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Title: Do you watch the news on TV?
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Published: Apr 28, 2008
Author: Richard
Post Date: 2008-04-28 11:36:12 by richard9151
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Do you watch the news on TV? I don't. In fact, there are times when I will not turn on the TV for a week. My wife will, but only, of course, to Spanish stations, and that is a real chore to listen to (for me), so I don't pay attention anyway. I read. But Sunday morning, just for a change, I decided to do something different. With all of the news shows and Meet the Press B.S. on, OK, I will 'check it out' and see if anything has changed. After all, the reason I do not watch is the lying, so maybe.... Not! I did not have the TV on for more than 5 minutes before I was shaking my head, dumbfounded at the stupidity. Not of the actors cum news reporters on the screen; the stupidity of the people who listen to such without throwing something through the TV! First off, I caught a 'debate' between a rep for Hillary and another for Obama, with an actor cum newsreporter (Blitzer) mediating. All about what they 'believe' and what the future holds and who lies and who tells the truth and how good the future would be with 'their' candidate in office and and and and and... I am sure you get the picture. One of the 'points' they made (and agreed on) and which stuck with me was how dangerous it is now that North Korea and Syria are cooperating on Nuclear research. And, how correct Israel was to bomb 'that nuclear reactor that Syria was building' in the desert (some months ago). As I and others have posted in 4um, that is a complete fabrication, and these people (the talking heads on the TV Sunday morning AND THESE TWO SO-CALLED CANDIDATES) know it! And if they do not, then they have no business being where they are. Another thing both candidates agreed about is the OBLIGATION of the United States to be the first line of defense for Israel. Some squabbels about details, but both agree on the main points. What did I learn? Only a fool thinks either of these people is honest or, deserving of donations or support. And hey, if you are a supporter of Obama, or Hillary (or McCain), that means YOU ARE A FOOL!! Naturally enough, I had trouble listening to all of the show, so I was changing the channels a lot. Found some interesting tidbits, like, now is a GOOD time to think about buying a house. NOT!! And how important it is for Americans to get back into the swing of things, now that most of the credit woes are behind us.... NOT!! And not to forget the Home and Garden Show now going on... inside of an air conditioned building, and how many good buys there are on lawn furniture and other needful B.S. Got to motivate those consumers!! And of course, a full dose of advertising went along with my news over-load, esp. about cars and NEW LOW INTEREST bait. Amazing. Not the low interest bait, that is to be expected, it is all of the advertising which someone obviously is paying for. Why? Cause it works, and just like Pavlov's dogs, people dutifully note it and react. Silly sheeple. So what did I learn? That the more things change, the more they stay the same. In short, it will be a LONG time before I waste another beautiful morning watching the B.S. on the TV! What garbage!
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Television news is only good for keeping a pulse on the sheeple, and getting a scent of any potential wolf attacks.
“President Bush has talked about our staying in Iraq for 50 years,” “Maybe a hundred ... ... that’d be fine with me,” McCain responds I've been watching the coverage of rev. Wright on MSNBC and CNN this morning, and not once have they mentioned Wright's claim to the NAACP last night that black children and white children have different brains and learn differently and need to be taught differently.
I saw a bit of that and hope to see the rest of it; it looked interesting.
“President Bush has talked about our staying in Iraq for 50 years,” “Maybe a hundred ... ... that’d be fine with me,” McCain responds Not since the first year of the Reagan administration. I never watch presidential addresses either (at least 25 years).
The U.S. Constitution is no impediment to our form of government.--PJ O'Rourke
That's explosive stuff to claim a racial difference between the brains of white and black children. It's the most outrageous thing Wright has said, and yet MSNBC and CNN don't even mention it despite all their coverage of Wright this morning.
I'm curious to know if he meant racial or cultural. Either way it's not that outrageous, for example, Asians are known to score very low in certain test areas. This info was circulating in some circles because of all the traffic accidents in Asian neighborhoods here and in Australia.
“President Bush has talked about our staying in Iraq for 50 years,” “Maybe a hundred ... ... that’d be fine with me,” McCain responds I couldn't find a transcript on google, but there are a lot of videos of the speech out there. Can you imagine the firestorm if a white had said that black children and white children had different brains and needed to be taught differently?
There has been. Although men and women have different brains and no one seems too excited about it.
