Links and Minifeatures 08 28 Monday

RINO Sightings



Carnival of Debt Reduction



Carnival of Real Estate



Carnival of the Capitalists

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Now this is funny!: Al Gore: "Democracy is under attack"

"Democracy is under attack," Gore told an audience at the Edinburgh International Television Festival. "Democracy as a system for self-governance is facing more serious challenges now than it has faced for a long time.



"Democracy is a conversation, and the most important role of the media is to facilitate that conversation of democracy. Now the conversation is more controlled, it is more centralized."



He said that in many countries, media control was being consolidated in the hands of a few businesspeople or politicians.

1) It's hurts when there are media out there that don't necessarily subscribe to the "left wing: good, right wing: bad" simplification. Especially to those politicans, such as yourself, who depend upon friendly media controlling the national conversation.



2) I thought you claimed to have invented the internet? Haven't you heard of blogs? If dissent is being crushed by the regime, there are several places on my sitelist that haven't gotten the message.



Actually, I can't wait for the next network that figures out there's more money in being a centrist than in being kneejerk leftists.