RFK Jr. RIPS Bush Administration, Corpo-Media Whores In Presentation

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., echoing the political passion of his iconic father, issued a blistering condemnation of Bush administration environmental policy and corporate control of the media Thursday to a largely adoring crowd at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium.

Kennedy, an upstate New York environmental lawyer who has emerged as one of the most prominent defenders of green values in American politics, was in Santa Cruz as part of UC Santa Cruz's Arts & Lectures series. And he was in no mood for making nice with the party in power. Among his applause lines:

"This is a government of plunder."

"They have taken 'conserve' out of 'conservative.'"

"This is the worst environmental president we've had in our history."

"What's happening is not just an assault on our environment, it's a subversion of democracy."

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He opened his speech, however, with a sustained argument that the mainstream media, unfettered by obligations to serve the public interest, have created a nation of distracted voters, too ignorant or indifferent to act in their own best interests: "We are the best entertained, least informed people on the face of the earth." Citing a study measuring American values across the political divide, Kennedy said that values among the "blue states" and the "red states" were almost identical, chalking up perceived differences to news sources. "The problem is they're not getting the information," Kennedy said of the red-state regions of the country.

Kennedy reached a higher plane late in his address by marshaling a defense of the environment on artistic and spiritual levels, evoking not only American art and literature but quoting American presidents, many of them Republicans, including Lincoln, Eisenhower and both Roosevelts. But the essence of his speech was an unrelenting criticism of Bush administration policy, which he characterized as friendly to antisocial corporate behavior and tolerant of widespread abuse of the public trust. He even went after the Bush administration on spiritual terms: "They have violated every one of the manifold mandates of the Christian faith."

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http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2006/January/27/local/stories/01local.htm

No doubt about it.

IT IS THE MEDIA that has lubricated BushCo's path toward despotism, paralyzed dissent with ambiguous, misinterpreted polling data and ignored the factual information concerning dozens of BushCo crimes.

The media has more to do with the rise of BushCo than any other factor. They are the wind beneath BushCo wings!

He's on a roll.

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That lying Katie Couric is asking for a Blog swarming herself. But all fire is to be focused on Chris Matthews. We have to swarm these hacks one at a time and run them into the ground! Destroy Chris Matthews revenue stream! Tell his advertisers what a shameless bigot he is!

not a bad thing - I too think we'd better start learning to fight fire with fire around here.

I'm just not sure the advertisers are going to care what we think since they make their real money by promoting whatever BushCo thinks.

Doesn't mean I won't join you anyway though. Gotta keep workin' it all until something changes!

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project on the grounds that windmills would ruin the view off Nantucket.

The Cape Wind project has to be one of the most environmentally benign proposals ever proposed for the United States. It is regrettable that Mr. Kennedy has placed himself in such a position as to be open to ridicule on this issue.

the locals' pockets regarding their energy costs.

Do those people look like they need $8/month?