Governor issued faked news -- Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration has used state resources to
produce faux news reports promoting some of its most contentious
proposals, including revamping teacher tenure and freezing a law that
would increase the number of nurses in hospitals. Schwarzenegger
himself appears in two videos prepared at taxpayer expense for
California television stations that tout his education overhaul plans
and now-abandoned proposal to scrap scores of state boards and
commissions. [more]
Pictured Above: Idiot Schwarzenegger
greets bystanders from a Humvee on Tuesday as he takes volunteer
signature gatherers to a North Natomas restaurant to circulate
petitions for redistricting and pension overhaul initiatives that he is
pushing for the November ballot. [more] and [more]
Joseph Pannell
went to Canada to become Gary Freeman. Why? Would a young
African-American involved in an incident with police get a fair hearing
in early 70's Chicago? Check out Freemandrum.org[here]
Check Out LocalBlack.com -A
Civil Rights Support Organization dedicated to the socioeconomic
development and empowerment of Blacks in the United States of America [more].
Chuck D Speaks:
"MTV and Viacom have extended the teenage years to age 29," Chuck went
on. "Now people are so deep in fantasy that Americans have to watch TV
for 'reality.' "When we made this album there was a crack epidemic
going on. Today we have another epidemic: 'Consumption' is the new
crack." [more]
''People
assumed if they saw it on the news, it was real, and it was correct.
But what we've seen over the past few years is a whole swaying of
media, news, and information for all sorts of purposes -- the war,
weapons of mass destruction, and so on." - DJ Spooky [more]
The "Voices of Civil Rights" exhibit will be on display through March 26 and is also accessible on the Library's Web site at www.loc.gov/exhibits .The full project can also be viewed atwww.voicesofcivilrights.org.
Pawnshop database paying off for police -
Pawnshops and secondhand stores send their transaction records — which
they are legally required to submit to law enforcement agencies — to
the database. Authorities search records for items potentially linked
to investigations. [more]
Meet
the New Jeff Gannon, Same As the Old Jeff Gannon: Disgraced Republican
Activist, Selling Scandal By the Pound, Continues to Embarrass White
House [more]