“President Bush has talked about our staying in Iraq for 50 years,” “Maybe a hundred ... ... that’d be fine with me,” McCain responds FNC ROCKS...MUD
Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, Exactly. Yet when Wright says it, not a peep out of the MSM.
What's so explosive about that. Remember, Blacks, Whites... they are RACES. They are different in many ways. For example, Blacks do not have the necessities to become good swimmers while White men can't jump. There's nothing wrong with being different. What is wrong is to keep pretending that we are all the same, regardless or race or gender.
Antiparty - find out why, think about 'how'
Al Campanis gets crucified, yet when Wright says it, the MSM is silent.
To say that there has not been a peep on Wright from MSM is hardly accurate. On this subject perhaps, but that's the only one. They cycled through his soundbites, taken out of context, day after day. Boys and girls learn differently, it would not be surprising that there are cultural learning differences or even racial learning differences. Perhaps it is in the way he discussed it. I did not hear him being negative or derogatory to anyone.
“President Bush has talked about our staying in Iraq for 50 years,” “Maybe a hundred ... ... that’d be fine with me,” McCain responds Yes, on this subject. That was precisely my point. Of course there's been a lot of coverage of Wright. I was pointing out that despite all the coverage, this comment on different brains was not mentioned. And this is not some minor subject.
I need to watch his entire speech. But as I said, perhaps it is in the way he discussed it. I did not hear him being negative or derogatory to anyone.
“President Bush has talked about our staying in Iraq for 50 years,” “Maybe a hundred ... ... that’d be fine with me,” McCain responds you can bet had a white man said it, it'd be all over the news. remember Jimmy the Greek and wasn't he just talking about achilles' tendons? ;)
the ol' blaring double standard that so many refuse to acknowledge.
Or Howard Cosell's, "Look at that 'lil monkey run!"
Yep...that seems like sooo long ago...MUD
Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, Have you seen Magician's take on the events of 911? So, you believe Bush knew about the Al Queda attacks on 9/11/01 and did nothing to stop it? We'll haveta agree to disagree on that...I've read boucoups evidence and it's all either disprovable and/or circumstantial, imho...MUD
Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, I found his speech here at hiphopmusic.com ;P www.hiphopmusic.com/2008/...t_naacp_speech_video.html BTW, according to one source, what he says is "different is not deficient". That is not inflammatory.
“President Bush has talked about our staying in Iraq for 50 years,” “Maybe a hundred ... ... that’d be fine with me,” McCain responds I figured you subscribe to The Official Story® in spite of the vast amount of evidence proving otherwise. I'll give it to Magician...he's an Israel First NeoCon but he knows The Official Story® wreaks and he allows himself to acknowledge some ugly truths. You, you're just a lousy shill...
Figure what you will...I reckon I'm simply not inordinately prone to believe Conspiracy Theories...MUD
Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, BTW...do you believe the Twin Towers were taken down by a controlled demolition after the planes didn't do enough damage?
Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, A perfectly controlled demolition of WTC1 and 2, like WTC7 was, would've looked too obvious. I would say WTC 1 and 2 were semi-controlled demolitions, with some mis-timing in the controlled sequence part of it.
Oh no, you're a good Company man. I bet you believe that Pearl Harbor was a surprise to FDR as well...
Do you watch the news on TV? No. I do watch Local morning news. I pay attention to traffic & weather, sports scores, etc. Cute local news babes too!
Resist!
I haven't bothered with that because I don't have to. I already have plenty of evidence that 911 was allowed to happen and it's success was facilitated by the Goverment. They're already complicit in allowing it to happen then using it to re-write the liberties they recognize, dumping us into perpetual Global Governace - "Free Trade" Wars.
You should post the vid of that if you can. There's no way #7 went down without 'help'...no way.
The one with Rather going over a tape replay is the best, IMO. Easy to find.
"I haven't bothered with that because I don't have to." There's just something ... I don't know .... conceivably non-authentic about all this.
Please explain...
I'm into synchronicity. Especially interested in bothersome synchronicity. In fact, I'm often having to question it and delve into its quality.
Take care
Yeah.... got them here as well. Don know, but must be something about Cute local news babes that attracts viewers or somethin. ... Well, from at least one segment of the population anyway.
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest. ++++++++++ Attention, Shrub; A life of evil is ultimately a life of wretchedness.
