Comments on: Easter Sunday Talking Head Thread http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/16/easter-sunday-talking-head-thread/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:28:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ron Russell http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/16/easter-sunday-talking-head-thread/#comment-69239 Ron Russell Mon, 17 Apr 2006 03:10:31 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/16/easter-sunday-talking-head-thread/#comment-69239 <p>Because I sleep in, I taped and then saw ole Conflict of Interest Kurtz this morning. As usual, he shoveled the bull and on one issue–I’m glad I taped it, after getting a heads up from Americablog last night. I had to play back the segment where Kurt shoveled Politicians being critical of the Media. He mentioned all the Right Wing Attacks against Clinton and then said that Clinton attributed these attacks to the “Liberal Media”. More like the “Right Wing Echo Chamber, of which Howie’s an important Tool.</p> Because I sleep in, I taped and then saw ole Conflict of Interest Kurtz this morning. As usual, he shoveled the bull and on one issue–I’m glad I taped it, after getting a heads up from Americablog last night. I had to play back the segment where Kurt shoveled Politicians being critical of the Media. He mentioned all the Right Wing Attacks against Clinton and then said that Clinton attributed these attacks to the “Liberal Media”. More like the “Right Wing Echo Chamber, of which Howie’s an important Tool.

]]> By: Arcturus http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/16/easter-sunday-talking-head-thread/#comment-68867 Arcturus Sun, 16 Apr 2006 20:48:51 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/16/easter-sunday-talking-head-thread/#comment-68867 <p>cbl #99</p> <p>See also Chris Floyd’s piece, <a href="http://www.chris-floyd.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=597&Itemid=1">The Slander That Launched Don Rumsfeld’s Career</a> on how Rumsfeld jump-started his career as a junior congressman by smearing Paul Nitze as a pinko-appeasing wimp (the man who counseled first strike response to the Cuban missile crisis).</p> cbl #99

See also Chris Floyd’s piece, The Slander That Launched Don Rumsfeld’s Career on how Rumsfeld jump-started his career as a junior congressman by smearing Paul Nitze as a pinko-appeasing wimp (the man who counseled first strike response to the Cuban missile crisis).

]]> By: professor rat http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/16/easter-sunday-talking-head-thread/#comment-68836 professor rat Sun, 16 Apr 2006 20:21:46 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/16/easter-sunday-talking-head-thread/#comment-68836 <p>I grew up watching Robert Redford movies where the media was a potent check on creeping fascism.<br /> Now the role taken then by the WaPoo and NYTimes has been dramatically superceded by the net.<br /> Defending and extending the net surely has to be a high priority - it is our best and sharpest weapon. The net treats censorship as damage and routs around it but it’s threatened by the ‘ Golden shields’ that various US corporations built for the Saudi’s and Chinese. This ‘ Manchurian global’ is coming home to roost and represents a clear and present danger.<br /> With such high stakes as the future of all life on earth it would not be out of the question for state fascists to launch direct attacks on the net. I suggest we need Chaumian, ie untracable digital cash and crypto-anarchy in order to combat them.<br /> The future keeps happening and has basically come down to open-source everything Vs corrupt crony capitalism. The suspense is terrible - I hope it lasts.</p> I grew up watching Robert Redford movies where the media was a potent check on creeping fascism.
Now the role taken then by the WaPoo and NYTimes has been dramatically superceded by the net.
Defending and extending the net surely has to be a high priority – it is our best and sharpest weapon. The net treats censorship as damage and routs around it but it’s threatened by the ‘ Golden shields’ that various US corporations built for the Saudi’s and Chinese. This ‘ Manchurian global’ is coming home to roost and represents a clear and present danger.
With such high stakes as the future of all life on earth it would not be out of the question for state fascists to launch direct attacks on the net. I suggest we need Chaumian, ie untracable digital cash and crypto-anarchy in order to combat them.
The future keeps happening and has basically come down to open-source everything Vs corrupt crony capitalism. The suspense is terrible – I hope it lasts.

