Is the Media Biased?
Headlines On This Date 4 Years Ago:
"Republicans spending $42 million on inauguration while troops Die in
unarmored Humvees"
"Bush extravagance exceeds any reason during tough economic times"
"Fat cats get their $42 million inauguration party, Ordinary
Americans get the shaft"
Headlines Today:
"Historic Obama Inauguration will cost only $170 million"
"Obama Spends $170 million on inauguration; America Needs A Big Party"
"Everyman Obama shows America how to celebrate"
"Citibank executives contribute $8 million to Obama Inauguration
January 23, 2009
Barney Frank Leads the Way
Barney Frank Leads the Way
"It's totally arbitrary," says South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford. "If you've got the right lobbyist and the right representative connected to Washington or the right ties to Washington, you get the golden tap on the shoulder," says Gov. Sanford, a Republican.”
“Mr. [Barney] Frank, by his own account, wrote into the TARP bill a provision specifically aimed at helping this particular home-state bank. And later, he acknowledges, he spoke to regulators urging that OneUnited be considered for a cash injection.”
This is the argument against the massive government bailout. In a system where everything is for sale how can anyone expect less corruption? These are venal politicians giving away money. Do you think they will give it away on a rational basis or to promote their own careers? This has the potential for extensive corruption with journalists paying little attention. Instead they continue swooning over the first African American president. Hello he is a politician and worse a Harvard lawyer politician. Wake up and pay attention before this One repeals the First Amendment.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123258284337504295.html
JANUARY 22, 2009, 2:45 P.M. ET
Political Interference Seen in Bank Bailout Decisions
By DAMIAN PALETTA and DAVID ENRICH
Wall Street Journal Online
"It's totally arbitrary," says South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford. "If you've got the right lobbyist and the right representative connected to Washington or the right ties to Washington, you get the golden tap on the shoulder," says Gov. Sanford, a Republican.”
“Mr. [Barney] Frank, by his own account, wrote into the TARP bill a provision specifically aimed at helping this particular home-state bank. And later, he acknowledges, he spoke to regulators urging that OneUnited be considered for a cash injection.”
This is the argument against the massive government bailout. In a system where everything is for sale how can anyone expect less corruption? These are venal politicians giving away money. Do you think they will give it away on a rational basis or to promote their own careers? This has the potential for extensive corruption with journalists paying little attention. Instead they continue swooning over the first African American president. Hello he is a politician and worse a Harvard lawyer politician. Wake up and pay attention before this One repeals the First Amendment.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123258284337504295.html
JANUARY 22, 2009, 2:45 P.M. ET
Political Interference Seen in Bank Bailout Decisions
By DAMIAN PALETTA and DAVID ENRICH
Wall Street Journal Online
Integrity, not Efficiency
Integrity, not Efficiency
When a state government agency recommends dissolving itself, you know there are serious problems there. (Michael Virtanen, AP, “Stupor-gate,” New York Post, January 23, 2009, Page 2) The Albany County DA and the Commission on Public Integrity failed to perform their duties. Cuomo’s investigation was not “duplicative.”
Lacking subpoena power Cuomo revealed that Spitzer’s office was wrong. If efficiency is the goal one agency is sufficient. But one agency can easily be compromised as two state agencies were under Spitzer. The objective should be integrity. All structures can be corrupted. People with integrity, who do their job as Cuomo did his, are the goal.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/01232009/news/regionalnews/tupor_gate_151476.htm
Stupor-gate
By MICHAEL VIRTANEN, AP
New York Post
Last updated: 2:04 am
January 23, 2009
Posted: 2:03 am
When a state government agency recommends dissolving itself, you know there are serious problems there. (Michael Virtanen, AP, “Stupor-gate,” New York Post, January 23, 2009, Page 2) The Albany County DA and the Commission on Public Integrity failed to perform their duties. Cuomo’s investigation was not “duplicative.”
Lacking subpoena power Cuomo revealed that Spitzer’s office was wrong. If efficiency is the goal one agency is sufficient. But one agency can easily be compromised as two state agencies were under Spitzer. The objective should be integrity. All structures can be corrupted. People with integrity, who do their job as Cuomo did his, are the goal.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/01232009/news/regionalnews/tupor_gate_151476.htm
Stupor-gate
By MICHAEL VIRTANEN, AP
New York Post
Last updated: 2:04 am
January 23, 2009
Posted: 2:03 am
January 21, 2009
Obama: The Beginning
Obama: The Beginning
On Wednesday January 21, 2009 a caller named Robert to the Michael Graham radio show on WTKK in Boston said, "The day of the rule of white men is over." He was unable to see how his view was a racist view of the country that demonized all white men. Will Obama and his thought police address the racism among his zealous supporters?
Will Obama and his supporters end the teaching of hatred toward America and Israel in Madrasses across the world from Morocco to Indonesia?
When George Bush had a favorability rating in the 80 percentiles, Hillary Clinton and the ACLU promoted the idea that dissent is patriotic. Now anyone who disagrees with Obama is designated mean-spirited.
Some young people pledged to serve Obama at the Inauguration on January 20,2009. Is this where 200 years of Constitutional rule led? Now it is a nation of a cult of a man?
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=6615053
Video and story about defacing a Bush Monument in Houston, TX.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/01/alone-among-net.html
L.A. Times report that Fox News was the only network that covered George Bush's return to Texas.
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=42227
CNS story about celebrities equating Obama to Biblical figures.
These are not good indications for a new President who speaks about bringing the nation together.
On Wednesday January 21, 2009 a caller named Robert to the Michael Graham radio show on WTKK in Boston said, "The day of the rule of white men is over." He was unable to see how his view was a racist view of the country that demonized all white men. Will Obama and his thought police address the racism among his zealous supporters?
Will Obama and his supporters end the teaching of hatred toward America and Israel in Madrasses across the world from Morocco to Indonesia?
When George Bush had a favorability rating in the 80 percentiles, Hillary Clinton and the ACLU promoted the idea that dissent is patriotic. Now anyone who disagrees with Obama is designated mean-spirited.
Some young people pledged to serve Obama at the Inauguration on January 20,2009. Is this where 200 years of Constitutional rule led? Now it is a nation of a cult of a man?
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=6615053
Video and story about defacing a Bush Monument in Houston, TX.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/01/alone-among-net.html
L.A. Times report that Fox News was the only network that covered George Bush's return to Texas.
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=42227
CNS story about celebrities equating Obama to Biblical figures.
These are not good indications for a new President who speaks about bringing the nation together.
January 20, 2009
Terrorism Charges for Unruly Behavior on Planes
Terrorism Charges for Unruly Behavior on Planes
This article frhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifom the Los Angeles Times tells how a woman had her children taken from her after she spanked them on a plane. She is prohibited from flying and her children are being adopted by foster parents.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-airline-felonies20-2009jan20,0,1698279,full.story
In-flight confrontations can lead to terrorism charges
By Ralph Vartabedian and Peter Pae
Los Angeles Times
January 20, 2009
This article frhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifom the Los Angeles Times tells how a woman had her children taken from her after she spanked them on a plane. She is prohibited from flying and her children are being adopted by foster parents.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-airline-felonies20-2009jan20,0,1698279,full.story
In-flight confrontations can lead to terrorism charges
By Ralph Vartabedian and Peter Pae
Los Angeles Times
January 20, 2009
January 18, 2009
US Department of Justice Statistics
US Department of Justice Statistics
On 16 Jan 2009 at 16:52, Julianne McKinney wrote:
You received a bogus response from the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC). Either that, or they don't bother reading the Department of Justice (NIJ) reports which they advertise on the NCVC site.
The NCVC posted a link to a DoJ Bureau of Justice
Special Report entitled "National Crime Victimization
Survey: Stalking Victimization in the United States,"
covering a 12-month period commencing in 2006.
See: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/svus.pdf
This is, in fact, the very report that received so
much publicity in the news recently ("an estimated 3.4 million stalking victims!").
If you look at the tables in this report, especially
at Table 5 on page 4 ("Victim-offender relationship in stalking and harassment") and at Appendix Table 3 on page 12 ("Number of stalking offenders perceived by
victim"), you'll find the following:
* An average of 10.6 percent of some 4.6 million
stalking and harassment victims don't know the
stalkers, since they're complete strangers.
* An average of 16.9 percent of the same 4.6 million
victims have no idea who is doing the stalking
(strangers or otherwise).
