2005 March | buzz twang

Old news is new news…

March 24, 2005 by DJ Lanphier

It takes awhile for the “old media” forms, documentary for example, to report on issues we already knew about via the blogphere. This particular story, that the Bush White House was actively planning to invade Iraq prior to 9/11 was originally reported all over blogtopia, including on Jakeneck. If you have access to the BBC, [...]

Really obvious point of the week

March 12, 2005 by DJ Lanphier

From Newsmax: Greenspan: Budget Deficits Pose Big Threat WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Thursday that future budget deficits pose a bigger risk to the economy than record trade imbalances and the country’s extremely low savings rate. In a wide-ranging speech, Greenspan said he believed the United States’ flexible economy would be able [...]

A war needs bodies…

March 12, 2005 by DJ Lanphier

Over at Intel Dump, some pretty mandatory information on military manpower requirements and why it all points towards a draft, more or less. Get a cup of whatever, sit down, read the entire series. Then, send your friends the link. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

what price "freedom"?

March 12, 2005 by DJ Lanphier

G-d weeps yet again, since I posted this nearly a year ago, when Seymour Hirsh first reported on it. Go back in time via The Memory Hole. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

Blog? What’s that?

March 12, 2005 by DJ Lanphier

Most people I meet have never heard of the term “blog”, nor do they know what is going on in the “blogsphere”. And, I meet a very diverse group of people from all walks of life in my line of work. So, this isn’t too surprising. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

Amidst the lies and incompetence is a truth

March 12, 2005 by DJ Lanphier

…1,514 people are dead. After nearly 18 months, the Pentagon admitted that a team of nearly 1,000 intelligence officials and scientists had combed Iraq for evidence of chemical and biological weapons or any sign of an active nuclear weapons program. They found nothing. This war that was supposed to be a cakewalk has taken the [...]

Global warming is real… But, no one cares…

March 12, 2005 by DJ Lanphier

… or worse, make amazingly silly jumps in logic and assumption of fact to sweep it under the carpet yet again. Example, this clown over at Wired: First, Barnett says there is no natural way that the oceans could warm like what we’re seeing. Then we are told by Ruth Curry of the Woods Hole [...]

CBGB could close due to rent increase

March 12, 2005 by DJ Lanphier

This just really really depresses me. I’ve lived in Manhattan for twenty-two years. And, it is becoming something I don’t recongize. It is becoming a mall. The dispute is interesting for what it is not. Both sides need to respect each others position and legacy. Live music is being pushed out of Manhattan. buzz-twang : [...]