BEFORE THE TERRIBLE-TEMPERED MR. BANG AND HIS PARANOID DROOGS AND GOONS SUCCEED IN TAKING THE VIDEO DOWN, Brave New Films would like you to see the following amazing video evidence of just how lavishly this self-proclaimed "maverick" prefers living @ the expense of (and with likely contempt towards) the Lower Classes, no doubt certain to out-Marcos Marcos:

Come to think of it, John McCain probably doesn't want you to see this video, for fear such might be Too Close to the Truth that the hoi polloi are seen in conservative thought to be "undeserving" of, instead worthy only of distractionary sensationalism lacking due regard for Truth.

The better to pacify them long enough for a back-door coup d'essai that would make even Hitler, Mussolini and Verword look like schoolyard bullies (as CommonDreams.org documents right here in lurid glory for you to read and share).

Anyhow: If this video doesn't make your blood boil in Ed Anger stylee enough to consider voting for Obama instead--it ought to. Especially for its revealing where John McCain could be in the same league as one Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos back in the Philippines, unaware of the clear and present likelihood of "people power" fighting back.

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AND TALK ABOUT THE BRAND OF "JOURNALISM" CONSERVATIVES PREFER--ONE DRIVEN MORE BY SENSATION AND IDEOLOGY THAN BY TRUTH--ConWebBlog makes note of just how desperate WorldNetDaily will go in excusing a reckless and utter disregard for Truth, not to mention seeing fact-checking as a joke, as "responsible and fearless independent online journalism" in the wake of claims made in Jerome Corsi's latest attempt @ "swift-boating" being exposed as incredible:

Joseph Farah devoted his Aug. 15 WorldNetDaily column to declaring his man-love for Jerome Corsi and his Barack Obama-bashing book. Early on, Farah endorses literary sloppiness:

Unlike most of the critics of "The Obama Nation," I have actually read the book from cover to cover. It is a thoroughly well-documented piece of first-rate journalism.

Are there mistakes in it?

Show me a first edition that doesn't have some–other than the Bible.

Of course, what has manifested itself in Corsi's book aren't merely"mistakes" but, rather, major errors of fact that would likely have been caught by a more diligent (and less hatred-driven) researcher than Corsi. After all, the very first publicized allegation in Corsi's book, reported by WorldNetDaily--that Obama "never revealed" when or if he stopped using drugs--turned out to be demonstrably false. In order to minimize his falsehood, Corsi is now engaged in a disingenous game of catch-22: Yeah, OK, Obama did say when he stopped using drugs, but "self-reporting from people who admit they use drugs is not reliable as to when they quit." In other words, no answer would satisfy Obama.

Further: So it's OK to make mistakes in a book? Does that sloppy standard apply to all of WND's journalistic efforts as well? (Read any random ConWebWatch article about WND for the answer.)

Farah continues with an old chestnut:

WND has been described by many of the Obama apologists as "conservative," as "right-wing," as "Republican leaning." To regular readers of WND who understand our commitment to fierce independence, our willingness to dig deep no matter which politician is exposed, those characterizations will prove laughable.

What's laughable is Farah's oft-repeated insistence that--contrary to all the available evidence--WND is not a right-wing site. As far as WND's purported "willingness to dig deep no matter which politician is exposed," that's another laugher. As we've documented, WND's first original article on Republican congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham's corruption didn't appear until five days after he resigned from office in disgrace, and WND has undertaken a kid-glove treatment of John McCain on its news pages despite relentless attacks on Obama.

Farah evnetually goes into full man-love mode:

I stand with Jerry Corsi today as he is viciously maligned by an attack media that would prefer to aim its potent artillery at a man who dared to do their job when they refused, when they laid down, when they sucked up, when they failed to ask the tough questions, when they took sides.

[...]

He is simply a courageous, dedicated journalist – an intrepid investigator, a two-time No. 1 best-selling author, a Harvard Ph.D and a man of principle.

I am proud to have him working for WND.

[...]

I stand with Corsi.

Having Joseph Farah stand with you is not quite the ringing endorsement he makes it out to be. Let's look at other people Farah "stands with," either through statement or continued employment by WND:

Tony Hays and Charles Thompson II: When Tennessee car dealer Clark Jones sued WND in 2001 over a series of articles by Hays and Thompson that Jones said made false claims about him, an April 2001 WND article stated that "WND has consistently stood by the stories and their authors," and Farah himself is quoted as saying, "WorldNetDaily has made every effort to ensure that its reporting in this series–-and in everything it has covered-–was fair, honest, truthful, balanced and accurate." Of course, we know that's true, not just in general but in this specific case--as we documented, WND admitted in lawsuit documents that it did not fact-check Hays and Thompson's articles before publishing them. Seven years later, WND abruptly settled Jones' lawsuit just before it was to go to trial, admitting not only that Hays and Thompson's claims about Jones were false, but also that "sources named in the publications have stated under oath that statements attributed to them in the articles were either not made by them, were misquoted by the authors, were misconstrued, or the statements were taken out of context."

