This is the biggest pile of dung i've seen in quite a while...lets once more look at who is putting this drivel out: Here are the bios of the Staff of the web site posting this nonsense...
"Staff Bios
Don Hazen is Executive Director of the Independent Media Institute and Executive Editor of AlterNet. The former publisher of Mother Jones magazine, he has edited several books, including, most recently, After 9/11: Solutions for a Saner World. Don conceived of and organized the two Media & Democracy Congresses that took place in San Francisco and New York City in 1997 and 1998, and has managed political campaigns in New York City for Ruth Messinger and David Dinkins. He holds an MA in counseling from the University of Massachusetts and a BA in politics from Princeton University.
Derek M. Powazek is the Director of Online Projects for the Independent Media Institute. Derek is the author of Design for Community. He graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 1995 with a BA in Photojournalism and has been developing websites ever since. A writer, designer, and technologist, Derek is passionate about the web's ability to connect real people in virtual places.
Tai Moses is a Senior Editor of AlterNet. She has served as editor of the alt weekly Metro Santa Cruz and as arts and culture editor of Coast Weekly. She was an associate editor at the nonprofit Children's Express, was on the staff of Esquire magazine and has been an advisor to the PEN prison writing program. Tai has been widely published in the alternative press. Her essay "Before and After: Sept. 11," appears in AlterNet's book, After 9/11: Solutions for a Saner World.
This on is my absolute favorite!!
Lakshmi Chaudhry is a Senior Editor of AlterNet. Previously a staff writer at Wired News, she has written for various publications including Mother Jones, The Village Voice, Bitch, and Ms Magazine. She holds a BA in Political Science from Mount Holyoke College and has a master's degree in International Relations from Syracuse University. She is co-author of AlterNet's book, "The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq."
Davina Baum is Managing Editor of AlterNet. She was previously editor of the North Bay Bohemian, the alt weekly in Sonoma County, California and was a founding editor at the short-lived Urbanview in Oakland, California. She holds a BA in Russian Language and Literature from Wesleyan University.
Omar J. Pahati (OJ) is the Production Editor/Associate Editor of AlterNet. He holds a BA from the School of Cinema-Television at the University of Southern California. He has been a guitarist and percussionist for Likha Pilipino Folk Ensemble since 2001.
Rachel Neumann is Rights & Liberties editor of AlterNet. She writes for the Village Voice, Dissent, the Nation, and other magazines. She is the editor of "Anti-Capitalism: A Field Guide to the Global Justice Movement" (New Press, 2003) and co-editor of "Radical Society: Journal of Culture and Politics."
Eleyna Fugman is the Syndication Manager for AlterNet. Previously, she worked as a guide on the Green River in Utah. She is interested in the important contribution alternative media makes in creating social change. She graduated from Brown University with a BA in American Civilizations.
Darci Andresen is the Associate Publisher of AlterNet. Before joining AlterNet she didn't sleep much: she was a national field organizer with Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, Ralph Nader's National Fundraising Director and the national field director for Jim Hightower's Rolling Thunder Tour. She holds a masters degree from the University of Michigan in the biodiversity of tropical ants.
Octavia Morgan is the Deputy Director of the Independent Media Institute. She has more than twelve years of experience in social change organizations, including five years serving as the development director for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and one year consulting with nonprofits in Zimbabwe. Octavia is committed to creating nonprofit work cultures and infrastructures that support and sustain staff and prevent burnout within the social justice movement. She holds a BA in Religious Studies from Brown University.
this motley crew is a prime collection of liberal, elitist, leftists....a bunch of refuges from the former Soviet Union, who still think the Rosenbergs were innocent....