HAPPENING NOW!! BRITNEY SPEARS A NO-SHOW AT COURT HEARING

[TahitiNut]

OMFG!!!

WOW!!

I sure am glad the Corporate Media is keeping its finger on the pulse of what people REALLY seek an in-depth understanding of!

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[bunkerbuster1]

1. Is there LIVE VIDEO of her NOT being there?

Because I want to see me some a' that!

[Javaman]

28. Yes, it's closed captioned with court room artist drawings. lol nt

[gkhouston]

34. Yes! And Martha Stewart is also NOT THERE!!!! n/t

[Wiley50]

76. AND what's-his-name who beheaded his pregnant wife and dumped her in the bay is also NOT THERE!

and he's trying to use the EXCUSE that he is on DEATH ROW!

[Bonobo]

2. Holy Shit! Drop the phone!

[swimmernsecretsea]

74. Clutch the pearls!

[maddiejoan]

3. Has Dr. Phil been reached for comment yet?

That's what I need to know.

[LiberalFighter]

15. Once source states that dickhead Phil license to practice has lapse in all states

Of course, I doubt he ever had a license to practice.

[Hellenic_Pagan]

47. He got it suspended IN TEXASS of all places

Because he was screwing his 19 year old secretary/employee/patient.

I guess Texass has standards in medicine and psychiatry, even if it doesnt have any for politicians!

[LiberalFighter]

58. How long ago did that happen?

[Hellenic_Pagan]

79. I think it was 1988 or 1989. n/t

[Name removed]

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[lurky]

4. We'd better postpone the elections so...

that America can come to grips with this national crisis.
:eyes:

[TahitiNut]

10. Smirk is rushing back on AF1 to declare a National Emergency!

After all ... it's even MORE important than Terry Shiavo, fer krisssakes!!

[Olney Blue]

5. I've have been waiting anxiously for this news all day.

NOT

[Lone_Star_Dem]

6. Holy Shit! Have they called in the National Guard yet??!?

Gotta love our media and their priorities.

[TahitiNut]

8. They're erecting fences on all the borders as we post.

God!! Where's Britney?!?!?!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

35. They may be more useful if they were erected around all Taco Bells

For two reasons.

1) Poor Britney is more likely end up at a Taco Bell than Mexico if she were to attempt a run for the border.

2) All the added methane gas Taco Bell causes to be emitted into the environment is adding to our Global Warming situation.

[alfredo]

7. I just can't go on.

[robbedvoter]

9. BREAKING NEWS: GENERALISSIMO FRANCO - STILL DEAD

[TahitiNut]

12. A minor inconvenience - it won't keep him from proposing to Britney and being elected.

[JMDEM]

11. Breaking -- Dem Congresspeople a no-show on the issues. NT.

[Dover]

13. Did she tear up, or play footsie with the guy in the stall next to hers?

Oh, wait...I must be confusing that with some other headlines...

Where are those media blackouts when ya need 'em?

[Ganja Ninja]

14. Forget about the war or the country going down the tubes.

Britney's is going to lose her children. :wow:

And people use to bad mouth K-fed. She makes him look like an eagle scout.

[TahitiNut]

17. Well ... maybe she'll have those TUBES tied?

OMFG! It's HUGH!1!

[warren pease]

16. I'd like to participate in the discussion here...

... 'cause I think this stuff is like rully, rully like important, but I'm so like O My Gawd excited that I've got to get to the TEEEVEEE and like check it out NOW!!

Breathlessly yours,

wp

[treestar]

18. Like Paris, Like Britney

Well, they are both places in France. It helps us US Americans learn more about geography, ya know?

:puke: :rofl:

[TahitiNut]

21. Don't forget Margaux! OMFG!

When will our long, natinoal nightmare be over?

[JuniperLea]

19. All the ruckus on Grand Ave. made me late to work!

And the little bitch didn't even show up... loser!

I sat in non-moving traffic for over an hour.

[rucky]

29. Check for white Broncos on the 405

we have a live one!

[TahitiNut]

36. Has anyone found her glove?

:wow:

[JuniperLea]

39. Gloves can tell a story for sure!

OJ

Michael J

I hear there are now websites where you can post the finding and losing of gloves.

