indigobusiness
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Fri Dec-24-04 11:31 AM
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Manipulation and Mass Popular Delusion |
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Now that our 'Media Culture' has fully blosssomed into a contemporary Tower of Babel, the public discourse has been swamped by input and has degenterated into indecipherable noise.
The political contest is no longer one of real issues and a consideration of fact. It is a struggle to out manipulate the masses. They who create the biggest superficial stink, or come up with the snappier slogans which resonate with a majority of the electorate...these are the folks that win. Facts be damned.
We are truly living in Lalaland.
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Fri Dec-24-04 11:36 AM
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Edited on Fri Dec-24-04 11:36 AM by liberalmom
The delusional masses are stupid and the rest of the world has to suffer for it.
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indigobusiness
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Fri Dec-24-04 11:57 AM
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and we've shot ourselves in it.
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Fri Dec-24-04 11:39 AM
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2. Top story: Christ has been put back into Christmas |
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Fri Dec-24-04 12:24 PM
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Mass hysteria and conditioning: Sept 11th- http://geekt.org/gopconstrm.mov
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Fri Dec-24-04 09:07 PM
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5. Thank God we aren't sucked into their abyss of lies... |
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At least we recognize them (repugs) for what they are-- sadly, many people are nothing more than SHEEP
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Fri Dec-24-04 11:16 PM
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7. Maybe not, but the point is that all sides are caught up in the game. |
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Fri Dec-24-04 09:20 PM
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6. Bill Moyers' excellent speech on this very topic linked. mp3 or stream |
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Sat Dec-25-04 12:02 AM
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I'm going to miss him on PBS. That place is changing.
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