Reply #10: I've Had CNN Since 1983... [View All]

[KharmaTrain]

Last night I heard the ultimate shot at their own past...a report about those who don't fulfill their pledges to charitable organizations. The "theme" was non-profits that get burned by phony donations and companies that go out and collect. At the tail end was a shot that "Ted Turner once pledged billions to the UN that he never gave"... Now digest that one.

IIRC, Turner didn't give money, but stock options...many that included Time Warner stock that went into the dumpers in 2001. The value of that donation, as well as his own wealth decreased tremendously. Also, that money wasn't supposed to be a grant, but used as an endowment. But why let facts get in the way of yet another shot at those who "hate the president".

The greatest double standard around now is the Whoopi Goldberg crap. "The outrage" was predictable...almost scripted. Of course, excerpts are used out of context and then the label "Hollywood" is tacked on as some real insult. Might be worth compiling a dictionary here of the buzzwords that are so prevelent in these broadcasts.

I'd say it's idealism driving this, but I've seen how this sausage is made, and it's pure greed and opportunism going on here. The corporates have too much invested and at stake with this regime and can't afford to lose their access and monopolistic laws (called "deregulation").