Jon Stewart pops by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert to do the "Snoopy Dance" (off-camera) over Fox Chief Roger Ailes' resignation and to share a few of his thoughts in the wake of the Republican National Convention.
Bravo, Jon Stewart, BRAVO!!
Enjoy! (Feel free to watch it repeatedly. You'll feel better every time!)
Showing posts with label fox news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fox news. Show all posts
Monday, July 25, 2016
Thursday, December 03, 2015
On The 337th Day Of 2015, Reality Struck Me... Please Allow Me To Help It Strike You.
On The 337th Day Of 2015...
Reality Struck Me:
352 Mass Shootings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtle Doves
And A Partridge in a Pear Tree!
Dear President Obama, et al.:
The People Carrying Out Mass Shootings ALREADY HAVE GUNS.
Stricter Gun Control Laws WON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE For Those Who Already Have Guns (And... Hello?... there are plenty of them).
The Problem Is IRRATIONAL Americans who are constantly being incited to commit acts of Violence.
And, yes, I'm speaking to You, in particular, Fox News.
It's Specific Agents Of The Mass Media Who - Through Their Daily Diatribes Of Inflammatory Statements - Are Encouraging People To Believe That Picking Up Their Gun (Or Guns) Is A Perfectly Acceptable Way Of Dealing With Their Problems/Issues.
The SOLUTION Is Simple:
Order Them To STOP DOING It.
And (Ideally) Force Them To Acknowledge - Publicly - That That's Exactly What They've Been Doing.
And, Make Them Apologize For It - On The Air.
2015 MASS SHOOTING TRACKER
Reality Struck Me:
352 Mass Shootings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtle Doves
And A Partridge in a Pear Tree!
Dear President Obama, et al.:
The People Carrying Out Mass Shootings ALREADY HAVE GUNS.
Stricter Gun Control Laws WON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE For Those Who Already Have Guns (And... Hello?... there are plenty of them).
The Problem Is IRRATIONAL Americans who are constantly being incited to commit acts of Violence.
And, yes, I'm speaking to You, in particular, Fox News.
It's Specific Agents Of The Mass Media Who - Through Their Daily Diatribes Of Inflammatory Statements - Are Encouraging People To Believe That Picking Up Their Gun (Or Guns) Is A Perfectly Acceptable Way Of Dealing With Their Problems/Issues.
The SOLUTION Is Simple:
Order Them To STOP DOING It.
And (Ideally) Force Them To Acknowledge - Publicly - That That's Exactly What They've Been Doing.
And, Make Them Apologize For It - On The Air.
2015 MASS SHOOTING TRACKER
Friday, November 16, 2012
Debunking Fox News Latest Jobs Report Conspiracy (*Hint: Reading Is Fundamental)
Fox News showed their true colors as they gleefully pounced, tore into and gorged their immaculately-dressed and not a hair out of place-coiffed selves on the most recent jobless claims report released by the Labor Department.
The report shows a rise in those filing for unemployment benefits.
So, of course, Fox's foaming-at-the-mouth Friends immediately began talking up a White House/Obama/Labor Department conspiracy, asking "Why?" the high unemployment numbers only came out after President Obama's decisive victory over Mitt Romney.
Our heroes were... (er, no...)
The frenzied Fox News bobbles had obviously been too busy working into a feeding frenzy to have actually read the entire report.
Because, if they'd only bothered to read it, they'd have learned - one would hope - that the Labor Department actually cited why there was a rise in the number of people filing for unemployment benefits. And that cause was cited not once... but twice.
Two words: "Superstorm Sandy".
Dear (ugh!) Fox News (not!): When significant numbers of businesses are wiped out of existence due to a disaster... so, too, are the jobs they once supported.*
(*See: Staten Island, New York.)
Oh, wait a minute... Silly me. That's right! You've probably never seen Staten Island.
After all, it's not located in mid-town Manhattan.
Like you are. (*sigh)
In the timeless words of Fox's own Homer Simpson, "Doh!!".
From The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell:
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
At Least He's An Equal Opportunity Liar: Paul Ryan's Post-Defeat, Self-Delusion (Fox News Fog, Anyone?) Interview
Mr. Bubble's got nothing on the supremely sudsy saturation that is the self-delusion of defeated Republican Veep Nominee, Paul Ryan...
And, in the not-so-distant, Fox And Friends-Fueled Land Of The Whoppers...
From The Ed Show With Ed Schultz:
And, in the not-so-distant, Fox And Friends-Fueled Land Of The Whoppers...
From The Ed Show With Ed Schultz:
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Media Undercuts Obama Speech With Backwards Narrative
"Press On!"
President Obama was back in form as he gave an energetic & rousing speech to thundering applause at the Congressional Black Caucus in recent days.
Despite the actual Truth, the AP's report said that Obama had chided the CBC and told them to "Stop complaining."
Despite the actual Facts, the beltway media, fox news & CNN's Blitzer & even Yahoo! News all headlined with and trumpeted the same incorrect and utterly out-of-context few words they hand-picked out of his speech.
