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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-11 02:40 PM
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What is it with MSM today? Who CARES about some
wedding across the Atlantic?

Honestly, this coverage is completely unwarranted and useless. There are real news stories - Japan, Libya, Yemen, the Texas fires, the Texas storms, the Texas tornadoes, massive flooding throughout the midwest, surprising growth in consumer confidence, Wikileaks on Gitmo, and more.

Who actually gives a shit about some royal wedding in merry olde england? Enough already.

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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-11 02:41 PM
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1. and it's only TUESDAY!
TV is going to be useless for the rest of the week
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-11 02:42 PM
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3. Damn. I hadn't even thought about that.
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LiberalFighter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-11 02:42 PM
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2. On Ed last night he talked about a poll that had only 6% that were interested.
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-11 02:48 PM
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6. MSM wouldn't want dumbed down America to think about any important issues
in this country. MSM takes every opportunity to build smoke screens around any important issues affecting this country. About every time I've turned on the TV they been blabbering about this damn wedding.

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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-11 02:46 PM
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4. The MSM wore Palin out with the public (& Trump isnt working with viewers)
They desperately needed a new bright shiny object to distract the people from the failure of government and corporations to adequately address the economic issues facing the country.
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ChairmanAgnostic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-11 03:24 PM
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10. Trump, Bachmann,
wait til they start saying how exciting Pawlenty has become.

Then again, they may dig up someone completely different and new. A spring surprise, as it were.
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RandomThoughts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-11 02:47 PM
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5. Its actually not royal.
Edited on Tue Apr-26-11 02:49 PM by RandomThoughts
But that does not matter, accept that they say it is.


Superman song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihUIPlLw2ZE

Siding with Rove killed their royal status, if you believe in bloodlines, there is no argument.

King Ralph trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSHYS1RabYo
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-11 02:58 PM
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7. Just one more argument for abolishing the monarchy.
And more evidence that the U.S. did well to eschew it.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-11 03:02 PM
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8. A wedding we weren't invited to, no less.
Obama didn't get an invitation? But a bunch of dictators did? WTF are we covering that shit?
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cayanne Donating Member (682 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-11 03:20 PM
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9. We are invited
That is why it is televised. We are invited to watch in our living rooms so I'm setting the DVR to watch after I get up.

I'm excited about it as I love weddings and one on this scale hasn't happened for 30 years.

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Sonoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-11 03:24 PM
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11. Just another reality show with lower production costs.
And the networks don't have to worry about viewer drop-off.

Sonoman
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-11 03:57 PM
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12. We fought a revolutionary war to get away from British Monarchy
Why do we keep going back for more?
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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-11 03:59 PM
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13. The guy on Ratigan right now (A brit who is not falling for it)
is great to listen to.

As far as Americans, our system is in some ways the British system with a House of Lords (The Senate), a House of Commons, (Parliament) and an elected King (the President)

At this pont it is a sick obsession by six percent of the people who actually care and the media peddling this.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-11 04:00 PM
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14. Now, now, I think it's refreshing
After all, when was the last time there was so much positive coverage of an unemployed person living in government housing?
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my2sense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-26-11 04:55 PM
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15. +1 Bwahahahahaha
That about sums it up.
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