| 136. It's Our Fault. Plain and Simple. |
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The things the politicians do, or don't do...the things the media is allowed to keep from us, and keep us from questioning by feeding us American Idol and Jersey Shore...the ludicrous markup of insanely cheap medication and other methods used by greedy corporations to make the few at the top insanely, pointlessly rich...it's our fault. Because we ALLOW all these things to happen.
They have the power because we LET them have the power.
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| -I blame the fucking media for every fucking fuck up in this country. |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 05:15 PM |
#0 |
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I blame duct tape too. |
Swamp Rat |
Mar-09-10 05:16 PM |
#1 |
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I must disagree |
Sherman A1 |
Mar-10-10 05:55 AM |
#115 |
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what she said ^^^ |
mix |
Mar-09-10 05:16 PM |
#2 |
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"Smirk" - Corporate Media (R) |
SpiralHawk |
Mar-09-10 05:17 PM |
#3 |
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Corporate NEP MSM Suppression of '08 Prelim Exit Polls & Obama's True Win Margin continues: |
tiptoe |
Mar-10-10 04:22 PM |
#169 |
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Advertising drives access to information--so 'news' becomes Campaign Advertising |
Supersedeas |
Mar-09-10 05:20 PM |
#4 |
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Yep...with ya...+666(888)....those media owners/advertisers are also to blame for social engineering |
opihimoimoi |
Mar-09-10 05:21 PM |
#5 |
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The forms of social control are all intertwined - although M$M doesn't write the 'scripts' |
Echo In Light |
Mar-09-10 05:35 PM |
#18 |
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Damn good post. |
tabasco |
Mar-09-10 09:32 PM |
#69 |
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so when is there going to be a consequence for lying to the people? |
grasswire |
Mar-09-10 05:21 PM |
#6 |
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when YOU make it so |
omega minimo |
Mar-09-10 11:08 PM |
#88 |
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yeah? I'm doing my best pal. |
grasswire |
Mar-10-10 12:15 AM |
#101 |
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Wouldn't an effective protest be, NOT watching them? |
omega minimo |
Mar-10-10 01:18 PM |
#152 |
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But please don't blame the precious pure baby Capitalism, swaddled in a manger |
Oregone |
Mar-09-10 05:22 PM |
#7 |
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My first laugh of the day. |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 06:19 PM |
#26 |
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+1 |
Odin2005 |
Mar-09-10 08:44 PM |
#56 |
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Our corporate media sucks. |
onestepforward |
Mar-09-10 05:22 PM |
#8 |
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agreed |
sgalindez |
Mar-09-10 05:26 PM |
#11 |
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WElcome to DU, sgalindez! |
ThatsMyBarack |
Mar-09-10 05:30 PM |
#13 |
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So glad you are here, sgalindez |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 06:39 PM |
#34 |
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Damn, agreed... that was a great petition... |
MrMickeysMom |
Mar-09-10 10:54 PM |
#86 |
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Signed it, and thanks. That was such a good read! |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 11:03 PM |
#87 |
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I can't agree more. |
olegramps |
Mar-10-10 02:36 PM |
#156 |
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I've been saying that for 30 plus years now |
madokie |
Mar-09-10 05:24 PM |
#9 |
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+1000 |
Cetacea |
Mar-09-10 05:32 PM |
#16 |
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It's awake hypnosis |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 06:23 PM |
#31 |
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I've been surprised by a couple of my acquaintances |
madokie |
Mar-09-10 06:41 PM |
#38 |
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Corporate control |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 07:39 PM |
#48 |
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Lots of complaints, no action. The Fairness Doctrine needs to be reinstated |
Lorien |
Mar-09-10 09:32 PM |
# |
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You are so right |
madokie |
Mar-10-10 06:00 AM |
#116 |
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I concur. The fascists didn't buy control of mass newsmedia in the 80s and 90s for anything good |
