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	Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.
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	<description>
	Jim Morrsion<br />
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[b]&quot;Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture&quot; - Allen Ginsburg [/b]<br />
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I have heard this attributed to both so I thought I would post both...<br />
<br />
Network was a great movie in this vain and this is probably the best damn rant ever written...<br />
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http://www.youtube.co...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/saddlesore/80
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	<pubDate>
	Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:24:49
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	<title>
	Today a co-worker called me 'Obama'
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	He is a winger and he likes to see if he can get me to lose my cool.<br />
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I just said, &quot;That would be, Mr. President, to you.&quot;<br />
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saddlesore...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/saddlesore/79
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	<pubDate>
	Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:44:13
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	Is COINTELPRO on the rise to factionalize the Democratic Party?
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	<description>
	I expect this to ramp up closer to the election.  It is already high in the M$M.  I hope you find this informative.  Do not trust the M$M.<br />
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For reference:<br />
<br />
[div class=&quot;excerpt&quot;]Angry Clinton Supporters Start Rallying for McCain Online<br />
By Sarah Lai Stirland<br />
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http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/20...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/saddlesore/78
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	<pubDate>
	Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:42:29
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	<title>
	How to Win the Election!
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	<description>
	All you got to do is get everybody to put a bucket on their head...<br />
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http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/b/bb/250px-Thechumbucket.jpg<br />
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Ok, so once you get them all wearing the Bucket, flip the switch and viola!<br />
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Away with me now for I must ride the Hasselhoff in defense of this...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/saddlesore/77
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	<pubDate>
	Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:55:26
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	She reformed education in Arkansas.
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	2003 rankings...Arkansas was 40th for Elementary and 43rd for Middle Schools.<br />
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http://www.psk12.com/rating/USthreeRsphp/STATE_US_level_Elementary_CountyID_0.html<br />
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I have no idea where they were before her reforms.<br />
<br />
...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/saddlesore/76
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	<pubDate>
	Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:06:40
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	Beware the Snorlax...your getting sleepy.
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	<description>
	Think about it.  How would you desensitize the voting public when you have such a crappy president and you (the corporate oligarchs) want to keep crappy 'Pocket Monsters' in the WH for the next 8 years?<br />
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Answer:  Make the bid for candidates so long that the average person gets bored and walks away...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/saddlesore/75
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	<pubDate>
	Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:31:47
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	Bedpan, Remote Flatulence Disaster: 100 times more likely to die after continual usage! 
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	<description>
	http://www.energystar.gov/ia/business/healthcare/images/water_pie.jpg<br />
The above graphic clearly shows that the sanitary use of Bedpans significantly raises the risk for death!  While the unusually high risk associated to HVAC is attributed to Alzhiemers patients setting the thermostat to high on ho...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/saddlesore/74
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	<pubDate>
	Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:49:52
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	The Prince and The Frog.
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	<description>
	A Picture Story of War For Oil.<br />
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Bush (2002) - &quot;What can I do for you Prince Bandar, just name it?&quot;<br />
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/08/images/20020827_d082702-515h.jpg<br />
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&quot;Fuck America.&quot;<br />
http://shlonkombakazay.blogspot.com/bandar_bush_flips_off_larry.jpg<br />
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&quot;Fuck you, America.&quot;<br />
htt...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/saddlesore/73
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	<pubDate>
	Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:22:10
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	China Cracks Down on Labor Abuse!  568 Workers Freed!!!  
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	568 workers out of 200,000,000 (that's 200 million) were freed!!!  F'ing Hoorah!!!<br />
[div class=&quot;excerpt&quot;]<br />
At least 568 workers have been freed, including dozens of boys, and 168 people detained following media revelations that prompted a series of police raids in recent weeks in the north-central p...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/saddlesore/72
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	<pubDate>
	Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:52:59
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	I agree wholeheartedly, but is there a will?
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	<description>
	Yesterday, in another of your threads I lightly touched on 'people's will' vs. the 'corporate will' and I would like to expand that a little here and discuss this is terms of the 'Will' of Congress.<br />
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What is that will?  Is it the 'People's Will' (as it should be) or has it now become the 'Corporat...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/saddlesore/70
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	<pubDate>
	Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:27:06
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	The will of the people or Corporate Will?
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	<description>
	I would like to expand your premise to include the rest of the population in the US, simply for the sake of debate and all in an effort to expand my own consciousness, especially since I admire your posts greatly.<br />
<br />
You wrote; &quot;that any person who willingly abandons that responsibility to question ...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/saddlesore/71
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	<pubDate>
	Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:20:29
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	Guild Mobilizes to Defend Dissent at 2008 RNC
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	<description>
	In case anyone is planning on Protesting the RNC Convention in Minneapolis - St. Paul...<br />
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These guys got your back.<br />
<br />
http://www.nlgminnesota.org/events/rnc<br />
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Peace and No Fear.<br />
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edited: Oops...I should have put this in GD - Politics...sorry....
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/saddlesore/69
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	<pubDate>
	Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:57:00
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	<title>
	Dancing With Those That Brought Us.
