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Aristus

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5. By 'entitlement reform', of course, you meant eliminating government handouts
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 11:54 AM
Dec 2012

in the form of subsidies to billion-dollar industries, and not cuts to earned-benefit programs like Social Security and Medicare, right?

Right?

Good rant! peacebird Dec 2012 #1
Depth of thought & knowledge will tend to do that to a rant. Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 #11
National (Re)Public(an) Radio aint what it used to be. Scuba Dec 2012 #2
They6 have masters ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #6
Used to be, hosts would challenge right-wing bullshit. Sadly, those days are over. Scuba Dec 2012 #7
Definitely. I no longer listen to them, it's GOP with soothing voices. freshwest Dec 2012 #14
The AEI, the API, and The Heritage Foundation all approve of this message. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #19
'The man who pays the fiddler picks the tune.' Ownership by the public? Or private? That's the key. freshwest Dec 2012 #20
It's not even hidden anymore. They tell you right up front whose propaganda they are paid to spew. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #23
The same dynamic is played endlessly on cable news. It is from those staged presentations, freshwest Dec 2012 #29
+10000 heaven05 Dec 2012 #43
The BBC hosts on NPR will still do so. JimDandy Dec 2012 #27
I used to listen to NPR, but anymore left/moderate seems to be wrong and right/right seems to RKP5637 Dec 2012 #28
Diane Rehm will sometimes challenge their bullshit. jerseyjack Dec 2012 #41
I've come to call it Nationalist Propaganda Radio stlsaxman Dec 2012 #40
Good post! Middle out, RIGHT! Auntie Bush Dec 2012 #3
Personally, I think that serious entitlement reform is the answer. MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #4
By 'entitlement reform', of course, you meant eliminating government handouts Aristus Dec 2012 #5
Unless ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #8
No, I'm pretty sure that we mean cutting off those other well-funded special interest groups: MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #9
Oh, I see now. Irony. Satire. Aristus Dec 2012 #10
Well, *I'm* being sarcastic. But elected Democrats are not. On MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #12
Yeah, Aristus Dec 2012 #13
Why do you always go there ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #16
Can you point to that definition? MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #32
Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #33
I hope you're feeling lucky: MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #37
Yes ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #38
always has heaven05 Dec 2012 #45
There's one entitlement reform that really does need to be done... MoonchildCA Dec 2012 #21
And price controls on Medicare Part D equivalent to the VA. TahitiNut Dec 2012 #22
+1 Scuba Dec 2012 #30
CBS This Morning angered me yesterday deutsey Dec 2012 #15
Yep ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #17
I saw that. Hatchling Dec 2012 #34
Wealthy mediawhores discussing the future of the Poor and Middle Cha Dec 2012 #35
"Wealthy...discussing the future of the Poor and Middle Class" jtuck004 Dec 2012 #39
Hear! Hear! grahamhgreen Dec 2012 #18
Often, people say of Cokie Roberts, "But her father was closeupready Dec 2012 #24
More to the point.. how would her father feel about cokie's Cha Dec 2012 #36
Excellent analysis. K & R. Rant away anytime. eom. mojowork_n Dec 2012 #25
does it really pay that well to be a gun for hire? hfojvt Dec 2012 #26
I stand corrected ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #31
the heaven05 Dec 2012 #42
Want good radio? jerseyjack Dec 2012 #44
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