Greetings!

Welcome to the debut of my own blog! I've listed several links for your browsing convenience but please feel free to offer suggestions.

I wish to thank you all for helping those in the reality-based world assault the media catapults that persist in bombarding us with their cock-and-bull burlesques. There was a time when the onslaught of that cyclopean monster known as the boob-tube was kept in check by an order of journalists. Alas, even our old vain lords we once relied on to defend the truth (or at least offer its enemies a token joust) are being turned out of their sacred fiefdoms and savaged by the Duke of Murdoch. On the heels of this treacherous Trojan horse, Sir Rupert's merging armies have stormed the barricades and surrounded the castle. There the Gray Lady sits besieged in her tower wailing for her Wall Street knights to come to her rescue.

Call me heartless. I shall shed no tears upon her burial. Instead I will splash through Brooks and dance on Kristol.

"Propaganda is a method or medium used by organized peoples to convert others against their will"- Marcus Garvey

And sadly it works. It is hard to fault our fellow citizens for being clueless given the narrow, biased spectrum our corporate barons provide us in terms of vital news and information. As a nation, we were far more savvy before the advent of broadcast networks. Back then the radio airwaves, much like the internet (knock on wood), belonged to the public. In fact, even as late as 1937, the American people fervently rejected "the very notion of for-profit commercial broadcasting."

Which means that while we watch more U.S. papers either merge or go belly-up we cannot grow complacent, thinking that, at worst, we always have the internet. Not so long as the likes of Comcast are seeking to charge us more while restricting access. What I find no less disturbing is that despite the fact that both the Washington Post and the NYTimes have been widely denounced for their scandalous reporting and blatant cheer-leading for this disastrous Iraq invasion, some of our brightest voices seem unwillingly to stake out the web's virgin ground and conceive an alternative. Rather than bemoan the demise of our newsprint nobles and then deride the Huffington Post, they should be recruiting our out-of-work talent and taking up the gauntlet. It may take hard work, sacrifice and tears but this is a chance to start again, armed with a new set of principles. With a bit of luck, this time we might just nudge the public into getting it right.

That's all for now. Let me know what you all think.