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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 12:47 PM
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Cool new source to interact with and question a REAL news group
Edited on Fri Jan-06-06 01:09 PM by blm
Charlotte Observer

Chopper the Sassy News Monkey

NOTE - This is a REAL site to answer news media questions - don't let the fun package fool you into thinking it's a joke.

Think Lou Grant in a monkey suit.
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Octafish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 01:02 PM
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1. Great idea.
Great newspaper, too.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 01:04 PM
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2. I can just imagine the questions YOU would have for Chopper.
Edited on Fri Jan-06-06 01:55 PM by blm
It is set up in a fun way - but they intend to be serious - think Lou Grant in a monkey suit.

BTW...You think they purposely made the ombudsman a monkey, now that we know monkeys can be handed any job in this country?
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Octafish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 11:22 AM
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6. Hey, Chopper! Why is Bush so afraid of an author?
His super-duper super-secret unconstitutional homeland gestapo thing won't even tell the author of "Bush's Brain" why he's on the No-Fly watch list.

Gee. That's ironic. Bush's FBI treats a citizen who tries to bring reason and light to the world as a criminal and helps the terrorists who planned to hijack passenger jets move ahead with their plans.

Thus, the writer is prevented from spreading a different kind of terror -- to Bush.

That is the terror that comes from knowing the author has an idea.

He knows Bush's brain is broken, shit-filled and evil.

And he's prevented from telling his fellow citizens about itk, let alone tell them the "why" he thinks that way.

So, what does Bush fear most?

The truth.

Thanks, Chopper. Questions make one think. And one who's tops for asking questions and thinking about them is blm.



Mirrors. Labyrinths. Holograms.

Friends are buoys in a sea of chaos.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 01:21 PM
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7. I hope this experiment in journalism opens more eyes to what citizens are
REALLY thinking and how much they know already that ISN'T being discussed in the media.
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salin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 01:05 PM
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3. hehe pretty snarky
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 01:23 PM
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4. Post it around where you can. I want them to see that the left QUESTIONS
the news media for the stories they DON'T cover in order to protect BushInc. They need to see that many of us DO KNOW what's going on.

We KNOW that "liberal nedia" is a myth.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-06-06 02:20 PM
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5. Come on lefties - let's make use of the opportunity.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-07-06 08:29 PM
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8. Just one more bump.
for now.
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Octafish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-09-06 12:12 PM
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9. Hey, DU! Go ahead...ask a question.
Who knows? You may be the first to pull a string that needs pulling.

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