Tony Palmeri's Media Rants

Welcome To Tony Palmeri's Media Rants! I am a professor of Communication Studies at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. I use this blog to try to promote critical thinking about mainstream media, establishment politics, and popular culture.

Thursday, August 31, 2006

Vogeler Challenges Media Blackout

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My September Media Rant can be found here . I'm including it also in the body of this blog post: Wisconsin’s millionaire Democratic Se...
Wednesday, August 30, 2006

Deadly Deja Vu: US Cluster Bombs In Lebanon

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In 1982 the Reagan Administration suspended exports to Israel of the Lockheed-Martin manufactured M26 cluster bomb after a congressional in...
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The Fruits of Doylenomics

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Jim The New Democrat Doyle has given Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce everything it wanted. Never before in the history of Wisconsin hav...
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Monday, August 28, 2006

Media for the Birds

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While the American media has been obsessing once again over JonBenet, it is left to the European Press to give currency to important happen...

Ian Gillan in Milwaukee

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Singer Ian Gillan , formerly of Deep Purple and one of the great heavy metal shrieking vocalists of all time, will be in Milwaukee this Wedn...
Friday, August 25, 2006

Keep Your Blog To Yourself

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I won't be blogging for the next couple of days in order to attend a party for newlyweds Justin and Mandy Mitchell (and baby Anabel ). ...

War Crimes In Lebanon

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Amnesty International's findings as regards the conduct of Israel's war in Lebanon paints a devastating picture of a wide range of...
Thursday, August 24, 2006

America's Drunkest City

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Forbes.com says Milwaukee is America's drunkest city . I suppose if Scott Walker was your county executive you'd want to get drun...
Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Mike Ellis' Words and Deeds

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Neenah Senator Mike Ellis, a Republican with an independent streak, has been on a 10 year quest to reform Wisconsin's corrupt and corrup...
Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Ed Garvey's Words and Deeds

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I thought it was real nice the other day when Ed Garvey bashed the DemoPublican front group "We The People" for excluding Greens ...
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Monday, August 21, 2006

Wheezin' in the Wind

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Chris Richards in the Washington Post says that Bob Dylan's failing voice is making his tunes unrecognizeable these days. Of course Dy...
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Zeidler Interview On YouTube

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Our friends over at the Nate Report have placed the Frank Zeidler interview into seven easily viewable YouTube videos. You can get them her...
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Boston Massacre II

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As a New York city boy and life long Yankee fan/Red Sox hater, I just have to take a break to congratulate Joe Torre's Yanks on their 5-...
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New Zogby Poll on Electronic Voting Attitudes

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Michael Collins of The Scoop Independent Media summarizes the finding of a new Zogby Poll: A recent Zogby poll documents ground breaking inf...
Saturday, August 19, 2006

Interview with former Milwaukee Mayor Frank Zeidler

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The link below is to a "Commentary" interview with the late Frank Zeidler, socialist mayor of Milwaukee from 1948 - 1960. The int...
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Thursday, August 17, 2006

Judge Finds Warrantless Wiretapping Unconstitutional

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From the Associated Press . Nice to see there is at least one judge out there who sees the Constitution as something more than a doormat.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Images of the King

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Having been to Memphis recently, I can attest that it is impossible to traverse that fine city without being subject to constant reminders o...
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Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Veto Power Works When Mayor Votes Only In Case Of Tie

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According to Gannett , Oshkosh Common Councilors Esslinger and McHugh are getting set to introduce referendum language that would allow the...
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257 Potential Key to the City Recipients in Pentagon

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Last month the city of Oshkosh in conjunction with the Experimental Attendance Association awarded the Key to the City to Jack Pelton , rec...
Monday, August 14, 2006

Ahmadinejad Blogs

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Iranian President Ahmadinejad now maintains a blog .
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tony palmeri
I teach Communication Studies (First Amendment, Classical Rhetoric, Civic Engagement, Rhetoric of Rock Music) at UW Oshkosh. Served two terms on Oshkosh City Council. Originally from Brooklyn, NY.
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