blm |
Mar-09-10 05:26 PM |
#10 |
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That's a quality rant |
Zomby Woof |
Mar-09-10 05:28 PM |
#12 |
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ZW! Missed you, sweetheart (sorry, off topic) |
northofdenali |
Mar-09-10 07:56 PM |
#51 |
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Wow! |
Zomby Woof |
Mar-09-10 10:08 PM |
#78 |
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We live in a Brave New World where American idol is more important than voting. |
anonymous171 |
Mar-09-10 05:31 PM |
#14 |
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Fuck American Idol |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 06:20 PM |
#27 |
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We live in a Brave New World where American idol *IS* voting. nt |
live love laugh |
Mar-10-10 12:20 AM |
#102 |
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never so true before. |
Donnachaidh |
Mar-10-10 09:00 AM |
#132 |
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Media deregulation turned America into a nation where people can't even agree on objective facts |
depakid |
Mar-09-10 05:31 PM |
#15 |
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Ouch! |
hay rick |
Mar-09-10 07:32 PM |
#45 |
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And for that you can than thank former President Clinton |
ibegurpard |
Mar-09-10 10:09 PM |
#79 |
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And that was the objective of |
Enthusiast |
Mar-10-10 04:02 AM |
#111 |
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Go back to 1/2 hour of daily news and weather and read lots of |
virgogal |
Mar-09-10 05:33 PM |
#17 |
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Oddly enough, when one examines how much more authoritarian/conservative early/mid 20th cent generat |
Echo In Light |
Mar-09-10 05:39 PM |
#20 |
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Law and Order before equality. |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 06:21 PM |
#29 |
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You said it better than I have in a while! Yeah! |
FrenchieCat |
Mar-09-10 05:37 PM |
#19 |
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kick |
trusty elf |
Mar-09-10 05:54 PM |
#21 |
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I hate them too |
G_j |
Mar-09-10 05:58 PM |
#22 |
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I first became a news hound while in the Marines. |
Uncle Joe |
Mar-09-10 06:05 PM |
#23 |
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No, thank YOU, Uncle Joe |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 06:24 PM |
#32 |
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Support community radio, independent media outlets like Democracy Now! |
kgnu_fan |
Mar-09-10 06:06 PM |
#24 |
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+1000 |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 06:39 PM |
#35 |
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exactly - why do people watch that crap? |
harmonicon |
Mar-09-10 08:41 PM |
#53 |
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I also learn a lot from DU while I have to sort out gold out of other metal |
kgnu_fan |
Mar-09-10 08:48 PM |
#57 |
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That was one damn fine rant. Hearty k/r. n/t |
reflection |
Mar-09-10 06:07 PM |
#25 |
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The health care coverage brought them to the bottom of the bottom. I never saw such horrible |
deacon |
Mar-09-10 06:20 PM |
#28 |
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It's repulsive with huge chunks of vomit spewing all over the air waves |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 06:40 PM |
#37 |
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Yeah, that was bad alright. |
Enthusiast |
Mar-10-10 04:16 AM |
#113 |
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They're just the PR department. |
Marr |
Mar-09-10 06:22 PM |
#30 |
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Bingo! Marr is right. The MSM is just the propaganda wing of corporate Amurica. n/t |
RufusTFirefly |
Mar-09-10 11:54 PM |
#99 |
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Bumper sticker: |
CrispyQ |
Mar-10-10 05:37 PM |
#172 |
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we need an open season on the teevee |
pansypoo53219 |
Mar-09-10 06:29 PM |
#33 |
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I have visions of a scene in the movie Stone Cold |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 06:43 PM |
#39 |
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FreeSpeech TV is the only public supported news source left. PBS is p0wnd. |
L0oniX |
Mar-09-10 06:40 PM |
#36 |
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Let's support and spread independent media network!!! |
kgnu_fan |
Mar-09-10 07:27 PM |
#43 |
