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Lifelong Dem

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3. The media focuses on something I don't

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2013, 11:08 PM

Dec 2013

I focus on the applause Obama received after his speech. The media can lower the volume on this applause but the reality I saw was for a great man in the USA.

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Wow... Posted This Part Earlier... Came Back To Hit Me Like A Ton Of Bricks... [View all] WillyT Dec 2013 OP

Yup. I remember what happened in S. Africa was discussed in the closing chapter truebluegreen Dec 2013 #1

Yeah... And Is White Capital Resisting Reforms In THIS Country ??? WillyT Dec 2013 #2

Without doubt. truebluegreen Dec 2013 #11

The media focuses on something I don't Lifelong Dem Dec 2013 #3

"The Media"... Amy Goodman Is "The Media" ??? - We Could Only Be So Lucky !!! WillyT Dec 2013 #4

My post was just a generalization of the media overall Lifelong Dem Dec 2013 #5

They Tend To... Yes... But NOT Amy Goodman...She's The Closest Thing We Have To Walter Cronkite... WillyT Dec 2013 #6

OK Willy Lifelong Dem Dec 2013 #7

Peace My Friend... WillyT Dec 2013 #8

Un huh... Lifelong Dem Dec 2013 #9

It;s the truth malaise Dec 2013 #10

And that's part of the Shock Doctrine that I could NEVER get used to...... socialist_n_TN Dec 2013 #12

Naomi Klein's book had a full chapter on South Africa's malaise Dec 2013 #13