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Fake news is okay!!!

The Daily Show I truly hope used this last night or will soon (I had a longer weekend than initially planned. and basically crashed before 11p last night cause my body said STOP DOING THIS TO ME!). Yesterday, I brought up an article about how the Bush administration has been providing news outlets with pre-packaged news stories...and forgetting to mention that they put them together...Today, Bush's people, after realizing that somebody blabbed on them, have come out defending the propagan-I mean, pre-packaged, government-funded(yet unacknowledged) "news" stories...The administration "does not agree with GAO that the covert propaganda prohibition applies simply because an agency's role in producing and disseminating information is undisclosed or 'covert,' um...okay, need I say more?

And speaking of things that are not really covert but are, even the Pentagon has to go through an audit and they are questioning (and talking about) Halliburton's Costs in Iraq. Apparently there's about $100,000,000 of "questionable spending" such as buying liquified gas for $82,100, and paying 27.5 million to transport it...anyone wanna do the math on that?

And speaking of misspent funds...Even the GOP is wondering what the hell Bush is thinking as apparently there is a "GOP rebellion" going on over the budget. Now George may not mind having divided the nation or Congress, but I have a feeling he was just assuming that the Republicans would all be with him *"can't we all just get along? agreeing with me is just so much easier..."* They're eating their own, I tell ya, they're eating their own!!

IN THE MEANTIME...Condoleeza Rice now has a friend with whom to beat nations into submission with the whip of freedom. Karen Hughes is "eager to listen and learn" *whip crack* as she was announced as "undersecretary of state of public diplomacy" with the job of wooing the Muslims. The United States "must do a better job of engaging the Muslim world," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice [said]. After I read that, it convinced me further that Hughes has been drugged or is really a clone as I would not believe that Hughes would come back for that job with this administration (anyone hear the whirring coming from her head?)

I brought up yesterday, as well, the story of how the EPA is looking to reduce Mercury levels. The way they are looking to do this is through a "cap-and-trade system that allows some power plants to make deep pollution cuts while others make none." So some plants out there will make cuts and other can INCREASE Mercury production...and this helps us how? You might want to check in with your Congressfolk about this. That and the Artic drilling...that cannot be allowed to happen.

And speaking of getting in touch with your Congressfolk, you might want to remind them-in case they have forgotten-that March 19th is the second anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq. There will be rallies and vigils across the nation. If you want to join one click here.

And after all that, you may need a chuckle...or a peep show...and thanks to the loopholes in the laws that shut down adult shops and peep shows and such in the Times Square Area, there are some new places opening up thanks to enterprising folks who can afford pay the ever increasing rent in the area...cause sex indeed does sell.

But while you look for quarters KEEP E-MAILING!!!! E-mail, call, write, fax your friends and family, the press and your Congressfolk. Let them know that you are PAYING ATTENTION!!! And, as always, pass it on, pass it on, pass it on!

Peace --Alex

posted by funkweee @ 8:07 AM