Political attack from the Squeeze the Pulp forum

The original hateful Squeeze the Pulp forum thread that contained the attack is called From OP…. Not long after the attack was blogged about said offending sections were removed. Fortunately they were saved on the blog post Painting the Whole Group with the Same Broad Brush. The context for these remarks was a reposting of [...]

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Bankers swindle over America

A interesting movie called America: Freedom to fascism. 1 hr 49 min 28 sec - Oct 20, 2006

Determined to find the law that requires Americans to pay income tax, Aaron Russo (THE ROSE, TRADING PLACES) sets out on a journey. Neither left- nor right-wing, this startling examination exposes the systematic erosion of civil [...]

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War is Over! If you Want it!


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MSM and Youtube convergence

Check out this blooper from Fox News on You Tube. Nothing new about bloopers but… they say live on the air that the blooper will soon be on You Tube. This is significant because it acknowledges that video sites on the web are mixing with a lot of main stream media. (besides the Colbert Report [...]

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List of Changes

Now that it appears the Democrats have control of the House AND Senate what do we want them to do?
Lets make a list, blog about it, and work to hold politicians to it.
Here are the first things that come to my mind. PLEASE add to the list by blogging/commenting about this here &/or on your [...]

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Referendum: END THE WAR IN IRAQ NOW!

The largest referendum voters approved across the country yesterday had a very simple message. END THE WAR IN IRAQ NOW! You have your orders elected officials… How will you serve us?
A Voter Rebuke For Bush, the War And the Right
By Peter Baker and Jim VandeHei
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, November 8, 2006; Page A01
The Democrats’ return [...]

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FBI looking into possible Va. voter intimidation

From MSNBC:
RICHMOND, Va. - The FBI is investigating complaints that phony callers tried to intimidate Virginia voters amid the hard-fought race between GOP Sen. George Allen and Democratic challenger Jim Webb, officials said Tuesday.
State Board of Elections Secretary Jean Jensen said her office had forwarded several reports to the FBI of phone calls to voters [...]

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Olbermann on Repub Robo Calls

Crooks and Liars says Enough is Enough!. Finally this crap is getting main stream media attention.

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WaPo article on Repub Robo Call scam

It’s a Candidate Calling. Again.
By Charles Babington and Alec MacGillis
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, November 7, 2006; Page A08
This year’s heavy volume of automated political phone calls has infuriated countless voters and triggered sharp complaints from Democrats, who say the Republican Party has crossed the line in bombarding households with recorded attacks on candidates in tight [...]

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Gannett getting involved in Citizen Journalism

Gannett CEO Craig Dubow announces the Information Center concept will be used in some of their newspapers operations. Some reports say this will not include USA Today.
The Information Center, frankly, is the newsroom of the future. It will fulfill today’s needs for a more flexible, broader-based approach to the information gathering process. And it will [...]

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