You do? I voted independent and am an atheist. What are you going to do? BTW I love my guns............
Peace, Doc On Nov 18, 7:27 am, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > we have ways of making you worship the messiah. if you do not conform > we will conform you. for your own good. seig heil. > > On Nov 18, 8:24 am, Doc Holliday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What is home land security, patriot act, FEMA and who's running them > > bean head hook nose? > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-RcQkqp0EU&feature=related > > > Peace, > > Doc > > > On Nov 18, 7:13 am, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > no joke murky. study your history. hitler appealed to the desperate > > > sheep longing for change. just like barry. hitler initiated gun > > > controls for the safety of his sheep. just like barry wants to do. > > > hitler formed his gestapo to control the sheep as well as information, > > > just like barry's national security force. hitler took control of the > > > media to control the message, just like barry will do. yep murky > > > those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. seig > > > heil murky. seig heil. > > > > On Nov 18, 8:02 am, Doc Holliday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Sieg Heil Rupert > > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-RcQkqp0EU&feature=related > > > > > Peace, > > > > Doc > > > > > On Nov 18, 5:52 am, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > this is just the start of the fourth reich and their censoring of any > > > > > and all opposition. adolf obama and his gestapo will silence all who > > > > > oppose. > > > > > > On Nov 17, 5:24 pm, Zebnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Maybe you can be the Commandante at one of Primier Obama's new re- > > > > > > education camps, Mikey. > > > > > > > On Nov 17, 6:45 am, "mike [move on] 532" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > free speech for all isn't it wonderfull ! > > > > > > > > On Nov 17, 6:27 am, mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > censorship. the change we were promised. > > > > > > > > > On Nov 17, 5:40 am, "mike [move on] 532" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > why hello little dick i haven't seen you around lately ! > > > > > > > > > still supporting the side of evil and greed i see . why don't > > > > > > > > > you come > > > > > > > > > into the light and support Gods choice for America Obama ? > > > > > > > > > On Nov 17, 5:15 am, RichardForbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Wow. This guy whines even more than you and he makes no > > > > > > > > > > more sense > > > > > > > > > > than you. > > > > > > > > > > > On Nov 17, 4:35 am, "mike [move on] 532" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Former News Radio Staffer Spills the Beans on How Shock > > > > > > > > > > > Jocks Inspire > > > > > > > > > > > Hatred and > > > > > > > > > > > Angerhttp://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/107326/ > > > > > > > > > > > I first got into journalism because I thought I could > > > > > > > > > > > make a > > > > > > > > > > > difference. > > > > > > > > > > > > I wrote for the school newspaper and did “news” reports > > > > > > > > > > > on a radio > > > > > > > > > > > station a friend and I started at my high school in > > > > > > > > > > > Springfield, Mo. I > > > > > > > > > > > got my first professional job at age 20, while still in > > > > > > > > > > > college, at a > > > > > > > > > > > local radio station’s news department. Three years later, > > > > > > > > > > > I became a > > > > > > > > > > > news director, and 12 years after that, in 1995, I was > > > > > > > > > > > recruited to > > > > > > > > > > > move to Milwaukee to become news director at WTMJ, one of > > > > > > > > > > > the largest > > > > > > > > > > > and most successful news/talk radio stations in America. > > > > > > > > > > > > That was where my real education occurred. > > > > > > > > > > > > I worked for three years as news director, and then, in > > > > > > > > > > > 1998, gained > > > > > > > > > > > the additional title of assistant program director, a > > > > > > > > > > > role I held > > > > > > > > > > > until leaving the station in July 2006. From that > > > > > > > > > > > position, I worked > > > > > > > > > > > closely with our talk show hosts and became intimately > > > > > > > > > > > familiar with > > > > > > > > > > > how they appeal to listeners and shape their vision of > > > > > > > > > > > the world. Let > > > > > > > > > > > me tell you some of the lessons I learned. > > > > > > > > > > > > To begin with, talk show hosts such as Charlie Sykes – > > > > > > > > > > > one of the best > > > > > > > > > > > in the business – are popular and powerful because they > > > > > > > > > > > appeal to a > > > > > > > > > > > segment of the population that feels disenfranchised and > > > > > > > > > > > even > > > > > > > > > > > victimized by the media. These people believe the media > > > > > > > > > > > are > > > > > > > > > > > predominantly staffed by and consistently reflect the > > > > > > > > > > > views of social > > > > > > > > > > > liberals. This view is by now so long-held and > > > > > > > > > > > deep-rooted, it has > > > > > > > > > > > evolved into part of virtually every conservative’s DNA. > > > > > > > > > > > > To succeed, a talk show host must perpetuate the notion > > > > > > > > > > > that his or > > > > > > > > > > > her listeners are victims, and the host is the vehicle by > > > > > > > > > > > which they > > > > > > > > > > > can become empowered. The host frames virtually every > > > > > > > > > > > issue in us- > > > > > > > > > > > versus-them terms. There has to be a bad guy against whom > > > > > > > > > > > the host > > > > > > > > > > > will emphatically defend those loyal listeners. > > > > > > > > > > > > This enemy can be a politician – either a Democratic > > > > > > > > > > > officeholder or, > > > > > > > > > > > in rare cases where no Democrat is convenient to blame, > > > > > > > > > > > it can be a > > > > > > > > > > > “RINO” (a “Republican In Name Only,” who is deemed not > > > > > > > > > > > conservative > > > > > > > > > > > enough). It can be the cold, cruel government > > > > > > > > > > > bureaucracy. More often > > > > > > > > > > > than not, however, the enemy is the “mainstream media” – > > > > > > > > > > > local or > > > > > > > > > > > national, print or broadcast. > > > > > > > > > > > > Sometimes, it can even be their own station’s news > > > > > > > > > > > director. One year, > > > > > > > > > > > Charlie targeted me because I had instructed my midday > > > > > > > > > > > news anchor to > > > > > > > > > > > report the Wimbledon tennis results, even though the > > > > > > > > > > > matches wouldn’t > > > > > > > > > > > be telecast until much later in the day. Charlie gave out > > > > > > > > > > > my phone > > > > > > > > > > > number and e-mail address on the air. I was flooded with > > > > > > > > > > > hate mail, > > > > > > > > > > > nasty messages, and even one death threat from a federal > > > > > > > > > > > law > > > > > > > > > > > enforcement agent whom I knew to be a big Charlie fan. > > > > > > > > > > > > In the talk radio business, this concept, which must be > > > > > > > > > > > mastered to be > > > > > > > > > > > successful, is called “differentiating” yourself from the > > > > > > > > > > > rest of the > > > > > > > > > > > media. It is a brilliant marketing tactic that has also > > > > > > > > > > > helped Fox > > > > > > > > > > > News Channel thrive. “We report, you decide” and “Fair > > > > > > > > > > > and Balanced” > > > > > > > > > > > are more than just savvy slogans. They are code words > > > > > > > > > > > signaling that > > > > > > > > > > > only Fox will report the news in a way conservatives see > > > > > > > > > > > as objective > > > > > > > > > > > and truthful. > > > > > > > > > > > > Forget any notion, however, that radio talk shows are > > > > > > > > > > > supposed to be > > > > > > > > > > > fair, evenhanded discussions featuring a diversity of > > > > > > > > > > > opinions. The > > > > > > > > > > > Fairness Doctrine, which required this, was repealed 20 > > > > > > > > > > > years ago. So > > > > > > > > > > > talk shows can be, and are, all about the host’s > > > > > > > > > > > opinions, analyses > > > > > > > > > > > and general worldview. Programmers learned long ago that > > > > > > > > > > > benign > > > > > > > > > > > conversations led by hosts who present all sides of an > > > > > > > > > > > issue don’t > > > > > > > > > > > attract large audiences. That’s why Kathleen Dunn was > > > > > > > > > > > forced out at > > > > > > > > > > > WTMJ in the early ’90s and why Jim and Andee were > > > > > > > > > > > replaced in the > > > > > > > > > > > mid-’90s by Dr. Laura. Pointed and provocative are what > > > > > > > > > > > win. > > > > > > > > > > > > There is no way to win a disagreement with Charlie Sykes. > > > > > > > > > > > Calls from > > > > > > > > > > > listeners who disagree with him don’t get on the air if > > > > > > > > > > > the show’s > > > > > > > > > > > producer, who generally does the screening, fears they > > > > > > > > > > > might make > > > > > > > > > > > Charlie look bad. I witnessed several occasions when Sen. > > > > > > > > > > > Russ > > > > > > > > > > > Feingold, former Mayor John Norquist, Mayor Tom Barrett > > > > > > > > > > > or others > > > > > > > > > > > would call in, but wouldn’t be allowed on the air. > > > > > > > > > > > > 12345Next page »- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
