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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 10:52 PM Original message |
Alas there are no coincidences under the sun |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 10:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. I tried to rec'd but alas some " elephant" would not let me. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. You are at the tail end and I get the trunk? |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. K&R. (nt) |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. And you and me friend have predicted these things |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. A loss of liberty is a loss of liberty, no matter the reason. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. And: |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:51 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Ah a common loon |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 01:07 AM Response to Reply #24 |
45. during breeding season they are UNcommonly beautiful birds!! |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
69. Thanks for posting that stunning photo! |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. K&R |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yes. The way I describe it (my favorite analogy)... |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. That is a good one |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
75. Just this past week Keith |
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Alameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 11:57 PM Response to Reply #75 |
83. Free Speech TV, Link.........you don't get those on Concast! |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 01:22 AM Response to Reply #83 |
86. They're on |
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Alameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. I already have Dish, and have for 5 years.....hate Comcast. |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. When I move I'm going |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. diane rehm, "balanced"? |
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NRaleighLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Nope - but that's what they want people to believe. But not me. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:22 AM Response to Reply #16 |
33. i hear ya. she's a winger, just a "high-class" one. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
42. Diane Rehm? Balanced? |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
65. Plus One. |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
8. who owns the Media? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. And that needs updating |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. I have become more |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I think it is time to invest in a mimeograph.... |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:26 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. a smile |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I wonder how many of the "kids" here on the Old DU |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. soy ink... |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:35 AM Response to Reply #15 |
41. But it won't have the funky smell... n/t |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:13 AM Response to Reply #14 |
29. I remember the "ditto" machine |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:16 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Ours were a nice shade of purple |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:19 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. And the sniffing of the ink... |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I just did the problems |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:24 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. I was a loner in school |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #29 |
66. Me too......nt |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
70. "If you're posting on the Internet then it's not a police state." |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 09:00 PM Response to Reply #70 |
79. Yes |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
18. I thought that Viacom (legacy Westinghouse/CBS) owned Comedy Central |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Once somebody bothers updating who owns what |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Viacom is not Vivendi Universal |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. You are correct |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
94. "universal" & vivendi have *never* owned cc. you took a meme & ran with it |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 07:02 AM Response to Reply #21 |
51. Nope somebody stole more money yesterday. they now own such and such. |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
20. And what of our willingness to trade freedom for gadgets? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Net control is coming |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 07:14 AM Response to Reply #22 |
54. Absolutely. The rumor of an "Internet ID, to help us not have to remember multiple passwords"? Yep. |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 11:40 AM Response to Reply #54 |
67. Yeah, so we won't get confused |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
34. And when books are "electronic" you will only license the right to content |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:25 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I admit, I use electronic books |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:35 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. and there are good and useful things about them |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:37 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I agree, alternate press will truly be zamisdat |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 07:15 AM Response to Reply #34 |
55. Who will be the first poet to risk jail here? I see us as too soft compared to the Russians. |
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nxylas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #55 |
76. Jailing poets would be too crude for our overlords |
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catzies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #20 |
68. I don't think that's woo woo at all, and remember our gadgets need the grid to live |
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Paka (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
89. Thank you for reminding us of gadgets. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
23. No matter what industry, when there is deregulation it results in a few huge corporations |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. alas control of information and thought control |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-21-11 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
26. The thread that runs so true. |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
37. Comedy Central is owned by Viacom, not Vivendi |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:25 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Was too late to correct the OP |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
39. for the record, comcast didn't acquire vivendi or (all of) universal |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 06:34 AM Response to Reply #39 |
48. The whole who owns who bullshit is so fucked up. Thanks for the clarifications, but cannot rely on |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 01:05 AM Response to Original message |
44. K&R |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
46. That first link you posted is great! |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #46 |
62. and... outdated already |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #62 |
72. Yeah I noticed that |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 06:31 AM Response to Original message |
47. Thanks Nadine for the links! ZAMISDAT PRESS. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 06:56 AM Response to Original message |
49. 'Corpofascist' works for me |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
50. K&R |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 07:09 AM Response to Original message |
52. SOME people refuse to grasp that Nazi Germany happened actually in SOME of our lifetimes. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
53. Unrecommend... for using a NAZI reference |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 07:17 AM Response to Reply #53 |
56. WITH the happy collusion of Google and Zuckerberg's ("Man of the Year") FB. |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #56 |
61. There are no coincidences”. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
57. what a garbled pile of garbage. |
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dotymed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
58. THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #58 |
92. Our elected officials know all of this, as well -- but they are enabling the forces ... |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
59. This is exactly how I feel. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
60. recommend |
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felix_numinous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
63. Few people understand |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
64. Kicked and Recommended! |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
71. Ben Bagdikian war correct. |
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Demoiselle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
73. You're right, Nadine. Very sad, very scary. Thanks. (nt) |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
74. Kick. (nt) |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
77. Deleted message |
Caretha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. For your very first post |
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ladywendylyn (2 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 10:33 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. Help |
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hay rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:42 AM Response to Reply #82 |
84. Guessing |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #77 |
80. Where do you want me to send you that red pencil teach? |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-22-11 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
81. Even with your rant, it doesn't change the fact that this is all about MONEY. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-23-11 12:45 AM Response to Reply #81 |
85. Actually you are wrong at many levels |
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Elmo SinJohn (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
90. One could point out that the biggest monopoly breakups happened under GOP administrations |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
91. Corporations are not empowering themselves ... they are bribing their way .... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
93. you got the story wrong. comedy central is owned by viacom. |
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Generator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-24-11 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
95. Good night and good luck |
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