Another link babble post brought to you by yours truly!

[sarcasticchick]

for starters, a faux noise link. I KNOW. i can't believe i'm doing this. linking to faux noise? wtf??? however, it is an interview with a white catholic priest who sums up the whole reverand wright (non)issue beautifully. he schools the reporter who should NOT be a journalist for as much as he a) acts like a freshman in college working on his

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[eumenidis]

Well, for a little while after 9/11 American journalism took a look at itself, but clearly it's back to sloppy or no research & sensationalism again

[sarcasticchick]

Well, for a little while after 9/11 American journalism took a look at itself, but clearly it's back to sloppy or no research & sensationalism again.

i wasn't paying enough attention at the time to news/media and the content - i just wasn't interested/hadn't had my eyes opened i guess ;) i do remember the non-stop coverage post 9/11, and how it was almost more depressing to be sucked into the non-stop coverage. looking back on it now, i feel like that was the start of the sensationist journalism, because of the trauma, because of the intrigue and the beginning of the grip of fear that's strangling the US. i could be wrong, i simply just don't remember indivdual journalists, etc.. as far as coverage went. but from view now looking back, the gov just snowballed everyone with the fear factor, and shoehorning those who might have protested through exploitation of revenge/fear... was journalism that great? i feel failed by journalists, from then up to present.

except for KO. and jon stewart and stephen colbert. ;)

You're a

[eumenidis]

My, I certainly did run off at the keyboard on that one, didn't I

[sarcasticchick]

But we Americans let ourselves down by accepting poor journalism & complacent public officials.

and people wonder why i <3 KO, JS and SC. ;) i can hardly stand to watch most "news programs" (in quotes both for definition of news programs as well as the fact that technically, none of the three listed above are technically 'news programs') any more, but those three are the saving grace of news. cause while they might mock the hell out of news events, there's thought and criticism applied - and not of the bill o'really? kind.

good call on the gov reaction to 9/11 - i think part of it was the panic you talked about, and i think, part guilt. not that they were in any part -responsible- as conspiracy theorists might have it, but rather that they knew something was up and did nothing/ignored it, either with intention or not.

Well, I'm an atheist, though I'm not sure I know what you mean by hard-core.eh, i tend to view religion et al as i do degrees of vegetarianism. ;) and vegans? hardcore. altho then there's your raw foods

[eumenidis]

One reason I watch MacNeil & BBC World News & an eclectic mix of other TV & printed sources. Do you know, I don't remember a single picture of the people in Muslim countries who demonstrated in sympathy for the US after 9/11 on the major networks? I'm not nearly as well-informed as I could/should be, but I know enough to think that was damn decent of them. Thing is, it seems people around the world watch the US closely, but a lot, maybe most, Americans go around a lot of the time obvious to anything happening in other countries

[sarcasticchick]

but a lot, maybe most, Americans go around a lot of the time obvious to anything happening in other countries.

there are other countries other than the US? no shit? /snark

that women who didn't want children were psychologically unhealthy, unnatural, selfishi've gotten similar responses, especially from my own mom, but more in a guilt-trip sense. "why don't you want kids? was i not a good enough parent?" like it was a personal offense that i didn't want kids despite my choice having nothing to do with her, how i was raised, etc

[eumenidis]

i've gotten similar responses, especially from my own mom

I didn't get that response from my mom--she thought I didn't think anyone would marry me. (Mom has a long history of grabbing the wrong end of the stick.) What really pissed me off were the damn men, who were just as promiscuous as they could manage while also rejecting any responsibility for consequences, yapping that there was something wrong with women who didn't want children.

Oh, damn; I have to break off. There's a storm front coming in, there was hail the size of baseballs to the west, & tornado warning.
Later?

