their noses at we out here in the hinterlands and then go on to get involved in something like this. Our big, blue, lib cities where it is chic to crawl around in a dumpster for dinner and prattle on about oppression and revolution are the biggest wasters of all time. Point, laugh, move on.................
By DESMOND BUTLER, Associated Press Writer
Thu Nov 24, 9:57 AM ET
NEW YORK - Dinner shared by a group of friends at a well-appointed Greenwich Village apartment featured eggplant Parmesan with a salad of mixed greens and avocado dressing. The guests already had snacked on hors d'oeuvres of smoked mozzarella and crackers. Not bad considering the diners find their food by digging through garbage.
They call themselves "freegans," a play on the words "vegan"_ vegetarians who avoid all animal products, including dairy — and "free."(i would have assumed "freak") In an ideological rejection of consumer waste, they only eat food that's been discarded. And in New York City(surprise!), at least, they never go hungry.
"We find more food than we could ever possibly eat," said Adam Weissman. Just 24 hours before the dinner party, he found a hefty stash outside a gourmet supermarket in Manhattan: bags of salad nearing the sell-by date, dozens of sandwiches, boxes of Ritz crackers, some nice looking squash and loaves of still-crisp baguettes
Although not all freegans are vegan, they all eat for free. Weissman said that with few exceptions he has not eaten store-bought food, either at home, in a restaurant or as guest of a friend, in more than 10 years.
Weissman and others say they have mixed feelings about Thanksgiving, which Weissman called "basically a celebration of excess."(these dumpster folk are all ready to judge others behavior aren't they.)
Madeline Nelson, the host of the freegan dinner party who says she recently left a job in corporate communications at a Fortune 500 company, says she's concerned about holiday over-consumption.
"We are heading into wasting season," said Nelson, who's serving a semi-freegan Thanksgiving dinner to her family, including her 83-year-old father.(sorry dad about the whole food poisoning thing. i guess an octogenarian just didn't have the strength to fight it....rest in peace)
A study suggests that freegans may have a point.
Timothy Jones, an anthropology professor at the University of Arizona, conducted a 10-year study that concluded the country wastes 40 percent to 50 percent of its food. A 1997 U.S. Department of Agriculture study put the loss at 27 percent of total U.S. food production, or 96 billion pounds of food.
"The number one problem is that Americans have lost touch with what food is for," Jones said. "We have lost touch with the processes that bring it to the table and we don't notice the inefficiency."(of course! Amercians are soooo stupid! This is probably Bush's fault too)
Some freegans hope to call attention to food waste by publicizing their unusual lifestyles. Weissman runs a Web site for the freegan community, offering practical tips, like which city's trash bins yield the best treats in places from Vancouver to Cincinnati.(a vistit to freegan.info yields unlimited amusement)
For instance, the Giant Gourmet Farmers' Market in Hackensack, N.J., is a "gold mine," according to the site. But get there early to avoid sifting through discarded fish.(miss manners tip of the day: always arrive at the dumpster before the dead fish)
While these images may churn a few stomachs, some doctors condone the practice. Dr. Michael Greger, director of public health and animal agriculture at the Humane Society of the United States,(that would be animals? is the guy a freakin' vet?) has posted food safety tips on Weissman's Web site.
He says that unopened packaged foods can normally be safely eaten for days after sell-by dates have passed. But he warns freegans to stay away from meat and seafood, eggs, dairy, sprouts, cut melon, and unpasteurized cider or juice, which can be susceptible to bacteria. Mold can be trimmed from "hard or firm foods," he says, but even the brave should stay away from bulging or oozing cans.
"People have this image of looking into a Dumpster and seeing slimy garbage, but that's just not the case," he said. "At the same time, food poisoning is no joke, so you have to be careful."
WOW! I visited the website and, I could see this coming, they want to overthrow society or some other such nonsense. Too bad the wetlands NIGHTCLUB, yes you read that correctly had to close before I could attend. What a bunch of blue state, liberal, urban rat freaks nest this sounds like. I always LOVE how these people look down their noses at we out here in the hinterlands and then go on to get involved in something like this. Our big, blue, lib cities where it is chic to crawl around in a dumpster for dinner and prattle on about oppression and revolution are the biggest wasters of all time. Point, laugh, move on.................
