Moonage Political Webdream

I think this one is fun.  But then again, I get too many "fun" things to do here.  It’s hard to keep up with all the fun and have a somewhat normal life as well.  This is the "fun" for today:

Because of that sharp focus, they will be joined by novice protesters such as Patrice Cuddy, 56. Interviewed by phone yesterday, the former public school teacher in Olathe, Kan., said she had to pull off her gardening gloves each time a neighbor interrupted her yardwork to ask about joining the bus she had chartered to go to the nation’s capital.

"It’s small and it’s quiet here in Johnson County, but more and more people are becoming part of the group that doesn’t agree with this war," said Cuddy, who was planning to load about 45 people onto the bus in a Home Depot parking lot this morning for the 20-hour ride to Washington.

OK, the implication given here is that Ms. Cuddy is "becoming part of the group that doesn’t agree with this war".  That’s what major media presents, this is what the blogosphere presents:

Her own description in the local Democrat group: "Life long Labor Democrat, arms-control, peace, environmental activist since the mid 1970s - Currently working with 501C3s and the Kansas City Greens who were brought together against the War on Iraq."  There’s a lot of stuff there where Ms. Cuddy touts her "life long" protests.

This is what she thinks of Fahrenheit 9/11: "Moore’s footage showing the stealing of the presidency in 2000!!!  Makes your blood boil again, especially when the Black Representatives lined up to tell their story about Katharine Harris’s sloppy work!!!!!" ( Apparently she’s protesting the 2000 Election? )

She’s a Green Democrat.  They protest everything.  She’s all over the internet protesting the war.  She’s a member of ANSWER and America Coming Together, they protest everything.  She even seems to be a member of ELF, they kill people for trees. Hell, she’s even blogging her protests over everything.

I’m still waiting for Washington Post’s definition of "novice".

Once again, the media presents something as fact, the blogosphere presents tons of facts that totally undermine major media.  The New York Times is in dire financial straits, is laying off people claiming it won’t affect the accuracy of their information.  They’re blaming it on everything but the obvious.  It’s not that people don’t want to read paper when they sit on the toilet.  It’s because people don’t feel compelled to read the paper when they sit on the toilet.  They know they’re not missing anything.

Dan Rather’s crying again.

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