Bill Bradley Describes VRWC in NY Times Piece Today- March 30, 2005 Sounding like a Seeing the Forest regular, in A Party Inverted, former Senator Bill Bradley today describes how the Right has built a network of organizations that have become the foundation for the Republican Party, and how this structure supports their candidates outside of the election cycle. This is a must-read!To further the party's ideological and political goals, Republicans in the 1970'shttp://seetheforest.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111221938546391265 Blog Change Coming Friday- March 30, 2005 On Friday Seeing the Forest is going to switch over to its new site. That site will be at Seeingtheforest.com. The blog you are reading now is located at seetheforest.blogspot.com, and I currently have a "redirect" set up for Seeingtheforest.com that sends everyone here. On Friday we leave Blogger and blogspot (and all the problems) behind for good. I will change the "name servers" forhttp://seetheforest.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111220917826757722 How the Liberal Media Myth is Created- March 30, 2005 Everyone should read eriposte's series at The Left Coaster, How the Liberal Media Myth is Created. I insist. The series covers how this myth is created using: Part 1, "tone" of media coverage Part 2, "catch-phrases" like 'right-wing extremist' v. 'left-wing extremist' Part 3, "newspaper headlines" Part 4, "topics" covered Part 5, "think-tank" citations Part 6, surveys of journalist ideology orhttp://seetheforest.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111220085442045959 Interest Rates- March 30, 2005 For a one-year CD I can get 3.16%. But that is lower than the current inflation rate AND gas is up to $2.35 a gallon and rising fast around here, housing prices up 20% last year. WTF The government is telling us that it is wrong, just wrong, to try to save money.http://seetheforest.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111214791496298321 Finally Leaving Blogger- March 29, 2005 I been bloggered so long it looks like up to me. I'm finally going to leave Blogger. Oh my God they give bad service!!!!!! I signed up a Moveable Type account at LivingDot, and will start the process of getting to know the new software and setting up a blog template. I'll switch over soon. Not sure how to handle the last two-and-a-half years of archives... but I'll figure it out. If youhttp://seetheforest.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111211222194397918 Insulting Bloggers- March 28, 2005 The National Press Club Welcomes ... Jeff Gannon You've heard of Jeff Gannon. He's the right-wing male prostitute that the White House was using as a shill to deflect critical press questions. Well, now the National Press club is including him on a panel (1st paragraph only) as a --- BLOGGER!!! And, of course, they aren't putting any actual bloggers on the panel.Yes, the same day that thehttp://seetheforest.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111205330262214399 Housing BubbleCrash- March 28, 2005 Putting Stock in Property,"This is more exciting than a mutual fund," Boome said. "It feels safer too. You buy a piece of dirt, you feel you'll always have a piece of dirt." . . . They're cashing in retirement funds, selling stock and taking out second mortgages. They're pouring the money into real estate, often in distant states, often without seeing the property. "Markets are ruled byhttp://seetheforest.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111203427290065271 Moderates, Academics, and Democrats- March 28, 2005 Recently on Kos and MYDD there's been a discussion of the left blogosphere which traces back to an old post by Kevin Drum. The gist of the discussion is here: If you remove Atrios, the left blogosphere is neatly divided into two mutually-linking spheres: the moderateintellectual (academicky) types - Drum, DeLong, Yglesias, TPM, Tapped, Crooked Timber - and the left activist types - Kos, MyDD,http://seetheforest.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111198407786435193 Nuclear- March 27, 2005 I wonder if global warming and world oil demand mean it's time to re-think nuclear energy. In my opinion the consequences of getting our energy from fossil fuels are greater than the risks from nuclear energy.http://seetheforest.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111193890430301726 Government DID Help Saudis Leave After 911!- March 27, 2005 New Details on F.B.I. Aid for Saudis After 911The episode has been retold so many times in the last three and a half years that it has become the stuff of political legend: in the frenzied days after Sept. 11, 2001, when some flights were still grounded, dozens of well-connected Saudis, including relatives of Osama bin Laden, managed to leave the United States on specially chartered flights.http://seetheforest.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111193690791001953 |