On the fifth anniversary of na-na-la-la

[lapsedmodernist]

As we are forced to sit through the crocodile tears of our Dear Leaders, here are the Top 25 Censored Stories of the Past Year, from Project Censored:

#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media
#2 Halliburton Charged with Selling Nuclear Technologies to Iran
#3 Oceans of the World in Extreme Danger
#4 Hunger and Homelessness Increasing in the US
#5 High-Tech Genocide in Congo
#6 Federal Whistleblower Protection in Jeopardy
# 7 US Operatives Torture Detainees to Death in Afghanistan and Iraq
#8 Pentagon Exempt from Freedom of Information Act
#9 The World Bank Funds Israel-Palestine Wall
#10 Expanded Air War in Iraq Kills More Civilians
#11 Dangers of Genetically Modified Food Confirmed
#12 Pentagon Plans to Build New Landmines
#13 New Evidence Establishes Dangers of Roundup
#14 Homeland Security Contracts KBR to Build Detention Centers in the US
#15 Chemical Industry is EPA’s Primary Research Partner
#16 Ecuador and Mexico Defy US on International Criminal Court
#17 Iraq Invasion Promotes OPEC Agenda
#18 Physicist Challenges Official 9-11 Story
#19 Destruction of Rainforests Worst Ever
#20 Bottled Water: A Global Environmental Problem
#21 Gold Mining Threatens Ancient Andean Glaciers
#22 $Billions in Homeland Security Spending Undisclosed
#23 US Oil Targets Kyoto in Europe
#24 Cheney’s Halliburton Stock Rose Over 3000 Percent Last Year
#25 US Military in Paraguay Threatens Region

Comments

[theophile.livejournal.com]

#20 Bottled Water: A Global Environmental Problem

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

:(

It's evil, the way super-expensive organic food is evil. Food and water are retronyms, I tell you!

Let's move to Maine, somewhere where we will have our own well! Then I will stop drinking bottled water.

[theophile.livejournal.com]

I just don't understand why you hate rainforests so much.

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

mom, he called me a bitch!

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

we are, aren't we?

[already2late.livejournal.com]

Charming, thanks.

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

I'm having a hard time picking my top 5.

I guess that's why they did top 25.

[profundamente.livejournal.com]

if you don't mind, i think i will take this and post it over at my livejournal.

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

for sure, I saw a bunch of people posting it! the more the...grimmer?

[jasminedreame.livejournal.com]

Where do I read about this #2?

[lapsedmodernist.livejournal.com]

if you click on the actual Project Censored link in the entry, each story has dedicated space with sources.

are you in Montana yet??