* 13.1 percent of 3.4 million victims claim to be
stalked and harassed by "3 or more" stalkers.
* 6.5 percent of 3.4 million victims can't say
precisely just how many people are stalking them.
That sounds like organized stalking to me.
The DoJ is also on top of the problems faced by
stalking and harassment victims when they try to report these crimes to the police. Take a look at the other tables in this report. The police dismiss the
complaints, treat the victims as crazy, don't make
reports, ...and all of the other crap which TIs have
reported in their dealings with the police.
You have a basis for asking the NCVC why they have
ignored this DoJ Special Report, Eleanor.
Julianne
On 16 Jan 2009 at 16:52, Julianne McKinney wrote:
You received a bogus response from the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC). Either that, or they don't bother reading the Department of Justice (NIJ) reports which they advertise on the NCVC site.
The NCVC posted a link to a DoJ Bureau of Justice
Special Report entitled "National Crime Victimization
Survey: Stalking Victimization in the United States,"
covering a 12-month period commencing in 2006.
See: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/svus.pdf
This is, in fact, the very report that received so
much publicity in the news recently ("an estimated 3.4 million stalking victims!").
If you look at the tables in this report, especially
at Table 5 on page 4 ("Victim-offender relationship in stalking and harassment") and at Appendix Table 3 on page 12 ("Number of stalking offenders perceived by
victim"), you'll find the following:
* An average of 10.6 percent of some 4.6 million
stalking and harassment victims don't know the
stalkers, since they're complete strangers.
* An average of 16.9 percent of the same 4.6 million
victims have no idea who is doing the stalking
(strangers or otherwise).
* 13.1 percent of 3.4 million victims claim to be
stalked and harassed by "3 or more" stalkers.
* 6.5 percent of 3.4 million victims can't say
precisely just how many people are stalking them.
That sounds like organized stalking to me.
The DoJ is also on top of the problems faced by
stalking and harassment victims when they try to report these crimes to the police. Take a look at the other tables in this report. The police dismiss the
complaints, treat the victims as crazy, don't make
reports, ...and all of the other crap which TIs have
reported in their dealings with the police.
You have a basis for asking the NCVC why they have
ignored this DoJ Special Report, Eleanor.
Julianne
New York Bank Declines Paulson Handouts
New York Bank Declines Paulson Handouts
New York Community Bancorp “declined to accept cash or take on Uncle Sam as a partner.”
http://www.nypost.com/seven/01142009/business/ny_bank__no_thanks_to_rescue_150032.htm
NY BANK: NO THANKS TO RESCUE
By PAUL THARP
New York Post
Last updated: 1:59 am
January 14, 2009
Posted: 1:44 am
New York Community Bancorp “declined to accept cash or take on Uncle Sam as a partner.”
http://www.nypost.com/seven/01142009/business/ny_bank__no_thanks_to_rescue_150032.htm
NY BANK: NO THANKS TO RESCUE
By PAUL THARP
New York Post
Last updated: 1:59 am
January 14, 2009
Posted: 1:44 am
Does Diversity in the White House Press Corps Matter?
Does Diversity in the White House Press Corps Matter?
WGBH-TV Boston PBS, Greater Boston on
Diversity of the White House Press Corps
See video of the show segment at:
http://www.wgbh.org/gb/
Beat the Press
Jan 16, 2009
Issue:
Does Diversity in the White House Press corps matter?
Emily Rooney daughter of 60 Minutes personality, Andy Rooney, and Host of Greater Boston, asks Should networks look to diversify their White House press reporting staff?
She said “the majority of the White House press corps is white.” The majority of the population of the country is white. The majority of the world is non-white. 16 percent of the world is white.
She mentioned Howard Kurtz’ column “Pallid to the Corps,” in the Washington Post, January 12, 2009. [Title changed online to “A Pale Reflection of America.”]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/11/AR2009011102157_pf.html
and Jeff Jacoby’s January 14, 2009, column in the Boston Globe “Why should a journalist’s race matter?”
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/01/14/why_should_a_journalists_race_matter/
Jacoby asks, “But why should it matter to anyone but a racist whether a White House reporter is black or white? Well, says Michael Fletcher, a colleague of Kurtz's, ‘you would want to have black journalists there to bring a different racial sensibility.’ [. . .] [Jacoby asks,] ’Do you know of any news organizations that are fretting over the “relative paucity” of evangelicals, Southerners, or Republicans on their payrolls?’”
Why are there no reporters with disabilities? To rephrase the question who cares about the paucity of persons with disabilities among the White House press corps?
Rooney said “it is something that is always true about discussions that go on in newsrooms across America. There’s always something that somebody of a different racial or ethnic background would think of that somebody else wouldn’t.”
Who speaks for persons with disabilities? That is what I’ve been complaining to Rooney about her show for a few years. Her response was to ban me from Boston. She has yet to have on a person to describe the perspective of being accused of having a psychiatric disability. Her guests include psychiatrists who boast of how great their drugs are. To Rooney access to treatment is what rights are about. Not the Constitutional Rights enjoyed by others just treatment.
Cassie Crossley, woman of color commentator said “it’s not about objectivity, it’s about fairness. There are different perspectives, which give a fuller picture,” she said. This is the “browning of America,” she added. “We are representative of what America is all about.” She added, “The White House Press corps should look like America.”
There are more persons with disabilities than there are persons of color. But to Crossley color trumps other categories. If brown color brings a fuller picture, what does no persons with disabilities bring?
If being representative of America is essential why are there no persons with disabilities among the White House Press Corps? Why is this not an issue for Rooney, Crossley or the other pundits on her show and elsewhere?
Joe Sciacca Boston Herald reporter, said, “politics should be color blind. If we say only African Americans can cover Barack Obama’s administration that is tokenism. Networks will appoint someone because of the color of his skin.” Does that mean that there are no persons with disabilities who are qualified to be a White House reporter?
Dan Kennedy, Journalism professor at Northeastern University whose daughter has a disability, said, people “do want that diversity and range and perspective and background. And it isn’t just let’s have more African American reporters. It’s let’s have more reporters from a variety of different ideologies and personal backgrounds.” Why is this not an issue for reporters with disabilities?
Kara Miller, reporter for the Metro West Daily News, said, “this is an issue not just for the White House press corps. It matters for the Sunday night news and for local news too. Same thing applies to persons with disabilities. How many local TV, radio, and print journalists have disabilities? Moreover, persons with physical disabilities are often as biased against persons accused of psychiatric illness as “normal” people.”
Cassie Crossley added “It’s been an issue not just for Barack Obama.” Yes, and disabilities being absent from the minds of reporters has been an issue with Rooney and all other media outlets for the same period of time.
WGBH-TV Boston PBS, Greater Boston on
Diversity of the White House Press Corps
See video of the show segment at:
http://www.wgbh.org/gb/
Beat the Press
Jan 16, 2009
Issue:
Does Diversity in the White House Press corps matter?
Emily Rooney daughter of 60 Minutes personality, Andy Rooney, and Host of Greater Boston, asks Should networks look to diversify their White House press reporting staff?
She said “the majority of the White House press corps is white.” The majority of the population of the country is white. The majority of the world is non-white. 16 percent of the world is white.
She mentioned Howard Kurtz’ column “Pallid to the Corps,” in the Washington Post, January 12, 2009. [Title changed online to “A Pale Reflection of America.”]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/11/AR2009011102157_pf.html
and Jeff Jacoby’s January 14, 2009, column in the Boston Globe “Why should a journalist’s race matter?”
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/01/14/why_should_a_journalists_race_matter/
Jacoby asks, “But why should it matter to anyone but a racist whether a White House reporter is black or white? Well, says Michael Fletcher, a colleague of Kurtz's, ‘you would want to have black journalists there to bring a different racial sensibility.’ [. . .] [Jacoby asks,] ’Do you know of any news organizations that are fretting over the “relative paucity” of evangelicals, Southerners, or Republicans on their payrolls?’”
Why are there no reporters with disabilities? To rephrase the question who cares about the paucity of persons with disabilities among the White House press corps?
Rooney said “it is something that is always true about discussions that go on in newsrooms across America. There’s always something that somebody of a different racial or ethnic background would think of that somebody else wouldn’t.”
Who speaks for persons with disabilities? That is what I’ve been complaining to Rooney about her show for a few years. Her response was to ban me from Boston. She has yet to have on a person to describe the perspective of being accused of having a psychiatric disability. Her guests include psychiatrists who boast of how great their drugs are. To Rooney access to treatment is what rights are about. Not the Constitutional Rights enjoyed by others just treatment.
