Reno and Beyond: Blogging, Lies, and Corruption
- Charles McNeely was on with Sunday afternoon discussing the progress in downtown. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, this city is lucky to have McNeely as our city manager, and I’m very happy about the renewed efforts by the redevelopment agency and the city council to build the canopy over 10 N. Virgina Plaza (?). Combined with the opening of yet another great downtown addition, the Imperial Bar & Lounge, I have become even more optimistic about Reno’s prospects to become a truly cosmopolitan city (well, cosmopolitan in the western sense anyway).
- , beware the .
- See I told you it was getting –like shooting fish in a barrel. I’m going to just let everyone else do it––he’s the best at it and he makes creepy images.
- I was really eager to read about Obama’s reaction to the canceled Fox News debate, but when I clicked on , there was only a headline that read “Creighton readies for Pack.” Hmmmm. Is that a good or bad reaction? Here it is . Andhere is some of what the :
The idea of a candidate, party or even party wing running against a news outlet is hardly novel in the United States, which began its history with party-controlled newspapers, said Mark Feldstein, who left CNN to become an associate professor at George Washington University. In fact, the notion of a news media outlet being open to candidates from across the spectrum is the relative rarity in America.
With the action by the Nevada Democrats, however, the public may be witnessing the most direct sparring between a political party and a news outlet in recent years.
- Eric Odom is from Republican legislator Dennis Nolan for saying “I don’t think any legislator is too worried about what cyberspace bloggers are doing” in an . I think its becoming obvious to most that blogs can have a significant impact in politics whether people are happy about that or not. Just ask and Tom Collins.
- Believe it or not, I’ve been worried about is finding out just how much damage the current presidential administration has done to our nation, but even I was unprepared for the kind of facts that are coming out thanks to the newly discovered idea of congressional oversight. The fact that a number of Republican U.S. attorneys and their sponsoring senators are openly dissenting, is probably just a sliver of what we are going to discover over the next few years. Things we already know? The U.S. now condones torture, the illegal wiretapping of its own citizens. They thought little about lying to us about WMDs in Iraq and North Korea. They have abandoned thousands of Iraqi translators who worked for the military to almost certain death. I just can’t go on–its too depressing. But y. The current administration have been using its power to on a scale I would have thought was impossible. This goes beyond the . A few excerpts from an ongoing report from Donald C. Shields and John F. Cragan titled “” (emphasis mine):
From page 7 of Appendix A:
“…from 2001 through 2006 the Bush Justice Department investigated Democratic office holders and candidates at a rate more than four times greater (nearly 80% to 18%) than they
investigated Republican office holders and seekers. This was so even though, throughout the nation, Democrat elected officials outnumber Republican elected officials at the rate of only 50% to 41%.”And from page 7 of Appendix C:
“From 2001 through 2006 the Bush Justice Department investigated elected Democratic office holders and office seekers locally (non-state-wide and non federal offices) at a rate more than seven times greater (nearly 85% to 12 %) than they investigated local Republican elected office holders and seekers. This was so even though, throughout the nation, Democrat elected officials outnumber Republican elected officials at the rate of only 50% to 41%.”
The breadth of their meddling into our system of law and order is simply terrifying.
- gets the good press they deserve for their coverage of the Scooter Fibby trial from Jay Rosen of Press Think. Rosen is a real life professor of journalism at NYU so his conclusion, clear from the title of the post, “,” actually means something. Way to go bloggers.
- And there is . At times, the comments on the article are even more disturbing than the article itself. There are threads in which commenters are saying that rape is expected and tolerable–the old “she asked for it” trope reformed, and there is also a very disturbing thread in which some commenters argue that men are weak and can’t help themselves, which is not how I would want to be portrayed if I were a man. Two things we know; this is a problem unique to the American military, and its yet another way the Bush Administration has failed it troops
.
Similar Posts:
- Bush and Co. Foil Congress Again
- The Prosectuion of Don Siegelman
- Bush Adminstration Foils Science Once Again
Enjoy this post? Leave a comment below or . You also can sign up for email delivery by .
