You do realize that if we Lib's stop watching the Tweety's of the world

[trumad]

they'd go away.... It's all about money folks and if the sponsors see a show that nobody is watching, they ain't gonna sponsor it.

[terrya]

1. I just can't take his insufferably large ego anymore.

Last night, he was mindlessly rehashing the "shove it" bit over and over and over. Apparently, HE decided that it was the "message of the day"

Last night was an epihany for me. No more Tweety. :-)

[RodneyCK2]

2. I was thinking the same last night.

During the convention, I saw numerous posts about what Faux News and all the other right-wing slingers were saying. Who cares?

If you give them no eyes or ears, then they have no voice. Can I have that printed on a coffee mug?

[tom_paine]

3. To me the Baseball Strike of 1994

indicates to me a Virtualizing of Reality in which actual people become less and less important than the"simulation" of people.

In other words, when baseball struck and lost 20% of the fan base, they colluded, I believe, with their sponsors to keep on as if nothing happened in the hopes that it would "go away".

In treating everything like baseball had NOT lost 15-20% of it's fans, and given the TV revenue effect of not even really needing fans to make an income (unless they fell below a certain critical mass to maintain the illusion that nothing had happened), it was easy.

This is merely one of many instances where it has been conclusively demonstarted that a simulation of people is the only thing necessry.

Look at how the Freepers operate. Poll Freeping. Multiple e-mail addys, and I'm sure several tricks we don't even know about creates a simulation of an outraged general populace when it's only the same few thousand over and over again.

Imperial Amerika is Virtual Amerika (though the transition is far from complete & we still have much further to fall)

Only if the ratings decrease reached "critical mass" would it matter, and maybe not even then if the Imperials want to subsidize a losing concern which helps advance their Pravda (look at the financial history of the Washington Times for a clue how that works).

[librechik]

4. nobody watches him already.

He's got the lowest ratings in TV, next to Scarbrough.

They don't care. That's why we know he's there for politics only, because they sure ain't making any profit off him.

[ObaMania]

5. you mean like Donahue?

[seabeyond]

6. they keep themselves in such a safe world

like bush does. only have those around that see like them, talk like them. limits them so, as it does with the administration and politicians as a whole

tweety being out in crowd i think was very good for him. hearing people boo what he was saying, making him say teresa's shove it three times to be heard and all the booing each time, and shiveling him up in stupidness

i heard media like ronnie reagan, and trippi and barnacle wow, say what are we press doing. so many of the other press was pushing it away, but it was being addressed. did we create the gore is liar, or was it people feeling. did we do it, all in the studio, is it us, attacking so, if there isnt attack going n between the parties then we take the role on to create for the people, we are the ones

some of the time was very good

[seabeyond]

8. taking it further

barnacle is an oldie, he is in boston, and catholic with tweety, he has been pig in some thing. but having to really talk kerry. and the way they call him aloof and bostonians really dont like him. he had to be honest with self, being from the area and seeing reality, and then seeing what his people, media, created of kerry. was an awareness for him

[AndyTiedye]

7. You Can Fool Some of the People All of the Time

and those people are all loyal Fauxnews viewers, and loyal Bush* voters.
And many of them are "Nielsen families", who are the only "ordinary"
people who have a vote in what gets on TV.

It doesn't matter if we watch or not. Nielsen isn't going to ask us.
We're not "Nielsen family" material because we're not "white bread"
enough and not conservative enough for them, and we don't watch enough TV.

[Mel]

9. heard on Air America Radio

Chuck D this morning was on the floor of the DNC Convention and Tweety was yelling at his staff Chuck D said he wasn't close enough to hear what he was yelling about. Is anyone surprised Tweety treats his staff like crap?
BTW I agree with you trumad I don't watch any cable Pravda propaganda I cut them all off a long time ago!

[Warpy]

10. I haven't watched any of them more than the five minutes

it took to find out who everybody was complaining about. It's been years.

They haven't gone away.

[sangh0]

11. TV is free!! Cut your cable

You have only wasted time to lose

I really don't understand why Dems pay our enemies good money for crap.

:shrug:

[liveoaktx]

14. I live in a rural area where the only tv is through satellite

If I don't pay for Dish, I don't have any channels, including local channels.

[sangh0]

15. Breaking news!!!

Network TV is just as crappy as cable. That's why it's free

But at least your crap will come in crystal clear with a dish!!

[West Coast Democrat]

12. I enjoyed watching Ron Reagan Jr. on MSNBC last night...

after the convention speeches. He was very good. And Joe Scarborough was actually being moderate and sensible for a while last night!!

[seabeyond]

13. and scarsborough, like ronnie

and i saw him actually shut up and listen a little. and then when he went off handle, he caught himself, heard himself, talking micheal moore. was funny and interesting

and personally i want to hear what others are saying, as hard as it is. helps me to understand what is up. and knowing what others are fed, when talking to the dude on street, i can address exactly where they heard the talking point, who gave it and the lie in it. makes it easier for me to be informed