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To: THE ANT who wrote (143228)	8/30/2018 12:21:39 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 218449

Pre-Internet, the printed, and electronic media had people filtering what the masses should and shouldn't read, see or listen. Internet opened the media for all comers. It falls on the individual to do the filtering. Second and most important: People would interact with people of a small circle.That circle was comprised of people of the same economic, educational and social status. The Internet made people interact across the pyramid, from top to down. Peter Steiner's cartoon, as published in The New Yorker "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog" is an adage about Internet anonymity which began as a cartoon caption by Peter Steiner and published by The New Yorker on July 5, 1993 Now I have to deal with the likes of Pog

To: THE ANT who wrote (143228)	8/30/2018 12:50:13 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218449

... the American political system has repeatedly proved itself capable of producing leadership in a crisis—leadership not just for itself but for the world. Both Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan came to power focused on solving America’s economic problems. But by the end of their presidencies they dominated the world stage, FDR as the architect of victory in World War II, Reagan performing a similar role in the Cold War. It remains to be seen whether Barack Obama will be a game-changing president in the same mold. But Americans voted for him in the hope that he is. Would Obama have won without the credit crunch, which destroyed what little remained of the Republican reputation for economic competence? Message 31021377 O didn't do it? DJT is trying. DJT saw the opportunity and took it Now let explain this to the likes of Pog