Domestic Politics
How the media manipulates our minds: David Paterson Case Study
Written by Kwesi McDavid-Arno |
When doing research for my previous article on Governor Paterson’s claims of racist media bias, I examined every front page from the New York Post from the Day he was appointed, on March 17th 2008, to September 31st 2009. I was able to identify 33 cover stories that related to Governor Paterson. Out of thirty-three stories, only two of them are semi-positive. The reason I call them semi-positive is the way that they are told.
Blindsided President Obama sucker punches Gov David Paterson
Written by Kwesi McDavid-Arno |
New York’s first African American Governor, the legally blind David Paterson, was recently blindsided by the Obama Administration as rumors of resignation requests began to surface shortly before the President visited the state for the UN General Assembly meeting. The public justification behind the President’s slap in the face was Governor Paterson’s abysmal approval ratings. However I feel that is just too simple an answer. The Governor recently drew the ire of President Obama when he attributed his poor poll numbers and the caustic national health care debate to racial bias in the media. Paterson was besieged for playing the “Race Card,” and the ensuing negative media coverage forced the Obama administration to try and distance itself from the beleaguered Governor. The last thing the Obama administration wants to be drawn into is a discussion on Race. However, I have to agree with the Governor. Furthermore several television pundits have said that there are racial overtones to the Health Care debate, further confirmed by Congressman Joe Wilson’s behavior.
What Is Conservatism
Written by Sid Davis |
The question is being asked a lot lately, especially within the American conservative movement. The self-reflection began after the 2006 electoral beat-down, and continued in 2008 when they realized they’d screwed the pooch so badly Americans preferred to elect a black nationalist fascist socialist secretly Muslim president rather than give the GOP another chance. The conservatives retreated, and conferred, and a consensus finally began to emerge earlier this year: they decided that they lost the 2008 presidential election because—wait for it—they were not conservative enough. Sure, okay, if they say so, but the question then becomes what exactly do conservatives believe?
The Republicans Shrugged
Written by Sid Davis |
I’ve been doing a bit of traveling in Europe lately, and if you ask a European about the current economic crisis, nearly all of them will have the same opinion: “Economic deregulation, driven by banking and finance corporations, was the cause.” When I described to a Spanish friend the Republican narrative being shaped about the crisis—that the finance sector was pressured into loaning money to uncreditworthy borrowers—he sort of laughed and said, “So in your country the conservatives say that evil poor people took advantage of angelic rich people? That would be the first time in history that happened.”
Mayor Bloombergs Environmental Hypocrisy
Written by Mario Budha |
While Mayor Bloomberg and his friends tout the plan to plant one million trees in New York City, government policies could be leading to the cutting down of many more. The New York Sanitation Department just opened bids for the North Shore Marine Transfer Station, part of Mayor Bloomberg’s Solid Waste Management Plan, already under attack by local grassroots activists not in cahoots or
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