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Who says Pownce is dead?
So TechCrunch has decided that Pownce is headed for the dead pool. They’re so damn sure that Twitter has won in the micro-bloggin/status-posting/whatever-category-they-are field that no one else can touch them. I’m not so sure about that. The biggest problem with TechCrunch’s statement is they forget to take into account that Pownce is still in closed, invite only beta and has not even made their public launch yet. Honestly, I think Mike Arrington is just really hoping to see Pownce fail because he doesn’t like it. Well, Mr. Arrington, I’m here to respectfully disagree with you on this. Click “read more” for the for the rest.
So last week I stumbled upon this article in Broadcasting & Cable about how NBC was about to shelve Studio 60
NBC pushed up the premiere date of The Black Donnellys to Monday February 26 at 10 p.m., sending Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip to the bench even earlier than planned
For those of you who are not in television, getting shelved is more than likely one step away from being canceled. Especially since we’re in the February ratings period right now. It’s unfortunate that a show like this has to be cancelled. It’s a very good show, but it’s on a network with about 3 hit shows. I think that if NBC were to find another slot for it (I believe it’s up against a CSI and I think Boston Legal), it would do well, but it’s the reality in television that if you don’t do well in the first few weeks, you’re done for. It’s honestly a miracle that NBC has let the show go as far as it has, given that there were shows that other networks (namely Fox) canned with-in 1 or 2 episodes.
Now.. With that said, does anyone else who watched tonight’s show think that they may have been poking fun at themselves? I would post some quotes from the show to back this up, but I don’t want to give any spoilers. Let’s just suffice to say the part in question has to do with the ratings of the fictionalStudio 60 On the Sunset Strip.
Now.. Here’s my plea, which of course will go unheard to the network executives, NBC please don’t cancel Studio 60. Whether you need to move it to another time slot, or move it to USA, Bravo, or any of your other cable networks, don’t take away a very, very good television show.
-A
Hey everyone.. I’m playing with a new thingy (yes, that’s a technical term) called Twitter… Basically, it lets you post short status updates (similar to the status thing in Facebook). Anyway.. I don’t really have any followers on there yet, so I’m hoping some of you might just be geeky enough join it.
www.twitter.com
-A
This is in response to: http://www.marquettetribune.org/index.php?story=mutv_needs_the_public
First off, I’d like to say, I wish I knew who was the viewpoint person this year at the Tribune because I commend them for actually writing a viewpoint in support of MUTV. In 4 years @ Marquette, there were a great many viewpoint editors who would have written a column condemning MUTV (and for the record, the same hatred from the print media was expressed to Marquette Radio as well).
Unfortunately, some of the cries of the column have been going on for years.
The site also claims that the station serves “Marquette’s 12,000 students and approximately 200,000 Milwaukee area homes.” Trying to determine if the above statement is true or not seems nearly impossible
I remember being in staff meetings where we talked about the possibility of being added off-campus. Hell, I even remember when Marquette started offering the cable/internet Time-Warner deal that anyone who was on that package was supposed to get MUTV. A friend had it, but was never able to get MUTV. In fact, my friends in Campus Town couldn’t even get MUTV (or MUR or the Campus Movie Channel). Sadly, that 200,000 Milwaukee homes deal either never happened or is an old number from when MUTV *was* available on Saturdays via what is now WMKE-CA (low power channel 7, transmitter is on the Hilton).
Marquette University Television needs to expand its viewership to all Marquette students, and non-students for that matter, by joining a public access channel.
We did, but it was not though joining with a public access channel. Student Media Advisor Barb Fleming, former GM Ryan Bigney, myself and my assistant Online Director, Steve Gagner, were able to get streaming video up on MUTV’s website. Even though it was not the preferred off-campus distribution mechanism at the time , it was better than nothing. (Though as an aside, it seems to be down at the moment). Never the less, it opened up the possibility that off-campus students, alumni and yes even parents at home were able to watch news packages, entertainment programming and even some select sports programming. Not only that, in 2003 we began broadcasting the annual MUSG election special LIVE on the internet.
Start exposing MUTV on a public access channel and it will do justice to its 50th anniversary.
Unfortunately, this is the part where I have to disagree. While a public access channel would allow MUTV to be show in many more homes across Milwaukee, don’t forget that the target market of the station, is Marquette students and alumni. The Internet, therefore, is a much better distribution method than a public access channel. Why? Not only does it reach the students and alumni living in Milwaukee but it has the potential to reach alumni who are living in other parts of the state, country or even world.
While I’m not sure where things stand now, when I left in 2004, MUTV was more accessible to more people than ever before and the Internet, not a public access channel, was the key to achieving that.
-A
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How Bush is screwing us now….
