2007 January | buzz twang

hillary, obama, bush and other words a third grader knows

January 21, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

The loyal members of Dumbya’s Army™ have long obsessed upon, with great mounds of bile filled angry words that run the gamut from simply ridiculous to your basic conspiracy theory, the inevitable possibility of Hillary Clinton’s run for President. One might say that predicting Hillary would run was as obvious and easy as stating that [...]

obvious be thy name

January 17, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

Bush says his decisions have made Iraq less stable and that it could lead to attacks here in the US. Holy cats! I thought we were winning the war. I thought we were safer because of the war in Iraq, that it would keep the terrorists from attacking us here in the US. WTF? (end [...]

Them Belly Full

January 17, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

Cause Bob Marley knew the score back in 1974. Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na;Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na; Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na; Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na. Them belly full but we hungry. A hungry mob is a angry mob. A rain a-fall but the dirt it tough; A pot a-cook but the food no ‘nough. You’re gonna dance to JAH music, dance. We’re gonna dance to JAH music, dance. [...]

the never right wing

January 14, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

A rather distinct pattern is emgerging… Tbogg spells it out: You have to admire the persistence and stamina of the rightwing bloggers who are continously wrong, wrong, wrong everytime that they apply fingertips to qwerty. And yet, time and again, they are still willing to grab onto every breaking story in the hopes that this [...]

Turn the page

January 13, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

My cousin has passed away, so am in Nebraska for the funeral… As it goes, see that Robert Anton Wilson has also moved onto the next… May they both find the answers they seek… Vaya con dios. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

Glenn Beck thinks he’s Travis Bickle

January 6, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

CNN host Glenn Beck parrots the words of psychotic Travis Bickle, made famous by Robert DeNiro in the film Taxi Driver. From Beck’s CNN show, discussing the possibility of a hurricane striking New York City with guest Chris Landsea from the National Hurricane Center: LANDSEA: New York is extremely vulnerable, too, if a hurricane strikes [...]

monkeys with blowtorches

January 5, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

A new Gallup poll says Majority of Americans View Media Coverage of Iraq as Inaccurate [...] by a 61% to 36% margin, those who feel that the Iraq coverage is inaccurate say it is because the media make the situation there appear worse than it actually is. White House Press Secretary says …we may be [...]

Cirque de Saddam

January 3, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

(Updated below) Lisa: It’s a media circus.Homer: Woohoo, the circus!Lisa: A media circus.Homer: Woohoo! I don’t know the difference! The recent execution of Saddam Hussein, and the emergence of cell phone video documentation of that execution, is a great example of how the mediaspace is rapidly changing and evolving. A fact that alarms those who [...]