On the top of my list of things the city should spend money on to improve the image of the city instead of that canopy:
1)Fixing potholes.
2)Pruning old, large, and expensive trees in city easements before they die.
3)Adding and improving bike lanes and infrastructure.
maybe that’s just because I don’t enjoy ice skating to loud crappy pop music.
-M
The salon article and letters are horrifying but probably expected. The US has long ben afraid of discussing or research issues on sexuality due to conservative moral values. Not to let Bush off with no responsibility, but the history of these types of problems both in our society (while rapes and like violent crimes are decreasing we still have a higher precentage then many other high per capita income countries) and in our mility is an old problem. I suspect some of Bushes mindset can be construed as a _result_ of that type of training as much as he perpetuates that mindset. I don’t see either party doing very well in this area.
Heh, _Man Smart, Women Smarter_ (and getting more higher education these days). Our leaders told us, right? Darn c*** deserved it. Dream rape and all you know. Its not my fault… *blech*
Cool! My candidate, Barack Obama,
refuses (again) to accept any
roles on the ongoing soap opera show. Gee…he’s handsome enough.
Maybe he’s self-conscious about his ears?
(Reference: AP article reporting
he took “no great offense” over Ailes’ remarks.)
I agree with wolfy! Improving the existing infrastructure would go a long way to make a better downtown. I almost got lost in a pothole while on my bike this weekend!
I think if you actually look at Nolan’s quote in the paper, it seems that it is much more likely a dig at Muth rather than the entire world of blogging.
Muth isn’t exactly a fan of many Nevada republican politicians, so I suspect the feeling is mutual.
What Roger Ailes really did was prove Collins a convenient rock to crawl back under.
“I think if you actually look at Nolan’s quote in the paper, it seems that it is much more likely a dig at Muth rather than the entire world of blogging.
Muth isn’t exactly a fan of many Nevada republican politicians, so I suspect the feeling is mutual. ”
As a personal friend of Muth I took Nolan’s comment to heart. Myself and MANY other Conservative activists back Muth and what he does, so if someone is going to lash out at his operation, they are in turn lashing at us as well.
Want proof that Muth isn’t alone? I can guarantee you that Nolan received AT LEAST 250 calls into his office this morning. You can even call to verify that information. It might be more now, but a few hours ago the stats I have showed it at about 250.
Q. How do I report a pothole or find out when my street will get repaired?
A. The City of Reno 24-hour Pothole Hotline is (775)334-INFO. Here is the list of streets scheduled for rehabilitation. For other questions or requests about streets, call (775)334-2243, extension 0.
Reno Direct is pretty cool. Thanks pi.
My point was Nolan wasn’t attacking the blogosphere. He was jabbing at one part of it, Muth.
You like Muth and that’s fine. But you should frame the argument as it is, Nolan vs. Muth. Not Nolan against bloggers.
Miller tells Gov…”answers aren’t good enough, answer them yourself, and don’t be so nasty.”
See Ralston for complete letter sage…
saga
Not true. I’ll be releasing some of his e-mails to me from today in a blog post later this week. He meant what I said he meant, and it becomes clear in his dialog with me.
I have a meeting scheduled with Nolan tomorrow. I’ll let everyone know how that goes.
And remember… “bloggers” is plural.
Hey Eric, you are 100% correct! I would be happy to attend your conservative leadership conferance as a speaker.
Matt, let’s talk.
eric AT clc07 DOT com
Do I get a commission?
lol, Sorry Myrna. Didn’t mean to hijack the comment section.
In my defense, though, I didn’t start it.
Okay, did I get a commission?
Is free VIP access to the event good enough?
I know when my street is scheduled to be resurfaced, it isn’t any time soon and that knowledge does nothing to schedule. I also knew when my 6 Catalpa trees in the easements were scheduled to be maintained by the city and it wasn’t any time soon. Which is why we paid to have them pruned.
Reno direct is great, but you have to really stay on them.
-M