Troubled Waters

I missed this the first time I read Thom Hartman's It's Christmas week - Adolf Hitler's favorite season:

Former MSNBC producer Jeff Cohen tells me that he was ordered to always have at least two conservatives on the Donahue show whenever one liberal appeared, "and three conservatives to Michael Moore." Apparently the Moore Rule at MSNBC now also extends to Amy Goodman - a few days after Cohen said this on my radio program, I watched MSNBC's Chris Matthews position Goodman against three conservatives, and then dismiss her before the show ended so the remaining three could make their final points.

Hundreds of hours a day of right-wing programming pour out of radio stations nationwide, and conservative extremists are the most common "guests" and "experts" on network news and weekend political TV shows.

American Apocalypse features more from George Monbiot.

Helen Thomas - Bill Moyers was the last liberal voice on national television. Now he's gone into retirement.

Some discussion of why Kerry lost - running a last century campaign.

Slip Sliding Away - Not Paul Simon yet, but our liberties and laws.

The last two posts by Bob Dreyfus show why this Iraqi election will be a mockery - nearly all Sunnis are boycotting or too scared to vote and the election monitors are too scared to enter the country. No permalinks - Jan 3, 2005 and Dec. 23, 2004.

My Mood - Bridge Over Troubled Waters, You've Got A Friend, Mother and Child Reunion, Candle in the Wind, Moonshadow, Sad Songs.