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To: Don Hurst who wrote (754133)	11/22/2013 1:49:38 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1578893

Lefties like Don Hurst are taught to spit on religion. ..................................................................................... Except the muslim "religion", of course.

To: Don Hurst who wrote (754133)	11/22/2013 1:55:19 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1578893

Obama’s Image Machine: Monopolistic Propaganda Funded by You......................... News organizations protest White House restrictions on independent photo coverage. National Journal By Ron Fournier November 21, 2013 Excerpt: New York Times photographer Doug Mills strode into Jay Carney's office. The photographer, joined by colleagues on the White House Correspondents' Association board, finished his 10-minute presentation with a flourish that made Carney, a former Moscow correspondent for Time, wince. "You guys," Mills said, "are just like Tass." Obama's image-makers are taking advantage of new technologies that democratized the media, subverting independent news organizations that hold the president accountable. A generation ago, a few mainstream media organizations held a monopoly on public information about the White House. Today, the White House itself is behaving monopolistic. The fast-moving trend is hampering reporters and videographers who cover the White House, but Mills' profession has probably been hardest hit. "As surely as if they were placing a hand over a journalist's camera lens, officials in this administration are blocking the public from having an independent view of important functions of the Executive Branch of government," reads a letter delivered today to Carney by the WHCA and several member news organizations including The Associated Press and The New York Times. The letter includes examples of important news events that were not covered by media photographers, and yet pictures were taken by the White House image team and widely distributed via social media. This happens almost daily. Unlike media photographers, official White House photographers are paid by taxpayers and report to the president. Their job is to make Obama look good. They are propagandists – in the purest sense of the word. The letter reminds Carney that Obama promised to run the most transparent administration in history. It argues that the restrictions "raise constitutional concerns" and amount to "arbitrary restraint and unwarranted interference on legitimate newsgathering activities." Journalists understand that the president's family and national security events must be off-limits at times. Journalists also don't object to the White House using social media; those are platforms as legitimate as televisions and print. The problem is that the Obama White House is simultaneously restricting access of independent media while flooding the public with state-run media. Again, this is propaganda – utterly lacking a skeptical eye. The irony is that Obama is using technology that democratized and flattened the media to centralize and strengthen the powers an institution, The Presidency. That was the sentiment behind Mills' crack about Tass, according to people who attended the Oct. 29 meeting. Carney took offense. "Oh, so now we're like Stalin?" the White House press secretary replied, laughing at the veteran New York Times photographer. Olivier Knox, a Yahoo reporter and long-time White House correspondent who attended the meeting with Mills, shot an angry look at Carney and said, "It's not funny, Jay." Here are just a few examples of how the White House uses your taxes to manipulate Obama's image. snip Link

To: Don Hurst who wrote (754133)	11/22/2013 3:17:08 PM
From: Blasher	3 Recommendations Recommended By Brumar89 FJB TideGlider Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1578893

"hateful person" . . . besides your envy of me, can you point to anything that shows "my hatred" of something. THAT is how I always win an argument . . . I never lie and I never hate . . the truth always wins.

To: Don Hurst who wrote (754133)	11/22/2013 3:25:53 PM
From: jlallen	5 Recommendations Recommended By Blasher Brumar89 FJB longnshort TideGlider Respond to of 1578893

Really, what would bless such a petty, hateful person. I believe Blasher was saying he was blessed.....not petty, hateful, pinheaded you....

To: Don Hurst who wrote (754133)	11/22/2013 5:48:03 PM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 1578893

Minority Grad Students Complain Highlighting Spelling-Punctuation Errors Creates ‘Unsafe Climate’Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, November 22, 2013, 11:19 AM Here's sumting the UC cistem can be proud of. ‘Non-white’ students at UCLA complained recently that by pointing out punctuation and spelling errors creates an “unsafe culture.” David Thompson reported: More crushing injustice on campus, this time at the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies: In a letter sent to colleagues in the department after the sit-in, [Professor] Rust said students in the demonstration described grammar and spelling corrections he made on their dissertation proposals as a form of “micro-aggression.” “I have attempted to be rather thorough on the papers and am particularly concerned that they do a good job with their bibliographies and citations, and these students apparently don’t feel that is appropriate,” Rust said in the letter. You see, by highlighting spelling and punctuation errors, the professor is contributing to an “ unsafe climate for students of colour.” For those of you interested in the policing of tiny tragedies, “micro-aggressions” are defined by one official report as, Subtle verbal and nonverbal insults directed toward non-whites, often done automatically and unconsciously. They are layered insults based on one’s race, gender, class, sexuality, language, immigration status, phenotype, accent, or surname.