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flyarm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:16 PM
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ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS ON THE TAKE $240,000.00
OF YOUR TAX DOLLARS..THE BROADCASTER ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS GOT PAID $240,000. to sell the "no child left behind" to his audience for his marketing the idea!!
and we have free airways?? and we don't have a pay off here??
he got this to promote this program to the blacks..this is dispicable!!
thisi is our childrens education, and the screwing of teachers in this country. and * put it all up for propaganda and for sale!
this was on the ed shultz show..fly
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AlbizuX Donating Member (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:18 PM
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1. let him know how you feel
http://www.armstrongwilliams.com/ME2/Audiences/default.asp

Have fun sending Armstrong some emails!
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AlbizuX Donating Member (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:26 PM
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9. This is the email I sent him
I just sent him this!

By the way...I lied about being independent...i just did that to get his attention and hope he reads my email with more depth.

If he knew I was socialist, he'd never read it! ahahahha.



Armstrong,

Quick points.

You wanna be a conservative, fine.
You want to support Bush, fine.
You want to moralize and preach squeaky clean values of purity, character, and uprightness, particularly to the minority communities? Fine...all fine.

If you do, be prepared to back that up with a record of ethical behavior that matches the rhetoric.

Fusing together partisan advocacy of this administration's education policies with your journalistic duties is a HEAVY no-no in journalistic ethics...

I hate to say it, because I know you hate it when someone says this...but Malcolm X used to call people by what they were, before it became taboo.

He would say that house slaves were those that received perks and special benefits for doing the bidding of their masters. You, sir, just took 240,000 for spreading the right-wing education agenda, which is opposed by all the teacher friends that I know (they call it the No Child Left Alive Act, so you know!) Those are MY tax dollars, and I didn't ask for the government to give it to you to speak your political opinions as fact.

You sir, just received perks and benefits for serving YOUR masters, the Republican party (or the conservative cause, if you believe that's who you serve). In my book, that makes you a house slave.

You have your right to be how you wish...but please, stop moralizing us about ethics, values, purity, character, and all the other stuff you talk about...if you yourself cannot see the big ethical no-no you just commmitted.

By the way, I think you are a brilliant orator/argumentator...but sir, what you did was wrong.
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:19 PM
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2. Also talked about on Franken's show by Joe Conason. NT
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tx_dem41 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:19 PM
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3. Apparently, our "spineless" Demo leaders have written a letter to the
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Raksha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:58 PM
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29. Wow!!! You think Bush is gonna answer that letter?
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SillyGoose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 04:16 PM
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35. "puffery"...I like that term
seems to me that a lot of "puffery" goes on over at the White House. ;-)

Seriously, great letter. Maybe the corruption of this administration will finally start to come to light. I sure want to know who else got paid to shill for Bushco.
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-08-05 06:47 PM
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45. Great letter
I'm sure * won't read it. (CAN he read??)
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MadisonProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:19 PM
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4. That was your and my tax dollars in action!
How much do you think they pay Roger Ailes?
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Al-CIAda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:22 PM
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5. But hey, at least he didn't sleep in the Lincoln bedroom!
These sorry POS need to be put in JAIL!
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MadisonProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:24 PM
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7. According to the letter to *
Edited on Fri Jan-07-05 03:26 PM by MadisonProgressive
he's (*) already broken at least 2 laws! Why doesn't somebody get indicted for this?
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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:27 PM
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10. HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS!!!
GROUNDS FOR IMPEACHMENT!!!!!
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Darkhawk32 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:31 PM
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15. Are you being sarcastic? n/t
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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:32 PM
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16. Nope, they cited crimes
This formulates a case for impeachment.

Get enough movement in the naiton and the Republicans will have to throw Bush overboard, and I'm sure a lot of 'em in Congress are geting scik of being bullied by the White House.
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Darkhawk32 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:33 PM
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17. It's certainly a start... :) n/t
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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:34 PM
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18. Yep, let's hope they uncover some payments to Novak
That would be the straw.
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Darkhawk32 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 04:00 PM
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30. That would tie together an act of TREASON!
Do they still shoot people for treason?
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Darkhawk32 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 04:01 PM
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32. To tie this to the election.... does this kind of story make you think
about how * could've paid MSM to skew exit polling results?

I think it further strengthens are suspicions.
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-08-05 06:48 PM
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46. Walt Starr, I think you're coming around. :-) n/t
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:31 PM
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14. Laws are not enforced if you're BushCo
You didn't know that?
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:30 PM
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13. They probably don't have to pay Limpballs anymore.
He's not being prosecuted, thats his pay off or he's paid off in pills.
I think It's time we had an investigation into how many of these prostitutes are on the tax payers dime.
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fasttense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:40 PM
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20. I wonder what they pay Bill O 'Really or Faux news?
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SillyGoose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 04:20 PM
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37. Surely you jest...
Faux News and O'Lielly are fair and balanced, remember? /sarcasm off
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Ganja Ninja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:23 PM
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6. Proof that what we've been calling them for so long is true.
Media Whores! Put a blue dress on him. He's a paid spokes whore for the Bush crime family.
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:28 PM
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11. I think he just earned a nomination
for a Propaganda Profiteer award.