Cassie Crossley, woman of color commentator said “it’s not about objectivity, it’s about fairness. There are different perspectives, which give a fuller picture,” she said. This is the “browning of America,” she added. “We are representative of what America is all about.” She added, “The White House Press corps should look like America.”
There are more persons with disabilities than there are persons of color. But to Crossley color trumps other categories. If brown color brings a fuller picture, what does no persons with disabilities bring?
If being representative of America is essential why are there no persons with disabilities among the White House Press Corps? Why is this not an issue for Rooney, Crossley or the other pundits on her show and elsewhere?
Joe Sciacca Boston Herald reporter, said, “politics should be color blind. If we say only African Americans can cover Barack Obama’s administration that is tokenism. Networks will appoint someone because of the color of his skin.” Does that mean that there are no persons with disabilities who are qualified to be a White House reporter?
Dan Kennedy, Journalism professor at Northeastern University whose daughter has a disability, said, people “do want that diversity and range and perspective and background. And it isn’t just let’s have more African American reporters. It’s let’s have more reporters from a variety of different ideologies and personal backgrounds.” Why is this not an issue for reporters with disabilities?
Kara Miller, reporter for the Metro West Daily News, said, “this is an issue not just for the White House press corps. It matters for the Sunday night news and for local news too. Same thing applies to persons with disabilities. How many local TV, radio, and print journalists have disabilities? Moreover, persons with physical disabilities are often as biased against persons accused of psychiatric illness as “normal” people.”
Cassie Crossley added “It’s been an issue not just for Barack Obama.” Yes, and disabilities being absent from the minds of reporters has been an issue with Rooney and all other media outlets for the same period of time.
January 15, 2009
Hate Speech for Me, not for Thee?
Hate Speech for Me, not for Thee?
It is difficult to distinguish between being clueless about hate speech, and intentional propaganda. (ADAM REILLY, “Toxic talk: Hating Obama,” Boston Phoenix, January 15, 2009) Any response to this one-sided essay should include that Bush was hung in effigy too.\
Why stop treating only “rabid right-wingers as benign?” What about rabid left-wingers? Who decides “what they’re actually saying?” Why does Columbia’s Michael Massing demand that only “responsible conservatives [. . .] condemn rhetorical overkill on the right?” What about responsible liberals condemning rhetorical overkill on the left?
Is it a “fact that Obama wasn’t really born in the United States?” Why doesn’t he just show his birth certificate to end the wonder and skepticism? Why is it a problem?
Why is it “pernicious” to state the obvious that “the New Deal [was] a failure?” It was. If “rooting against the president, [is] rooting against our collective interests as Americans,” why was the vile and venomous rhetoric against George Bush not condemned?
Where is the evidence that “vaguely imagined fears [. . .] are going to be mitigated, time and again, by factual evidence to the contrary;” and that “hard-core racists will keep on hating.” Then Obama will not be able to reconcile the country as he promised.
Where was all of this concern for rational discourse toward the President during the past 8 years?
http://thephoenix.com/Boston/News/75183-Toxic-talk-Hating-Obama/
Toxic talk: Hating Obama
Repugnant anti-Obama hate speech has dissipated for the moment. How likely is it to raise its ugly head again?
By ADAM REILLY
Boston Phoenix
January 15, 2009
It is difficult to distinguish between being clueless about hate speech, and intentional propaganda. (ADAM REILLY, “Toxic talk: Hating Obama,” Boston Phoenix, January 15, 2009) Any response to this one-sided essay should include that Bush was hung in effigy too.\
Why stop treating only “rabid right-wingers as benign?” What about rabid left-wingers? Who decides “what they’re actually saying?” Why does Columbia’s Michael Massing demand that only “responsible conservatives [. . .] condemn rhetorical overkill on the right?” What about responsible liberals condemning rhetorical overkill on the left?
Is it a “fact that Obama wasn’t really born in the United States?” Why doesn’t he just show his birth certificate to end the wonder and skepticism? Why is it a problem?
Why is it “pernicious” to state the obvious that “the New Deal [was] a failure?” It was. If “rooting against the president, [is] rooting against our collective interests as Americans,” why was the vile and venomous rhetoric against George Bush not condemned?
Where is the evidence that “vaguely imagined fears [. . .] are going to be mitigated, time and again, by factual evidence to the contrary;” and that “hard-core racists will keep on hating.” Then Obama will not be able to reconcile the country as he promised.
Where was all of this concern for rational discourse toward the President during the past 8 years?
http://thephoenix.com/Boston/News/75183-Toxic-talk-Hating-Obama/
Toxic talk: Hating Obama
Repugnant anti-Obama hate speech has dissipated for the moment. How likely is it to raise its ugly head again?
By ADAM REILLY
Boston Phoenix
January 15, 2009
January 14, 2009
Hazard in Hall
Hazard in Hall
Here are images of a loose tile outside of my apartment door # 2 at 85 Prescott Street. There is another tile missing on the other side of my door but I usually do not walk over that one. This is the third notice of this loose tile, which is now totally free from its place.
January 13, 2009
Emotionally disturbed are violent?
It is troubling that the Columbia President was assaulted. But it is also troubling that he believes that the assault occurred because the person "was under psychiatric treatment." Does Columbia's President believe that all persons "under psychiatric treatment" are violent? That is stereotyping which the President would never tolerate toward other groups of vulnerable persons. What explains Bollinger's venomous attitude toward persons with disabilities? The statement issued by the Office of Public Affairs is no less offensive. Is it official university policy that emotionally disturbed persons (persons with disabilities) are known to be violent too? What happened to treating all persons equal? Are only black persons, homosexuals, women and illegal aliens entitled to equal protection of the laws?
http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2008/12/03/bollinger-assaulted-while-running-park
Bollinger Assaulted While Running in Park
By Joy Resmovits
Columbia Spectator
Published December 02, 2008
joy.resmovits (at) columbiaspectator.com
It is troubling that the Columbia President was assaulted. But it is also troubling that he believes that the assault occurred because the person "was under psychiatric treatment." Does Columbia's President believe that all persons "under psychiatric treatment" are violent? That is stereotyping which the President would never tolerate toward other groups of vulnerable persons. What explains Bollinger's venomous attitude toward persons with disabilities? The statement issued by the Office of Public Affairs is no less offensive. Is it official university policy that emotionally disturbed persons (persons with disabilities) are known to be violent too? What happened to treating all persons equal? Are only black persons, homosexuals, women and illegal aliens entitled to equal protection of the laws?
http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2008/12/03/bollinger-assaulted-while-running-park
Bollinger Assaulted While Running in Park
By Joy Resmovits
Columbia Spectator
Published December 02, 2008
joy.resmovits (at) columbiaspectator.com
January 10, 2009
MSNBC Continues to Bash Gov. Palin
MSNBC Continues to Bash Gov. Palin
Seldom mentioned is that Gov. Sarah Palin is a reformer not just a politician who talks about reform. That generates fear among liberals and their journalist apologists, who are as venal as politicians and voters. Palin walks the walk. Those with relaxed rectitude try to discredit her. Palin said she reads the Alaska papers and The New York Times. She is Governor of Alaska not New York. Lack of historical knowledge is a problem for too many journalists, who have skills with no historical context. It makes for an uninformed electorate that elects criminals and incompetents. Goebbels and Edward Bernays would approve of what Axelrod did. But the country will suffer. Obama is involved with three scandals (Blago, Richardson and Hsu) before taking the oath of office. Where is the outrage?
[This article includes a link to the John Ziegler video interview.]
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/msnbc/shuster_vs_palin_interviewer_on_msnbc_105373.asp
Friday, Jan 09
Shuster vs. Palin Interviewer on MSNBC
Mediabistro.com
Seldom mentioned is that Gov. Sarah Palin is a reformer not just a politician who talks about reform. That generates fear among liberals and their journalist apologists, who are as venal as politicians and voters. Palin walks the walk. Those with relaxed rectitude try to discredit her. Palin said she reads the Alaska papers and The New York Times. She is Governor of Alaska not New York. Lack of historical knowledge is a problem for too many journalists, who have skills with no historical context. It makes for an uninformed electorate that elects criminals and incompetents. Goebbels and Edward Bernays would approve of what Axelrod did. But the country will suffer. Obama is involved with three scandals (Blago, Richardson and Hsu) before taking the oath of office. Where is the outrage?
