childhood reality
Child-proofing reality TV
Many shows give kids a distorted idea about life.
[ed. note: adults too...]
Tho' quite frankly, I think the news gives kids a distorted idea about life also. Not that the following isn't a fine public service, but, c'mon. The freakin' Homeland Security team doesn't know what to do in the event of a terrorist attack. Let's get our kids all hopped up on adrenalin thinking that the warheads are going to be raining down any day. Hey everyone! Duck and Cover! Plastic sheeting and duct tape could be this decade's answer to the safety of the underneath of a wooden school desk...
Kids' role in securing USA
Coming soon to a school or TV near you: efforts to teach fourth- to eighth-grade kids the ABCs of emergency preparedness in the event of a terrorist attack. Complete with a mascot - an American shepherd dog - and instructions to bug parents to develop a family emergency plan. Just as they may have been doing to get you to quit smoking or recycle the garbage.
More appalling news...
Bush Jokes About Tax Dodgers
Why does W. think it's funny millionaires escape the tax man?
While the following is appalling, it's not just the republicans. The dems put dissenters into a cattle pen also... (Jim Hightower is my hero, by the way. He's snarky, knows his shit and has better East Texas aphorisms than Dan Rather.)
Bush Zones Go National
Jim Hightower In the undeclared war against dissent, disagreement has become a crime.
NYC Fire, Police Unions May Strike at RNC
This one goes out to the clever people who run the Bush campaign. Yeah, go get 'em tigers! Let's put the campaign in the place where Bush first got to look presidential! But, oops! Have we forgotten our real heros? Apparently we have, and they're going to exercise their rights all over the convention...
A good interview:
Salman Rushdie on Terrorism, Intellectual freedom and the Patriot Act
Salman Rushdie, one of the most highly acclaimed writers in the world, discusses the Bush administration, civil liberties and war in a rare appearance in New York. Rushdie was forced into hiding and lived underground for many years after Iran issued a fatwa calling for his death following the publication of his controversial novel The Satanic Verses. [includes rush transcript]
At the very least, read the last quote Rushdie uses. It's one of my favorites, and it actually lost me a freelance gig once. [long story] Sometimes you do what you have to do...
Many shows give kids a distorted idea about life.
[ed. note: adults too...]
Tho' quite frankly, I think the news gives kids a distorted idea about life also. Not that the following isn't a fine public service, but, c'mon. The freakin' Homeland Security team doesn't know what to do in the event of a terrorist attack. Let's get our kids all hopped up on adrenalin thinking that the warheads are going to be raining down any day. Hey everyone! Duck and Cover! Plastic sheeting and duct tape could be this decade's answer to the safety of the underneath of a wooden school desk...
Kids' role in securing USA
Coming soon to a school or TV near you: efforts to teach fourth- to eighth-grade kids the ABCs of emergency preparedness in the event of a terrorist attack. Complete with a mascot - an American shepherd dog - and instructions to bug parents to develop a family emergency plan. Just as they may have been doing to get you to quit smoking or recycle the garbage.
More appalling news...
Bush Jokes About Tax Dodgers
Why does W. think it's funny millionaires escape the tax man?
While the following is appalling, it's not just the republicans. The dems put dissenters into a cattle pen also... (Jim Hightower is my hero, by the way. He's snarky, knows his shit and has better East Texas aphorisms than Dan Rather.)
Bush Zones Go National
Jim Hightower In the undeclared war against dissent, disagreement has become a crime.
NYC Fire, Police Unions May Strike at RNC
This one goes out to the clever people who run the Bush campaign. Yeah, go get 'em tigers! Let's put the campaign in the place where Bush first got to look presidential! But, oops! Have we forgotten our real heros? Apparently we have, and they're going to exercise their rights all over the convention...
A good interview:
Salman Rushdie on Terrorism, Intellectual freedom and the Patriot Act
Salman Rushdie, one of the most highly acclaimed writers in the world, discusses the Bush administration, civil liberties and war in a rare appearance in New York. Rushdie was forced into hiding and lived underground for many years after Iran issued a fatwa calling for his death following the publication of his controversial novel The Satanic Verses. [includes rush transcript]
At the very least, read the last quote Rushdie uses. It's one of my favorites, and it actually lost me a freelance gig once. [long story] Sometimes you do what you have to do...
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