skippy the bush kangaroo

Thursday, June 30, 2005

tthe infotainment special

the quote of the day comes from the immensely quotable (if not always esthetically soothing) frank aappa, who said
government is the entertainment division of the military-industrial complex.
(thanks to libertyquotes.com) and now for the day's divertissement ...

bob somerby at the daily howler asks one of the few reasonable questions left to ask: "when will liberals express a key point - that we live in a world run by hoaxers"?

john dominic crossan, scholar of the historical jesus, discusses the central role the concept of justice played in historical judaism and the birth of christianity in this audio npr interview. he's one of many religious voices that don't get much airtime these days ... I'm sure the new management over there at cpb will see that he's not invited back.

howard dean (hey, didn't I get in trouble once for mentioning him?) rocks the house in this hardball interview. one of many good points he made was that

when the secretary of defense goes over there, he gets his humvee flown in, and the guys over there don‘t have adequate protection on the bottom of their humvees. This is not the way to run a war, and it‘s not the way to treat our soldiers.
attaboy, howard.

and as scoop nisker used to say, "if you don't like the news, make some of your own."

posted by RJ Eskow at 9:52 AM |

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