[This article includes a link to the John Ziegler video interview.]
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/msnbc/shuster_vs_palin_interviewer_on_msnbc_105373.asp
Friday, Jan 09
Shuster vs. Palin Interviewer on MSNBC
Mediabistro.com
Please Keep me Informed
Please Keep me Informed
[These are comments from the Cambridge Chronicle regarding the City Council's hearing on the Continuing the City Manager's contract.]
Roy Bercaw
The Conformist Party troops were out in force to praise the Chairman Emeritus of the Cambridge chapter.
unquietsoul
It would be nice if the Chronicle would announce these sorts of public meetings well in advance before they occur so the citizens actually know about them and can try to attend to present their views, opinions and reaction to this sort of thing.
By not covering these events before hand you are doing your readership and the city a disservice.
Roy Bercaw
'unquiet soul' says, 'It would be nice if the Chronicle would announce these sorts of public meetings.' Concerned citizens need to learn what law requires cities to do. Cambridge Chronicle is a private citizen under law and has no power over government. Read the open meetings law. See how lax the city is in obeying that law. Then visit the City's website and the city clerk's office. If you want to learn how government works forget about psychiatry and making diagnoses. Law is the standard not personal opinion. In Massachusetts Democrats do what they want to do 'because they can' ignore laws and voters. Cambridge is run by the Conformist Party of Massachusetts. The City Manager decides and lets you think your vote counts.
http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/homepage/x1017431548/At-public-hearing-for-city-manager-contract-nothing-but-love
At public hearing for city manager contract, nothing but love
By Jillian Fennimore/Chronicle staff
Cambridge Chronicle
Thu Jan 08, 2009, 04:57 PM EST
[These are comments from the Cambridge Chronicle regarding the City Council's hearing on the Continuing the City Manager's contract.]
Roy Bercaw
The Conformist Party troops were out in force to praise the Chairman Emeritus of the Cambridge chapter.
unquietsoul
It would be nice if the Chronicle would announce these sorts of public meetings well in advance before they occur so the citizens actually know about them and can try to attend to present their views, opinions and reaction to this sort of thing.
By not covering these events before hand you are doing your readership and the city a disservice.
Roy Bercaw
'unquiet soul' says, 'It would be nice if the Chronicle would announce these sorts of public meetings.' Concerned citizens need to learn what law requires cities to do. Cambridge Chronicle is a private citizen under law and has no power over government. Read the open meetings law. See how lax the city is in obeying that law. Then visit the City's website and the city clerk's office. If you want to learn how government works forget about psychiatry and making diagnoses. Law is the standard not personal opinion. In Massachusetts Democrats do what they want to do 'because they can' ignore laws and voters. Cambridge is run by the Conformist Party of Massachusetts. The City Manager decides and lets you think your vote counts.
http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/homepage/x1017431548/At-public-hearing-for-city-manager-contract-nothing-but-love
At public hearing for city manager contract, nothing but love
By Jillian Fennimore/Chronicle staff
Cambridge Chronicle
Thu Jan 08, 2009, 04:57 PM EST
January 9, 2009
Whose Interests?
Whose Interests?
The assumption of the article is faulty. (David S. Bernstein, “Political Virgins,” Boston Phoenix, January 9, 2009, News, Page 11) Bernstein provides no evidence for his sweeping statement “Everyone in Massachusetts wants to be represented on Beacon Hill by someone with clout, someone with connections and the power to step in and fight for his or her home district’s interests.”
Voters want to believe that their representative is not a crook. Individuals are more concerned about their own interests rather than the interests of the district. The representatives are concerned with the district in order to get re-elected. A problem is that lobbyists and campaign contributors have access to the reps, not needy citizens .
Bernstein writes from the perspective of the politicians. Has he become lost among the trees and no longer can see the forest?
http://thephoenix.com/Boston/News/74916-political-virgins/
The political virgins
With a crucial state-legislature session looming, Boston residents turn to untested newbies to fight for their share of the pie
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN
Boston Phoenix
January 8, 2009
The assumption of the article is faulty. (David S. Bernstein, “Political Virgins,” Boston Phoenix, January 9, 2009, News, Page 11) Bernstein provides no evidence for his sweeping statement “Everyone in Massachusetts wants to be represented on Beacon Hill by someone with clout, someone with connections and the power to step in and fight for his or her home district’s interests.”
Voters want to believe that their representative is not a crook. Individuals are more concerned about their own interests rather than the interests of the district. The representatives are concerned with the district in order to get re-elected. A problem is that lobbyists and campaign contributors have access to the reps, not needy citizens .
Bernstein writes from the perspective of the politicians. Has he become lost among the trees and no longer can see the forest?
http://thephoenix.com/Boston/News/74916-political-virgins/
The political virgins
With a crucial state-legislature session looming, Boston residents turn to untested newbies to fight for their share of the pie
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN
Boston Phoenix
January 8, 2009
Which is a Good Country?
Which is a Good Country?
The protesters want war with no collateral damage. War is not ping pong. Hamas won an election just as Mass pols do. Voters get what they vote for. Mass politicians take voters' money. In Gaza Hamas uses civilians as bait to provoke Israelis. People want to live here because American politicians only take money, not limbs and lives. Good country?
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1144135
4 arrested at Boston’s Israeli consulate protest
By Jessica Fargen
Boston Herald
Friday, January 9, 2009 -
The protesters want war with no collateral damage. War is not ping pong. Hamas won an election just as Mass pols do. Voters get what they vote for. Mass politicians take voters' money. In Gaza Hamas uses civilians as bait to provoke Israelis. People want to live here because American politicians only take money, not limbs and lives. Good country?
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1144135
4 arrested at Boston’s Israeli consulate protest
By Jessica Fargen
Boston Herald
Friday, January 9, 2009 -
Like, You Know, Cambridge Is Awesome
Like, You Know, Cambridge Is Awesome
But, but, but, like, you know, Cambridge has a Triple A Bond rating, just like, you know, Credit Default Options. Cambridge is like, the most walkable awesome city. (It is?) Cambridge is, you know, the most accessible city. (It is?) Cambridge Cable Access TV is the best in the country, you know what I'm talking about?(It is?) Doesn't it mean anything that, like, Harvard and, you know, MIT are totally in Cambridge? I mean, like, you know, it's awesome, Harvard has a Human Rights Committee. The President Elect is a Harvard Law School graduate, you know what I'm talking about? And lots of stuff like that. Doesn't everyone want to be like them? I mean, like, you know doesn't that make Cambridge politicians role models for social justice? Like, you know, I mean Republicans are allowed but not encouraged in Cambridge. So like isn't that social justice? You know what I'm talking about?
http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/opinions/x1060496916/Letter-Social-justice-dissected
Letter: Social justice, dissected
Tue Jan 06, 2009, 07:02 AM EST
Cambridge Chronicle
ROBERT J. LA TREMOUILLE
Mass. Ave.
But, but, but, like, you know, Cambridge has a Triple A Bond rating, just like, you know, Credit Default Options. Cambridge is like, the most walkable awesome city. (It is?) Cambridge is, you know, the most accessible city. (It is?) Cambridge Cable Access TV is the best in the country, you know what I'm talking about?(It is?) Doesn't it mean anything that, like, Harvard and, you know, MIT are totally in Cambridge? I mean, like, you know, it's awesome, Harvard has a Human Rights Committee. The President Elect is a Harvard Law School graduate, you know what I'm talking about? And lots of stuff like that. Doesn't everyone want to be like them? I mean, like, you know doesn't that make Cambridge politicians role models for social justice? Like, you know, I mean Republicans are allowed but not encouraged in Cambridge. So like isn't that social justice? You know what I'm talking about?
http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/opinions/x1060496916/Letter-Social-justice-dissected
Letter: Social justice, dissected
Tue Jan 06, 2009, 07:02 AM EST
Cambridge Chronicle
ROBERT J. LA TREMOUILLE
Mass. Ave.