Let me see.... cause and effect.... basic kindergarden stuff........ What part is non-authentic? Perhaps you are referring to all of the laws limiting freedom that have been passed since 9/11. Or, perhaps you are referring to the wars that have been started and the hundreds of thousands of people who have been killed in those wars since 9/11... But, more probably, you are referring to the billions and tens of billions and hundreds of billions of dollars of EXTRA profit raked in by the multinational corporations (AND THE BUSH FAMILY) from the extreme raise in the price of oil and the demand for moremoremoremoremore war material since 9/11... Or perhaps you are referring to the estimated 3 -- 5 TRILLION dollars that eminent economists have estimated that JUST THE IRAQ WAR WILL COST. Is that it? Please fill me in if I am anywhere near to what is non-authentic about what is going on here, cause I really want to know. Or, of course, you could just be like ol Mud Boy and live in LaLa TV land, where the politicians never lie, and the bankers are your friend. Perhaps that is it.... the non-authentic part.... And by golly, I think I got it!!!
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest. ++++++++++ Attention, Shrub; A life of evil is ultimately a life of wretchedness.
A man after my own heart. But I have long suspected that you were anyway!
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest. ++++++++++ Attention, Shrub; A life of evil is ultimately a life of wretchedness.
Excellent rant...
Or, of course, you could just be like ol Mud Boy and live in LaLa TV land, where the politicians never lie, and the bankers are your friend. Perhaps that is it.... the non-authentic part.... And by golly, I think I got it!!! Jesus effing Christ, I am too much in the now. Thanks for the LOLs.
Would you say that 2 wrongs would make a right? Anyways, Wright got himself crucified for the past couple of months. Of course, no one can fire him because he's retired so... what are 'they' going to do to him? Send him to Gitmo?
Antiparty - find out why, think about 'how'
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. I always find it interesting that devoted God-haters take the Lord's name, of all names, in vain.
Oh believe me, that's what his cartoon self was best at, unless you're into getting crucified.
NO ONE is better at getting crucified than Jesus. That is the fact.
Brother, you are the king of column space with your banners.
Has anyone ever told you that you're overbearing?
That's how the segregationists justified Jim Crow. Separate but equal. The segregationists argued that segregation laws did not violate the Constitution's equal protection clause, because while the facilities for blacks and whites were "different," they were "not deficient," i.e., they were "separate but equal." But in fact, the facilities were anything but "not deficient." The same holds for what Wright said. His "difference" is anything but "not deficient." He's saying that white kids are deficient in creative and intuitive learning, and black kids are deficient in logical and analytical learning, because white kids are "left brained" and black kids are "right brained." And Wright says that it's not a question of doing something to remedy this difference. Rather, he says the answer is to use different teaching methods for blacks and whites in order to accommodate this right brain/ left brain difference. What happens if you're a white kid who is a "creative and intuitive" learner, or a black kid who is "logical and analytical"? Tough. Wright judges you by the color of your skin.
[MUDDOG #8] I couldn't find a transcript on google, but there are a lot of videos of the speech out there. Here is a link to a transcript. The word brain does not appear. April 28, 2008 Transcript Reverend Wright at the National Press Club Following is the transcript of the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.'s remarks to the National Press Club, as provided by CQ Transcriptions. [excerpt] Black worship is different from European and European-American worship. It is not deficient; it is just different. Black preaching is different from European and European-American preaching. It is not deficient; it is just different. It is not bombastic; it is not controversial; it's different. (APPLAUSE) Those of you who can't see on C-SPAN, we had one or two working press clap along with the non-working press. (LAUGHTER) Black learning styles are different from European and European- American learning styles. They are not deficient; they are just different.
He indeed said "left brain" and "right brain." Here's a link to CNN's transcript. Excerpt: "European and European-American children have a left brained cognitive object oriented learning style and the entire educational learning system in the United States of America. Back in the early '70s, when Dr. Hale did her research was based on left brained cognitive object oriented learning style. Let me help you with fifty cent words. "Left brain is logical and analytical. Object oriented means the student learns from an object. From the solitude of the cradle with objects being hung over his or her head to help them determine colors and shape to the solitude in a carol in a PhD program stuffed off somewhere in a corner in absolute quietness to absorb from the object. From a block to a book, an object. That is one way of learning, but it is only one way of learning. "African and African-American children have a different way of learning. "They are right brained, subject oriented in their learning style. Right brain that means creative and intuitive. Subject oriented means they learn from a subject, not an object. They learn from a person."
