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sabrina 1

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10. I wonder if they realize how ridiculous they are. Our corporate media, I mean.

Reply to Catherina (Original post)

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 10:43 AM

Mar 2013

Too funny, the horror of citizens GOTV and providing programs for their communities!

Even funnier is how the same MSM covered the Teabaggers, armed to the teeth, with their misspelled signs, attending Obama rallies, paid for by the Koch brothers.

Airc, they were a 'political force' a 'grassroots' organization. That was a new definition of 'grassroots' btw, whereby some obscenely wealthy political operators pay to bus in dozens of what looked like actors from a bad movie.

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Lol oh lol ABC! Venezuela Election is a High Stakes Affair for Local Vigilante Groups [View all] Catherina Mar 2013 OP

LOL! nt Peace Patriot Mar 2013 #1

yeah we've known about the criminal paramilitary type colectivos for awhile now Bacchus4.0 Mar 2013 #2

Commies I tell you, COMMIES! With sharks & laser guns. Fighitng drug traffickers, according to ABC! idwiyo Mar 2013 #6

LOL. ocpagu Mar 2013 #7

Yes exactly! I was just telling someone I have a feeling Catherina Mar 2013 #8

As I said before, they're only paramilitary if we don't like them. joshcryer Mar 2013 #11

The have no sense of ridiculous. ocpagu Mar 2013 #3

ROFL, I love the description of the pic: "Colectivo leader Lisandro Perez otherwise known as "Mao" idwiyo Mar 2013 #5

OMG! The HORROR! They organise VOTER TURNOUT CAMPAIGNS!!! They don't let drug traffickers sell drugs idwiyo Mar 2013 #4

Scary indeed. bemildred Mar 2013 #9

I wonder if they realize how ridiculous they are. Our corporate media, I mean. sabrina 1 Mar 2013 #10

The MSM also fondly embraced the spectacle of "patriots" who showed up sporting their guns. Guns! Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #12

Why is it our same corporate media never felt it was appropriate to inform U.S. citizens Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #13