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Skip_In_Boulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 05:45 PM Original message |
The Danger of American Fascism - Henry Wallace |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. mark to come back to later. |
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fittosurvive (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. "...poison the channels of public information." |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. HAHAHAHAHAHA!! |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Sadly, no. |
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fittosurvive (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 06:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. But a citizen of the US is free to watch any television station in the world... |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 07:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. And it boggles the mind as to why too many watch FOX news anyway, doesn't it? n/t |
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fittosurvive (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 07:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Yes, it does. But freedom means that the other guy gets to choose what he wants to watch too. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 08:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. And fascism means a few decide WHAT narrative the majority will access through national newsmedia |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 07:41 AM Response to Reply #21 |
38. Willfull ignorance is no excuse when used to harm others unlike oneself. n/t |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Only a few control most all NEWS outlets with NATIONAL REACH. Your all or nothing narrowing of the |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 07:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. NATIONAL media outlets, the ones that influence the majority of voters. Why the pretense |
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fittosurvive (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 08:13 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Oh, I realize the difference all right. It's just that I take everything the NATIONAL media outlets |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Now you want to narrow it to ME? Ok pal...my source of choice is the National Security Archives |
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fittosurvive (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. You sure seem to have a dismal view of your fellow man. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Right choices when PRESENTED with an accurate read of those choices. Fer chrissakes, polls now show |
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fittosurvive (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 08:49 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. At any given time, many people believe many false things to be true., |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Give your sunshine and lollipops act a rest. I'm not buying it. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 01:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
33. Do you understand that monopolies sometimes take control, in capitalist systems? |
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fittosurvive (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 07:43 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. The only true monopolies I see are those run by the government. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #39 |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 04:43 AM Response to Reply #12 |
36. There is a monopoly among US media outlets. |
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fittosurvive (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 07:59 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Monopoly - the market condition that exists when there is only one seller. |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 06:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Ms. or Mr. Rand, please educate yourself re: propaganda and the control of the media by 5 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 07:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. You have GOT to be joking. There are NOT that many news outlets with national reach. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
31. they ARE the poison |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. ABSOLUTE MUST READ. Thank you , Skip! |
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Skip_In_Boulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Yep this is what it is and what we need to be calling it |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I've been calling it fascism since early 2000. |
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Skip_In_Boulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 06:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Good on you. I have been calling it this for years but the unfortunate |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. Who knew that Wallace could predict the rise of Fox News? |
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Skip_In_Boulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. It was just a matter of time. n/t |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. Wallace would have made a great President. |
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Skip_In_Boulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. We could sure use someone with his clarity now. n/t |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
13. Agree Wallace may have made a great POTUS. |
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Tashca (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
19. Powerful |
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Gaedel (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-25-11 08:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. I read somewhere |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
34. K & R |
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Jmaxfie1 (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 03:49 AM Response to Original message |
35. I was never a big Wallace fan. n/t |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 06:14 AM Response to Original message |
37. This has been on du at times and it never fails to get a nom from me |
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