Obama Speech With A Kick Ending
The TV gods giveth and they taketh away. Just as we bid farewell, with season finales, to HBO’s latest masterpieces, “Boardwalk Empire,” Martin Scorsese and Terrence Winter’s majestic re-telling of the American gangster myth and “In Treatment, ” which features the most incisive writing and some of the most compelling acting on television in years, [...]
A bit more than two years ago, America and most of the world were infatuated by the new President-elect. Barack Obama was promising “integrity, transparency and accountability in government, politics and the law”. Pointing out that the Bush administration had been “one of the most secretive in US history”, President-elect Obama vowed to drastically increase [...]
Subliminal messaging was denounced as “contrary to the public interest” and “intended to be deceptive” in 1974. The volume of advertising will be restricted in 2012. With some luck, perhaps we can start compelling advertisers to start telling the truth in another 38 years by 2050.
Florida may have turned away that brash, 21 Century Mr. Smith, Alan Grayson, but at least we still have Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont. For those who think all politicians are the same, all bought and sold by lobbyists and corporations, listen to the bold, Independent. His impassioned speech on economic inequity is one of [...]