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS A SONOGRAM
never before seen pics from katies 1st sonogram......
NEW YORK - Tom Cruise has made an unusual purchase for his fiancee Katie Holmes — one that will let them see the development of their baby. "I bought a sonogram machine," Cruise says on ABC's "Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2005," to air Nov. 29 (10 p.m. EST).
The 43-year-old actor said the couple will do their own sonograms, which show fetus development with ultrasound waves. Cruise said he will donate the machine to a hospital after the baby is born. Sonogram machines range in cost from $25,000 to $200,000.----from the Associated Press Thursday, November 24, 2005
Can this man get any stranger? Why yes, I believe he probably can.
Friday, November 18, 2005
purple stained fingers
Time to put up or shut up America. Especially you libs who just love civil rights and human rights but do NOTHING to insure that they are protected, unless of course you are a terrorist, a murderer, or any other lawbreaker.
You look into the eyes of the people not only going to cast votes but staining their persons to SHOW they voted thereby risking their lives. And then you tell them, we can't handle this. sorry to involve you. our focus groups show we need to CUT AND RUN! good luck with those who wish to slaughter you....and the purple stains become stains of blood but we can't bother with you anymore. is that the American way now?
remember the ST LOUIS. In WWII a group of Jews embarked on a trip from Nazi Europe seeking asylum ANYWHERE in the world. Time after time the US and other democracies turned them away. They returned to Europe and almost every single man, woman and child was massacred. We spoke to them of freedom and then we turned our backs on them. And the enemy then came after us anyway and TENS OF MILLIONS more died unnecessarily. I always was puzzled as to how that happenned and NOW I KNOW HOW!!! Murtha, Clinton, Boxer, Pelosi, Kennedy, Carter, Durbin, Kerry, Leahy et al. In order to score political points they will allow the murder of "millions of purple stained fingers". And when this conflict inevitably revisits our shores, where will these so called leaders be? And we, their fellow countrymen, will they also leave us hanging out to dry?
Whether you are a deomcrat or a republican, you had better hope that we win this war on terror. And you had better do more than hope, you had better take part somehow in seeing that we win. We can fuss amongst ourselves later because it is a life or death question at the moment for billions of our fellow human beings......and, soon, it will be our own personal question to face. Terror is among us, do we face it with the rest of the world or do we hide and wait for "it" to find us?
Thursday, November 17, 2005
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN......
In the Tuesday November 8, 2005 addition of the News Gazette the Living section featured a story about parents serving only organic food products to their chirrun. It was written by Libby Quaid of the Associated Press and an unwitting(?)PR hack for the organic food industry. Evidently, if you see a roach in your house, you don't need to pick up the can of Raid. You can simply scoop up the baby and get it to belch on the bug and that should do the trick because you see your baby may be.....TOXIC!!!!! After all, new and improved government research(and we know the guvment is always right...) did a study of children whose diets were changed to a strictly organic diet. It showed pesticide levels would drop dramatically in these kids until they returned to a conventional food diet.
Not one word in the article about what the levels of pesticide were in the before and after test. Nor was it revealed what would be considered an unsafe level. What was revealed is that they just don't really know what impact pesticides have on children at all. Ahhh, the perfect guvment study, supposedly alarming results from hysterical authority figures shouted from the mountaintops by a hardly unbiased organic food industry when, quite honestly, no one knows what the hell it even means. Links to the story are provided for the Environmental Working Group and the Organic Trade Association.
activistcash.com(great website!) discloses what these two organizations are really up to:
EWG’s game plan is simple. It releases “scientific” analyses designed to make the public (especially parents) worry tremendously about tiny amounts of pesticide exposure from fruits and vegetables. Throwing around phrases like “cancer risk” and “nervous system toxicity” attracts press coverage and lends EWG the veneer of scientific respectability. The “Environmental Worrying Group,” as some commentators have dubbed the organization, then goes on to recommend that Americans “buy as much organic food as possible” in order to avoid the supposed health risks associated with these pesky chemicals.