]]> By: Nate http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/16/easter-sunday-talking-head-thread/#comment-68782 Nate Sun, 16 Apr 2006 19:18:29 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/16/easter-sunday-talking-head-thread/#comment-68782 <p>I’m sittin’ here at my ‘puter with CNN on for background noise. (I know, I’m a masochistic freak that way) and the grand cermudgeon himself, Jack Cafferty just ‘weighed in’ on the Moussaui trial.</p> <p>According to Jack, there are “many ways” to administer the ‘Death Penalty’. Including just <i>“sentencing him to life in prison and then throwing him into General Population at the toughest Federal Pen around”.</i> Then according to Jack, <i>“The <b>lads</b> will take care of things”.</i></p> <p>Yuck, yuck… Oh those kooky <b>“lads”</b> are sure reliable that way aren’t they Jack? wink, wink…</p> <p>He summed it all up by washing his hands of it and pretending he no longer cared aboutr the outcome, just as long as it hurry up and got here.</p> <p>Is this what kind of scum is passing for ‘Cable News’ now? </p> <p>On a Postcard-beatiful Hawaii Easter Sunday morning, I turn on the television to catch a bit of “news” and our resident National Grumpy Conservative Crazy Irish Curmudgeony Blowhard Grandpa figure is promoting <b>DEATH BY ARYAN MOB JUSTICE</b> in Federal Prisons?</p> <p>WTF…?</p> <p>Happy Easter to you to… <b>JACK!</b></p> I’m sittin’ here at my ‘puter with CNN on for background noise. (I know, I’m a masochistic freak that way) and the grand cermudgeon himself, Jack Cafferty just ‘weighed in’ on the Moussaui trial.

According to Jack, there are “many ways” to administer the ‘Death Penalty’. Including just “sentencing him to life in prison and then throwing him into General Population at the toughest Federal Pen around”. Then according to Jack, “The lads will take care of things”.

Yuck, yuck… Oh those kooky “lads” are sure reliable that way aren’t they Jack? wink, wink…

He summed it all up by washing his hands of it and pretending he no longer cared aboutr the outcome, just as long as it hurry up and got here.

Is this what kind of scum is passing for ‘Cable News’ now?

On a Postcard-beatiful Hawaii Easter Sunday morning, I turn on the television to catch a bit of “news” and our resident National Grumpy Conservative Crazy Irish Curmudgeony Blowhard Grandpa figure is promoting DEATH BY ARYAN MOB JUSTICE in Federal Prisons?

WTF…?

Happy Easter to you to… JACK!

]]> By: Taylor Marsh http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/16/easter-sunday-talking-head-thread/#comment-68685 Taylor Marsh Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:00:55 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/16/easter-sunday-talking-head-thread/#comment-68685 <p>You know, egregious, I almost put a picture up of our peacocks. I’ll save that for next week, if I can get one that’s clear enough to upload. </p> <p>Yeah, I know Patrick, it’s done now. Crazy Easter morning at my house.</p> You know, egregious, I almost put a picture up of our peacocks. I’ll save that for next week, if I can get one that’s clear enough to upload.

Yeah, I know Patrick, it’s done now. Crazy Easter morning at my house.

]]> By: egregious http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/16/easter-sunday-talking-head-thread/#comment-68675 egregious Sun, 16 Apr 2006 16:45:26 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/16/easter-sunday-talking-head-thread/#comment-68675 <p>Taylor–thanks especially for the lovely fish. I was worried about bird picture withdrawal with Christy away. Hope she’s getting a good rest.</p> Taylor–thanks especially for the lovely fish. I was worried about bird picture withdrawal with Christy away. Hope she’s getting a good rest.

]]> By: Patrick Nielsen Hayden http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/16/easter-sunday-talking-head-thread/#comment-68670 Patrick Nielsen Hayden Sun, 16 Apr 2006 16:41:08 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/16/easter-sunday-talking-head-thread/#comment-68670 <p>Seventy-one comments later, Bill Richardson is <em>still</em> governor of New Mexico, not Arizona.</p> Seventy-one comments later, Bill Richardson is still governor of New Mexico, not Arizona.