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The majority of voters are uninformed and addicted to TV and WalMart |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 07:32 PM |
#44 |
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catch 22 round and round and round |
kgnu_fan |
Mar-09-10 07:41 PM |
#49 |
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I can sniff out Fux viewers ...but I need someone else to shoot them. |
L0oniX |
Mar-09-10 07:58 PM |
#52 |
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Create a mass hypnotism event? |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 10:20 PM |
#82 |
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You are correct, graywarrior. K and R. |
NYC_SKP |
Mar-09-10 07:08 PM |
#40 |
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God bless Keith for standing up when we needed him most, but damn, |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 07:34 PM |
#46 |
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Agreed. It's all celeb shit and talking points. The Cult of Personality has taken |
NC_Nurse |
Mar-09-10 07:15 PM |
#41 |
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I dislike our media save a few worse than I dislike conserative social and fiscal ideals |
uponit7771 |
Mar-09-10 07:24 PM |
#42 |
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K&R |
hay rick |
Mar-09-10 07:37 PM |
#47 |
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I have watched very, very little MSM television since 9/11. |
northofdenali |
Mar-09-10 07:52 PM |
#50 |
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January 3, 1996 |
Hissyspit |
Mar-09-10 08:41 PM |
#54 |
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The MSM is an arm of the Corporate Elite, blame the root of the problem, not the symptoms. |
Odin2005 |
Mar-09-10 08:42 PM |
#55 |
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Easier said than done... |
Moostache |
Mar-10-10 04:54 PM |
#171 |
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The following article took a bashing here at DU - |
CrispyQ |
Mar-10-10 05:46 PM |
#173 |
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Greywarrior, ya hit it right on the head. |
cliffordu |
Mar-09-10 08:52 PM |
#58 |
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Right there with you... |
rosesaylavee |
Mar-09-10 08:52 PM |
#59 |
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I blame the lame believers in total bullshit....... |
BlueJac |
Mar-09-10 08:52 PM |
#60 |
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The fucking media is actually a tool |
GreenArrow |
Mar-09-10 08:56 PM |
#61 |
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Owned by watchdogs and corporate bastards who worship the god of gimme |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 09:30 PM |
#67 |
| -
Has that duck been Mirandatized ? |
SlingBlade |
Mar-09-10 09:07 PM |
#62 |
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Didn't you know? He's a stoner. |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 09:31 PM |
#68 |
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So the tape is voluntary? |
Mopar151 |
Mar-09-10 11:17 PM |
#90 |
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That sums it up nicely! nt |
laughingliberal |
Mar-09-10 09:10 PM |
#63 |
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Well, agree . . but it's a corporate press, with heavy CIA/Pentagon control . . . |
defendandprotect |
Mar-09-10 09:18 PM |
#64 |
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Man, have you got that right. |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 09:32 PM |
#70 |
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I think that it died with Reagan. |
Lorien |
Mar-09-10 09:34 PM |
#71 |
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Agree . .. |
defendandprotect |
Mar-10-10 10:43 AM |
#140 |
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FDR's VP Henry Wallace's media WARNING |
troubledamerican |
Mar-09-10 09:23 PM |
#65 |
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Thanks for your post concerning Wallace's concerns: |
olegramps |
Mar-10-10 02:54 PM |
#157 |
| -
I agree. |
troubledamerican |
Mar-10-10 08:31 PM |
#178 |
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Then let's demand a return of the Fairness Doctrine |
Lorien |
Mar-09-10 09:30 PM |
#66 |
| -
K&R |
JimWis |
Mar-09-10 09:35 PM |
#72 |
| -
So, cancel you cable subscription. |
JDPriestly |
Mar-09-10 09:47 PM |
#73 |
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I am cancelling. |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 10:01 PM |
#76 |
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Major media is corporate owned, republicans protect & benefit from the corporate media lies |
LaPera |
Mar-09-10 09:59 PM |
#74 |
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Wouldn't have happened without a complicit media. However |
wiggs |
Mar-09-10 10:01 PM |
#75 |
