Outstanding levels of hypocrisy

I love Bill O'Reilly. He's amazing. I love him. Truly madly deeply.

This is a man who cannot be sued for liable or defamation of character because you would have to prove he knew he was lying, and with O'Reilly it verges on pathological.

If you don't know who he is, his website is here and he looks like this:

This is a good clip of him, right here, right now:

The references to Jeremy Glick can be understood by watching this. Also amazing.

I've been a subscriber to his weekly e-letter for several years now, and it's brilliant. It's not only informed about American news, it's also an insight into the ravings of an ultra right-wing loudmouth and a great example of how to hide the fact you're an ultra right-wing loudmouth. I've resisted posting his emails before, but this new personal message is too good not to share.

I'd like you to read it, consider the argument, then read it again. Then consider he's the highest-rated broadcaster on Fox News. Then read it again. It's amazing!

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The Attack of the
Hyper-Partisans
Nothing stands in the way of their belief system. Not facts, not provable truth.

By Bill O'Reilly.

Are you a hyper-partisan? If so, stop it right now. These people are damaging America and I'm calling them out.

First, a definition: A hyper-partisan is a person who does not seek the truth; rather, he or she tailors information to fit a preconceived political viewpoint. What is actually happening in the world is not important to these ideological zombies; it's all about reinforcing their core beliefs.

Thus, no matter what President Bush does for example, he's wrong. There is absolutely nothing the man can do that would please the hyper-partisans who oppose him. On the opposite ideological page, Bill and Hillary Clinton are Satan's spawn. They are evil all day, every day.

How boring is this? If it were just a few Kool-Aid drinking nuts, no one would care. But now you have entire media outlets that have gone hyper-partisan. Newspapers like The Boston Globe and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution are just about entirely left wing. Yes, their circulations are in a freefall, but no journalistic enterprise should be hyper-partisan.

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Brilliant! And this in the week that Fox launch their new religious brand, FoxFaith.
The world is going insane. Doublespeak doublespeak doublespeak.

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UPDATE: Bill O'Reilly lies about being on an Al Qaeda 'deathlist'

I love this fucking guy...!

Relative

Everytime I think about the state of the world, I think we're fucked. Can't help it. It's the way my mind works. I don't think the human race are evil, I just think we're stupid. I read the headlines and a picture of doomsday is painted in my mind.
For example, the headlines on Yahoo right now are:

• Annan Warns of Civil War as Iraq bombs kill scores.
• UN Commander says troops won't disarm Hezbollah.
• Lawyers go to Court for Guantanamo Detainee.
  
• Violence Erupts at Protests in Hungary.
• Stubborn California Wildfire Doubles in Size.

Ignoring, for a second, any issue of press bias, political motivation, corporate agenda, financial interest or any other form of partisan journalism, lets just look at the headlines. It doesn't paint a pretty picture. Foreign wars, religious ideologies, errosion of civil liberties, political strife and natural disasters... and thats just an example.

(What I actually find most terrifying is that I have to suggest a waivering of thoughts about "press bias, political motivation, corporate agenda, financial interest or any other form of partisan journalism" before even talking about this, but thats another subject).

And lest we forget the stories that largely go unreported; the AIDS crisis in Africa, the grossly disproportional profits of Western corporations, the global threat of climate change. There is no mistaking that this is a fragile time for civilisation. I'm pretty sure that I'm not the only person who thinks we're fucked... I'm pretty sure I'm not the only person who longs for the return of reason and charity to this world... I'm pretty sure I'm not the only person who thinks we're fucked.

But are we fucked? This is the first time of global crisis that I have lived through, the first period of civil and political unrest that I've experienced. The world is changing, and not in our favour (be that as either a western civilisation, or as a global populace), and although I have read about such times before, I've never lived through one. That also means I have no frame of reference.

Did it feel this dramatic during the Cuban Missile Crisis? The world truly teeted on the edge of destruction for a few days... or did it? I don't know, I wasn't there, and how do I know that history hasn't exaggerated it? How do I know that the arms race really was that threatening? Should I believe that documentary instead, the one that explained the arms race was just a construct designed to financially cripple an otherwise defunct communist system? I don't know. I wasn't there.