January 8, 2009
Smile for the Cameras
Smile for the Cameras
[Five comments under this article all support street security cameras.] The Conformist Party speaks, 'We want security not freedom!' Washington Post reports that US Army deployed a brigade on Oct. 1, 2008 to assist local authorities. [One comment suggested that the cost of the cameras is not from the City tax base.] This is funded by the money tree too. Cameras help solve crime. [One comment suggested that cameras deter crime.] They do not deter or prevent crime. Do criminals think, 'Wait. Am I on TV? Maybe I shouldn't do this?' Cameras in jails, police stations and on patrol cars catch officers beating suspects. [One comment stated that the ACLU is run by criminals.] If the ACLU is run by criminals why not put cameras in their homes and offices? 'Through the wall' technology makes it easy to watch and to listen to civilians in their homes. US Supreme Court says (US v Kyllo) it is an illegal entry. Has that ever stopped criminal officials or crime families?
http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x2094351180/Guest-commentary-Big-Brother-s-watching-and-you-should-be-concerned
Guest commentary: Big Brother’s watching… and you should be concerned
By Nancy Murray
Cambridge Chronicle
Wed Jan 07, 2009, 07:47 AM EST
[Five comments under this article all support street security cameras.] The Conformist Party speaks, 'We want security not freedom!' Washington Post reports that US Army deployed a brigade on Oct. 1, 2008 to assist local authorities. [One comment suggested that the cost of the cameras is not from the City tax base.] This is funded by the money tree too. Cameras help solve crime. [One comment suggested that cameras deter crime.] They do not deter or prevent crime. Do criminals think, 'Wait. Am I on TV? Maybe I shouldn't do this?' Cameras in jails, police stations and on patrol cars catch officers beating suspects. [One comment stated that the ACLU is run by criminals.] If the ACLU is run by criminals why not put cameras in their homes and offices? 'Through the wall' technology makes it easy to watch and to listen to civilians in their homes. US Supreme Court says (US v Kyllo) it is an illegal entry. Has that ever stopped criminal officials or crime families?
http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x2094351180/Guest-commentary-Big-Brother-s-watching-and-you-should-be-concerned
Guest commentary: Big Brother’s watching… and you should be concerned
By Nancy Murray
Cambridge Chronicle
Wed Jan 07, 2009, 07:47 AM EST
January 7, 2009
Obama's Consumer Tech Experts
Obama's Consumer Tech Experts
Technology here is only consumer communications. High tech military weapons to discredit and to control critics is not discussed. Communication technology can give the appearance of access while shutting out ordinary citizens. Citizens can contribute public service without asking the White House, which like celebrities will use it for photo opportunities. Citizen input regarding quality of schools will NOT happen until teachers unions no longer exist. Unreliable Wikipedia entries are the standard for information? Ahem! Tech savvy wealthy professionals are politically naive to believe Honest Barack is not like the rest of the politicians. Honest Abe Lincoln was an ordinary man with acute political skills. Obama is a great speaker and a Harvard elitist. How much longer will his speaking ability hide his lack of decision-making ability and his lack of substance? What will Obama reveal about high tech military weapons used for surveillance, harassment, to discredit, to censor and to control citizen critics? During the campaign he excluded Fox News from his plane.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-06/how-obamas-new-tech-tsar-can-save-america/
How Obama's New Tech Tsar Can Save America
by Nicholas Ciarelli
Daily Beast
Technology here is only consumer communications. High tech military weapons to discredit and to control critics is not discussed. Communication technology can give the appearance of access while shutting out ordinary citizens. Citizens can contribute public service without asking the White House, which like celebrities will use it for photo opportunities. Citizen input regarding quality of schools will NOT happen until teachers unions no longer exist. Unreliable Wikipedia entries are the standard for information? Ahem! Tech savvy wealthy professionals are politically naive to believe Honest Barack is not like the rest of the politicians. Honest Abe Lincoln was an ordinary man with acute political skills. Obama is a great speaker and a Harvard elitist. How much longer will his speaking ability hide his lack of decision-making ability and his lack of substance? What will Obama reveal about high tech military weapons used for surveillance, harassment, to discredit, to censor and to control citizen critics? During the campaign he excluded Fox News from his plane.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-06/how-obamas-new-tech-tsar-can-save-america/
How Obama's New Tech Tsar Can Save America
by Nicholas Ciarelli
Daily Beast
January 6, 2009
What else is new Liz?
What else is new Liz?
John H. Davis (Jackie "O's" cousin) published "Mafia Kingfish" in 1989 exposing the same facts and more. (Liz Smith, "JFK ASSASSINATION 'CONFESSION,'" New York Post, January 6, 2009) In the name of good the FBI misled all Americans including children of the Kennedys. What are they doing today to keep American voters uninformed so that they elect criminals? Robert and Jack Kennedy were sons of a bootlegger who used mob connections to get JFK elected. Robert Kennedy's "massive war against the Mafia" excluded crime families that supported JFK. It was an abuse of power and betrayal that got the Kennedys killed. The families that supported JFK's political operations killed those involved in the murder of JFK. The FBI ignored reports of plans to kill JFK saying the informants were mentally ill. So much for respect for persons with disabilities by the FBI. Ahem!
http://www.nypost.com/seven/01062009/gossip/liz/jfk_assassination_confession_147381.htm
JFK ASSASSINATION 'CONFESSION'
By Liz Smith
New York Post
Last updated: 1:36 pm
January 6, 2009
Posted: 2:27 am
January 6, 2009
and
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-05/the-mob-did-it-we-think/
The Mob Did It (We Think)
by Ronald Goldfarb
Daily Beast
Roy Bercaw - Editor ENOUGH ROOM
John H. Davis (Jackie "O's" cousin) published "Mafia Kingfish" in 1989 exposing the same facts and more. (Liz Smith, "JFK ASSASSINATION 'CONFESSION,'" New York Post, January 6, 2009) In the name of good the FBI misled all Americans including children of the Kennedys. What are they doing today to keep American voters uninformed so that they elect criminals? Robert and Jack Kennedy were sons of a bootlegger who used mob connections to get JFK elected. Robert Kennedy's "massive war against the Mafia" excluded crime families that supported JFK. It was an abuse of power and betrayal that got the Kennedys killed. The families that supported JFK's political operations killed those involved in the murder of JFK. The FBI ignored reports of plans to kill JFK saying the informants were mentally ill. So much for respect for persons with disabilities by the FBI. Ahem!
http://www.nypost.com/seven/01062009/gossip/liz/jfk_assassination_confession_147381.htm
JFK ASSASSINATION 'CONFESSION'
By Liz Smith
New York Post
Last updated: 1:36 pm
January 6, 2009
Posted: 2:27 am
January 6, 2009
and
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-05/the-mob-did-it-we-think/
The Mob Did It (We Think)
by Ronald Goldfarb
Daily Beast
Roy Bercaw - Editor ENOUGH ROOM
CNN Posts, Retracts Vile Story About Gov. Palin
CNN Posts, Retracts Vile Story About Gov. Palin
Limousine liberals publish vile stories about conservative politicians and accuse conservatives of being haters. Dimwitted citizens make these tactics extremely effective. The homosexual lobby intimidates supporters of CA's Proposition 8. Responsible journalists should replace the sloppy propagandists.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2009/01/06/cnn-scrubs-palin-newsbusters-covered-criminal-politicians-story
CNN Scrubs Palin from NewsBusters Covered Criminal Politicians Story
By Warner Todd Huston
Newsbusters.com
January 6, 2009 - 02:23 ET
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2009/01/04/cnn-places-sarah-palin-2008s-criminals-sex-addicts-corrupt
CNN Places Sarah Palin With 2008's Criminals, Sex Addicts, and the Corrupt
By Warner Todd Huston
Newsbusters.com
January 4, 2009 - 07:06 ET
Limousine liberals publish vile stories about conservative politicians and accuse conservatives of being haters. Dimwitted citizens make these tactics extremely effective. The homosexual lobby intimidates supporters of CA's Proposition 8. Responsible journalists should replace the sloppy propagandists.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2009/01/06/cnn-scrubs-palin-newsbusters-covered-criminal-politicians-story
CNN Scrubs Palin from NewsBusters Covered Criminal Politicians Story
By Warner Todd Huston
Newsbusters.com
January 6, 2009 - 02:23 ET
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2009/01/04/cnn-places-sarah-palin-2008s-criminals-sex-addicts-corrupt
CNN Places Sarah Palin With 2008's Criminals, Sex Addicts, and the Corrupt
By Warner Todd Huston
Newsbusters.com
January 4, 2009 - 07:06 ET
January 5, 2009
Workin' For Da Man
Workin' For Da Man
US Attorney rewarded Martorano with $20,000 when released from prison. He served about 7 months for each murder. If organized crime families run the government all of this makes sense. Dimwit voters laugh when journalists ridicule Gov. Sarah Palin. She is a reformer with spine. Journalists are as venal as the politicians. It is all over. Honest Obama, the Chicago pol with a Harvard degree won. Get ready for more of the same.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1139772
Crime shouldn’t pay
By Fred Wilkie, Dracut, MA
Letter
Boston Herald
Thursday, December 18, 2008
US Attorney rewarded Martorano with $20,000 when released from prison. He served about 7 months for each murder. If organized crime families run the government all of this makes sense. Dimwit voters laugh when journalists ridicule Gov. Sarah Palin. She is a reformer with spine. Journalists are as venal as the politicians. It is all over. Honest Obama, the Chicago pol with a Harvard degree won. Get ready for more of the same.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/letters/view.bg?articleid=1139772
Crime shouldn’t pay
By Fred Wilkie, Dracut, MA
Letter
Boston Herald
Thursday, December 18, 2008
John Connolly the new It Man!
