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NewsMax Magazine Exposes Media's War on Bush
The major media will give at least $2 billion worth of friendly coverage to Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry this election year, NewsMax Magazine reports in its June cover story.
In its special report, Media War on Bush, NewsMax Magazine calculated the effect of anti-Bush and pro-Kerry coverage by the major media outlets.
Had Sen. Kerry had to spend the same money in ads on newspaper, TV, radio and Internet ads as provided by free media coverage, the sum would be staggering.
It would easily come to more than $2 billion, NewsMax Editor Christopher Ruddy explains.
The NewsMax report reveals that buying just a few minutes of ad time on Howard Stern's national radio program each day until Election Day would cost Kerry $43 million. But the senator gets that free, as Stern has dedicated himself to defeating President Bush.
Often Stern spends more than five minutes a day using his national radio show, with 8.5 million weekly listeners, to urge his fans to vote against Bush.
http://www.newsmax.com/
I guess that all's fair in love and war, right? If the same people were doing the same thing for Bush I wouldn't complain one single bit. But aren't the major medias also really strong on "campaign finance reform"? You know, keeping a few very rich people from donating huge sums of money to a politician's campaign fund?
From BillHobbs.com
March 21, 2004
More on "Punks for Bush"
In response to yesterday's post about a New York Times article spotlighting support for President Bush in an unlikely venue - punk rockers and fans - Mike Hollihan sends a link to a recent Washington Times story about Johnny Ramone, former leader of the seminal punk rock band The Ramones, and current big backer of President Bush and the Republican Party.
He was a rebel in a rebel's world, though. Johnny Ramone was a fiercely Republican-voting, NRA-supporting musician in a milieu that is remarkable for its embrace of all things left.
Johnny went worldwide public with his partisanship in 2002, when the Ramones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. At the microphone to give props to the people who made it all possible, he offered his own version of a Michael Moore moment.
"God bless President Bush, and God bless America," he said, clad in his trademark T-shirt, ripped blue jeans and leather jacket.
"I said that to counter those other speeches at the other awards," Mr. Ramone says in a phone interview. "Republicans let this happen over and over, and there is never anyone to stick up for them. They spend too much time defending themselves."
The other day, when Stray Cats bassist Slim Jim Phantom was complaining about his tax bill, Johnny reminded him that the charges would be higher if President Bush hadn't gotten his tax cuts passed. "I told him he needs to vote Republican to keep his taxes lower ... and donate to President Bush's campaign," he says.
"I try to make a dent in people when I can," he says. "I figure people drift toward liberalism at a young age, and I always hope that they change when they see how the world really is."
I never bought anything by The Ramones. But I might, just for that.
http://billhobbs.com/hobbsonline/003502.html/
[link=]http://www.blogsforbush.com[/link]
From MSNBC.com
For conservative punks, it's about (equal) time
Music-powered voter Web sites? They're not just for liberals
By Michael E. Ross
Reporter
MSNBC
Updated: 7:23 a.m. ET June 03, 2004In an election year with lots of attention being paid to getting young Americans to vote, a number of Web sites and blogs are disproving the notion that punk-rock-powered voter education and activism are a liberal monopoly.
One in particular, Conservative Punk, is carrying the torch for independent-minded young conservatives, even as polls show young voters gravitating away from that end of the political spectrum.
Unlike Punkvoter and Music for America, two left-leaning voter awareness and registration groups that accept contributions as so-called 527 groups exempt from taxes as political organizations under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code. Conservative Punk has so far declined to accept political contributions, or funds from any established party.
The Web site, launched in February with little more than pocket change and the goodwill of like-minded partisans, is a vigorous blend of commentary, Web links, cartoons and news stories that reflect an unruly, maverick spirit among conservatives.
Looking for balance
In a piece titled Doc Martens on the Ground, a Marine stationed in Iraq weighs in with comments on the war. Another item explores the roots of Middle Eastern and Islamic anti-Semitism. The site also includes commentaries from punk musicians such as Michale Graves, former lead singer of the Misfits and now the voice of Gotham Road.
It was almost don't ask-don't tell. If you were conservative or libertarian and not a bleeding-heart liberal, you almost felt like a bit of an outcast.
NICK RIZZUTO
ConservativePunk.com
For ConservativePunk.com founder Nick Rizzuto, a 22-year-old publicist for New York radio station KROCK, it's all about seeking equal time.
Rizzuto, a conservative since the 2000 election, said he started the site in response to what he saw as an absence of attention paid to young conservative voters.
It was almost don't-ask, don't-tell. If you were conservative or libertarian and not a bleeding-heart liberal, you almost felt like a bit of an outcast, he said.
I realized that not everybody in the punk scene was as left-wing as they make it out to be. You think of punk, you think of the Clash and other politically left-wing bands. I wanted to get out there and make people aware and that there are people out there who don't necessarily fly with the Punkvoter line.
Insurgents on the right
Conservative Punk joins blogs and sites such as GOPunk.com, PunkVoterLies.com and Lefty Destroyer on the ramparts of a conservative insurgency that borrows some of the populist strategies of the left, while sometimes breaking with conservative ideology.
Rizzuto, for example, champions some ideas consistent with liberals like reformation of drug laws, ending mandatory minumum sentencing for minor drug offenders. And his Web site comes out in support of voters turning out in November a position that could do the loyal opposition more good than conservatives.If doing what I'm doing helps the liberal side I'm not actively doing that, but that happens, so be it.
Such departures from the norm reflect Rizzuto's discomfort with painting all American conservatives with the same brush.
