A Citizens Guide To Staying Informed

by Arno on September 30, 2008

I have always been into anything that’s related to computers, so I find new applications, new methods of communication, and other social experiments rather exciting. I’ve used every messenger tool out there, have used several different email platforms, I reap the benefits of audio and video podcasts, I stay up to date with my favorite sources of information via RSS feeds, the list goes on.

This isn’t a post dedicated to how great of a computer geek I am, this is dedicated to those people who aren’t entirely up to date on how easily you can get to the information you’re looking for. The reason I’m telling you this is because I hope to show you just how easy it is to do your fact checking, assuming you’re interested in doing so.

Sources

First of all here are some websites to get you started, as they both deliver unbiased information. By unbiased information I mean that we’re literally talking about transcripts here. No commentary, on spin, just the plain and simple direct copy of what the respective people have said.

1. www.mediamatters.org

2. www.factcheck.org

Methods

If you don’t always have the time to check these websites for information, you can stay updated to their content by means of RSS feeds, or email subscriptions. Nowadays most websites feature this ability.

A great way of collecting RSS feeds and reading their content is by using www.bloglines.com. It’s a free service and a great way of keeping your feed organized.

If instead you’d rather receive the updates via email, simply go to your favorite site and look for something that says “email updates” or “subscribe to newsletter”. Just like here on www.meranting.com you can click on the RSS icon and it will result in you having to confirm your subscription.

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Boycott Wall Street, Defeat The Financial Terrorists

by Arno on September 26, 2008

The new terrorists don’t live in caves. They’re driving shiny cars, and most of them make their money on wallstreet. Walstreet has done more damage to the American Way of Life than Osama bin Laden ever could. I mean they tried it with 9/11, we went into shock and accepted anything the government brought forth. Now we have a financial 9/11 and they’re trying to pull the wool over our eyes again.There shouldn’t be a compromise, I say we let all the bad deals bleed out - don’t tell me we’re going to do worse, as you can’t even tell me what effect the current plan is going to have!

Amy Goodman is doing a fantastic job reporting on this and it’s one of the best sources of real journalism avaialable today.

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Palin, Clueless

by Arno on September 25, 2008

Does it get any better than that?

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The 2008 Ponzi Scheme

by Arno on September 23, 2008

Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.

They keep saying how complicated the situation is, what the consequences are if we don’t act quickly but honestly, it’s rather simple. They’re taking your money. End of story.

This is the 2008 Ponzi Scheme.

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So What Happened In Galveston?

by Arno on September 21, 2008

I’m writing another post on this because I simply cannot find out what’s going on there. I saw MSNBC turn into a weather station during Hurricane Ike’s approach but somehow the story now isn’t important enough to report on. Correct me if I’m wrong, but MSNBC isn’t a weather station - but they did weather all day. Now that we need them to do journalism, they’ve moved on to reporting about Panda’s having babies in the San Diego Zoo or something of similar “value”.

I came across this website which seems to have a lot of information, comments, videos, etc so if this topic interests you, head on over and show your support.

http://snarkfood.com/coast-guard-fly-over-of-galveston-island-texas/

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The American Dream, or the Induced Coma

by Arno on September 21, 2008

I was born in 1972 in the North of Germany. It is located in the center of Europe and has hundreds of years of civilization on its back, as many other European countries do as well.

Germany made it through a Revolution, and two World Wars, the second of which nearly wiped the country out. The second World War was started mainly because a lunatic called Adolf Hitler managed to rise to power and was able to build a regime, which had extremely radical views of the world to say the least.

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No Fly Zone in Texas after Hurricane

by Arno on September 20, 2008

We need more journalists like the gentleman asking the tough questions here.

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A Religious Campaign Ad Done Right

by Arno on September 20, 2008

I don’t think Religion has an place in politics and what I mean by that is that leaders shouldn’t be influenced by it, nor should they look at any of our foreign policy issues as based on what it says in that book. My grandfather was a methodist minister his entire life, and he was very committed to that mission. In my entire life, I can’t remember him approaching me and trying to lay the religion on me. Instead, he proved to me what Religion really is, and should be: a rule book on how to be compassionate. When he was in his 70’s, he was still delivering meals to the needy, as part of the Church program he ran. This to me, is religion and that’s why I think this political ad is true and will be effective.

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Andrew Sullivan, Please Shut Up and Go Home

by Arno on September 20, 2008

I’m sitting here watching one of my favorite shows, Bill Maher’s “Real Time” on HBO and when I see Andrew Sullivan speak, my blood starts boiling. In case you don’t know who Andrew Sullivan is, I really had no knowledge of him prior to seeing him on the round table of Maher’s show either.What I do know is that he was on the show years ago and was for the Iraq War and somehow he thinks his changing his mind on it is some kind of sign of his greatness - it’s not.

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Essay: The Faces of the Financial Crisis

by Arno on September 18, 2008

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