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To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (90452)	12/2/2004 8:32:55 PM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

"Well, there has been much effort expended to control the press in the last century which has lead us to the unfree press we have today." Never mind that we have the greatest press freedom in the world right here in America, can you provide us with ANY verifiable examples of specific "effort[s] expended to control the press" in this country? And let's limit it to post-WWII - you imply that it is ongoing. "I would say that certain rich and powerful Republicans are in a position to control most of the press." Again, substantiate your assertion and be specific. Which "rich and powerful Republicans" and what institutions of the press are they "in a position to control", whatever the hell that means? "I don't know what WWI or WWII has to do with the deficit today. Are you on drugs? Just curious." Are you? There's a war on, or hadn't you noticed? "If a Democrat president had a $450 billion deficit going out for the next umpteen years the press would crucify him." And so they should. What's your point? This? "But the same is happening now with a Republican president and hardly a whimper about Bush's poor handling of the budget is ever heard." Perhaps you don't keep up with such things, but 1) the deficit hit a peak of $413 billion for FY2004 and is currently (as of Sept.) projected by the CBO to drop to $348 in the current FY (and it's been revised down by many forecasters); and 2) the deficit has been in the news for at least the last three years - since the first tax cut proposals as we were heading into recession - and in the news pretty much every day since primary season started last winter.