Thanks, Corporate Media. Thanks for nothing.

[murielm99]

Tonight, we saw what REAL leadership looks like.

Thanks for what you did to Gore just before he won the Presidency.

Thanks for telling us he was so boring.

Thanks for telling us how wooden he was.

Thanks for making fun of his "earth-tone" clothing.

Thanks for making a big deal of his "sighs" during the debates, and ignoring Bush's lies during the debates.

Thanks for lying, telling us he said he invented the Internet.

Thanks for teasing him just because you could.

Thanks for reminding us how un-hip he was.

If he is so un-hip, why are all the hippest musicians in the world helping him with his cause? Huh?

Who could have anticipated that he, Al Bore, could bring together a worldwide event for change? Not you fools.

Who knew he could do so much more good for the environmental movement than as leader of the free world? Who knew that Bush could do so much evil?

Thanks for doing your part to to damage our country and our world.

NBC, just because you showed parts of the concert tonight does not mean you are off the hook. You did more than your share of damage to Gore when he was running. Thanks, NBC. Thanks for nothing.

Thanks Corporate Media. Thanks, assholes.

I am going to send some e-mails.

[Cooley Hurd]

1. K&fuggingR!!!!

:kick:

[ChiciB1]

2. And NOW NBC Is Hyping This Event!!! Whaqt A Great POST!!!

I totally agree, but I've ALWAYS known AL GORE won in 2000! Never thought anything else, and I live in FLOR-EEEEE-DUH!!

I really really HATE SMUCK HEAD and his HENCHMEN!! And Dick Wad Too! I HATE YOU!!!

[smtpgirl]

11. Don't get SUNDANCE, that is why I watched BRAVO

[ChiciB1]

12. I Watched Bravo Too... I Still Want A DVD!!! n/t

[mountainvue]

77. The Sundance broadcast was far superior,

IMO. They didn't cut performances short or cut them out at all. Bravo didn't even show Yusef Islam singing Wild World and Peace Train. Also, they only showed two of Madonna's songs.

[bigwillq]

3. K&R!

Great post! :bounce:

[sandnsea]

4. k&r

:applause: :applause:

:woohoo:

[rusty charly]

5. i suppose chimpy

brought together a worldwide event for change, but i'm with you...

[AlGore-08.com]

8. Well, decimation IS a form of a change

You gotta give Smirk that...

[Usrename]

6. Thanks!

:kick:

[Robbien]

7. They are still doing it.

The BBC US News was just trying to spread a cloud of gloom and doom over the concert.

I sent an email to them ASAP.

[orleans]

20. for what are they doing that? what are they saying? n/t

[Robbien]

26. Oh you know, the usual

the kids just came there to listen to the music and don't really care about the environment

same spiel I heard on my local CBS station

I suspect they got the talking point memos from Exxon

[smtpgirl]

9. Corporate Media is about PROFITS that is ALL!!

Life is more than dollars & cents and the bottom line!!

The corporate media reminds me of the TOTAL RECALL movie, has anyone got the gist of that?

[John Q. Citizen]

15. Wasn't that based on the Philip K. Dick Story "We can remember it for yoyu wholesale"?

Or was it Ubix?

[Tesha]

62. Philip K. Dick: WCRIFYW. You got it. (NT)

[John Q. Citizen]

78. Phil Dick is one of my alltime favorite writers. He was brilliant and so good with

creating a cohesive mental picture through words. He was funny and tragic, often at the same time. Some of his endings were weak, almost as if he'd painted himself into a corner, but his writting was genious.

[NotGivingUp]

45. They're about propaganda. nt

[LibraLiz1973]

10. I LOVE YOUR POST!!

[smtpgirl]

13. Really, what good does it do now?

I for one was a screaming BITCH in 2000. I was in a bar in 2000 in Poolesville, MD, where I sat beside a smug white man who just loved the election results. I have seen that guy about 10 months ago, and he doesn't look HAPPY!! Wonder WHY??

I broke up with a SO because she thought that I was on the throes of insanity. Glad to say, I have met someone new who shares my ideals!! What was I thinking?

In 2004, I just recognized that most people were really sheep, no pun intended.

[ClassWarfare2008]

27. I had a similar experience with a SO

Even when we were together, she thought I was borderline crazy when I mentioned how criminal Poppy Bush was. We had broken up by the time Chimpy's campaign launched in 1999 (politics weren't the reason for the split)and I told her "if another Bush gets in the White House, this country is completely FUCKED".

