http://www.ustvmedia.org Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:56:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Daniel Greenwood is a highly unusual law professor who writes academic articles with subtitles like "The Illegitimacy of Corporate Law" and "Why Corporate Speech is Not Free." Strangely, his work has been strangely overlooked by the democracy/anti-corporate movement. That's a shame because it's great stuff and worth a close look. ... http://www.ustvmedia.org/corporate-democracy-and-usa-inc/2008/07/08/prof-daniel-greenwood-on-corporate-rights/ Like a bad check, these clowns keep bouncing back, with the persistence of a nasty cold that just won't ever seem to quite go away. Guess we can't be too surprised, though. Hopefully people won't be nearly as prone to swallow the BS from them the way they ... http://www.ustvmedia.org/propaganda-and-faux-news/2008/07/07/willie-horton-ad-creator-back-in-action/ From Tom J's letter to his friend and colleague James Madison, September 6, 1789. He seems to have been reading from another friend of his, Thomas Paine, as this reflects some points made by good ol Mr. Paine. Jefferson made repeated references throughout his life to the ... http://www.ustvmedia.org/the-american-revolution-is-it-over/2008/07/04/thomas-jefferson-on-expiring-constitutions/ This from Patricia Cohen writing for The New York Times touches on a sense of things that has bothered me for some time, but was not sure how much of it was simply my own limited perceptions. Unfortunately, the condition seems to have been noticed by others, as well. ... http://www.ustvmedia.org/general-topics/2008/07/02/the-growing-american-hostility-to-knowledge/ Interesting overview of the modern history of the Supreme Court and of the members who make it up. It does help to explain some things. Most telling is the current court's emphasis of exalting order over liberty, and institutional and governmental power over the individual. In a 2006 opinion ... http://www.ustvmedia.org/the-judicial-system-and-the-courts/2008/06/29/supreme-court-inc/ Good article touching on some forgotten history about the lineage of the whole 'decency' thing on the radio (and television), and the importance George Carlin held not only in the annals of comedy, but in our civic history as a society and what the value and role of speech is ... http://www.ustvmedia.org/media-and-democracy/2008/06/27/the-feisty-station-that-defended-carlins-seven-words-looks-back/ The switch to digital TV is essentially a $70 billion gift from taxpayers to broadcasters. So, what will we get in return? On Feb. 17, 2009, a massive but so far little-noted corporate theft of the public airwaves will be consummated as U.S. analog TV stations switch to digital TV ... http://www.ustvmedia.org/media-and-democracy/2008/06/25/grand-theft-digital-how-corporate-broadcasters-will-hijack-digital-tv/ That's my recommendation. If they are going to act like lemmings, then they should have the lemming for their symbol. The Democrats should keep the jackass. That's my opinion. - Stephen Bickford, East Hartford, CT http://www.ustvmedia.org/politics-in-america/2008/06/23/republicans-change-symbol-from-elephant-to-lemming/ On April 4, 2004 Tomas Young was shot and paralyzed in Iraq in an unarmored Humvee. He came home to become an outspoken anti-war activist, transforming his anger at the Bush administration into action. Tomas' fight to bring the troops home is deeply personal. His brother Nathan is currently in ... http://www.ustvmedia.org/support-our-troops/2008/06/18/tomas-young-of-body-of-war/ Good essay by Jeff Cohen, one of the original members of FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting) and producer of Phil Donahue's program on MSNBC which was cancelled only weeks before the invasion of Iraq for having had the temerity to question the premise of that war. Ironic that ... http://www.ustvmedia.org/deconstructing-the-media/2008/06/16/mcclellan-and-his-media-collaborators/