06.21.06
Oil companies: dishonest, greedy scum
One hates to generalize, of course, but… Take a look at this: Chevron on the one hand openly supporting alternative energy initiatives and strategies, while on the other, hidden, hand, financing efforts to defeat such initiatives. Fortunately, I live in California and can vote for the initiative.
Typical GOP action: block access to liberal blogs
DailyKos reports the story of how the corrupt GOP Kentucky state government has blocked access on state-owned computers to liberal blogs, while continuing to allow access to conservative blogs and conservative news sources (Fox and Drudge, for example).
TPMmuckraker has more on the story. And here's an update from TPMmuckraker.
This is important because it's a remarkably clear demonstration of what happens when the GOP gains control of access to information and opinion: all points of view other than the strict GOP line are blocked—no access. It reminds me of how certain communist countries operated in their heyday (and China today, of course).
UPDATE: The claim now is that access to all blogs has been blocked.
UPDATE 2: The NY Times reports this morning that the claim is false (i.e., they lied): access to Drudge, Rush Limbaugh, the RNC, etc., still available. (Of course they lied: they're Republicans.)
Wednesday cat-blogging: Megs and her fish
Here’s Megs, lolling about next to her fish. They are BFF.
