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nadinbrzezinski

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41. Starting in 2000

Reply to nobodyspecial (Original post)

Sun Oct 28, 2012, 02:19 PM

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Anybody feel like they are living in a Twilight Zone episode? [View all] nobodyspecial Oct 2012 OP

And that episode would be "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" villager Oct 2012 #1

That's it! Phentex Oct 2012 #11

My mother of blessed memory's favorite episode... PCIntern Oct 2012 #12

It's my favorite episode as well. A lacerating political commentary on America, in 22 minutes! villager Oct 2012 #19

thats the one that came to me as well. MFM008 Oct 2012 #16

Now think about this...that episode was broadcast in 1960, just a few years after the.... OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #21

I stopped watching anything election related. LisaL Oct 2012 #2

I finally came to a point early this past week where I was ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2012 #13

The news media isn't owned by "entertainment companies".... OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #23

I know well why the "news" is slanted to the right and have followed ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2012 #25

+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #30

Rod could have wrote a good episode with this. texanwitch Oct 2012 #3

Politically, Rod Serling was a pretty progressive guy. Aristus Oct 2012 #29

He did a great job subtly condensing his thoughts on social issues\justice loyalsister Oct 2012 #34

Throw your TV in the trash. Nostradammit Oct 2012 #4

today CNN did some piece on women and equal pay JI7 Oct 2012 #5

That's how CNN Rolls n/t emulatorloo Oct 2012 #15

Every damned day (sigh) spiderpig Oct 2012 #6

I voted today at my Texasgal Oct 2012 #7

I stopped watching the corporate news a long time ago Skittles Oct 2012 #8

I've gotten reacquainted with my sports obsession. No cable news for me. Its a great escape. timlot Oct 2012 #9

Considering all of Robme's fuck-ups, I am perplexed as well. n/t ejbr Oct 2012 #10

I don't trust the polls. Manifestor_of_Light Oct 2012 #14

Stalin's Pravda was far more truthful than CNN, FOX et al... Junkdrawer Oct 2012 #17

Oh hell yes demwing Oct 2012 #18

I do not trust the poles felix_numinous Oct 2012 #20

Or "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" IDemo Oct 2012 #22

OMG, yes. Doodler71 Oct 2012 #24

I have been for 44 years now d_r Oct 2012 #26

Yes, because the official Republican platform... Frank Cannon Oct 2012 #27

This election has been the Twilight Zone lunatica Oct 2012 #28

Yes, I've been saying that a lot lately... We People Oct 2012 #31

BazaarooWorld is what I call it. SalviaBlue Oct 2012 #32

Through the looking glass for me, but then, I'm a reader (you have to insert the accent and derision Egalitarian Thug Oct 2012 #36

No, because I don't watch TV. D23MIURG23 Oct 2012 #33

Only for the last 15, 16 years. K&R n/t Egalitarian Thug Oct 2012 #35

feels more like 1984 - when candidates say black is white and no one challenges it TeamPooka Oct 2012 #37

Yeah, I can see that nobodyspecial Oct 2012 #38

he is the presonification of Orwell as a politician. nt TeamPooka Oct 2012 #39

yes, today particularly, after reading this story on DU RepublicansRZombies Oct 2012 #40

Starting in 2000 nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #41

Dark forces are roving the low road... Blue Owl Oct 2012 #42