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In reply to the discussion: Okay, A day has passed and I have calmed, somewhat ... [View all]1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)16. Why do you always go there ...
knowing that President Obama has already defined the what and where he wants to see the "serious entitlement reform and additional spending cuts", and it does NOT include the cutting of benefits OR the raising of eligibility age?
Oh I know why ... different day; same ole crap.
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Used to be, hosts would challenge right-wing bullshit. Sadly, those days are over.
Scuba
Dec 2012
#7
'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
I used to listen to NPR, but anymore left/moderate seems to be wrong and right/right seems to
RKP5637
Dec 2012
#28
No, I'm pretty sure that we mean cutting off those other well-funded special interest groups:
MannyGoldstein
Dec 2012
#9