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| Posted: Thu Oct 15th, 2009 10:56 pm |
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seabreeze G.O.G Community Member 
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I thought I posted this poll, but I can't find it. So if it shows up in some weird place let me know & I'll delete it.
____________________ You know I only talk to you, Wilbur. -Mr. Ed |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 15th, 2009 11:20 pm |
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fireandice G.O.G Community Member 
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Teehee...cool thread seabreeze -|-. Fox for me tu1 Can't wait to watch Imus again, he's coming soon! He and his wife run an awesome horseback riding facility for children with cancer. Good people who do great things for others. T.
____________________ My pony knows all my secrets. I braid my tears in his mane and whisper my dreams in his ears. |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 16th, 2009 12:28 am |
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seabreeze G.O.G Community Member
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Haven't seen it yet. I saw the commercials that he'd be on fox business channel. He used to be on the radio at the same time. Hey, any relation between the Imuses - Brenda & Don? Other than they both have horses.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 16th, 2009 12:47 am |
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fireandice G.O.G Community Member
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Nope, I already asked Brenda that! LOL! No relation, but still two great people. [Look under my thread: "Who is Brenda Imus"? T.
____________________ My pony knows all my secrets. I braid my tears in his mane and whisper my dreams in his ears. |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 16th, 2009 02:43 pm |
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gaitedfan G.O.G Community Member
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I don't go looking for bad news in any specific place anymore. Still.....it finds me. I know I should stay as up to date as possible. Knowledge is power and I must stay current if there is any hope to make a plan to keep America free and solvent. I just get sick and depressed at the slightest exposure to news these days (even if it isn't politics). I wonder how many semester hours are devoted to college level classes with a syllabus devoted to sensationalism.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 17th, 2009 12:45 am |
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dawnrider G.O.G Community Member 
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I had to choose "other"....I haven't had television for 20+ years now. I sometimes get my news from NPR (National Public Radio) when I'm in the car, otherwise I amuse, annoy and astound my family and coworkers by demonstrating blissful ignorance of current events. Most of those "current events" have become "recent history" by the time I find out about them. If America ever has a full scale invasion, I'll probably miss the whole thing by being out backcountry camping, and end up complaining about the noise and the smoke. Peg
____________________ "And this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stone, and good in every thing. I would not change it." ~As You Like It, II.1~ |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 17th, 2009 04:20 am |
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GypsySusan G.O.G Community Member 
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I'm with you Peg - I only watch the local news and here in Gooding, Idaho that really means the local news - we usually don't even get the national sports scores. The lead sports stories are about the local high school (not even college) soccer / football / basketball / cross country / track, etc. scores & tournaments. It was very refreshing to move here from St. Louis (but try following the St. Louis Cardinals without them - can't be done.) I think I'm a better person for not knowing what's happening in Iraq every minute of every day.
____________________ Susan http://www.gypsytrotters.com Phil 4:11-13, 19 Missouri Fox Trotters: To Ride One... Is to Own One. |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 17th, 2009 04:20 pm |
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SunnysMum G.O.G Community Member 
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I don't really watch any of the news networks because they're always so much more focused on stupid tabloid crap like Britney Spears having another nervous break down and yet completely ignore the 4yr girl that got kidnapped or something else far more important than Lindsy Lohen skipping out on her AA meeting.
____________________ Chi ha tegoli di vetro, non tiri sassi al vicino |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 22nd, 2009 03:52 pm |
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seabreeze G.O.G Community Member
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SunnysMum wrote: I don't really watch any of the news networks because they're always so much more I think that's why people are changing to fox news.
