Blame it on Paul Krugman—he started it! (explanation below)

FWIW, by Buffalo Springfield

Last week, a songwriter here in Nashville asked our DFA group, "Where are OUR war protest songs? They're being written and recorded—but the radio still won't play them!"

Let's be honest about that: The MSM is too heavily invested in supporting the administration of President Godsend to allow it. That same MSM also own most of the radio stations, with corporate policy prohibiting stations from playing anything NOT on their playlists…

In large part, you can thank Bill Clinton for that. His odious "triangulating, third-way politics" sold us out. You can argue, 'til you're blue in the face, that he didn't know what would happen, that he didn't see the ramifications of selling out to BigBroadcast companies—I, personally, don't buy it!

Now, I absolutely detest the GOP for smearing him, for continuing to blame Clinton (and his penis) for everything that has gone/is going/will go wrong. But, as a Dem who voted for him twice and worked on both campaigns, I have the right to be critical—the GOP doesn't!

So, when he dies (please, gawd, not soon!), I want his epitaph to read: I have two big regrets—NAFTA and Media De-regulation. And I'm sorry for both!

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Oh, yeah, and Paul Krugman? On Truthout.org, I started reading Paul Krugman's NYT piece, Surging and Purging. I wondered why I was not taking it in—until I listened to the song running through my head. It was different that the one driving me crazy last night (Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody). But I couldn't remember the name or the artist. Googling*tm* found the answer…

Read the very first line:

There's something happening here, and what it is seems completely clear: the Bush administration is trying to protect itself by purging independent-minded prosecutors.

Now I can go back and start Krugman's post again…