Displaying 91 To 120 Of 280 Comments Bito! Thanks!! Love it!! Erica Hill at the end predictably inserted the “no real message” spin. But otherwise, good job, CBS. » Posted By cyrano1 On October 11, 2011 @ 10:48 am Emerald1943: I think your concerns are completely justified! Infiltration by wing-nut trouble makers WILL happen, won’t it? We all remember in 1999 when anarchist thugs were bussed up from Oregon to “join” the WTO protests in Seattle, turning a relatively peaceful demonstration into the “Battle in Seattle”. I can still smell the burning rubber. » Posted By cyrano1 On October 11, 2011 @ 10:27 am Thanks! I needed your perspective on this. In the 60’s demonstrations I attended, expected conduct was drilled into us, especially in the civil rights movement. Happily, we live in freer times, and some of us need to realize that our young people as a whole feel more comfortable “expressing” themselves without much concern for the reactions of a viewing audience watching from the comfort of their homes, and there will always be clueless thrill seekers joining up – (the kind the MSM seeks for interviews.) We’d all love to have all of the abusive language and behavior coming from the “law and order” folks, but that’s denying the reality of human nature and IMHO our current (and coarsening) culture. » Posted By cyrano1 On October 11, 2011 @ 9:46 am So far, they’ve pretty much reported on what they want to see rather than what’s there, haven’t they. But gradually the word is getting out enough so their slant is actually including some real content isn’t it? I’ll go down to the Seattle event, but only in the daytime for a few hours. Old people like me have problems with cold, rain, bunions, and weak bladders with no access to porta-potties. My grandkids are in the thick of it though. Their parents have to show up for work to continue staying one paycheck away from bankruptcy!! » Posted By cyrano1 On October 10, 2011 @ 4:47 pm Bito: Brilliant strategy again! After the new siding is purchased and the “limo relocation” process has been accomplished, the wheels can then be removed for quick-profit Craigs List disposal, thereby clearing the clutter for the final “stationary upgrade”. In the interests of true unbridled capitalism, we don’t care where the siding is produced or what toxic materials it’s made of do we? As long as it’s cheap!! Shouldn’t short sighted quick profits be the only consideration? Otherwise, we delay getting to that top one percent!! » Posted By cyrano1 On October 10, 2011 @ 4:09 pm I’d rather drink lye than ever watch the self-absorbed Wolf at any time! He was up to his short little neck in the CNN/teaparty collusion….er…”partnership” when CNN hosted the Tea Party debates a few weeks ago, and he spent the entire following day being slapped on his back for a “job well done” by his cohorts. I almost felt physically ill watch-dogging that self-congratulatory parade before I finally shut it off for health reasons. So currently I can only just imagine his spin on the OWS movement. » Posted By cyrano1 On October 10, 2011 @ 3:51 pm All we have to do is re-locate the limos and slap new siding on them! What could go wrong??? » Posted By cyrano1 On October 10, 2011 @ 3:22 pm Excellent!!! We’re gradually seeing more and more chipping away of the lock corporate POV has had on this, aren’t we? Only if the movement continues to gain steam will we see a continuing focus on actual content instead of the usual spin. Hoping!! » Posted By cyrano1 On October 10, 2011 @ 3:20 pm Collaboration rocks! This venture has real promise!! Think we can make it into the top 1% by sundown? » Posted By cyrano1 On October 10, 2011 @ 2:56 pm Never mind, I figured out how to fix it. 🙂 » Posted By cyrano1 On October 10, 2011 @ 2:37 pm (An image of assorted squeegees I created and uploaded to PlanetPOV is supposed to be at the bottom. I’m technologically challenged, I guess) » Posted By cyrano1 On October 10, 2011 @ 2:31 pm Hey Bito!! We have the solution for the jobs crisis and limo design for the neo-feudalists – complete with bullet proof glass and armor plating!!! [img]http://www.bostonchauffeur.com/img/Hummer-H2Limo3.jpg[/img] And incorporating your BRILLIANT suggestion, the solution for job creation here in the good ole USA!! [img]https://planetpov.