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What's amazing and unbelievable to me is the fact that over the last 8 years |
wiggs |
Mar-09-10 10:07 PM |
#77 |
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When the majority of the country is in a TV trance, a junk food trance, |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 10:17 PM |
#81 |
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Too much of the 'professional/establishment' Dem % have been trained to obediently disavow "CTs" |
Echo In Light |
Mar-10-10 06:11 AM |
#118 |
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Fake hair, fake breasts, fake teeth, fake face, do you expect real news? |
scentopine |
Mar-09-10 10:15 PM |
#80 |
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I expect what we are getting and they know that which is why I hate them |
graywarrior |
Mar-09-10 10:21 PM |
#83 |
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This CANNOT be said ENOUGH!!! nt |
orbitalman |
Mar-09-10 10:48 PM |
#84 |
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graywarrior, given the way you feel about this topic, I think it would be a good idea if you |
bertman |
Mar-09-10 10:51 PM |
#85 |
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I like the little dogs |
Mopar151 |
Mar-09-10 11:31 PM |
#93 |
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Okay, I'll bite. What's APL, Mopar151? |
bertman |
Mar-09-10 11:37 PM |
#94 |
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Animal Planet |
Mopar151 |
Mar-09-10 11:54 PM |
#98 |
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Damn. I should have figured that out on my own. Yes, they do have some cool stuff on there. |
bertman |
Mar-10-10 10:14 PM |
#179 |
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wish i could rec +1000 |
nyc 4 Biden |
Mar-09-10 11:13 PM |
#89 |
| -
The Other Half Of The Equation |
colsohlibgal |
Mar-09-10 11:19 PM |
#91 |
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Insidious 24/7 Propaganda. Goebbels would have drooled over it. nt |
pauldp |
Mar-09-10 11:22 PM |
#92 |
| -
Right on Sister.... |
WCGreen |
Mar-09-10 11:38 PM |
#95 |
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I blame the lazy and idiotic public. |
LooseWilly |
Mar-09-10 11:40 PM |
#96 |
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Our SAUDI-owned media? Let's not forget that little detail. |
Initech |
Mar-09-10 11:43 PM |
#97 |
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I've been without cable for over a year and it is completely liberating! |
go west young man |
Mar-09-10 11:58 PM |
#100 |
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I'm off tv as well..you expressed my experience without it..liberating |
xiamiam |
Mar-10-10 07:48 AM |
#123 |
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So, lesson learned is...it's not our fault? |
newtothegame |
Mar-10-10 12:44 AM |
#103 |
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I agree. Taking over the media should be priority #2 for all of us, right behind... |
ClassWarrior |
Mar-10-10 12:50 AM |
#104 |
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Add electronic voting to that list & you have the three most critical issues, which if addressed, |
CrispyQ |
Mar-10-10 05:57 PM |
#174 |
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That duck's never gettin' free of you, is he? nt |
Patchuli |
Mar-10-10 01:08 AM |
#105 |
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Inequality, Unequal democratic campaigns, Unequal corporatism, Unequal media. |
Festivito |
Mar-10-10 01:28 AM |
#106 |
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It's always good to have an omnipotent power to blame when things go wrong. |
elocs |
Mar-10-10 03:07 AM |
#107 |
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voluntarily watching does not eliminate its influence...its impossible |
xiamiam |
Mar-10-10 07:51 AM |
#124 |
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Chomsky nailed it 30 years ago: the media are owned by the oligarchs, and |
snot |
Mar-10-10 03:13 AM |
#108 |
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I know...remember trying to talk to people about M$M 10, 15, 20 yrs ago = silence |
Echo In Light |
Mar-10-10 06:04 AM |
#117 |
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Me too. nt |
Enthusiast |
Mar-10-10 03:56 AM |
#109 |
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Totally agree. That's why Rupert Murdock may be the most powerful man on the planet right now.. |
DCBob |
Mar-10-10 03:58 AM |
#110 |
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+1,000 Dingidy DING DING! |
upi402 |
Mar-10-10 04:04 AM |
#112 |
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I do agree that our news media is pretty worthless, but there are a few other good ones besides |
spicegal |
Mar-10-10 05:10 AM |
#114 |
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Perhaps your next thread should go into "General Discussion -- Fuck" forum |
