2007 February | buzz twang

what to watch, what to think

February 10, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

Who’s going to take home the Oscar for Best Picture this year? Tough choice. All good films. My guess is it will be The Departed, although Babel seems to be building steam. I really liked The Queen though, Haven’t seen Letters from Iwo Jima yet, but plan to soon. Little Miss Sunshine was a nice [...]

things you knew but forgot

February 6, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

Rupert Murdoch and his Fox Propaganda Ministry of Fear. Corporate greed the real culprit in Boston Mooninite debacle. Sure, but you won’t see anyone with money or in the corporate hierarchy eating Spaghetti O’s in the cooler waiting for mom and dad and little sister to scrounge up bail money. The chaos in Iraq is [...]

thoughts for the day

February 6, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

Stuart Elliot in the New York Times questions whether the cartoon like violence in a number of ads aired during this years Super Bowl are a reflection of the violence of the Iraq War. Well, of course, we are a violent species, and the current war is only one example of wars that have raged [...]

Conservatives on Climate Change: Denial or Dumb?

February 4, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

I’ve an online friend who is convinced that the Conservative attitude towards global warming is stuck in neutral not because they are in denial but because they are simply too dumb to get it. And, I’ve been resisting this perspective for awhile, but of late find myself leaning into it with a bit more interest. [...]

Rushkoff on Nightline

February 2, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

Friend Douglas Rushkoff will be on Nightline tonight discussing “guerilla marketing”, apparently in response to the recent incident in Boston where mini billboards were mistaken for bombs. Writes Douglas: The trick will be getting across the point that news media tends to be most interested in stories about media, itself. This is a classic Media [...]

Join the Virtual March Against "the Surge"

February 2, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

Give a damn. Pass it on. buzz-twang : news and views : blog

Molly Ivins into the good night

February 1, 2007 by DJ Lanphier

Molly Ivins has gone to the next… via Think Progress, some words from her last column: We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this war. Raise hell. Think of something [...]