tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post6396932013569765468..comments2023-11-03T03:17:27.053-05:00Comments on NPR Check: Q TipsMytwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-13843654074073084462009-08-28T15:44:05.146-05:002009-08-28T15:44:05.146-05:00Past efforts to overhaul the nation's health c...<i>Past efforts to overhaul the nation's health care system had different proponents, different opponents and different plans that were under consideration. But they have two things in common: They all ended in failure, and in every case, opponents used fear as a key weapon in their arsenal."</i> -- <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112315433" rel="nofollow">NPR</a><br /><br />...and propaganda, especially the "propaganda of omission".<br /><br />and NPR CEO Vivian Shiller and the rest at National Propaganda Radio have the latter pretty well covered.<br /><br />Like "torture", "single payer" is not even in their vocabulary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-67865712216418169802009-08-28T11:14:47.540-05:002009-08-28T11:14:47.540-05:00The AG will look into prosecuting those interrorga...The AG will look into prosecuting those interrorgators that went beyond what DoJ allowed when it came to waterboarding<br /><br />and of course, the whole DOj "recommendation" program was specifically set up to justify torture.<br /><br />by not prosecuting torture as mandated under the UN Convention Against Torture whihc the US has ratified, Obama is violating the law and could himself be held legally accountable some time in the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-3518595336909856612009-08-28T10:33:08.403-05:002009-08-28T10:33:08.403-05:00The poetics of NPR Disgust are a joy to see. Sing ...The poetics of NPR Disgust are a joy to see. Sing on, O minstrels!<br /><br />Who would ever think that some THING such as Naturally Puke-making Radio would serve as a muse? Well, warfare has brought out some inspired writing throughout the ages, I guess NPR deserves a footnote in that regard.Porter Melmothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473990960543501439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-33606298402922575642009-08-28T10:33:03.312-05:002009-08-28T10:33:03.312-05:00Am I hearing this right . . . The AG will look int...Am I hearing this right . . . The AG will look into prosecuting those interrorgators that went beyond what DoJ allowed when it came to waterboarding? So there is a legal way to commit a crime (torutre someone)? We only waterboarded within strict guidelines? Is that the deal?<br /><br />Is this country totally mentally ill or what?<br /><br />edkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-54075290662056871692009-08-28T08:51:27.988-05:002009-08-28T08:51:27.988-05:00The recently released 2004 CIA report detailed int...The recently released 2004 CIA report detailed interrogation techniques used against terror suspects. The debate continues about whether to call the methods "torture" or "enhanced techniques."<br /><br />The only ones "debating" the <i>fact</i> that waterboarding is torture are people like Alicia shepard and vivian Schiller.<br /><br />These people are completely unethical.<br /><br /><br />They are using public dollars to perpetuate the myth that there IS a debate about whether waterboarding is torture, the idea that its all somehow merely a matter of "opinion".<br /><br />This completely ignored the FACT that practices like waterboarding actually violate US and international laws.<br /><br />Shepard and Schiller have NO business working in any capacity whatsoever at "public radio".<br /><br />The fact that they are women makes this ALL the more disgusting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-39369175639967455322009-08-28T01:46:38.673-05:002009-08-28T01:46:38.673-05:00We Are Your Brains
A thing of beauty, that.
Thes...<i>We Are Your Brains</i><br /><br />A thing of beauty, that.<br /><br />These are your brains<br />Thinking for you those <br />Difficult thoughts you'd <br />Rather not bother about<br /><br />Guilt for giving to the killing<br />While the Glenzilla tugs at<br />Your conscience with pssst<br />Do something about it<br /><br />Hearing thought-out thoughts and<br />Opinions hatched like onions in<br />NPR's Pentagonal kitchens and<br />Served with perky-voiced ladles <br /><br />Wooden spoons held high <br />In the interrogation rooms<br />Above mom's vengeful glower<br />Above dad's ivory tower<br /><br />Mom is hell<br />Dad is war<br /><br />And you're gonna get it if<br />You don't listen up good<br />And give generously at the pledge<br />Break to be true to your central <br />Intelligence delivery sevice<br /><br />To your country, so right about being<br />Wrong when the occasion demandsgeoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300772545812600392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-42150831192373491922009-08-28T00:25:22.357-05:002009-08-28T00:25:22.357-05:00NPR
the elephant graveyard
the comforted bones of
