2005 March | buzz twang

GOP defections on the way?

March 31, 2005 by DJ Lanphier

It’s no secret that internal discord within the Republican ranks has been raging for awhile. The most recent internal struggle over the Terry Schiavo case, in reaction to the frighteningly real power exerted by the Christian Right, has made more than a few of the Republican faithful question not only the direction of the GOP [...]

America: Complacent, Content, Conformist

March 28, 2005 by DJ Lanphier

From the Chicago Tribune: So accustomed have we become to seeing video–the Rodney King tapes; Timothy McVeigh’s truck bomb; astronauts in space; an escaped criminal fleeing the rabbit’s warren of court buildings and parking garages in downtown Atlanta; airplanes crashing into the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Center–that we almost take for granted [...]

Watching America

March 28, 2005 by DJ Lanphier

News from around the world. As a traveler, my experience has been that the world loves Americans and America, but they really don’t like our government and its policies. They are scared of what our government and military is doing, and they are frightened for their own families and future, just as we are. Something [...]

Become Republican!

March 28, 2005 by DJ Lanphier

If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. Funny flash… I love satire. It gives one hope. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

You’re Liberal, so Shut Up!

March 28, 2005 by DJ Lanphier

More right-wing censorship. This time, the Florida legislature “voted along party lines Tuesday to pass a bill that aims to stamp out ‘leftist totalitarianism’ by ‘dictator professors’ in the classrooms of Florida’s universities.” (Source) What is so wrong about this type of thinking is it supposes that students are not smart enough to decide for [...]

Falafel boy vs Ludacris

March 28, 2005 by DJ Lanphier

O’Reilly the perv goes kaboom. Hehe. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

Conservatives Run Amok

March 25, 2005 by DJ Lanphier

Two posts, here and here, by John Cole at Baloon Juice which are required reading. The right-wing is about to implode and the road kill will be laid at the feet of George W. Bush. Leadership? Hardly. War time President? Nah. Shill for the wingnut Christian right? Could be. buzz-twang : news and views : [...]

Shorter Tom Delay: "We are right, everyone else is wrong."

March 24, 2005 by DJ Lanphier

From Think Progress, an excerpt from Tom Delay’s speech (Listen to the MP3) to the Family Research Council. An excellent example of the rampant religious Fascism that is out there, condoned and preached by the right-wing: Arrogant. Paranoid. Delusional. Desperate. Self indulgent. Unintelligent. Uninformed. Undemocratic. Uncomprimising. Self-righteous. Deceptive. Manipulative. The proponents of this type of [...]

Truth lay somewhere in between tin foil and tragedy.

March 24, 2005 by DJ Lanphier

The story that just gets stranger and stranger all the time. I don’t know how much of the Thompson angle is real or imagined, but the rest of it seems about right. Keep in mind, what this article is detailing is the fringes of a black op. Of course, such activities are excempt from the [...]

Venice… ah…. Venice…

March 24, 2005 by DJ Lanphier

One of my favorite cities in the world. It is entirely unique and a wonder. An interesting film has been made regarding her future… which is frought with issues, both natural and man-made. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

Scenes From the Cultural Revolution

March 24, 2005 by DJ Lanphier

From Billmon, some clarity and sobriety in the comparing of ideas and statements proffered by the right-wing here in the US and the stooges of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Viva la Assclowns! buzz-twang : news and views : blog

Onward Christian Fascists…

March 24, 2005 by DJ Lanphier

While I don’t ascribe my ethical center and moral clarity to any particular sect or religion, Christian or otherwise, I do follow certain aspects of Christian fellowship, a practice which is not unique to Christianity. This though, has nothing to do with Gnosticism nor with Christianity, and everything to do with the darker aspects of [...]