:: NEWS COCKTAIL aka BlahBlahBlog ::
"Everything is being compressed into tiny tablets. You take a little pill of news every day - 23 minutes - and that's supposed to be enough." -Walter Cronkite, RE TV news. The Web has changed that for many, however, and here is an extra dose for your daily news cocktail. This prescription tends to include surveillance and now war-related links, along with the occasional pop culture junk and whatever else seizes my attention as I scan online news sites.:: 7.29.2004 ::
:: "Moore Takes Beantown" ::
From AlterNet.org
Michael Moore's July 27 speech (with an introduction by AlterNet's Executive Editor, Don Hazen).
I don't know what it is with right-wingers and Republicans. They seem to have hijacked over the years the word "patriotism", the American flag, these things. And it's an odd thing. I have been thinking about this lately. Because the true patriots are those who believe the important thing is to ask questions, you know. To dissent when necessary. And I know a lot of people have seen my film and the obvious bad guy in the movie is George W. Bush. But there's the unstated villain in the film. And that's our national media.
Read Moore here.
ALSO, for those visiting Boston for the convention this week, here's a guide (in the form of a faq).
Sample:
Was there really a killer molasses flood?
Yes. On Jan. 21, 1919, 21 people died when a large molasses tank exploded in the North End. See The Wicked Good Guide to Bizarro Boston for more details.
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