...NPR<br />the elephant graveyard<br />the comforted bones of<br />neocons bleaching white<br />in radio vibes<br /><br />oh, no <br />pillow fights!<br />NPR<br />shows 'em how it's done<br />among the carcasses<br />happy meals for your ears<br /><br />fancy yourself a liberal?<br />by all means:<br />loosen the throat<br />and warble along<br />to NPR<br /><br />Next stop:<br />fast food speakers<br />in my car<br />I can order grease and fat<br />along with<br />The Greatest Corporate Show Of All Time!<br /><br />NPR! (chant it) NPR!<br />NPR! NPR!<br /><br />ah, snuggle/slumber/nod head wisely<br />We Are Your Brains<br />We Control Your Political Urges<br /><br />Go to sleep...<br />go to sleep...<br />npr...npr...np...r<br /><br />++++mjshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13233294798002466875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-82496466977559682812009-08-27T19:23:03.476-05:002009-08-27T19:23:03.476-05:00One thing about NPR: it always makes me uneasy (or...One thing about NPR: it always makes me uneasy (or indignant!) when NPR blabmeisters fancy themselves as intellectuals. Dr. Blob Siegel is of course the premier practitioner of this, but when the likes of Inskreep takes up the gauntlet, it is not laughable - it is appalling. Michael Steele is a joke and a fake, but when Steven starts to lay waste on his guest's intellect by lording innuendo over him, and then wrapping things up by saying that he 'enjoyed the time' (e.g. enjoyed making a fool out of this, this, naive simpleton, who doesn't even know what a 'nuance' is), well, then the appalling factor enters big time.<br /><br />To my ear, Steele wasn't literally asking what a nuance was, he was trying not to say 'What the f#*# do you mean 'NUANCE', Stevie?' And Steven, square, un-hip scared of da 'hood cracker that he is, took Michael's question SERIOUSLY, so as to strut his sophisticated ass all over his inferior guest's reputation. (Hell,Wonkette picked up the story, didn't they...?) Bad move, Steven - it shows your lack of perception, lack of subtlety, lack of NUANCE, you kluck!<br /><br />I have to admit, Michael recovered pretty well. Not that I agree with him, of course, but why did Inskreep turn up the flamethrower on him? (Because, Steven's medication hasn't leveled out yet...)Porter Melmothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473990960543501439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-9094974887983135892009-08-27T19:07:32.222-05:002009-08-27T19:07:32.222-05:00One thing about Michael Steele: to my mind, he is ...One thing about Michael Steele: to my mind, he is of course a bozo, but also a cheap trick, placed at the top of the RNC to out-Obama Obama, image-wise, but more importantly, to serve as a whipping boy, certain to be slaughtered, so as to buy the hardasses of the party enough time to reorganize. He is an exploited fool, to be pitied. I can't imagine any true blue Neocon as liking him or trusting him for a second.Porter Melmothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473990960543501439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-28587941550199498392009-08-27T18:59:49.582-05:002009-08-27T18:59:49.582-05:00I'd like to tear those Meeses to pieces!I'd like to tear those Meeses to pieces!Porter Melmothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473990960543501439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-3801752700766621742009-08-27T16:58:55.821-05:002009-08-27T16:58:55.821-05:00Oh, btw, meant to ask: which would the average Mur...Oh, btw, meant to ask: which would the average Murkin prefer do you think? Something "low-key" and "low-budget" or something "drastic"?geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300772545812600392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-65918152078753389582009-08-27T16:57:21.501-05:002009-08-27T16:57:21.501-05:00Watching DN just now I was startled to see Walter ...Watching DN just now I was startled to see Walter Cronkite calling on...Daniel Schnore to characterize the health plans of Nixon vs. those of Kennedy. http://www.democracynow.org/ at about 19 minutes.<br /><br />Schorr (reading from a prepared script) shows how easily bought he is. He read, <br /><br /><i>President Nixon says this will be health year, the year to tackle what he's called the massive crisis of spiraling health costs and over strained medical resources. Today the president pitted a low-key, low-budget plan to expand private insurance coverage against the more drastic proposals in Congress paced (?!) by the labor-support Kennedy plan for cradle to grave federal insurance for all Americans.</i><br><br />Then Nixon read something Steele-like in its utter nonsense and then Kennedy speaks extemporaneously, obviously using logic and gray matter. <br><br />All these years Schorr has played off his part in exposing the Watergate scandal when he's just a shill for the shits.geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300772545812600392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-29168605533464092492009-08-27T16:07:35.232-05:002009-08-27T16:07:35.232-05:00Port - You prompted me to look for that. Found th...Port - You prompted me to look for that. Found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvFLXFCJvJA<br /><br />OMG, the whole transcript is here: http://www.loc.gov/law/find/court-withdrawn.php#bork<br /><br />After Bork was rejected, Douglas Ginsburg was nominated and had to withdraw because he favored legalization? <i>The death knell for Ginsburg's nomination sounded when he admitted that he had smoked marijuana "on a few occasions" while he was a student and during his early days on the faculty at Harvard.</i> What a silly bunch those Murkins are. Then we got Kennedy...Anthony Kennedy, no relation to the greats.geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300772545812600392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-76452631330651509022009-08-27T14:46:08.642-05:002009-08-27T14:46:08.642-05:00Amen Woody.
Well done, Ted.
