Friday, May 16, 2003

Go read Alterman now. With the FCC vote to allow further media consolidation imminent, News Corp/Fox News/New York Post owner Rupert Murdoch actually admitted to Congress last week that his corporations have abused tax loopholes to avoid paying their share of U.S. taxes (far below other media corporations). When Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., asked Murdoch to his face if he was using foreign tax havens/loopholes (including in Cuba) to avoid its share of taxes, Murdoch said, “Well, I’m — we might have in the past, I’m not denying that.” Laura 5:46:09 PM    comment [] If anyone asks "why do they hate us?" I'll kick them in the teeth. Laura 5:42:55 PM    comment [] It's nice to see that someone's finally caught on: Saving Pvt. Lynch: The made-for-TV movie Keepers of Bush Image Lift Stagecraft to New Heights I railed at everyone who would listen about this stuff, maybe, 3 weeks ago.  More than that.  At least some of the varnish is being rubbed off of the pretty images force-fed by broadcast "news."  Cheney and his gang are robbing an entire country right under millions of people's noses.  Laura 5:41:34 PM    comment [] Molly's got an inside view on this subject: The way things got to such a sorry pass is that the R's have been running on rote, lockstep voting. No Democratic amendment gets considered on its merits, no matter how sensible it is. Shell bills get introduced, and then whole sections are amended on the floor, in a parody of legislative process. Much time has been spent on gay-bashing and trying to take away abortions rights. I'm starting to think right-wing Republicans all have an unhealthy fixation on sexual behavior. The choices on how to spend money couldn't possibly make Republican "values" any clearer. We can spend money on corporate welfare, but not on people's welfare. We can't cover health insurance for our teachers, but we must have brush control. The creepy thing about the far-right Republicans, who are definitely in the majority in the House, is not that they are dismantling government because they won't raise taxes, they're dismantling government because they think it shouldn't help people. They really think health and human services should not be provided. It's an old line among liberals that anti-choice people care more about the unborn than they do about the born, but I'm telling you that it's not just some clever line -- these people are writing it into the state budget. Glad I don't live in Texas.  Still, she's right.  Partisanship is so out of hand, nothing will get done.  This is Bush's idealogical background.  Add Rove, Cheney, and Perle, and you have the mess the country is in today.  Maybe the nationwide furor over this story will show people that what Bush did in Texas as governor, he's trying to do to the whole country. Or not. Laura 6:06:04 AM    comment []

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