John Keyes – Journal

  1. Why isn't New Orleans Mother's Day parade shooting a 'national tragedy'?

    American tragedies don’t occur on the southside of Chicago or the New Orleans 9th Ward. They don’t occur where inner city high school kids shoot into school buses or someone shoots at a 10-year old’s birthday party in New Orleans. Or Gary, Indiana. Or Compton. Or Newport News. These are where the forgotten tragedies happen and the cities are left to persevere on their own.

    So, once again, New Orleans will survive. And move on. Because, really, we’ve been here before.

    Media bias alive and well.

    May 17, 2013

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  2. Fifteen firms banned from JobBridge work scheme

    Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton revealed the figures as claims were made in the Dáil of “widespread abuse” by private companies who displace existing employees and take on unpaid interns whose social welfare and an extra payment of €50 a week are paid by the State.

    Deafened by the muted screams of thousands who said “I told you so”.

    April 25, 2013

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  3. Bedtime Songlist 23-Apr-2013

    • Father and Son (Cat Stevens)
    • Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (Bob Dylan)
    • Summertime (Ella Fitzgerald)
    • Stand By Me (Ben E. King)
    • Piano Man (Billy Joel)

    April 24, 2013

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  4. Bedtime Songlist 22-Apr-2013

    • Titanium (David Guetta)
    • My hear will go on (Celine Dion)
    • Skyfall (Adele)
    • Wanna dance with somebody (Whitney Houston)

    April 24, 2013

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  5. Media Villans

    If we have spoken about the media and sport you’ll know my opinions on how I believe the they like to manipulate public opinion on certain people.

    I could start listing some examples of this, but to do so I would have to name names, and that would create a link to a team, and that would trigger people to seek consonance between their moral expectations and club-affiliated reality.

    Lennon’s Eyebrow wrote a thought-provoking piece titled “Throwing stones in glass houses: On villainy, outrage, and fandom” that covers a lot of ground (and names some names).

    I am a harsh critic of sports media, but it’s not just the professionals who irk me. Media like Twitter and Facebook provide people with a platform to publicly air their opinions, and other like-minded people retweet, like, and agree with each other until the muddled partisan generally senseless crescendo. If you support a different team, and have a different opinion, you are deluded.

    Talking about a game was something I used enjoy, but now not so much, as media influenced opinions wash over the conversation with devastating sense-cleansing effect.

    April 23, 2013

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  6. Bedtime Songlist 21-Apr-2013

    • Killing Me Softly (The Fugees)
    • Don’t Speak (No Doubt)
    • Come Away With Me (Norah Jones)
    • Chasing Cars (Snow Patrol)

    April 23, 2013

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  7. Bedtime Songlist 19-Apr-2013

    • Uptown Girl (Billy Joel)
    • It’s Raining Men (???)
    • Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes)
    • Lemon Tree (Fool’s Garden)

    April 23, 2013

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  8. Bedtime Songlist 18-Apr-2013

    • California Dreamin’ (Mammas & Pappas)
    • Top of the World (The Carpenters)
    • I Believe I Can Fly (R. Kelly)

    April 23, 2013

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  9. Bedtime Songlist 17-Apr-2013

    • Red Red Wine (UB40)
    • The Gambler (Kenny Rogers)
    • Coward of the County (Kenny Rogers)
    • Friends in Low Places (Garth Brooks)

    April 18, 2013

  10. Bedtime Songlist 16-Apr-2013

    • Gangnam Style (PSY)
    • Stronger (Britney Spears)
    • Bad Romance (Lady Gaga)
    • Take on Me (Ah-ha)
    • Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond)

    April 17, 2013