(np) big O, say it isn't so...

[Henry M]

Wouldn't dream of a world without the poles.  Moderation in all things,
particularly moderation only in moderation.

AsB4,
٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
Henry Mu
http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20


On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dare you assert there is ground between the poles? Or are you
> suggesting that the poles ought not to be?
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Henry M <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:
> > NPR, NYT, and a few other major news orgs slant their news.  Democracy
> Now,
> > and Pacifica in general, slant their pieces so far that they fall over
> and
> > only one side is left facing up and visible.  When there's the rare call
> in
> > to question pretty much any of their social/political programs, from
> their
> > anti-vacine medical authority to a woman that I've heard supporting the
> > notoriously corrupt former mayor for life of Washington, DC, (life ain't
> > easy for an actor or politician named ) Marion Barry, it get's
> interrupted
> > and shouted down just like on Fox "News."  Intolerance for, and willful
> > ignorance of, the center is rampant on both sides of pretty much all
> > socio-political discussion.
> >
> >
> > AsB4,
> > ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
> > Henry Mu
> > http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Bled Welder <bledWelder at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I agree with you, absolutely. "Democracy Now" is a stupid name, always
> >> felt thatway.  Whats fair and balanced about anything? Its a sad
> democratic
> >> minded notion. I do think that Goodman truly believes in democracy in
> >> theory. Unlike many of her guests, who will never go further in so
> admitting
> >> it than to backwardsly suggest we dont currently live in a democracy.
> Good,
> >> so weve got That first step already done for us!
> >>
> >> An Ode to Noontime Vodka
> >> Vodkvodka
> >> VO
> >> dka
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >>
> >> From: Henry M
> >> Sent: 26 Mar 2012 16:54:37 GMT
> >>
> >> To: Pynchon Liste
> >> Subject: Re: (np) big O, say it isn't so...
> >>
> >> Fair and balanced, just like Democracy Now.
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Scahill
> >>
> >> AsB4,
> >> ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
> >> Henry Mu
> >> http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 11:05 AM, <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Jeremy Scahill is a highly respected investigative journalist, who has
> >> testified before Congress and appeared in interviews on every major
> network
> >> (including frequent appearances on the Rachel Maddow show, on the very
> >> pro-Obama MSNBC.  He's what every journalist should aspire to be: brave,
> >> intelligent and truth-seeking.
> >>
> >> Laura
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Henry M
> >> Sent: Mar 26, 2012 9:18 AM
> >> To: Pynchon Liste
> >> Subject: Re: (np) big O, say it isn't so...
> >>
> >> Why does one choose to believe Democracy Now and Al Jazeera more than
> the
> >> New York Times, while someone else chooses Fox "News" over the MSNBC?
> Who
> >> is Jeremy Scahill?  The only thing that Wikileaks provided was a cable
> from
> >> Saleh to Petraeus.  Do you believe everything that Saleh says?  Then
> why do
> >> believe what Saleh says in a cable?
> >>
> >> The mainstream American press isn't exactly uncritical of Obama and the
> >> wars.  What is the current explanation (that does not hammer Occam's
> Razor
> >> into paranoid oblivion) for why they don't have this story?
> >>
> >> AsB4,
> >> ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶
> >> Henry Mu
> >> http://astore.amazon.com/tdcoccamsaxe-20
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Michael Bailey
> >> <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>  Henry M wrote:
> >> > Ooo, wikileaks and prism magazine!  Now I can be sure of the truth!
> >>
> >>
> >> wikileaks is pretty credible, isn't it?   I mean, the objections on
> >> record are for its revelations being problematic for diplomacy, not
> >> inaccurate.
> >>
> >> prism magazine quoted Obama's own record of the conversation.
> >>
> >>
> http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/02/03/readout-presidents-call-president-saleh-yemen
> >>
> >> I dunno, seems pretty strong to me.  My president, right or wrong?
> >>
> >> I suppose we should dismiss any news from al-Jazeera too?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
>
> --
> "Less than any man have I  excuse for prejudice; and I feel for all
> creeds the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the
> trust in reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments
> of darkness groping for the sun. I know no more about the ultimates
> than the simplest urchin in the streets." -- Will Durant
>
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