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cyberdude611 -> RE: America is dying.... (5/3/2007 9:44:52 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Termyn8or
I don't know what to agree with here. But I do have a few things to say that will muck the whole issue up, ON topic.
The FCC, under Powell has been trying to relax restrictions on the media, especially ownership of media outlets. There was a time in this contry when no one entity was allowed to own more than one TV station, and one AM and FM station at the same time in any given market.
This wasn't the worst solution. You know damnwell why media conglomerates exist. And I know now why public utilies advertise even when they are a monopoly. Control. If the news show runs an ad for your local power company, you might not hear about some "mistakes" they may have made. If you advertise even Corvairs, you can bet that Ralph Nader and his ilk would not be guests on the show. And it is a show.
Also, in a case quite a while ago, the media wom the absolute right to lie. They cannot be sued for it no matter what. Why did such a lawsuit and subsequent laws changed happen in the US ? Does anyone have a clue ? Control.
Not control of the media, control using the media of the people. It is by far the big money people's best weapon against us. I specifically used the word weapon in lieu of tool. I have good reason. They use it to take from us, to enrich themselves, without proper merit.
That is why it is so important to use the internet responsibly, like this site. You post and 1,000 people might read the message. And if it is true and contradicts the established media, I would say that is a good thing.
Gas prices are what they are because we allow it. Let them keep it up, crank it up to $10 a gallon. Let the chips fall. They will sell less of it, people will find a way. Lots and lots of carpooling, more bicycles. More motorcycles, more hybrid cars, and more people taking the bus even. Perhaps through the internet a boycott could be arrainged. Of course that would depend on one's ability to participate. Some people are absolutely dependent on gasoline, and it is unlikely to change soon.
So they got us by the balls, and that my friends is the real reason gas is so high. Even the established media tells you about the record profits of the oill companies, why not ? There ain't a damn thing you can do about it. Even when told how they are gouging you every day and amassing riches beyond most people's wildest dreams, they still have you by the balls. They can just say "Make your own damn gasoline if you don't want ours, or walk".
That is why it costs what it costs. Greed. And it is compounded by the weak dollar. Remember this is mostly foreign oil. Much of it bought with foreign currency and the exchange rate is quite unfavorable.
And one last thing, back to the media, Hugo Chavez Frias is not a dictator. He is the lawful President. The people of that country spoke, and threw our CIA out on their ear. The controlled media calls him a dictator because the big money people do not like him, and he won't relinquish control. Of the oil.
The media also failed to mention that Saddam was going to switch to the Euro, putting us in that unadvantageous situation. They told you about the billions in US currency, but not that one little detail.
Add two and two up, he was tired of us fucking with him and wanted to hurt our economy really bad. Switching to the Euro and then flooding the market with dollar would have been devastating. There were never any WMDs after he agreed to the illegally imposed sanctions.
That was supposedly a sovereign nation, what if they came here and told us what we can and can't do ?
And don't gimme that snot about the world community, WE, the US are the first country to use a nuke, Israel being the other. It is we who need to be disarmed. Not they.
I can't believe that people come in here for gun control, but would let the US government have anything they want, and use it anytime they damn well please. It is not logical to me.
If you eventually come to the point in your life when you are looking at the world truly objectively, you will not be happy. But until people wake up nothing is going to change.
T
And I suppose you think if we and Israel disarm, so will Russia, France, China, Britain, India, Pakistan, Iran and North Korea? Yeah right! Give me a break. That's a fantasy.
As for being conservative, Bush is not a conservative by any stretch. Going out on "nationbuilding" and policing the world is a liberal doctrine invented by Clinton. He sent our military everywhere. One of the reasons Bush was elected in 2000 was because he promised to RESTRICT the US military from going on all these overseas adventures. The conservatives back then were still fuming because Clinton went to war against Serbia. The GOP voted against that war.
And the only reason Bush won in 2004 is because Democrats ran the worst presidential campaign I've ever seen in my life.
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