Congresswoman Barbara Lee knows better (We Love you, Barbara!).
Rachel Maddow knows better (Ditto).
In fact, we all know better!
What those in the smarmy beltway media, fox news, CNN's Mr. Blitzer and Yahoo(?) News don't seem to comprehend is that...
A.) We're a lot smarter than that.
And... B.) The speech was recorded and can be viewed at anytime (via the link below, for example).
(i.e.- It's not like we have to take their (utterly worthless) word for it).
It was an inspirational speech, friends. Just take a listen...
(From: The Rachel Maddow Show)
President Obama was back in form as he gave an energetic & rousing speech to thundering applause at the Congressional Black Caucus in recent days.
Despite the actual Truth, the AP's report said that Obama had chided the CBC and told them to "Stop complaining."
Despite the actual Facts, the beltway media, fox news & CNN's Blitzer & even Yahoo! News all headlined with and trumpeted the same incorrect and utterly out-of-context few words they hand-picked out of his speech.
Congresswoman Barbara Lee knows better (We Love you, Barbara!).
Rachel Maddow knows better (Ditto).
In fact, we all know better!
What those in the smarmy beltway media, fox news, CNN's Mr. Blitzer and Yahoo(?) News don't seem to comprehend is that...
A.) We're a lot smarter than that.
And... B.) The speech was recorded and can be viewed at anytime (via the link below, for example).
(i.e.- It's not like we have to take their (utterly worthless) word for it).
It was an inspirational speech, friends. Just take a listen...
(From: The Rachel Maddow Show)
Friday, August 20, 2010
Is Fox News a Terrorist Command Center? Let's Follow The Connections...
Something for us all to ponder...
"Is Fox News a Terrorist Command Center?"
Honestly, I really don't know... not for sure.
And, neither does Jon Stewart, for that matter.
But, if you look closely at what plays on the screen...
Well, anyone can see it there.
Plain as day...
Notice what Jon is holding in his hands: a large, white note-card.
The very card which displays the names of certain shadowy and powerful men on it... written in black.
At the top is Rupert Murdoch's name, followed by a certain Saudi Sheik - one who owns the most NewsCorp stock outside the Murdoch family - and then, at the bottom, there's Former Mayor Giuliani's name.
If we were to go beyond the names?
Well, there's a maze of curious, deep and long connections which could be drawn between all of them... if one were inclined to do so.
And, saving the best for last...
There's that accursed yet ever present yellow highlighter...
(Cue ominous background music)
Enjoy!
"Is Fox News a Terrorist Command Center?"
Honestly, I really don't know... not for sure.
And, neither does Jon Stewart, for that matter.
But, if you look closely at what plays on the screen...
Well, anyone can see it there.
Plain as day...
Notice what Jon is holding in his hands: a large, white note-card.
The very card which displays the names of certain shadowy and powerful men on it... written in black.
At the top is Rupert Murdoch's name, followed by a certain Saudi Sheik - one who owns the most NewsCorp stock outside the Murdoch family - and then, at the bottom, there's Former Mayor Giuliani's name.
If we were to go beyond the names?
Well, there's a maze of curious, deep and long connections which could be drawn between all of them... if one were inclined to do so.
And, saving the best for last...
There's that accursed yet ever present yellow highlighter...
(Cue ominous background music)
Enjoy!
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
Follow The Money say O'Reilly/Beck/Huckabee/Fox... So, Follow This: NewsCorp-$1Mill=GOP+$1Mill
What Can You Do If...
You Want To Uncover And Expose Which Crooked Corporations Are Making Large Campaign Contributions In Order To Buy Political Influence in America...
You Need Only Do One Thing:
"Follow The Money Trail!"
~ The Passionate Exhortation Of Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck & Mike Huckabee over at Fox "News".
Glenn Beck uses chalk, chalkboards, melodrama and meandering mazes to illustrate the twisted tie-ins he perceives pervade American politics (and, occasionally, he throws in the nazis and/or hitler - I refuse to capitalize those two words.).
Here's a very recent example of exactly how the recent and asinine U.S. Supreme Court decision to allow unlimited corporate contributions to political campaigns may have opened the floodgates to f.s.u. (fk stuff up) in American politics:
NewsCorp (The Parent Company of Fox "News") just gave $1Million to the GOP.
For those who may be accustomed to Glenn Beck's method of doing things, I'm repeating Jon Stewart's example - sans chalkboard - here goes:
Now, Remember What Bill, Glenn and Mike Said, "Follow The Money.".
NewsCorp/Fox-----$1Million Dollars-----GOP/Republicans
Easy, huh?
Check Out Jon Stewart's Delightful Take on this event...
Enjoy!
You Want To Uncover And Expose Which Crooked Corporations Are Making Large Campaign Contributions In Order To Buy Political Influence in America...
You Need Only Do One Thing:
"Follow The Money Trail!"