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/squeegee_americanjobs.jpg[/img] » Posted By cyrano1 On October 10, 2011 @ 2:27 pm [img]http://www.truthdig.com/images/eartothegrounduploads/hummer_limo_white3.jpg[/img] (I had the wrong code on the original post above) » Posted By cyrano1 On October 10, 2011 @ 1:22 pm It’s long been most of our views that the primary cause for an America full of too many complacent, self-centered dumbshits who parrot irrational corporate created spin as their own opinions IS our corporate owned fourth estate. They’ve been all too successful in derailing everything which poses a danger to corporate interests – particularly an educated electorate. That the MSM is now under direct attack from OWS brings us great joy!! It proves we’re not alone and that there are huge numbers angry enough to hit the streets. I’m the eternal optimist, and believe some of our MSM is already beginning to see the writing on the wall since there are small signs of improvement here and there. My joining up with FAIR to watchdog/complain to “our” media is just one step I made some time ago to voice outrage. Besides, it’s cathartic to write emails to news outlets, and good practice to tone down the rhetoric so I can be “taken seriously” (whatever that is). 🙂 » Posted By cyrano1 On October 10, 2011 @ 12:00 pm Don’t you love it when a phrase or term shows up and causes bells to go off in your brain? Neo-feudalism is absolutely perfect!! (of course only to those of us who have some semblance of an education and a sense of history) 🙂 » Posted By cyrano1 On October 10, 2011 @ 11:36 am Great thoughts! And what the RW doesn’t realize (since they’re hard-wired into their short-term “grab it while you can” thinking is that if the movement is delayed long enough for us to slide farther into the neo-feudalist state we’re rapidly heading for, the well armed militia types will hit the bricks – and make what we’re trying to do now look tame by comparison. » Posted By cyrano1 On October 10, 2011 @ 11:25 am Krugman! Another brilliant, articulate voice heard only through non-MSM sources – unless he’s on a panel with a corporate shill as “balance”. We need him up front and center, don’t we?? » Posted By cyrano1 On October 10, 2011 @ 11:17 am Hedges definitely took control in the CBC interview when they tried to derail him. He does not suffer fools!! 🙂 » Posted By cyrano1 On October 10, 2011 @ 11:05 am Absolutely spot on!!! Hedges really is a hero and I agree that his statements should be the rallying cry to turn this country into an actual democracy which looks to the future and represents the rights and needs of all of us. We need to put an end to the global ponzi scheme our “masters of the universe” have created. » Posted By cyrano1 On October 10, 2011 @ 11:03 am Three minutes is three more minutes than what (up to now) they’ve given to actual content from intelligent guests. All they’ve done is derisively speculate about the packaging instead of inspect the contents. In my view, that three minutes is a huge breakthrough and I’m elated! Thanks so much for posting it! Maybe the time given to this will continue to expand as the movement expands. It appears enough of us out here are demanding better and more accurate coverage. 🙂 » Posted By cyrano1 On October 10, 2011 @ 10:52 am CBS!!! Erica Hill left CNN and came to CBS yesterday. Here she has conducted an unfiltered interview with Feingold without inserting the snide comments about the OWS movement she delivered on CNN. Instant rehabilitation!! Maybe the MSM is finally “getting it”! Thanks Bito!! » Posted By cyrano1 On October 10, 2011 @ 10:43 am These two hopeful OWS interviews of Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author, and yet another brilliant hero of the OWS movement! One from a non-MSM source which interviews for actual content, and the other from CBC which gives a mild example of what our own MSM would try to do to him if they were inclined to interview him – which, of course, they wouldn’t! He’s far too articulate and knowledgeable, thus extremely dangerous. Hedges: No way in US system to vote against banks » Posted By cyrano1 On October 10, 2011 @ 10:11 am And the watered down Dodd/Frank bill which passed and tries to restore some controls has lobbyists still frantically working towards removing all of the teeth from it. http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/95818/dodd-frank-lobbying-cftc » Posted By cyrano1 On October 7, 2011 @ 2:22 pm Love this post!! There were many of us who for decades kept abreast in real time via weekly periodicals of the gradual chipping away of regulations, particularly Glass/Steagall and the dangers of the derivative creation turned investment vehicle. They were written in simple enough terms for us lay people to digest, so we were well informed about how greed and a series of bought off congresses courted economic danger in the elimination of the controls needed to eliminate abuse. You are right! It took a long time for us to get into this mess and the only means to fix it is through the legislative process which created