Project Censored

Post #61,986 by JayMehaffey 11/9/02 9:45:55 PM Reply	Project Censored [link\|http://www.projectcensored.org/stories/2003/default.htm\|Project Censored 2003] The 2001/2002 top 25 stories you didn't hear is out. Pretty depressing stuff. I think IWETHEY has touched on most on the major ones. But except for a few small mentions about Bush's family tangle with the Bin Laden family, I havn't seen any coverage of any of these from a major news source. Jay
Post #61,987 by deSitter 11/9/02 9:54:05 PM Reply	I Want Out -drl
Post #61,989 by Ashton 11/9/02 10:06:54 PM Reply	{ugh} - and that's just THIS Year's collection..
Post #62,016 by ben_tilly 11/10/02 1:03:02 AM Reply	They missed at least one biggie Discussed at [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=62001\|http://z.iwethey.org...w?contentid=62001] and elsewhere. Cheers, Ben "Career politicians are inherently untrustworthy; if it spends its life buzzing around the outhouse, it\ufffds probably a fly." - [link\|http://www.nationalinterest.org/issues/58/Mead.html\|Walter Mead]
Post #62,285 by jb4 11/11/02 6:19:13 PM Reply	Jeez! Is it really this bad?!? I'm with Ross.... jb4 "About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead. " -- Edsger W.Dijkstra (1930 - 2002) (I wish more managers knew that...)
Post #62,413 by Arkadiy 11/12/02 9:56:45 AM 11/12/02 10:24:58 AM Reply	Sorry to break it to you... ...but it's mostly conspiracy theories and usual left bullshit. Some of that stuff was discused in specialty press on the internet. And none of it was _censored_. Ignored - yes. But censored? Look at their #1 story. "FCC moves"... Nope, some lobbyists move. And Michael Powel said something, probably taken out of context in the article. No regulations have been changed. No changes were even officially proposed. Why should it be a major news item? Look at the "national houising crisis". I live in Stamford, CT. Suppose a certified nursing assistant makes $35,000 a year. I hope his wife works too. You can get a 1-bedroom at for $700-800 a month in Stamford (look [link\|http://www.vacancynet.com/connecticut%2Fstamford-houses-for-rent.asp\|here]). Norwalk has a reputation of being cheaper. The further to the North, the cheaper. What housing crisis? I think someone is earning some political capital on this. That's all. -- We have only 2 things to worry about: That things will never get back to normal, and that they already have. Edited by Arkadiy Nov. 12, 2002, 10:24:58 AM EST Expand All History
Post #62,532 by JayMehaffey 11/12/02 6:47:25 PM Reply	Re: Sorry to break it to you... Look at the "national houising crisis". I live in Stamford, CT. Suppose a certified nursing assistant makes $35,000 a year. I hope his wife works too. You can get a 1-bedroom at for $700-800 a month in Stamford (look here). Norwalk has a reputation of being cheaper. The further to the North, the cheaper. What housing crisis? Look at the article again. The example they gave was a single mother with three kids, making $28,000 a year. Given the price you list, I don't find it that surprising that she can't find any place that she can afford. What you see on the site is a short summary of an issue. Yes it doesn't go into great detail. It's there to interest you enough to buy the book. The question of the material being "censored" is rather harder. I don't think any of it has been activly censored in the sense of somebody stopping the printing of this material. But it has been censored in the sense that it has been activly ignored by the media that is supposed to be informing us of major issues. Jay
Post #62,548 by wharris2 11/12/02 7:24:45 PM Reply	Re: Sorry to break it to you... A two-room apartment (full utilities) can be had here in a decent area for certainly less than $700 a month. Back when I was renting, it was $490 (gradually increasing, I'd guess that apartment now goes for $650. Maybe $700.) Something like that should be affordable to this $28,000 mother of three. Now some of the other expenses (health care comes to mind) might invoke a major hurt on the budget. Food and clothing shouldn't be a major problem. I get a bit testy when someone tells me about such-and-so being on the edge of financial hurt, when there are people even in this forum who are not working and approaching major financial hurt. Get rid of cable. Don't buy microwave dinners (invest in a crock pot, and cook beans and stew meats.) I'm just not sure how much is money management and how much is real need.
Post #62,553 by boxley 11/12/02 7:44:00 PM Reply	If I really had to cut back no eating in restaurants, go fishing everyday and expect to eat fish 3 times a week. Buy chubs of Hamburger. Eat more casseroles. Cornflakes instead of bacon and eggs. Roll my own chokers. Drink Old Millwakie instead of Pauli Girl. Better yet switch to koolaid. Get rid of the cell and inet connection(use the library) Get rid of all vehicles except one to save on insurance. Dont drive anywhere under 1 or 2 miles. Ive been there before. thanx, bill will work for cash and other incentives [link\|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html\|skill set] "Fifty-one percent of a nation can establish a totalitarian regime, suppress minorities and still remain democratic." Correction: All that can be achieved with 51 percent of the voters!" Ilanna Mercer
Post #63,599 by mhuber 11/18/02 12:12:03 PM Reply	homebrew's cheaper than even Old M. But only if you do your own mashing. Raising your own yeast helps too. And with halfway decent instruction-following skills and minor sacrifices to Ninkasi (also, avoid offending Her - I once had some empty Zima bottles in my house and She witheld Her favors.) you will be drinking St. Pauli equivalent or better. ---- Whatever
Post #62,567 by imric 11/12/02 9:01:41 PM 11/12/02 9:03:42 PM Reply	The old guidline rent<=1 week's wages is gone forever. Most people I know anymore have rents that take >1/2 of thier pay (some >3/4). Many have real credit card problems - aquired when times were better (myself included). Only multiple incomes in a single dwelling alleviate this; remember that budgeting without accumulating signifigant savings insures the eventual slide downhill into poverty. Emergencies happen - and expenses cannot always be recouped via insurance or legal recourse. Imric's Tips for Living Paranoia Is a Survival Trait Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised... Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win. Edited by imric Nov. 12, 2002, 09:03:42 PM EST Expand All History
Post #62,655 by inthane-chan 11/13/02 11:20:27 AM Reply	Student loans, too. The wife has some significant student loans attached to her name - from getting a masters degree in a field that amounts to basically doing charity work - I.E., giving mental health care to kids that society doesn't give a shit about until they get old enough to be electrocuted for killing somebody. Yeah, I'm in a pissy mood this morning, so fuck off already. ;) DM: "OKay, you round the corner, and entering the alleyway, you see two men standing on eachother's shoulders." silence at the table Player: "F#$% it, we're fighting Cirque de Soleil! Run for your life!"
Post #63,747 by wharris2 11/19/02 7:16:33 AM Reply	Hoping the Prozac helps :=) I'm still recovering from a chess tournament last weekend, damn that beat me down bad.

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