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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:57 PM Original message |
Bush... I mean Chavez widens attack on opposition media |
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mduffy31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. This could be fun |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. If we had an army we could invade. |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 05:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. or we could simply call a spade a spade |
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pretzel4gore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. tens of thousands of our mediawhores need '5 in the noggin' |
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LBJDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Government-supporting protesters mean very little in a dictatorship |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 08:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. awww... |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. If WABC was getting money from Iran and broadcast Hamas propaganda, you all applaud the FCC |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 09:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. So revoke the license |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:04 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. The license was revoked, and RCTV is still broadcasting on cable (like Faux News) |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. A government run, pro-Chavez station (TVES) is running... leftist authoritarism it is. |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Someone watched Legacy of Star Wars recently.... |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. A Venezuelan version of PBS before Reagan decided to destroy it |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Chavez |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Don't tell me that ABC, CBS, and NBC are independent media? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. they are not owned by the government |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:10 AM Response to Reply #23 |
49. You are correct; they own the government |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:25 AM Response to Reply #49 |
54. So you'd be happier |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:29 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. They have a fucking PARTNERSHIP now |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:33 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. stop deflecting |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:42 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Who the fuck are you...The Grand Inquisitor? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:44 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. aww.... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:49 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Okay... I wish Chavez would execute every CIA operative in his country |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:50 AM Response to Reply #59 |
60. fine |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 01:00 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. If Ma Kent did make Superman's indestructable costume from... |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 01:11 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. the difference |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 01:27 AM Response to Reply #62 |
63. So you concede that yours is also a ridiculously simple minded question? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 01:32 AM Response to Reply #63 |
64. If it's so simple |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 01:39 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. I said your question was simple MINDED... |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:29 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. deflect again |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:58 AM Response to Reply #64 |
77. That depends |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. I think that's what happened. They took the transmitters and the frequency |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Why seize the station and turn it into |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. They didn't seize the station. The station still operates (cablecast/satellite) |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:03 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. don't be thick |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:17 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. They're still broadcasting on satellite and cable |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:49 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. So what? |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:59 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Are you high? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:04 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Nope |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:06 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Yes. They didn't seize anything. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:07 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. You are laughably |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:08 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. If you're not making this up, then why no link? |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:16 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. I didn't think it necessary |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 07:21 AM Response to Reply #51 |
66. Transmitters do not equal station. The station still operates. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. From another news report |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 11:32 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. The stuff in bold isn't supported by the article you cited. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 06:38 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. You claimed |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 08:07 AM Response to Reply #73 |
74. and you're claiming somethign that is directly contradicted by your cite |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 08:50 AM Response to Reply #74 |
76. The government |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 09:52 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. Then how are they still broadcasting on cable, internet and satellite? |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Don't be uninformed. Link: |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I never claimed their cable and satellite operations |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:58 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Now you're being thick. It's one station. And nothing was seized. |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:05 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Then you are badly |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:07 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Then how are they broadcasting on satellite and cable and running a website |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:17 AM Response to Reply #46 |
53. Do you not know the difference |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 07:25 AM Response to Reply #53 |
67. Broadcast means send out signals. Cable, over-the-air, satellite, internet |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:40 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. Yes |
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unkachuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
9. relax.... |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Hugo, the guy who's ruling by decree? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Bush is the one that is ruling by decree, but you guys don't want him impeached |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. How about we let the American people put it |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Tell Speaker Pelosi to stop blocking impeachment.. She is tougher on the base than she is on Bush! |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Oh dear, I am but one of 200 million or so |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
13. US Media: Distorting the Venezuelan media story (FAIR) |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. All channels had to show this statement |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
19. When he drops a bomb on Al Jazeera's cameraman in Baghdad |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
29. Like Mike Malloy said - |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:09 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Why does Mike Malloy hate soap operas? |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Mike Malloy aside - |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
30. We are watching a dictatorship unfold in Venezuela... |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:17 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Exactly. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:33 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. The only dictatorship I see is right here, in our own America |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-30-07 11:49 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. My pity for you grows day by day...nt |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:07 AM Response to Reply #38 |
45. It's a fanatical thing... which is sad. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:12 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. Yes, to be suckered by the DLC is indeed a pitiable thing |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 12:16 AM Response to Reply #50 |
52. No; to give Chavez a pass just because he hates Bush and is a socialist is sad indeed. |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 08:35 AM Response to Reply #30 |
75. Chavez is to Venezuela what FDR was to the USA |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-31-07 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
68. I really am far more concerned with our escalation in Iraq. nt. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
78. Okay, but the Cold War has been over for almost 20 years, why are we so concerned about Chavez? |
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burrowowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
80. Go here for some facts |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-01-07 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
81. Venezuela and the Media: Fact and Fiction |
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Monk06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-02-07 04:40 AM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Keep posting this IndianaGreen along with these two links ...... |
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