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Troll? Funny.

The problem, actually, is that many do not realize that it is in fact a right wing, ratings hungry "news" show.

"Four years later, and the country is even MORE divided than before, largely due to the acts of Mr. Bush and his administration during his presidency."

And remember, this was even after one of the most unifying events in US history... 9/11. Yes, Bush has done a swell job of unification. (I swear half this country shares a single brain cell).

"In a country like the United States that was founded on the principals of freedom, free exchange of ideas and diversity among other things, it is truly unbelievable someone like Mr. Bush could ever become a president."

More to the point, how in the world does he get a second term?!?! How are half of us not saying things like "oops, my bad. Sorry!", and then vote him out, but a second term?! I can't help but think half this country is severely lacking information needed to make the correct decisions anymore. Corporate led news is destroying the very notion of the fact that "an informed public is the best defense against tyranny." Many US citizens are simply being duped for ratings.

We simply have ignorant people voting by the seat of their pants. If they actually think that their particular religious "faith-based" beliefs are in dire need of defending, or that Kerry would have "let-up" on the terrorist front, and that these things are what is most important in this world, then we are seriously fucked beyond belief. Canada is big enough for half of us. We'll let the growing fascist state revel in their own crap. They can have it.

The growing similarity between current Bush supporter thinking and many regimes we have called enemy in the past is highly disturbing. I sure wish they could realize this...

Ahh yes, FoxNews. It's actually been proven, watching FoxNews makes you stupid.

...or, we (liberals) just don't watch FoxNews.

The BBC is considered one of the most unbiased tv news sources in the world, and I would tend to agree. The fact that they are "owned" by the taxpayer, and not some large corporation looking for ratings makes it a more attractive news source.

And just to help, here's Chomsky's home page.

Heh, yeah, but the majority of Americans believe what they are told outright. Just because the majority of us are blind followers of idiocy doesn't mean we are right. Not to mention, these protests were far more significant than even the vietnam protests given the same time frame of both wars since the vietnam protests didn't start until years after we were there. The Iraq protests started BEFORE it even started, and were therefore extremely significant. BTW, think this is insignificant, then we've got bigger problems to discuss here...

You sir, are extremely misinformed. The fact that you pushed some of the buttons means nothing to me.

What about:

The restaruant and the three houses that were destroyed because we thought Saddam "might" have been there. He wasn't, we killed dozens of civilians. The stories about "smart" bombs missing their target are plentiful, but the targets themselves being wrong are even more worrisome.

Check out this link. So, I assume you had nothing to do with cluster bombing? Well, that's good. You at least left that to other US servicemen... Iraqi children are still picking up the bomblets (5-20% do not go off, leaving little toy like objects around to make kids armless. Nice.)

And as far as FoxNews, don't get me started...

You're wondering why you didn't see something on American TV that you may have wanted to know about, or should know about? Wow. Turn the channel from FoxNews, and flip on the BBC, Canadian news, etc... stay away from our news, it will warp your mind.