WTC-1 and WTC-2 could not fall with a typical controlled demolition. Their construction was like a stack of three buildings with a reinforced floor between the stacks. The top stack could not be collapsed into the basement by blowing out the bottom. Assuming a controlled demolition, a different methodology was necessary. The destruction needed to be atypically from the top down.
The brains of the average black are five cubic inches smaller than the brains of a white person. That's why accounts for the trouble. As for creativity, nearly everything in the world was invented by people from an arc that runs through northern Italy, France, Germany, northern Europe, and over into Scotland and England. Out of Africa: nothing.
OK. Two different speeches. One to the National Press Club and the other to the NAACP. He did say it to the NAACP.
Today's National Press Club speech did get far more press coverage than last night's speech to the NAACP.
I'm as good at jump shots as any black man, statistically, if you want to believe any set of numbers some idiot flashes in front of you. You don't? Not even for two Scooby Snacks?
And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot
They must've been Africans who passed as white.
For two Scooby Snacks I will endorse your J.
Reckon we'll start calling you Steve Nash...MUD
Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, I'm officially undecided on that one...I think it was quite fortunate that no American aircraft carriers were docked in Pearl Harbor at the time of the attack...MUD
Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, By all means, you do that Mudboy. Let it be your life's work.
And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot
Daffy, ain't you glad I followed you over to the 4um?
Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, "WTC-1 and WTC-2 could not fall with a typical controlled demolition. Their construction was like a stack of three buildings with a reinforced floor between the stacks. The top stack could not be collapsed into the basement by blowing out the bottom. Assuming a controlled demolition, a different methodology was necessary. The destruction needed to be atypically from the top down." Sheeesh, n_c, I didn't know you had bought into this theory, too!! I'm an architect and I've spoken with quite a few structural engineers regarding 9/11/01 and I am convinced the pancaking of the Twin Towers makes complete sense while this idea that "SOMEONE" planted explosives in the WTC is ludicrous!! Regards...MUD
Devolve Power Outta the Federal Leviathan and Back to the States, Sheeesh, MUD. The "pancake theory" may be seen to be slightly in conflict with the National Institute of Standards and Technology findings which constitute the last word on official findings. The "pancake theory" was dismissed as impossible. NIST Fact Sheet, FAQ-2, page 2 wtc.nist.gov/pubs/factsheets/faqs_8_2006.htm
Hillary: "I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack Iran in the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them."
#2. To: richard9151 (#0)
#3. To: robin (#1)
I've already said too much.
#4. To: MUDDOG (#3)
Hillary: "I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack Iran in the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them."
#5. To: richard9151 (#0)
Do you watch the news on TV?
#6. To: robin (#4)
I've already said too much.
#7. To: MUDDOG (#6)
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Hillary: "I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack Iran in the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them."
#8. To: robin (#7)
I've already said too much.
#9. To: MUDDOG (#8)
Hillary: "I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack Iran in the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them."
#10. To: TwentyTwelve (#2)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the U.S. Constitution!!
#11. To: robin (#9)
There has been.
I've already said too much.
#12. To: MUDDOG (#6)
#13. To: a vast rightwing conspirator (#12)
I've already said too much.
#14. To: MUDDOG (#11)
Hillary: "I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack Iran in the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them."
#15. To: robin (#14)
not been a peep on Wright from MSM is hardly accurate. On this subject perhaps
I've already said too much.
#16. To: MUDDOG (#15)
Hillary: "I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack Iran in the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them."
#17. To: MUDDOG (#6)
#18. To: MUDDOG (#11)
#19. To: christine (#17)
#20. To: christine (#17)
"...remember Jimmy the Greek"
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the U.S. Constitution!!
#21. To: Mudboy Slim (#20)
http://libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=223337 
#22. To: FOH (#21)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the U.S. Constitution!!
#23. To: MUDDOG, christine (#15)
Hillary: "I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack Iran in the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them."
#24. To: Mudboy Slim (#22)
So, you believe Bush knew about the Al Queda attacks on 9/11/01 and did nothing to stop it?
#25. To: FOH (#24)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the U.S. Constitution!!
#26. To: FOH (#24)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the U.S. Constitution!!
