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Tue Nov-25-08 09:04 PM
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| 29. Big difference. Then, in spite of a 4-wall media blitz (for that time), |
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there were still, literally, thousands of media sources with millions of consumers, today 6 corporations own it all.
The parasite class is not stupid and they learn from their mistakes.
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| -Ok time for some mythj killing regarding FDR, the media |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-24-08 11:28 PM |
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K&R. |
anonymous171 |
Nov-24-08 11:32 PM |
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Lots of good info. |
BrklynLiberal |
Nov-24-08 11:33 PM |
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Corrected that, after you posted |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-24-08 11:36 PM |
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It's almost impossible to exaggerate the degree of overt anti-Semitism prevalent then. |
pnorman |
Nov-25-08 10:01 AM |
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I expect the same to happen in four years |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-25-08 08:58 PM |
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But let us all HOPE for the sake of this country & world, that 2012 plays out like 1936 did! |
pnorman |
Nov-26-08 03:52 PM |
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Great info and analysis, Thank You - NT |
Dragonfli |
Nov-24-08 11:39 PM |
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You welcome... The parallels are just astoundiung |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-24-08 11:40 PM |
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History is one of our most important tools |
Dragonfli |
Nov-24-08 11:48 PM |
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There are a myriad of books on the subject |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-24-08 11:50 PM |
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I have been working on the self education thing since I was 16 |
Dragonfli |
Nov-25-08 12:05 AM |
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hmm book, hmmm I have not read the actual historiography |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-25-08 08:59 PM |
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Thank You :-) NT |
Dragonfli |
Nov-25-08 09:10 PM |
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Just for fun, you could try "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis. |
Doremus |
Nov-25-08 11:17 PM |
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Now you've done it... will have to download it |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-26-08 11:17 PM |
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I have heard many references over the years to that one. |
Dragonfli |
Nov-27-08 12:22 PM |
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The Fair Labor Standards Act didn't come until 1938 |
bluestateguy |
Nov-24-08 11:45 PM |
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I know, but I will also argue that the people back then |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-24-08 11:52 PM |
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and then things changed.... |
Two Americas |
Nov-24-08 11:51 PM |
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First, there was more diversity of voices then. |
Radical Activist |
Nov-24-08 11:52 PM |
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First we have the same diversity, just not in old media |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-25-08 12:02 AM |
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Just because |
Radical Activist |
Nov-25-08 11:25 AM |
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I mever sad he was a marxist, |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-25-08 08:55 PM |
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What planet are you on? |
Radical Activist |
Nov-26-08 01:53 AM |
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He is not, read his legislative record... if you cannot read his record |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-26-08 11:16 PM |
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I'm very familiar with his record. |
Radical Activist |
Nov-26-08 11:35 PM |
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Yeah he gets high numbers from some groups... all politicos do |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-26-08 11:40 PM |
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There it is. The fatalistic cynicism. |
Radical Activist |
Nov-27-08 12:02 AM |
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No, it is a political reality |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-27-08 12:20 AM |
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FDR is considered one of the most liberal Presidents in history. |
Radical Activist |
Nov-27-08 12:47 AM |
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What part of I can distinguish between GOVERNOR |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-27-08 01:00 AM |
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Your FDR red herring aside |
Radical Activist |
Nov-27-08 01:07 AM |
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You can believe whatever you want, including that red herring called |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-27-08 01:10 AM |
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How about giving me ANY evidence? |
Radical Activist |
Nov-27-08 01:17 AM |
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His legislative HISTORY |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-27-08 01:27 AM |
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more importantly |
Two Americas |
Nov-25-08 12:48 PM |
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What's missing today is the strong labor/left movements of the time |
leftstreet |
Nov-25-08 12:14 AM |
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exactly |
Two Americas |
Nov-25-08 12:51 PM |
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Correct., as one of my profs put it, to save capitalism from itself |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-25-08 09:00 PM |
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My mother taught me about Coughlin -- and a whole lot more |
starroute |
Nov-25-08 12:41 AM |
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ThanksI LOVE primary sources |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-25-08 09:02 PM |
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K&R A very good read. Thanks for this post. |
JDPriestly |
Nov-25-08 01:22 AM |
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raised by a system of taxation levied on the principle of ability to pay. |
Winterblues |
Nov-25-08 11:40 AM |
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I think this platform shows plenty of clues .... |
Joe Fields |
Nov-25-08 11:58 AM |
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He did not run on the New Deal, and that IS the point |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-25-08 09:06 PM |
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let's kill the myth of the "middle" |
Two Americas |
Nov-25-08 01:02 PM |
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Big difference. Then, in spite of a 4-wall media blitz (for that time), |
greyhound1966 |
Nov-25-08 09:04 PM |
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They don't OWN the new Media |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-25-08 09:08 PM |
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We get news and information from the internet, but we are still a less than insignificant |
greyhound1966 |
Nov-25-08 09:36 PM |
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Yes but also the media of the 1950s was the direct |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-25-08 10:33 PM |
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Second thread tonight with a bailout cheerleader giving history lessons. |
Hannah Bell |
Nov-25-08 09:17 PM |
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Who funded Coughlin, nadin? |
Hannah Bell |
Nov-25-08 09:51 PM |
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FDR enacted Norman Thomas' platform. |
Perragrande |
Nov-27-08 02:06 AM |
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I know and partly because them commies did so well in that same |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-27-08 12:01 PM |
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