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.

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

54th AD Blockbuster: Leschke Treasurer Resigns

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Robin Makar announced today that she has resigned as campaign treasurer for Julie Pung-Leschke. The Oshkosh Northwestern quotes her as sayi...

Finally, a Sales Tax Vote

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After years of posturing, passing the buck, and public relations fiascos, the Winnebago County Board of Supervisors last night finally took ...
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Monday, October 30, 2006

Still Cheesy After All These Years

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According to Business Week Online : "If you still think of Wisconsin as the state that churns out all that bland, industrially produced...
Sunday, October 29, 2006

Rae Vogeler For US Senate Ad

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They got the idea from Bob Dylan, of course:
Saturday, October 28, 2006

McCabe Interview

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My interview with Mike McCabe of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign can be found here . It's a very good summary of all that's ailin...
Friday, October 27, 2006

McCabe on Radio Commentary TONIGHT

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Mike McCabe, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign and one of the most valuable players in the movement to bring some sani...

Kudos To The Campus Greens

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As any rational person not walking in fear of Representative Steve Nass could have predicted, the appearance of Kevin Barrett at UW Oshkosh ...
Thursday, October 26, 2006

Video The Vote!!!

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First check out what Cheryl Hentz has to say about the latest Diebold source code leak.

Scientists Endorse Tom Sawyer

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Too Bad there isn't a Huck Finn in the race . Anyone know if Gordon Hintz can play Tom Sawyer on air guitar?
Wednesday, October 25, 2006

RNC Injects Racist Appeal In TN Senate Race

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How desperate are the Republicans to hold on to the US Senate? Consider the tight race between Democrat Harold Ford and Republican Bob Cork...
Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Iraq: The Real Story

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Excellent film made by Sean Smith, award winning war photographer for the UK Guardian. According to the Guardian, Smith "spent nearly...

Howard the Debate Ducker

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I don't think a debate between Howard Dean and RNC Chair Ken Mehlman would be too exciting, but Dean thinks it would be a "gladiato...
Monday, October 23, 2006

Barack Obama Inc.

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Illinois Senator Barack Obama, the only African-American in the US Senate and the latest Democratic Party "rock star," is clearly ...

Eisman Shines On WPR

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Green Party candidate for governor Nelson Eisman was on WPR this morning, answering the same questions posed to Coke Doyle and Pepsi Green ...
Sunday, October 22, 2006

Radio Interviews With Hintz, Leschke

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Friday night on WRST-FM's "Wild Eyed Radio," District 54 Assembly candidates Gordon Hintz (Democrat) and Julie Pung-Leschke (R...
Friday, October 20, 2006

Finally, a good use for school textbooks

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Most students hate textbooks, but Republican candidate for Oklahoma State Superintendent of Schools Bill Crozier has found an extra-curricul...
Thursday, October 19, 2006

Maguire on Academic Freedom

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The other night at UW Oshkosh, a panel of professors gave their opinions on "Academic Freedom as a Form of Free Speech." Miles Ma...

WPR/St. Norbert Poll Results

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The latest WPR/St. Nortbert College poll has Jim "Coke" Doyle leading Mark "Pepsi" Green by a 51-38 margin. Since neit...
Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Yesterday, all Paul's troubles seemed so far away

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This just in here at the T2T celebrity gossip desk: Sir Paul McCartney's estranged wife Heather Mills is accusing the former Beatle of ...

Moon Rocks

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Click Here for a Jason Moon Peace Day folk concert. Click here for a radio interview I did with Jason some time back.
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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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