tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:14:56 +0000The view from 108th and Broadway.http://morningsideways.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (flotron9)Blogger304125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622.post-1059811771372984595Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:27:00 +00002009-02-04T09:30:12.451-08:00http://morningsideways.blogspot.com/2009/02/stimulus-and-somnolence.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (flotron9)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622.post-7085293452312869712Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:45:00 +00002009-01-29T07:49:08.448-08:00Think about it.Why would anyone think that "common ground," on any consistent basis, can be found with people like this, or that it would be beneficial to eliminate real differences in order to accommodate their views?Republicans have made about as clear as possible that even though they'll pay lip service to "bipartisanship," they don't actually want thatRepublicans aren't interested in "http://morningsideways.blogspot.com/2009/01/on-gop-january-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (flotron9)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622.post-2257086561827038019Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:28:00 +00002009-01-21T10:33:25.433-08:00 http://morningsideways.blogspot.com/2009/01/debt-as-money-by-paul-grignon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (flotron9)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622.post-7357085663360225850Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:07:00 +00002008-12-13T19:07:01.329-08:00Is this REALLY commercial tv news?http://morningsideways.blogspot.com/2008/12/gop-to-uaw.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (flotron9)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622.post-1447694277841475218Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:05:00 +00002008-08-30T15:05:51.502-07:00Here's a story we haven't seen on the commercial outlets.http://morningsideways.blogspot.com/2008/08/katrina-myth-truth-about-thoroughly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (flotron9)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622.post-2529226074439443095Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:44:00 +00002008-08-30T07:44:37.822-07:00We need 50 million Democrats like this one.http://morningsideways.blogspot.com/2008/08/kucinich-citizens-must-demand-congress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (flotron9)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622.post-7342456183647614493Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:44:00 +00002008-07-10T07:44:07.818-07:00http://morningsideways.blogspot.com/2008/07/noam-chomsky-mass-media-and-control_10.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (flotron9)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622.post-7398173849933511346Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:36:00 +00002008-07-10T07:36:02.212-07:00This is where he explains how advertising killed the working class news publicationshttp://morningsideways.blogspot.com/2008/07/noam-chomsky-mass-media-and-control.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (flotron9)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622.post-7354078699053148990Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:52:00 +00002008-07-02T08:57:21.500-07:00This is mandatory summer reading.Because something had to be done.So we marched. We staged sit-ins and teach-ins. We burned draft cards and blockaded induction centers. We declared 'summers of love'. We stuck daisies into rifle barrels aimed at us. And some reacted, as you said, 'by attacking the symbols, and in extreme cases, the very idea, of America itself'Because the 'very idea of America http://morningsideways.blogspot.com/2008/07/letter-to-obama.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (flotron9)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622.post-3694584756672468588Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:51:00 +00002008-06-25T12:51:39.037-07:00The segment of the Thursday, July 3rd episode will wind up focusing on the Big Media issue as led by Stop Big Media. We want to encourage as many viewers as we can to pick up the phone, call their Congressperson, and weigh in to say NO to the FCCs ruling expanding cross-ownership rights.read more | digg storyhttp://morningsideways.blogspot.com/2008/06/big-media-are-bad-for-democracy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (flotron9)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622.post-6488151232142358128Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:02:00 +00002008-06-25T09:02:05.015-07:00Yesterday evening, Sen. Chris Dodd gave a ripping speech on the Senate floor regarding FISA, the rule of law, and the disrespect for the institutions of government that supporters of telecom immunity have shown. It was the best speech anyone has given since this whole illegal domestic spying program was revealed.read more | digg storyhttp://morningsideways.blogspot.com/2008/06/now-that-was-speech.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (flotron9)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622.post-3487995258809657223Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:59:00 +00002008-06-20T13:59:22.034-07:00BAGHDAD, June 19 -- Iraq is preparing to award contracts to several Western energy companies to help develop its vast oil resources, allowing them to consolidate their positions in a country that has seemed less threatening in recent months as security has improved.read more | digg storyhttp://morningsideways.blogspot.com/2008/06/big-oil-firms-ready-to-sign-agreements.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (flotron9)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622.post-2356647020326440121Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:59:00 +00002008-06-20T08:00:19.308-07:00Everybody's caving to BushCo and the war machine. The Senate is set to bow to the House in their long battle over whose plan for the supplemental spending bill will reach the president's desk. The House on Thursday evening approved its latest version of the measure (HR 2642), which would provide $161.8 billion in war funding, an expanded veterans' education.read more | digg storyhttp://morningsideways.blogspot.com/2008/06/senate-set-to-clear-supplemental.