Joe Conason – Big Lies: The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth

An excellent, long over-due expose of the right wing’s abuse of the so-called “liberal” media.

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Non-Sucking Country Music

Excecpt for a very narrow slice of country-pop, modern “country” radio pretty much ignores the full breadth of Country & Western music – including bluegrass, rockabilly, western swing, cow punk, country blues, alternative country, Americana, etc. Fortunately there are many emerging alternative sources like the XM and Sirius satellite radio services, as well as an almost limitless array of Internet radio stations…

Rockabilly Moodswing: Fridays 5-7pm on KKFI-FM 90.1 here in KC.
Radio@Netscape (formally Spinner)
Boot Liquor Radio
Merciless.org Radio
Cowboy Cultural Society
KPIG-FM in Santa Cruz, Cali.
WNCW-FM in Spindale, NC
WDVX-FM in Knoxville, Tenn.
Live365 streams: Freight Train Boogie and Radiowa

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Farewell Johnny Cash

Today we lost the Man In Black, a musical legend and a force of nature. If any human has a voice that sounds like God, it would have been Johnny Cash. Johnny, your contributions to American music and culture are immeasurable, we love you.

Tennessean Obituary
CNN Obituary
Hurt Video
CMT Awards 2003 Tribute (Windows Media)
johnnycash.com.

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George Bush Scorecard of Evil

With the worsening disasters going on in Iraq, Afgahnastan, Israel, and the U.S. economy, many Americans are just now beginning to realize how profoundly corrupt and incompetent Governor Bush and his cabal really are. The contrast with his predecessor is remarkable. Lying about sex is bad, but lying to start a war that kills American soldiers is unquestionably evil. And this is only the latest in a long career of lies and evil-doing. For the newly-awakened, here is a scorecard of the entire sordid record.

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