She told me I was losing it. Of course, Chimpy has exceeded the expectations I had for him at the time by a multiple of thousands.

My ex? She not only denounced the Republican party, she's given serious thought to leaving the country.

Some people do come around eventually. I just wish she had faced some other realities sooner, but that's entirely another subject.

[liberalla]

14. You are SO right, and it's good to remember what happened!

Thank you for your walk down memory lane.

Where are we now? What happened today? A new model for leadership was shown to us and to the world. People are hungry for positive, competent, hopeful leadership. We're hungry for Al Gore. Personally, I think Al just made it much harder for any Repug, and for many Dem candidates, and I think the line of people waiting for AL to enter the race just got a LOT longer!

[HowHasItComeToThis]

16. THE CORPORATE MEDIA IS THE ENEMY

PERIOD

[terminal_concept]

79. One face of the enemy.

I think the media is only one front of the psychological war on the american people.
With that I would like them to know that most people are not fooled.


I'm not falling for their greed and hate.

[Auntie Bush]

17. I'd like to send that to our local newspaper!

Lots of good points and "fond" memories...I mean nightmares.

[murielm99]

19. Please feel free to use it.

We need to remind them often of their part in this fiasco of a Presidency. They are complicit.

[SoCalDem]

18. A tree-trimmer gets stuck in a tree and it's "HOLD THE PRESSES"

BREAKING NEWS...

But 2 BILLION people "get together" to save the planet and it's "ho-hum, what's Paris been up to lately?"..

The corporations who pull the strings do NOT like this "save the planet" stuff, folks..

If they have to start being responsible world citizens, it will mean less money in the ir grubby pockets..

The OWN media because they want to OWN the message and control what gets out to the "little people"..

[wanpete]

21. Excellent post! K & R!!!!

[BattyDem]

22. EXCELLENT post!!!

:applause:

[orleans]

23. k&r nicely said. n/t

[Blaze Diem]

24. ..tell them "we don't need your thought control.." ala Pink Floyd

Al Gore just made a bunch of fools out of all of you..He is light years ahead of msm.

[hfojvt]

25. They are still at it though, it's not just about Gore

http://www.dailyhowler.com/

It's about Wilson and Libby. It's about haircuts. And it's about Hillary (Monica)

And just last night I was wondering "Has Reuters always been such a cheerleader for the President?" I mean read this article and tell me it wasn't written by Bush's PR department. Was the labor department report a glowing one and Reuters just passed it on?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070706/bs_nm/usa_economy_dc;_ylt=AgBhvPToczn4FFq7u5pSzfu573QA

I mean, William Jefferson Clinton was President for 96 months. Of those 96 months, there were 80 where the economy created more than 132,000 jobs. The economy needs to add about 150,000 jobs a month just to keep up with population growth. Historically low unemployment? What about historically low labor force participation rates?

[Lindsey]

29. I want to send your words to everyone I know-They need to have their

asses kicked but that's hard to do thanks to Reagan. Ever notice how most of the really long-term screw ups, that we feel years later, came from the Republicans? In SICKO, I had NO idea about the Nixon/Erchliman plan - Jesus.

[rosesaylavee]

36. Reuters, AP

they are all culpable.

NPR's Marketplace talked about the 'job growth' report this week. They first had the ra-ra from the admin do his spiel - then pointed out that 130,000 job growth is only a moderate or modest growth. Better than a standstill but its not worth the hoopla thats being promoted by the Corporate Owned Media.

Up thread said it best...

The Corporate Media is the enemy. Period.

[happygoluckytoyou]

28. TONY SNOW HERE......

trees grow on earth
trees create air
terrorists breathe the air
earth is bad... republican is good... OR THE TERRORISTS WIN!!!

thank you this has been tony snow reporting from the white house

[Kool Kitty]

30. Sounds about right for Snow.

[swimmernsecretsea]

31. Thank you. I've been thinking it, but you said it, and well. K&R. nt

[autorank]

32. January 16, 2006 - Washington DC. Gore at Constitution Hall

Al Gore’s Devastating Indictment of President Bush
CALLS FOR SPECIAL COUNSEL
Quiescent Congress and Judiciary Enabling Tyranny
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/print.html?path=HL0601/S00122.htm

Gore quoted former Congressman Bob Barr who said, “The President has dared the American people to do something about it. For the sake of the Constitution, I hope they will.” Gores bill of particulars included the following actions:

1. Appointment of a special counsel immediately to investigate gross violations of the U.S. Constitution. Gore said, “Patrick Fitzgerald has, by all accounts, shown neither fear nor favor in pursuing allegations that the Executive Branch has violated other laws.” The specific investigation should “pursue the criminal issues raised by unwarranted wiretapping of Americans by the President.