[JuniperLea]

38. Oh, man!

That one screwed up my birthday happy hour way back when!

If an LA freeway is going to cause grief, it will cause me grief!

I went to see Queens of the Stoneage, with Masters of Reality (I love them!!!) opening... Halloween a few years ago, Greek Theater... raining like mad... historic day in Los Angeles... WORST TRAFFIC EVER!!!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

20. How about some real news? Like, what was she wearing when she didn't show?

Something skimpy would sell more beer and hair care products to the informed public.

[TahitiNut]

23. Her panties were a no-show ... AGAIN!!!

:rofl:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

31. Well, she is seeking exposure.

More is less? :hide:

[Binka]

41. Well At Least She Spared Us Her Camel Toe n/t

[AutumnMist]

22. IT'S OBAMA'S FAULT!

:rofl:

[Hellenic_Pagan]

48. Oh yeh, blame the BLACK MAN for the white stupid ho

:rofl:

[LittleClarkie]

64. Captain Save a Ho! Where are you!

.

[Virginia Dare]

24. Day 412 of a Spears family member being in the news....n/t

[EFerrari]

25. But the AP reporter on WJ this a.m. didn't know NH is being recounted.

I pay attention to all the wrong stuff!

[Lint Head]

26. Wow. I hope she doesn't fall any further and do things like

kill woman, children and old people for no reason, commit treason by releasing the name of a spy, lie about WMD, read a children's book while 3,000 people are incinerated. Then she would be at the bottom. :dem:

[AlCzervik]

27. i am pleased that i do not know why she had a hearing.

[SoCalDem]

30. er.. um.. shouldn't that be NOT happening right now? n/t

[TahitiNut]

32. I copied the cable news crawl verbatim. verbatim.

Between what HASN'T happened and what's PREDICTED to happen ... the "news" has become nothing more than a carnie sideshow - cheap fortune-tellers.

[Hellenic_Pagan]

52. where are the pin-heads?

I WANNA SEE SOME PIN HEADS!!!

I had to see stupid Britney and her bald head, so why can't I see PIN HEADS?

[Sugar Smack]

33. CHRIST. Plus, I caught your smilie in mid-barf.

:scared: :grr: :nuke:

[Atman]

37. Did she wear panties when she didn't show up?

Enquiring minds, uh...actually don't give a shit!

.

[rug]

40. This puts the California Primary up for grabs.

[onenote]

42. funny thing is that I wouldn't have known about this but for it being reported on DU

since its actually buried on the CNN website, which is the mainstream site I check for new from time to time during the day.

[countryjake]

43. Michigan Primary pre-empted by the BRITNEY CAM...

good god, I just turned it on, thought you were kidding.

[Contrary1]

44. Ha! I am the first to post a picture of Spears not showing up at the courthouse...

[TahitiNut]

45. There she's NOT!!! OMFG!! That's Nuze We Can Uze!

:rofl:

[Hellenic_Pagan]

46. As if showing Bush isnt enough, they keep showing Britney.

Arrrrgh!:puke:

I hate the Corportae Media. Its even worse then a propaganda machine! Its a TOTAL CRAP MACHINE!!!

:puke:

[bikebloke]

49. Will they hurry up and post the video on YouTube...

...before YouTube pulls it. Not all of us cube rats can leave work early for the BarcoLounger and teevee.

[JVS]

50. Oy

[ProgressiveFool]

51. Run for your lives! Somebody save the children!

If it wasn't getting to be such a regular event as to be rendered cliche, I'd say the corporate media has jumped the shark.

[WinkyDink]

53. Yet DU always finds a reason to discuss her..............

[Hellenic_Pagan]

56. Cause she is like a trailer park pantiless train wreck

Thank gods i dont get that except here.

This is why i dont own a tv.

I just watch shit on the net. At least i can still surf around her.