There are punks who are conservatives and libertarians, he said. We're not all one-minded in our political philosophy. What unites us is a certain attitude toward it all. There's a certain amount of dissatisfaction with a system that's kind of stagnated either way with Republicans or Democrats. There are those of us of a more conservative mindset politically, but conservatism is not a lifestyle.
http://www.conservativepunk.com/
Ronald Reagan will be remembered forever for his famous words:
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
Bill Clinton will be remembered forever for his famous words:
"I did not have sex with that woman!"
President Ronald Reagan's Remarks at the Brandenburg Gate
West Berlin, Germany
June 12, 1987
General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
http://www.reaganfoundation.org/reagan/speeches/wall.asp
Morrissey's alleged Bush remark sparks Internet furor
LONDON (AP)Morrissey, outspoken lead singer of '80s rockers The Smiths, has sparked an Internet storm with reported comments about President George W. Bush.
The Manchester Evening News said Thursday it had received a record number of hits after reporting on its Web site that Morrissey, 45, had interrupted a Dublin concert Saturday with news of former President Reagan's death, adding that he wished Bush had died instead.
Morrissey's record company, Sanctuary Records, could not confirm the remarks.
"We do not have a recording of the gig, but as far as we can tell, Morrissey was just alerting the audience to the fact that Ronald Reagan had died," the newspaper quoted the company as saying. "He then simply followed that up with his comment about George Bush, which was his own opinion. He is no stranger to controversy."
A newspaper spokeswoman said thousands of people, 90% from the United States, had contacted the site to complain. A few expressed support for the remarks.
Formed in Manchester in the early 1980s, The Smiths had a series of British hits and a large cult following around the world, with songs including Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now and Shoplifters of the World Unite.
A longtime proponent of celibacy and vegetarianism who once wrote a song titled Bigmouth Strikes Again, Morrissey drew criticism in the early 1990s when he appeared to flirt with right-wing British nationalism.
He now lives in Los Angeles and is touring Europe for the first time in a decade to promote his latest solo album, You Are the Quarry.
Story from USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2004-06-10-morrissey-bush_x.htm/
I can't really say anything that will make this man seem any dumber than he has already made himself out to be.
"Ascending to the presidency on a pledge to restore the great, confident roar of American progress and growth and optimism. Reagan, a former actor and two-term California governor remade the Republican Party in his own image of fiscal and social conservatism. Reagan brought a grandfatherly warmth to Republican issues and values that attracted supporters across a broad political spectrum.
He successfully implemented most of his campaign promises: reducing government bureaucracy and regulation, cutting taxes in favor of "trickle-down, or supply-side economics which became known as Reaganomics and building a strong defense while fighting the spread of communism. These moves won him wide appeal and an even wider margin of victory in 1984, when he won the electoral votes of 49 states."
For full story:
http://www.foxnews.com/
"If a man is not Liberal in his youth, he has no heart. If not Conservative when older, he has no brain." -- Winston Churchill
[link=]http://www.aath.net/whatswrong/[/link]
By Jeff O'Donnell & Andrew O'Donnell
Performed by Attila and the Huns
(c) Copyright 2004 Muntjac Records
I went down to the record store, hoping to find something new
The guy behind the counter told me just what I should do
He pointed out some bands, there were a whole bunch
And they didn't like the guy in the White House much
I should buy their stuff and hate him, too
And I said...
(chorus)
Whats wrong with being an American?
Whats wrong with being proud of the USA?
Why can't a punk be a Republican?
Is this all a big charade?
Why can't we be proud of the fact, that we stomped Al Qaida and freed Iraq?
Whats the point of being strong if you let the weak attack?
He got real quiet and he looked at me real strange
Like he didn't want to touch me when he handed back my change
To me those bands are awesome, and their music's fine
but what makes their politics, any better than mine?
Take away their hate what else remains?
And I said...
(Repeat Chorus)
(Last Chorus)
Whats wrong with being an American?
Whats wrong with being proud of the USA?
Why can't a punk be a Republican?
Who cares what Fat Mike has to say?
Why can't we be proud of the fact, that we stomped Al Qaida and freed Iraq?
Whats the point of being strong if you let the weak attack?
Imperialism - The policy of seeking to extend the power, dominion, or territories of a nation. (The Merriam-Webster Dictionary)
I do a bit of reading on the internet - personal journals, blogs, message boards, etc. It's disheartening to keep coming across the word "imperialistic" being used in reference to what is going on in Iraq. I have to go easy on most of these people though since it is obvious that they are taking political science courses at Dumb University and merely repeating what their ex-hippy teachers are saying.
The worst part of it is that the word, "imperialistic," if these people actually know what the word means, cannot be used when describing our current actions or goals for Iraq.
Regardless of whether you agree with what the Bush administration is doing in Iraq - no clear eyes will find evidence of imperialism.
We are not seeking to extend our powers over Iraq nor are we attempting to bring the country under our dominion as one of our territories.
Part of our goal for Iraq is to help stablize things so that free elections can be held so that all of you brainwashed disciples of ex-hippies have a decent country to move to.
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6/4/04: Someone commented: "Ever hear of oil?" This is a typical response from someone who usually just repeats slogans or rhetoric that they hear in class or read on the internet. If Liberals would just allow us to use the oil that we have right here, under the ground, in our OWN country we would no longer have to be dependent on foreign oil. The United States does not control oil production in the Middle East and does not control any of the oil fields in Iraq nor is there any evidence that we wish to do so.
It is a fact that you can determine a person's character by a few core beliefs that he or she holds. Because George W. Bush is Pro-Life he will get my vote in November. I could never vote for someone that believes it is right (or a woman's right) to have her unborn child murdered. This will anger many people but I will say it anyway - if you believe that killing unborn children is a right that should be preserved you really need to analyze your thinking. Killing an unborn child is the greatest crime that can be committed. Defending someone's "right" to kill the most defenseless members of our society is abominable.
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