Orn, how is it that you have developed such a thin skin regarding Liberal/Progressive classifications, yet have no issue with heaping invective on Rightists?
It is so very freeing to be in the middle. The view of both sides is remarkably clear. On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 1:03 PM, ornamentalmind <[email protected]>wrote: > The very term “Leftists” smacks of prejudice. So far, I have found no > one, not even myself who identifies with all things left or right. > Although I do appreciate Al Frankin’s “Reality has a liberal bias.” > > On Dec 1, 8:53 am, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > Somehow, Orn, publishing three links, the second two of which are opinion > > pieces from Leftists, hardly seems like "the REAL story of the end of the > > fairness doctrine"...it seems like the left leaning view of the end of > the > > fairness doctrine, which you agree with and espouse. Fair enough. Here's > > another: > > > > The Fairness Doctrine was unenforced by the FCC due to high pressure from > > broadcast companies who lost a bundle on Liberal radio. Talk radio is > > traditionally a more right wing venue (think older conservatives, as > opposed > > to younger liberals more likely to communicate in modern formats, such as > > the internet). Being forced to air liberal content was causing the vast > > majority of radio broadcasting firms to lose money, as their core > audience > > turned off the radio when liberal shows aired. The one major > > liberal/progressive radio network couldn't turn a profit, and was forced > > into bankruptcy. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_America_Media > > > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_America_Media>The push for the > fairness > > doctrine merely tries to shove a countering viewpoint to an unaccepting > > crowd, causing financial losses to the companies forced to do so. It > > punishes companies for broadcasting popular and profitable content to > their > > core audience. > > > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 11:44 AM, ornamentalmind < > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > “…a biased media…” – rigs > > > > > The real story of the end of the fairness doctrine… > > > > >http://www.indyaccess.org/telecommunications-and-media-reform/2006-is. > .. > > > > >http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2053 > > > > >http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/200. > .. > > > > > On Dec 1, 5:59 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The Clinton's distortion of truth started long before that- try > > > > Jennifer Flowers and that "60 Minutes" interview. The voters started > > > > voting for "hunks" and candidates they could "relate" to instead of > > > > administrators. Nothing has changed in this past election when you > > > > have white op/ed writers- Judith Warner-NYTimes- dreaming about a > > > > shower with Obama- lol- thrills running up Chris Matthew's leg, Oprah > > > > working the whites in Iowa, a biased media. The lack of substantial > > > > candidates is the real problem. Like cream, scum rises to the top. > > > > > > On Dec 1, 7:10 am, Justintruth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Your so totally biased in your viewpoint Don. > > > > > > > You know that an extraordinary amount of money was spent trying to > > > > > "get Clinton". The special prosecutor remember? Whitewater? etc etc > > > > > etc etc. Years of attempted distortions and abuse of the legal > system. > > > > > Finally they "got him" in one of the oldest traps in the books - > its > > > > > called a honeypot - they trapped him with a woman. > > > > > > > Now you can tell this is true by reflecting on one point and one > point > > > > > alone. What woman do you know, who after getting a cum stain on her > > > > > dress during a blow job, will, instead of rapidly getting it > cleaned, > > > > > preserve the stain? What possibly would make her do that? There is > > > > > only one possible explanation. She wanted evidence. That was what > she > > > > > was there for. This was an operation conducted by Linda Trip > running > > > > > her operative Monica. > > > > > > > Now Clinton was trying to evade this massive trap and cornered > tried > > > > > to evade with semantics under oath... so now you "got him" ... > > > > > suddenly you don't care about sex because you don't need it.... you > > > > > got him on perjury... or so you thought....you masked your shame in > > > > > your audacity... you went for impeachment... it was a "high crime > > > > > or..." Right? > > > > > > > I am not distorting here. This is the truth. A blind man could see > it. > > > > > > > And you accuse *him* of distortion? Talk about taking a splinter > out > > > > > of someone else's eye when you have a log in your own! > > > > > > > What you are saying is just such a complete distortion. You want > to > > > > > see a liar or a bullshitter, guy? Just look in the mirror. The real > > > > > problem is the destruction of peoples lives that you have cost and > the > > > > > weakening of the ideals we require to remain free. This stuff has > had > > > > > consequences. Line the innocent dead up and drive by them in a car > on > > > > > a highway and you will take hours to pass them. Many of them > children. > > > > > But the worse has been the contamination of our ideals and the > > > > > prostitution of bravery. You should be ashamed of yourself and what > > > > > your "distortions" have caused. > > > > > > > ... and still it goes on.... > > > > > > > On Nov 30, 3:20 pm, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > That was pretty cool. Not sure