~ The Passionate Exhortation Of Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck & Mike Huckabee over at Fox "News".
Glenn Beck uses chalk, chalkboards, melodrama and meandering mazes to illustrate the twisted tie-ins he perceives pervade American politics (and, occasionally, he throws in the nazis and/or hitler - I refuse to capitalize those two words.).
Here's a very recent example of exactly how the recent and asinine U.S. Supreme Court decision to allow unlimited corporate contributions to political campaigns may have opened the floodgates to f.s.u. (fk stuff up) in American politics:
NewsCorp (The Parent Company of Fox "News") just gave $1Million to the GOP.
For those who may be accustomed to Glenn Beck's method of doing things, I'm repeating Jon Stewart's example - sans chalkboard - here goes:
Now, Remember What Bill, Glenn and Mike Said, "Follow The Money.".
NewsCorp/Fox-----$1Million Dollars-----GOP/Republicans
Easy, huh?
Check Out Jon Stewart's Delightful Take on this event...
Enjoy!
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| News Corp. Gives Money to Republicans | ||||
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Friday, July 23, 2010
Rachel Maddow Responds To Bill O'Reilly On Fox's Manufactured Racial Outrage
Rachel Maddow is my "American Idol".
By Wednesday, the facts of the Shirley Sherrod video had been made public and it had become absolutely clear that the video posted online by Mr. Breitbart and cycled and recycled through various Fox "News" shows had been intentionally cut-and-pasted to make it appear that Ms. Sherrod was a racist.
The video was of Ms. Sherrod speaking at a NAACP meeting.
At the time that the video was made and up until a short while after Breitbart posted the misleading mash-up and Fox "News" picked it up and ran with it, Ms. Sherrod had been a long-time employee of the US Department of Agriculture.
Sadly, Breitbart's and Fox "News" politically-motivated, baseless and spineless attack of Ms. Sherrod led to her being summarily fired from her job.
This was only the latest in a string of Fox "News"-championed, right-wing, politically-motivated, and virtually fact-free hatchet jobs. It was the second operation in which Fox saturated its "news" programs with clips from a video that had been heavily-edited to create the appearance of something that wasn't the least bit true (I believe it's called "Fraud".).
The previous one was also heavily-edited and shown repeatedly on Fox to manufacture belief in a lie. The "ACORN 'Pimp and Ho'" video was quickly followed by much indignant bluster from the GOP and lead - in the blink of an eye - to ACORN being de-funded and utterly destroyed.
Since then, that same video has since been found to have been edited so as to be intentionally misleading. And, various government investigations into ACORN found that ACORN and its employees had done absolutely nothing illegal.
In the latest scam, Breitbart edited the (nearly 3yr. old) NAACP video so that it gave the appearance that Ms. Sherrod was a racist.
Fox "News" picked up the story and paraded it over the airwaves, repeatedly. Fox's intellectually-challenged talking heads all voiced their shock and outrage at what the video appeared to show.
And, just to make sure that Fox's viewers understood their (manufactured)message, they made sure to call Ms. Sherrod a "racist" on-the-air, as well.
An important point here: Ms. Sherrod is, decidedly, not a racist.
What Mr. Breitbart had edited out of the video were the parts of Ms. Sherrod's speech where she spoke about helping - through her resources at the Department of Agriculture - some poor, white farmers. (He couldn't leave those parts in the video, of course, because then it wouldn't support the lie that they were manufacturing.)
Well, tonight, Rachel Maddow calmly took Fox "News" to task for it's continuing, deceit-filled, deplorable, politically-based and damaging tactics.
Tactics which Fox has been carrying out with reckless abandon and with absolutely no regard for those who are harmed as a direct result of them. For example: All the employees of ACORN who - due the the intentional Fox smear campaign - lost their jobs and Ms. Sherrod; etc. (IMHO, Fox should have to take the "News"-part out of their name.)
Turns out, over at Fox last night... Bill "Snidely" O'Reilly had to allow some time during his show to respond to what Rachel had said about his network.
O.K., Mr. Bill... Let's hear your explanation/excuses/denials...
Snidely O'Reilly's response to Rachel Maddow's fact-based, clear and concise criticism of Fox "News" was simply this... that his ratings are bigger than hers.
I kid you not. That was pretty much the beginning and the end of his rebuttal.
Oddly enough, Ol' Bill failed to mention that a cartoon: Sponge Bob Squarepants, a cable-based wrestling show and The Closer all get better ratings than he does... thankfully, Rachel thought of it, though.
Somehow, I'm not the least bit surprised that Billy is one of those "mine's bigger than yours"-kind of guys.
Sure Bill... regardless of the situation, just keep telling yourself that yours is bigger and maybe - if you're real good - it'll come true.
Nah. It won't.
Mr. O'Reilly offered no explanation. No, "Listen, Rachel, you're taking it out of context." nor a "Perhaps we at Fox made an unintentional mistake or two." (like they'd ever admit to that).