Wow - we can't FUND NCLF, but we can spend A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS for one conservative pundit to hawk it??? With my tax dollars. If this happened under Clinton, Rush would explode on the air - literally. Bill O'Reilly's eyeballs would pop out and that jerk Hannity would have steam coming out his ears. Oh the hypocrisy.
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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:26 PM
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8. DEMOCRATS ARE CALLING BUSH ON THIS ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR!
Reid's office issued a statement regarding a letter sent to Bush. Calls it ILLEGAL:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1130823
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AlbizuX Donating Member (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:29 PM
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12. i recommend that everytime
that Armstrong visits a college or goes somewhere,

Someone wear a shirt or have a sign that says

Bush Whore, House Slave
What did you spend your Payoff on?
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fasttense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:37 PM
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19. I sent him an e-mail
and told him to return my tax dollars!!!!

With my great grandchildren paying the deficit, I can't believe they are borrowing on my children's future for propaganda!!!!!
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AlbizuX Donating Member (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:40 PM
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21. Even the Freepers are abandoning Armstrong!
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MadisonProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:43 PM
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22. Yeah - they are attacking Williams and defending Bush!
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AlbizuX Donating Member (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:47 PM
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23. hey, between the massa and the slave, who are you gonna defend?
Republicans are defending their big man...and ostracizing Armstrong...

They just called him Armstrong Numnuts on Free Republic!

Karma's a bitch, huh Armstrong.

Still think the Republican Party is big enough for black people...sure it is, as long as you do their bidding and don't bring attention to yourself.

Now, as Black Rapper Ras Kass says, "You're a 14th Amendment and a good nigga".

Enjoy being tarred and feathered by BOTH liberals AND conservatives.
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flyarm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:49 PM
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24. this is the * admin buying..
buying propaganda on the backs of our children..our children...and a royal screwing of all the professional educators in this nation..we all know whatever the * admin names anything..look for it to be just the opposite...well this one was bought and paid for propaganda meant to co-erse the black community into accepting this malfeasance.
well we knew what the whores of media were doing ..now we have our work cut out for us..educating others to this whorey media and those who are cashing in on it!!..lets get to work on getting this info out there..big time!! before * is annointed..let the americans know what whore they bought into!!
fly
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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 04:18 PM
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36. Hey, fly, did ya send this to Keith?
Although I'm sure he already knows about it - but ya never know!
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flyarm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 04:22 PM
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38. he knows! it was on msnbc! n/t
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MadisonProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-08-05 06:37 PM
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43. ...and a royal screwing of all the professional educators in this nation..
Well, we all have to take our turns - bend ova !!
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gumby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:50 PM
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25. They're ALL getting paid off in one way or the other.
Free Market my ass!!

(there are still some good, honest journalists, but they are few and are usually NOT in M$M)
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Divine Ms Q Donating Member (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:53 PM
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26. Which congressional committee
would be in charge of investigating this? Judiciary?
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:57 PM
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27. FYI - this story is on the front page of MSNBC,
CNN and Fox news. Yeah.
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pgh_dem Donating Member (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 04:09 PM
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34. i'd ask too, whoever could investigate this
would they be in a position to find out if there was a contract in place with an advertising firm promoting **'s Soc Sec privitization?
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AlbizuX Donating Member (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 03:58 PM
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28. can anyone gives us a link to online video
of Armstrong answering questions about this...i want to see him squirm.

Now is our turn to moralize on you, Armstrong!
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flyarm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 04:01 PM
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31. i am with you
i can not stand that smarmy smirk of his..i want to see his balls twisted!!

fly
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AlbizuX Donating Member (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 04:03 PM
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33. do you know...
what the feeling is to know a black conservative is just doing the bidding of his corporate/Republican masters...and then to have him flip that on you and call you a liberal intolerant?

I feel like this is catharsis....we always knew you were a house slave, Armstrong. Thank you for allowing us to finally prove it.

Next...Clarence Thomas!
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Raksha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 04:44 PM
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39. I can't believe the timing of these stories is an accident.
Edited on Fri Jan-07-05 04:45 PM by Raksha
And the letter to Armstrong Williams is also dated January 7th. A lot of people were raking our Dem leaders over the coals yesterday because more Senators didn't stand with Barbara Boxer, but maybe they aren't ALL asleep at the switch. They just chose to fight a different (but related) battle.
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flyarm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 05:11 PM
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40. more!
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AlbizuX Donating Member (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 06:53 PM
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41. no shame...
we got to keep hammering them...they will hang themselves with their actions.
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AlbizuX Donating Member (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-07-05 09:55 PM
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42. VIDEO OF ARMSTRONG ON CROSSFIRE - RESPONSES
http://movies.ziaspace.com/Crossfire.wmv

Enjoy watching this little sellout trying to explain himself.
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-08-05 06:44 PM
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44. I laughed and laughed and laughed
when I heard about this last night. How much do you suppose they're paying Scarborough, O'Reilly, et al.?
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