11:10 am CDT
The Supreme Court vs. America

New London Residents to Rally

New Hampshire Town Inundated with Support to Take Justice's Home

Eminent Domain Ruling Emboldens City Governments

4:03 pm CDT
A Heartfelt Thank You to the Mainstream Media

A couple of weeks ago on this blog I promised to get my priorities straight. That is, I decided to start basing the importance of news stories on how much coverage they receive in the mainstream media, and to gauge this level of coverage by analyzing the number of results these news stories receive from Google news searches.

But, old ways die hard. No sooner had I made this solemn vow than I became upset over the Supreme Court's decision on eminent domain. For days I ranted and raved about it, gnashed my teeth, foamed at the mouth. I was in an awful state.

Then I remembered what I had sworn to do. I sat right down at the computer and did a Google news search. And, sure enough, I discovered something much more important than the destruction of our right to own property: Tom Cruise.

Yes, it's true. A Google news search for "eminent domain" yields only 2,860 results, while "Tom Cruise" yields a much heftier 9,580. This means that Tom Cruise is three-and-a-half times more important than the loss of our property rights, thus is three-and-a-half times worthier of our attention.

We can trust this assessment, too, because the decision on how much coverage to give a news story is decided by trained professionals in journalism, and we can always trust them.

And they do such a fine job. They go to all the trouble of reporting the latest Tom Cruise news for us, and do not get one word of thanks for it. This is wrong.

Therefore, I would like to say: Thank you, Mainstream Media, for your diligence in reporting every last detail of Tom Cruise's life for the past several weeks. We would all be so much the poorer without these daily, and sometimes hourly, updates; if Tom gets squirted with water, or jumps up and down on a couch, or offers an opinion about psychiatry or life on other planets, or whatever, we need to know about it, by God. And we appreciate, too, your incisive analyses of Tom's doings and sayings, and the hardball questions directed at him during the historic Today Show interview (truly, this was journalism's finest hour). These things have enriched our lives beyond measure, and made us better citizens, if not better human beings, therefore I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

And don't stop. Please keep giving us more such news. Why, if a news blackout were ever to be placed on Tom Cruise, I don't think I could stand it. I would very likely lose my mind; I might even lose the will to live. Even if the blackout were to last one day, or one hour, it would be too long; it would drain all the joy and meaning right out of my life not to know what Tom was up to, or what Tom was saying, or what people were saying about Tom, and so on and so forth. Therefore, I beg you, Mainstream Media, please don't stop. Give us more, and more, and more Tom Cruise news. And more news about Paris Hilton too. And more news about the runaway bride, and the lost Boy Scout. And, for the love of God, please give us more Michael Jackson news. We are so grateful that you have not allowed the fact that the trial is over to cause you to stop covering this momentous news story; our only fear is that you might stop. Please don't stop. Keep giving us more Michael Jackson news, more exclusive interviews with his family and friends and everyone who's ever known him, more speculation on what he might do next, and as many filthy details as you can possibly dredge up out of the sewer that is Michael Jackson's life. Pour it on, heap it on, drown us in these things, because we love it. Oh yes, we love it. And we know we love it because you have told us we love it, and you are trained professionals in journalism, therefore it must be so. You know best what kind of news stories we want and need, so keep it up. Keep up the good work of informing the American public.

6:56 pm CDT
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT


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6:22 pm CDT
The Chickens Are Coming Home to Roost

It is with great relish that I present the following:
Movement Begins to Seize Supreme Court Justice Souter's Property to Build a Hotel

10:22 am CDT
More 9/11 Whistleblowers

Earlier this month, Morgan Reynolds, former Chief Economist for the Department of Labor during President George W. Bush's first term, questioned the official story about the collapse of the World Trade Center and suggested 9/11 was an inside job. (LINK)

Now, two more credible individuals have said the same thing: Paul Craig Roberts, Secretary of Treasury under Reagan (LINK) and former MI5 agent David Shayler (LINK).

8:42 am CDT
R.I.P.



PAUL WINCHELL
(1922-2005)
LINK

11:42 pm CDT
Radio MACK Preview

The summer edition of Radio MACK is in production. Features will include a dramatic presentation of the Vertigo Dream I had the other night (see 6/24 entry below). You can hear it HERE (mp3 / 7:02). Hope you enjoy it ...

4:55 am CDT
More on Eminent Domain

If the Supreme Court's Eminent Domain decision does not merit the impeachment of the five justices who voted for it, then nothing does ...

Let's call it what it is--treason:
Justices 'erase' key clause from Constitution

Alex Jones writes: Supreme Court Rules That No One Owns Their Home

News media blackout on the intimidation and harassment of New London residents:
Shocking New Developments In Supreme Court vs. Homeowners Case

3:00 CDT
The Supreme Court vs. America

High Court's Property Decision Stirs Anger

Some Homeowners Vow to Stay Despite Ruling against Them

Lou Dobbs CNN Poll Shows 99% Against Supreme Court Decision

50-Year-Old Texas Family Business to be Bulldozed for Hotel and Restaurants

Florida Family's Business May Be Bulldozed for Luxury Condominium

The Day America Died

2:59 pm CDT
Taser Report

Deputy Tasers 90-Pound 13-Year-Old Girl At Hospital

2:00 pm CDT
DREAM: San Francisco; the sun is shining and I'm walking down a strip of concrete that runs along the bay. While going up some steps, I see a blonde woman ahead of me fall into the water. I can't help her because my vertigo is kicking in. I am so dizzy I can barely negotiate the steps, let alone bring myself to jump from a high place into the bay. But that's not the only reason I don't help her--I'm also curious to see what happens in this alternate reality where I don't dive in after the blonde. It will be an entirely different movie ...



Night falls; I'm no longer on the bay, but walking along a canal lined with restaurants. I sit down at a table. Nearby, a group of black men with Little Richard pompadours are beating on drums and wailing. The music is entrancing, but ends too soon--the band is taking a break. People head to the bar. I check my wallet to see if I've got enough money for a martini, but when I get to the bar discover there is no bartender, it's self-serve. People are taking turns holding up cups to a faucet that pours out some kind of cloudy liquid. "What are you drinking?" I ask--or try to ask; my words are strangely garbled, therefore no one understands me. I repeat the question, pronouncing my words more clearly. Someone tells me it's water. I say, "Well, it must be toilet water"--which strikes me as funny. I make a few more jokes about the water, but no one is laughing; in fact, everyone seems afraid of me. Not wanting to cause trouble, I walk away and somehow end up on a gondola with a woman--a brunette. As we float along, we talk. I mention a dream I had the night before about a blonde who fell in the water; she tells me she had the same dream, only she was the blonde ...



The gondola docks; we get on a tour bus. As the bus starts moving down the freeway in the morning light, I suddenly have the strong feeling--the certainty--that the bus is going to explode. "Now I know why we had the same dream," I say to my companion, who is now blonde. "We're going to die together!" At that moment, flames appear on the windshield ...

Then I realize I'm still dreaming the dream of the "night before," and that I can control its outcome. I know exactly what to do: I stand up in the aisle and begin laughing the Woody Woodpecker laugh; this causes the flames to vanish. The bus continues on its way without further incident ...