In fact, even after replaying a clip of Rachel's statements about Fox - on his show - Mr. O'Reilly didn't even attempt to deny what Rachel had said about Fox "News" and its unabashed snake-oil shenanigans.
Then again, how could he deny it, when it's all true?
That said, it is Fox of which I'm speaking and they're all about fabricating lies to appear as truth - dishonesty.
Neither did Mr. O'Reilly attempt to defend Fox's unseemly activities, either.
No, he just made a play to avoid explaining Fox's blatant and unethical practices by creating a diversion...
Don't look at/think about/ask why Fox is intentionally fabricating and then broadcasting utterly false information and presenting it as factual... No, instead, think about the fact that my ratings are much better than hers (hehe)."
O'Reilly's "My ratings kick your ratings a**" sounded a lot like the immature, boastful, stick-your-tongue-out-as-you-sit-in-the-sandbox response of a child.
You've got higher ratings? Well, bully for you, Bill.
Now, if you can focus your attention for just a moment... Talk to us about those knowingly fraudulent videos Fox broadcast and the on-the-air slander/libel that Fox employees participated in on-the-air that cost people their jobs... And also about Fox's intentional attempts - through these fraudulent smear campaigns - to ignite the fires of racial tension in America?
In the brief TRMS clip, below, Rachel responds to Snidely O'Reilly.
The difference between them is that Rachel responds to O'Reilly with Truth, Intelligence, Integrity and Grace (as well as humility and humor).
Truth, Intelligence, Integrity and Grace are four priceless characteristics which Fox "News" is painfully and obviously without.
Not only that, they are also four things which not even the most skilled fraud-makers at Fox can manufacture.
Enjoy!
By Wednesday, the facts of the Shirley Sherrod video had been made public and it had become absolutely clear that the video posted online by Mr. Breitbart and cycled and recycled through various Fox "News" shows had been intentionally cut-and-pasted to make it appear that Ms. Sherrod was a racist.
The video was of Ms. Sherrod speaking at a NAACP meeting.
At the time that the video was made and up until a short while after Breitbart posted the misleading mash-up and Fox "News" picked it up and ran with it, Ms. Sherrod had been a long-time employee of the US Department of Agriculture.
Sadly, Breitbart's and Fox "News" politically-motivated, baseless and spineless attack of Ms. Sherrod led to her being summarily fired from her job.
This was only the latest in a string of Fox "News"-championed, right-wing, politically-motivated, and virtually fact-free hatchet jobs. It was the second operation in which Fox saturated its "news" programs with clips from a video that had been heavily-edited to create the appearance of something that wasn't the least bit true (I believe it's called "Fraud".).
The previous one was also heavily-edited and shown repeatedly on Fox to manufacture belief in a lie. The "ACORN 'Pimp and Ho'" video was quickly followed by much indignant bluster from the GOP and lead - in the blink of an eye - to ACORN being de-funded and utterly destroyed.
Since then, that same video has since been found to have been edited so as to be intentionally misleading. And, various government investigations into ACORN found that ACORN and its employees had done absolutely nothing illegal.
In the latest scam, Breitbart edited the (nearly 3yr. old) NAACP video so that it gave the appearance that Ms. Sherrod was a racist.
Fox "News" picked up the story and paraded it over the airwaves, repeatedly. Fox's intellectually-challenged talking heads all voiced their shock and outrage at what the video appeared to show.
And, just to make sure that Fox's viewers understood their (manufactured)message, they made sure to call Ms. Sherrod a "racist" on-the-air, as well.
An important point here: Ms. Sherrod is, decidedly, not a racist.
What Mr. Breitbart had edited out of the video were the parts of Ms. Sherrod's speech where she spoke about helping - through her resources at the Department of Agriculture - some poor, white farmers. (He couldn't leave those parts in the video, of course, because then it wouldn't support the lie that they were manufacturing.)
Well, tonight, Rachel Maddow calmly took Fox "News" to task for it's continuing, deceit-filled, deplorable, politically-based and damaging tactics.
Tactics which Fox has been carrying out with reckless abandon and with absolutely no regard for those who are harmed as a direct result of them. For example: All the employees of ACORN who - due the the intentional Fox smear campaign - lost their jobs and Ms. Sherrod; etc. (IMHO, Fox should have to take the "News"-part out of their name.)
Turns out, over at Fox last night... Bill "Snidely" O'Reilly had to allow some time during his show to respond to what Rachel had said about his network.
O.K., Mr. Bill... Let's hear your explanation/excuses/denials...
Snidely O'Reilly's response to Rachel Maddow's fact-based, clear and concise criticism of Fox "News" was simply this... that his ratings are bigger than hers.
I kid you not. That was pretty much the beginning and the end of his rebuttal.
Oddly enough, Ol' Bill failed to mention that a cartoon: Sponge Bob Squarepants, a cable-based wrestling show and The Closer all get better ratings than he does... thankfully, Rachel thought of it, though.
Somehow, I'm not the least bit surprised that Billy is one of those "mine's bigger than yours"-kind of guys.