[FourScore]

54. But what color is HER HAIR??? n/t

[Hellenic_Pagan]

55. LEEEVE BRITTNEY ALOOOOONE!!!!1!

:rofl:

[TahitiNut]

57. "HELP! PLEASE RETURN TO DU TO AN INTELLIGENT DISCUSSION BOARD"

I Tried! I Tried!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2682745

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Greyskye]

59. OH NOES!

[KoKo]

60. "McCorporate Media" won't give up until they KILL THAT GIRL...

it's what they are all about. When GIANT ENTERTAIMENT/CONGLOMERATES ...get to do Politics, News and Entertainment and there are only the BIG THREE on the CABLEs...then you get "KILL BRITTANY!" that girls is worth BIG MONEY...and if we get her to commit SUICIDE we get another YEARS OF COVERAGE!

It's totally disgusting...but most folks probably don't get the Media Spin and Manipulation.

but then...I didn't grow up with a TEE VEE in My ROOM and PARENTS who were HOOKED so it stayed on 24/7 in my house.

But...then I'm sort of "Old" that some might think that I lived in a time BEFORE ...I was WIRED INTO TUBES...Quiet TIMES with books and fun outside..was kinda some folks thingie "way back when." We had GOOD TIMES! believe it or not...we did...but I'm sure there are many MORE GOOD TIMES, TODAY...with so much VARIETY. I don't know what I missed out on...but I know that Jane Austen stuff is kind of popular these days. Maybe a "relief" for those who like "words" and "context" over "hype and Enfotainment."

But...to "each his or her own..." Whatever gives you PEACE!!! PEACE!!!!

[demo dutch]

61. OMG ....Uhhhh WHO CARES!

[KoKo]

62. Those of us still here...

who post on DU with the "slings and arrows" must be totally whacked out....or we just enjoy the punishment..and are lifelong Masochists.

Whatever...I'm so sick about them trying to KILL THAT GIRL... You are of an age to remember something about Marilyn Monroe and how they went after HER...in the same way. Judy Garland....?

It's been a part of our culture so that Hollywood Media could extract it's pound of flesh on the backs of those who feed them dollars...

[TahitiNut]

66. I remember Garland, Mansfield, Monroe ... all of 'em.

Soap opera news ... has devolved to tabloid bullshit. The Turnip Truck Refugees think they know it all - and always have.

Hell ... Louella Parsons was a friend of my family in SoCal.

[KoKo]

67. Ahhh Louella...did Maureen Dowd try to copy her? Louella was better, though...more sources...

:D

[TahitiNut]

68. MoDo is ascerbic with too much real animus. Louella was quite loving in person.

At least she hugged a pre-teen kid (me) nicely. :shrug:

[KoKo]

71. Yes...she had a sense of "herself" and humor about it..and taking

herself with grains of humor...or irony. Something lost by Dowd and others today...I get what you are saying...

But...there is alot I like about Dowd's humor...and given the times she lives in...she goes for the "jugular" where Louella...could be more sophisticated and nuanced and her audience would get it.

Maybe it's just the "education system" that's broken down that Louella could be appreciated...but Dowd is what we get these days?

:shrug:

[onenote]

63. what cracks me up is that this being covered more prominently on DU than cnn.com

[KoKo]

69. That "Brittany" thingy is ALL OVER....Everywhere...you missed it on CNN...

well..CNN is sort of "ALL WAR...ALL THE TIME" wherever they can find it...but I seem to remember Blitzer sneering and slithering over Brittany story...he acted as though it was "distasteful" for him to mention it, though. Is that because Blitzer really has a HEART? Or, is it because it distracts from his Pentagon Ear Piece Feed so any time that "takes away from Bush Terra Wars ...is time that Blitzer resents? :shrug:

[onenote]

70. I look at cnn.com all the time. ANd its not been featured prominently/

I didn't say CNN -- I have no idea what's on CNN. I said CNN.Com.

[KoKo]

73. Well...I surf the CNN on my Time-Warner Cable...so I get what most Cable

suscribers can tune into on their TEE VEE SCREENS. I'm glad to hear that "CNN.com" that you click on here on the internet with your computer has Blitzer in a much more "unbiased mode" than what the rest of us are subjected to where CNN and MSNBC seem to be vying with Fox News for the "Most OFFENSIVE/BIASED" programming that bills itself as "Fair & Balanced" that US Viewers have ever been exposed to.