Saw a video of Ted fa...Amen Woody.<br />Well done, Ted.<br /><br />Saw a video of Ted facing down The Bork, who was grinding his teeth with rage.Porter Melmothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473990960543501439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-90289091184951408052009-08-27T14:33:48.390-05:002009-08-27T14:33:48.390-05:00My comment on the NRO trashing site:
Ted Kennedy...My comment on the NRO trashing site: <br /><br />Ted Kennedy's most important legacy is assured, despite the dishonorable carping from the usual, talentless hacks at NRO, by his part in (almost single-handedly) preventing the Borking of America. For that alone, he deserves to be enshrined in the ranks of the nation's greatest patriots.Woody (Tokin Librul/Rogue Scholar/ Helluvafella!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09205896988142798901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-18473374279553727052009-08-27T13:09:19.030-05:002009-08-27T13:09:19.030-05:00NPR Summary for the segment:
The recently release...NPR Summary for the segment:<br /><br />The recently released 2004 CIA report detailed interrogation techniques used against terror suspects. The debate continues about whether to call the methods "torture" or "enhanced techniques." Former vice president Dick Cheney says the report proves the methods saved lives.Steve Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04530927840984407118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-19250436088700607992009-08-27T13:06:52.160-05:002009-08-27T13:06:52.160-05:00On TOTN now:
Did Harsh CIA Interrogations Work?
...On TOTN now:<br /><br /><b>Did Harsh CIA Interrogations Work?</b><br /><br />I shit you not.<br /><br />http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112294911Steve Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04530927840984407118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-38350516950055701502009-08-27T12:34:33.353-05:002009-08-27T12:34:33.353-05:00Careful Anon, people might think you're a &quo...Careful Anon, people might think you're a "disaffected liberal"!<br /><br />I think of myslef more as a "dis-infected" liberal.<br /><br />ie, one who has had all trace of the urge to vote for Obama again purged from his system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-68967221293620671262009-08-27T12:30:53.666-05:002009-08-27T12:30:53.666-05:00Inskreep's a mere weather vane"
The othe...Inskreep's a mere weather vane"<br /><br />The other kind applies to Inskreep as well: <br /><br />"You're so vain, I bet you think this world spins around you..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-1893273864506952362009-08-27T12:28:05.877-05:002009-08-27T12:28:05.877-05:00Gack - the NPR web-site is now featuring "Par...Gack - the NPR web-site is now featuring "Partner content from NRO"! For example, see this <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112282922" rel="nofollow">witless slandering obituary of Senator Kennedy</a>.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807725197461706733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-13563132301653421352009-08-27T11:22:19.745-05:002009-08-27T11:22:19.745-05:00Interviewing RNC Chair Steele, Today, Insqueak Sho...<a href="http://walled-in-pond.blogspot.com/2009/08/interviewing-rnc-chair-steele-today.html" rel="nofollow">Interviewing RNC Chair Steele, Today, Insqueak Showed Faint Traces of Vestigial Reportorial "Stones"</a><br /><br />to the astonishment of the entire world...Woody (Tokin Librul/Rogue Scholar/ Helluvafella!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09205896988142798901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-43786782507377999932009-08-27T10:59:09.691-05:002009-08-27T10:59:09.691-05:00Inskreep's a mere weather vane, who will rotat...Inskreep's a mere weather vane, who will rotate in any direction he's told to follow. Today, it was to play Sheriff Gillespe to Virgil Tibbs (e.g. Rod Steiger/Sidney Poitier - 'In The Heat of the Night'), except Inskreep ain't no Steiger and Michael certainly ain't no MISTER Tibbs.<br /><br />And over at Wonkette, I'm surprised at all the loyal NPR listeners, still taken in by the squeaky 'Kreep. Hell, I'm almost sympathetic to Michael here... (Not really, but just had to throw a dart at both of 'em. I used to yak over at Wonkette until they were no longer a Gawker entity, and all the avatars were trashed. Wonkette is still a delight, though.)Porter Melmothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473990960543501439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-41858715136960698462009-08-27T09:57:09.504-05:002009-08-27T09:57:09.504-05:00Looks like Inskeep can get querulous with some Rep...Looks like Inskeep can get querulous with some Republicans. What do you all make of this?<br /><br />http://wonkette.com/410750/steve-inskeep-explains-nuance-to-michael-steelegeoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300772545812600392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-82017351799759529382009-08-27T09:46:25.734-05:002009-08-27T09:46:25.734-05:00MY GAWD!
It looks like Insqueak might have a tiny...MY GAWD!<br /><br />It looks like Insqueak might have a tiny, little pair of 'stones, hidden there under the fluff and prostate-laving.<br /><br />He actually made Michael Steele a <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/08/27/steele-health-npr/" rel="nofollow">little nervous today.</a><br /><br />Coulda knocked me over widda feather...<br /><br />Squeaky was a bit nervous, too; but Steele being black, it gave him the courage, I reckon...Woody (Tokin Librul/Rogue Scholar/ Helluvafella!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09205896988142798901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-74942119737778749942009-08-27T05:19:21.864-05:002009-08-27T05:19:21.864-05:00Careful Anon, people might think you're a &quo...Careful Anon, people might think you're <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112251285" rel="nofollow">a "disaffected liberal"</a>!Mytwordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.com