2. “Whistle blower protections should immediately be established for members of the Executive Branch who report evidence of wrong doing” by the President and his team.

3. The Senate and the House should hold hearings “into these serious allegations of criminal behavior on the part of the President.”

4. “The Bush proposals for the Patriot Act “should under no circumstances be granted unless and until there are adequate and enforceable safeguards to protect the Constitution and the rights of the American people against the kinds of abuses that have recently been revealed.”

5. Gore called on “any telecommunications company” providing the government with access to private communication to “Immediately cease and desist their complicity in that apparent illegal invasion of the privacy of American citizens.”

6. Finally, going off of his prepared test, Gore said that any candidate for public office in 2006 should face a litmus test, regardless of party, based on their support for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate the President’s transgressions against the Constitution.

[Mnemosyne]

33. That was an heart-wrenching speech. I cried through most

of it, had to watch several times and printed out the text for everyone to read and know what we lost in 2000.:cry:

Excellent article also, Michael! :hug:

[autorank]

84. V is for victory...

It was heart rending. My wife and I sat next to Byron York, the neocon National Review weenie, and a
bunch of his cub reporters. They never stood for the standing ovations. Had to restrain wifie, whe was
pretty irritated with the guy. He's not too big, she would have taken him out in the second with a TKO;)

:hi:

[Mnemosyne]

90. I have to go with Mrs. Autorank on her first instinct!

I've never smacked anyone, but I've come close a few times and there are times when it takes the deepest self-restraint to not just smack the hell out of some people. :)

I know if I ever get close enough to * or the dick, rhoshambeuxxxxx! I've never done that before either. :evilgrin:

For those two, I might even take up spitting. Until them, never felt the urge to spit at anyone. :spray:

[DFW]

34. This should be a letter to the editor

of EVERY newspaper and electronic news source in the country.

Two months ago, I would have said it would have been a waste.

No longer. If you don't completely extingush a fire, some sparks
remain, and the blaze can rekindle. Bush, Tony Snow and his
predecessors and the MSM stamped out the fire, but they didn't
get every spark.

Watch out, boys. The flames are starting burn again, and you're
wearing shirts soaked in gasoline.

[abq e streeter]

35. yeah...

Complete agreement with you, murielm... By the way, if any of you haven't read Nance Greggs' articles "Brian vs. Vinny" or something like that , and also "In memoriam, the American News Media" (again, or something like that), they're magnificent.

[rosesaylavee]

37. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

We all post here with 'trepidation' - glad you joined up anyway. This is a great place for information and community (most days).

[abq e streeter]

57. Thanks for your words of welcome

The trepidation comes from the fact that here and there I have
views on issues that are not, and forgive my use of this worn
-out and somewhat ridiculous phrase,  politically correct.  I
question everything,  and  if I think someone (or many
someones) on our side is wrong , I'll say it, and think its a
matter of time before I express an opinion here  that will 
have people accusing me of  being  a Republican or  something.
I just reserve the right to define for myself what is
progressive.  And damn right about being here for information.
 Just about all of us  here recognize what a joke  the MSM has
become  ( to me one of the great tragedies  of modern America)
 and I check in with DU  every day, and recommend it to others
all the time;  this( and places like smirking chimp, media
matters etc.) is where I find out what's REALLY going on.  

[rosesaylavee]

64. Actually,

I do think that everyone has that in their head as they post. I know I do. I think its important to be kind, to not condescend, to inform when possible, and to consider the possibility that there is always more information on an issue.

Many here are conservative DEMs and former Republicans... as long as you follow the rules of engagement as outlined by Skinner and the moderators, you will be fine.

Again, welcome to our community!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

38. Bravo!!!!!! Recommended!!!!!! eom

[Decruiter]

39. Wouldn't some sort of 21st century French Revolution in the US be

some sort of fun. Could not we all the wage slaves and workers come together and take down our corporate masters? Corporations in the beginning were for good. Go to www.reclaimdemocracy.org and read our history. Corporations are not persons. "We the People", we can change the path this country we so love is on. It is up to us. Nader preaches it every day and has for a very long time. So does Amy Goodman, Granny D, so did Molly Ivins. We have so many leaders that came before us.

For God's sake, Ike warned us in his farewell speech to the nation. What the hell are we waiting for, a leader?