it. The one site I’ve found which claims to speak for the OWS movement is in the messy process of trying to do just that. http://occupywallst.org/forum/proposed-list-of-demands-please-help-editadd-so-th/ People who just blame GW for the crash have no clue! He put it on steroids, but it took a series of administrations including Carter and Clinton to dismantle a system that sort of worked. » Posted By cyrano1 On October 7, 2011 @ 1:47 pm The Secret War Against The Counter Culture Great post!! Your very rational legal mind and your experiences as an activist clearly express a thorough understanding of the form legislation must take to protect the rights of all citizens, regardless of their persuasions. When Hoover broke laws in the 60’s during the protest movements, those of us on his lists and wiretaps had no idea we were only minor victims compared to the dirt he collected on all notable public figures – following up with the necessary blackmail to keep himself in power. To our great joy he was finally “outed” in every sense of the word after his death in 1972 – though his partner destroyed most of the damning evidence. We all know the phrase, “Power Corrupts”, and I believe most who post here have never desired power, much less experienced its corrupting influence. We just want to use our vote to maintain a system that should work for all of us. It takes huge numbers and relentless pressure to keep ’em honest, doesn’t it? So when/if Homeland Security or another agency gets to the point where a sizable majority thinks of “us” as their targets instead of “them”, we’ll take to the streets yet again. Until then, complacency. We’re a nation of short-term thinkers who don’t know our own history and don’t fix broken bridges until they collapse. In the 60’s we realized success. Our protests worked, great legislation followed, and the rogue FBI was shortly afterwards finally neutered. Those experiences make us probably less fearful today than perhaps we might be otherwise. » Posted By cyrano1 On October 7, 2011 @ 4:41 pm Wall Street demonstrator crushes Fox News: U-tube:
It’ll be a cold day in hell before Fox airs it though, right? Meanwhile the movement is gaining in numbers and gaining steam! » Posted By cyrano1 On October 5, 2011 @ 11:37 am Thanks Emerald 1943! I think all of us feel confident in posting these links here since everyone who posts is articulate, well informed, and wouldn’t discredit the Wall Street protests with pointless flaming off-topic rhetoric. Fairness in Media (FAIR) also had us contacting CNN regarding CNN’s partnership with the Tea Party in conducting the “debates”, and ALL of the comments were stellar! » Posted By cyrano1 On October 3, 2011 @ 9:42 am This morning I watched CNN’s Erica Hill delivering belated coverage of the Wall Street demonstrations – generally described as an assemblage of angry people milling around holding a variety of opinions without any clear idea as to why they were there. Of course no interviews of any demonstrators were conducted. Hill made two particularly irritating comments: “What do you think their message is, if any?”, and “Well, we’d all love a four day work week, wouldn’t we? I’ve already submitted my comment to CNN. Maybe everyone else out there can join me? http://www.cnn.com/feedback/show/?s=generalcomments&hdln=4 » Posted By cyrano1 On October 3, 2011 @ 9:06 am Terrific Article Emerald 1943!! Graeber and your own follow-up comments are spot on! We can only hope that the scheduled march on Wall Street this Wednesday is so huge the media CAN’T ignore it!! Also wish I wasn’t so old and trapped on the west coast! » Posted By cyrano1 On October 2, 2011 @ 6:45 pm What the Media Won’t Tell You About “Class Warfare” Love your article!! And we’re again preaching to the choir! There are tons of media watchdogs out there and the media doesn’t appear to respond to pressure from any of them (us). We need more of us http://www.dmoz.org/News/Media/Watchdogs/ I subscribe to a lot of them and frequently send emails/comments to many MSM outlets since I realize, as most of us do, that our corporate media controls our destiny as a country. Why would this excellent video of Elizabeth Warren be relegated only to viral U-Tube communication, shared primarily among like-minded people who don’t need convincing? (over 500 thousand hits so far) Our MSM blocks out rational educated voices who speak the truth – particularly those like Warren who are very skilled in reaching the minds of average Americans. HOW DO WE FIGHT BACK?? We’re shut out and locked into our own echo chamber. » Posted By cyrano1 On September 28, 2011 @ 10:14 amComments Posted By cyrano1
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