The fortunes of the neocons rest precariously on the success of a single TV network.

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Monday August 21, 2006 · 6:21 PM PDT

2006/08/21 · 18:21

As Karl Rove and the Conservative Noise Machine become more exposed, we see more and more of the fraud that has been perpetrated in the name of neocon supremacy.

IMO, this is their primary weakness: the credibility of the propaganda on which their power depends, is only as strong as the credibility of the source of the propaganda. In this case, FOX News is the primary purveyor of misinformation.
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What can we learn from the neocons?

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Saturday August 19, 2006 · 7:19 PM PDT

2006/08/19 · 19:19

...or "What would Sun Tzu do?" Sun Tsu's The Art of War graces the library of many progressive homes these days. Read More

Memories of Baghdad Bob

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Friday August 18, 2006 · 1:25 PM PDT

2006/08/18 · 13:25

It seems like it was another era. The US had just invaded Iraq and I was ringside by CNN watching the coverage. The US was the good guys and the terrorists were just about to drop a nuke somewhere in Heartland, USA.

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Pennsylvania voters sue SOS over inappropriate e-voting machine certifications

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Tuesday August 15, 2006 · 5:39 PM PDT

2006/08/15 · 17:39

What a relief!

After months of agonizing inaction, Pennsylvania voters made a bold step in reclaiming the integrity of their elections, today. A diverse group of Pennsylvanians from across the state are taking legal recourse against an intransigent bureaucracy, which refuses to acknowledge what is obvious to all computer scientists...

these computerized voting machines stink.

Because of their two worst features: unverifiability and lack of security, computer voting fraud represents the single biggest threat to our democracy.

Verifiable voting is all that stands between us, and a Decidership. Read More

RFK, Jr. files federal lawsuit against Diebold

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Tuesday July 18, 2006 · 8:02 AM PDT

2006/07/18 · 08:02

Another notable news story sniffed and whiffed by the mainstream media. Doesn't fit the storyline...

It seems that RFK, Jr. has filed a federal lawsuit against Diebold and other vendors of computerized voting machines. I am not an attorney, but I understand that based on on its qui tam status, the damage awards in this case could be huge.

See: http://www.bradblog.com/...

Bev Harris writes a nice summary on

http://www.bbvforums.org/...

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Lieberman, Israel and American Jews

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Monday July 17, 2006 · 8:05 AM PDT

2006/07/17 · 08:05

I begin this post with a disclaimer. I am a Jew who doesn't hate myself or other Jews for being Jewish. In my heart, I support Israel's right to exist based on a spiritual connection that reaches back through the generations... as well as Jews' need for protection, the evidence based on centuries of brutal intolerance, culminating in the Holocaust. Read More

A tip of the Cowboy Hat

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Wednesday July 05, 2006 · 9:12 PM PDT

2006/07/05 · 21:12

In a grudging sort of way, I give credit to George Walker Bush for playing "the game" as well as he has. He always seems sober and cheerful whenever he is on camera. He carries himself with POISE and CONFIDENCE, as some of our MSM lapdogs might say on air.

WHY IS THIS MAN SMILING? Perhaps he knows something we don't?

Amidst a complete collapse of public confidence, the president and his tight circle of advisors act as if they don't have a care in the world.

For that performance, I give Yankee George and his posse a tip of the Stetson!

What is the glue that holds Republicans together?

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Tuesday July 04, 2006 · 3:42 PM PDT

2006/07/04 · 15:42

If we are to fight the brainwashing of the American public, we have to understand how their brains (or hands) are being washed.

There seems to be a great deal of money keeping the Republican troops in tight formation, but there must be other factors which keep the wagons circling.

How does Karl Rove do it?

Here are some of my thoughts:

Using fear of all sorts of unkown bogeymen (from liberals to gays to Mexicans to Muslims etc.)

Feeding the ego of cultural identity and suppressing that which is humane. Republicans would argue that they are true Americans, whereas others (poor, disenfranchised, speak with an accent, look different) are not. This reasoning is based on their own narrow cultural standards and not based on the Constitution.

Katrina? Tough luck.

What are your thoughts?

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The Soon-to-be-Irrelevant Television Media

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Sunday May 21, 2006 · 8:39 PM PDT

2006/05/21 · 20:39

This post was written in response to clammyc's comments about Brian Ross of ABC News and his horror in discovering that he was the subject of illegal wiretapping. Read More

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