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	<description>
	Why are we here at Democratic Underground?  <br />
<br />
To spark debate on subtle differences of opinion that can only serve to divide us and therefore diminish our value as a cohesive voice for the Democratic Party?  Nope.  We all have our nuanced opinions of what is important today, or what is important t...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/saddlesore/68
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	<pubDate>
	Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:19:22
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	The Stinky Apple On Our Nose
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	<description>
	The world today reminds me of a horse with an apple on its nose.  The horse can smell the apple, but it can't see the apple and it is driving the horse insane.<br />
<br />
Here it is, take it FWIW the stinky apple on our nose...<br />
<br />
[b]We are in Iraq to establish new bases for the next phase.[/b]<br />
<br />
[div clas...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/saddlesore/67
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	<pubDate>
	Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:32:06
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	A Positive Force For Change.
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	<description>
	What can we do to create POSITIVE change?  All Change requires action. <br />
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I believe that real grassroots change starts at the local council chambers, the local committees, the community organizations, the PTO, the churches, the synagogues, the mosques.  There is a great need to embrace our communit...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/saddlesore/66
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	<pubDate>
	Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:50:02
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	Feedback can be good or bad.  Never Give Up.
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	<description>
	One of the main issues with any online forum is that there is feedback.  Feedback reverberates through the forum like electricity on wires.  It hums and sings its discordant notes or the harmonious notes, but most often the post's tune becomes distorted the more feedback that is encountered.<br />
<br />
A ne...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/saddlesore/65
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	<pubDate>
	Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:12:46
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	<title>
	I Owe a Great Debt to DU, DU Activists, Bloggers and Others in this Community.
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	<description>
	You see, I am, as one DU'er put it recently, a 'Keyboard Warrior'.<br />
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All I do is type, vote, call/write my congresscritters, talk to friends, read and respond on multiple blogs, support new ventures with cash (because I do not have time and the cash comes from the time I spend doing my job so, in e...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/saddlesore/64
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	<pubDate>
	Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:04:15
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	<title>
	Great post...but something was missed...Congress.
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	<description>
	The speech had more than just &quot;al Qaeda&quot;, &quot;terror&quot;, &quot;Osama&quot;...those to me were just more Wag the Dog Fear mongering as USUAL.<br />
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There were two salient points overlooked that have dire consequences and relate to the current events unfolding.<br />
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1.  Bush effectively states that [b]only[/b] the Office...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/saddlesore/61
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	<pubDate>
	Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:52:05
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	<title>
	Cheney is a man of many talents.
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	President:<br />
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2006/01/09/cheney372.jpg<br />
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Puppet Master:<br />
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http://earthhopenetwork.net/bush%20art/cheney_puppetmaster.jpg<br />
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...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/saddlesore/60
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	<pubDate>
	Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:25:08
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	<title>
	No....He will invoke NSPD-51 at the orders of Cheney.
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	<description>
	One point of fact...Bush is not the President.  Cheney is President.  Bush is puppet.  The question needs to be, will Dick Cheney do whatever it takes to continue to expand the powers of the Presidency.  The answer is, of course he will.<br />
<br />
Cheney, the Real President.<br />
<br />
http://www.guardian.co.uk/us...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/saddlesore/59
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	<pubDate>
	Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:18:12
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	<title>
	NSPD-51
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	<description>
	http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070509-12.html<br />
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Edited to add.  It is also referred to as HSPD-20.  Not sure if this is what you meant.  Shrub also canceled previous orders, referenced in the new order.<br />
<br />
Peace<br />
...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/saddlesore/58
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	<pubDate>
	Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:49:20
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	<title>
	The Real President...Cheney.
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	<description>
	I know.  You knew that already.<br />
<br />
But did you know that if you try and see the VP's rez from Google Earth it is all fuzzy?  Everything else is crystal.  VP - Fuzzy.  Hidden behind the mosaic shadows of pixelation.  Check it yourself.  34th and Massachusetts.  The whole circle is fuzzy.  The seat of...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/saddlesore/57
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	<pubDate>
	Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:26:06
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	<title>
	Just awesome.
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	<description>
	Thank you.  I called Conyers and did just what you said.  Not that it matters as much as hearing it from you, I am but a simple man.<br />
<br />
Peace...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/saddlesore/56
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	<pubDate>
	Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:13:17
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	<title>
	The waters are muddied...
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	<description>
	for a reason.  Divide and conquer.  Protest King, Forbes, Sensenbrenner, etc...and this would have been front page and not second page.<br />
<br />
Remain steadfast and protest the right and the dems win.  When trying to move mountains it does no good to start with hills, you just get tired and then the moun...
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	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/saddlesore/55
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	<pubDate>
	Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:38:31
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	<title>
	MLK was pointed squarely where it was needed.
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	<description>
	The power was in the fact that his protests TURNED the TIDE and got politicians on BOTH sides to vote for civil rights, IMO.<br />
<br />
Peace....
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	<link>
	http://journals.democraticunderground.com/saddlesore/54
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	<pubDate>
	Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:26:42
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