We can be divided and conquered or we all can stand together with the world and change the world.

It is up to us.

[Enthusiast]

40. You are right on!

Muriel, you are exactly correct. Our most pressing issue should be somehow correcting this media consolidation. It's horrible. It is just as you have said.

[Wednesdays]

41. As composer Jan Sibelius said,

"No statue has ever been erected in honor of a critic."

Whether or not he ever gets in the White House, Al Gore's place in history as a great man has already been established. Doubt if anyone in today's M$M will have that legacy.

[SammyWinstonJack]

42. Hell Yeah!

:applause: So Recommended!

[Retired AF Dem]

43. But

Ogle county Dems like thier large gas hog pickups.

[murielm99]

65. That certainly does seem to be the case.

The one behind me in the picture belongs to our chairman. We have a pickup, too, but it is more modest than his.

In our defense, we are a farming county. This is pork producing country. We are not, for the most part, wannabee cowboys.

Our chairman does use it to haul the dogs he raises and our floats, too. Still, I wouldn't want it.

[malaise]

44. Super post

K & R

[corkhead]

46. the single biggest threat to our endangered democracy, period

I have had this sig line since I started posting on DU...

[mistertrickster]

47. No sh*t. And where was the coverage of Live Earth on the MSM?

Almost a total blackout on the alphabet channels . . .

[jelly]

48. Lovely sarcastic rant.

I love how you end it. It's like, okay, you're all warmed up now -- off to write those e-mails! ;-)

[classof56]

49. Great job, Muriel!

You nailed it and said just what I and many, many others think but could not articulate.

Blessings!

Tired Old Cynic

[populistdriven]

50. k&r!!! but Bravo is owned by NBC...

They still could have done MUCH more...

[Aviation Pro]

51. Again, class, who owns NBC?

GE, one of the largest defense contractors in the world. What are GE's products? Death and destruction. Who loves death and destruction and probably uses both to try and get their flaccid two millimeter dicks up? Bush and Cheney.

[Turn CO Blue]

52. GE also wants to sell lots of compact fluorescent lightbulbs

so don't discount that motive. Of course GE and NBC want to pitch Live Earth because every hour there was a message to switch to CFLs.

Don't get me wrong, I think we should all use CFLs - I just think that GE (and Phillips) were making sure to get in on the lightbulb action. I don't even care.

We need to be sure that these corporations understand the great potential in going green and in finding alternative energy markets/products. Yes, they're motivated by profit but they are ALSO motivated by outdoing their competitors and very motivated by the drive to be "first in market" for any new wave. We often forget that.

Their customer relations and marketing departments will be bumping up against their accounting and operations departments (same in every company) and the branding teams aren't stupid, they know that the power of the brand lives and dies by the perception of quality and now of being perceived as green.

edited: left out some words

[EVDebs]

55. If those bulbs are made in China, I give them a two year lifespan

But I'll probably buy them anyway. I've replace most here with CFLs already and had to replace one set twice already.

[otohara]

53. My E-mail to NYT's Reviewer of Assault On Reason - His Answer....

Dear Mr. Ehrenhalt,

I just finished reading your review of Assault on Reason by Al Gore. This is what I got from the review: You have serious personal disdain for the man, but reluctantly agree he's right on many issues.

Here's a wild guess on my part based on the ugly things you had to say about Mr. Gore. You didn't vote for him in 2000. So that leads me to believe you voted for George Bush or Ralph Nader. In which case, I in-part blame you and others who didn't vote for Al Gore for the mess our country is now in.

Sincerely,
otohara

You are right. I personally disliked Gore and didn’t vote for him. I also regret having done that. For all his annoying (at least to me) quirks we would be much better off if he had become president instead of Bush. So I do take a small amount of personal responsibility.

Thanks for writing

[BrklynLiberal]

67. I wonder how many others share this regret..now that it is too late.

[EVDebs]

54. The WH journalist's dinner was the last straw for me. MSM laughed along...watch it on Youtube at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0TnqUlB4Gg

[gizmonic]

56. K, R

Your post :applause:


Corporate media war-mongering whores :grr:

[Raster]

58. As Tricky Dick flew away on Marine One for the last time, he muttered about the

"fucking media." How they were the cause of his disgrace. Tricky Dick left DC, but his bag of slime-balls stayed. Cheney, Atwater, Libby. They learned. This time they foisted a sociopathic monster upon us, they OWNED the media. The American Main Stream Media owns as much responsibility as the SCOTUS for this plague called bush*/cheney*, perhaps more. We need to re-institute the Fairness Doctrine immediately. Thank you ronnie-fucking-raygun. WE CANNOT depend on the MSM to police itself or to regulate itself. Just as any other corporate behemoth, it's allegiance is only to itself.

