*Ø* Counter Cultural Programming

By Michael Atkinson, at AlterNet.org:

"The November firefight approaches and here we are, awash in a media flashflood of press secretary prevarication, corporate indictment dodging and in-your-face presidential lies.

"Gay marriage is the year's burning flag used to incite the ignorant, while the pundits lend credence to flat-out absurdisms just by debating them –- that Antonin Scalia's outrageous conflicts of interest may not give the 'appearance' of conflicts of interest, that Halliburton may not be 'profiting' from a war launched for its benefit, that The Passion of the Christ may in fact have been divinely inspired. (Certainly, the millions of tax dollars poured into 'faith-based' institutions and used to buy ticket blocs can be seen as a gift from God to Mel Gibson.) And, of course, the nine-figure White House marketing launch is pure skullduggery, grinning with Christian manifest destiny and transparent jingoism.

"What do we do for counter-programming? Don't rely on present-day Hollywood, that brothel of military celebration and half-measure liberalism. Instead, rent some of these firecrackers, the best left movies ever made, and keep the flags of discontent flying."

I can't recommend the full list as you continue here, because I've only seen about a half-dozen of them. But I'm taking notes. :)