Friday, August 31, 2007

I Own One of Those Too...


This is a list of News Corps companies:

Filmed Entertainment - News Corporation
20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox Espanol
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
20th Century Fox International
20th Century Fox Television
Blue Sky Studios
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Fox Studios Australia
Fox Studios LA
Fox Studios Baja
Fox Television Studios

Television - News Corporation
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Sports Australia
Fox Television Stations
FOXTEL
STAR

Cable Television owned by News Corporation
Fox Movie Channel
Fox News Channel
Fox Sports Digital
Fox Sports Enterprises
Fox Sports Espanol
Fox Sports Net
Fox Sports World
FUEL
FX
National Geographic Channel
SPEED Channel
Stats, Inc

Direct Broadcast & Satellite Television - News Corporation
BskyB
DIRECTV
FOXTEL
Sky Italia

Magazines - News Corporation
Inside Out
Donna Hay
News America Marketing
Smart Source
The Weekly Standard
Gemstar

Newspapers - News Corporation
Australasian region Newspapers:
Daily Telegraph
Fiji Times
Gold Coast Bulletin
Herald Sun
Newsphotos
Newspix
Newstext
NT News
Post Courier
Sunday Herald Sun
Sunday Mail
Sunday Tasmanian
Sunday Territorian
Sunday Times
The Advertiser
The Australian
The Courier Mail
The Mercury
The Sunday Mail
The Sunday Telegraph
Weekly Times
United Kingdom region Newspapers:
News International
News of the World
The Sun
The Sunday Times
The Times
Times Education Supplement
Times Higher Education Supplement
Times Literary Supplement
TSL Education
United States region Newspapers:
New York Post
The Wall Street Journal

Books - News Corporation
Harper Collins Publishers
- Australia
- Canada
- Childrens Books
- United States
- United Kingdom
Regan Books
Zondervan

Other Investments - News Corporation
MySpace.com Profile
Festival Records
Mushroom Records
National Rugby League - Australia
News Interactive
News Outdoor
Nursery World


This is not a monopoly how...?

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Who's giving? And How Much?

Doctrine of Discovery, Alive and Well


Who owns the North Pole? No one, you say? Try again! Russia has declare the North Pole to be theirs. How? By dropping a flag and then seeing if any Christians are around, of course. They asked the polar bears, but it appears they are Muslim, so it's all Russia's now!

Oh Doctrine of Discovery, what would we do without you?

"Not Gay, Not Gay, Not Gay!"


Oh c'mon we've all been there. We find our heterosexual-selves walking through an airport and suddenly are overtaken by the urge to have sex with someone, well....someone from the same sex. But that doesn't make us gay, geez.

He's not gay, he just likes sex with men.

Oh, and it wouldn't be utterly hypocritical to vote against gay marriage and to vote against extending protections to homosexuals.

* Voted YES on constitutional ban of same-sex marriage. (Jun 2006)
* Voted NO on adding sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes. (Jun 2002)
* Voted NO on expanding hate crimes to include sexual orientation. (Jun 2000)
* Voted YES on prohibiting same-sex marriage. (Sep 1996)
* Voted NO on prohibiting job discrimination by sexual orientation. (Sep 1996)

Craig has a 0% rating in HRC's 2006 Congressional Scorecard.

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Running to the Center


You've probably seen him at a Democratic debate shouting, red-faced, and telling the other candidates he's afraid of them. His name, Mike Gravel, former Senator-D AK and current presidential candidate. He may be a little off his rocker, especially when you consider him for a serious presidential bid, but he is one hell of a liberal. And crazier yet, he often makes a lot of sense.

Last week Hillary sandbagged the LGBT community with her states rights argument against gay marriage. This week she throws the anti-war movement under the bus. I'm curious to see who's going to be next week's victim.

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Leave Some Children Behind

In a typical Bushesque publicly stand for one thing and do anything, the federal government has laid out new restrictions states must use when enrolling uninsured children into their health care programs. This curtailment of states rights will affect many states with such programs, NY included. Why would the federal government do this? Because states are individually changing what they consider to be the poverty level for a family of four. The federal government currently says a family of four can survive on $21,000 annually, but states seem to disagree, and of course the Bush administration is all for states rights, as long as they agree with them.

More importantly however, and unfortunately largely undiscussed in this article, is the protection of for-profit health care. Our government shouldn't be in the business of protecting business over people. Why do we allow this? Why don't we do something to stop this?

I don't normally get personal in theses, just a quick two cents and then a link, but I know I can't possibly be the only one outraged. So please, write a letter to your representative, and most importantly know where the candidates stand on issues like health care, and use your vote to send a message. They can't represent us if we don't elect them, and they can't read our minds once they are in office.

Please, read the article.
And if you live in New York, be thankful we have this man on our side.

Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York said that, “contrary to the senators’ objections,” federal law allows states to set higher income limits. “Granting this expansion,” Mr. Spitzer said, “is essential to the health and well-being of New York’s children.”

New Tactics "working"


Hilliary says the new tactics in Iraq are working...I guess she and I differ on what is an acceptable body count.

Saturday, August 18, 2007

What Time Is It? Time To Move the Nuclear Clock.

If you've been paying attention the last few months, particularly the last few weeks you should be shaking in your boots. It looks like Iran might NOT be our biggest threat.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Invisible - Hillary Ad

Ok, so Edward is my main man, as he should be yours. But with ad's like this, the Clinton campaign could steal my heart.

Monday, August 13, 2007

What We Ought to Have Apathy For



Which candidate is best for a gay America? Well, Dennis Kucinich, but if his unsuccessful presidential bid's since the Washington administration foreshadow anything, he won't be the Democratic nominee.

So who comesout as number one? No one. And this is why.

Sunday, August 12, 2007

To Vote Again


As people in the United States take for granted their right to vote, some of our brethren around the world remember what it means to be a democracy.

An Offense Is The Best Defense...?


That's what we've all heard a thousand times, so why is it not true here? Well, it is, perhaps we shouldn't be giving them a reason to go on the offense, just a thought.

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Chilly Willy


A Cold War front seems to be heading our way, with a 100% chance for increased tension.

Civil Liberties, Goodbye!


Protect America Act - Vote Passed (60-28, 12 Not Voting)

The Senate passed this bill which would temporarily expand the executive branch’s authority to spy on suspected foreign terrorists without a court order, when communications are passing through the U.S.

Sen. Charles Schumer voted NO......send e-mail or see bio
Sen. Hillary Clinton voted NO......send e-mail or see bio

Monday, August 6, 2007

John Edwards - YearlyKos

He needs your vote, but we need this man!

Not biased?

Obama, bad! Democrats, bad! Liberal schools, bad! ahhhh the terror of liberalism! Thank you Fox, for your fair and balanced news coverage.

Sunday, August 5, 2007

Babies Are NOT People!

This says it all!

"If they were people they would have some special clause in the Constitution defending their rights. But they don't, and so clearly our forefathers recognized their non-people status."

National Priorities Project

How much has the war cost you?