The Organic Trade Association (OTA) is that special interest. Organic food marketers made over $8 billion in North America last year — $26 billion worldwide. Despite the image of organic food as an “alternative” hippie-culture lifestyle choice, this is big business. OTA represents more organic business than any other trade group. EWG’s pronouncements about the supposed health advantages of eating organic foods are frequently seconded in OTA press releases. An analysis of online databases reveals over 100 news stories in which OTA president Katherine DiMatteo is quoted alongside one EWG spokesperson or another. More than half of the press conferences held by EWG since 1993 featured DiMatteo or another OTA spokesperson right alongside EWG’s “scientific” analysts.
Americans have a remarkable wealth of food choices in the 21st century. Organic produce is just as valid a choice to make as any other, but Americans ought to know what they’re paying extra for. This is where the Environmental Working Group purposely muddies the waters. Anyone leaning toward taking EWG’s reports seriously should consider this August 2000 analysis from New York Times columnist John Tierney:
“Environmentalists routinely advise people to buy organic food and issue estimates on how many Americans are being poisoned by tiny amounts of pesticides. Yet the only victims that can be readily identified are rodents that were fed enormous doses… Scientists can name Americans poisoned by organic lettuce. They may not have the data to know if the organic variety is riskier than conventional lettuce, but they know it’s foolish to assume natural is better. E.coli are natural too.”
And so it goes, these people who are so "concerned" about the health of the young 'uns are doing so to make a buck! Other "concerned" citizens in the article participating in the demonization of conventional vegetables include: Dr Alan Greene(website and books promoting organic food use), Chenseng Lu(who led the study), and Jody Villecco(nutritionist and traveling lecturer for Whole Foods) who can show you how to shave a peeled banana with a knife to make mush, ergo, baby food. I wonder how much money she gets paid for that enlightening demonstration! In fact, I wonder just how much money all this hoopla costs. Of course, the AP reporterette did not even bother to offer any other side to the story or any other point of view. She cast her lot solely with the "earthy crunchies" in this puff piece.
Of course, the article would not be complete if it did not make mention of a mother of four boys in Boulder Colorado who haughtily denies her young lads Oreos. Yep, I look for at least one of them to turn up on the top of a clock tower someday shooting down at the cruel world that denied him his double stuffs. I'm sure I could find a "government funded" study to investigate this possibility. After all, results don't matter just the hype generated.....
Not one word in the article about what the levels of pesticide were in the before and after test. Nor was it revealed what would be considered an unsafe level. What was revealed is that they just don't really know what impact pesticides have on children at all. Ahhh, the perfect guvment study, supposedly alarming results from hysterical authority figures shouted from the mountaintops by a hardly unbiased organic food industry when, quite honestly, no one knows what the hell it even means. Links to the story are provided for the Environmental Working Group and the Organic Trade Association.
activistcash.com(great website!) discloses what these two organizations are really up to:
EWG’s game plan is simple. It releases “scientific” analyses designed to make the public (especially parents) worry tremendously about tiny amounts of pesticide exposure from fruits and vegetables. Throwing around phrases like “cancer risk” and “nervous system toxicity” attracts press coverage and lends EWG the veneer of scientific respectability. The “Environmental Worrying Group,” as some commentators have dubbed the organization, then goes on to recommend that Americans “buy as much organic food as possible” in order to avoid the supposed health risks associated with these pesky chemicals.
The Organic Trade Association (OTA) is that special interest. Organic food marketers made over $8 billion in North America last year — $26 billion worldwide. Despite the image of organic food as an “alternative” hippie-culture lifestyle choice, this is big business. OTA represents more organic business than any other trade group. EWG’s pronouncements about the supposed health advantages of eating organic foods are frequently seconded in OTA press releases. An analysis of online databases reveals over 100 news stories in which OTA president Katherine DiMatteo is quoted alongside one EWG spokesperson or another. More than half of the press conferences held by EWG since 1993 featured DiMatteo or another OTA spokesperson right alongside EWG’s “scientific” analysts.
Americans have a remarkable wealth of food choices in the 21st century. Organic produce is just as valid a choice to make as any other, but Americans ought to know what they’re paying extra for. This is where the Environmental Working Group purposely muddies the waters. Anyone leaning toward taking EWG’s reports seriously should consider this August 2000 analysis from New York Times columnist John Tierney:
“Environmentalists routinely advise people to buy organic food and issue estimates on how many Americans are being poisoned by tiny amounts of pesticides. Yet the only victims that can be readily identified are rodents that were fed enormous doses… Scientists can name Americans poisoned by organic lettuce. They may not have the data to know if the organic variety is riskier than conventional lettuce, but they know it’s foolish to assume natural is better. E.coli are natural too.”