[skepticscott]

59. While you're at it

be sure to send a few e-mails to Ralph Nader and the people who supported him in 2000, peddling the Kool-Aid that there was no difference between Gore and Bush. As far as I'm concerned, they are all complicit in what has happened to this country over the last 6 1/2 years, not to mention in what WILL be happening, probably for the rest of our lives and beyond. Where has Uncle Ralphie been lately? Out there stirring people up to try to make the world better, or sulking over his bruised ego and trying to figure out how to repackage himself for 2008?

[SammyWinstonJack]

63. Uncle Ralphie, stirring up sh*t as usual, just prior a presidential election. His usual MO.

At least since 2000 anyway. :argh:

[abq e streeter]

68. Respectful disagreement

As one who at least considered the "kool-aid" (but DID vote for Gore), it pains me to disagree here, especially after seeing the wholehearted agreement with you from Nance Greggs, who is a genuine hero of mine (See my recommendation on this very page to all here of two of her rants, which I referred to as "magnificent"). But in 2000, Gore was still playing the old Republican -lite image we're all so sick of from the Democratic party. If we who saw little difference between the two business as usual corporate- ass-kissing parties then ( and STILL too much of that in our alleged leadership), were tired of it, and drank the Nader koolaid, and are therefore complicit in the crimes of the Bush-Cheney junta, then so is the spineless Democratic party "leadership" for buying that koolaid, mixing it, and handing it to Nader on a silver platter. And again , this is intended to be a respectful disagreement with skepticscott and Ms. Greggs--(not so respectful to the seemingly paralyzed Democrats in Washington). We're on the same team and have the same goals.

[skepticscott]

71. Two points in response

It's certainly true that the Nader voters were not solely responsible for Gore's loss in 2000....there's plenty of blame to go around there, some of it resting with Gore himself. I bring up the Naderite aspect of it not so much because I want to carry a grudge forever, but because I see a very similar vein of thinking emerging among Democrats who have already sworn on the souls of their children that they will NEVER, EVER vote for Hillary Clinton in a general election, no matter what, even if it means handing the White House to the Republicans for another 8 years. I'm not blind to what Hillary is all about, but how can anyone who's lived in this country and hated Bush for the last 6 1/2 years be so deluded about the consequences of a third party vote or staying home in 2008? People who voted "their conscience" back in 2000 are partly responsible for the mess we're in now (and how many of them would do the same thing again?) A true vote of conscience has to consider wider consequences and not just your own feelings.

Second, I simply observe that Al Gore's freedom to do what he's done since 2000 is probably due in no small part to his own feeling that he has a lot less to lose than he did when he was running for president. (I seem to remember a song about that from back in my younger days)

[skepticscott]

72. And can't take credit

for a wholehearted endorsement from Nance Greggs...I think she was just responding to the OP.

[NanceGreggs]

60. YES!!!!!!!!!

:applause: :woohoo: :applause: :woohoo: :applause:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

61. If the TV, newspapers, radio are reading this

media you look stupid now

[BrklynLiberal]

66. Excellent post. RFK Jr called out the media in his speech too.

They are totally under the thumb of BushCo. In most cases, like the administration, if their lips are moving, they are lying.
They are totally complicit...

[GliderGuider]

81. Kennedy's speach at Live Earth on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv9q3PR_Tps

I had to listen to it twice.
He calls a spade a spade... or should I say he calls treason treason.
OMG!

"See you on the barricades!"

[redacted]

69. Thanks NBC for totally cutting Melissa Etheridge from prime time!

You spineless bastards wouldn't even show an edited version of her Academy Award-winning song, even though you had no problem with showing what was essentially a strip club act from Hamburg.

Have I told everybody again today how much I hate the corporate media?

[Middle finga]

70. The Corporate media don't care

They don't care if the country go down the drain as long as they can profit from it. I guess that's one reason Ruepert Murdoch is setting up shop in different countries so if the US goes down or the people rebel against his propaganda outlets he'll just move his headquarters to China, Australia or England.

[waleska]

73. Al Gore may be the cure America so greatly needs

but..