:shrug:

[AZBlue]

72. OK, I'm going to say it - I actually do find the Britney debacle relevant these days.

Not for the trivial or banal details of her life. I couldn't care LESS about that.

But, for the fact that this is a very very sick girl who's been turned into a media goldmine instead being turned into a mental hospital. The situation points out two very wrong aspects of our society: the way we completely ignore mental health issues and the base and disgusting things we find newsworthy and entertaining.

Why isn't this another impetus for discussion of mental health issues in this country like the VA Tech shooter? Does she, God forbid, have to kill someone and/or herself before we get there? How sick is that? She hasn't been detained for mental health treatment because the laws in this country are so weak in that area - despite the fact that the coverage accumulate on TMZ or Entertainment Tonight alone would have her committed. She's sick, very sick, and nothing can be done to help her. What kind of country are we?

And, what kind of society are we that thinks this is fun to watch? We're witnessing the very public breakdown of a woman and the effects on her children and family - and that's news? That's entertainment? Where's the public outcry - and not an outcry for more coverage at the courthouse? We should all be ashamed of ourselves - yes, even those of us not watching it, unless we're complaining to the media outlets and asking them not to cover her. (Yes, I'm including myself in this) And, I'm going to include making fun of it here on DU in that as well - it's inappropriate (I'm not referencing the OP, I get the point that was trying to make, but others in this thread are just using it to make fun of the situation)

I'm disgusted.

[KoKo]

75. I undrestand what you say...but the MSM doesn't want Brittany to have Access to Mental Health...

they want her DEAD...so they can spend months interviewing and analyzing her "Dysfunction and Breakdown" to make money off the TEENS that buy at Abercrombie and Fitch and the other TRENDY STORES...so they can get them hooked on TUNING IN!

Brittany is a HOUNDED PUBLICITY HOUND. The Media and Brittany FEED OFF EACH OTHER. MEDIA has a DUTY TO SOCIETY ...to CUT OFF THE FEED so that she can GET THE HELP..that she CERTAINLY CAN AFFORD...being much more WEALTHY than so MANY AMERICANS...who CAN'T AFFFORD A DOCTOR APPOINTMENT FOR THEIR SICK KIDS!

That's what I think...anyway..for the 2 cents.

[AZBlue]

77. I think the media is a reflection of society. They give us what we want, not the other way around.

Unfortunately the majority of Americans want news about Britney and not news about Iraq - one makes them feel better about themselves and one makes them feel bad. As a society as a whole, we don't want to feel responsible - we just want to be entertained. If people really stopped watching the "news" and complained about its content to media executives and, more importantly, their advertisers, there would be a change. But that's not going to happen because right now we're getting what we want. (when I say "we" I'm referring to the majority, not the minority of us who complain on DU and similar places)

[KoKo]

78. I disagree...I think "Corporate Media" PUSHES us Enfotainment

so we think we are part of an "In Crowd" THAT ONLY Exists...to get us to BUY MORE and go down into that CESS POOL of Group THINK that makes us "good consumers."

[AZBlue]

80. Media is just like any other sales - if we didn't buy it, they wouldn't sell it.

Unfortunately "we the people" have the power here - we just aren't using it. Or, we are using it and our society is even more pathetic than I feared.

[KoKo]

81. Seems from Financial News...we Consumers have stopped buying...so

hopefully there will be a change.....:shrug:

[AZBlue]

85. That would be FANTASTIC!

Perhaps "we" are finally waking up!

[gulliver]

83. I agree. I find it indecent. One of the magazines in the racks...

...at the store today showed a big picture of Britney and her kids with a headline "What her kids saw."

I sometimes feel like I'm living among Hottentots or Aztecs.

[AZBlue]

84. Yeah, I was at the grocery store and they were several with her on the cover.

I guess if her kids didn't see it that night, OK!, People and US want to make sure we all see it now. It's disgusting.

[SmellsLikeDeanSpirit]

82. They won't be happy until that poor girl is dead.