Quotes On Universal Or Dietary Nonviolence (tags)
The thoughts of many crystallized into words on nonviolent food and lifestyle
The war on Iraq won’t be remembered for how it was waged so much as for how it was sold. It was a propaganda war, a war of perception management, where loaded phrases, such as “weapons of mass destruction” and “rogue state” were hurled like precision weapons at the target audience: us.
Olbermann's Sacking Shifts US Media Further Right (tags)
corrupted corporate media
Aspartame Press Conference, Hawaii State Capital, May 1, 2008 (tags)
For all press and professionals in Honolulua, Bill Deagle, M.D. has come 6000 miles from Nova Scotia to discuss the aspartame issue at the Hawaii State Capital.
California Democratic Convention identifies problems, not solutions (tags)
The California State Democratic Party Convention held in San Jose was not about party platforms, but more of a media event and a giant sales meeting to market the party to its own delegates. Its objective was not solutions, but winning the White House.
William Kristol, Neocon: Never Having to Say You’re Sorry! (tags)
Tommy Tomorrow, the cartoonist, said that William Kristol’s career as a warmonger had “failed upward!” On Aug. 11, 2008, activist Russell Mokhiber picketed the NYT’s office and demanded that Kristol, who was recently named to its Op Ed Page, meet with severely wounded Iraq War veteran, Tomas Young. Young is featured in Phil Donahue’s film, “Body of War.” Being a repulsive Neocon, like Kristol, means you never have to say you’re sorry.
An Interview with Michael Burns (tags)
Albert Marceau interviews Michael Burns, director of the new documentary Preventive Warriors, on the foreign policy of the Bush Administration.
New book on PR industry ties to Bush regime (tags)
New book by Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber exposes the role that PR companies play in manufacturing consent for US wars. Go out and buy a copy today to help put this title on the bestseller lists.
Mitchell Crooks is a hero! (tags)
To respond:
"The media is kind of weird these days on politics," former Vice President Al Gore is quoted as saying in the June 30, 2003 issue of Time Magazine. "There are some major institutional voices that are, truthfully speaking, part and parcel of the Republican Party." "Fox News Network, The Washington Times, Rush Limbaugh -- there's a bunch of them," Gore continued, "and some of them are financed by wealthy ultra-conservative billionaires who make political deals with Republican administrations and the rest of the media."
Trading on fear From the start, the invasion of Iraq was seen in the US as a marketing project. Selling 'Brand America' abroad was an abject failure; but at home, it worked. Manufacturers of 4x4s, oil prospectors, the nuclear power industry, politicians keen to roll back civil liberties - all seized the moment to capitalise on the war. PR analysts Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber explain how it worked.
The New Domestic Order: What Has Changed, Why It Changed, and How It Matters (tags)
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PHIL DONAHUE SHOW WATCH IT @ 8:00 MSNBC (tags)
IT IS REQUIRED VIEWING. THE PHIL DONAHUE SHOW ON MSNBC @ 8PM
Nader Press Conference An Assembly of Legends (tags)
Before the Friday super rally, Nader was joined at his press conference by Phil Donahue, Medea Benjamin, Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate and Sara Amir, Green Party candidate for state assembly, as well as rock legend Patti Smith, political cartoonist Tom Tomorrow, and Jello Biafra, First Amendment crusader, spoken word artist and former bandleader of the Dead Kennedies.
Nader Rally in LongBeach Nov. 3rd ;8PM (tags)
Ralph Nader with Special Guests: Phil Donahue, Patti Smith, Michele Shocked Tom Tomorrow, Jackson Browne, and more