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Title: Fox News Alert: Cattle Missing In New Mexico!
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Wonkette
URL Source: http://www.wonkette.com/politics/na ... ssing-in-new-mexico-226112.php
Published: Jan 5, 2007
Author: Wonkette
Post Date: 2007-01-05 00:29:40 by Morgana le Fay
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Views: 270
Comments: 28
Cowboys make better lovers: Ask any cow. WonketteWe gave up on Fox News hours ago when it became clear they were doing the fingers-in-ears-I-can’t-hear-you routine, because we need to watch the new Democratic leadership acting like pompous asses all day. Luckily someone has been keeping track of what Fox is covering to avoid covering a Democrat-controlled Congress: * “Ivy League Prof Leading Suspect in Wife’s Death.” * Cindy Sheehan sucks. * Missing sailors. * Miers quits. * Some cattle have gone missing! But the fun’s over, as FNC has now gone to the House Live Cam. It’s like every channel is C-SPAN!
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#1. To: Morgana le Fay (#0)
There is ALOT seriously wrong with our media. Terminial cancer it would seem.
They wouldn't be selling if someone wasn't buying...
The national nightmare has ended... Now begins two years of watching the Congress play "Kick the Gimp".
I used to think that, but it's so controlled, there aren't any real choices (except the off switch and Americans won't turn the tube off). Kinda like voting.
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. – Tacitus
But then, supply creates its own demand right?
Tsze-kung asked, "What do you say of me, Ts'ze!" The Master said, "You are a utensil."
As the old saw might go "news isn't bought, it's sold". And mainly having monopoly status helps alot. Here in Colorado Springs I can subscribe to the Gazette or the Gazette. And the paper is really a gussed up Thrifty Nickel. Or I can listen to two radio news and talk channels that are clones, down to the ad and news feed being indentical. The other channels are apolitical. So here anyway, and in alot of other towns I have been in, I do not see much of the free market of selection on the buy side. Operation Mockingbird comes to mind to explain this state of affairs.
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You gotta go to satellite, Tom. $13 a month is a great investment for your commute time, PLUS we play it in the store from the internet feed--lotsa compliments on the music selection. My Sirius receiver acted up a couple of weeks ago and I was forced to listen to broadcast radio for 1/2 hour or so--I felt like jamming chopsticks through my eardrums.
The national nightmare has ended... Now begins two years of watching the Congress play "Kick the Gimp".
Uh, no. Marketing creates demand, or maybe necessity (like extra buying an extra carton of cigs before a blizzard).
The national nightmare has ended... Now begins two years of watching the Congress play "Kick the Gimp".
The other thing I am really in awe of is that the Colorado Springs Gazette very, very rarely reports on how the local congress critters vote on any legislation regardless of it being out of Denver or DC. But I can find out what the eighth grade football scores are. This can be multiplied by thousands of communities across the US. Colorado Springs is a metro community of about 500,000. Not a small city at this point. Something is terribly wrong with this picture. Terribly. A democracy does not function on intentional ignorance.
I was at my fav tranmission shop, and complimented the owner on the music. He said the best investment he had made was for the sat radio - kept everyone happy, with out the Marquis de Sade diamond salesmen or the horrible human David Orik guy selling his overpriced vacuums.
If you are an advertiser, esp if you are a BIG advertiser, you'll find that you have the editor's complete attention. If not, I don't see a fix other than starting your own paper, as money talks and public opinion walks. Also helps to make changes if it's locally owned, rather than part of a chain.
The national nightmare has ended... Now begins two years of watching the Congress play "Kick the Gimp".
LOL! Orek advertises on Sirius (but no ads on the music channels). My dad's clinic just signed on as an Orek affiliate (mostly for their air filtration units). I hadn't realized that their vacuums were so cheap--$300, as opposed to what I was expecting, which was Kirby-price, maybe $1500 or so. Shit, I sound like an infomercial. Nevertheless, when our current vacuum dies, I'm gonna get one. The guy's like 82 and still does his own radio ads. Gotta love the entrepreneurial spirit, as opposed to the faceless corporate shill. At least that's what I thought.
The national nightmare has ended... Now begins two years of watching the Congress play "Kick the Gimp".
THe Gaz is part of a chain out of California. Of course you are right.
Well, there is the market clearing price to consider. But who is buying?
Tsze-kung asked, "What do you say of me, Ts'ze!" The Master said, "You are a utensil."
My local cable company is offering $39/month for high-speed internet + a buncha cable channels and all that. Promo pricing only, I'm sure it goes up to $89 a month after the intro period. I seriously thought about it, since I now have a hi-def TV thanks to some thoughtful pawn customer who didn't have long-term planning skills. But then I thought, "shit, I don't have time to do the stuff I need to do NOW, I really can't get hooked on TV shows to further cut into that." We get like 8 channels, and I'm really not sure why, since they all come over cable TV and we don't pay for that.
The national nightmare has ended... Now begins two years of watching the Congress play "Kick the Gimp".
Executive orders and signing statements are no problem this way though.
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. – Tacitus
It seems tired, passive sheep are easier to herd.
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. – Tacitus
But who is buying? Well, yes, whore your widget out at rock-bottom prices, and you'll find plenty of buyers. I believe "traditional" (in reality, they're everything but) radio station conglomerates are getting real scared about satellite, and newspapers are terrified of internet news sources. Maybe they know they need to go a different direction, but just don't know which. In the meantime the advertisers dictate the message.
