Fox Fabricates 'Death Book' for Vets

So when do we start filing complaints with the FCC in a systematic effort to get Murdoch's FCC license pulled? And when do we start to contact his institutional investors and bond holders and suggest that investing in lies might not be consistent with their fiduciary responsibility? When do we start to exact a serious price for this sort of editorial subversion?

I have been watching more cable TV news recently and it is MUCH worse than I expected. It is Soviet, no, scratch that, it is like radio Rwanda. It is amazing there isn't more violence in this country.

One of the reasons our leadersheep internalize every lie that is told is that they all, elected and staff, watch the news every waking hour. In every office on Capitol Hill TVs are turned on to Cable Nonsense Noise. It just isn't necessary and actually gets in the way of understanding what is going on.

It would also send a very loud signal to the cable harpies if it were known that Capitol Hill Dems had pulled the plug on their lies.

Get a load of this:

The head of the federal agency investigating Karl Rove's White House political operation is facing allegations that he improperly deleted computer files during another probe, using a private computer-help company, Geeks on Call.

Scott Bloch runs the Office of Special Counsel, an agency charged with protecting government whistleblowers and enforcing a ban on federal employees engaging in partisan political activity. Mr. Bloch's agency is looking into whether Mr. Rove and other White House officials used government agencies to help re-elect Republicans in 2006.

At the same time, Mr. Bloch has himself been under investigation since 2005. At the direction of the White House, the federal Office of Personnel Management's inspector general is looking into claims that Mr. Bloch improperly retaliated against employees and dismissed whistleblower cases without adequate examination.

Recently, investigators learned that Mr. Bloch erased all the files on his office personal computer late last year. They are now trying to determine whether the deletions were improper or part of a cover-up, lawyers close to the case said.

So, to recap: Karl Rove is accused of retaliating against employees and then illegally deleting the evidence. The man in charge of investigating him is accused of retaliating against employees and then deleting evidence.

Fuck. This. Shit.

Wait, though, it gets better!

Heh. Of course, the article forgets to credit the folks most responsible, we little people who made all those phone calls and sent emails. But my Lard!

There is so much talent on the intertubes. I wish I'd come up with this, but Joejoejoe gets the credit.

FOX: Are you coming to our debate?

Edwards: Hell no.

Obama (staff): We've chosen not to attend.

FOX: Two 'No's. Sen. Clinton are you coming to our debate?

Clinton: I am going to the other debates.

FOX: But are you coming to our debate?

Clinton: I'm in it to win it.

FOX: Our debate?

Clinton: I'm having a conversation with America.

FOX: ...in our debate?

Clinton: Reply hazy, try again.

FOX: Are you coming to our debate?

Clinton: Ask again later.

FOX: Are you coming to our debate?

Clinton: Concentrate and ask again.

FOX: Are you coming to our debate?

Clinton: Better not tell you now.

I am so very tired of this shit.

Sigh. Re: this post, I got a letter from the Color of Change people, relating their experiences with the CBC on its proposed joint-hosting venture with FOX:

I wanted to let you know that we're directing calls to a few key CBC members: Bennie Thompson (chair of the CBCI board), Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (chair of the CBC), and Maxine Waters and Barbara Lee (cause they're likely to be sympathetic and should be on our side -- maybe we can convince them to speak out or do something).

We've got a pretty cool phone-call tool here.

The tool selects one of those four randomly, gives a phone number and a script particularly tailored to them. Once you make the call, you give us feedback so we can track if you reached someone and what they said; then it serves up the next name / phone number / script to call.

We sent out an email to the signers of our first outreach on this, asking them to call.

Apparently, staffers at Thompson's office and Kilpatrick's office are telling folks not to call there. I had the same experience.

Day before yesterday, people at Thompson's office told me I should call Kilpatrick, and when I did, Kilpatrick's office told me I should call the Institute. The Institute was letting it's phone ring all day, and they didn't return my call.

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It appears our good friends at the CBC need a reminder of why the term "house negro" is deeply offensive and conditions which would engender its use be avoided. The blogosphere recently won a huge victory over our arch enemies at FOX, convincing the Nevada Democratic Party not to let FOX mediate a Democratic presidential candidate debate. But of course, evil never sleeps, and FOX is at it again, this time with the CBC. Watch this video first:

Sigh. Some people will never learn, it seems.

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Ha. This is the long War, kids. We've got to wean the addicts, one at a time. But let's rejoice, for now. And hope that as the scales fall, they will not regrow over anytime soon.