tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post4349541179499819250..comments2023-11-03T03:17:27.053-05:00Comments on NPR Check: And From the LeftMytwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-2146990267687840042009-12-08T10:12:13.191-06:002009-12-08T10:12:13.191-06:00I watched a movie called "The Chicago 10"...I watched a movie called "The Chicago 10" and it opens with Cronkite describing the city of Chicago during democratic convention as 'a police state . . . there's just no other way to say it"<br /><br />Can you imagine any anchor of any networrk having the courage to even think such a thing.<br /><br />The same day i listened to Terry (GasBag) Gross swoon over the courage shown by the Smother's Brothers. She has learned well that self-censorship is so much more lucrative (160+k/year) so this display must have been quite inspiring for her.<br /><br />edkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-59413936765469460282009-12-08T09:17:40.299-06:002009-12-08T09:17:40.299-06:00I thought he was the David Broder of NPR, mouthing...<i>I thought he was the David Broder of NPR, mouthing centrist platitudes and coasting on his ancient Nixon "enemies list" cred.</i><br /><br />Exactly!Woody (Tokin Librul/Rogue Scholar/ Helluvafella!)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09205896988142798901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-89399000544718281502009-12-07T09:37:01.982-06:002009-12-07T09:37:01.982-06:00So I would recommend that we find liberal anti-war...So I would recommend that we find liberal anti-war groups in our area and join them. Get others to follow you and join too. Make some noise--do some civil disobedience--let's put our money where our mouths are and make a difference. Obama won't do it for us, we must do it ourselves.Life As I Know It Nowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733963455243806298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-16483546277257065502009-12-07T08:51:46.134-06:002009-12-07T08:51:46.134-06:00Some might say that liberals themselves have been ...Some might say that liberals themselves have been responsible for debasing the label; <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/liberals_are_useless_20091206/" rel="nofollow">Liberals Are Useless (by Chris Hedges)</a><br /><br />"Liberals are a useless lot. They talk about peace and do nothing to challenge our permanent war economy. They claim to support the working class, and vote for candidates that glibly defend the North American Free Trade Agreement. They insist they believe in welfare, the right to organize, universal health care and a host of other socially progressive causes, and will not risk stepping out of the mainstream to fight for them. The only talent they seem to possess is the ability to write abject, cloying letters to Barack Obama—as if he reads them—asking the president to come back to his “true” self. This sterile moral posturing, which is not only useless but humiliating, has made America’s liberal class an object of public derision."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-62828514634405395622009-12-06T23:36:44.694-06:002009-12-06T23:36:44.694-06:00I meant, of course, in these greed-slimed media.I meant, of course, in <b>these</b> greed-slimed media.geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300772545812600392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-24428794530470881112009-12-06T23:12:15.709-06:002009-12-06T23:12:15.709-06:00It seems the concept of "liberal" has be...It seems the concept of "liberal" has been successfully deconstructed (torn asunder) by the neo-liberal war profiteers who've simultaneously obliterated any sensible meaning to "conservative" by inserting the "pre-emptive war" (Bush) doctrine and adding extra helpings of anti-choice anti-privacy rhetoric and party platform posturing selling out to the evangelism of the money will follow the mortgage just as the rain once followed the plow (see Dust Bowl). Sensible voices like Justin Raimondo on the conservative side and Glenn Greenwald for the so-called liberals just can't get a grip in this greed-slimed media.geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04300772545812600392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-21278605912075688782009-12-06T20:51:27.322-06:002009-12-06T20:51:27.322-06:00Wow, I didn't know people considered Schorr li...Wow, I didn't know people considered Schorr liberal or left-leaning. I thought he was the David Broder of NPR, mouthing centrist platitudes and coasting on his ancient Nixon "enemies list" cred. It's amazing what passes for "liberal" these days -- and amazing how many "liberals" are still so dazzled by Obama they can't muster the will to oppose these pointless wars.pamelanoreply@blogger.com