Sure Bill... regardless of the situation, just keep telling yourself that yours is bigger and maybe - if you're real good - it'll come true.
Nah. It won't.
Mr. O'Reilly offered no explanation. No, "Listen, Rachel, you're taking it out of context." nor a "Perhaps we at Fox made an unintentional mistake or two." (like they'd ever admit to that).
In fact, even after replaying a clip of Rachel's statements about Fox - on his show - Mr. O'Reilly didn't even attempt to deny what Rachel had said about Fox "News" and its unabashed snake-oil shenanigans.
Then again, how could he deny it, when it's all true?
That said, it is Fox of which I'm speaking and they're all about fabricating lies to appear as truth - dishonesty.
Neither did Mr. O'Reilly attempt to defend Fox's unseemly activities, either.
No, he just made a play to avoid explaining Fox's blatant and unethical practices by creating a diversion...
Don't look at/think about/ask why Fox is intentionally fabricating and then broadcasting utterly false information and presenting it as factual... No, instead, think about the fact that my ratings are much better than hers (hehe)."
O'Reilly's "My ratings kick your ratings a**" sounded a lot like the immature, boastful, stick-your-tongue-out-as-you-sit-in-the-sandbox response of a child.
You've got higher ratings? Well, bully for you, Bill.
Now, if you can focus your attention for just a moment... Talk to us about those knowingly fraudulent videos Fox broadcast and the on-the-air slander/libel that Fox employees participated in on-the-air that cost people their jobs... And also about Fox's intentional attempts - through these fraudulent smear campaigns - to ignite the fires of racial tension in America?
In the brief TRMS clip, below, Rachel responds to Snidely O'Reilly.
The difference between them is that Rachel responds to O'Reilly with Truth, Intelligence, Integrity and Grace (as well as humility and humor).
Truth, Intelligence, Integrity and Grace are four priceless characteristics which Fox "News" is painfully and obviously without.
Not only that, they are also four things which not even the most skilled fraud-makers at Fox can manufacture.
Enjoy!
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Wednesday, November 15, 2006
If This Means Brainwashed... I'm a Dirty Girl!
Many Thanks to:Knight Templiferum for this repost:
Thursday, November 09, 2006 - 11:47 AM
You know you've been brain washed, if you....(repost)
I'm sure I can think of a few more to add, but this is long enough for now ;)
----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From:
High Priestess
Date: Nov 9 2006 3:43 PM
From Star.
You know you've been brain washed, if you....
... believe that the 5 corporations who own almost all of the media in the U.S. are "liberal".
... believe $300 billion of U.S. tax money, allocated for the war and reconstruction in Iraq is actually going to Iraq .
... are unaware Iraq had 650 million barrels of oil in reserve just before the war in Iraq .
... are unaware at least $8.8 billion is known to be missing in Iraqi oil revenue from the period the U.S. was in control of Iraq .
... are unaware 198 million in Iraqi dollars is missing from the Iraq treasury from the period the U.S. was in control of Iraq .
... are unaware that war is exceptionally profitable for a small number of investors.
... believe Halliburton's no-bid contracts have nothing to do with former CEO, now Vice President Dick Cheney.
... are unaware that the Iraq war is the biggest case of war profiteering in human history.
... believe Saddam Hussein or Iraq had anything to do with 9/11, Al Qaeda or Osama bin Laden.
... believe depleted uranium weapons are not radioactive or deadly weapons of mass destruction (they are 12ess radioactive than nuclear weapons grade uranium and very deadly).
... are unaware stem cell research threatens the pharmaceutical industry by curing and preventing diseases which drug companies profit from by treating with drugs.
... are unaware the pharmaceutical industry is based entirely on treatment and is threatened by cures and prevention.
... are unaware the Food and Drug Administration does NO testing of food or drugs. They only set guidelines and review the testing corporations do of their own products.
... are unaware the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act has been 're- estimated' to cost U.S. taxpayers $1.3 Trillion (not the original $243 billion or the 'adjusted' $400 billion), and only pharmaceutical corporations and HMOs benefit from the increase.
... are unaware the Boston Tea party was a protest against corporate corruption (East India Company).
... are unaware our founding fathers intentionally made sure that corporations had no power over people or our government.
... are unaware corporations have fought aggressively and systematically over the past 200 years to increase their power and influence over our government.
... are unaware U.S. corporations are now protected under the 14th amendment as a legal 'person.'
... are unaware the definition of fascism is: 'The marriage of corporation and state' -- Benito Mussolini.
... are unaware well known U.S. corporate interests attempted a military coup against Franklin Roosevelt in 1933.
... are unaware most corrupt and wasteful government projects are run primarily by corporate contractors.
... are unaware 'less government' means paying corporate contractors three times what we pay government workers to do the same work.
... are unaware American corporations behave very differently in other countries.
... are unaware Enron and others were NOT investigated until they collapsed under the weight of their own greed.