Fly by night |
Mar-10-10 06:47 AM |
#119 |
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They feed us propaganda because they are too lazy to do any real work |
HughMoran |
Mar-10-10 07:28 AM |
#120 |
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M$M doesn't lie & disinform the public b/c its "too lazy to do any real work" |
Echo In Light |
Mar-10-10 08:15 AM |
#127 |
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I stopped watching tv in october for the exact same reason |
xiamiam |
Mar-10-10 07:33 AM |
#121 |
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Totally F**king Agree....... |
RedRoses323 |
Mar-10-10 07:47 AM |
#122 |
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I blame a corrupt system and pitifully ignorant electorate. |
freddie mertz |
Mar-10-10 08:04 AM |
#125 |
| -
Though I have no love for our media |
1badjedi |
Mar-10-10 08:15 AM |
#126 |
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The Media in Part, Yes. But .... |
SlingBlade |
Mar-10-10 08:20 AM |
#128 |
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Simplistic in the sense that they didn't pass the Telecommunications Act. Clinton did. |
John Q. Citizen |
Mar-10-10 08:26 AM |
#129 |
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The news |
Vermontgrown |
Mar-10-10 08:36 AM |
#130 |
| -
Eventually it gets to be an issue of personal morality |
Prof Lester |
Mar-10-10 08:41 AM |
#131 |
| -
tell us how you really feel.... |
fatbuckel |
Mar-10-10 09:05 AM |
#133 |
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I'm at the gym this morning and they have MSNBC on with Joe |
graywarrior |
Mar-10-10 09:34 AM |
#134 |
| -
they have certainly played a central role |
spanone |
Mar-10-10 09:38 AM |
#135 |
| -
It's Our Fault. Plain and Simple. |
Toasterlad |
Mar-10-10 09:43 AM |
#136 |
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American's are numbed with TV, junk food, alcohol and prescription drugs |
graywarrior |
Mar-10-10 10:20 AM |
#139 |
| -
No truer words spoken |
Highway61 |
Mar-10-10 10:59 AM |
#144 |
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And sometimes give that look as if they know more than we do |
graywarrior |
Mar-10-10 02:57 PM |
#158 |
| -
ABCNNBCBS |
Blue Owl |
Mar-10-10 09:51 AM |
#137 |
| -
I got rid of my TV about 3 years ago.... |
pgodbold |
Mar-10-10 10:13 AM |
#138 |
| -
You have a contract with Comcast? I've never heard of one, not defending them - |
axollot |
Mar-10-10 10:52 AM |
#141 |
| -
We got the package: TV, internet, and phone for $99 per month |
graywarrior |
Mar-10-10 03:17 PM |
#159 |
| -
That's messed up. I've been with them for 6yrs and they seriously lick my boots here - dunno why?! |
axollot |
Mar-10-10 04:18 PM |
#168 |
| -
When I lived in Florida, Comcast was a different animal |
graywarrior |
Mar-10-10 06:59 PM |
#177 |
| -
Oh man that sucks. So it sounds like they are saying you own the box, you owe us 200 for it? |
axollot |
Mar-11-10 11:16 AM |
#180 |
| -
I blame 3 things really. |
YOY |
Mar-10-10 10:57 AM |
#142 |
| -
So so true. Just got off the phone w/ a rightwing "democrat" |
loudsue |
Mar-10-10 10:59 AM |
#143 |
| -
I saw an interview with Paul McCartney from the 60's ... |
phatkatt |
Mar-10-10 11:02 AM |
#145 |
| -
I just watched that interview somewhere, can't remember where |
graywarrior |
Mar-10-10 03:19 PM |
#160 |
| -
Well said! |
valerief |
Mar-10-10 11:09 AM |
#146 |
| -
You posted this 20 hrs ago. Have you cancelled yet? |
Doctor_J |
Mar-10-10 11:21 AM |
#147 |
| -
We're fighting over the cancellation fee. |
graywarrior |
Mar-10-10 03:20 PM |
#161 |
| -
Bravo |
Doctor_J |
Mar-10-10 06:43 PM |
#176 |
| -
"people who call themselves Dems are addicted to right-wing lies" |
Uzybone |
Mar-10-10 04:30 PM |
#170 |
| -
I would like to point out that it is not correct that twenty years ago, |
truedelphi |
Mar-11-10 05:59 PM |
#181 |
| -
Gave up cable in 1996... |
KansDem |
Mar-10-10 11:56 AM |
#148 |
| -
yeah big M and many others that profit from big M exposure... |
katty |
Mar-10-10 12:03 PM |
#149 |
| -
The media has been my target for years! Thanks. n/t |
Duval |
Mar-10-10 12:44 PM |
#150 |
| -
And I blame us for letting it happen. n/t |
Orsino |
Mar-10-10 12:46 PM |
#151 |
| -
Let's not forget that. |
sheldon |
Mar-10-10 01:33 PM |
#153 |
| -
Meh |
DirkGently |
Mar-10-10 02:14 PM |
#154 |
| -
I largely do too |
unpossibles |
Mar-10-10 02:33 PM |
#155 |
| -
K & R nt |
Christa |
Mar-10-10 03:23 PM |
#162 |
| -
Crush Your Television |
BigBro72 |
Mar-10-10 03:26 PM |
#163 |
| -
K&R |
muffin1 |
Mar-10-10 03:33 PM |
#164 |
| -
Fighting behind enemy lines |
BigBro72 |
Mar-10-10 03:48 PM |
#165 |
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Time to cloak FSTV from this thread! |
RedCloud |
Mar-10-10 04:04 PM |
#166 |
| -
K&R |
Last_Stand |
Mar-10-10 04:18 PM |
#167 |
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I Tend To Agree... |
mckara |
Mar-10-10 06:23 PM |
#175 |
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