John Connolly the new It Man!
John Connolly still does not get it. At this point it does not matter if he is guilty or not. He is the scapegoat. Boston FBI agents use their influence to ensure that Connolly goes down for their corruption. Dimwitted voters can accept one corrupt FBI agent. They are incapable of recognizing that the entire bureau is run by organized crime. Today FBI agents demand favors from citizens to investigate crimes by gambling rings and drug rings. Give it up John, you are it.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1143145
John Connolly protest leak in ’82 Miami slay
By Associated Press
Boston Herald
Monday, January 5, 2009 -
John Connolly still does not get it. At this point it does not matter if he is guilty or not. He is the scapegoat. Boston FBI agents use their influence to ensure that Connolly goes down for their corruption. Dimwitted voters can accept one corrupt FBI agent. They are incapable of recognizing that the entire bureau is run by organized crime. Today FBI agents demand favors from citizens to investigate crimes by gambling rings and drug rings. Give it up John, you are it.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1143145
John Connolly protest leak in ’82 Miami slay
By Associated Press
Boston Herald
Monday, January 5, 2009 -
Watchdogs Have Become Lapdogs
Watchdogs Have Become Lapdogs
Mary Boyle, spokeswoman for the watchdog group Common Cause, said public service needs to remain competitive to maintain talent. “Many of these people could be making much more in the private sector.” Here's evidence that "watchdog groups" are now lapdogs for politicians. Journalists give these venal people a forum for self promotion at the expense of ordinary citizens. $4,700 is about six months of income for persons with disabilities. Typically pols serve themselves and wealthy Harvard elitists in Massachusetts. Visitors can easily see how dimwitted voters are.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view.bg?articleid=1142990
Passing the bucks: Congress gets hefty raise while economy suffers
By Hillary Chabot
Boston Herald
Sunday, January 4, 2009 -
Mary Boyle, spokeswoman for the watchdog group Common Cause, said public service needs to remain competitive to maintain talent. “Many of these people could be making much more in the private sector.” Here's evidence that "watchdog groups" are now lapdogs for politicians. Journalists give these venal people a forum for self promotion at the expense of ordinary citizens. $4,700 is about six months of income for persons with disabilities. Typically pols serve themselves and wealthy Harvard elitists in Massachusetts. Visitors can easily see how dimwitted voters are.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view.bg?articleid=1142990
Passing the bucks: Congress gets hefty raise while economy suffers
By Hillary Chabot
Boston Herald
Sunday, January 4, 2009 -
January 4, 2009
Honest Obama Misses Again
Honest Obama Misses Again
So that he can hit the ground running (from investigators?) Obama brings institutionalized corruption from Chicago into the White House before taking the oath of office. He is now connected to three scandals of malfeasance. Obama the honest pol (I’m different from all the rest) from Chicago with great speaking ability, demonstrates he can fool enough of the voters long enough to get elected. Will he ever provide evidence that he is a natural born citizen? Will his speaking ability provide enough cover for his lack of decision-making ability, his lack of policy-making ability and his lack of substance?
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D95GHJPO0&show_article=1
Richardson withdraws bid to be commerce secretary
Jan 4 04:15 PM US/Eastern
By NEDRA PICKLER
Associated Press Writer
So that he can hit the ground running (from investigators?) Obama brings institutionalized corruption from Chicago into the White House before taking the oath of office. He is now connected to three scandals of malfeasance. Obama the honest pol (I’m different from all the rest) from Chicago with great speaking ability, demonstrates he can fool enough of the voters long enough to get elected. Will he ever provide evidence that he is a natural born citizen? Will his speaking ability provide enough cover for his lack of decision-making ability, his lack of policy-making ability and his lack of substance?
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D95GHJPO0&show_article=1
Richardson withdraws bid to be commerce secretary
Jan 4 04:15 PM US/Eastern
By NEDRA PICKLER
Associated Press Writer
Obama Stalls; Is he Present?
Obama Stalls; Is he Present?
Obama is a great speaker, but has little experience making policy or decisions. When he was state senator in Illinois he voted present 134 times in four years. He is playing ostrich due to his inability to articulate a rational policy in this long-standing dispute. How long will his speaking ability hide his lack of depth and substance?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/04/obama-gaza-israel
Obama is losing a battle he doesn't know he's in
The president-elect's silence on the Gaza crisis is undermining his reputation in the Middle East
Simon Tisdall
guardian.co.uk,
Sunday 4 January 2009 15.55 GMT
Obama is a great speaker, but has little experience making policy or decisions. When he was state senator in Illinois he voted present 134 times in four years. He is playing ostrich due to his inability to articulate a rational policy in this long-standing dispute. How long will his speaking ability hide his lack of depth and substance?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/04/obama-gaza-israel
Obama is losing a battle he doesn't know he's in
The president-elect's silence on the Gaza crisis is undermining his reputation in the Middle East
Simon Tisdall
guardian.co.uk,
Sunday 4 January 2009 15.55 GMT
January 3, 2009
Misguided Media Priorities
Misguided Media Priorities
This story exhibits the distorted priorities of mainstream media. Were any of these people assaulted? Did any of them suffer broken bones or loss of blood? No. This is and was a perceived insult –- perhaps some emotional harm, or embarrassment.
Nonetheless this incident got national attention. Meanwhile murders of young people, irreparable abuses to elders and irreparable abuses to persons with disabilities remain ignored by professional journalists who are as venal as the politicians.
Roy Bercaw, Editor ENOUGH ROOM
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D95F94G00&show_article=1
AirTran apologizes for removing Muslim passengers
AP
Jan 2 06:12 PM US/Eastern
This story exhibits the distorted priorities of mainstream media. Were any of these people assaulted? Did any of them suffer broken bones or loss of blood? No. This is and was a perceived insult –- perhaps some emotional harm, or embarrassment.
Nonetheless this incident got national attention. Meanwhile murders of young people, irreparable abuses to elders and irreparable abuses to persons with disabilities remain ignored by professional journalists who are as venal as the politicians.
Roy Bercaw, Editor ENOUGH ROOM
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D95F94G00&show_article=1
AirTran apologizes for removing Muslim passengers
AP
Jan 2 06:12 PM US/Eastern
January 1, 2009
Honest Magic Barack. The Chicago Pol
Honest Magic Barack. The Chicago Pol
[On January 4, 2009 Gov. Bill Richardson withdrew his name from nomination for Commerce Secretary. He is currently under investigation for questionable campaign contributions. Obama is now connected to three scandals before taking the oath of office.]
Saying that the entire Republican Party is racist because of a comedy song about race, is like saying that Obama is a black racist and anti semitic because he belonged to a church led by Rev. Jeremiah Wright. The word racism needs to be defined for each use. Everyone has a different meaning. Criticizing black people, ridiculing black politicians does not make another a racist. Why was it acceptable to call Bush a Nazi and equate him to Hitler? The most vile hatred was uttered by liberal Democrats toward a sitting president. Obama is caught up in two scandals (Blagojevich & Hsu) before taking the oath of office. Racism will be a minor concern for this Chicago politician.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-12-29/the-magic-negro-debacle/1/
The 'Magic Negro' Debacle
By John Avlon
Daily Beast
December 29, 2008
[On January 4, 2009 Gov. Bill Richardson withdrew his name from nomination for Commerce Secretary. He is currently under investigation for questionable campaign contributions. Obama is now connected to three scandals before taking the oath of office.]
