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Congress May Overturn FCC's Media Consolidation Plan
Spril writes "A congressional committee voted yesterday to prevent the FCC from allowing even more consolidation of the media industry. The original ruling was covered on Slashdot. The committee attached the pro-consumer proposal to a bill funding the Justice and State departments for 2004. But the Bush administration has threatened to veto the funding because they support ever-larger corporations owning ever-bigger chunks of the spectrum that theoretically belongs to the public. Clear Channel may need to cough up some more money for their lobbyists."
Actually, if you voted for anyone in the last election you were an idiot, and if you didn't vote, you were an idiot as well. You just can't win.
common sense: noun
What those who are ignorant of the subject matter think; usually wrong.
This is SlashDot, not SlantNot!
So, if you've just recently became a conservative, you have your head shoved up Dubya's ass? WHAT?!
common sense: noun
What those who are ignorant of the subject matter think; usually wrong.
Yeah, the Times is a real liberal paper all right. That's why they spent all that effort covering up Whitewater and why they've been so dogged in exposing the Bush administration's mendacity. Thank God that Dick Morris was able to take some time off from having fetish sex with prostitutes and is available to teach us what to think.
What's that? You say it was the Times that owned the bogus Whitewater story? And that they bury their few stories about the Niger "documents" deep inside below the fold? Huh. Why that almost sounds "Fair and Balanced" enough for Faux News. If you want some better information about a biassed press, try reading Eric Alterman's What Liberal Media? You might gain some perspective.
Q:How many libertarians does it take to stop a Panzer division? A:None. Obviously market forces will take care of it.
Well, if you believe that we are in a war on terrorism, then it ain't hard to recognize Iraq as a threat. Saddam funded Hammas, whose goal was to eliminate Israel and thus was opposed to any peace process. The situation between Israel and the Palistinians is the prime source of fuel for anti-Americanism in the mid-East. Resolve Israel and Palistine, reduce terroism. To resolve that, you have to get rid of Hammas. To get rid of Hammas, you cut funding. Saddam funded Hammas, and we had the political capital to go after him. But ah, considering we had 12 years of diplomacy with barely any progress, safe to say the only other way to resolve it was hope for Saddam to have a heart attack and wish that someone worse didn't take his place. And, ah, I'd be careful about this whole "there are no WMDs" thing, it's still relatively early and you might have to eat your words.
Uh, the first week of war, it WAS called "Operation Iraqi Freedom." I don't know what you were watching.
And yeah, a lot of bad stuff happened during the Cold War, so we should clean up the mess, don't ya think? And the funny thing is, I know Fox brought up the support the US had given to Iraq quite often. So much for the "right-wing" designation, plus they're still branded as being patriotic. Really, if you aren't paying attention to the media, how can you hope to comment on it?
common sense: noun
What those who are ignorant of the subject matter think; usually wrong.
" Given up on Media anyway."
If you want unbiased news your best bet is to look outside the country. Lucky for you english versions of most countries news outlets are available on the web.
During our invasion of iraq the best place to get news was from New Zealand, Chinese, and russian news outlets. Even CNN asia was much less biased then CNN US. Too bad I don't speak arabic it would have been interesting to hear what al zereera was saying. Of course they were not allowed to broadcast in english in the US. Shows you how much we value free speech huh?
War is necrophilia.
"We did as per the cease fire agreement in 91"
Only after commiting war crimes by bombing civillian infrastructure and using depleted uranium weapons.
"So what would you do, bury your head and hope Saddam becomes a man of peace?"
unlike you I have higher order thinking powers. I can see more then two options and more then two possible causes of action. You only see two. Do nothing or commit war crimes.
"No it's not, it's messy, bloody and horrific, that is why it is to be avoided."
There is a difference between war and war crimes. When you were there killing people did you also rape 13 year old boys? Why not? It's war right? Did you loot and steal? Why not? It's war right? It's one thing to wage war it's another to commit war crimes. You apparently don't know the difference and are willing to do anything to anybody as long as "it's war".
Also war was not the last option. It was the first and only option on the table. No peaceful methods were explored or tried.
"Your hypocrisy knows no bounds."
No you dumb ape. It's a different scenario altogether. We did not invade, we did not impose an unelected puppet of our choice as leaders, we did not take over their oil wells or other natural resources, we did not commit war crimes. As soon as they surrendered we turned the country over to a UN peace keeping force and held war crimes trials in the Hauge. We certainly did not round up people and locked them in chain link cages in a concentration camp in Cuba. Even Hitler provided walls for his prisioners.
"So Bill Clinton had no justification either?"
Bill Clinton did not bomb bagdad. He did not target civillian infrastructure. If he did he would have justification either.
"I never stated that I held the Iraqi people responsible."
You didn't say it. You did it. You held them responsible by destroying their water treatment and power facilities, roads, bridges and hospitals. You punished all of the iraqi people.
"What would your solution be, nothing? Give me a solution."
Start with inspections, they were going along just fine. If thhey did not succeed then maybe assassination of the top leaders. If it still did not solve the problem a multi national peace keeping force. How about a reigonal solution involving neighbors of iraq? How about funding and supporting the shiites or other opposition? I thought all of that up in 30 seconds! Imagine if I had a month to think about it.
"With the comments like all of my army buddies and when our bloodlust is satisfied.... I am highly sceptical that you are a veteran."
I was in the Air Force. We were allowed to think. What do you get when you cross a marine and an ape? A dump ape.
"If you are one you'd know that we're the last ones that want to go to war."
You seemed to enjoy it quite a bit. So much that you are chomping at the bit for more war and lands to invade and conquer.
"You're so ignorant to think that's all it was about."
And you have drank too much Kool Aid if you think there was another reason.
"So I take it from this comment you support doing nothing? Bury our heads in the sand and hope it will go away? "
once again. Unlike you the dumb ape I have higher order thinking powers. I can think of more then just two possibilities.
"As for China,"
Ooooh we sold computer to china. Shiver me timbers that clinton must be some kind of evil to sell computer to china. Why if we did not sell them I am sure china would not have any computers at all.
Listen you retarded fuckwad. China is not an enemy of the United States. They have never been at war with us. They have been and are a most favored nation for trading purposes. Chinese goods are sold in this country every day and every single major corporation in the US has offices in china. You want to freak out because the US sold some computers to china? What the fuck for? China is helping us deal with North korea right now. You really think nobody in the
War is necrophilia.