And so it goes, these people who are so "concerned" about the health of the young 'uns are doing so to make a buck! Other "concerned" citizens in the article participating in the demonization of conventional vegetables include: Dr Alan Greene(website and books promoting organic food use), Chenseng Lu(who led the study), and Jody Villecco(nutritionist and traveling lecturer for Whole Foods) who can show you how to shave a peeled banana with a knife to make mush, ergo, baby food. I wonder how much money she gets paid for that enlightening demonstration! In fact, I wonder just how much money all this hoopla costs. Of course, the AP reporterette did not even bother to offer any other side to the story or any other point of view. She cast her lot solely with the "earthy crunchies" in this puff piece.
Of course, the article would not be complete if it did not make mention of a mother of four boys in Boulder Colorado who haughtily denies her young lads Oreos. Yep, I look for at least one of them to turn up on the top of a clock tower someday shooting down at the cruel world that denied him his double stuffs. I'm sure I could find a "government funded" study to investigate this possibility. After all, results don't matter just the hype generated.....
Friday, November 11, 2005
DIVERSITY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
Melissa Merli had an article in the Living section of the Monday November 7th edition of the News-Gazette headlined ATTRACTING A DIVERSE AUDIENCE. The article was about Robert(Bob) McChesney "one of the nations leading media scholars, critics, historians and activists." How do we know this, just ask him I suppose. As far as McChesney attracting a diverse audience, well I would suppose it runs the gamut from the "hate Republicans and Bush" crowd to the "really, really hate Republicans and Bush" crowd. I guess diversity is measured in degrees of shared opinion these days since many on the left of the political spectrum have determined conservative views unworthy of consideration. After all, the lefties are sooooo ever much more intelligent.
Still, I think it is great that Media Matters, hosted by Bob McChesney, is garnering national attention and bringing in pledges to the local PBS station WILL. The article points out basically this is no thanks to WILL whose budget, cut by evil public airwaves hating Republicans(implied not stated), have forced the program to succeed because of hard work and excellence(hmmm should be a lesson there somewhere about free enterprise versus handouts?). Donations from a recent pledge drive even came from as far away as PARIS! Of course, not Illinois, but France. It is doubtful some of the insular university community is aware that there is a Paris, Illinois and if they are, it is highly unlikely that they care. The hinterlands surrounding Urbana don't figure in to the diversity paradigm I imagine.
As far as the political tilt of the show, well at least McChesney has the decency to admit it was a "conscious decision" to have guests of mainly(only in my opinion) the political left. He didn't want them getting yelled at and he wanted to give them a chance to develop their ideas. I guess it would also be free from any dissenting points of view which might challenge their orthodoxies. Although, I have to admit that I would be tempted to tune into a show where the guests and hosts didn't continually scream and talk over one another.
But back to the diversity business, the article tries to imply that not all guests are from the political left. Why recent guest Andy Bacevich is a "self described" conservative and a grad of West Point. See. Diversity rules. Of course, Mr Bacevich is the author of a new book called "The New American Militarism; How American are Seduced by War". While not a hysterical Bush-bashing zealot, a conservative?, well, compared to whom? Noam Chomsky(you may all genuflect now at the mention of that name). I mean I could call myself the Queen of the May but that would not, in reality, make it so. As if!!
The article continues to rave about McChesney and his ability to bring "heavy-hitting media stars" to a two-day conference last May entitled "Can Freedom of the Press Survive Media Consolidation." Well, the obvious answer to McChesney and all the guests was a resounding NO. Quelle surprise! They can't even survive having a get together with anyone with a divergent point of view! I don't get the point of holding a conference to discuss something that all the speakers pretty much agree on in the first place. Well, acutally I do. These leftist elites just luvs to hear demselves a talkin'. I picture it being sort of like a support group where people get together who hold exactly the same views to speak and have their colleagues tell them how brilliant they are. Then, the local paper can write about them and verify that they are "one of the nations leading media scholars, critics, historians and activists." Just ask the "heavy hitters" from his fan club......
