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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 03:39 AM Original message |
Oh, God, DUers, it's like Jonestown. The media has somehow destroyed |
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drfemoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 03:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. Honestly |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 01:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
74. I only watch documentaries, for the most part. |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 03:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. I don't think it's entirely the media's fault |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 12:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
67. How can you expect people to become more knowledgeable |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 02:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
80. omg, yes it is the tv!!! |
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drfemoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 04:33 PM Response to Reply #80 |
101. Monkeys |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 03:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
98. What have you got against Canadian prog rock? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 03:49 AM Response to Original message |
3. How does one explain |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 04:20 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. I would be interested in any info indicating answers to your very valid |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 04:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I'd love to see that kind of info too |
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anarchy1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 06:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
27. Most of the people I meet who only watch TV rarely agree with my |
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jeff30997 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 03:53 AM Response to Original message |
4. I used to be a TV junkie... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 03:55 AM Response to Original message |
5. thank you for reminding me |
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FlemingsGhost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 04:02 AM Response to Original message |
6. They are afraid. (It really is that simple.) |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 04:16 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I think you're right |
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Merlin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 04:05 AM Response to Original message |
7. I believe you're right. The TV era marks a decided change in mankind's |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 05:15 AM Response to Reply #7 |
24. For anyone who wants to read an older, yet perfectly valid, |
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Merlin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 06:00 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Thanks, Nay. Just ordered from Amazon ($6 used w/shipping). Review & link. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 08:02 AM Response to Reply #24 |
39. A "rollback of the enlightment". Yes. Exactly. |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 12:33 PM Response to Reply #24 |
69. My wife has this book! She's read it and talks about it frequently... |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 01:55 PM Response to Reply #69 |
77. _Endangered Minds_ |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 03:33 PM Response to Reply #77 |
96. Thanks for the tip... |
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mhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 04:10 AM Response to Original message |
8. TV Free Here For Three Years - Don't Miss It At All |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 04:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. mhr - do you believe that eradicating TV from your life has changed |
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mhr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 04:32 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Yes And No - I Have Always Been Skeptical Of Power |
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anarchy1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 06:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Sweet couple of Posts mhr. |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 09:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
130. How true. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 11:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
55. Non broadcast tv for 10 years... |
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dumpster_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 04:15 AM Response to Original message |
9. Not the media's fault. It's about social status and race |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 04:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. IMO, something you keyed is very insightful: |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 11:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
58. That's the "Cargo Cult" ReTHUGs you've described... |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 04:23 AM Response to Original message |
12. yep, it's a "Brain Science" |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 04:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. "The Military-Industrial complex has come of age, Propaganda has come |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 11:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
56. Brainwashing America. |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 11:38 AM Response to Reply #12 |
57. watched "Control Room" the other day |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 04:25 AM Response to Original message |
15. it's denial |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 04:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. "There is nothing in the reality of American life that creates a coherent |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 04:29 AM Response to Original message |
16. Haldol, Prozac, Oxycontin, etc. |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 04:31 AM Response to Original message |
17. Well they may not like Bush but believe in the base part of party. |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 04:39 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. The base part of their Party.... |
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Demit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 04:48 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. You haven't put it badly at all. I like what you said! |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 05:36 AM Response to Original message |
25. I've felt the same way for a long time |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
29. Alien lizards have taken over the airwaves and people's minds. |
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dumpster_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 08:55 AM Response to Reply #29 |
45. I LOVE that movie, _They_Live_! |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 04:12 PM Response to Reply #45 |
100. Who is this David Icke guy? I've seen his name mentioned on DU a few |
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dumpster_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 04:51 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. well |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 05:13 PM Response to Reply #102 |
106. Oh, I've seen "They Live" a few times and love it. |
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dumpster_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 05:18 PM Response to Reply #106 |
107. The problem with Icke's books is that they are supposedly NON fiction |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 05:26 PM Response to Reply #107 |
110. Well, there IS an alien lizard conspiracy. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 05:04 PM Response to Reply #100 |
105. Either a complete nutcase, or a very shrewd businessman |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 05:22 PM Response to Reply #105 |
108. HAHA! What a loon! |
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dumpster_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 05:24 PM Response to Reply #108 |
109. you are quite good |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 05:36 PM Response to Reply #109 |
112. Thank you, but no I am not really a graphic artist. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 07:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
121. Have you ever seen the movie "The Stuff"........ |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 07:33 PM Response to Reply #121 |
122. Yes, I saw it once. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 08:39 PM Response to Reply #29 |
127. What is really scary is |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 09:38 PM Response to Reply #127 |
129. The truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. |
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devinsgram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 06:41 AM Response to Original message |
30. Since Air America has been on |
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SpaceCatMeetsMars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
31. They don't want any responsibility or to have to think for themselves |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 06:55 AM Response to Original message |
32. I watch a lot of TV. |
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Flammable Materials (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
33. To be honest ... |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
34. I suspect the problem is in our hardware |
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shance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
35. Zorra you rock*** that's all there is to say. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
36. I completely agree. America has been driven clinically insane |
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jumpstart33 (328 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
37. Hey, it's called "racism" and "fascism" Nobody is going to admit to it!! |
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Petrodollar Warfare (628 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