..On Al Gore’s watch.. On the 4th of August 1997, as NewsWeek readied Kathleen Willey’s story for publication and Robert Rubin, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, and Kenneth Lay met to discuss the global warming treaty in Kyoto. Kenneth Lay was an enthusiastic advocate of Kyoto for two reasons:
1. Cap and Trade
2. The treaty’s preference of natural gas over coal

Read Jerry Taylor’s (Cato Institute) piece in the Wall Street Journal, January 21 2002 (pg: A12) to learn a bit about the global warming con-game.

Kyoto was nothing more than an Enron welfare program

Aside from Kyoto, Al Gore may have invented the internet while InfoUSA’s Gupta was napping in the Lincoln bedroom.. but Tyco, Global Crossing, and Enron installed it.. offshore. Does India know Al Gore invented the internet?

The “inventor of the internet” also failed to back up White House email from 1996 thru 1998 and 2000

On the 18th of November 2001, Al Gore joined Metropolitan West Financial (Drexel Burnham Lambert) as vice-chairman, concentrating on biotechnology and information businesses. Drexel Burnham Lambert has that Gary Winnick (Global Crossing) and Michael Milken kind of sound to it.
As Reagan would say: “Well, here we go again”

A wise investor will foresee the next Enron (Kinder-Morgan) and remember that Al Gore is a director of Apple and a senior advisor to Google and his “blind trust” will sell these shares before you do.. just before they are intentionally collapsed.

[redacted]

76. Welcome to DU, but I don't think DUers will take your posts seriously

unless you write a bit more clearly and support your points appropriately.

[OwnedByFerrets]

74. Hell, they are doing the very same thing to J. Edwards.......

so nothing has changed.

[EVDebs]

75. Wave the April 16th 2007 Time Magazine cover in their faces...

http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20070416,00.html

The military can't keep this up much longer and they're breaking the army. Dems need to go to Iraq and take lots of copies of that Time magazine with them...and hand 'em out to the troops; those troops will vote smarter next election, I'll bet ya.

[OwnedByFerrets]

87. I sure hope you are right.

[kster]

80. LETS TAKE SOME ACTION!!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x39133

K&R

[Cha]

82. I was still corporatewhoremedia

naive in 2000..I couldn't believe they were excoriating Gore because someone in Maine got the news out that bush had a DUI.

I believe it was that whoremonger kat-ie couric who had Gore on the today show and was giving him the 3rd degree about whether his camp had anything to do with the news getting out like some gawddamn Spanish Inquisition or something!

Made their job harder with scurrying to put the kibosh on little boots DUI.

Fuck them.

[L0oniX]

83. ABC CBS NBC FOX = ASSCARROTS

ABC = All Bull Crap ... CBS = Cee Bull Shit ... NBC = Nothing But Crap ... FOX = Fuckedup On Xtascy

[Lindsey]

85. I have watched the Corporate Media very little since 2002- I keep up with

things that I wanna know about here on DU and on a few other sites. NBC, ABC, and CBS media "professionals" (in most cases)are NOT journalists. They are actors and actress who are told what to talk about, told what to read, and told what to say, when to say it and how to say it. Look at what happend to the D.C. Madame Story that 20/20 butchered.

I was blown away when that anchor on MSNBC tore up the Paris Hilton story. She stood up for her beliefs and said "NO." I don't know anything about her but all of a sudden she's a hero and I don't even know her name. And then of course, Keith O. That man needs a new word to describe him. His courageous, brilliant, and articulate,commentary/address on his pre-July the 4th show completely blew away. An address is usually a "formal Speech." After I watched and listned to him, I felt like an elder statesman had fomally told me in a speech (except that Keith's only 47)EXACTLY how it is and why. Something so many of us have known for so long was FINALLY being verbalized in that areana for the first time. I doubt that this country will ever be able to undo what we've done to this planet. I DON'T doubt that there are SO many millions of us who will die trying.

[jillan]

86. Better watch out - they are already telling us who is going to win in '08

[McCamy Taylor]

88. ROLLING STONE :"The Press V. All Gore" the seminal article on how the MSM

conspired to elect George W. Bush back in 2000. The beauty of this article is that it names names. And these media whores learned nothing except that they got rewarded by their bosses and so they are doing it again except this time, they have started in the Democratic primary rather than waiting for the general election.

Read the article here then check to see what the journalists who participated in the election theft of the century are up to. (Hint, George Stephanopolus is still at ABC and he is front man for "Edwards is a phony" on national TV. )

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5920188/the_press_vs_al_gore

[John Kerry VonErich]

89. Does anyone think we should have state run television?

nt