#27. To: Mudboy Slim (#26)
#28. To: Mudboy Slim (#25)
Figure what you will...I reckon I'm simply not inordinately prone to believe Conspiracy Theories...MUD
#29. To: richard9151 (#0)
#30. To: Mudboy Slim (#26)
BTW...do you believe the Twin Towers were taken down by a controlled demolition after the planes didn't do enough damage?
#31. To: nobody (#27)
like WTC7 was
#32. To: FOH (#31)
You should post the vid of that if you can.
#33. To: FOH (#30)
do you believe the Twin Towers were taken down by a controlled demolition after the planes didn't do enough damage?
#34. To: nobody (#33)
There's just something ... I don't know .... conceivably non-authentic about all this.
#35. To: FOH (#34)
(Edited)
#36. To: nobody (#35)
#37. To: WhiteGuy (#29)
Cute local news babes too!
#38. To: nobody, Mudboy Slim, FOH (#33)
There's just something ... I don't know .... conceivably non-authentic about all this.
#39. To: DeaconBenjamin (#5)
Not since the first year of the Reagan administration. I never watch presidential addresses either (at least 25 years).
#40. To: richard9151 (#38)
#41. To: richard9151 (#38)
Please fill me in if I am anywhere near to what is non-authentic about what is going on here, cause I really want to know.
#42. To: MUDDOG (#13)
Al Campanis gets crucified, yet when Wright says it, the MSM is silent.
#43. To: MUDDOG (#3)
Lord Acton
#44. To: nobody (#41)
Jesus effing Christ
#45. To: FOH (#44)
#46. To: FOH (#44)
#47. To: FOH (#28)
#48. To: FOH (#44)
#49. To: robin (#23)
(Edited)
"different is not deficient".
I've already said too much.
#50. To: MUDDOG, robin (#8)
[MUDDOG #3] I've been watching the coverage of rev. Wright on MSNBC and CNN this morning, and not once have they mentioned Wright's claim to the NAACP last night that black children and white children have different brains and learn differently and need to be taught differently.
Being different does not mean one is deficient. It simply means one is different, like snowflakes, like the diversity that God loves. Black music is different from European and European music. It is not deficient; it is just different.
#51. To: nolu_chan (#50)
The word brain does not appear.
I've already said too much.
#52. To: nobody, Mudboy Slim (#27)
A perfectly controlled demolition of WTC1 and 2, like WTC7 was, would've looked too obvious. I would say WTC 1 and 2 were semi-controlled demolitions, with some mis-timing in the controlled sequence part of it.
#53. To: MUDDOG (#49)
(Edited)
He's saying that white kids are deficient in creative and intuitive learning, and black kids are deficient in logical and analytical learning, because white kids are "left brained" and black kids are "right brained."
#54. To: MUDDOG (#51)
He indeed said "left brain" and "right brain." Here's a link to CNN's transcript.
#55. To: nolu_chan (#54)
I've already said too much.
#56. To: nolu_chan (#50)
#57. To: Turtle (#53)
As for creativity, nearly everything in the world was invented by people from an arc that runs through northern Italy, France, Germany, northern Europe, and over into Scotland and England.
I've already said too much.
#58. To: Dakmar (#56)
Not even for two Scooby Snacks?
#59. To: Dakmar (#56)
"I'm as good at jump shots as any black man..."
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the U.S. Constitution!!
#60. To: FOH (#28)
"I bet you believe that Pearl Harbor was a surprise to FDR as well..."
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the U.S. Constitution!!
#61. To: Mudboy Slim (#59)
Reckon we'll start calling you Steve Nash
#62. To: Dakmar (#61)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the U.S. Constitution!!
#63. To: nolu_chan (#52)
Localities, and Individuals as Prescribed in the U.S. Constitution!!
#64. To: Mudboy Slim (#63)
Sheeesh, n_c, I didn't know you had bought into this theory, too!! I'm an architect and I've spoken with quite a few structural engineers regarding 9/11/01 and I am convinced the pancaking of the Twin Towers makes complete sense....
NIST’s findings do not support the “pancake theory” of collapse, which is premised on a progressive failure of the floor systems in the WTC towers (the composite floor system -- that connected the core columns and the perimeter columns -- consisted of a grid of steel “trusses” integrated with a concrete slab; see diagram below). ... the floors did not fail progressively to cause a pancaking phenomenon.
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