____________________ You know I only talk to you, Wilbur. -Mr. Ed |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 22nd, 2009 08:56 pm |
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SunnysMum G.O.G Community Member
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But Fox News is far from perfect too, It's owned by one of the most Racist Extream Republican, and a lot of what is reported there is very biased to the right and inaccurate. I like balanced news sources that aren't extreamly biased one way or the other or the other. Fox tends to even them selves get to wrapped up in tabloid crap, atleast the Los Angeles version of it does. And I really find it annoying. Fox out here owns not only Channel 11(Fox), but also Channel 5 (KTLA/WB) and Channel 13 (KCOP), I really wish the FCC would go back to the days when it was illegal for any Broadcasting Company to own more than *ONE* Broadcast Network in any Regional Market. When the FCC deregulated their control over the Networks under Baby Bush, they limited our ability to recieve what is ultimately fair and unbiased programing from a variety of sources. For Anyone that is really truly interested in how the Media, FCC etc influence our country, and how to detect and recognise the bias in media. I do know of some very good books worth checking out at the local libarary or book store. 1.Amusing Ourselves To Death: Public Discourse In The Age of Showbusiness 2.Propaganda and the Public Mind 3.By Invitation Only:How the media limit political debate 4.Mediapolitik:How the Mass Media Have Transformed World Politics 5.Breaking News: How The Media Undermine American Democracy 6.Do The Media Govern? 7.Unreliable Sources: A Guide to Detecting Bias in News Media 8.Disconected America 9.Through The Media Looking Glass 10.Mobocracy: How The Media's Obsession with Polling Twist The News, Alters Elections and Undermines Democracy 11.What Liberal Media 12.Big Lies: The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth The Big one though that I recomend the most, and is semi-hard to find but well worth the search is definately "Amusing Ourselves To Death: Public Discourse In The Age of Showbusiness." By Norm Chomsky. It very eloquantly compairs Orwell's "1984" with Huxley's "Brave New World" and how Huxley was far more accurate in his assumptions. I think what really bothers me the most these days and has almost all along is the Blantently Willfull Ignorance and Blind Trust of American People on a very large scale. As a good exsample, Artificial Sweetners like Sucralose, Aspartame, Splenda etc are all highly toxic substances, science shows this, doctors the world over know this, the FDA even published a list of 92 different side effects of Aspartame including Death, Neurological Disorders, Muscular Disorders etc. Yet they are in thousends of products and consumed millions of people the world over, and the media wont touch it with a 50' pole. Because the Artificial Sweetner Industry would have a whale over it. Because the Truth getting out in mainstream media would distroy their profits. I studied Mass Communication and Media Law as my Minor in college, and I had to drop it because I just couldn't deal with how much suppression and miss truth etc is inforced by the FCC as there is no true Freedom of Speach or Freedom of The Press which are supposed to be part of our constitutional rights.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 22nd, 2009 09:38 pm |
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gaitedfan G.O.G Community Member
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C-Span is about the least biased I've found.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 22nd, 2009 10:54 pm |
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gaitingal Ranch Hand 
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I haven't received broadcast in my home for years. Refuse to pay for all the porno-junk that comes with it, called "advertising". I get my info via Internet, talk radio sources and people who view network broadcast... and also you folks. God bless the USA and spare the Sheeple... --Debbie in GA
____________________ "Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been." - Mark Twain |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 24th, 2009 06:38 pm |
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seabreeze G.O.G Community Member
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SunnysMum wrote: ...and a lot of what is reported there is very biased to the right and inaccurate. I don't argue that Fox is to the right, but nobody seems to be able to give details of specific inaccuracies. Because Fox is under such scrutiny, they are being very careful with their reporting and not giving any ammunition to their detractors. Every form of media - tv, radio, print - is concerned with the bottom line. Profit drives them. If they have a larger audience by leaning right (or left), that means they have more sponsors & can charge more for air time. The majority of talk radio is right-leaning and is extremely popular because this country is center-right. Because of the deregulation, liberal talk shows are free to broadcast, but their following is weak, so few sponsors, low profit. That's freedom of speech AND free market. 0bama's FCC tsar was put in place to shut down/minimize any and all media that opposes this administration. It's a very calculated political strategy to keep the American people in the dark. The American people won't allow this kind of suppression. We're even seeing the liberal media speak up about it.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 24th, 2009 10:31 pm |
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SunnysMum G.O.G Community Member
