Whiskey Bar: The Passion of Terri- March 27, 2005 Show me the way to the next Whiskey Bar Oh, dont ask why Oh, dont ask why Just go read.http://seetheforest.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111189591232929749 Financial Ruin- March 26, 2005 From this story about housing prices in the SF Bay Area, House buying: receding dream: "With Bay Area home prices rising steeply over the past two years, most buyers have opted for adjustable-rate mortgages -- often with the option of interest-only'' payments -- to ensure affordable monthly payments. In the first two months of 2005, 82 percent of people who bought homes in the nine Bay Areahttp://seetheforest.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111186459765940309 Republicans Set Up Phony Front Group to Testify at Hearing!- March 26, 2005 The story is at THE BRAD BLOG. Apparently the Republicans set up a phony front group to testify at a Congressional hearing on voting rights. But what really makes this story good is the pictures in the blog post. (Through Oliver Willis.)http://seetheforest.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111179589719534567 Advertising Money Subsidizing the Right, Moonies- March 25, 2005 I visited the Moonie Washngton Times to see this story, Conservative Web site, Heritage split. At the top of the page, at least when I visited, was a large banner ad that said, "Now Hiring," from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), with a Department of Homeland Security logo. Clicking the ad took me to this page. How much do you think the TSA paid the Moonies to put the adhttp://seetheforest.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111178308862755287 IMPORTANT NOTICE- March 25, 2005 Important Changes to Your Citizenship Agreement - Please read and retain for your records.:. . . SECTION 11 The Rule of Law section of the Agreement remains in effect, except that it no longer applies to Us. It may also, from time to time, cease to apply to Contributors above a certain level (see Schedule G, attached). SECTION 13 The Cruel and Unusual Punishment section of the Agreement ishttp://seetheforest.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111177393050962329 Cursor's Media Transparency- March 25, 2005 It's a good idea to check in regularly at Cursor's Media Transparency and see what they have going on. Also, scroll down. The articles stack.http://seetheforest.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111172934490512622 Right-Wingers, Read This- March 25, 2005 TalkLeft: Did Congress Really Want to Save Terri Schiavo's LifeMeanwhile, former Senate majority counsel Julian Epstein was on Larry King tonight. He said Congress didn't really want to save Terri Schiavo's life. He was faxed a draft of the legislation in advance and said he told Congress staffers that the law wouldn't work, but that there were options that could work. He said Congress couldhttp://seetheforest.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111172377029013450 Norman Spinrad: corporate publishing oligopoly dooming science fiction novel- March 24, 2005 Just read the latest "On Books" column for Issac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, written by Norman Spinrad (author of, among others, the classic SF novels "Bug Jack Barron" and "The Iron Dream"). In it, he details the sorry state of science fiction publishing (one look at the lousy design of the IASFM web site is worth a thousand words on the economic state of the industry... not to mentionhttp://seetheforest.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111166503246703314 Dear Progressive Bloggers- March 23, 2005 You're doing it again. You're not seeing what is really going on. You are missing the bigger picture. You are looking at trees and missing the forest. Do you really, after all this time and all these defeats, think the Right is stupid You mock the Republicans for blatantly acting politically, and ignore that they ARE ACTING POLITICALLY. In other words, they're acting in the way that willhttp://seetheforest.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111160600482510549 Contrasts- March 23, 2005 August, 2001, Bush receives a memo titled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.," leaves for vacation. March, 2005, Bush receives a Republican strategy memo saying "This is a great political issue, ... and this is a tough issue for Democrats," flies back from vacation for emergency Congressional session. Party over country.http://seetheforest.blogspot.com/2005_03_01_archive.html#111155311635622187 |