Month: November 2008

November 14, 2008

Media Control Video

Media control comes into question often, particularly during any election. This video is a fairly standard review of media control in the US. In fact, it actually left me wanting a little more content and research showing who owns what. Which opens up the question to you: do you have suggestions for research related to media control in Canada?  I’m interested in the number of […]

November 13, 2008

Now it’s AMEX?

According to this story , AMEX is running to the US government, cap in hand, pleading that they don’t have any money any more.  Or that they need $3.5 billion to keep them warm and toasty at night. OH COME ON!! Next, it’ll be Halliburton running to their buddies in Washington, claiming that the plans to withdraw from Iraq has cost them business so they […]

November 13, 2008

Cry-baby Capitalism

Cry-baby capitalism is making me sick to my stomach. Why is that when things are on the way up, we’re all told to buckle up and suck it up and keep up with all of the others that are racing ahead of us as we stumble in our careers or other activities, while on the way down, the world’s (once) largest companies are the first […]

November 10, 2008

Undercover Provocatuers En Masse

This story just goes to show how ridiculous things have become in terms of security, right to protest and the right to state your opinion about how things are being handled by those who think they know best. They stage a fight, they pepper-spray themselves and then they get dragged away all while pretending to create a level of animosity that just wasn’t there. And […]