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To: philv who wrote (22411)	2/21/2005 3:08:49 PM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81071

Phil > This Iraqi war resistance site is new to me. Is it credible, or is it mis-information and Arab propaganda? Your guess is as good as mine. > I haven't heard the "mainstream" US media mentioning any such battle and loss of men. I doubt that you would lewrockwell.com >>No mention was made, of course, of the lying, distortions, and propagandizing that has long infected traditional news outlets; nor was credit given to blog-sites for catching and correcting a number of these institutional deviations from truthfulness. The search for truth and understanding depends upon a constantly energized mind that searches, weighs, and analyzes, all with an enduring skepticism as to what one finds. In the face of so much competing and conflicting information, CNN hostess Judy Woodruff pondered, would people not be better advised to rely on the "mainstream media" for their news? She might just as well have added: "you have been content to let us do your thinking for you; why do you want to undertake such tedious and unceasing work? Let us continue to tell you what we think you should know!" That CNN is one of the "mainstream" institutions, the self-interested nature of her question expresses the empty desperation of the practitioners of an information system model that is rapidly dying. << (Italics are mine) > there are many people, in all walks of life, beginning to question the value of the dollar and the sustainability of unending ever increasing debt. Apparently not in the US government where it's all systems go to print more and more.