TIP OF THE FLAME

Among the things that attract my attention are the various organizations that overlap in purpose. Checking the DNC petition, it seems that details were lacking in the wording * or maybe I just expect too much or need to work more myself, but I cannot help but feel that those we petition may not have it any clearer than many of us. Our own representatives may get it, but as Democratic Leader Harry Reid points out the PR problem as $3 million (that is as far as I read) we are already off on a few tangents that may be parallel.

Well it must be as overwhelming for our representatives as it is our inboxes.

Has anyone wondered about the $250 million in propaganda (Fake Media- PR) disguised as news but not even noted as governement sponsored nor public service messages, [Sorry I can't list a source for the figure] which government departments are spending to get out a message. That is our money trampling on our free speech.

I heard that Congressman Conyers in the House Judiciary is investigating something along these lines. (Clinton did it but two Questions0-- Were they noted as Public Service or Government announcements? and were they used by the media more frequently in the Red States)

I think that this is the tip of the iceberg that we are up against. The Judiciary has a few threads but there are other committees that need to take action, the FCC, the FEC, and the Ethics Committee, or are they all beyond hope?

Anyway I must move on... This may be what got me on this track. What I heard on Morning Sedition AM 1090 may have got my train going, though I could not find it on their blog, there are interesting particulars about propaganda and worse on today's Non-Partisan (IRI) International Republican Institute and Re: Conyers...HR 136 Gannon Resolution http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/fecblogltrpr31105.pdf Conyers Press Release FEC Weblog Exemption

Well, sorry for the overlapping nature of this, but that is the nature of our system. ( or the nature of my production or perception)

-- WMD = Weapons of Message Distortion, Dillusion, Delusion

-- Free Speech, just a question...

-- Courage, (Rather) but could we ask for clarity?

[[Text from the DNC Petition: ]]

To: The United States Senate

Republican Senate leaders have decided to fundamentally alter the role of Congress, giving George W. Bush unprecedented power to manipulate the legislative branch and the courts.

Democrats in the Senate, led by Democratic leader Harry Reid, are committed to preserving the right of our elected representatives to speak their mind on the floor of the U.S Senate.

I stand with Democrats in the fight to protect the system of checks and balances that have served our country for more than 200 years.

--
* This seems like it would be something that could be bipartisan, but it is unclear whether partisans know they are on the iceberg or the Titanic. Maybe they are afraid of charges of flip-flop or just getting too legaleese.

-- MY COMMENTS ON SIGNING Petition Free Speech

Protect the filibuster as a fundamental protection of minority voices. And stop the PR machine that is a Weapon of Message Distortion, Dilution and Delusion that is the tip of an iceberg to our Titanic state.

The Irony of the Boat

Or is it the mess of the age? I must look up The Boat [*] as well as the mess, in reference to earlier thoughts. The Titanic and the Ice Bergs and possesion is 9/10ths of the law or some sort or what is above water or below the deck chairs.

Not to mention mess (Rachel Maddow), and compartmentalization. (Jeanette Walls)
This reference to an MSNBC contributor is in lieu of a piece with guest Michael Hastings but compartmentalization nonetheless.

[*] 4-14-09 Link there and The Boat added here. As well as mess of the age.]

"I'm king of the world!"

Speaking of being in the same boat * and cheesiest lines.

Gordon Brown floats a line: The G20 conference is no Bretton Woods but the kind of inflation we need is from the G2 to the G20 and the kind of deflation is from our leaders to chairs at the tables.

And the only thing more important than the four pillars of Obamanomics ** is holding the world together before it sinks together.

[The world is not the Titanic nor just a movie, but that does not mean there is not a tip of an iceberg.]
[More heads up at another table.]
[Just in case you wonder about the top line, the bottomline is "we the people"]

* "We the People" to "King of the World": "YOU'RE FIRED!" ...a letter from Michael Moore

** A Plea to Congress
Obamanomics:
We are all in this together.
Focus on the comprehensive if hard to comprehend interrelatedness of Education, Energy, Healthcare and World Finance.
Not to mention the cost of peace.

[4-14-09: The Boat added here and there]

Econ #$% ? (^)

Peter Paul and Pocket?
Red and Black and Grey all over.

Fiscal Krugman ? [!]




[Lede or * Ship?]


* bottoms up?
Later , V for Victim , A little knowledge is dangerous


a. The Bully..., c. Cost of Course, d. Lessons of War, EH? H. Post Newtonian Economics, j.It turns out... , k. The Be All and End All? , l. Hi Ate Us , m. Presidential SOTU , n. Coin-age of the day. o. Simon says 2 point or...? , p. Politics is local?


To Be Arranged , b.  hmmm? , c. Loose Lips and Sinking Metaphors , d. Blog-Oi-Ya-Bleep., eh? , F. Rat Races Van Mices? , G. The LESS THAN pentagonal file: , h. No0000![!]? (/\/) , i, , J? K!CAD (2 out of 3 be bad)


a. Fair and Balanced..., b. Genre Clash


Econ 101, 10, 1, L


Titanic Berg ?
QCON: TruthOut  (x)
Trick Question of the Day? (y)
FORGOTTEN HUMANITY!   (~)


(^) naut expletive
nor necessarily de-cap aster risks.
Econ 345?(6) or (lb. buck per cent?up)
OW: Chart ? ... math, English, Platonics~ Art
Grubergate: the knows under the elephants hump?(nose camel straw broke)
G O P : Governing Our Problem
 WON: War on Nuance

Democracy Battle Going Unclear

QCON- [Quick Comment On the News]

I.e. My take: Here are a few links that I have only glanced at that seem to paint the picture.

Democracy battles by George going uNclear

Democracy- by George by Juan Cole

Senate Votes to Allow Artic Drilling by Josef Hebert Associated Press

Budget Tug of War by Joel Havemann -- The Los Angeles Times

Democratic Leader Harry Reid's Letter to Bill Frist /Preserving Checks and Balance

Bush budget drilling... the iceberg or the Titanic?