Cuban_Liberal
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Sat Dec-04-04 10:44 PM
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We turned off the cable today... |
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The weeks since the election have been hard, but having to listen to the CNN,ABC, CBS, NBC, et al reporting of it just got to be too much. We 'pulled the plug' today, so to speak, and plan on listening to lots more PBS/NPR and BBC radio.
Wish us luck.
:)
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Sat Dec-04-04 10:47 PM
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Less stress...less lies to listen to...fewer news anchor who distort.
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Sat Dec-04-04 10:48 PM
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3. That's what we think, too. |
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The only thing I'll personally miss is ESPN, TDC and A&E.
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Sat Dec-04-04 10:47 PM
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2. I don't think NPR is really a solution |
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Sat Dec-04-04 10:49 PM
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Just an alternative, as is the BBC.
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Sat Dec-04-04 10:48 PM
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4. you will love the peace |
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sure the pain last a few days but it goes away.Now lets get 50 million people to do it and kick some media creeps butts.
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Sat Dec-04-04 10:49 PM
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You will never again see a drunken Christopher Hitchens look like an ass.
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Sat Dec-04-04 10:50 PM
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7. Somehow, I will strive valiantly to carry on... |
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Sat Dec-04-04 10:52 PM
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8. Can't afford cable much longer. |
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But, NPR/PBS is just as bad; maybe more so because they are insidious. They give a "liberal" veneer to fascism. After all, it's just the "other side."
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Sat Dec-04-04 10:52 PM
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9. I dropped our cable to bare minimum |
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Still get FSTV, Daily Show but no BBC.
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Sat Dec-04-04 10:53 PM
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10. Online Streaming is your friend... |
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Mijo. Know it. All I listen to anymore.
Right now I am listening to the "Blue Mars" Shoutcast stream. Beeyoutiful ambient music. A balm to the soul.
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Sat Dec-04-04 10:54 PM
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11. I'm listening to a theramin documentary. |
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Sat Dec-04-04 10:55 PM
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12. It is the best thing you could have done for your sanity |
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The so-called main-stream media is gone. They get their talking points from the government, and are now a propaganda machine
Hopefully, in time this will change, but don't count on it for the near term
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Sun Dec-05-04 12:49 AM
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13. TV free since 11:30 p.m. November 2nd...there are many of us...it's |
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sad in a way...there's nothing to watch. No real news, crap stuff that's more commercials and even the movies..filled with half movie half commercial. Still have the cable but not watching. Going to get Sattelite radio and then take sign off the Time Warner. Was holding out until the next "selection" just in case there isn't one....
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