Saying that the entire Republican Party is racist because of a comedy song about race, is like saying that Obama is a black racist and anti semitic because he belonged to a church led by Rev. Jeremiah Wright. The word racism needs to be defined for each use. Everyone has a different meaning. Criticizing black people, ridiculing black politicians does not make another a racist. Why was it acceptable to call Bush a Nazi and equate him to Hitler? The most vile hatred was uttered by liberal Democrats toward a sitting president. Obama is caught up in two scandals (Blagojevich & Hsu) before taking the oath of office. Racism will be a minor concern for this Chicago politician.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-12-29/the-magic-negro-debacle/1/
The 'Magic Negro' Debacle
By John Avlon
Daily Beast
December 29, 2008
Poor Little Rich Girl
Poor Little Rich Girl
Alexandra Penney lost her savings after investing with Bernie Madoff. She laments that she will have to ride the subway. Many readers have criticized her lack of awareness for her privileged situation. Is she a CEO of a automobile company, or a investment firm?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-12-17/the-bag-lady-papers/
The Bag Lady Papers
By Alexandra Penney
Daily Beast Blog
December 17, 2008
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-12-22/the-bag-lady-papers-contd/
The Bag Lady Papers Cont'd
By Alexandra Penney
Daily Beast
December 22, 2008
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-06/the-bag-ladys-papers-part-iii/
The Bag Lady's Papers, Part III
Daily Beast
by Alexandra Penney
* * * * *
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-03-04/penney-ruth-madoff/
The Bag Lady Returns
The Daily Beast
by Alexandra Penney
March 4, 2009
Alexandra Penney lost her savings after investing with Bernie Madoff. She laments that she will have to ride the subway. Many readers have criticized her lack of awareness for her privileged situation. Is she a CEO of a automobile company, or a investment firm?
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-12-17/the-bag-lady-papers/
The Bag Lady Papers
By Alexandra Penney
Daily Beast Blog
December 17, 2008
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-12-22/the-bag-lady-papers-contd/
The Bag Lady Papers Cont'd
By Alexandra Penney
Daily Beast
December 22, 2008
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-06/the-bag-ladys-papers-part-iii/
The Bag Lady's Papers, Part III
Daily Beast
by Alexandra Penney
* * * * *
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-03-04/penney-ruth-madoff/
The Bag Lady Returns
The Daily Beast
by Alexandra Penney
March 4, 2009
City Manager, Development and Triple A Bonds
City Manager, Development and Triple A Bonds
The writer says, 'its time for the mayor and the City Council [. . .] to ensure J. F Whites accountability.' What the City Council thinks is immaterial and irrelevant. The City Manger alone has the statutory authority to make contracts. The City Manager is responsible for the doubling of the costs of city construction projects. The City Manager boasts of the 'successful' projects he oversees. (See Howie Carr and 'Don't Kill the Job.') These abuses will continue as long as clueless citizens focus on the impotent City Councilors who play 'Love Me More,' each week on TV. Ask the Manager about the Triple A Bond rating. Did he reveal that the NY State AG investigates the three rating agencies for fraud; that all three rating agencies gave Triple A ratings to worthless Credit Default Options that led to the financial collapse of the nation?
http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x1737133982/Letter-Walden-St-Bridge-contractor-should-be-scrutinized
Letter: Walden St. Bridge contractor should be scrutinized
STEVEN DEMAIO
Somerville
Cambridge Chronicle
Mon Dec 29, 2008, 06:45 AM EST
The writer says, 'its time for the mayor and the City Council [. . .] to ensure J. F Whites accountability.' What the City Council thinks is immaterial and irrelevant. The City Manger alone has the statutory authority to make contracts. The City Manager is responsible for the doubling of the costs of city construction projects. The City Manager boasts of the 'successful' projects he oversees. (See Howie Carr and 'Don't Kill the Job.') These abuses will continue as long as clueless citizens focus on the impotent City Councilors who play 'Love Me More,' each week on TV. Ask the Manager about the Triple A Bond rating. Did he reveal that the NY State AG investigates the three rating agencies for fraud; that all three rating agencies gave Triple A ratings to worthless Credit Default Options that led to the financial collapse of the nation?
http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x1737133982/Letter-Walden-St-Bridge-contractor-should-be-scrutinized
Letter: Walden St. Bridge contractor should be scrutinized
STEVEN DEMAIO
Somerville
Cambridge Chronicle
Mon Dec 29, 2008, 06:45 AM EST
Best Wishes?
Best Wishes?
Gratefully Richard Griffin omitted tolerance for diversity of ideas from his wish list. Wouldn't want to go like totally negative, you know what I'm talking about Paul Tillich? Blessed is he who continues to bash Bush with only three weeks left in his term. How many more years will Bush and Romney get the blame for the incompetent and corrupt state and US legislatures? [From Thomas Sowell] 'People who are impressed by how many of Barack Obama's advisers have Ivy League degrees seem not to remember how many people with Ivy League degrees mismanaged the Vietnam War and how many people with Ivy League degrees mismanaged economic policy during the depression.' Gov. Palin scares limousine liberals more than Reagan did. She is a reformer, the most hated politician among corrupt liberals. 'Ronald Reagan had a vision of America. Barack Obama has a vision of Barack Obama.' Happy New Year!
http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x1369589205/Griffin-Wishes-for-2009
Griffin: Wishes for 2009
By Richard Griffin/Growing Older
Cambridge Chronicle
Sun Dec 28, 2008, 03:42 PM EST
Gratefully Richard Griffin omitted tolerance for diversity of ideas from his wish list. Wouldn't want to go like totally negative, you know what I'm talking about Paul Tillich? Blessed is he who continues to bash Bush with only three weeks left in his term. How many more years will Bush and Romney get the blame for the incompetent and corrupt state and US legislatures? [From Thomas Sowell] 'People who are impressed by how many of Barack Obama's advisers have Ivy League degrees seem not to remember how many people with Ivy League degrees mismanaged the Vietnam War and how many people with Ivy League degrees mismanaged economic policy during the depression.' Gov. Palin scares limousine liberals more than Reagan did. She is a reformer, the most hated politician among corrupt liberals. 'Ronald Reagan had a vision of America. Barack Obama has a vision of Barack Obama.' Happy New Year!
http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x1369589205/Griffin-Wishes-for-2009
Griffin: Wishes for 2009
By Richard Griffin/Growing Older
Cambridge Chronicle
Sun Dec 28, 2008, 03:42 PM EST
Man Who Attacked Airline Steward Not Arrested
Man Who Attacked Airline Steward Not Arrested
The investigation should determine if any psychiatrist forced this man to take psychiatric drugs, which may be the cause of his alleged violent actions.
http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/36909299.html
Airplane Brawl Investigation Continues
Flight attendant attacked by passenger
Posted: 8:38 PM Dec 30, 2008
Last Updated: 8:06 PM Dec 31, 2008
By Mike McKnight
Email Address: sixonline@wowt.com
The investigation should determine if any psychiatrist forced this man to take psychiatric drugs, which may be the cause of his alleged violent actions.
http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/36909299.html
Airplane Brawl Investigation Continues
Flight attendant attacked by passenger
Posted: 8:38 PM Dec 30, 2008
Last Updated: 8:06 PM Dec 31, 2008
By Mike McKnight
Email Address: sixonline@wowt.com
Self-Serving Psychiatrists
Self-Serving Psychiatrists
This report is laughable. It shows how arrogant, deceptive and parochial psychiatrists are. Some of them are saying, "If this is true why don't I know about it?" It is like the group who only believes what is written in the New York Times is true and believes nothing that does not appear there. Compare these reports to the complaints by residents of the Fernald School in Waltham, MA. They called the US Dept of Energy which was conducting illegal human experiments. The Energy Dept. employees called the residents "the crazies." See Michael D'Antonio's "Atomic Guinea Pigs," NYTimes Magazine, August 31, 1997, and his book, "State Boy's Rebellion." See also Fred Verba who escaped from Auschwitz to reveal what the Nazi doctors were doing to the Jews. When he got to Hungary, the Jewish leaders did not believe him. They would have heard about that like the psychiatrists today. One definition of paranoia is seeing things that others do not see. That does not mean that they are not there. Only that others cannot see them, or pretend not to see them. The concern of mental health professionals is that something may be happening that they did not classify as a mental illness. They need to act quickly so that they can bill insurance companies for this newly made up illness. Today Galileo, St. Bruno and Copernicus would be declared mentally ill for their views that the earth was not the center of the universe. What psychiatrist would believe them? Saying that "experts" see a similarity with claims of alien abductions shows how irrational the experts and the journalists are. What is the connection? That the experts do not believe them? It is one more effort to discredit the victims of criminal abuse. MA has a state law which makes possession of such electrical weapons a felony. See MA General Laws Chapter 140, Section 131 J.
