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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 01:42 PM
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Your media sucks
This is an important day for your democracy - what's on CNN:

Andrea Yates case overturned. OK, newsworthy, but hardly a breaking story. I heard about it a few hours ago.

CNN Headline News is even worse - Wacky label awards - I am not making this up.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 01:43 PM
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www.c-span.org
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 01:45 PM
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3. I don't get C-SPAN in Canada
I tried the Web, but it isn't streaming for whatever reason.
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Brundle_Fly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 03:41 PM
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12. had problems with it streaming too
this page solved it for me.

http://www.c-span.org/watch/help.asp
Solving Video Problems\


RealPlayer 10
PC Users
1. Click on the Start menu button on the Windows' Taskbar.
2. Go to Programs, then Real, followed by RealPlayer.
3. Once the player launches, click on Tools.
4. Select Preferences.
5. Select the Content category.
6. Under Media Types, click the Advanced button on the right.
7. Scroll down on the list of media types, to the listing: Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP).
8. Click on the check box to enable the RTSP media type for your video player.
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 01:43 PM
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1. Not watching and haven't watched since Nov 2nd
Try C-SPAN
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NVMojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 01:44 PM
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2. haven't watched the msm in months and it feels so good, haven't missed it
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OKthatsIT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 01:45 PM
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4. network media is owned by RIGHTWING
we dont even watch them anymore
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emulatorloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 01:50 PM
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5. tell me about it n/t
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farmbo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 01:53 PM
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6. Their mission: Bread & Circuses
And they don't even do that well.
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AnarchoFreeThinker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 01:59 PM
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7. it's not "ours"
but otherwise, I agree
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txindy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 02:52 PM
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8. Most of the media in the US really does suck, agreed.
I was always impressed with the media in Canada. Not so here.

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Higans Donating Member (819 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 03:39 PM
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9. Deleated By Be Duplicate Sorry n/t
Edited on Thu Jan-06-05 03:43 PM by Higans
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Pacifist Patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 03:40 PM
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10. No kidding.
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McCamy Taylor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 03:41 PM
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11. "My" media is Buzzflash and the Internet. MSM is gonna be obsolete by 2008
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SeattleRob Donating Member (893 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 03:47 PM
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16. Correct!
It's not my media. It's the media of the ruling elite and their corporate masters!
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Higans Donating Member (819 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 03:41 PM
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13. On the radio they are talking about Dog Laws.
They mentioned the protests on the part of the democratic electors, but quickly followed that "The country needs to move forward and does not need Conspiracy theories. The Democrats replied that they are only hoping to Identify potential fraud problems in the future."

Thats the only air time the subject got. and then they went on to spend an hour talking about pending legislation on Dog law designed to mandate Humane treatment of Dogs. they went on to state that if this law passes we will treat dog's better then Homeless.

What ever.

I argue that Dogs are treated better then Humans in more cases then just the Homeless comparison. Especially when you take into account Just how many people are literally one paycheck away from being homeless them selves.

If this economy crashes, we will all be homeless because we all know that the banks own every ones home any way.

The reason no one saw very many senators is because I would be willing to bet that many have jumped ship.

H. G. Wells Said it best when commenting on the war in his life time:

"Every intelligent person in the world knew that disaster was impending and knew no way to avoid it."

H.G.Wells 1914

Pay off your debts People. Since they have managed to trap your Vote and indeed your Voice inside of a computer, this might as well Marshal law. When are they going to rip the word "Democracy" out of the History books? Do they even have History "Books" any more? or is our entire past entirely fiction? It is pretty obvious to me at this point that no one is willing to learn from the past, or not enough people are concerned about repeating the mistakes made in the past. Hang on tight. with out your right to vote, your nothing more then a flee on a dog. and the dog has a flee coaler on called "War" made in the U.S.A.

The only thing that any person can do that could possibly save the human race from Killing it self is to reform the Voting process to include independent auditing, of Voter verifiable paper trails. These Blind faith Touch screens just are not working any more. And if they even try to bust these machines out in Iraq, The people will never believe the elections were fair. Just like in the Ukraine. Just like in the USA. and the TV will call people like me and you who have figured out this truth Conspiracy theorist for ever. WHY? Because I won't have the same blind faith in a highly corruptible voting system as most people would only give to the concept of "God" is that it now? has technology become our god? am I praying as I type this message? sure why not:

Please God, Give me Voter Verifiable paper trails and independent auditing. Can we please adopt Canada's election system of hand counting and posting the results on the door of the polling station, and the web? Why do we have to send the votes to a off site central tabulator to be counted? Please can the Human population Up hold the Constitution?

Amen
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 03:43 PM
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14. The Yates case is REALLY important to thousands of families but
you're right. I never get news from them, can barely watch them at all.
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go west young man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 04:01 PM
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18. Who's Yates?
Turn off that cable people, stop supporting war and save 50 dollars a month! Free tv here!www.TV4all.com has 495 world wide stations to stream. Music television from Europe with believe it or not... MUSIC!! plus world wide news. Also try www.webtvlist.com Tell the MSM you don't need them anymore with your pocketbooks and feel good in the process!!
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renate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 04:08 PM
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21. OT--thanks for the way cool links!
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rdmccur Donating Member (622 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 03:47 PM
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15. Would you please let the Canadian media know
about this and how our media responded?
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iconoclastNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 03:48 PM
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17. We must fight the corporate media and build our own
What is the best campaign to do this? Do we need to build a new one?
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eowyn_of_rohan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 04:03 PM
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19. Thanks for telling us. nt
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yvr girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 04:05 PM
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20. Inside Politics - mid show headlines
1. Tsunami
2. Gonzales hearing
3. Barney the dog get's a new playmate at the White House

This show is about politics, isn't it? Grrr.
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