The national nightmare has ended... Now begins two years of watching the Congress play "Kick the Gimp".
Well, like I told the Masons, when they asked about my ability to feed my family (an investigation committee comes over to make sure you're not joining for the wrong reasons): "Hey, I'm a worker bee. I've got shit to do."
The national nightmare has ended... Now begins two years of watching the Congress play "Kick the Gimp".
"Are the Mason jars in your cupboard full or empty?" I never knew that. I've heard of Jack Mormons but not Jack Masons.
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. – Tacitus
That is insane. We kill vacuums every year or 14 months. What wears out is the beater bar, the rolling pin that lifts the dirt out of the floor that then allows the suction air flow to take it to the bag. When the fibers of the bar wear out, the amount of the vacuum is not too important, because if the beater bar dosn't get it airborne, the vacuum suck is not going to, unless it's something like a cigerette ash. And the vacumm producer, the impeller, after several months, will become worn and produce less vacuum. And as seeing a new beater bar for a vacuum is thirty $$, when ours gets to where it does not work as well as we need - in the dumpster, and I buy one, Hoover, that is the cheapest for the most motor amperage. Usually $70.00. I believe this is the best approach. I keep the dead one in the basement for spare parts, like the little plactic do dad that keeps the handle up etc. We do get alot of gravel, sand and garbage in our shop, so it is admittedly a tough enviroment for a vacuum cleaner. And that is why I have an opinion on the subject. Wear em up, throw em out and buy a cheap top performer. Chris - per your cats.
Disagree. They have their local vs. national priorities straight. It is not natural, possible, or necessary for every person to be a Horatio Bunce. The problem is a combination primarily of two factors. First, there are fewer Bunces. Population mobility works against local Bunce emergence, and mass media enables non-local Bunces for larger geographical areas, whom we call shills of various stripes. The second problem is that most Bunces are the wrong kind. Non-local shills, disconnected in many ways from face-to-face reinforcement contingencies, tend not to be friends of the nation or liberty. This aspect parallels the tragedy of the commons in property. Friends to everyone are friends to no one.
Tsze-kung asked, "What do you say of me, Ts'ze!" The Master said, "You are a utensil."
I disagree as well.. Americans are told via the media what is important.. what to focus on.. typically some nonsense.. something that truly has little to do with 'real' news.. tv is little more than propaganda disguised as entertainment..
Truth bump ttt.
TRUE ........ and millions swallow it whole ......... then repeat as fact ........ fail to know the goal(s) of the outlet/source ........ and are all too ready to apply their own poorly informed opinions to the propaganda they just heard ..........
I mentioned this a few months back. Their morning "news" is unwatchable. Not that the others are any better, but FOX has become some type of slop that I can't even describe properly. The morning team consists of two airhead females (zero sex appeal) and one affirmative action choice. My remote control can't move past it quick enough for my taste.
i traded my non-sucker (Simplicity) in for the Oreck X21. with the deal i got a canister and an electric broom. hopefully, this one will last for years.
O good, an enviromentally aware witch. Now we can't even hear you as you fly about, casting spells in the quiet of the night.
#2. To: tom007 (#1)
There is ALOT seriously wrong with our media. Terminial cancer it would seem.
#3. To: Indrid Cold (#2)
They wouldn't be selling if someone wasn't buying...
#4. To: Indrid Cold (#2)
They wouldn't be selling if someone wasn't buying...
#5. To: Indrid Cold (#2)
They wouldn't be selling if someone wasn't buying...
#6. To: All, Tauzero, robin (#5)
#7. To: tom007 (#5)
So here anyway, and in alot of other towns I have been in, I do not see much of the free market of selection on the buy side.
#8. To: Tauzero (#4)
But then, supply creates its own demand right?
#9. To: All, Robin, indrid cold (#5)
#10. To: Indrid Cold (#7)
$13 a month is a great investment for your commute time, PLUS we play it in the store from the internet feed--lotsa compliments on the music selection.
#11. To: tom007 (#9)
The other thing I am really in awe of is that the Colorado Springs Gazette very, very rarely reports on how the local congress critters vote on any legislation regardless of it being out of Denver or DC.
#12. To: tom007 (#10)
or the horrible human David Orik guy selling his overpriced vacuums.
#13. To: Indrid Cold (#11)
Also helps to make changes if it's locally owned, rather than part of a chain.
#14. To: Indrid Cold (#8)
Uh, no.
#15. To: robin (#3)
I used to think that, but it's so controlled, there aren't any real choices (except the off switch and Americans won't turn the tube off).
#16. To: tom007 (#9)
A democracy does not function on intentional ignorance.
#17. To: Indrid Cold (#15)
#18. To: Tauzero (#14)
Well, there is the market clearing price to consider.
#19. To: robin (#17)
It seems tired, passive sheep are easier to herd.
#20. To: Indrid Cold (#19)
#21. To: Indrid Cold, christine (#12)
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which was Kirby-price, maybe $1500 or so.
#22. To: tom007 (#9)
Something is terribly wrong with this picture. Terribly. A democracy does not function on intentional ignorance.
#23. To: Indrid Cold (#8)
#24. To: Zipporah (#23)
tv is little more than propaganda disguised as entertainment..
#25. To: Zipporah (#23)
Americans are told via the media what is important.. what to focus on
#26. To: Morgana le Fay (#0)
#27. To: tom007 (#21)
#28. To: christine (#27)
i got a canister and an electric broom.
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