2006 January | buzz twang

Look how far we’ve come….

January 24, 2006 by DJ Lanphier

A repost of an entry I originally posted at Jakeneck. Like most Liberals, I found the reaction of Conservatives to 9/11 very alarming. The immediate calls from the right to stifle dissent, to quell all points of view but their own was extremely telling from a historical perspective. “I’ve seen this movie.” I thought to [...]

Humming along…

January 22, 2006 by DJ Lanphier

Thanks to Avedon at The Sideshow I realized that the site was not loading into certain browsers. So, after replacing the template with a more liquid three column one, I realized that the culprit was the headlines from Media Matters, Buzzflash et al. Javascript does not play well with IE or Opera apparently. Shame, since [...]

Bin Laden offers truce? Propaganda at its best…

January 20, 2006 by DJ Lanphier

…and worst. Bin Laden is no slouch when it comes to creating propaganda. And, sad to say, I’m am not at all surprised to see the right-wing blogshere jump all over this from every conceivable angle except the one that matters. Yes, it may be old audio with no current references to indicate it was [...]

Two sides to every story….

January 20, 2006 by DJ Lanphier

Billmon catches a nice one. A great example of why yours truly is so often looking for another answer within the available information. Usually, the truth lay somewhere in the murky middle. And, now and again, all sides are entirely wrong and the truth was somewhere no one had even thought to look. buzz-twang : [...]

The morning read….

January 19, 2006 by DJ Lanphier

Eric Alterman resusitates the Niger uranium issue, relates it to the rest of the mess, and brings it all home while managing to quote some in the know conservatives along the way. It’s nice to see such big picture thinking. People are asking the right questions… Quote of the Day: From WTF is it Now? [...]

Neo-Cons come out for NSA/FISA Hearings….

January 18, 2006 by DJ Lanphier

Interesting development: I believe that our executive branch cannot continue to operate without the checks of the other branches. However, I stand behind the President in encouraging Congress to operate cautiously during the hearings so that sensitive government intelligence is not given to our enemies.” — Paul Weyrich, chairman and CEO, Free Congress Foundation “Public [...]

Speak out, get attacked

January 17, 2006 by DJ Lanphier

The right-wing attack dogs are so very predictable. They do so love to kill the messenger and call the messenger insane. Whatever it takes. Get a load of the following blog headlines referring to Al Gore’s speech today in which he calls it like it is in regard to our President and the NSA wiretapping [...]

Some lives are more important than others…

January 16, 2006 by DJ Lanphier

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Fighting with facts… And, the bigger question…

January 16, 2006 by DJ Lanphier

The Sideshow highlights an article by Eric Alterman which focues upon how the right-wing media “rigs the numbers”, that is, stacks the facts – lies – in order to make their point and solidify their power base. Nothing new there, except for some of the details, which are fascinating as always. (At least to a [...]

"Television is Democracy at it’s ugliest”

January 15, 2006 by DJ Lanphier

Billmon makes the connection: Fans of Paddy Chayefsky’s incredibly prophetic ’70 satire Network may remember the The Mao Tse-tung Hour — the terrorist-of-the-week reality show produced by his fictional UBS news division: Diana: Look, we’ve got a bunch of hobgoblin radicals called the Ecumenical Liberation Army who go around taking home movies of themselves robbing [...]

Hey Bulldog….

January 14, 2006 by DJ Lanphier

Friday Lyrics and a little bonus… So, I’ve been diggin’ the videos over at Transbuddha… and a few other places and found this old music video of Hey Bulldog by the Fabs. The song has always been one of my favorites. I remember when I first really listened to the lyrics after the song appeared [...]

Michelle Malkin – Plagiarist

January 13, 2006 by DJ Lanphier

Yes. It is entirely true. Can’t say that I’m shocked at all to find out that Malkin has plagiarized. Appalled? Of course. There was a time when this sort of thing would surely mean being marched out of Scribetown with your tail between your legs. Will Michelle be given her walking papers? Somehow, I doubt [...]