I don't get a choice - I'm being transferred to Milwaukee* for six weeks or more. The idea is to eventually send me back up here, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
And CBC could never be what I was looking for - prior to here I spent 10 hours a day in my car with NPR. And then went home and read blogs. It's very weird, and maybe you know, because the Canadians I've asked this have no idea: news. CBC doesn't broadcast a lot of new, hard news. They've got an hour in the evenings, but even that gets fluffy by the end. Whereas we have no shortage of news, whether by our own making, or by just playing off some article in Europe - I'm thinking of shows like Talk of the Nation, Fresh Air, Here & Now, etc. When I asked around about why there isn't more news being broadcast, I got responses ranging from "I don't think anyone cares" to "there just isn't any news". It boggles the mind!
And one reason I think she and Hurtig are so alarmist is that there really isn't the organized grassroots lefty groups running around up here, or not like we've got 'em. I can only think of two (Barlowe's Council of Canadian Citizens being one) and they're more think-tanky. So they're trying to research policy and sound the alarm, where we'd make MoveOn or whoever to do the outreach.
*Wisconsin on the political front: +Russ Feingold, bestill my heart. -James Sensenbrenner. Ugh.
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And CBC could never be what I was looking for - prior to here I spent 10 hours a day in my car with NPR. And then went home and read blogs. It's very weird, and maybe you know, because the Canadians I've asked this have no idea: news. CBC doesn't broadcast a lot of new, hard news. They've got an hour in the evenings, but even that gets fluffy by the end. Whereas we have no shortage of news, whether by our own making, or by just playing off some article in Europe - I'm thinking of shows like Talk of the Nation, Fresh Air, Here & Now, etc. When I asked around about why there isn't more news being broadcast, I got responses ranging from "I don't think anyone cares" to "there just isn't any news". It boggles the mind!
And one reason I think she and Hurtig are so alarmist is that there really isn't the organized grassroots lefty groups running around up here, or not like we've got 'em. I can only think of two (Barlowe's Council of Canadian Citizens being one) and they're more think-tanky. So they're trying to research policy and sound the alarm, where we'd make MoveOn or whoever to do the outreach.
*Wisconsin on the political front:
+Russ Feingold, bestill my heart.
-James Sensenbrenner. Ugh.