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Actually statistically speaking only 30% of the US population is considered Right Wing or Republican. The reason why this precentage is so grossly exaggerated is the majority of Liberal or Left Wing or Democrats either don't care enough to speak out and really voice their opinions or have been suppressed for such a long time. And really true freedom of press and speach have not exsisted in their constitutional form for a very long time. IF I wasn't on week two of the worst migraine I've had since my injury back in 04, I'd be more than willing to toss up quite a few fact based articles etc backing up what I'm saying,but honestly I just don't feel like it right now. In the mean time here's one on Fox and their form of 'inaccurate' reporting.... WASHINGTON - It's official - watching Fox News makes you ignorant. To be precise, researchers from the Program on International Policy at the University of Maryland found that those who relied on Fox for their news were more likely than those who relied on any other news source to have what the study called "significant misperceptions" about the war in Iraq. Pollsters asked more than 9,000 Americans about three commonly held canards: that the United States had hard evidence Saddam Hussein had been working closely with al-Qaida; that weapons of mass destruction had been found in Iraq; and that world public opinion was in favor of the U.S.-led war. Overall, a scary 60 percent believed at least one of these fallacies. Eight percent believed all three. The most commonly held was - unsurprisingly - the Iraq/al-Qaida link. Fully 48 percent of respondents believed this. The totals for the other two were in the 20 percent to 25 percent range. But among those who get their news from Fox, 80 percent had at least one "misperception" and 45 percent - nearly six times the overall average - had all three. Champions of public broadcasting can draw comfort from the fact that those who relied on NPR or PBS had the lowest misperception rate. A mere 23 percent - less than half the next highest rate - believed one or more. Continued here: http://nightmarerealm.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Political&action=display&thread=21
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| Posted: Sun Oct 25th, 2009 10:14 pm |
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seabreeze G.O.G Community Member
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Don't know anything about that poll. Misconceptions about Iraq? hmmmmmm. And still haven't heard about any inaccuracies by Fox.
____________________ You know I only talk to you, Wilbur. -Mr. Ed |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 31st, 2009 11:43 pm |
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seabreeze G.O.G Community Member
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Brenda, Thanks for allowing the political thread. As heated as the discussion may get, it only reflects the passion everyone feels for this country. That’s a good thing. I truly hope everyone continues to discuss the events affecting this country, if not on this forum, then on others and with their friends. In this day & age, it is not a subject that should be avoided. There is just too much at stake for our kids and for their kids.
____________________ You know I only talk to you, Wilbur. -Mr. Ed |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 1st, 2009 01:25 pm |
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SunnysMum G.O.G Community Member
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totally, I agree. As for innaccuracies by Fox, that poll alone shows Inaccuracies in their reporting. People wouldn't have that misconception of reality if they reported the truth accurately. Also for anyone that really enjoys and is very interested in disscussing world issues, send me a PM. My friend Sean has a board where he and his friends disscuss civilly this stuff all the time. And he provides a lot of fact based articles etc.
____________________ Chi ha tegoli di vetro, non tiri sassi al vicino |
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| Posted: Sun Nov 1st, 2009 01:58 pm |
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Rockin H Transport G.O.G Community Member 
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I think this is hilarious. BOYCOTT I guess reporting the hard facts and not being a puppet is ruffling a few feathers l1 THIS should give you a little insight as to why we need to be so afraid of the unprecedented number of czars that the current administration has placed into key positions. They are appointed, not elected and don't have to be vetted, yet given an awful lot of power and influence. Last edited on Sun Nov 1st, 2009 02:17 pm by Rockin H Transport |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 2nd, 2009 12:01 am |
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seabreeze G.O.G Community Member
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What's the difference between 1948 and 2009? http://nationaljuggernaut.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-cartoon-seemed-far-fetched-in-1948.html
____________________ You know I only talk to you, Wilbur. -Mr. Ed |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 2nd, 2009 02:39 am |
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Rockin H Transport G.O.G Community Member
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seabreeze wrote: What's the difference between 1948 and 2009?Dr ISM aint peddalin elixir on the street corner, he's in the White House. That's the difference.
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