38. Consolidation of the US media is part of the "dumbing down" process... |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
40. I cancelled my tv service 5 months ago, and I'm glad (nt) |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
41. This Was Amply Demonstrated |
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Cats Against Frist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
42. What scares me the most |
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misterphelps (194 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
43. I shut off the cable a year ago... |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 08:55 AM Response to Original message |
44. If your theory were true, wouldn't all of us TV watchers be Bushbots? |
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Justpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
46. I turned off the TV in 1987 |
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RollergirlVT (452 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
47. Kool -aid... |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
48. Vote Republican, It's easier than thinking. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 09:18 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Well, what better descripive name for Nazi Brownshirts than "Dittoheads" |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 11:51 AM Response to Reply #49 |
61. It makes me cringe |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
50. I know exactly what you mean, Zorra |
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Elginoid (387 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
51. you can have my tv...when you pry my cold, dead fingers from the remote- |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
52. Mind control techniques... |
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Senior citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
53. The average American, I remember reading many years ago, |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
54. I'm starting to think that 9/11 scewed a lot of people up! |
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Paradise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
59. Please see what I posted before reading yours! |
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emc (223 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 12:09 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. Lazy americans--- |
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tlcandie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
60. It's a combination of many factors which began with the eugenics.. |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
62. The media keep the fear and anger stirred up, and that is addictive... |
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Paradise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
63. United States of America Year Zero! |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
65. This is hardly new - the 'simpletons' meme goes back to the Dark Ages |
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Ladyhawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 10:21 PM Response to Reply #65 |
134. TrogL speaks the truth. |
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HEIL PRESIDENT GOD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
66. Oh, come on, it's NOT television! |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 12:29 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. no, it really is the television, papers, radio, internet, mailings, etc |
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HEIL PRESIDENT GOD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 12:39 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Media media blah blah blah |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 01:14 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Yah, the media is just one issue. |
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HEIL PRESIDENT GOD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 01:47 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. I agree the media is right-wing |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 01:58 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. Because people who dont think |
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HEIL PRESIDENT GOD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 02:03 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. But do you blame their not thinking on TV? |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 02:10 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. Critical thinking has never been the norm for human beings. |
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HEIL PRESIDENT GOD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 02:33 PM Response to Reply #81 |
84. I disagree. Critical thinking is primordial. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 02:38 PM Response to Reply #84 |
87. You seem to be confusing thinking with critical thinking. |
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HEIL PRESIDENT GOD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 05:26 PM Response to Reply #87 |
111. Um |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 06:20 PM Response to Reply #111 |
117. Yah, flame me, that is going to boost your argument. |
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HEIL PRESIDENT GOD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 06:37 PM Response to Reply #117 |
119. First of all, I'm not "flaming" you. |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 07:05 PM Response to Reply #119 |
120. Im sorry but your theory flies in the face of all available evidence. |
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HEIL PRESIDENT GOD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 07:34 PM Response to Reply #120 |
123. Ugh, whatever |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 08:03 PM Response to Reply #123 |
124. You have come to no ones defense |
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HEIL PRESIDENT GOD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 08:15 PM Response to Reply #124 |
125. I know what it's supposed to be |
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MISSDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
71. There is a group of guys here where I work who say that they |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 01:41 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. I wish somebody'd tell ME that! |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 03:12 PM Response to Reply #71 |
93. Many people think by instinct |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
76. I believe you a 100% correct.... |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
82. "Thank Gawd George Bush was prez-nit on 9-11." |
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The empressof all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
83. Here are my crazy tinfoil theories |
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K-W (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 02:34 PM Original message |
Look at human history, this is the norm, not the exception. EOM |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 02:34 PM Response to Reply #83 |
86. It is easily explainable without resorting to fantasy... |
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elsiesummers (723 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
85. Don't agree. It's not whether you watch - it's what you watch. |
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Kid_A (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
88. Rather than read this entire thread, here are my two cents. |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
89. Fascism defined |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 03:14 PM Response to Reply #89 |
94. Beginning? |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
90. I used to watch a lot of T.V. it used to be on all day long |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
91. Take 9/11, add umpteen Code Oranges & Trista Bachelorette.... |
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Child_Of_Isis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
92. I watch the tele |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 03:16 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. Probably a glitch |
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Child_Of_Isis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 05:40 PM Response to Reply #95 |
113. Yeah, I know. |
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TexasSissy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
97. I LOVE the picture in your post! |
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LuminousX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
99. I love TV, I watch a lot of mindless TV |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
103. Project Mockingbird: CIA used the media like a cheap hooker. |
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Waverley_Hills_Hiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
104. I think it depends on what you watch....Sci-Fi channel |
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HEIL PRESIDENT GOD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
114. But how do you disavow TV entirely... |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 08:52 PM Response to Reply #114 |
128. It would be very difficult to live in the US for any length of time and |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
115. I wouldn't really say it's a weird zombie-like thing... |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
116. Who has time to waste |
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Ksec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
118. I watch alot of CSpan |
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queerart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
126. Very Scary To Say The Least! |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
131. Frank Zappa said it best. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
132. "God help us.... if America has a lot of folks like I dealt with tonight" |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
133. haven't watched teevee - in about 4 years... |
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serryjw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
135. I had the SAME experience...... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
136. Quit watching TV in real time |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-27-04 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
137. I became an NPR member the week after the 1988 election. |
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