Senate Republicans may have tried this week to kill President Obama’s American Jobs Act, but the president refuses to let his $447 billion legislative package die quietly. The president’s re-election campaign late Wednesday released an email to supporters that included a video message from Obama himself, in which he vowed to keep fighting. The email, signed by campaign manager Jim Messina, notes that although the American Jobs Act failed to get the 60 votes in the Senate required to...
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Fame as Disease; Celebrity as Illness (conclusion)
But today MGM-style media/publicity machines dominate the landscape, and poor Ziegfeld is turned on his head: instead of using sleaze and scandal to sell sex, the media monopolies -- that dwarf MGM's (by comparison) paltry operation -- use sex to sell sleaze and scandal.
Fame as Disease; Celebrity as Illness (part ii)
Anybody can want fame. That's a very mediocre commodity that we tend to moderate after the age of three. You can see it in every bozo jumping down in the background of a live TV broadcast, and grinning to their buddy who's doing the same thing until they're cropped out of the shot.
Video: Robin Hoods Kayak the Chicago River
Organized as part of Take Back Chicago Monday, a group of 40 activists dressed as Robin Hoods kayaked the Chicago River toward a Mortgage Bankers Association meeting to deliver a message: it’s time for the big banks to pay Americans back for the losses they have suffered through lost homes, lost revenue, and lost jobs. Additionally, the group dropped a banner on the Michigan Bridge that read: “Wall Street: Steals from the 99%. Gives to the Rich. Let’s take it back!”...
Fame as Disease; Celebrity as Illness (part i)
Whether these, or other reasons are the explanation, there is no doubt that the Fame Industry has never seen boomier days. And, as with awards shows, the proliferation of categories of things to be famous for, famous from, famous in, famous "out" and famous for famous-people-one-has-known has exploded, exponentially. You could be the Runaway Bride, the runaway TV Star, the new runway "Miss Thing," or a former member of The Runaways. You might be "balloon boy," or you could...
And We’re Back…
The Dem Daily is working again. We were hacked on Friday. There’s still some work to do on the background and re-installing plugins which will happen in the next few days. Sphere: Related Content
Occupy Wall St.Will Be ‘Just Tip Of Iceberg’ Without Action on Job Creation
Protests nationwide, such as the mass demonstrations in New York dubbed Occupy Wall Street, “are just the tip of the iceberg if politicians do not respond to mass unemployment,” according to one progressive leader, reacting to the latest employment figures out of Washington. The Labor Department reported Friday that employers added just 58,000 new jobs in September, after subtracting the 45,000 workers who returned to communications giant Verizon after their August strike. The nation’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at...
Capitol Idea: The Demands of Occupy Wall Street Are Clear
Three weeks into the Occupy protests that began on Wall Street and have now spread to every corner of the nation, bemused and befuddled commentators and lawmakers in Washington still insist on claiming that the demonstrations lack a clear objective or set of demands. But that’s not really true. While the protesters are not marching in support or opposition to this or that specific legislation or individual policy, the brave and spirited folks animating this new movement certainly do have...
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