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Cenk Interviews Amy Goodman - Part 2

2008-06-19T18:40:12Z

They Hate Your Guts

2008-07-26T16:45:11Z

Down in the swampy streets of Washington,
Along the river in the noonday sun they meet,
And they don't even feel the heat.

They're bought and paid for like a high class whore
Completely rotten to the very core, it's true,
That they don't never think of you.

They look into your bedroom drawer,
They look into your mail,
They listen to your telephone calls,
And then they put you into jail,
They pour the water down your throat,
They beat you til you squeal,
And they be telling all your friends,
That none of it is real,

I gotta say they really hate your guts,
They really laughin' in your face and you just smile,
You watchin TV all the while,

Why can't you see they really hate your guts,
You just a slave inside a pretty colored cell,
I thought you'd recognize the smell.

Down in the swampy streets of Washington,
They do their planning for the businesses they run,
And you don't own a single one,

You're bought and paid for like a rich man's dog,
Maybe you're happy like a well fed hog, okay,
But all your freedom's yesterday.

They hate your guts, you know they hate your guts.

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THE BIG BROTHER STATE - STOP IT NOW!!!

2008-07-09T20:11:39Z

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Fox And Private Equity: Perfect Bedmates

2008-07-09T20:31:34Z

Via Nicole Belle Via Greatscat!, we learn the following:

From Reuters yesterday afternoon:
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp [..] will sell eight U.S. television stations to private equity firm Oak Hill Partners for about $1.1 billion.
I couldn't help but wonder who was buying up tv stations in an election year, so a quick check of Oak Hill Partners :
Oak Hill Capital Partners traces its roots to Robert M. Bass, one of the four brothers who founded Bass Brothers Enterprises in Fort Worth, Texas.
From Texas, eh? A little more checking as a Texas based company raised my eyebrows right away:
Robert Muse Bass is a Texas billionaire worth approximately $5.46 billion as of 2006.
Bass was born into an extremely wealthy family with an uncle, Sid Richardson, worth $810 million. He and his three brothers Lee, Ed, and Sid Bass all attended Yale University, where they solidified their moneyed and political connections. Ed Bass was a classmate and personal friend of George W. Bush, and the brothers, especially Lee Bass, helped Bush financially both before and throughout his political career.

Ta da, I give you another way in which ultra-rich, private equity profit-gorgers-cum-beneficiaries-of-Bush-tax-policy buy up media organizations from other Bush friends so they can promote Republicans in 2008 (thankfully no Bushes...yet). But Rudy has bought into the oil pipeline down there, and got could he use some good coverage! So let's see what happens....

In any case, if matters like these don't wake us from our collective slumber to fight the consolidation of our media in the hands of a few ultra-wealthy elites, I don't know what will (ps watch the video to learn more about what is at stake)...

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HOPE FOR THE BEST

2008-06-13T15:34:18Z

"A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very easy to govern. It demands no social reforms. It does not haggle over expenditures for armaments and military equipment. It pays without discussion, it ruins itself, and that is an excellent thing for the syndicates of financiers and manufacturers for whom patriotic terrors are an abundant source of gain" - Anatole France

A democratic civilization will save itself only if it makes the language of the image into a stimulus for critical reflection — not an invitation for hypnosis." - Umberto Eco

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Headzup: Stop Big Media

2008-07-09T20:41:27Z

President Bush comments on FCC chairman Kevin Martin's plans to loosen ownership rules and allow Big Media to get even bigger.

Do Something! Go to link
and sign the petition!

Download daily Catch and Release Comedy™ political cartoons to your mobile phone or iPod at www.headzup.tv

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Tell Congress: Stop Big Media And Especially Murdoch

2008-07-09T20:36:55Z

Great video by Free Press. Media concentration may be good for Murdoch, but it is bad for democracy. In this video you'll see such leftists as Trent Lott understand that.

Of course, the best part is the side by side photos of Bush appointee Kevin Martin and Alex P. Keaton. A spot on match!

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The Internet is the world of substance

2008-06-17T03:33:03Z

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