... are unaware Bush's massive tax cuts were invested overseas to build sweat shops, factories and other facilities, where our jobs have been outsourced.
... are unaware outsourcing American jobs weakens labor unions and keeps wages low and corporate profits high .
... are unaware weak enforcement of immigration laws lowers wages in the U.S. and increases corporate profits.
... are unaware 'Free Trade' means 'Slave Wages' to poor people in Honduras, Bangladesh, China, Malaysia, Burma, Cambodia, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Philippines, Thailand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Nepal, El Salvador, Guatemala, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and others.
... believe America is hated all over the world because of our freedom.
... believe the massive U.S. national debt (now $7,786,000,000,000) created by Republican presidents Reagan, Bush and Bush does not seriously threaten the future of our children and grandchildren.
... are unaware massive national debt ensures the expansion of poverty, which keeps wages low, which increases corporate profits.
... are unaware widespread poverty keeps wages low and corporate profits high.
... are unaware weak gun control laws perpetuate violence in poor neighborhoods which expands poverty, reduces wages and increases corporate profits.
... are unaware abortions go down only when we reduce poverty, expand healthcare and improve education.
... are unaware that making abortion illegal expands poverty which reduces wages and increases corporate profits.
... believe the Michael Jackson trial deserved more news coverage than the genocide of 400,000 people in Darfur , Sudan.
... believe Social Security is the biggest priority in America .
... are unaware privatizing Social Security would be a massive give away to experienced Wall Street investors that would also destabilize Social Security.
... are unaware that NOT funding 'No Child Left Behind' is dismantling funding for schools in poor neighborhoods, which expands poverty, lowers wages and increases corporate profits.
... are unaware the Healthy Forests Initiative has led to massive clear cutting of prime lumber and almost none of the forest fire prevention that it was sold on.
... are unaware the Clear Skies Initiative has increased pollution.
... are unaware Tort Reform will absolve corporations of massive negligent liabilities for things like asbestos exposure, pollution, mercury poisoning, hazardous waste, mad cow disease and all sorts of dangerous products and practices.
... are unaware mercury pollution (mostly from coal fired power plants and medical vaccines) has caused an epidemic of Autism, ADD and ADHD in the U.S.
... are unaware the Bush administration is dismantling three decades of US environmental protection.
... believe global warming is a rumor or conspiracy.
... are unaware 'Global Warming' is causing colder weather because the melting ice caps are cooling the gulf stream.
... believe the science of evolution is less valid than literal fundamentalist interpretation of creationism.
... believe the UN scandals could have taken place without the largest, most influential member and host nation being involved.
... believe making a war monger ambassador to the UN will help prevent more wars.
... are unaware that expanding equal rights to any segment of the population (including gay people) also expands economic opportunity and puts pressure on wages, which would reduce corporate profits.
If you believe Fox News is fair and balanced, you have been brainwashed by corporate owned media.
Many Thanks to:Knight Templiferum for this repost:
Thursday, November 09, 2006 - 11:47 AM
You know you've been brain washed, if you....(repost)
I'm sure I can think of a few more to add, but this is long enough for now ;)
----------------- Bulletin Message -----------------
From:
High Priestess
Date: Nov 9 2006 3:43 PM
From Star.
You know you've been brain washed, if you....
... believe that the 5 corporations who own almost all of the media in the U.S. are "liberal".
... believe $300 billion of U.S. tax money, allocated for the war and reconstruction in Iraq is actually going to Iraq .
... are unaware Iraq had 650 million barrels of oil in reserve just before the war in Iraq .
... are unaware at least $8.8 billion is known to be missing in Iraqi oil revenue from the period the U.S. was in control of Iraq .
... are unaware 198 million in Iraqi dollars is missing from the Iraq treasury from the period the U.S. was in control of Iraq .
... are unaware that war is exceptionally profitable for a small number of investors.
... believe Halliburton's no-bid contracts have nothing to do with former CEO, now Vice President Dick Cheney.
... are unaware that the Iraq war is the biggest case of war profiteering in human history.
... believe Saddam Hussein or Iraq had anything to do with 9/11, Al Qaeda or Osama bin Laden.
... believe depleted uranium weapons are not radioactive or deadly weapons of mass destruction (they are 12ess radioactive than nuclear weapons grade uranium and very deadly).
... are unaware stem cell research threatens the pharmaceutical industry by curing and preventing diseases which drug companies profit from by treating with drugs.
... are unaware the pharmaceutical industry is based entirely on treatment and is threatened by cures and prevention.
... are unaware the Food and Drug Administration does NO testing of food or drugs. They only set guidelines and review the testing corporations do of their own products.
... are unaware the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act has been 're- estimated' to cost U.S. taxpayers $1.3 Trillion (not the original $243 billion or the 'adjusted' $400 billion), and only pharmaceutical corporations and HMOs benefit from the increase.
... are unaware the Boston Tea party was a protest against corporate corruption (East India Company).
... are unaware our founding fathers intentionally made sure that corporations had no power over people or our government.
