These are strong words coming from me, if you peruse some of my posts from that time you will find that in general I was quite hawkish. (As an aside, how do I feel now? I was lied to, I was manipulated, I was used, so was my country, and our soldiers. The war should have never occurred and the administration did everything in its power to fool its own citizens. I am deeply pissed off and ashamed I didn’t question the party line more. I showed my wrath last election and will show it the next one as well.)

In any case, Bill Moyers “Buying the War” is a stunning first show for the new Bill Moyers Journal series on PBS. Its programs like this that make me glad I have a tv. You can watch is online as well over at http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/btw/watch.html.

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My own editorial: The CEA is doing very important work in defending the right of consumers to consume and enjoy media the way THEY want to and not in some manner tightly controlled by the RIAA. Pay close attention to what the new congress does, traditionally the Democratic party is very close to the traditional supporters of the RIAA & the MPAA (lawyers & media companies) and may try to strengthen laws that further restrict consumer's ability to use media that they lawfully own. The best refutation of Sherman's arguments are in Lawrence Lessig's Free Culture. You can find Free Culture online either as a pdf or as MP3's, its a must-read for all 21st century consumers.

Mark is an awe-inspiring engineer. And WTF is up with Sony. Who & how could this ever be allowed. Seems like we need anti-malware that detects software from well known corporations. I wonder how long till the class action lawsuit. Hopefully soon. So sad to see Sony go down this way…

Slowly but surely I can honestly say I watch nearly no traditional TV today, I urge you to do the same, its not hard at all, try it for a week. I also make frequent use of my netflix account and always have some sort of theme going (right now I’m obsessing over 70′s film noir).

That said, Frontline continues to be the best thing around. Much like the BBC, the public broadcast corporations are taking the lead in creating quality programming for the thinking man. Here is a smattering of recent Frontlines:

A Jew among the Germans

The New Asylums

Death of a Princess

I was stunned at the quality and depth of these reports. PBS also posts the reports online, sidestepping the entire copyright debate and focusing on the viewer. That’s right you can view a frontline whenever you have a moment. Go enjoy classics like “The Farmer’s Wife” or “Memory of the Camps”, be amazed at the true power that media can have. Somewhat different than reality crap they try to spoon feed us these days.

PBS is not alone; the BBC has done an amazing job in opening up its archives to a viewing public online.

These institutions should be applauded for daring to tread where modern corporations refuse.

They don’t support firefox? Huh?

Took it off my todo list and won’t ever look at it. How lame. Who is making the decisions over there. Someone really needs to be fired. I loved Sony. I made it a point to buy my consumer electronics with their name on it. No more.

Why?

Because she did this. And anybody that does that deserves to sell their stuff. Even if you don’t like her music you should support her efforts. Tell your favorite band to do the same.