Theoligarchy Sunday

it's a delightfully cool, quiet, partly sunny sunday here in buenos aires... reading the news over an unaccustomed second cup of coffee (segafredo - strong, sweet and hot), i'm struck once again by the seemingly inexorable forward march of the unholy republican/fundamentalist christian alliance... its tendrils are appearing everywhere... i can only conclude that this is just the beginning... soon the beast will be fully awake... kos and armando may take some comfort in poll numbers but i'm not getting a warm, fuzzy feeling when i see things like these...

The Hillsborough County Commission approved by a vote of 5 to 1, with one abstention, a policy that directs the county government to abstain from acknowledging, promoting or participating" in gay pride recognition or events". The measure was passed on June 15, after a Gay and Lesbian Pride Month display at the West Gate Regional Library here upset some library patrons.

the more bushco hits on the "straights = good, gays = bad" theme, the more "official," legally-sanctioned intolerance we're gonna see...

"If the last election showed one thing, it's that culture drives politics. I want to take the form that is now owned by the left - the documentary - and use it to help drive an overall political agenda that supports the culture of life." [...] Though heavier than most on messianic zeal, Mr. [Stephen K.] Bannon - Roman Catholic filmmaker, conservative-film financier, Washington networker and Hollywood deal-chaser - is emblematic of a new wave in Hollywood, a group that intends to clean those media pipes with pictures that promote godliness, Pax Americana and its own view of family values. Some of these filmmakers, armed with camcorders and Web sites, are pushing overtly political projects in the blogosphere and at conservative festivals.

so, what's next...? "Father Knows Best: The Movie...?"

The intent is not to kill off PBS and NPR but to castrate them by quietly annexing their news and public affairs operations to the larger state propaganda machine that the Bush White House has been steadily constructing at taxpayers' expense. If you liked the fake government news videos that ended up on local stations - or thrilled to the "journalism" of Armstrong Williams and other columnists who were covertly paid to promote administration policies - you'll love the brave new world this crowd envisions for public TV and radio.

frankly, i'm much less concerned about the direction of entertainment than i am about the direction of news, especially now that it's becoming nearly impossible to obtain it spin-free... i think it's becoming clear that the goal is to manipulate public perception of government action well beyond what we see even now - and it's been pretty heavy already...

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