Had Farah done any actual fact-checking, he would have known that he was standing with a pair of fabricators--yet since the settlement of Jones' lawsuit, WND has made no apparent effort to fact-check other claims in the Hays-Thompson articles for further false claims. What does that tell you about Farah's judgment?

Aaron Klein: WND's Jerusalem bureau chief believes a murderer was a victim. He tried to undermine the Israeli government during a time of war. He was forced to retract an article after getting caught in the act of lying about an Islamic charity. He hates Obama so much that he may have collaborated with a terrorist to try and sabotage Obama's candidacy.

Bob Unruh: This WND news editor rejected what he learned at the Associated Press, where he worked before joining WND, by routinely writing one-sided articles that deliberately distort the side he's not telling. He's also not shy about smearing those he disagrees with by likening them to Nazis.

David Kupelian: WND's managing editor has no problem skewing WND's "news" coverage to promote a book he wrote. He also presents long-debunked claims as fact and rewrites history to shift blame for societal ills toward his enemies (liberals, the Clintons) and away from his friends (fundamentalist evangelical Christians).

These are the kind of people Farah "stands with." Which pretty much explains all you need to know about Farah--and Corsi.

And Another Thing:

With further volumes of "swift-boating" against Barak Obama scheduled to appear within measurable distance, all of them likely to contain the same hackneyed specimens of discredited, exaggerated or otherwise false and misleading claims to undermine the vote against Obama--and they wind up in high positions on the major bestseller lists--consider the likelihood that same may be illusory, inasmuch as this reflects the fact of substantial bulk sales to conservative-leaning organisations and book clubs for further resale or distribution.

Not to mention the possibility of their authors and/or editors being themselves borderline Dregs of Society, using a hard-wired Zealotry and True Belief in the Greater Conservative Agenda (or so they think) as cover for alcoholism, drug addiction, sex mania (especially so homosexuality, bestiality or pedophilia), having a history of mental disorders, undiagnosed child abuse or even the likelihood of their being given Bad-Conduct Discharges from the military, concurrently boasting of their service with details contradicted by facts.

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AS IF THAT DIDN'T THROW A WRENCH INTO THINGS, MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA has some interesting questions worth asking Jerome Corsi in the wake of his being a last-minute "no-show" ("change in travel plans" being the official patsy) on last night's edition of the online-radio hatecast The Political Cesspool:

As Media Matters for America and the Southern Poverty Law Center's Hatewatch blog have noted, Obama Nation author Jerome Corsi was reportedly scheduled to appear on the August 17 edition of The Political Cesspool Radio Show, a program whose "Statement of Principles" asserts that it "represent[s] a philosophy that is pro-White." Corsi had appeared on the July 20 edition of the show, in which he promoted his then-forthcoming book The Obama Nation and criticized Sen. Barack Obama. However, according to a post on Political Cesspool host James Edwards' blog, "Corsi, who had confirmed his appearance on today's Political Cesspool broadcast even after the recent media firestorm erupted, had his publicist send us an email canceling his appearance, which we received only a few minutes before his segment was scheduled to start. This is the only information we received, in the subject line: we need to cancel for tonight travel plans have changed." Corsi's reported statement that he cancelled the August 17 appearance because of a change in "travel plans" raises the following questions:

• Edwards claimed that Corsi "confirmed his appearance on today's Political Cesspool broadcast even after the recent media firestorm erupted." Given that Corsi has sought to distance himself from what Media Matters for America Senior Fellow Paul Waldman recently described as a "series of bigoted and hateful posts" Corsi wrote during 2001 to 2004 on FreeRepublic.com's online forums, why was Corsi reportedly planning to appear--for at least the second time--on a "pro-White" radio show?

• If Corsi simply cancelled the reportedly scheduled August 17 appearance because of a change in travel plans, does he intend to reschedule and appear on the "pro-White" program at a later date?

• If Corsi did not actually cancel his reportedly scheduled appearance because of a change in travel plans, but rather because of increasing media scrutiny of the show, is he willing to publicly condemn it?

As Media Matters has documented, according to its "Statement of Principles," Political Cesspool "represent[s] a philosophy that is pro-White" and "heartily endorse[s] and accept[s] as our own, the founding tenets of the Council of Conservative Citizens [CCC]." According to a Fall 2007 article in the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Report, " 'The Political Cesspool' in the past two years has become the primary radio nexus of hate in America." Media Matters has documented numerous statements by Edwards on his blog that echo Political Cesspool's statement of principles, as well as his statement that "[i]nterracial sex is white genocide."

Media Matters has noted that Corsi's July 20 appearance was streamed "Live" on the self-described "White Nationalist" and "White Pride" website Stormfront.org. Edwards has stated on his blog that Political Cesspool is "in syndication" with Stormfront, which The Washington Post described as "a central meeting place for the white power movement" in a June 22 article about "an increase in racist and white supremacist activity" surrounding Obama. Prior to Corsi's appearance on the July 20 broadcast, Edwards claimed that "most Jews ... regard[] Jews and whites as two different races," and co-host Winston Smith repeatedly referred to Obama as a "mulatto." The August 17 edition of Political Cesspool was also streamed live on Stormfront. From Stormfront.org, accessed at 5:30 p.m. ET on August 17: