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Yeah Bwak just sent me the

Richard Day — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:42:50 +0000

In reply to I think most news producers

Yeah Bwak just sent me the link to Mahr's show. She calls Andrew brightbutt. hahahah

He is getting so much airtime lately. I know life is unfair, but Jesus there are so many other folks who could contribute so much more to a discussion!

I think most news producers

rmrd0000 — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:12:56 +0000

In reply to But there has to be media

I think most news producers still have no close contacts in the Black community to create empathy for people in dire circumstances. The executive hierarch y craetes the model for those on the lower rung. News executives learn by following the lead of their bosses. What is important to the boss is what gets covered.

Health care can be covered as an interesting debate for well-heeled news execeutives. For those whho still have jobs and actually deliver srvices or manufacture products in the US, the health care debate is a matter of survival. What does the health care plan mean for my personal income? What will the Ryan plan cost me? News covers the inside baseball Washington DC aspects, not the specifics.

The other thing that I note is that the distardly are given equal status ith the rational. Yesterday Bill Mahrer had Mark McKinnon as a guest. McKinon is a former GW Bush speech writer who appears rational. Andrew Breitbart was also on the panel. Breitbart is a flame-thrower and a liar. The third panelist, Laura Flanders, a Progressive who wrote "At the Tea Party" a cticique of the wingnuts, started out by pointinting out past transgressions by Brietbart. Maher stopped her saying in essence that it wasn't the proper time for such a discussion. Breitbart gets treated as an honred guest on the show. If you can't call out Breitbart on Mahrer's show, where else will it happen with Breitbart in the room?

Thank you Barth!Can you

Richard Day — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 19:43:59 +0000

In reply to Exactly. Well put Dickster.

Thank you Barth!

Can you imagine these poor Black women attempting to fight poverty, fight the elements, homeless and doing their best to advance the lot of their children?

Exactly. Well put Dickster.

Barth — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 18:56:57 +0000

In reply to JIM CROW ABIDES! BEING IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME

Exactly. Well put Dickster.

Well I know one thing Sync,

Richard Day — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 18:05:07 +0000

In reply to What concerns me is that

Well I know one thing Sync, it costs more to bribe rich folks than poor folks. hahaha

What concerns me is that

synchronicity — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 16:14:41 +0000

In reply to JIM CROW ABIDES! BEING IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME

What concerns me is that there are so many organizations on the right that have plans and strategies. We can see through the governors actions that there is a strategic effort to pick apart our democracy bit by bit. We have no such long term organizations on the left planning a strategic way to take over or respond...

The racism and recent talk of eugenics are vile. I read yesterday that someone in the Mississippi legislature was offering legislation that wanted to pay to have poor women sterilized and pay wealthy people to have more children. What is that? It is as if all of the lying and outrageous behavior from Fox has made it acceptable for people to behave in ways that would have been previously unthinkable.

Right now it feels like most of what we are doing in response is being stunned, shocked, and appalled. I hope we can respond with appropriate actions before it goes too much farther.

But there has to be media

Richard Day — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 04:48:32 +0000

In reply to Reublicans continue to

But there has to be media coverage because there are incidents like these school district cases that are given a couple paragraphs in the back of the magazine.

Throwing a woman in prison for living in a van and attempting to help her child. Damn!

Reublicans continue to

rmrd0000 — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 02:25:00 +0000

In reply to JIM CROW ABIDES! BEING IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME

Reublicans continue to provide clear reasons why Democrats win by default at the polls. Blacks are not going to vote for a party that has racists within their ranks. GOP leadership generall stands mute when these racist eruptions occur. GOP Leadership only responds when the situation has deteriorated to the point of party embarrassment.

When Phil Donahue was kicked off the air for criticizing the war in Iraq, his replacement was Michael Savage, a wingnut racist. When Savage's show crashed and burned MSNBC execs were surprised. Rush Limbaugh was given an analyst job at ESPN. Everyone knew that at some point, Rush was going to make a race-baiting statement. When it happened, ESPN pretended that they were surprised. Now we have the Donald on NBC. We will see how NBC executives deal with this episode.

I know, that would have been

Richard Day — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 22:58:20 +0000

In reply to Sally Kern said, "I've taught

I know, that would have been a fine course of study!

I expect this shite from Oklahoma; but Connecticut?

Sally Kern said, "I've taught

Oxy Mora — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 22:01:47 +0000

In reply to JIM CROW ABIDES! BEING IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME

Sally Kern said, "I've taught school...".

You can pretty much stop right there.