... are unaware corporations have fought aggressively and systematically over the past 200 years to increase their power and influence over our government.
... are unaware U.S. corporations are now protected under the 14th amendment as a legal 'person.'
... are unaware the definition of fascism is: 'The marriage of corporation and state' -- Benito Mussolini.
... are unaware well known U.S. corporate interests attempted a military coup against Franklin Roosevelt in 1933.
... are unaware most corrupt and wasteful government projects are run primarily by corporate contractors.
... are unaware 'less government' means paying corporate contractors three times what we pay government workers to do the same work.
... are unaware American corporations behave very differently in other countries.
... are unaware Enron and others were NOT investigated until they collapsed under the weight of their own greed.
... are unaware Bush's massive tax cuts were invested overseas to build sweat shops, factories and other facilities, where our jobs have been outsourced.
... are unaware outsourcing American jobs weakens labor unions and keeps wages low and corporate profits high .
... are unaware weak enforcement of immigration laws lowers wages in the U.S. and increases corporate profits.
... are unaware 'Free Trade' means 'Slave Wages' to poor people in Honduras, Bangladesh, China, Malaysia, Burma, Cambodia, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Philippines, Thailand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Nepal, El Salvador, Guatemala, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and others.
... believe America is hated all over the world because of our freedom.
... believe the massive U.S. national debt (now $7,786,000,000,000) created by Republican presidents Reagan, Bush and Bush does not seriously threaten the future of our children and grandchildren.
... are unaware massive national debt ensures the expansion of poverty, which keeps wages low, which increases corporate profits.
... are unaware widespread poverty keeps wages low and corporate profits high.
... are unaware weak gun control laws perpetuate violence in poor neighborhoods which expands poverty, reduces wages and increases corporate profits.
... are unaware abortions go down only when we reduce poverty, expand healthcare and improve education.
... are unaware that making abortion illegal expands poverty which reduces wages and increases corporate profits.
... believe the Michael Jackson trial deserved more news coverage than the genocide of 400,000 people in Darfur , Sudan.
... believe Social Security is the biggest priority in America .
... are unaware privatizing Social Security would be a massive give away to experienced Wall Street investors that would also destabilize Social Security.
... are unaware that NOT funding 'No Child Left Behind' is dismantling funding for schools in poor neighborhoods, which expands poverty, lowers wages and increases corporate profits.
... are unaware the Healthy Forests Initiative has led to massive clear cutting of prime lumber and almost none of the forest fire prevention that it was sold on.
... are unaware the Clear Skies Initiative has increased pollution.
... are unaware Tort Reform will absolve corporations of massive negligent liabilities for things like asbestos exposure, pollution, mercury poisoning, hazardous waste, mad cow disease and all sorts of dangerous products and practices.
... are unaware mercury pollution (mostly from coal fired power plants and medical vaccines) has caused an epidemic of Autism, ADD and ADHD in the U.S.
... are unaware the Bush administration is dismantling three decades of US environmental protection.
... believe global warming is a rumor or conspiracy.
... are unaware 'Global Warming' is causing colder weather because the melting ice caps are cooling the gulf stream.
... believe the science of evolution is less valid than literal fundamentalist interpretation of creationism.
... believe the UN scandals could have taken place without the largest, most influential member and host nation being involved.
... believe making a war monger ambassador to the UN will help prevent more wars.
... are unaware that expanding equal rights to any segment of the population (including gay people) also expands economic opportunity and puts pressure on wages, which would reduce corporate profits.
If you believe Fox News is fair and balanced, you have been brainwashed by corporate owned media.
Friday, June 09, 2006
How many licks does it take...
Current mood: cynical
Category: News and Politics
Ding...Dong...Zarqawi's "Dead"..... Again.
I have so many doubts about the reliability of anything... Sheesh!... Everything that is reported in the mainstream press. Have doubted the veracity of their stories for longer than I can remember. Maybe it isn't all of their fault...maybe it is just that they are repeating what they were told by the "authorities"/spin secretaries. Maybe they should begin their news broadcasts with a disclaimer..."Everything we report to you tonight as "news', may or may not be true and may be retracted/revised at a later date." Sounds a lot like the "We can neither confirm not deny...." line of the intelligence community (...and I use that term loosely.)
Re: Zarqawi:
I came across a posted response to a Blog (on Blogger's "The Truth Will Set You Free") that piqued my interest...basically it poses the question... "If a fire on a few floors of the WTC can cause it to fall in on itself, (...don't get me started on that one...oh boy!) how is it that 1000 lbs of military explosive ordinance dropped on Zarqawi seems to have only left his body with a bloody nose? What's he made of? I guess he ate his Wheaties. The rubble that was the "safe-house" he was in fared far worse than he did. Besides, isn't this the 3rd or 4th time he's been killed? I guess previous reports of his "...death have been greatly exagerrated."