I know Mr McChesney is not keen on the whole grading thing which is why he attended Evergreen State College in Washington but, hey, this is my blog. I give Robert(Bob) an A for entreperneurship, a C- for real diversity and a big fat F for having illuminati Tim Robbins(Mr Susan Sarandon) write the foreword for his most recent book. Finally, if our "free" press can survive egotistical, condescending, self professed intellectual elitists, it can probably survive almost anything.
Still, I think it is great that Media Matters, hosted by Bob McChesney, is garnering national attention and bringing in pledges to the local PBS station WILL. The article points out basically this is no thanks to WILL whose budget, cut by evil public airwaves hating Republicans(implied not stated), have forced the program to succeed because of hard work and excellence(hmmm should be a lesson there somewhere about free enterprise versus handouts?). Donations from a recent pledge drive even came from as far away as PARIS! Of course, not Illinois, but France. It is doubtful some of the insular university community is aware that there is a Paris, Illinois and if they are, it is highly unlikely that they care. The hinterlands surrounding Urbana don't figure in to the diversity paradigm I imagine.
As far as the political tilt of the show, well at least McChesney has the decency to admit it was a "conscious decision" to have guests of mainly(only in my opinion) the political left. He didn't want them getting yelled at and he wanted to give them a chance to develop their ideas. I guess it would also be free from any dissenting points of view which might challenge their orthodoxies. Although, I have to admit that I would be tempted to tune into a show where the guests and hosts didn't continually scream and talk over one another.
But back to the diversity business, the article tries to imply that not all guests are from the political left. Why recent guest Andy Bacevich is a "self described" conservative and a grad of West Point. See. Diversity rules. Of course, Mr Bacevich is the author of a new book called "The New American Militarism; How American are Seduced by War". While not a hysterical Bush-bashing zealot, a conservative?, well, compared to whom? Noam Chomsky(you may all genuflect now at the mention of that name). I mean I could call myself the Queen of the May but that would not, in reality, make it so. As if!!
The article continues to rave about McChesney and his ability to bring "heavy-hitting media stars" to a two-day conference last May entitled "Can Freedom of the Press Survive Media Consolidation." Well, the obvious answer to McChesney and all the guests was a resounding NO. Quelle surprise! They can't even survive having a get together with anyone with a divergent point of view! I don't get the point of holding a conference to discuss something that all the speakers pretty much agree on in the first place. Well, acutally I do. These leftist elites just luvs to hear demselves a talkin'. I picture it being sort of like a support group where people get together who hold exactly the same views to speak and have their colleagues tell them how brilliant they are. Then, the local paper can write about them and verify that they are "one of the nations leading media scholars, critics, historians and activists." Just ask the "heavy hitters" from his fan club......
I know Mr McChesney is not keen on the whole grading thing which is why he attended Evergreen State College in Washington but, hey, this is my blog. I give Robert(Bob) an A for entreperneurship, a C- for real diversity and a big fat F for having illuminati Tim Robbins(Mr Susan Sarandon) write the foreword for his most recent book. Finally, if our "free" press can survive egotistical, condescending, self professed intellectual elitists, it can probably survive almost anything.
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
DIMS SHUT DOWN SENATE: AMERICANS REJOICE!!
Such a wacky stunt by such a whack job of a party deserves a wacky theme song:
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS(sung to the tune of Behind Closed Doors....duh....)
OH, Harry Reid makes 'em proud, Lord, don't he make 'em proud
He always makes a scene, hopin' to draw a media crowd
'Cause those dims love to talk, oh yes they love to talk
But when they close those Senate doors, I know they'll still be lyin' to me
And when they get behind closed doors
and Harry lets it all hang out
Well he makes me glad I'm Re-pub-li-can
because we all know what goes on behind closed doors
Now the dims make me frown, Lord, don't they make us frown
they bash the American way but are never to proud to say "we want your money"
now they're always ticked off just like someone with no ideas can be
but when they close those Senate doors, they'll still be whiny losers to me
And when they get behind closed doors
and Harry lets it all hang out
Well he makes me glad I'm a Re-pub-li-cannnnnnn
becuase we all know what goes on behind closed doors
with the dims whether the doors are closed or open you still get nothin'. sadly, never was a bunch a nothin' more expensive!