I only have history to use as a reference, and history has taught me that most modern day conflicts are politically motivated and are instigated and controlled by Western governments. Usually in the pursuit of oil. And we always win.

So what's up with the world? Are we really fucked? Are we really going to destroy ourselves this time? Is the earth going to do it for us instead? Have we cried wolf for the last time? Or is this just another period in human history where it's all suggested and implied, and in 20 years we'll look back and laugh? I don't know anymore.

The more I learn, the more I discover it's all a lie... but the more I see, the more I believe it's true. Is this time period just the same as the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Arms Race and just another example of our willingness to cocktease the idea of destruction, or is it the real deal?

Either way, I can't shake the feeling that we're being fucked with...

OK, Go...!

I'd never seen this before, although obviously many other people have, but I think it's brilliant. OK Go on the treadmills.

9/11 Remembered

I'd just like to go on record saying that I thought the daytime coverage by ITN news of the September 11th anniversary was stunning. In no way was it sensationalist, in no way did they revel in gory details, in no way did they gleefully overuse words like "carnage" and "massacre" and in no way did they flippantly cover the aftermath in the style of the Day Today. I thought their glorious close-ups of grieving children waving aloft pictures of lost parents was wonderfully subtle and not at all exploitative, and their interviews with family members did not patronise a single sole.

In short, bravo to our broadcaster of choice for a sensitive, balanced and entirely appropriate news item. It is nice to know that we can rely on your entirely professional broadcasts no matter what the news story, and at the same time be thankful that you will never explore a single subject that we, the audience, may find confusing or goes against the status-quo.

You're a credit to your profession.

Top 25 stories ignored by the media in the past year

Taken directly from BoingBoing.net
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Each year, Project Censored compiles an annual list of 25 socially significant news stories of social significance said to have been missed, underreported or self-censored by mainstream press in the US. Here are some of this year's picks:

#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media
#2 Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran
#3 Oceans of the World in Extreme Danger
#4 Hunger and Homelessness Increasing in the US
#5 High-Tech Genocide in Congo
#6 Federal Whistleblower Protection in Jeopardy
# 7 US Operatives Torture Detainees to Death in Afghanistan and Iraq
#8 Pentagon Exempt from Freedom of Information Act
#9 The World Bank Funds Israel-Palestine Wall
#10 Expanded Air War in Iraq Kills More Civilians

Here's the complete list, and here's the details on each.

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Missing

update: FOUND!

Came home. All is forgiven...

Plug

Have you been to the Watch With Mothers review blog recently...?
It's really rather good.

Thank you, by the way, to all the people (3! Fuck me, I'm a hit aren't I) who posted comments on the functionality and viewability of the blog. Cheeers, nice to know it's viewable.

Also, there's some new photos up at Day of the Dave.

New Design

I've made a few minor changes to the design, or rather template choice, of this blog and its sister site Day of the Dave. I've checked it with Internet Explorer and Firefox and, frankly, it looks weird and different on both. If you, my loyal 7 readers, could let me know how it looks to you, via the comments page, then that'd be great.

Right now I have a combination of either tiny links, no background, huge font size and no imagination. If you have any of those problems, none of those problems or a whole new bunch of problems then let me know.

The normal programming of angry ranting, bad theory and an over inflated sense of my own self importance will resume shortly.

Thank you.

Crocodile Tears

As quoted on the Showroomers blog:

"how could one stingray pierce so many hearts?"

Steve Irwin. RIP.

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currently listening to: Bachelorette - Bjork

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Thanks alot Fox News!

They've always hated me... and now they've exposed my alter-ego; a middle aged father of 1 who lives in sub tropical climes. This picture was taken from my audition tape as a William Shatner lookalike. I'm actually a spy who works directly for Karl Rove.

By the way, my latest novel is out - you may want to pick it up. It's about Joseph Stalin and his attempt to stage a broadway musical in order to boost his favour within the continental USA. Needless to say, it was a huge flop.

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currently listening to: X,Y & Z - PWEI

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