if you're implying Rummy is lying > > > here > > > > > > 'cause if that's your point I'm totally missing it. I remember > the > > > > > > Glass Box. We had one at the local Jo Jo's which became a > Denny's > > > > > > about ten years ago. It was fun to watch the kids try for the > > > stuffed > > > > > > monkey banging the cymbals together. The image is a good analogy > for > > > > > > the global warmist's efforts to keep alive their failing > 'science.' > > > > > > Keep chasing that monkey or dragon or whatever if you want to I > say. > > > > > > It is wise to remember hope is a fragile thing. > > > > > > > > I think i just went Gabbyly enigmatic there. > > > > > > > > -Don > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 4:53 PM, ornamentalmind > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > The Poetry of D.H. Rumsfeld > > > > > > > Recent works by the secretary of defense. > > > > > > > > > By Hart SeelyPosted Wednesday, April 2, 2003, at 1:03 PM ET > > > > > > > > > Rumsfeld's free-speaking verseSecretary of Defense Donald > Rumsfeld > > > is > > > > > > > an accomplished man. Not only is he guiding the war in Iraq, he > has > > > > > > > been a pilot, a congressman, an ambassador, a businessman, and > a > > > civil > > > > > > > servant. But few Americans know that he is also a poet. > > > > > > > > > Until now, the secretary's poetry has found only a small and > > > skeptical > > > > > > > audience: the Pentagon press corps. Every day, Rumsfeld regales > > > > > > > reporters with his jazzy, impromptu riffs. Few of them seem to > > > > > > > appreciate it. > > > > > > > > > But we should all be listening. Rumsfeld's poetry is > paradoxical: > > > It > > > > > > > uses playful language to address the most somber subjects: war, > > > > > > > terrorism, mortality. Much of it is about indirection and > evasion: > > > He > > > > > > > never faces his subjects head on but weaves away, letting > > > inversions > > > > > > > and repetitions confuse and beguile. His work, with its > dedication > > > to > > > > > > > the fractured rhythms of the plainspoken vernacular, is > reminiscent > > > of > > > > > > > William Carlos Williams'. Some readers may find that Rumsfeld's > > > gift > > > > > > > for offhand, quotidian pronouncements is as entrancing as Frank > > > > > > > O'Hara's. > > > > > > > > > And so Slate has compiled a collection of Rumsfeld's poems, > > > bringing > > > > > > > them to a wider public for the first time. The poems that > follow > > > are > > > > > > > the exact words of the defense secretary, as taken from the > > > official > > > > > > > transcripts on the Defense Department Web site. > > > > > > > > > The Unknown > > > > > > > > > As we know, > > > > > > > There are known knowns. > > > > > > > There are things we know we know. > > > > > > > We also know > > > > > > > There are known unknowns. > > > > > > > That is to say > > > > > > > We know there are some things > > > > > > > We do not know. > > > > > > > But there are also unknown unknowns, > > > > > > > The ones we don't know > > > > > > > We don't know. > > > > > > > —Feb. 12, 2002, Department of Defense news briefing > > > > > > > > > Glass Box > > > > > > > > > You know, it's the old glass box at the— > > > > > > > At the gas station, > > > > > > > Where you're using those little things > > > > > > > Trying to pick up the prize, > > > > > > > And you can't find it. > > > > > > > It's— > > > > > > > And it's all these arms are going down in there, > > > > > > > And so you keep dropping it > > > > > > > And picking it up again and moving it, > > > > > > > But— > > > > > > > Some of you are probably too young to remember those— > > > > > > > Those glass boxes, > > > > > > > But— > > > > > > > But they used to have them > > > > > > > At all the gas stations > > > > > > > When I was a kid. > > > > > > > —Dec. 6, 2001, Department of Defense news briefing > > > > > > > > > A Confession > > > > > > > > > Once in a while, > > > > > > > I'm standing here, doing something. > > > > > > > And I think, > > > > > > > "What in the world am I doing here?" > > > > > > > It's a big surprise. > > > > > > > —May 16, 2001, interview with the New York Times > > > > > > > > > Happenings > > > > > > > > > You're going to be told lots of things. > > > > > > > You get told things every day that don't happen. > > > > > > > It doesn't seem to bother people, they don't— > > > > > > > It's printed in the press. > > > > > > > The world thinks all these things happen. > > > > > > > They never happened. > > > > > > > Everyone's so eager to get the story > > > > > > > Before in fact the story's there > > > > > > > That the world is constantly being fed > > > > > > > Things that haven't happened. > > > > > > > All I can tell you is, > > > > > > > It hasn't happened. > > > > > > > It's going to happen. > > > > > > > —Feb. 28, 2003, Department of Defense briefing > > > > > > > > > The Digital Revolution > > > > > > > > > Oh my goodness gracious, > > > > > > > What you can buy off the Internet > > > > > > > In terms of overhead photography! > > > > > > > A trained ape can know an awful lot > > > > > > > Of what is going on in this world, > > > > > > > Just by punching on his mouse > > > > > > > For a relatively modest cost! > > > > > > > —June 9, 2001, following European trip > > > > > > > > > The Situation > > > > > > > > > Things will not be necessarily continuous. > > > > > > > The fact that they are something other than perfectly > continuous > > > > ... > > > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<minds-eye%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. 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