dagblog - Comments for "The American Propaganda Machine" http://dagblog.com/reader-blogs/american-propaganda-machine-7106 Comments for "The American Propaganda Machine" en Even so my response is still http://dagblog.com/comment/87468#comment-87468 <a id="comment-87468"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/87430#comment-87430">Sync,The propaganda machine</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Even so my response is still the same...  though I would say the media acted as a much more unified propaganda machine in how it handled the Iraq war than most things...</p></div></div></div> Thu, 07 Oct 2010 06:51:27 +0000 synchronicity comment 87468 at http://dagblog.com You know, Chuck, you've got a http://dagblog.com/comment/87449#comment-87449 <a id="comment-87449"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/87431#comment-87431">Wattree:  Spent much of my</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>You know, Chuck, you've got a pont.</p></div></div></div> Thu, 07 Oct 2010 03:45:05 +0000 Wattree comment 87449 at http://dagblog.com Wattree:  Spent much of my http://dagblog.com/comment/87431#comment-87431 <a id="comment-87431"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/87426#comment-87426">Chuck,The election of</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Wattree:  Spent much of my professional life working abroad.  Will not get into a diatribe in my response.  Spent some time in Spain under Franco's rule.  My response...Have cleaned my weapons and plan to stay here.  Gonna' die anyway.  May as well make a stand.  I will not submit to where the conservatives are trying to lead me...At any cost! </p></div></div></div> Thu, 07 Oct 2010 01:21:47 +0000 chucktrotter comment 87431 at http://dagblog.com Sync,The propaganda machine http://dagblog.com/comment/87430#comment-87430 <a id="comment-87430"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/87351#comment-87351">What I am not assuming or</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Sync,</p><p>The propaganda machine is called the mass media.  We saw it in action during the invasion of Iraq.  Even thought the invasion was clearly both illegal and immoral, the media had the Amercan people whipped into a frenzy. </p></div></div></div> Thu, 07 Oct 2010 01:17:43 +0000 Wattree comment 87430 at http://dagblog.com I would have told Mandela http://dagblog.com/comment/87429#comment-87429 <a id="comment-87429"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/87215#comment-87215">Before anything else is</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I would have told Mandela that he made a very wise decision - but again, in order for justice to prevail, whether or not to move forward should ALWAYS be the prerogative of the victim and never the transgressor.</p></div></div></div> Thu, 07 Oct 2010 01:06:48 +0000 Wattree comment 87429 at http://dagblog.com Chuck,The election of http://dagblog.com/comment/87426#comment-87426 <a id="comment-87426"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/87368#comment-87368">Wattree:  Have been watching</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Chuck,</p><p>The election of Presdent Obama has caused radical conservatives to go berserk.  As a result the controlling interests have pushed up their agenda to seize total control of ths nation.  Thus, I fear that if the GOP lose in the upcoming election they're gong to spur insurrection, and if they win they're going to make sure that they never lose control again.  I'm convinced we're living in a very pivotal moment in this nation's history, so I'm very serous when I tell you that I'm about to update my passport. </p></div></div></div> Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:47:40 +0000 Wattree comment 87426 at http://dagblog.com Yes!! http://dagblog.com/comment/87424#comment-87424 <a id="comment-87424"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/87280#comment-87280">I wonder if Obama felt that</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Yes!!</p></div></div></div> Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:41:43 +0000 Richard Day comment 87424 at http://dagblog.com Actually, that's what got the http://dagblog.com/comment/87420#comment-87420 <a id="comment-87420"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/87415#comment-87415">Best description of American</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Actually, that's what got the Muslims into trouble.</p></div></div></div> Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:00:20 +0000 Rootman comment 87420 at http://dagblog.com Best description of American http://dagblog.com/comment/87415#comment-87415 <a id="comment-87415"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/87352#comment-87352">No.  That&#039;s when you dress up</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Best description of American Foreign Policy I've read yet. </p></div></div></div> Wed, 06 Oct 2010 23:47:53 +0000 quinn esq comment 87415 at http://dagblog.com Wattree:  Have been watching http://dagblog.com/comment/87368#comment-87368 <a id="comment-87368"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/87260#comment-87260">Thank you, Richard.  It&#039;s</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Wattree:  Have been watching the caponization of the middle class for three decades.  I find myself one of the millions that has accepted that we've been out-maneuvered  by the corporate/monied class.  The pendulum, hopefully, swings in both directions. </p></div></div></div> Wed, 06 Oct 2010 20:31:37 +0000 chucktrotter comment 87368 at http://dagblog.com