The "Good News" is that, whether or not it is true, if this spec-ops attack was orchestrated to try to impede the free-fall of Bush's ratings (which ripples out to damage his party), and be a image booster/photo-op, it failed miserably. Bush, when talking about the reported death of Zarqawi, decided to invoke the names of the Americans Zarqawi (allegedly, there's no evidence it was he, they all had masks on) beheaded. The father of one young man, now a Green Party candidate for office, said he took no joy in Zarqawi's death. He said that both the terrorists in Iraq and the terrorists in D.C. (my terms for them) just keep going back and forth lobbing violent vengeful acts at each other and it will never stop until someone on one of the sides says, "Enough! I am not going to participate in this violence anymore!". (Good Luck!) He also said that he won't be happy until our troops are home and Bush is "...gone.". I second that emotion!!
And another thing...
Regarding: "The Canadian 17".
There seems to be a sudden silence in the press about the 12 men and 5 boys arrested and facing domestic terrorism charges in Canada. Considering the 'authorities' claimed that they planned to attack the Parliament and "behead" the Prime Minister (what an terror-izing thing to say.)... Well... I just think that, if the allegations were true and backed up by real evidence, wouldn't that deserve some more ink or airtime?
One other thing regarding them.... What 'terrorist' worth his or her salt would be soooo stupid as to purchase excessive amounts of the chemicals/ingredients necessary to build a bomb, in a way that can be traced back to them??? I am sure there are other ways. Also, I have heard that they were aware that they were under surveillance...yet gleefully continued to attempt to manufacture mayhem..... Hmmmm.... Curiouser and curiouser.
?
What better way to manufacture support for militarism/suppression of Constitutional and Civil Rights than make it look like there are boogeymen here, there..and ....Oh my God! ... Look Out! ... They are Everywhere! And they want to behead the Canadian Prime Minister! Those bastards!!!
Don't worry...it will all be over soon. :-)
L
Current mood: cynical
Category: News and Politics
Ding...Dong...Zarqawi's "Dead"..... Again.
I have so many doubts about the reliability of anything... Sheesh!... Everything that is reported in the mainstream press. Have doubted the veracity of their stories for longer than I can remember. Maybe it isn't all of their fault...maybe it is just that they are repeating what they were told by the "authorities"/spin secretaries. Maybe they should begin their news broadcasts with a disclaimer..."Everything we report to you tonight as "news', may or may not be true and may be retracted/revised at a later date." Sounds a lot like the "We can neither confirm not deny...." line of the intelligence community (...and I use that term loosely.)
Re: Zarqawi:
I came across a posted response to a Blog (on Blogger's "The Truth Will Set You Free") that piqued my interest...basically it poses the question... "If a fire on a few floors of the WTC can cause it to fall in on itself, (...don't get me started on that one...oh boy!) how is it that 1000 lbs of military explosive ordinance dropped on Zarqawi seems to have only left his body with a bloody nose? What's he made of? I guess he ate his Wheaties. The rubble that was the "safe-house" he was in fared far worse than he did. Besides, isn't this the 3rd or 4th time he's been killed? I guess previous reports of his "...death have been greatly exagerrated."
The "Good News" is that, whether or not it is true, if this spec-ops attack was orchestrated to try to impede the free-fall of Bush's ratings (which ripples out to damage his party), and be a image booster/photo-op, it failed miserably. Bush, when talking about the reported death of Zarqawi, decided to invoke the names of the Americans Zarqawi (allegedly, there's no evidence it was he, they all had masks on) beheaded. The father of one young man, now a Green Party candidate for office, said he took no joy in Zarqawi's death. He said that both the terrorists in Iraq and the terrorists in D.C. (my terms for them) just keep going back and forth lobbing violent vengeful acts at each other and it will never stop until someone on one of the sides says, "Enough! I am not going to participate in this violence anymore!". (Good Luck!) He also said that he won't be happy until our troops are home and Bush is "...gone.". I second that emotion!!
And another thing...
Regarding: "The Canadian 17".
There seems to be a sudden silence in the press about the 12 men and 5 boys arrested and facing domestic terrorism charges in Canada. Considering the 'authorities' claimed that they planned to attack the Parliament and "behead" the Prime Minister (what an terror-izing thing to say.)... Well... I just think that, if the allegations were true and backed up by real evidence, wouldn't that deserve some more ink or airtime?
One other thing regarding them.... What 'terrorist' worth his or her salt would be soooo stupid as to purchase excessive amounts of the chemicals/ingredients necessary to build a bomb, in a way that can be traced back to them??? I am sure there are other ways. Also, I have heard that they were aware that they were under surveillance...yet gleefully continued to attempt to manufacture mayhem..... Hmmmm.... Curiouser and curiouser.
?
What better way to manufacture support for militarism/suppression of Constitutional and Civil Rights than make it look like there are boogeymen here, there..and ....Oh my God! ... Look Out! ... They are Everywhere! And they want to behead the Canadian Prime Minister! Those bastards!!!
Don't worry...it will all be over soon. :-)
L
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