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Brief fox news rant 3/23 - March 23rd, 2009

I’m taking care of a sick relative whose mother blares fox news on the TV all day, every day. As a result I have the privilege of listening to Hannity, O’Reilly and Beck every day now. There’s no escaping it; I hear the angry heads news network when I’m trying to work, trying to sleep, trying to read. Some days I can take it, other days I just want to scream back at the TV.

Tonight’s “headline” was “Is Obama in over his head?” Does he know what he’s doing? Isn’t he too inexperienced to handle this job?

Their first guest to answer the question was Newt Gingrich.

How is this a fucking news story? It’s a hit job no different than the attack ads during the campaign. Bush couldn’t even speak english, and yet it was not headline news anywhere that he was in over his head.

I *hate* how they continue to call their network fair and balanced, as if to mock us. They’ve used plenty of unfair editing tactics and just plain shouting to silence progressive guests, but it seems like they’re not even trying anymore. Your first expert on this non-news story is former speaker of the house and leader of the republican party? How many times do you have Pelosi on? Or other democratic house leaders? Hoyer? Gephardt?

You can expect these rants to continue as I continue to have to endure this loud bullshit.
Posted in fox news, politics, torture by jordan314 | 1 Comment »
Is our Children Learning? Students now less likely to graduate HS than parents - October 23rd, 2008

Wow, this is depressing. In yet another step towards Idiocracy, students are now *less likely* to graduate high school than their parents, according to a national study. What happened to the America I knew where a large percentage of my classmates were the first in their family to go to college? Where America was a leader of science and entrepreneurship? According to Anna Habash from the article, “The U.S. is stagnating while other industrialized countries are surpassing us … The United States is now the only industrialized country where young people are less likely than their parents to earn a diploma.” That is sad.

I do think Obama has the right idea of making education a priority again, and I hope he makes good on his word and I hope enough dems are elected to enable him to change policy and I hope he gets elected. Things are looking good, but I’ve been disappointed and have felt swindled by polls before…Remember when Zogby called the election for Kerry? Remember when Kerry said no incumbant president with less than 50% approval rating has been elected before? Yeah, I’m still going to be donating more to the Obama campaign. I’d rather this be a landslide.
Posted in education, elections, politics, society by jordan314 | No Comments »
McCain dumbfounded by his own base - October 12th, 2008

In another step towards Idiocracy, McCain was twice dumbfounded last week by the appalling ignorance of his base. These two clips from a Lakeville Minnesota rally show McCain getting booed for calling Obama a ‘decent man’, and then taking away the mic of an audience member calling Obama an Arab.

I have to say, I’ll be heartbroken if McCain wins this election, but he gets a lot of credit for playing this game fair, and by putting his base in their place even while being booed. I’m somewhat troubled by his correction of ‘Arab’ with ‘decent’ (did you mean, ‘Christian’?), but I think he was just too flabbergasted by the ignorant attacks of his audience members.

I’m heartened by McCain’s integrity in this election but depressed by how ignorant this country is.

On a side note, Obama also thanked McCain for his remarks.
Posted in elections, politics, racism, society by jordan314 | No Comments »
Kucinich presents Bush impeachment articles - June 9th, 2008

Kucinich Presents Buch Impeachment Articles

Kucinich just presented thirty-five impeachment articles for President Bush, ranging from the false case for war against Iraq to secret and illegal wiretapping. Unfortunately a successful impeachment of Bush leaves a scary thought - Cheney in office for any amount of time, however brief. However, Kucinich attempted to impeach Cheney in 2007. Both acts were more or less symbolic and have little possibility of moving forward, but it is nice to hear these truths stated on record and I admire Kucinich’s bravery for voicing them formally. Listen to the video clip of his introduction - he speaks with the conviction of a prosecutor in court, and to hear truth spoken that bravely is music to my ears. Although this is not on the Drudge Report, CNN or Fox News, it is on the front page of The New York Times via Reuters and on the front page of google news and digg.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Kucinich _presents_Bush_impeachment_ articles_0609.html
Someone win already - May 21st, 2008

I can’t tell you how sick I am of reading this phrase after every primary:
“Neither candidate is expected to reach the 2,026 delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination. That means the race is likely to be settled by “superdelegates” — party leaders and officials who will cast votes at the Democratic convention in August.”

It’s like they are copying and pasting as if to say “no new news here”.
Posted in elections, politics by jordan314 | 1 Comment »

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