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Re: Eh, what's a few dollars amongst friends...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 15 Sep 2003 19:52:36 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti wrote:
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It’s not precisely that we are sheep, but that we are too few. A recent poll
suggested that something like 70% of americans STILL believe in a
connection between A.Q. and S. H. -- I mean, seriously, how much dumber can
the average american be and still walk and chew gum at the same time? Perhaps
they can’t...?
-- Richard
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Can you then explain to me how Watergate happened, which, as far as I can see,
was relatively benign in the ‘grand scheme of things’, got a president kicked
out of office, and yet the large number of ‘issues’ facing the current
administration is barely causing a ripple?
What happened between the ‘70’s and now? Woodward and Bernstein spent many
days/months uncovering the problem, and with the current administartion, the
lies and ‘coverups’ (if they could even be called that’) are blatant and easily
realized.
I just don’t understand.
Dave K
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| (...) Yeah, I agree. Here's the problem (and I thought I had touched on this before...ah, yes (URL)): public relations. We aren't having wars -- we are buying into a product. We aren't believing the lies -- the subject of public discourse is the lie (...) (21 years ago, 16-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) The two ideas are not really related. An informed citizenry does not automatically follow just because of the mere existence of civil rights. The existence of civil rights should help one be an informed citizen, but it is in no way a political (...) (21 years ago, 15-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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