Reply #45: I agree with what you're saying, but I have a nagging doubt about the

[Ron Green]

educability of the American people. The RW has succeeded with sound-bite media because their messages are sound-bite messages. The progressive message is visionary, complex at times, and reasoned. It does not fit well into the syntax of the electronic media and entertainment mix. Not only have the RW controlled the media companies, but they have taken advantage of the disappearance of context from the public and commercial discourse. Being a primarily fear-driven campaign, it goes straight to the Lizard Brain, or Lower Chakras, or however you want to say it. Our progressive message of hope and reason, appealing to the higher mind, will never compete, no matter how many media outlets Soros and Spielberg can buy.