Interview with Douglas Rushkoff
Frontline's The Persuaders airs Tuesday on most PBS stations and will be online later this week. The first hour focuses on consumer advertising and the last half hour on political persuasion. Douglass Rushkoff who also did the Merchants of Cool...
Posted in Blogcritics on November 9, 2004 04:21 PM
The Myth of the Religious Right
Leftists are spinning President George Bush's re-election that the United States is about to be taken over by Christian fundamentalists. Not only is this claim bogus, but it is a facile excuse to cover-up the electoral shortcomings of the Democrats....
Posted in Blogcritics on November 9, 2004 03:12 PM
History
As U.S. and Iraqi forces push through Fallujah in the second day of a major offensive to retake the town from insurgents, there is legitimate and deep concern over the conduct of the war, and certainly the "winning the peace"...
Posted in Blogcritics on November 9, 2004 11:04 AM
ON THE ISSUES: Stem-Cells
ON THE ISSUES: Stem-Cells Since the passage of proposition 71 — which mandates $3 billion for stem-cell research in California — the outlook for progress and research continuing in this field looks highly positive. About stem cells (why we care)...
Posted in Blogcritics on November 9, 2004 09:52 AM
B.S. quotes T.J.
The Thomas Jefferson quote Barbra Streisand used for her November 8 statement regarding Bush's re-election first appeared on Democratic Underground by a poster claiming to be Elizabeth Edwards: "A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches...
Posted in Blogcritics on November 9, 2004 09:50 AM
More Post-Election Lunacy In San Fran
Muslim students at SFSU attack the College Republicans
Posted in Blogcritics on November 9, 2004 05:37 AM
FEEDING TIME AT GITMO
The big news at Guantanamo Bay is that a federal judge in Washington shut down the "military commissions," otherwise known as tribunals, being held on the U.S. base in Cuba. Proceedings were halted against a former driver for Osama Bin...
Posted in Straight Up on November 9, 2004 01:07 AM
Hopelessly Average
I am just like you - hopelessly average. Don't kid yourself either, you too are hopelessly average, in fact 99.9% of the world is hopelessly average.
Posted in Blogcritics on November 8, 2004 08:31 PM
Is that an echo I hear...?
The crushing disappointment felt by countless people after the US election has led many to question how left-leaning media pundits were so frequently and disastrously wrong in their predictions. Disillusionment with the mainstream media saw a massive rise in the...
Posted in Blogcritics on November 8, 2004 08:14 PM
I'm asking you to make a moral judgement
I really meant to leave you all alone, at least until the weekend. But I couldn't pass this up. Consider. Several months ago George Bush championed a constitutional amendment banning marriages where the partners were gay. A month and a...
Posted in Blogcritics on November 8, 2004 07:16 PM
Article comments
1 - Jason Koulouras
Eric, this compilation is a great resource site - thanks!
2 - Eric Olsen
thanks Jason! It's a good way to follow along in chronological order, and with it all in one place you can spot trends and relationships between stories and themes you might not have otherwise noticed
3 - Mike Kole
Eric- I'll second the note of thanks, with a special appreciation for a pic of Badnarik that is standard fare rather than one of him blowing his nose or the like. The Nader image is his own, so nobody could get too riled about it, but it looks like a Gary Numan album cover to me.
4 - Eric Olsen
we strive to be ecumenical!
5 - geekgirl2
Great set of info re the US election. The Australian elections are on soon too - I still think it's more a plague on both their houses type of thing in both countries!
6 - Eric Olsen
thanks gg2, I am certain Australians are doing a much better job of following our elections than we are of yours
7 - RJ
Eric:
I just added a link to this page onto my site, like you requested. EVERYONE SHOULD DO THIS!
8 - Eric Olsen
Thanks, and that would be great. Certainly everyone who has written posts linked from this master post would benefit greatly from as much traffic going to it as possible.
9 - Ernie Fitzpatrick
Who are we to believe on the conditions in Iraq? A man who is risking his life every minute of the day who lives there (Allawi) and is the Prime Minister, or a man running for president that would benefit by worsening conditions(JFK)?
10 - Eric Olsen
everyone has an angle, including Allawi, but that is not an unresonable question
11 - Helmut
Have any of you guys seen the new Bushisms DVD? I just bought it from www.bushism.net. It looks pretty funny. Al Franken and Brian Unger are it. Any comments?
12 - Eric Olsen
thanks Helmut, I'll add it to the Amazon list above
13 - RJ
I just linked to this page again in another post to my site. EVERYONE SHOULD DO THIS!
14 - Eric Olsen
thanks RJ, I agree
15 - Eric Olsen
and by everyone, we mean everyone who owns a computer
16 - andy marsh
it is most definately a good source, thanks for the compilation Eric!
17 - Claire
This is, in fact, a wonderful source for issues, personalities and the important things we need to consider at this time. It has been wonderfully put together and should serve as a model for the future.
Claire
18 - Eric Olsen
thanks Claire, much appreciated!
19 - Alicia Whitaker
You suck