Deathwatch DAY 3

NOTE: For background on Deathwatch see:

The Party of Death - A Primer for Democrats ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/arendt/145

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Comment on today's list: A lot of environmental headlines; and the usual large number of economic items.

arendt

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KILLING THE PLANET
Controversy Grows Around IPCC Scenarios - May Have Seriously Underestimated Climate Problem
After 40 Years Of Gulf Of Mexico Dead Zones, Time For Yet Another Redraft Of Another Action Plan
Use of U.S. Croplands for Biofuels Increases Greenhouse Gases Through Emissions from Land-Use Change
Critics Tire Of Bush & EPA "Foot-Dragging" On Climate - Markey Threatens Subpoenas
Tropical Forests Not Likely To Limit Expected Rapid Rise In Carbon Dioxide, Major Study Suggest
James Hansen: "Neither carbon sequestration nor nuclear power can help in the near-term"
Extreme Drought, Flooding Conditions Destroying Way Of Life Of Uganda's Pastoralists
China's Pollution Quietly Taking Toll On Japanese Environment

DESTROYING THE CONSTITUTION (examples of systemic corruption)
As Guantanamo trials near, Pentagon limits what can be reported
Another effect of the Rove DOJ strategy---now when we prosecute, they'll accuse us of tit for tat

DESTROYING PUBLIC SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
no items today

DESTROYING GOVERNMENT REGULATION (examples of failure and more deregulation)
UPDATE:FAA Whistle-Blowers Threatened Over Southwest Warnings
FAA inspectors: Bosses tried to suppress reports on inspections
Shiny new ballpark in DC shows Cheney-like corruption runs all the way to lowest levels of gov't

DESTROYING THE MIDDLE CLASS (examples of job loss and economic stress)
Mortgage broker charged with fraud in subprime mortgages
Chrysler plans big tech job cuts - Hundreds to lose their positions in outsourcing (to Tata and CSC)
U.S. weekly initial jobless claims rise to 407,000
Housing Accord Puts Builders First; Strapped Homeowners Offered Little Aid
Late Payments on Consumer Loans Climb to Highest Level Since `92, ABA Says
Service Sector Contracts in March
Rural communities hit by foreclosure
Sen. Durbin trying to add bankruptcy judge provision amendment to help homeowners
Economic Slump Underlines Concerns About McCain ("dog-eat-dog capitalist") Advisers

DESTROYING SCIENCE AND EDUCATION
no items today

KILLING PEOPLE IN WARS
US envoy says caught off guard by big Basra battle ("boatload of problems")
Iraqi PM vows to launch more assaults against militiamen
U.S. air strikes return in southern Iraq after calm
Some Defense program costs up as much as 323 percent
Will Bush's New Nukes Program Bomb?

Are you posting this every day? What a grand idea to nail the grand ol' party with their actions of death and destruction. Very excellent!

just as long as you nail the collaborators in the democratic party along with the republicans.

that reflect the PoDD's systematic destruction of everything that threatens the promise of the United States.

This is GREAT stuff and I sincerely appreciate arendt's efforts.

I will definitely do this through Sunday (with a special "This Week in Death" post).
After that, it depends on whether people seem to want this.

But, I need to hear from people that they are reading it, or I won't invest the time.

Thanks for posting in this thread.

arendt

P.S. Take time to read "The Party of Death". It explains why I'm doing this.

This is so very valuable and should be a DU must read everyday.

what can be reported."

The RW would burn down the WH--yet with this bunch of enabling cowards in the administration AND the media, the headline barely gets a nod from the public.

Where is my country?

my take is that this FRAME needs to be hung on the PODD. Your point is that the Corporate Media manage to take all this bad news and tell it in a way that "barely gets a nod from the public".

If my framing of the headlines "barely gets a nod", our democracy is over.

arendt

The first day, it got some attention.

But by today (day 3) it has vanished into "the clutter" of unframed random factoids.

Does DU want an empowering narrative/frame or just cocktail party conversation?

arendt

Give it a little more time.
I would kick if I could. Been reading a long time, I just don't post that much.
Please hang in there.

I'm not quite sure what I'm hanging in there for.

I guess, after a week, I will have some statistics on which kinds of destruction get the most threads. But, that could just be a function of what people see in the Corporate Media.

I don't see anyone adopting the "frame", which is the whole point of the exercise. People just see their thread, their issue. They don't frame it as more "failed reactionary policies" or "more authoritarian garbage".

I promised myself that I would do this through Sunday, and I will.

arendt

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