]]> By: hackworth http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/16/easter-sunday-talking-head-thread/#comment-68664 hackworth Sun, 16 Apr 2006 16:34:38 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/16/easter-sunday-talking-head-thread/#comment-68664 <p>Anybody see Ward Churchill vs David Horowitz on CSPAN, yesterday. Rethugs want “equal time” in the colleges. Seems all the professors are stinkin’ libruls. These profs (like Churchill) are ruining the rich folks’ kids. The “compassionate conservatives” raise their kids up “right” with all their prejudice, sense of entitlement and free market trickle down economic principles, then pay a small fortune to send em to college to be taught by a bunch o’leftys. IMHO, Churchill won the debate. It was entertaining if you get at chance to see it.</p> Anybody see Ward Churchill vs David Horowitz on CSPAN, yesterday. Rethugs want “equal time” in the colleges. Seems all the professors are stinkin’ libruls. These profs (like Churchill) are ruining the rich folks’ kids. The “compassionate conservatives” raise their kids up “right” with all their prejudice, sense of entitlement and free market trickle down economic principles, then pay a small fortune to send em to college to be taught by a bunch o’leftys. IMHO, Churchill won the debate. It was entertaining if you get at chance to see it.

]]> By: ck http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/16/easter-sunday-talking-head-thread/#comment-68663 ck Sun, 16 Apr 2006 16:34:36 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/16/easter-sunday-talking-head-thread/#comment-68663 <p>*ilson #30 and cleter #39 –</p> <p>Actually, Aztlan is in Wisconsin — check it out!</p> <p>Aztalan State Park</p> <p><a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/aztalan-state-park">http://www.answers.com/topic/aztalan-state-park</a></p> *ilson #30 and cleter #39 –

Actually, Aztlan is in Wisconsin — check it out!

Aztalan State Park

http://www.answers.com/topic/aztalan-state-park

]]> By: cbl http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/16/easter-sunday-talking-head-thread/#comment-68660 cbl Sun, 16 Apr 2006 16:30:09 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/16/easter-sunday-talking-head-thread/#comment-68660 <p>Kissinger just called Rumsfield ‘a distinguished public servant’</p> <p>courtesy Sidney Blumenthal -<br /> “In 1975, Rumsfeld and Cheney stage-managed a Cabinet purge called the “Halloween massacre” that made Rumsfeld secretary of defense and Cheney White House chief of staff. Kissinger, forced to surrender control of the National Security Council, angrily drafted a letter of resignation (which he never submitted)… ” </p> <p>“In the meantime, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld undermined the negotiations for a new Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty being conducted by Kissinger.” </p> <p>this one pager by Blumenthal is illuminating -</p> <p>I had no idea their current MO was established over 30 years ago.</p> <p>Happy Easter Sharkbunny ! - hope you had fun at the shore yesterday - we are finally seeing V tomorrow! Funny, a few weeks before V opened and I had any idea of the plot, there was some major setback for all of us here to the point where even Pacha lost it - he said something like he was in torch and pitchfork territory, and I responded that that’s ok, I was in Guy Fawkes territory. I remember it b/c the second I hit publish, I regretted it as I thought use of the name might invite even more scrutiny from our NSA Overlords, now of course there must be a couple hundred thousand hits on it at Wiki and I imagaine all those ‘patriots’ are chasing phantoms all over the internets!</p> Kissinger just called Rumsfield ‘a distinguished public servant’

courtesy Sidney Blumenthal -
“In 1975, Rumsfeld and Cheney stage-managed a Cabinet purge called the “Halloween massacre” that made Rumsfeld secretary of defense and Cheney White House chief of staff. Kissinger, forced to surrender control of the National Security Council, angrily drafted a letter of resignation (which he never submitted)… ”

“In the meantime, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld undermined the negotiations for a new Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty being conducted by Kissinger.”

this one pager by Blumenthal is illuminating -

I had no idea their current MO was established over 30 years ago.

Happy Easter Sharkbunny ! – hope you had fun at the shore yesterday – we are finally seeing V tomorrow! Funny, a few weeks before V opened and I had any idea of the plot, there was some major setback for all of us here to the point where even Pacha lost it – he said something like he was in torch and pitchfork territory, and I responded that that’s ok, I was in Guy Fawkes territory. I remember it b/c the second I hit publish, I regretted it as I thought use of the name might invite even more scrutiny from our NSA Overlords, now of course there must be a couple hundred thousand hits on it at Wiki and I imagaine all those ‘patriots’ are chasing phantoms all over the internets!

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