[sarcasticchick]

of course, men have a responsibility for consequences!

i thought that was the whole point of men regulating birth control access and denying the right of the woman to make choices for her own body...in favor of abstinence-only programs. because then, poor men, don't have any consequences to deal with! /snark

stay safe! tornados are a PITA. yay, welcome tornado season. urf. *remembers to buy batteries for her flashlight next time she's at the store*

[eumenidis]

Thought has little to do with human sexuality &/or reproduction; mostly, it's about instinct & emotion. & basically, sex is about DNA replicating itself regardless of the effect its self-replication has on its environment, or the beings it uses for that purpose (f'rinstance, digger wasps laying their eggs in the bodies of other insects). Human males' moral codes, policies, etc. have always been about trying to control the behavior of females, & to me, greatly resembles the attempts of other male primates to control "their" females.

Yeah, tornados are PITA; hail & flooding are no joy either. I don't like to break off in mid-comment, I feel it's rude, but my mother can't hear disaster sirens, so I need to be alert to grab her & run to shelter.

[eumenidis]

Reply, Mark II

....part 2. sheesh. char limit busted?

[sarcasticchick]

I wasn't so fortunate in my family environment, I won't go into the details, but suffice it to say that my experience has made me intensely aware of how precious our freedoms are...& how fragile.

experiences shape us, no matter how great or tragic. and seriously, not everyone has to grow up in quiet ol' nebraska to become the outspoken liberal like i am. ;)

Networking isn't a bad thing per se; we are social creatures, it's one of the traits that make us such a successful species.

see, i have issues with networking. and maybe it's just the word itself has become so distasteful to me through experience. social acquaintences? friends? i suppose that's networking - but to me, networking implies the deliberate attempt to make connections in order to gian something. and i hate that. with a passion.

But these closed, secretive, networks seeking to acquire power over others & to pursue undisclosed, unilaterally chosen objectives--oh-ho, yeah, bad, bad, bad.v. v. bad. of course, that's US 'democrazy' in action for you. and

Re: ....part 2. sheesh. char limit busted?

[eumenidis]

No, certainly not. My only point was that having grown up without those rights held out as being MINE, I appreciate their value. I suspect many black or Native Americans, or people who've emigrated from totalitarian countries must feel as I do

Re: ....part 2. sheesh. char limit busted?

[sarcasticchick]

strictly from an aesthetic standpoint, DT is a very comely specimen of that boyish, ectomorphic type Britain produces. & he has great big pretty brown eyes & a tight, firm shapely little butt. Perhaps if Ten were to be tied up & gagged...hm...there's a naughty fic in there somewhere...

*giggles lots* see, at first, i didn't find DT attractive at all. and then he grew on me. but the idea of a gagged and bound doctor is really....a naughty (nice) thought. don't suppose the TARDIS would ever just....get tired....of the doctor's hyperactive spasticness? i mean - i don't know enough traditional who-verse, but i've always enjoyed the fics/ideas that the TARDIS has a (feminine) personality. and well, the idea that she might just get tired of the doctor...at some point...and seeks her revenge makes me giggle.

and that wouldn't even be naughty. unless jack was there and got ideas.

and sure! feel free to friend. i'll return ;) i don't post often, and a great deal of it's rants - so be forewarned. *G*

Re: ....part 2. sheesh. char limit busted?

[eumenidis]

I've been a lukewarm DW fan since it first aired in the US back in the '80s, but I never paid enough attention to the minutiae to notice that the TARDIS was sentient & had a personality till NewWho. Now that you've reminded me of that, it occurs that the TARDIS could get enough of the Doctor's perpetual chatter & bouncing around (I have a nephew who's ADHD; when he misses his meds--!) & take steps to silence & immobilize him. As for that not being naughty: I've read fics where the Doctor & the TARDIS were lovers.

...what do you mean about Jack *getting* ideas? Jack *always* has ideas. You could power a major city with the amount of energy Jack expends having ideas!

Hey, I enjoy your rants, they make me feel that my sign-waving days weren't for nothing. You'll more likely be disappointed by my posts. I'm afraid that these days, at my age & with my health issues, my focus is pretty much on personal worries--one reason the net has been such a boon to me.