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Sideshow Bob Wants To Be Mayor of Christchurch!

This video, posted on You Tube, has had over 700 hits - way more than any of Bob's video efforts.. clipped from www.youtube.com  

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Saturday, September 29, 2007 0 comments
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The Jim and Carly Show!

Banal chat... clipped from www.youtube.com   THE JIM AND CARLY SHOW - AN EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT! Here's an exclusive transcript extract fr...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Thursday, September 20, 2007 0 comments
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS  BAD!

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS BAD!

Domestic violence is bad! That's the astounding message being pushed in the Government's new television commercial. It's part of...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, September 17, 2007 0 comments
Labels: economics, violence
LABOUR HAS FAILED PUBLIC BROADCASTING

LABOUR HAS FAILED PUBLIC BROADCASTING

TVNZ has recorded an after tax loss of $4.5 million for the past financial year - it is yet another indictment of Labour's disastrous br...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 0 comments
Labels: media, TVNZ
THE STRANGE CASE OF THE B-52 'MISTAKENLY' ARMED WITH NUCLEAR MISSLES

THE STRANGE CASE OF THE B-52 'MISTAKENLY' ARMED WITH NUCLEAR MISSLES

You may have read the story in the newspaper or on a news website - but not on television because neither TVNZ or TV3 bothered to report it....

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Monday, September 10, 2007 0 comments
Labels: b52, iran
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Hugo Chavez Talks Socialism

I've posted this because its a refreshing antidote to the dreary conservative mush we get from our parliamentary politicians and their ...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Friday, September 07, 2007 0 comments
THE MORE YOU WATCH, THE LESS YOU KNOW

THE MORE YOU WATCH, THE LESS YOU KNOW

In George Orwell's celebrated novel 1984 the news is whatever the authoritarian rulers decide is the news. It's an obvious, jackboo...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Wednesday, September 05, 2007 0 comments
Labels: news, television
YAHOO SUED FOR CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

YAHOO SUED FOR CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

My three readers will recall that I have written before about Yahoo's unhealthy beahviour in China, namely handing over the IP and e-mai...

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Posted by Steven Cowan on Sunday, September 02, 2007 0 comments
Labels: china, yahoo
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