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To: Think4Yourself who wrote (224883)	10/15/2009 10:47:21 AM
From: No Mo Mo	Respond to of 306849

"When you watch TV all the time everything you see around you in society makes quite a bit of sense. If you don't watch TV for a long time then the people around you seem to be pretty confused." That can be reflexive, too. I've never owned a TV. NPR was my main source of mainstream info for years. I can't stand that anymore either. It's fluff. Now, I'm the one confused by most of what I see. <g?>

To: Think4Yourself who wrote (224883)	10/15/2009 11:34:16 AM
From: Smiling Bob	Respond to of 306849

At 7 am, I flick through the 3 networks to see what the "Big Story" is Of course, today was all about DOW 10k But The Today Show had a great opening piece re bonuses followed up with Dylan Rattigan and Michael Moore speaking for many. This stuff should be on every morning, afternoon, and evening Pitchfork talk today.msnbc.msn.com today.msnbc.msn.com

To: Think4Yourself who wrote (224883)	10/15/2009 1:44:31 PM
From: Reilly Diefenbach	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

Found on Drudge: LEAKED NETWORK MEMO REVEALS: Obama Controls Your Television Set by John Nolte bighollywood.breitbart.com On September 10th of this year the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) posted a press release informing the world that “from October 19-25, more than 60 network TV shows [will] spotlight the power and personal benefits of service,” and that this “unprecedented block of TV programming is the first wave of a multi-year ‘I Participate’ campaign.” On its face this all sounds rather benign in that silly, liberal do-gooder kind of way. The networks have launched these kinds of campaigns before and other than some clunky exposition awkwardly inserted into your favorite show to meet the mandate — no harm, no foul. But this year there are a couple new strangers in town: “Volunteerism” and “Service.” You’ve heard of them. Their names have been bandied everywhere since President Obama took office, and this internal memo from the EIF to network showrunners obtained by Big Hollywood shows that the entertainment industry is well acquainted and eager to introduce both to as vast an audience as possible: Like the NEA story, once again we see the same buzzwords pop up; suggested topics pitched to an overwhelmingly left-of-center group: Education, health, environment, the economy and lastly — almost as an afterthought as some kind of “bi-partisan” cover – support for military families. We’ll have to wait until next week to see what effect this initiative will have on the 60 television (and news) programs in question, but thanks to the intrepid Patrick Courrielche and Stage Right, today we can answer the simple question of… “What’s wrong with this?” Doing the work the Kamikaze Media (many of whom are participating in this event rather than digging for the story) refuses, and with the help of Big Government’s Dana Loesch, Patrick and Stage Right have discovered that when it comes to this White House – whether it’s the NEA conference calls or EIF’s iParticipate programming — all roads funnel into one place: online volunteer portals, including Serve.gov, where if you plug in “health care” all kinds of Planned Parenthood openings pop up along with a video dispelling those ugly “myths” knocking ObamaCare.