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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:18 PM Original message |
Fox News on 24 hours a day on three TVs at a friend's house |
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Melodybe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. You should send them a copy of Outfoxed. |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Doubt they'd watch it |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 09:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
77. Outfoxed $5.99 including shipping |
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PDittie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. Too late to intervene |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. These people are just bizarre. Not even Rupert Murdoch has |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I'm wondering how typical they are though |
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physioex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think there are people who can't be changed... |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Oh I agree |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. These people are hopeless |
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Zookeeper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. Cue the Twilight Zone theme... |
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PROGRESSIVE1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. Cut their cable line. |
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Democracy Died 2004 (366 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. Wow |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 09:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
75. That was the topic of a Max Headroom episode. |
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luaneryder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. There was an earlier thread about |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. They both work out of the home |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
42. They sound deeply troubled. |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. That was a subject I thought long and hard about |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:14 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Man, doesn't pot usually make people mellow? |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:15 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Oh HE samples it plenty |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:18 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. You are doing what you can to help their kids, who obviously need |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:21 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. They both work out of the home full-time |
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aldebaran (67 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
49. And you let your kids hang out at their house? |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:15 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Read above |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
69. Wow. |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Where's that thread? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
13. my fundamentalist christian aunt |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Yep, it really resonates with the folks who have a black and white view |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
15. Do they need an intervention? They believe we found tons of WMDs in Iraq a |
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SheilaT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
16. You could try telling them |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:26 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. That's why I didn't bother |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:01 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. Kerry's botox is better than bush's |
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kskiska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
18. Reminds me of a 60 Minutes segment |
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Beearewhyain (291 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. "We don't even turn them off at night." |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:35 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Freaky isn't it? |
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zbird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:47 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Hate to admit it, but I do have a set on ALMOST 24/7. |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Thanks |
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Logansquare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 08:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
71. Ditto, I grew up in a house where the tv was on all waking hours |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
22. It's brainwashing alright, no ifs ands or buts. |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
24. That is the creepiest damn thing I have read in a long time. |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Ha, no I am not a fiction writer |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
44. Okay, there is definitely some abuse going on there. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:09 PM Response to Reply #28 |
46. This is bad! The TV is just a symptom. |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:11 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Oh there's no physical abuse |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:21 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. Hey, another teacher on DU! |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:22 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. I teach eighth-grade English |
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iconoclastic cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:34 PM Response to Reply #60 |
67. Yeah, I'm trying to break into teaching in the Chicago public schools, |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:21 PM Response to Reply #47 |
59. I see your point. You're doing a lot of good for their daughter. |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:23 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. They have six TVs total. |
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progressivebydesign (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
25. This is a joke, right? If not.. |
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CaTeacher (983 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. but do they actually watch the tv--or just kind of |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Mmmm they kinda go back and forth from what I can tell |
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devinsgram (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
27. You had better put them on suicide watch |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Funny thing is |
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jean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
31. They are willfully ignorant - they have the option to broaden their |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:55 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Good description |
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jean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:29 PM Response to Reply #33 |
63. that would be the only way I can see that you could approach these |
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maggrwaggr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
34. fox is putting something subliminal in their casts |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. THAT'S weird |
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CaTeacher (983 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. it's kind of bizarre really (to me) |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:02 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Their children COMPLETELY tune it out |
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maggrwaggr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 09:47 PM Response to Reply #41 |
78. man, that is just way too much TV for one household |
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Logansquare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 08:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
72. I've often thought that constantly waving flag graphic |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
38. I know you could never do this(or could you?) but |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. I can tell you EXACTLY what they would say/do |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
43. While I'm on this subject |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:12 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. What's really sad about that is that CNN is almost as bad as Faux. |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:17 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. I know! |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
52. Show them that study... |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
56. Had to dump |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:24 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. If these people were just openly hateful |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:30 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. We have a good friend who is essentially a freeper. |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 09:15 PM Response to Reply #64 |
76. My friend was |
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mountainvue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:41 PM Response to Reply #62 |
68. I know. This person wasn't openly hateful |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
65. What a sad disease |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
66. You could get a real powerful TV remote control with transmitter |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 09:02 PM Response to Reply #66 |
73. OMG |
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snippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
70. Sounds like the only thing you can do |
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Moonbeam_Starlight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 09:03 PM Response to Reply #70 |
74. Now THAT'S interesting.... |
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homelandpunk (787 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-23-04 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
79. I know a couple like that. They just named their new puppy "George" |
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