Sonoma State University’s Project Censored has released their 2006 edition of the top 25 stories that went unreported or under-reported by the corporate media. Ending the suspense, I will reveal now that the number 1 story is about Bush Administration Moves to Eliminate Open Government. I’m shocked I tell you, shocked! Here’s the rest of [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2005
Sep 22
Hurricane Relief
Hurricane Katrina has ravaged much of America’s gulf coast. The cost of the damage, on a human scale, is incalculable. The treasure that was New Orleans may be rebuilt, but will it ever be restored? The devasting ferocity of Katrina has opened our eyes to just how destructive nature can be. But it has also [...]
Sep 14
Tom DeLay and Time Warner: Shacking Up On K Street
The lastest marriage between big media and Washington politics was announced yesterday. Tom DeLay’s chief of staff, Tim Berry, has been hired by Time Warner. His official title is vice president of global public policy, also known as big-time, oily-palmed lobbyist. The L. A. Times says that: The hiring of Berry is aimed at boosting [...]
Sep 07
More Paid Propaganda From BushCo.
The Department of Education has not learned its lesson about payola and propaganda. After having been caught greasing the palms of Armstrong Williams, the DOE has just been slapped by its Inspector General for improperly paying “…education advocacy groups to produce newspaper opinion pieces, advertisements, and other public materials that reached audiences all over the [...]
Sep 03
I Wish I Was In New Orleans.
I can see it in my dreams. Arm in arm down Burgundy. A bottle and my friends and me. Tom Waits As much as I hate to think it, much less say it, I am coming to believe that the only thing left of New Orleans is the memory. To describe it as just another [...]
