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, November 30, 2006

The Godfather At The Grand

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Tonight at 7 p.m. at the Oshkosh Grand Opera House, the classic Francis Ford Coppola directed film "The Godfather" will be shown...
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Civil War or "Faith Based Melee?"

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Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Lohry v. Thompson won't benefit citizens

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Donna Lohry and Claud Thompson are two of the most effective members of the Winnebago County Board of Supervisors. Both are retired seniors...
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Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Don't Let Telemarketers Keep You Hangin' On The Telephone

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Wisconsin requires that you register your phone number every two years in order to have it remain on the No Call list. You need to registe...
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Dringoli: Lennon blames me

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Former Neenah police detective Daniel Dringoli, the subject of a botched prosecution at the hands of soon-to-be former Winnebago County Dist...

Complaints Choirs of Helsinki and Birmingham

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I think we should have no trouble creating choirs like these in Oshkosh . . .
Monday, November 27, 2006

Watch Wayne Traska on Eye on Oshkosh

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I don't normally promote the Eye on Oshkosh television program here on T2T, but I do think the interview that will be on this week with...
Sunday, November 26, 2006

More Hypocrisy From Wisconsin Legislature

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Last month the vocal critics of the UW System in the state legislature had a fit over the results of an audit suggesting that UW profs are ...
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Tuesday, November 21, 2006

County Board Votes 24-12 To Support Repeal Of Underheim Bill

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On November 14th the Winnebago County Board of Supervisors voted 24-12 to support a resolution sponsored by supervisor Donna Lohry and urgi...
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The Cost of War

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Today's Christian Science Monitor compares the cost of Iraq/Afghanistan with ten previous US wars. During the "Big Lie" peri...
Monday, November 20, 2006

Let's Hold The Dems Accountable, Part II

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The Sunday New York Times had a depressing cover story on how so-called ethics reform is likely to fare in the new Congress. Here's the ...
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Thursday, November 16, 2006

No Blogging Until Monday

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On Friday morning I am traveling to San Antonio, Texas to participate at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association . Th...

Supermax = "Gulag"

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"Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." That's the ...

Locating the WMDs--Ours

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I don't believe any country in the world should have weapons of mass destruction. Such weapons are, after all, so damn 20th century. B...
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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Barrett: "I Shall Return"

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Official UW Villain Kevin Barrett claims that mainstream media reports about his employment status are inaccurate and that he is planning to...

Reedism Meets Reidism: The Abramoff Factor

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As I understand it, one of the major problems with the outgoing Republican Congress was its grounding in Reedism (as in Ralph), an insider-...
Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Who Will Fill The UW Villain Void?

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Kevin Barrett won't be coming back to the UW next semester . No surprise there. That leaves us with a Villain Void in The System. Who...
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Monday, November 13, 2006

Let's Hold The Dems Accountable

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Now that the Democratic Party controls the United States House of Representatives, and probably the US Senate if Joe Lieberman remains in th...
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Kraft Launches PYA Defense

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As noted on the Oshblog , City Attorney Warren Kraft has responded to the Department of Justice's finding that the City Council broke th...
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Sunday, November 12, 2006

Andy Griffith Sues Andy Griffith--Sort Of

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Grant County, WI candidate for sheriff Will Fenrick legally changed his name to "Andrew Jackson Griffith" before running for the o...
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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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