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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:19 PM Original message |
CNN's Propaganda Machine Rolls on! Anyone watching Christiane Amanpours "Notes from Korea" just now |
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Catch22Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
1. North Korea isn't a nice place |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Do we Americans need to go in there and do some "Nation Building?" |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Right, but North Korea has a VERY bad reputation even in the rest of Asia |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. A better travelogue |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Oh, that looks good |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
37. Fascinating. Thanks for the link. |
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libnnc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. North Korea ain't exactly Mayberry n/t. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Is there a "Mayberry" here in Bush America? If you've been there...tell me where it is? |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. N Koreans |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. I haven't seen the CNN piece, but N. Korea does have staged cities along the DMZ. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. The only substantive difference I see between Kim Jong Il and Dubya ... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Uhhh, there's more to it than that |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. That's my opinion............and why I posted how hypocritical Amanpour's report was..... |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
34. Amanpour is still one of the best - she was highly critical of CNN's Iraq war coverage. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. It bothers me when they do it with Venezuela |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. CNN has become the WAR/Propaganda Channel.....I can almost suffer Tweety's |
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Shipwack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
10. Even a blind pig finds an acorn now and again... |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. So...is it more "evil" than Iraq? Why didn't we invade and occupy the whole country instead of |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Don't let your disillusionment with the U.S. |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. well there were these two entities stopping us at the time |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. Countries aren't evil. Iraq was NOT a totalitarian state. |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 09:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. Several reasons |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
12. are you saying that North Korea is not so bad? |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
15. Anything in the cause of peace is a positive thing, I think |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Was the Invasion of Iraq in the name of "peace" a good thing in your opinion? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Saying that North Korea is repressive is not the same as saying that |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. And, when is CNN not attending to the abuses of Bush/Cheney and never reporting |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. I completely agree |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Cleaning our Own House might come first for a CNN Special Report...wouldn't 'ya think? n/t |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Nope. The people who run CNN and FOX et al. think otherwise. Think about it. |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. There's plenty to criticize about our own media, it's true |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:28 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. ok we get |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. The Evil within American Foreign Policy might be a good place to start... |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
21. North Korea strikes me as 1984 meets The Twilight Zone vs. The Village of the Damned |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. No one's asking you to go there...but do you want to "INVADE THERE? " They help prop up our |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 10:17 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. I'd rather invade a leper colony. |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
26. Lol! |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
33. Sorry, but I have a few friends who have been there and it is FUCKED UP. |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
36. I know many koreans, many of whom risk life and limb to get out of |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. North Korea is perhaps the "worst on earth?" You gotta' be kidding....given all |
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INDIA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Ignorance. Pure ignorance. Jesus, read a book. n/t |
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DadOf2LittleAngels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 06:35 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Sadly given all the repressive places on this eath NK is still |
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ShaneGR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
43. North Korea is basically a Cultlike state..... here's a great video to watch about it.... |
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hokies4ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-11-08 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
44. MSM dulls our senses to future conflicts |
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