"Department of Propaganda?"

I mentioned this yesterday. I suspect that it's going to get some traction (Department of Propaganda?), at least in the blogosphere. Whether it makes it into the mainstream press depends, I suppose, on Glenn Beck, FoxNews and Jake Tapper.

Why we DON'T need...

Apparently, there's a "why we need government-run health care" video making the rounds. I haven't, or at least hadn't, seen it. But now I've seen it fisked. And the result is excellent.


Ah, sweet music to my ears.

Seriously, I wonder if, at some point, the breakdown of the "gatekeeper barrier," that is to say, the mainstream media, won't get enough information like this into the heads of enough people to make a real difference.

Cultural Post at White House

NY Times gets (while simultaneously missing) the story...

President Barack Obama has established a staff position in the White House to oversee arts and culture in the Office of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs...Mr. Ivey, a former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, said he expected that the job would mainly involve coordinating the activities of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Services “in relation to White House objectives.” Although there have been staff members assigned to culture under past presidents, they usually served in the first lady’s office, Mr. Ivey said.

Can you say "propaganda"? I thought you could. And, of course, other than paying the mortgages for people that bought more house they could afford, and paying for illegitimate children of unemployed single mothers, nothing makes me happier than paying for propaganda from a White House with whom I agree on nothing.

Ah, hope and change...