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StarsInHerHair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-11 10:56 PM
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U.S. has a Censored Media
http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2009/11/paid-lying-what-passes-for-major-media.html

..."As a result, imperial wars are called liberating ones. Civil liberties are suppressed for our own good. Major topics go unaddressed or are misrepresented. Government and business interests are endorsed wholeheartedly. America is always called "beautiful." Beneficial social change is considered heresy. The market works best, we're told, so let it, and patriotism means supporting lawlessness and corporate outlaws by shopping till we drop."...
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teddy51 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-11 11:03 PM
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1. Welcome to the Roman empire! (soon to be). n/t
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StarsInHerHair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-11 11:38 PM
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2. we're more at the end of the Roman Empire, I think, now we have to watch for
the wealthy to pass laws to block Americans from going after them & getting the tarp back with interest. Caiman Island=New Constantinople?
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Tesha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-11 05:28 AM
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5. I wonder if future historians will say "Fox news (et al.) was their equivalent of lead water pipes"?
One thing that seems to contribute to the death of empires is terminal stupidity.

Tesha
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StarsInHerHair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-11 08:16 PM
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6. yes! the inability to accept reality & act accordingly really is a problem
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newfie11 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-11 04:52 AM
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3. K/R
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Smarmie Doofus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-11 05:25 AM
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4. Good stuff. K and R nt
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Supersedeas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-11 08:21 PM
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7. lots of political promises but Wall Street and Madison Avenue never change
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