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Originally Posted by tslover586
anyone who says that obama is a much different choice then mcain should understand this very important fact. the same people contibuted campaign contributions to both parties.
so even though they are two different parties, youre still getting the same person for the job. its been this way for years. gm, exxon, bank of america and citi group own this country.
and until we demolish the party system, and stop putting buisness men and lawyers in political positions and start putting actual represenatives of the majorities views and opinions, and continually educate the masses to properly make educated decisions and not propoganda indused ones, america will still belong to the wealthy one percent.
and we will continue to work to pay off the debt that we incure by bying things we cant afford, and our government forces on us by borrowing more money(debt) from the federal reseve.
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You got it right.
The founding fathers were very concerned about news and a well informed electorate. In fact in the early days, the government subsidized the newspaper industry believing it essential to provide the public with information to make intelligent voting decisions. No restrictions were placed on the opinions expressed in the press, however.
Now, we have Fox news spewing conservative BS day in and day out along with Russ and other opportunists playing to the ignorance of a poorly informed public. Why? because it makes money for the media. PBS and Bill Moyers provide some honest news and the BBC also is good. Most of the US media is crap particularly TV media. The popularity of Sarah Palin testifies to the ignorance and anti intellectual bent of the public. The "news" is just another form of entertainment for a brain dead public.
