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LibDemAlways

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16. Our bought and paid for media bears a lot of

Wed Dec 9, 2015, 05:09 PM

Dec 2015

responsibility. After 911 there was virtually no discussion on any media outlet about who the hijackers were, where they came from, and what drove them. Bush called them "evil doers" and that was enough for most Americans who went into uber patriot mode and didn't question politicians who immediately passed laws to erode our freedoms and ultimately went to war with a country that had nothing to do with 911. The vast majority of Americans remain clueless and still reflexively view themselves as morally superior despite the bombs, bullets, and carnage we have inflicted on the Middle East. It's an incredibly myopic worldview.

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The brainwashing of Americans is breathtaking [View all] SHRED Dec 2015 OP

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Yep SHRED Dec 2015 #2

To just categorize the actions of white Europeans as their own is victim blaming too daybranch Dec 2015 #7

To put a new twist on Bill's campaign slogan "It's the Oligarchy, stupid" Dont call me Shirley Dec 2015 #15

The Clintons are hifiguy Dec 2015 #20

Bernie ought to use that as his campaign slogan. On the other hand, he has more tact than that. Dont call me Shirley Dec 2015 #23

He's too much of a gentleman to point out hifiguy Dec 2015 #25

Great response... Thespian2 Dec 2015 #70

All they have to do is remember back to 1995... jtuck004 Dec 2015 #10

We overthrew the democratically elected Prime Minister and Parliment of Iran and Dustlawyer Dec 2015 #34

Huge +1! Enthusiast Dec 2015 #44

K and R SHRED Dec 2015 #65

And that was only the beginning! PaulRevere08 Dec 2015 #75

Saw an interview w/a white male tRump fan at a rally... Mika Dec 2015 #3

+1 daleanime Dec 2015 #6

The founding fathers of the modern Repig party explain this phenomenon hifiguy Dec 2015 #4

The Biggest Lie is: Reagan was a great president. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #9

Reagan was a complete, crooked fraud hifiguy Dec 2015 #11

They used to claim Reagan was their JFK. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #14

The very night Reagan was inaugurated I had a dream that the nazis were coming. Prophetic? Dont call me Shirley Dec 2015 #17

I drunk-typed a Thompsonesque rant hifiguy Dec 2015 #18

A subject and style which drunk-typing fits perfectly. Dont call me Shirley Dec 2015 #21

Would have liked to read that malthaussen Dec 2015 #61

I remember part of it was an angry screed about hifiguy Dec 2015 #62

Wow, i had a strange but memorable dream too! chknltl Dec 2015 #30

Yes, my dream was vivid and felt real also. It is still very clear to me today. Someday we will have Dont call me Shirley Dec 2015 #47

I like to remind rightwingnuts of Reagan's pedophilia griloco Dec 2015 #29

<reaching for brain bleach> Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #41

Pony Mind Bleach always works for me. hifiguy Dec 2015 #51

Now I pictured a purple pony jumping on Reagan. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #54

"Trampling" is the proper term. hifiguy Dec 2015 #55

Now I pictured Reagan "riding" her while stroking her horn. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #57

.. . hifiguy Dec 2015 #59

But Reagan is all the Republicans have. If Saint Ronnie isn't great, then what? Enthusiast Dec 2015 #43

They never HAD anything. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #50

They could claim Lincoln but he doesn't fit their present day narrative. Enthusiast Dec 2015 #74

That's where karl rove Unknown Beatle Dec 2015 #33

Actually it's a bit the other way around... robbob Dec 2015 #67

Great post malaise Dec 2015 #5

Your last sentence. Exactly. NRaleighLiberal Dec 2015 #35

Hi there malaise Dec 2015 #42

Yes it is... ljm2002 Dec 2015 #8

So in other words, San Bernadino Blue_Tires Dec 2015 #12

How is San Bernadino even considered a terrorist event? truedelphi Dec 2015 #37

She, a Pakistani, was educated in Saudi Arabia. Who arranged the marriage? Wahhabi clerics? DhhD Dec 2015 #69

The OP didn't say that. Enthusiast Dec 2015 #40

You're correct I didn't SHRED Dec 2015 #76

The author unintentionally refutes his own point ConservativeDemocrat Dec 2015 #13

Your last paragraph is wrong. cpwm17 Dec 2015 #32

Go back and learn a little history, will you? ConservativeDemocrat Dec 2015 #49

President Truman helped push through the illegal UN resolution cpwm17 Dec 2015 #56

Ummm "Illegal" UN Resolution ? ConservativeDemocrat Dec 2015 #58

You are really off your rocker. cpwm17 Dec 2015 #66

You do realize that Jews were in Palestine too, right? ConservativeDemocrat Dec 2015 #73

Our bought and paid for media bears a lot of LibDemAlways Dec 2015 #16

Don't justify it. NYCButterfinger Dec 2015 #31

I am not justifying anything. I strongly condemn all terrorism. My LibDemAlways Dec 2015 #68

While the mic players are laughing all the way to their Swiss vaults. Dont call me Shirley Dec 2015 #19

Too bad Jimmy Carter's executive action plan to stop importing oil was reversed by Reagan ErikJ Dec 2015 #22

Recommended. H2O Man Dec 2015 #24

Excellent point SHRED Dec 2015 #53

It's pretty much ever been thus, though. malthaussen Dec 2015 #64

And of course the deaths of 14 in a single event are much more important n2doc Dec 2015 #26

It makes you want to say "Duh" all day long. Enthusiast Dec 2015 #38

Because I do it with one small ship, I am called a terrorist. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2015 #27

Pirates and Emperors - Schoolhouse Rock: cpwm17 Dec 2015 #46

Yep. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2015 #48

Oh, my.....wasn't expecting something like that... dixiegrrrrl Dec 2015 #63

Love this, thanks for sharing! DawgHouse Dec 2015 #71

I so completely agree! mountain grammy Dec 2015 #28

K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Dec 2015 #36

10,000-plus U.S. bombs --> In the Middle East that's known as "Tuesday" (n/t) kecpdx Dec 2015 #39

Yep. Sometimes when I'm driving my mind goes to how lousy some of this "system" can be. BlueJazz Dec 2015 #45

I think of McCain's hundred year comment on Iraq HassleCat Dec 2015 #52

The truth can hurt sometimes, we must own it, AuntPatsy Dec 2015 #60

I get all my news and personal philosophy from Tweets. Buzz Clik Dec 2015 #72

Kick and R BeanMusical Dec 2015 #77