“Sieg Heil to the president Gasman
Bombs away is your punishment
Pulverize the Eiffel towers
Who criticize your government
Bang bang goes the broken glass and
Kill all the fags that don’t agree
Trials by fire, setting fire
Is not a way that’s meant for me
Just cause, just cause, because we’re outlaws yeah!”
-Green Day, “Holiday”
“I’m not a part of a redneck agenda.”
– Green Day, “American Idiot”
So I’m catching up on the blogosphere today and I finally got around to reading an article that John C. Dvorak posted on his blog. Essentially there’s new legislation that’s quietly been passed through our Congress that’s pretty much asserting what we already have known for 6 years…. Bush = Hitler.
“If this were a dictatorship, it’d be a heck of a lot easier…just as long as I’m the dictator…”
— George W. Bush
Washington, DC, Dec 18, 2000, during his first trip to Washington as President-Elect
So what is this new legislation? Simple. It’s a bill legalizing the torture of terrorists and other detainees. Which of course, we all know is wrong. Yes, they may be trying to blow us up, but I’m sorry, they’re humans too and they deserve to but put in front of a jury just like anyone else who has committed a crime. Anyway, back on topic. The bill, which is analyzed here, is a fucking joke. Not only is it Bush and the right’s way of giving a big “fuck you” to the Geneva conventions, but it also appears to illegally be stripping us of one of the best things that this democracy has, the system of checks and balances. (I forgot.. Another thing this does is prevent anyone from invoking the Geneva Conventions.)
“No court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider any claim or cause of action whatsoever, including any action pending on or filed after the date of the enactment of the Military Commissions Act of 2006, relating to the prosecution, trial, or judgment of a military commission under this chapter, including challenges to the lawfulness of procedures of military commissions under this chapter.” (Watson)
Like I said.. This essentially is an attempt to remove the checks and balances from this bill, which is a complete violation of the founding principals of this country. I bet you George, Thomas, John, etc. are all turning over in their graves over the gross incompetence of the right-controlled Congress and this president to even try to put such a statement into a bill. Of course, this is a scary road to go down. Consider the fact that if they want to start doing that, who’s to say they couldn’t try passing a law that says it’s a violation of law to criticize Bush and attempt to make it so that you couldn’t challenge it (Yes, I realize something like that is a clear violation of Amendment # 1)
Now, if you keep reading the linked article by Wason & Jones, you’ll see that among other things that this bill does is allow secret trials, in other words, ones where you have no knowledge of the crimes against you and are unable to make a defense against yourself, applications of this law not only to people detained by the US in places outside of our borders but also CITIZENS of the US. Consider this: “Any person subject to this chapter who, in breach of an allegiance or duty to the United States, knowingly and intentionally aids an enemy of the United States, or one of the co-belligerents of the enemy, shall be punished as a military commission under this chapter may direct.” (Watson). Read that closely, as pointed out in the analysis, why would an enemy have allegiance or duty to the US?
And what would all of this apply to? Well.. Not only would this apply to people who are trying to harm us but to a broad scope of things. Hmm… “Fahrenheit 9/11”? Well.. Michael Moore could be thrown in jail according to the interpretations of this bill now. It’s definitely enabling terrorists, right? How about most of the hosts over at Air America or for that matter most of NPR. Oh wait, that’s right the right is already pulling funding for NPR so they can silence them. Of course, that another story.
Basically, this is a bad bill and it needs to go away. Hopefully, barring any tampering of voting machines, the Dems win control back next month and we can finally put an end to all the bull shit the Republicans are spewing out of Washington.
By the way… If you’re thinking “why not challenge the law anyway”, seems that the Bush administration is going to great lengths to stop that.
Now.. Before I go.. Consider this:
In addition to the procedure prescribed by the constitution, laws of the Reich may also be enacted by the government of the Reich. This includes the laws referred to by Articles 85 Paragraph 2 and Article 87 of the constitution.
Laws enacted by the government of the Reich may deviate from the constitution as long as they do not affect the institutions of the Reichstag and the Reichsrat. The rights of the President remain undisturbed.
— HItler’s Enabling Act
The authority to establish military commissions under chapter 47A of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 3(a), may not be construed to alter or limit the authority of the President under the Constitution of the United States and laws of the United States to establish military commissions for areas declared to be under martial law or in occupied territories should circumstances so require.
— HR 6166
“areas under martial law”? Could this be the start of an Enabling Act for Bush? More importantly, are you concerned yet?
-A
Analysis Consulted:
Watson, Paul Joseph., and Alex Jones. Torture Bill States Non-allegiance to Bush Is Terrorism. 30 Sep. 2006. 5 Oct. 2006 <http://www.informationliberation.com/index.php?id=16337>.