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To: tejek who wrote (340263)	6/13/2007 2:30:47 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573432

It doesn't help that are media is controlled by corporate America who has a vested interest in keeping anything negative about the gov't under the table. lol Now that is hilarious....!!! Put down the bong and step away from the keyboard.....

To: tejek who wrote (340263)	6/13/2007 2:44:09 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573432

A plane carrying Cat Stevens was not allowed to land in the US. It landed in Newfoundland and forced Cat Stevens to leave the plane; then it went on to Boston. Cat Stevens is a singer who converted to Islam, not a known terrorist. Do you think that is a normal action in a democracy? The action says nothing about democracy vs. lack of democracy. In theory it could say something about freedom vs. having less freedom, but it seems it may have more to do with bureaucratic bungling. There is some indication that a person with the same name is a supporter of terrorism. Bush/Cheney insisted everything was fine and you agreed Its a stretch to say that they insisted everything was fine, and a much bigger stretch to say that I agreed with such a statement. My point where and are more along the lines that Iraq can be won, not that everything is going fine. I am not saying this is Hitler's Germany but there is enough things to warrant concern. There are always "enough things to warrant concern", there have been about every presidency in my life time, and perhaps about every presidency in US history. But "enough things to warrant concern", not only is far removed from "this is Hitler's Germany", its so far removed that even bringing Hitler in to the discussion is very unreasonable. It doesn't help that are media is controlled by corporate America who has a vested interest in keeping anything negative about the gov't under the table. Corporate America is not a monolithic block. To the extent corporate owned media has some vested interest, its in making higher profits, by attratcing my viewers/readers, not in supporting any one political party or administration. More generally the media is more diverse than it used to be. You not only have the big newspapers, and TV stations, you have many more TV stations, you have blogs and other internet sites, you have talk radio, you have political magazines of every different persuasion. In the past the media was to a much greater extent dominated by a few voices. Now its a million competing voices.