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Mon Mar-01-10 12:58 PM
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| Broken CNN: Government Bashing for Ratings and Profits |
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CNN is running a series "all this week" called "Broken Government." They would have us believe that the government is broken. It's not.
It doesn't take a special or a series to point out the abuse of the filibuster or the widespread hypocrisy of the Republican party in voting against Democratic legislation (because it's Democratic) and then later back home taking credit for it. That is about all that's "broken" about the government. Otherwise it is working pretty much as designed.
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| leftstreet
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Mon Mar-01-10 01:00 PM
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| A government run by corporate interests IS broken |
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what the politicians and pundits do is misplace blame
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| arthritisR_US
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Mon Mar-01-10 01:22 PM
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| 8. yep, and the 5th estate being run by corporate interests is the coup des gras for them. n/t |
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Edited on Mon Mar-01-10 01:23 PM by arthritisR_US
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| liberal N proud
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Mon Mar-01-10 01:00 PM
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| 1. This weekend Science was wrong |
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Because a wave didn't wash Hawaii away.
The media is full of entertainers focused on ratings and not on journalism.
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| Subdivisions
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Mon Mar-01-10 01:01 PM
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| 2. If you think the government isn't broken, then what country do you live in? n/t |
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Mon Mar-01-10 01:19 PM
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| 7. Oh, it is broken but not for the reasons they list. They had Ron Paul on and placed |
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blame on too much "partisanship". No, just one side is being partisan.
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Mon Mar-01-10 01:05 PM
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| 3. I get so upset when they say broken GOVERNMENT |
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THE SENATE THE SENATE THE SENATE IS BROKEN. The House does it's job. It passes bills, it goes forth, and debates honestly. The republicans sometimes go with them but the HOUSE if it is needed acts alone.
The senate should try to act as responsible as the HOUSE and we might be moving forward. Why do the senators think they individually are THE ONLY PERSON who can be in charge?
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Mon Mar-01-10 01:07 PM
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| 4. Not a PEEP when Bush was in office, and we were drowning in red ink... |
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Mon Mar-01-10 01:16 PM
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| 5. *Democratic majority* government bashing for their corporate masters. n/t |
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Mon Mar-01-10 01:17 PM
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| 6. It's "not broken" if you're a bankster or a Saudi Prince. For the rest of us, it is indeed broken. |
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Mon Mar-01-10 01:23 PM
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| 9. File that under: "It's not doing what I want it to do." |
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That doesn't mean it's broken.
:hi:
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Mon Mar-01-10 01:30 PM
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| 10. And file your post in the "distinction without difference" file. It's the circular one... nt |
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