The headline on Robert Parry’s article is How the US Press Corps Lost Its Way.

Given the media’s eulogies for David Broder, I think it appropriate to emphasize what Parry had to say about him.  That is why I used the headline, How David Broder Lost His Way.

My editing of the subtitle of the article is “The eulogies for Washington Post columnist David Broder: an unintended commentary on what went wrong with the U.S. news media.”

The beginning of Parry’s indictment of Broder is:

Broder personified the cult of centrism, a faith in “The System” that ignored how hollowed out its institutions had become, at least in terms of any moral or democratic values.

For many years, I have been unable to stand listening to or reading columns of David Broder.  Robert Parry’s article is a good explanation of why I have felt this way.

According to the article Bradley Manning’s Military Doctors Accused Over Treatment published on the UK Guardian’s web site:

Official records kept at the brig, released recently by Manning’s lawyer, reveal that between last August and January military psychiatrists made no fewer than 16 recommendations to their military commanders that Manning should be taken off the PoI restrictions because he was no threat to himself.

Only once in that five-month period did the psychiatrists conclude that the prisoner should be subjected to the restrictions. Despite the clear medical opinion given, brig commanders have repeatedly ignored the advice and retained the harsh regime. That is, Physicians for Human Rights says, an indication the US government is breaking its own clear rules.

The accusation against the doctors is that they are not doing enough to prevent the mistreatment of Bradley Manning.

President Obama’s defense of this treatment verges on the criminal.  Had I known we would be electing George Bush lite, I never would have voted for Obama.  What a disappointment he has turned out to be.

Your job may be in more danger than you thought.

Thanks to RichardH for sending me the link to this video.

Do you think this ad will wake up working families?

Sturbridge Library Friends is holding its 4th Annual Swirl & Curl Wine Tasting on April 7th.

You can see the flyer and purchase tickets online at The Friends Web Site.

Guitar Hero and Rock Band creator, Eran Egozy recently invited From the Top‘s Christopher O’Riley to the offices of Harmonix to play Rock Band 3. While rocking out to Tears for Fears’ “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” Chris had a chance to pick the brain of one of the most innovative game creators of our time. For more information the Rock Band series and Harmonix, visit www.harmonixmusic.com.

The article Infographic: Tax Breaks vs. Budget Cuts compares the size of some proposed budget cuts along side some tax breaks for the wealthy.

I’ll give you one line of the chart:

Programs At Risk
$44 billion – All programs at risk combined

Tax breaks for the wealthy
$42 billion One-year cost of extending Bush tax cuts for top brackets (FY2012)

I am not sure if the $42 billion for the Bush tax breaks is a summation of the rest of the tax breaks in the chart or is a completely separate tax break.  Read the article to see if you can figure it out.

I went back and added up all the other tax breaks and the come to about $46.7 billion.  I guess this means that the Bush tax cuts are a separate item.  In other words there is about $88 billion per year in identified tax cuts that could be rescinded to help balance the budget.

Watch the video to see what’s in it for the Koch brothers. There is a similarity to what Enron did to California. It cost the citizens of California billions of dollars.

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