Archive for May 31st, 2006

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Well, folks. if you think news is packaged, celebrity and corporate puffery now, just wait!

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

FCC plans relaxation of media ownership rules, watchdogs say
John Byrne

Published: Wednesday May 31, 2006
Move to allow more consolidation could come as soon […]

Posted in News Media, Business, administration |

Where does the administration find its men? I had thought the mosquito-borne diseases had led to a draining of stagnant water.

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
Top Bush Aide admits to Altering Article
By E&P Staff
Published: May 31, 2006 2:55 PM ET updated Wednesday
New York- Karl Zinsmeister, the new chief domestic adviser to President Bush, while embedded as a reporter with the 82nd Airborne in Kuwait in 2003, declared that “many of the journalists observable in this war theater are […]

Posted in News Media, administration, Military, Iraq, Books |

Why do I believe this story? The clause, “because it sounds so right,” comes to mind. Almost forty years after having chuckled at RAMPARTS articles as having been humorous flights of fancy, I now believe them to be true and after having witnessed the daily un-American drivel and brazen deceit gushing from the White House, belief in the Capitol Hill Blue Rant is certainly not forsaking reality. Let our fearless leader’s own words settle the discussion. W: “There’s an old saying in Tennessee. I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee, that says: “Fool me once…” (embarrassing pause) “… shame on…” (an agonizing pause) “Shame on you…” (an incredibly forlorn pause) “If fooled, you can’t get fooled again.” Was the president was attempting to cover two famous WHO renditions—WON’T GET FOOLED AGAIN and MY GENERATION?

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

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From Capitol Hill Blue
The Rant
New CIA director Hayden plans massive expansion of spying on Americans
By DOUG THOMPSON
May 31, 2006, 08:19
Now that he is officially sworn in as the new head of the Central Intelligence Agency, Gen. Michael Hayden plans to build a vast domestic spying network that will pry into the lives of most […]

Posted in Bill of Rights, administration, Constitution, Bush, CIA, Music |

Sam comes in and does the job he was hired to do.

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006

NEW YORK TIMES

May 31, 2006
A Supreme Court Setback for Whistle-Blowers
By LINDA GREENHOUSE
WASHINGTON, May 30 — The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the Constitution does not protect public employees against retaliation by their supervisors for anything they say in the course of performing their assigned duties.
While the court’s focus in the 5-to-4 decision […]

Posted in Bill of Rights, Law, Constitution, California, Supreme Court |

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