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (flotron9)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622.post-7582723580285052980Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:07:00 +00002008-06-17T07:07:34.708-07:00WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House and congressional negotiators have reached a tentative agreement on an anti-terror spy bill that would permit court dismissal of potentially billions of dollars in lawsuits against phone companies, sources familiar with the talks said on Friday.read more | digg storyhttp://morningsideways.blogspot.com/2008/06/tentative-accord-on-spy-bill-immunity.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (flotron9)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622.post-8557593205994609593Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:57:00 +00002008-06-07T10:20:38.424-07:00Communication and access to technology are central to the success of all social change efforts.Amalia Anderson, Main Street Project, talks about going t]into local communities and giving the common people--immigrants and indigenous people--the skills to tell their stories digitally in lieu of the opportunities offered (or not) by mainstream media.Structure is the theme--structural change, not http://morningsideways.blogspot.com/2008/06/media-reform-and-social-change.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (flotron9)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622.post-2881489493821016616Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:34:00 +00002008-06-04T13:36:02.128-07:00LONDON, June 4 -- For much of the world, Sen. Barack Obama's victory in the Democratic primaries was a moment to admire the United States, at a time when the nation's image abroad is in tatters."Although no one will admit it, Israeli leaders are worried about Obama," said Eytan Gilboa, a political scientist at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. "The feeling is that this is the time to be tough in http://morningsideways.blogspot.com/2008/06/democratic-primary-boosts-us-image.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (flotron9)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622.post-5613343158649457972Fri, 30 May 2008 21:27:00 +00002008-05-30T14:27:35.589-07:00I suspect the GAO is dragging the Pentagon IG, kicking and screaming, to investigate the propaganda program the Pentagon launched in their media psyop to promote the Iraq invasion.read more | digg storyhttp://morningsideways.blogspot.com/2008/05/gao-pentagon-ig-investigate-pundits.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (flotron9)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622.post-1548276296231903366Sat, 24 May 2008 23:43:00 +00002008-05-24T16:43:22.890-07:00Lobbyist disclosure forms and campaign contribution records illuminate the sleazy process by which our key laws are written.read more | digg storyhttp://morningsideways.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-telecoms-are-attempting-to-buy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (flotron9)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622.post-1434054897092532995Sat, 24 May 2008 23:19:00 +00002008-05-24T16:19:19.334-07:00Unitary Executive theory is ahistorical and undemocratic.read more | digg storyhttp://morningsideways.blogspot.com/2008/05/bush-power-grab-since-911-democratic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (flotron9)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622.post-4126530997449929604Wed, 21 May 2008 16:03:00 +00002008-05-21T09:11:58.166-07:00http://morningsideways.blogspot.com/2008/05/center-for-media-and-democracy-sheldon_21.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (flotron9)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622.post-5356182905191600810Wed, 21 May 2008 15:37:00 +00002008-05-21T08:37:34.174-07:00Metropolitan PD officials said yesterday patrol officers will be issued assault rifles by the summer, after policies on their use are released this month. The Wash Times reported Wednesday that the department is arming the officers with the rifles as part of a national trend to protect them from criminals with increasingly powerful weapons.read more | digg storyhttp://morningsideways.blogspot.com/2008/05/cops-with-rifles-to-hit-streets-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (flotron9)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622.post-1094354056741378545Wed, 21 May 2008 15:20:00 +00002008-05-21T08:20:07.117-07:00Army Radio had quoted a top official in Jerusalem claiming that a senior member in the entourage of President Bush, who concluded a trip to Israel last week, had said in a closed meeting here that Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney were of the opinion that military action against Iran was called for. read more | digg storyhttp://morningsideways.blogspot.com/2008/05/white-house-denies-army-radio-report-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (flotron9)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622.post-7800443074982375474Tue, 20 May 2008 18:48:00 +00002008-05-20T11:48:27.634-07:00A sad epilogue to an Inbox from January.read more | digg storyhttp://morningsideways.blogspot.com/2008/05/tom-ricks-inbox-please-note-correct.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (flotron9)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622.post-2642990567841727201Fri, 16 May 2008 20:48:00 +00002008-05-16T13:48:06.504-07:00Scientists estimate that the extinction of more than 25% of all living species on earth in the last 35 years represents an acceleration by a factor of 10,000 of the normal rate in the history of the planet.read more | digg storyhttp://morningsideways.blogspot.com/2008/05/epidemic-of-extinctions-decimation-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (flotron9)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470823522067772622.post-7386121707822950634Thu, 15 May 2008 14:52:00 +00002008-05-15T07:52:40.496-07:00The battle over voting rights will expand this week as lawmakers in Missouri are expected to support a proposed constitutional amendment to enable election officials to require proof of citizenship from anyone registering to vote.read more | digg storyhttp://morningsideways.blogspot.com/2008/05/voter-id-battle-shifts-to-proof-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (flotron9)0