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Thursday, September 4, 2003 |
The Wounds of War
--- Since the war began, more than 6,000 military personnel have been flown back to the United States. The number includes the 1,124 wounded in action, 301 who received non-hostile injuries in vehicle accidents and other mishaps, and thousands who became physically or mentally ill. ---
The Wounds of War. This entry is very difficult to post. It's about our soldiers. There are many, many more casualties in this unjustified war than we have been led to believe. In this first link, there is a photograph of a Marine Captain... [Blog Graham]
5:27:48 PM 
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Candidates Debate at University of New Mexico
Late Afternoon News Roundup. It's never pretty when your car breaks down during your first week, but a bad alternator cannot stop the News Roundup, it can only hope to delay it. Here goes:
The Albuquerque Journal raises the curtain on tonight's debate, while the Associated Press talks to New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson about Dean's standing in his state: Interviewed in his Santa Fe office, Richardson said Dean is the candidate doing the best among New Mexico's Hispanic activists. He said the progress became evident a few weeks ago as Dean's stock rose nationally. In addition to attending a Santa Fe Meetup yesterday, Governor Dean also met with members of the Texas Senate in town as part of their resistance to the Republican power grab back home.
And the candidate's brother, Jim Dean, attended his Norwich, Connecticut Meetup. Check out the full article to learn what other insurgent presidential campaign Jim Dean worked on in the past. [Blog for America]
2:08:48 PM
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A Failure of 'Rumsfeldian' Proportions
William Kristol is getting critical? He's one of the 15 or 20 Neo-Conservatives who influenced American Policy and got us into this mess. Kristol is a writer and commentator who works for News Corp., which is the parent of Fox News.
Mediaburn often points out that News Corp., having a large influence on American media and politics, is actually an Australian company based in Sydney.
Dissent Within the Ranks. You know the Bush administration is riding off the rails (at least in terms of Iraq) when William Kristol starts... [Untelevised]
11:43:06 AM
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Against Media De-Regulation & Concentration
Judges Stay New FCC Media Rules. The Wall Street Journal
by Yochi J. Dreazen
04 Sep 03
The Federal Appeals-Court Order Blocks Ownership Regulations From Taking Effect
 n a move with sweeping political and business repercussions, a federal appeals court issued an order preventing new federal media-ownership regulations from taking effect. [see Petition for Review and Stay Motion and Order Granting Stay (.pdf) in Prometheus Radio Project v. FCC. 3rd Circuit, No. 03-3388, 03 Sep 03]
The surprise decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit came just one day before the new Federal Communications Commission rules, which make it easier for companies to snap up more media outlets, were set to become law. The judges issued their decision hours after a heated hearing here featuring lawyers for the Prometheus Radio Project, an advocacy group that was the first to challenge the new regulations in court...
The stay issued by the court will have an immediate impact on the FCC, which will be unable to implement the new regulations until the legal questions surrounding them are resolved. The FCC said in a statement that it will 'continue to vigorously defend them and looks forward to a decision by the court on the merits.'
But the decision's biggest aftershocks are likely to be felt in the political arena, where an unusually broad coalition of lawmakers from both parties has joined forces to block the new rules.
In July, the House surprised many observers by overwhelmingly approving a spending provision barring the FCC from putting the new rules into place. The Senate Appropriations Committee, which is led by Sen. Ted Stevens (R., Alaska), a vocal critic of the FCC action, will take up a similar provision Thursday. The measure is expected to pass the panel and the full Senate easily, setting up a showdown with the White House, which is threatening a veto.
Wednesday's court decision is likely to strengthen the legislative efforts to stop the new rules because critics of the FCC can point to it as evidence that the regulations are flawed and potentially illegal. The stay also gives opponents more time to marshal support among wavering lawmakers. [KWSnet Radio Weblog]
11:10:00 AM
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On Rock Journalist Lester Bangs
--- "He seemed like a frustrated songwriter," notes Robby Krieger of the Doors, not an uncommon complaint about critics. Rereading Bangs' piece on the Doors' swelling popularity a decade after Jim Morrison's death, Krieger chuckles, since another two decades later he's touring Doors repertoire with keyboardist Ray Manzarek. Reflecting on the line, "[It's] going to set rock 'n' roll standards for a long time to come," Krieger sighs: "How prophetic." ---
The big Bangs. A former Creem magazine colleague of Lester Bangs remembers -- and members of the Doors, the MC5, Blondie and the Mekons respond to -- the late, great rock critic's bracing vitriol. [Salon.com]
2:11:04 AM
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Luminous Intensity
Inspiring. Thanks to Ralf Z.
 The Awakening Conscience. William Holman Hunt (1827-1910). I don't know why, but I find his paintings fascinating. A nice gallery is here; have a look at the 'London Bridge' painting. Amazing. [The Cartoonist]
1:49:39 AM
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More On T. DeLay
The exterminator. Tom DeLay -- a former pest killer who has turned his ire on Democrats -- has helped build a huge Republican money juggernaut. But did his engineering of a Texas GOP landslide break the law? [Salon.com]
1:23:30 AM
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