http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/140-131j.htm
The New York Times quotes the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, a drug company lobbyist. NAMI promotes more funding for more drug treatment. Use of electrical devices for treatment is reported being tested on persons accused of mental illness. See Dr. Keith Ablow, "Stimulating Happiness," New York Post, October 28, 2008, page
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10282008/entertainment/health/stimulating_happiness_135589.htm
Acoustic weapons and electromagnetic weapons are examples of experimental less lethal anti personnel weapons being developed for military use. The US government has a long history of unlawful non consensual testing on human subjects. Spies, organized crime families and psychologists have used such weapons for harassment and for control for at least 40 years in this country. See Jose Delgado's experiments in the 1960s.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/fashion/13psych.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin
Sharing Their Demons on the Web
Paul Smith for The New York Times
CRITICAL THOUGHT Vaughn Bell, a British psychologist, first began
tracking sites with reports of mind control in 2004.
By SARAH KERSHAW
Published: November 12, 2008
This report is laughable. It shows how arrogant, deceptive and parochial psychiatrists are. Some of them are saying, "If this is true why don't I know about it?" It is like the group who only believes what is written in the New York Times is true and believes nothing that does not appear there. Compare these reports to the complaints by residents of the Fernald School in Waltham, MA. They called the US Dept of Energy which was conducting illegal human experiments. The Energy Dept. employees called the residents "the crazies." See Michael D'Antonio's "Atomic Guinea Pigs," NYTimes Magazine, August 31, 1997, and his book, "State Boy's Rebellion." See also Fred Verba who escaped from Auschwitz to reveal what the Nazi doctors were doing to the Jews. When he got to Hungary, the Jewish leaders did not believe him. They would have heard about that like the psychiatrists today. One definition of paranoia is seeing things that others do not see. That does not mean that they are not there. Only that others cannot see them, or pretend not to see them. The concern of mental health professionals is that something may be happening that they did not classify as a mental illness. They need to act quickly so that they can bill insurance companies for this newly made up illness. Today Galileo, St. Bruno and Copernicus would be declared mentally ill for their views that the earth was not the center of the universe. What psychiatrist would believe them? Saying that "experts" see a similarity with claims of alien abductions shows how irrational the experts and the journalists are. What is the connection? That the experts do not believe them? It is one more effort to discredit the victims of criminal abuse. MA has a state law which makes possession of such electrical weapons a felony. See MA General Laws Chapter 140, Section 131 J.
http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/mgl/140-131j.htm
The New York Times quotes the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, a drug company lobbyist. NAMI promotes more funding for more drug treatment. Use of electrical devices for treatment is reported being tested on persons accused of mental illness. See Dr. Keith Ablow, "Stimulating Happiness," New York Post, October 28, 2008, page
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10282008/entertainment/health/stimulating_happiness_135589.htm
Acoustic weapons and electromagnetic weapons are examples of experimental less lethal anti personnel weapons being developed for military use. The US government has a long history of unlawful non consensual testing on human subjects. Spies, organized crime families and psychologists have used such weapons for harassment and for control for at least 40 years in this country. See Jose Delgado's experiments in the 1960s.
* * *
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/fashion/13psych.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin
Sharing Their Demons on the Web
Paul Smith for The New York Times
CRITICAL THOUGHT Vaughn Bell, a British psychologist, first began
tracking sites with reports of mind control in 2004.
By SARAH KERSHAW
Published: November 12, 2008
Alex Jones Laments Use of Electrical Weapons
Alex Jones Laments Use of Electrical Weapons
Massachusetts has a Firearms statute which makes it a felony to possess or to sell electrical weapons. Mass General Laws Chapter 140 Section 131 J.
http://www.mass.gov/legis.laws/mgl/140-131j.htm
In 2001 I wrote a bill to enhance the penalties. My bill did not pass, but subsequently the legislature did enhance the penalties. Local police are not trained to enforce that law. They demand evidence of use, which is not in the statute. Police and FBI informants, and members of organized crime use these weapons for harassment and provocation. Just ignore the clueless or complicit who attribute mental illness. The laws on discrimination state that it does not matter if a person is mentally ill or not. If they are denied access to government services it is a violation of law. Saying that a crime victim is mentally ill shows that the accuser believes it is OK to ignore persons with disabilities and to abuse such persons. They are sociopaths, and that includes the psychiatrists, the politicians, the judges and the police.
"The government publicly claims that these 'directed energy
weapons,' or 'D.E.W.', are still in the experimental stage, or
that working equipment is large and bulky."
These are two of many deliberate lies promulgated by US Agencies. If these weapons are experimental then the US Government is conducting an unlawful human experiment as they've done dozens of times over 80 years. Often these experiments are conducted by university oversight with no approval from the statutory Institutional Review Boards. This violates US Law, Title 45 CFR 46, called the common rule, which applies to 17 US agencies that conduct human experiments. As such it jeopardizes US research grants. Harvard University gets $500 million each year. Over ten years that is $5 billion. But the US Office of Human Research Protection at the NIH, refuses to investigate and demands evidence, and the names of the principal researchers.
One portable unit is the size of a VCR, that uses rechargeable batteries. Others are as small as a Mini DV Camcorder, that includes through-the-wall heat sensing for targeting the individual.
Roy Bercaw, Editor ENOUGH ROOM
Domestic Torture via Radiation Weaponry: America’s Horrific Shame
Vic Livingston
NowPublic
December 30, 2008
www.fbi.gov/publications/leb/2008/april08leb.pdf
FOR MORE ON DOMESTIC TERRORISM IN AMERICA:
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/american-gestapo-state-
supported-terrorism-targets-u-s-citizens
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/targeting-u-s-citizens-govt-
agencies-root-cause-wall-street-financial-crisis
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Massachusetts has a Firearms statute which makes it a felony to possess or to sell electrical weapons. Mass General Laws Chapter 140 Section 131 J.
http://www.mass.gov/legis.laws/mgl/140-131j.htm
In 2001 I wrote a bill to enhance the penalties. My bill did not pass, but subsequently the legislature did enhance the penalties. Local police are not trained to enforce that law. They demand evidence of use, which is not in the statute. Police and FBI informants, and members of organized crime use these weapons for harassment and provocation. Just ignore the clueless or complicit who attribute mental illness. The laws on discrimination state that it does not matter if a person is mentally ill or not. If they are denied access to government services it is a violation of law. Saying that a crime victim is mentally ill shows that the accuser believes it is OK to ignore persons with disabilities and to abuse such persons. They are sociopaths, and that includes the psychiatrists, the politicians, the judges and the police.
"The government publicly claims that these 'directed energy
weapons,' or 'D.E.W.', are still in the experimental stage, or
that working equipment is large and bulky."
These are two of many deliberate lies promulgated by US Agencies. If these weapons are experimental then the US Government is conducting an unlawful human experiment as they've done dozens of times over 80 years. Often these experiments are conducted by university oversight with no approval from the statutory Institutional Review Boards. This violates US Law, Title 45 CFR 46, called the common rule, which applies to 17 US agencies that conduct human experiments. As such it jeopardizes US research grants. Harvard University gets $500 million each year. Over ten years that is $5 billion. But the US Office of Human Research Protection at the NIH, refuses to investigate and demands evidence, and the names of the principal researchers.
One portable unit is the size of a VCR, that uses rechargeable batteries. Others are as small as a Mini DV Camcorder, that includes through-the-wall heat sensing for targeting the individual.
Roy Bercaw, Editor ENOUGH ROOM
Domestic Torture via Radiation Weaponry: America’s Horrific Shame
Vic Livingston
NowPublic
December 30, 2008
www.fbi.gov/publications/leb/2008/april08leb.pdf
FOR MORE ON DOMESTIC TERRORISM IN AMERICA:
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/american-gestapo-state-
supported-terrorism-targets-u-s-citizens
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/targeting-u-s-citizens-govt-
agencies-root-cause-wall-street-financial-crisis
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Article printed from Infowars: http://www.infowars.com
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