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Re: The Pentagon’s Propaganda Machine

ding — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:24:00 -0000

Remember Judith Miller, a journalist who used the inaccurate and unreliable opinions of a man named Chalabi to sell the Iraq war on the pages of the NY Times? Remember how she said that it wasn't her job as a journalist to verify her sources, but just report? It was unbelievably disingenuous then and it's even moreso now.

I can't read or listen to the news now without my BS meter going into hyperdrive.

Re: Religious Right -leaning towards Democrats?

ding — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:27:00 -0000

I don't know.

I look at this issue in two ways:

1- as a progressive person of faith, I allow myself a little thrill to see that evangelicals (who aren't all within the Religious Right) seem to be loosening up their definition of 'values' to mean more than abortion and bashing gay folks. That's good for the progressive cause, IMO.

2-But there's another part of me that thinks that this continued blurring of the line between private religious faith and public service seriously disturbing.

By insisting that our elected officials must pass some kind of 'religious test' (satisfy some standard of appropriate religious behavior) then the already breached line separating church from state disintegrates even further, to the detriment of both church and state.

The GOP has recently discovered the perils of relying on the fundamentalist evangelical bloc. The Dems should be, too.

Re: This Is Not Journalism

ding — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:28:00 -0000

for me, the anticipated pundit attacks on michelle obama is part and parcel of a longer, and disturbing, tactic to extend the smearing of a candidate. the attacks are a perfect way to cloud issues, distract candidates and create cardboard thin targets for the electorate to get upset about, rather than concentrate on real issues. but, of course, this isn't anything new.

theresa heinz and howard dean's wife stand out in my mind. dowd's columns on these women were some of the most vicious pieces i'd ever read, akin to the malicious entries from a high school girl's 'slam book.' for dowd, heinz was a european rich bitch and dean was a neglectful frump who didn't care about her husband enough to stump for him.

as for why dowd consistently uses wives as target practice, i don't know. she's following the pack of media attack dogs? she seems to sincerely dislike women, in general, and women in partnerships, in particular; the more functional a couple, the more incensed and bizarrely hostile her columns get.

i've read MoDo for years and i'll chalk up her bile to a wide streak of self-hating misogyny.

Re: This Is Not Journalism

ding — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:25:00 -0000

Dowd's columns on her own 'difficulties' in the dating world are a fascinating (and cringe-worthy) look at her thoughts on being a woman, power, masculine attention and aging. Even her book, Are Men Necessary, wasn't so much about men but about how women like her (privileged, single and of a certain age) get ignored by men.

Sad.

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Chrysler To Launch MyGig, Embedded Hard Drive In Mid-Market Cars

ding — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:42:04 -0000

wow

Re: A Bitter Race Ahead?

ding — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:18:54 -0000

Exactly when was Obama raised by his "single" mother?

Obama was raise by a combination of:

his mother/father (until age 2)

his mother/grandparents (until age 6)

his mother/step-father (until age 10)

his grandparents (until age 13)

his mother (and presumedly his grandparents) (until age 16)

and finally his grandparents again until he went to college.

If Obama's Mother received food stamp while completing her Ph.D it was because she met the technical requirements of a generous welfare program; Obama's mother was never the sterotypical "single mother" who needed food stamps so her children could eat.

Re: First Lady Fine Line

ding — Sat, 03 May 2008 03:34:36 -0000

Holly,

Can you show where President Bill Clinton approved "mov[ing]the whole company from Indiana to China"?

Re: Coming to Grips

ding — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:18:55 -0000

George Stephanopoulos based his comment on 2 things... the New York tabloid newspaper headlines and the 48 state strategy.

Re: The Party Leader

ding — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:07:01 -0000

Who needs old time party bosses to GOTV when you control the money and the challengers?

As Jesse Jackson Jr. said to Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, support Obama or "You might find some young primary challenger placing you in a difficult position"

Meet the new Obama; same as the old Tom DeLay.

Re: Question of the day

ding — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:16:03 -0000

If I were Blago, I would do the parade. However, I would change the "Twilight Parade" to the "2am Parade" and march with five guys who looked like me.

Re: This just in… Governor calls special session * Wants vote on Meeks tax hike *

ding — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:23:56 -0000

Let's convene class (session) outside at the state fair! Funnel cakes for everyone!

Re: Question of the day

ding — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:58:10 -0000

Twitter - I have 2 accts; 1 that's personal and 1 for my pseudonymous blogging persona where I post mostly policy, sector or issue-oriented tweets. I update both daily and often via Twitterberry.
Facebook - for personal and professional networking, mostly personal; I update my status daily via their mobile tool and have reconnected with almost everyone from high school, college and grad school. My dad is on it, now.
MySpace - I closed my account.
Friendster - closed years ago.
LinkedIn - rarely used; I use it just to update my work history for professional networking.

Re: http://www.thenewblackwoman.com/2008/04/black-new-yorkers-express-different.html

ding — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:09:00 -0000

first, i really like your blog (stumbled on here from other folks, like Field Negro.)

second, i wonder if there would be such a seeming divergent opinion within our community on this shooting if they knew how police officers were trained in their academies. they're trained to assess threats primarily from black men.

my dad, who used to be a chaplain for the LAPD (experts themselves on shooting young men of color) called me really sad and distraught one day; a friend of his in the force had passed on to him some training materials from the academy (which was probably against some rule) and my father watched them for an afternoon. he said it was disgusting; image after image of black men being used to brainwash young cadets to use deadly force.

people who shrug in the face of this kind of racialized violence aren't looking closely enough at how incidents like this are an inevitable result of police training. from a state-supported, armed forces POV, bell's death is *exactly* what was supposed to happen.

ugh. i've totally depressed myself.

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Re: The Pentagon’s Propaganda Machine

Re: Religious Right -leaning towards Democrats?

Re: This Is Not Journalism

Re: This Is Not Journalism

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Chrysler To Launch MyGig, Embedded Hard Drive In Mid-Market Cars

Re: A Bitter Race Ahead?

Re: First Lady Fine Line

Re: Coming to Grips

Re: The Party Leader

Re: Question of the day

Re: This just in… Governor calls special session *** Wants vote on Meeks tax hike ***

Re: Question of the day

Re: http://www.thenewblackwoman.com/2008/04/black-new-yorkers-express-different.html

Re: This just in… Governor calls special session * Wants vote on Meeks tax hike *