my husband told me, calling cox cable to shut down cable

[seabeyond]

for one week. down for repairs. i am not allow to watch news for a whole week to come,.

any other husband, wives out there taking an upper hand for the sanity and health of family

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. I told my husband

I plan to get my news this week from DU and the internet. Will only turn on news if someone here says there's something important on. Other than that, it's Overhaulin' and Trading Spaces for me.

[blondeatlast]

4. Will Pitt will be covering the RNC for truthout.

If you've never seen it, it's a great site.

http://www.truthout.org

[seabeyond]

7. thanks, i put this in short cut

wink

[Shopaholic]

9. Will Pitt is a great man---

there is no way I could stomach being anywhere near these SOB's for a week! Thanks Will!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

Yes, thanks!

My husband reads truthout every day. He'll read me a truthout article and then I'll read him something from DU. These are our main news information sites.

[seabeyond]

8. i have lots of dvd's, lol lol

did this during reagans funeral, more than a week off the news. kept asking people on board if it was safe to go to tv news, funny funny

[NMDemDist2]

20. be sure to check these "eyes on the ground" link

http://nyc.indymedia.org/

[shrub chipper]

Luckily, I'm leaving for Australia on Tuesday

My blood pressure will be better off...and I have John Dean's, Craig Unger's , Kevin Phillips' amnd david Brock's books to read on the 25 hour flight.

[seabeyond]

11. ah, now this is the answer, will have to talk about a vacation

that will do the trick. have a blast

[NMDemDist2]

2. hubby says i can't watch if he's in the house, he has taped a bunch

of Hogan's Heros and StarTreks to watch all week

[blondeatlast]

6. If it gets too bad, give me a call.

We can write a couple of MMOB letters together, too! :evilgrin:

I intend to get my news this week from Hardball, Countdown, truthout, and here.

My hubby's already nervous, but he knows better than to hold me back!

It's gonna be a looooooooooooooooong week...

[seabeyond]

10. see, i would like to see what tweety and ronnie are up to

you are already drawing me back in, lol lol

[blondeatlast]

12. Well. AZDemDist6 is in my 'hood, almost literally.

If you're nearby, drop by! We'll write some letters, too.

I'm in north Phoenix, AZ...

[seabeyond]

17. panhandle of texas

not a long long drive. lol lol. born in az though. whitetanks and then glendale. i have looked to move from here and go back to az, looking at northern az, i love flagstaff and then husband bought a business. so stuck for a while. but i could really do parts of northern az

[NMDemDist2]

21. hopefully we can meet tomorrow

how's the kid feeling?

[still_one]

3. Excellent

The only place where I plan to get my news is international and Air America Radio

No way will I watch this convention

It will be interesting though, if the spy scandal has legs next week

[JuniperLea]

5. broadcast and cable news

suck anyway. the internet is the way to go.

my b/f will leave the room when i watch the rnc... i like to see them lie:) with every lie i pray they dig themselves deeper! I like seeing proof of their stupidity!


but that's just me:)

[Minimus]

14. I watched the dnc on cspan

from the moment I got home from work 4:30 to the adjourning gavel every night. I preferred cspan instead of the networks blah blah blah, talking over the speeches.

I too will watch a little of the rnc just to hear what lies they are spewing. But I'll watch it on network so I can also hear the crap the anchors have to say.

My husband thinks I'm crazy for making myself mad but he won't stop me from watching.

[Alpharetta]

13. I'll be checking FSTV

I imagine IndyMedia will get some good video to FSTV. Some of the protests will be downright amusing! :)

[AP]

15. For just a week? Get rid of it altogether!

[seabeyond]

18. my name is julie and i am a news junkie

i have tried. i cannot. go thru the withdraws and all. a lifetime addiction

but thanks, lol lol

[AP]

22. I'm a news junkie. Internet. NPR. Democracy Now. Shortwave. PBS. I haven't

had cable for three years, and I feel happier, smarter and better informed because I spend less time listening to propganda and more time reading and listening to and watching news that is way less compromised than cable.

I watched the Dem convention on CSPAN, by the way.

[seabeyond]

24. first day i was so frustrated with cable news

and someone suggest cspan, and especially after the cutting off sharpton, kept it on cspan. was terrific. now this convention, i couldnt stomach the repugs lies and speeches, just cant. my only interest would be the spin from media feeders what they are convincing the people.

where this does help me, talking to alllllll the people around me, all repugs, as soon as they start, i know the talking point, who fed them what. before their arguement

[AP]

26. Still, if you want to be informed, cancel cable.

Watching cable news does the opposite of informing you. It misinforms you and makes you stupid.

[seabeyond]

28. ah, we dont have to go that far i dont think

as an absolute, lol lol. i think i would have to challenge you, the perception that i am stupid, wink

nothing makes you.............we can only allow it to happen, only if we are willing

[AP]

29. You should write crawlers for CNN!

Nice short sentences!

Still, think about canceling cable.

It's all about which direction the dollar flows.

[elfin]

16. Have plenty of books on hand

to see me through the seige - just like I did during the multiple Reagasm.

[maine_raptor]

19. elfin: Great Book to read this week

S.M. Stirling's latest: "Dies the Fire"

One line: "It wasn't taking thr trip well; cats seldom did, being furry little Republicans with an inbuilt aversion to change."

It's Sci-Fi, but one hell of an adventure tale.

[gauguin57]

23. I plan to watch some of the debacle, and I'll tell you why ...

... I watched a lot of the "off hours" of the Democratic National Convention, because it helped me see who some of the movers and shakers are in the party -- the people the party chose to put forward to speak on its behalf ... some of whom I'd never heard of. It also helped me see who some of the future leaders of the party might be. Like Mayor O'Malley of Baltimore -- was given a dry topic (homeland security for cities) but he still made his speech compelling! And he's a doll!

For this reason, I may watch at least some of the "off hours" of the RNC, to see who our future enemies/rivals are, and what their rhetoric is all about. We have to know the enemy. You don't have to watch ... I'll summarize what I see for y'all, if you're interested.

My stomach will be churning -- I'm buying a lot of Pepcid, Tums, and anti-diarrheal medication today in preparation -- but I'm going to try to watch/tape a few hours of the Repug crap.

[seabeyond]

25. hey hey hey and people like

when hillary is on and ronnie. i want to see how these people are talking, and if chris is getting into it. i am not finding anything on cnn and of course fox even remotely worth my time. i am interested in the matthews drama, and ronnie, and when ronnie is with scarsborough, oh and dee dee myers. lol lol lol

ya, do let us know what is going on. lol. i am counting on yawl, wink.

[seabeyond]

27. and micheal moore and bill maher

hopefully they will be around too.

[OKNancy]

30. I have cox cable and enjoy

a lot of the cable programming. As an LBN mod, I read LOTS and LOTS of news. I probably won't watch much of the convention, if any, but I'll enjoy lots of other programs.

Of course my husband would never try to tell me to stop watching t.v. -- if he knows what's good for him. ( Actually, he's in there watching sports and I'm reading DU )

[seabeyond]

31. in the panhandle here

okie, lol lol.....and in jest with hubby. what dem gal is gonna have a hubby that dares tell them, ya right. just the repug women that allow that, wink